2018-19_Pakistan_Premier_League

2018–19 Pakistan Premier League

Football league season

The 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League was the 61st season of Pakistan domestic football and the 12th season of the Pakistan Premier League, and the first season to be played since 2014–15.

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

Pakistan Premier League
Season	2018–19
Dates	25 September 2018 – 13 January 2019
Champions	Khan Research Laboratories 5th Premier League 5th Pakistani title
Relegated	Karachi Port Trust Baloch Nushki Ashraf Sugar Mills Pakistan Airlines
Matches played	182
Goals scored	398 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ansar Abbas (15 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Tanvir Mumtaz (Khan Research Laboratories)
Biggest home win	Pakistan Navy 6–1 Baloch Nushki (7 December 2018) National Bank 5–0 Baloch Nushki (19 December 2018) Pakistan Airforce 5–0 Baloch Nushki (9 January 2019)
Biggest away win	Baloch Nushki 0–5 Pakistan Army (17 November 2018) Karachi Port Trust 0–5 Pakistan Army (17 December 2018) Afghan Chaman 0–5 Khan Research Laboratories (23 December 2018)
Highest scoring	Pakistan Navy 6–1 Baloch Nushki (7 December 2018) Karachi Port Trust 2–5 Civil Aviation Authority (30 December 2018)^[1] Sui Northern Gas 4–3 Afghan Chaman (8 January 2019)
Longest winning run	5 matches Khan Research Laboratories Pakistan Airforce Sui Southern Gas^[2]
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Khan Research Laboratories^[2]
Longest winless run	26 matches Baloch Nushki^[2]
Longest losing run	8 matches Baloch Nushki^[2]
Highest attendance	15,000 Khan Research Laboratories 4–0 Sui Southern Gas (13 January 2019)^[3]
← 2014–15 ~~2021–22~~ →

The league was ultimately organised by two different federations. Faisal Saleh Hayat-led Pakistan Football Federation, which was internationally recognised, started the league and non-FIFA recognised Ashfaq Hussain Shah group, which formed a parallel PFF in the elections conducted under court orders completed the league after taking charge.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Format

The season was held in Multan, Karachi and Lahore between 25 September and 11 January 2019, with 16 teams participating (12 PPL teams and 4 winner teams of second-tier playoffs).^[7] Each team would get to play each other twice, meaning in a season they would play 30 games. The bottom four teams got relegated to the second tier. The team that finished first would get qualification in the AFC Cup, but AFC denied entry of Pakistani football clubs in 2019 AFC Cup because of incomplete licensing regulations due to absence of footballing activity since the end of 2014-15 season.^[8]

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated to FFL

Baloch Quetta and Pakistan Railways were relegated at the end of 2014–15 season (no league was held until current season).^[9]

Teams promoted from FFL

Pakistan Navy got promoted after winning 2014–15 Pakistan Football Federation League, defeating Baloch Nushki 1–0 in the finals.^[10]

Teams promoted from PPL Promotion Play-Offs 2018

Main article: 2018 PPL Promotion Play-Offs

Civil Aviation Authority, Sui Southern Gas Company, Ashraf Sugar Mills and Sui Northern Gas Company won their matches and promoted to Pakistan Premier League.

Stadium and locations

WAPDA
Sui Northern Gas
Ashraf Sugar Mills

Karachi teams:
CAA
K-Electric
KPT
National Bank
Pakistan Airlines
SSGC

Location of teams in 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League

More information Team, Location ...

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Afghan Chaman	Chaman	Jamal Nasir Stadiium	12,000
Ashraf Sugar Mills	Bahawalpur	Railway Stadium	5,000
Baloch Nushki	Nushki	Nushki Stadium	10,000
Civil Aviation Authority	Karachi	Korangi Baloch Stadium	5,000
K-Electric	Karachi	People's Football Stadium	40,000
Karachi Port Trust	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Khan Research Laboratories	Rawalpindi	KRL Ground	8,000
Muslim	Quetta	Sadiq Shaheed Stadium	5,000
National Bank	Karachi	Karachi Port Trust Stadium	6,000
Pakistan Airforce	Islamabad	PAF Complex	2,000
Pakistan Army	Rawalpindi	Army Stadium	7,000
Pakistan Navy	Islamabad	PNS Karsaz Stadium	5,000
Pakistan Airlines	Karachi	Korangi Baloch Stadium	5,000
Sui Southern Gas	Karachi	Benazir Sports Complex	20,000
Sui Northern Gas	Lahore	Railway Stadium	5,000
WAPDA	Lahore	Punjab Stadium	10,000

Season summary

Ashraf Sugar Mills and Pakistan Airlines withdrew from league with former withdrawing after playing first phase in Multan and latter not playing a single match due to financial issues. Baloch Nushki got relegated after failing to win a single match and ended third last in relegation zone with six points from 6 draws. On 9 January 2019, Karachi Port Trust got relegated to Federation League for the first time ever, after they lost 2–0 to Muslim and 12th placed Sui Northern Gas winning their game match 4–3 against Afghan Chaman, leaving Karachi Port Trust 5 points from safe zone with only one match to play.^[11]

Khan Research Laboratories won the league on the final match day. Pakistan Airforce were sitting at the top of table with 51 points, one point ahead of Sui Southern Gas and three ahead of Khan Research Laboratories, who both had to face each other on final match day. Sui Southern Gas victory would hand them the title and for Khan Research Laboratories, they to beat the Sui Southern Gas by four goals to secure the title. Khan Research Laboratories the last game of the season, defeating title contenders Sui Southern Gas 4–0, finishing first on goal difference ahead of Pakistan Airforce. This is the smallest title winning margin in the history of Pakistan Premier League, with Khan Research Laboratories winning with a goal difference of just +1, as Pakistan Airforce had a goal difference on +27 and winners Khan Research Laboratories had +28.^[12]

League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Khan Research Laboratories (C)	26	14	9	3	40	12	+28	51
2	Pakistan Airforce	26	14	9	3	40	13	+27	51
3	Sui Southern Gas	26	15	5	6	32	16	+16	50
4	Pakistan Army	26	12	10	4	38	19	+19	46
5	WAPDA	26	13	6	7	32	18	+14	45
6	K-Electric	26	10	11	5	30	21	+9	41
7	Civil Aviation Authority	26	11	6	9	31	27	+4	39
8	National Bank	26	9	6	11	27	27	0	33
9	Pakistan Navy	26	10	3	13	30	37	−7	33
10	Muslim	26	5	13	8	16	17	−1	28
11	Afghan Chaman	26	8	4	14	24	44	−20	28
12	Sui Northern Gas	26	3	14	9	28	33	−5	23
13	Karachi Port Trust (R)	26	4	6	16	19	46	−27	18	Relegation to 2020 PFF League
14	Baloch Nushki (R)	26	0	6	20	12	69	−57	6
15	Ashraf Sugar Mills^{[lower-alpha 1]} (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Pakistan Airlines^{[lower-alpha 2]} (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Ashraf Sugar Mills withdrew from the league due to financial issues. thus their results were annulled against all the teams, as per rules of Pakistan Football Federation.^[13]
PIA didn't send the team for the league owing to financial reasons, though Pakistan Football Federation have not given walkover to any team.

Results

More information Home \ Away, AFG ...

Home \ Away	AFG	ASM	BAL	CAA	KE	KPT	KRL	MUS	NBP	PAF	PAR	PAN	PIA	SSGC	SNGP	WAP
Afghan Chaman	—	^[a]	3–2	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–5	0–4	0–1	0–3	0–2	3–2	^[a]	0–3	2–1	0–1
Ashraf Sugar Mills	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baloch Nushki	0–4	^[a]	—	0–0	2–4	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–5	0–1	^[a]	1–3	0–0	0–2
Civil Aviation Authority	0–1	^[a]	6–1	—	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	^[a]	1–3	1–0	2–0
K-Electric	0–0	^[a]	1–1	2–0	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	^[a]	0–2	3–0	1–0
Karachi Port Trust	0–2	^[a]	2–2	2–5	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–5	0–1	^[a]	3–2	1–1	0–2
Khan Research Laboratories	3–0	^[a]	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	—	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	^[a]	4–0	1–1	1–0
Muslim	2–0	^[a]	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	—	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	^[a]	0–0	0–0	0–0
National Bank	0–1	^[a]	5–0	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	—	0–1	1–1	2–0	^[a]	1–0	2–0	0–2
Pakistan Airforce	2–0	^[a]	5–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	1–2	2–0	^[a]	1–0	2–2	2–1
Pakistan Army	1–1	^[a]	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	—	1–2	^[a]	1–0	1–1	0–2
Pakistan Navy	0–0	^[a]	6–1	1–2	1–2	5–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–0	—	^[a]	0–1	1–1	0–1
Pakistan Airlines	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sui Southern Gas	2–0	^[a]	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	^[a]	—	1–0	1–0
Sui Northern Gas	4–3	^[a]	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–0	3–3	0–0	2–2	1–2	^[a]	1–2	—	0–0
WAPDA	2–1	^[a]	3–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	4–2	^[a]	1–2	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 10 January 2019. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

^ a: Both Ashraf Sugar Mills and Pakistan Airlines withdrew from the league.^[13]

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: Ahmed Faheem for WAPDA against Pakistan Army (26 September 2018).^[14]
Last goal of the season: Izharullah for Khan Research Laboratories against Sui Southern Gas (13 January 2018)^[4]
Most goals scored by a single team in a match: 6 goals
- Pakistan Navy 6–1 Baloch Nushki (7 December 2018)
Highest scoring game: 7 goals^[1]
- Pakistan Navy 6–1 Baloch Nushki (7 December 2018)
- Karachi Port Trust 2–5 Civil Aviation Authority (30 December 2018)
- Sui Northern Gas 4–3 Afghan Chaman (8 January 2019)
Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- Sui Northern Gas 4–3 Afghan Chaman (8 January 2019)

Top scorers

As of 13 January 2019

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ansar Abbas	Pakistan Army	15
2	Muhammad Mujahid	Pakistan Airforce	13
2	Muhammad Naeem	Civil Aviation Authority	13
3	Muhammad Rasool	K-Electric	12
3	Mansoor Khan	Pakistan Airforce	12
4	Iftikhar Ali Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	11
5	Ahmed Faheem	WAPDA	10

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Iftikhar Ali Khan	Khan Research Laboratories	National Bank	3–0 (H)	28 September 2018	^[15]
Ahmed Faheem	Pakistan Airforce	Pakistan Navy	4–2 (H)	18 October 2018	^[16]
Ansar Abbas⁴	Pakistan Army	Baloch Nushki	5–0 (A)	17 November 2018	^[17]
Hassan Faiz	Pakistan Navy	Baloch Nushki	6–1 (H)	7 December 2018
Muhammad Waheed ⁴	Civil Aviation Authority	Karachi Port Trust	5–2 (A)	30 December 2018	^[18]

⁴ Player scored four goals

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