# 2009–10 Pakistan Premier League

The 2009–10 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 and ended on 13 December.
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 | Capacity |
| Afghan Chaman | Chaman | Jamal Nasir Stadium | 12,000 |
| Baloch Nushki | Nushki | Nushki Stadium | 3,000 |
| Habib Bank | Karachi | People's Sports Complex | 40,000 |
| Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Karachi | People's Sports Complex | 40,000 |
| Karachi Port Trust | Karachi | CDGK Stadium | 15,000 |
| Khan Research Laboratories | Rawalpindi | Municipal Stadium | 35,000 |
| National Bank | Karachi | Korangi Baloch Stadium | 5,000 |
| Pak Elektron | Lahore | Model Town Football Academy Ground | 1,000 |
| Pakistan Airforce | Peshawar | Qayyum Stadium | 15,000 |
| Pakistan Army | Rawalpindi | Army Stadium | 7,000 |
| Navy F.C. | Islamabad | Naval Sports Complex | 1,000 |
| Pakistan Airlines | Karachi | CDGK Stadium | 15,000 |
| PMC Athletico | Faisalabad | Railways Ground | 10,000 |
| WAPDA | Lahore | Railway Stadium | 3,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Khan Research Laboratories | 26 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 8 | +32 | 60 | Qualification to 2010 AFC President's Cup |
| 2 | Pakistan Army | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 60 | |
| 3 | WAPDA | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 57 | |
| 4 | Pakistan Navy | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 57 | |
| 5 | Karachi Port Trust | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 38 | |
| 6 | Pakistan Airlines | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 36 | |
| 7 | Pak Elektron | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 36 | |
| 8 | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 34 | |
| 9 | Habib Bank | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 30 | |
| 10 | National Bank | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 26 | |
| 11 | Pakistan Air Force | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 25 | |
| 12 | Afghan Chaman | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 51 | −31 | 22 | |
| 13 | PMC Athletico | 26 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 19 | 40 | −21 | 21 | Relegation to 2010 PFF League |
| 14 | Baloch Nushki | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 60 | −50 | 8 | Relegation to 2010 PFF League |

## Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | AFG | ARM | BAL | HBL | KESC | KPT | KRL | NAV | NBP | PAF | PEL | PIA | PMCA | WAP |
| Afghan F.C. | | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 |
| Army F.C. | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Baloch F.C. | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
| HBL F.C. | 3–1 | | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 |
| KESC F.C. | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| KPT F.C. | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 0–3 |
| KRL F.C. | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Navy F.C. | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| NBP F.C. | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| PAF F.C. | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| PEL F.C. | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| PIA F.C. | 5–0 | | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–3 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| PMC Athletico | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| WAPDA F.C. | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 5–1 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 The home matches of both Afghan Chaman and Baloch Nushki against Pakistan Army, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Airforce and WAPDA were all moved from Balochistan to Karachi, after the service teams refused to play in Chaman and Nushki citing security reasons; in protest against this decision Afghan and Baloch refused to honour these nominal home matches and were awarded five 0-3 losses each.
* ↑ National Bank were awarded three points and three goals following their protest that Pakistan Airforce had fielded an illegal player against them in the Premier Football League match that was held at the PAF Complex in Islamabad on August 2. Pakistan Airforce won the original tie 2-0.

## 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

    As of 13 December 2009
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | 20 |
| 2 | Muhammad Ishtiaq | Habib Bank | 11 |
| 2 | Asmatullah | Pak Elektron | 11 |
| 3 | Bilal Ahmed | Habib Bank | 10 |
| 3 | Zahid Ahmed | Karachi Port Trust | 10 |
| 3 | Nomi Martin Gill | Pakistan Navy | 10 |
| 3 | Abdul Rehman | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 10 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 13 December 2009
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | PMC Athletico | 5–1 | 26 July 2009 |
| Nomi Martin Gill | Pakistan Navy | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 3–0 | 7 August 2009 |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Pakistan Airlines | 3–2 | 21 August 2009 |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Pakistan Navy | 5–0 | 4 October 2009 |
| Shakir Lashari | Pakistan Airlines | Baloch Nushki | 4–0 | 21 October 2009 |
| Bilal Ahmed | Habib Bank | Baloch Nushki | 4–0 | 23 October 2009 |
| Zeeshan Ali | Pakistan Airlines | Afghan Chaman | 5–0 | 27 October 2009 |
| Aurangzeb Baloch | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Baloch Nushki | 4–0 | 27 October 2009 |

## Awards

| Award | Player | Club |
| Top scorer | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA |
| Best goalkeeper | Ghulam Nabi | KRL |
| Best Player of the Season | Nasrullah Khan | PIA |
| Fairplay award | – | Afghan Chaman |