# 2018–19 SSGC FC season

The 2018–19 season was Sui Southern Gas's first season in Pakistan Premier League since 2010–11 after winning one-legged promotion after defeating Gwadar Port Authority 7–1 on 17 September 2019.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| First-team Manager | Tariq Lutfi |
| Assistant Managers | Shamim Khan |
| Assistant Managers | Saeed Asif |
| Assistant Managers | Nasim Ahmed |
| Scout | Amir Ahmed |
| Scout | Aftab Ahmed |
| Scout | Sarwar Ali |
Source: GSA

### Other information

| Owner | Sui Southern Gas |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Benazir Sports Complex (20,000 / 100x49 metres) |
Source: GSA

### First team squad

    As of 13 January 2019.
| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Games | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Ahsanullah Ahmed HG$^2$ (VC) | GK | 2014 | (1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 23) | Academy | 18 | 0 |
| 30 | Saqib Hanif | GK | 2018 | (1994-04-23)23 April 1994 (aged 24) | B.G. Sports Club | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Mehmood Ahmed | GK | 2018 | (1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (aged 26) | Pakistan Army | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Zubair Ahmed U21 HG$^2$ | GK | 2018 | (2001-10-16)16 October 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Amjad Hussain HG$^2$ | CB / LB | 2014 | (1994-03-07)7 March 1994 (aged 24) | Academy | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Muhammad Naveed | CB | 2017 | (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 26) | Khan Research Laboratories | 23 | 0 |
| 5 | Noor Muhammad | CB | 2016 | (1991-02-04)4 February 1991 (aged 27) | K-Electric | 24 | 0 |
| 11 | Abdul Salam HG$^2$ | RB / LB | 2015 | (1995-11-06)6 November 1995 (aged 23) | Academy | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | Zahid Nadeem HG$^2$ | LB | 2014 | (1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 27) | Academy | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Ahsanullah Khan HG$^2$ | RB | 2016 | (1992-12-13)13 December 1992 (aged 26) | Khan Research Laboratories | 20 | 0 |
| 20 | Nabi Bux U21 HG$^2$ | CB | 2018 | (2000-08-28)28 August 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | Salal Raza | CB | 2015 | (1995-12-29)29 December 1995 (aged 23) | Karachi Port Trust | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | Aurangzeb | CB | 2018 | (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 30) | Free Agent | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 6 | Bilawal-ur-Rehman | CM | 2014 | (1993-10-02)2 October 1993 (aged 25) | Khan Research Laboratories | 28 | 2 |
| 7 | Jadeed Khan | RM | 2018 | (1989-01-06)6 January 1989 (aged 30) | WAPDA | 17 | 1 |
| 8 | Mehmood Khan | CM / AM | 2018 | (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 27) | K-Electric | 14 | 1 |
| 17 | Saddam Hussain (C) | AM / CM | 2018 | (1993-04-10)10 April 1993 (aged 25) | Gençler Birliği | 16 | 0 |
| 19 | Zakir Lashari | LW / RW | 2014 | (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 27) | Habib Bank | 14 | 2 |
| 26 | Ubaid Ahmed U21 | RW / LW | 2018 | (2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 18) | Habib Bank | 18 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Muhammad Lal HG$^2$ | ST | 2014 | (1990-09-21)21 September 1990 (aged 28) | Academy | 26 | 12 |
| 10 | Saadullah Khan | ST | 2018 | (1994-06-04)4 June 1994 (aged 24) | B.G. Sports Club | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | Razziq Mushtaq U21 HG$^2$ | ST | 2018 | (1999-10-03)3 October 1999 (aged 19) | Academy | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | Saeed Ahmed | ST | 2014 | (1990-02-01)1 February 1990 (aged 28) | Khan Research Laboratories | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Imran Hussain | ST | 2014 | (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 37) | Pakistan Army | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Amaanullah Ali HG$^2$ | ST | 2014 | (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Habib-ur-Rehman | ST | 2018 | (1996-02-16)16 February 1996 (aged 22) | K-Electric | 21 | 5 |
| 24 | Muhammad Tahir HG$^2$ | ST | 2018 | (1995-01-19)19 January 1995 (aged 23) | Academy | 24 | 9 |
| 25 | Abdul Naeem U21 | ST | 2018 | (1997-10-09)9 October 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 26 | 0 |
| 27 | Shahiryar Lasi U21 | ST | 2018 | (2000-07-29)29 July 2000 (aged 18) | Karachi Port Trust | 5 | 0 |
* HG$^2$ = Club-trained player
* U21 = Under-21 player

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Pakistan Premier League | — | 3rd | 28 September 2018 | 13 January 2019 |
| National Challenge Cup | Group stage | Group stage | 22 April 2018 | 26 April 2018 |

## Competition record

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Pakistan Premier League | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 16 | +16 | 057.69 |
| National Challenge Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 050.00 |
| Promotional Play-offs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 100.00 |
| Total | 29 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 41 | 19 | +22 | 058.62 |

### Pakistan Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

#### Matches
### National Challenge Cup
#### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | WAPDA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Knockout round |
| 2 | Sui Southern Gas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Karachi United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 13 January 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | National Challenge Cup | National Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | PAK | Ahsan Ullah | 18 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | PAK | Amjad Hussain | 12 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | PAK | Muhammad Naveed | 25 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | PAK | Noor Muhammad | 26 | 0 | 24+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | PAK | Bilawal-ur-Rehman | 27 | 3 | 24+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | PAK | Jadeed Khan | 22 | 1 | 17+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | PAK | Mehmood Khan | 20 | 1 | 14+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | PAK | Muhammad Lal | 28 | 8 | 21+5 | 8 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | PAK | Saadullah Khan | 15 | 2 | 10+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | PAK | Abdul Salam | 22 | 1 | 14+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | PAK | Zahid Nadeem | 13 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | PAK | Ahsanullah Khan | 23 | 0 | 20+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | PAK | Razziq Mushtaq | 25 | 1 | 16+7 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | PAK | Saeed Ahmed | 12 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | PAK | Saddam Hussain | 16 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | PAK | Zakir Lashari | 18 | 1 | 9+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | PAK | Nabi Bux | 13 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | PAK | Imran Hussain | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | PAK | Amaanullah | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | PAK | Habib-ur-Rehman | 23 | 5 | 19+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | PAK | Muhammad Tahir | 26 | 9 | 24+0 | 9 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | PAK | Abdul Naeem | 27 | 1 | 14+12 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | PAK | Ubaid Ahmed | 26 | 1 | 18+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | PAK | Shahriyar Lasi | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | PAK | Salal Raza | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | PAK | Saqib Hanif | 5 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | PAK | Mehmood Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | PAK | Zubair Ahmed | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | PAK | Aurangzeb | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source: GSA

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Pakistan Premier League | Pakistan Premier League | National Challenge Cup | National Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| 13 | DF | Ahsanullah Khan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Amjad Hussain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Nabi Bux | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Bilawal-ur-Rehman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Noor Muhammad | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Muhammad Naveed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Saddam Hussain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Saadullah Khan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Razziq Mushtaq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Habib-ur-Rehman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Abdul Salam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Muhammad Tahir | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Abdul Naeem | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 1 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nationality | Number | Name | Pakistan Premier League | National Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 24 | Muhammad Tahir | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | 9 | Muhammad Lal | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 23 | Habib-ur-Rehman | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | 6 | Bilawal-ur-Rehman | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 10 | Saadullah Khan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 7 | Jadeed Khan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 8 | Mehmood Khan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 11 | Abdul Salam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 15 | Razziq Mushtaq | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 19 | Zakir Lashari | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 26 | Ubaid Ahmed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 25 | Abdul Naeem | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 32 | 2 | 34 |

### Captains

| No. | P | Name | No. games | Notes |
| 17 | MF | Saddam Hussain | 16 | Club captain |
| 1 | GK | Ahsan Ullah | 10 | Club vice captain |
| 6 | MF | Bilawal-ur-Rehman | 2 | 3rd captain |
Last updated: 13 January 2019 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.