The 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League was the 60th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 11th season of the Pakistan Premier League, the top tier of the Pakistan football league system. The league began on 20 September 2014. Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions, having won the league championship for the last three seasons.
The season saw the league reduced to 12 teams from 16 after six sides were relegated and two promoted in the previous season.
Venues The entire 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League was staged at centralized venues rather than traditional club home grounds. Matches were played in Karachi (KPT Stadium, KMC Stadium, Korangi Baloch Stadium, Dr Mohammad Ali Shah Stadium), Islamabad (Jinnah Stadium) and Lahore (Faisal Town Football Ground, Railway Stadium).
Teams Locations of teams in the 2014-15 PPLPakistan Navy, HBL, Baloch Nushki, Pak Afghan Clearing, ZTBL and Lyallpur were relegated at the end of the 2013–14 campaign. They were replaced by Baloch Quetta and Pakistan Railways.
Club City Afghan Chaman Chaman Baloch Quetta Quetta K-Electric Karachi Karachi Port Trust Karachi Khan Research Laboratories Rawalpindi Muslim Quetta National Bank Karachi Pakistan Air ForcePeshawar Pakistan Army Rawalpindi Pakistan Railways Lahore Pakistan Airlines Karachi WAPDA Lahore
Final standings
Results
Season statistics
Scoring Fastest goal in a match: 50 seconds – Zahid Majeed for Pakistan Airlines against K-Electric (30 September 2014) First hat-trick of the season: Muhammad Asif for National Bank against Karachi Port Trust (30 September 2014) Widest winning margin: 5 goals – Afghan Chaman 6–1 Baloch Quetta (2 November 2014) Team with most goals scored: 43 goals – K-Electric Team with fewest goals scored: 6 goals – Baloch Quetta Team with fewest goals conceded: 7 goals – Pakistan Army Team with most goals conceded: 64 goals – Baloch Quetta
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1Muhammad RasoolK-Electric222Muhammad MujahidPakistan Air Force12Muhammad AsifNational Bank4Mansoor KhanPakistan Air Force115Muhammad SarfarazPakistan Army96Zeeshan AliPakistan Airlines8Arif MehmoodWAPDAMuhammad HanifMuslimAbayomi OludeyiK-Electric
Hat-tricks PlayerForAgainstResultDateRefMuhammad Hanif MuslimBaloch Quetta3–0Muhammad Asif 4Karachi Port TrustNational Bank4–0Arif Mehmood WAPDABaloch Quetta6–0Jadeed KhanAfghan ChamanBaloch Quetta6–1Muhammad Rasool K-ElectricPakistan Railways5–2Muhammad RasoolK-ElectricMuslim5–1Muhammad Mujahid 4 Pakistan AirforceBaloch Quetta9–0Mansoor Khan Pakistan AirforceBaloch Quetta9–0 4 Player scored four goals Note: Baloch Quetta played with only 7 players on 2 November 2014 against Afghan Chaman, as most of the players returned home after losing several family members in 2014 Quetta Airbase attack, Pakistan Football Federation did not rescheduled the match, which earned them the negative criticism. Baloch Quetta lost the match 6–1.
Awards Following is the list of annual award winners. AwardPlayerClubTop scorerMuhammad RasoolK-ElectricBest goalkeeperMuzammil HussainWAPDABest Player of the Season(shared)Mansoor KhanMuhammad MujahidPakistan Airforce
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