The 2009 Pakistan Premier League was the 6th season of Pakistan Premier League and 55th season of Pakistan football league. A total of 14 teams competed in the league, with Khan Research Laboratories unseating the two-time defending champions WAPDA. The league started on 25 July 2009 and ended on 13 December 2009.
The race for the title went to the final day of the season with Khan Research Laboratories and Pakistan Army tied on 57 points. Khan Research Laboratories won their final game defeating Pakistan Airlines 1–0, which meant Pakistan Army had to defeat Karachi Port Trust by at least 11 goals, to gain parity in points and have a higher ratio of goals scored, to win the league. Pakistan Army defeated Karachi Port Trust 2–1, tying both teams on 60 points. Khan Research Laboratories won the league on goal difference, as Khan Research Laboratories finished the season with 10 goals ahead of Pakistan Army; Khan Research Laboratories finished with a goal difference of +32 compared to Pakistan Army's +22. It was the first time a team other than Army or WAPDA won the league since its inception in 2004. PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad and Baloch Nushki faced relegation after finishing in the bottom two.
Format Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2010 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams were expected to have been relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League, but the league was expanded at the end of the season and the bottom two teams survived relegation. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.
Teams Pakistan Steel and PTV were relegated to 2009-10 Pakistan Football Federation League after finishing at bottom two in 2008-09 Pakistan Premier League. The two relegated teams were replaced by Baloch Nushki who won the Pakistan Football Federation League and Pakistan Airforce who came second to Baloch Nushki.
The league comprised five teams from Karachi (Habib Bank Limited, K-Electric, Karachi Port Trust, National Bank and Pakistan Airlines; two from Lahore (Pak Elektron Limited and WAPDA); two from Islamabad (Army and Airforce, two from Rawalpindi (Navy and Khan Research Laboratories), one from Faisalabad (PMC Athletico), one from Nushki (Baloch Nushki) and one from Chaman (Afghan Chaman).
Location and stadia
Club City/State Stadium Afghan Chaman Chaman Govt. High School Ground Baloch Nushki Nushki Nushki Stadium Habib Bank Karachi People's Sports Complex Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Karachi People's Sports Complex Karachi Port Trust Karachi People's Sports Complex Khan Research Laboratories Rawalpindi KRL Football Stadium National Bank Karachi Korangi Baloch Stadium Pak Elektron Lahore Model Town Football Academy Ground Pakistan Airforce Peshawar PAF Sports Complex Pakistan Army Rawalpindi Army Stadium Navy F.C. Islamabad Naval Sports Complex Pakistan Airlines Karachi Korangi Baloch Stadium PMC Athletico Faisalabad University of Agriculture Ground WAPDA Lahore Railway Stadium
League table
Fixtures and results
Statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Qadeer Khan for Habib Bank against National Bank (25 July 2009). Last goal of the season: Muhammad Imran for Pakistan Army against Karachi Port Trust (13 December 2009). Fastest goal of the season: 5 minutes – Arif Mehmood for WAPDA against Pakistan Army (9 November 2009).
Top goalscorers
RankScorerClubGoals1 Arif Mehmood WAPDA202 Muhammad Ishtiaq Habib Bank11 Asmatullah Pak Elektron3 Bilal Ahmed Habib Bank10 Zahid Ahmed Karachi Port Trust Nomi Martin Gill Pakistan Navy Abdul Rehman Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date WAPDA PMC Athletico 5–1 Nomi Martin Gill Pakistan Navy Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 3–0 WAPDA Pakistan Airlines 3–2 WAPDA Pakistan Navy 5–0 Pakistan Airlines Baloch Nushki 4–0 Bilal Ahmed Habib Bank Baloch Nushki 4–0 Zeeshan Ali Pakistan Airlines Afghan Chaman 5–0 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Baloch Nushki 4–0
Awards AwardPlayerClubTop scorerArif MehmoodWAPDABest goalkeeperGhulam NabiKRLBest Player of the SeasonNasrullah KhanPIAFairplay award–Afghan Chaman
References
External links Pakistan Football Federation