The 2018–19 season is Khan Research Laboratories Football Club's 23rd competitive season, 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Pakistani football, 12th consecutive season in the Premier League, and 23rd year in existence as a football club.
Month by month review September Khan Research Laboratories started their season with a 3–0 win over National Bank with a hat-trick scored by Iftikhar Ali Khan. In its second and last league game of September, Khan Research Laboratories drew 0–0 to Muslim.
Position at the end of September
October Khan Research Laboratories faced newly promoted Sui Northern Gas on 4 October, the match ended in a 1–1 draw with Iftikhar Ali Khan scoring his fourth goal in three matches. Their fourth match of the season was a 3–0 win over newly promoted Baloch Nushki, Izharullah Khan, Umair Ali and Iftikhar Ali Khan scored for Khan Research Laboratories. On 21 October, Khan Research Laboratories faced rivals K-Electric in match that ended 1–1, with Izharullah Khan scoring for Khan Research Laboratories. On 24 October, Khan Research Laboratories faced their longtime-rivals WAPDA, with Khan Research Laboratories winning the game 1–0 after a late-goal from Umair Ali. In their last match of the October, the club faced Pakistan Air Force in a 1–1 draw, after Danish Hameed's goal was equalised by Pakistan Air Force's Irfan Ali at 63rd minute.
Position at the end of October
November On 1 November, Khan Research Laboratories faced Afghan Chaman, which the club won 3–0 with attacking trio Iftikhar Ali Khan, Izharullah Khan and Umair Ali scoring for Khan Research Laboratories. On 6 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated struggling Karachi Port Trust 1–0 with winger Umair Ali scoring a late goal for the club. On 16 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Pakistan Navy 3–0, with goals from Iftikhar Ali Khan, Izharullah Khan and Zaid Umar. On 19 November, the club faced longtime-rivals Pakistan Army in a 1–1, with Muhammad Shahid scoring equaliser for Khan Research Laboratories at 43rd minute. On 23 November, the club extended its unbeaten run to 12 matches after defeating newly-form and promoted Civil Aviation Authority 2–1 with Iftikhar Ali Khan and captain Zia Us-Salam scoring for the club. On 26 November, Khan Research Laboratories' unbeaten run came to an end after losing 1–0 Sui Southern Gas, with Habib-ur-Rehman scoring the winning goal of the game. On 29 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated National Bank 1–0 courtesy of an own goal from Misbah-ul-Hassan.
Position at the end of November
December Khan Research Laboratories faced Muslim in their first match of December, winning the match 2–1 with Umair Ali scoring in 12th minute and Muhammad Shahid scoring a penalty in the 92nd minute of the match, which caused a mob of angry people attacking the referee. On 6 December, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Sui Northern Gas 3–1, Waqar Baloch, Iftikhar Ali Khan and Umair Ali scoring the goals. On 10 December, they defeated Baloch Nushki 2–0 with Imran Khan and Zaid Umar scoring for the club. Khan Research Laboratories ended their next three matches with three consecutive draws, 1–1 draw with rivals K-Electric and WAPDA with Junaid Ahmed scoring against K-Electric and Iftikhar Ali Khan against WAPDA and a 0–0 with Pakistan Air Force. On 23 December, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Afghan Chaman 5–0 with Imran Khan and Zeeshan Siddiqui scoring a brace and Iftikhar Ali Khan also scoring, taking his tally to 11 goals. The club played a goalless draw against Karachi Port Trust on 26 December.
Position at the end of December
January The club lost two consecutive matches for the first time in the season, losing 1–0 Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy. On 9 January, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Civil Aviation Authority 1–0 with a 23rd-minute goal from Umair Ali, leaving them 3 points behind first placed Pakistan Air Force and 1 point behind second placed Sui Southern Gas. On the final day of the league, Khan Research Laboratories defeated title contenders Sui Southern Gas 4–0, with Iftikhar Ali Khan and Junaid Ahmed scoring a goal each and Izharullah Khan scoring a brace. The victory leveled Khan Research Laboratories with first place Pakistan Air Force on 51 points, although Khan Research Laboratories won the league on goal difference, having a goal difference of +28 against Pakistan Air Force's +27.
Position at the end of January
Club
Coaching staff {|class="wikitable" |- !Position !Staff |- |Manager|| Ayaz Butt |- |Assistant Manager|| Saeed Sr. |- |Head Coach|| Sajjad Mehmood |- |Assistant Coach|| Kamran Khan |- |Local Coach|| Muhammad Shahid |- |Goalkeeper Coach|| Muhammad Zeeshan |- |Scout|| Abdul Ghaffar
Other information
First team squad
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of birth (age) Signed from Games played Goals scored Goalkeepers 1 Tanveer Mumtaz GK 2018 Sui Southern Gas 84 0 23 Nasrullah Khan GK 2018 Muslim 3 0 24 Hasan Riaz GK 2018 Higher Education Commission 0 0 Defenders 2 Muhammad Shahid (vc) RB 2010 WAPDA 139 2 3 Arslan Ali LB 2018 Habib Bank 21 0 5 Waqar Baloch CB 2018 Sui Southern Gas 21 1 12 Abdul Qadeer CB 2018 WAPDA 9 0 14 Mazdaq Masood CB 2018 WAPDA 19 0 15 Imran Khan CB 2018 Pakistan Airlines 26 3 18 Ghulam Fareed RB / LB 2018 WAPDA 14 0 25 Ali Agha CB 2018 Omid Hazara FC 6 0 Midfielders 4 Rajab Ali CM / DM 2018 Pak Hazara FC 17 0 7 Zia Us-Salam (c) CM / RM 2010 Academy 109 6 10 Umair Ali AM / LW 2018 Sui Southern Gas 19 8 11 Yousaf Ahmed LW / AM / RW 2018 Academy 1 0 17 Zaid Umer CM 2018 Civil Aviation Authority 11 2 19 Junaid Ahmed AM 2018 Karachi Port Trust 22 2 21 Muhammad Adil AM / RW 2018 Hawkesbury City 71 24 22 Abdul Razzaq RW / AM 2014 Academy 7 0 Strikers 6 Izharullah CF 2014 Academy 41 7 8 Iftikhar Ali Khan CF 2018 WAPDA 25 12 13 Hafiz Shah Wali CF 2018 Muslim 20 0 16 Danish Hameed CF 2018 Sui Southern Gas 16 1 20 Zeeshan Siddiqui CF 2018 Academy 7 2
Season National Challenge Cup
Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions of the National Challenge Cup, they were knocked out in group stages after losing 1–0 to Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority in the final group match.
Table
Matches
Premier League
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Matches
Summary Competition P W D L GF GA CS Pakistan Premier League2614934012143200 National Challenge Cup2101311000 Total2815944313153200
Statistics Appearances No.Pos.NamePremier LeagueNational Challenge CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals 1 GK Tanveer Mumtaz2600026000 2 DF Muhammad Shahid2422026240 3 DF Arslan Ali21 (2)02023 (2)010 4 MF Rajab Ali17 (10)02019 (10)010 5 DF Waqar Baloch2110021160 6 FW Izharullah2662128700 7 MF Zia Us-Salam2611027120 8 FW Iftikhar Ali Khan25 (6)120025 (6)1220 9 FW Rizwan Asif00200000 10 FW Umair Ali1982121920 11 MF Yousaf Ahmed1 (1)0001 (1)000 12 DF Abdul Qadeer90009010 13 FW Hafiz Wali Shah20 (11)00020 (11)030 14 DF Mazdaq Maqsood1900019030 15 DF Imran Khan2602028030 16 FW Danish Hameed16 (11)11 (1)017 (12)100 17 MF Zaid Umar11 (11)20011 (11)200 18 DF Ghulam Fareed14 (3)02016 (13)010 19 MF Junaid Ahmed2221023220 20 FW Zeeshan Siddiqui7 (4)22 (1)19 (5)310 21 MF Muhammad Adil6 (5)0208 (5)010 22 MF Abdul Razzaq7 (2)0007 (2)000 23 GK Nasrullah3 (2)0003 (2)000 24 GK Hassan Riaz00202000 25 DF Ali Agha6 (3)0006 (3)010 26 MF Yasir Afridi00000000Players who left the club in July transfer window 14 DF Imran Khan00202000
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerPremier LeagueNational Challenge CupTotal1FW8 Iftikhar Ali Khan120122FW9 Umair Ali8193FW6 Izharullah6174FW20 Zeeshan Siddiqui2135DF2 Muhammad Shahid202MF17 Zaid Umar202MF19 Junaid Ahmed2028DF5 Waqar Baloch101MF7 Zia Us-Salam101FW16 Danish Hameed101Own goals303 Total40343
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerPremier LeagueNational Challenge CupTotal11 Tanveer Ahmed14014224 Hassan Riaz011
Summary Games played 28 (26 Pakistan Premier League) (2 National Football Challenge Cup)Games won 15 (14 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)Games drawn 9 (9 Pakistan Premier League)Games lost 4 (3 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)Goals scored 43 (40 Pakistan Premier League) (3 National Football Challenge Cup)Goals conceded 13 (12 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)Goal difference +30 (28 Pakistan Premier League) (2 National Football Challenge Cup)Clean sheets 15 (14 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)Yellow cards 32 (32 Pakistan Premier League)Most appearances Izharullah (29 appearances)Top scorer Iftikhar Ali Khan (12 goals)Winning Percentage Overall: 15/28 (53.5%)
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