# 2010–11 Pakistan Premier League

The 2010–11 Pakistan Premier League for professional association football was the 7th season of the Pakistan Premier League, since its establishment in 2004, and the 56th season of Pakistan domestic league. The season began on 16 September 2010. Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions.
WAPDA won the league, it was their 4th Premier League and 8th Pakistani league title.
Besides the title and the winner's trophy, WAPDA F.C. received Rs 600,000, while the last edition's winners KRL received Rs 400,000 as runners-up. PIA F.C. came in third and received Rs 300,000. PIA shot-stopper Muhammad Haji was adjudged the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and pocketed Rs 100,000 while leading marksman Arif Mehmood and best goalkeeper Muhammad Omer (KESC F.C.) took Rs50,000 each. Chaman's Afghan F.C. were given Rs 100,000 as winners of the Fair Play trophy. Rs 50,000 each went to the best referee Jehangir Khan and the best match commissioner Gohar Zaman while the best assistant referee Irshad-ul-Haq received Rs25,000.

## Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2011 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.

## Location and stadia

| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Afghan F.C. | Chaman | Jamal Nasir Stadium | 12,000 |
| Baloch F.C. | Nushki | Nushki Stadium | 3,000 |
| Habib Bank Limited F.C. | Karachi | Peoples Football Stadium | 40,000 |
| Karachi Electric Supply Corporation F.C. | Karachi | Peoples Football Stadium | 40,000 |
| Pak Elektron Limited Football Club. | Lahore | Punjab Stadium | 10,000 |
| Karachi Port Trust F.C | Karachi | CDGK Stadium | 6,000 |
| Khan Research Laboratories F.C. | Rawalpindi | KRL Stadium | 8,000 |
| National Bank of Pakistan F.C. | Karachi | CDGK Stadium | 6,000 |
| Pakistan Air Force F.C. | Peshawar | PAF Complex | 1,000 |
| Pakistan Army F.C. | Rawalpindi | Army Stadium | 7,000 |
| Pakistan International Airlines F.C. | Karachi | CDGK Stadium | 6,000 |
| Pakistan Navy F.C. | Quetta | Naval Sports Complex | 10,000 |
| PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad | Faisalabad | Railways Ground | 20,000 |
| SSGC F.C. | Karachi | CDGK Stadium | 6,000 |
| Water & Power Development Authority F.C. | Lahore | Railway Stadium | 5,000 |
| Young Blood F.C. | Sahiwal | Ali Rai Nawaz Stadium | 5,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | WAPDA (C) | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 21 | +39 | 67 | Qualification to 2011 AFC President's Cup |
| 2 | Khan Research Laboratories | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 58 | |
| 3 | Pakistan Airlines | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 57 | |
| 4 | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 55 | |
| 5 | Pakistan Army | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 54 | |
| 6 | Karachi Port Trust | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 51 | |
| 7 | Pakistan Airforce | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 30 | +1 | 45 | |
| 8 | Afghan Chaman | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 42 | |
| 9 | Pakistan Navy | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 42 | |
| 10 | Pak Elektron | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 38 | |
| 11 | Baloch Nushki | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 34 | |
| 12 | National Bank | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 34 | |
| 13 | Habib Bank | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 25 | |
| 14 | PMC Athletico | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 21 | |
| 15 | Sui Southern Gas (R) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 20 | Relegation to 2011 PFF League |
| 16 | Young Blood (R) | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 18 | Relegation to 2011 PFF League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | AFG | ARM | BAL | HBL | KESC | KPT | KRL | NAV | NBP | PAF | PEL | PIA | PMC | SSGC | WAP | YB |
| Afghan Chaman | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 |
| Pakistan Army | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Baloch Nushki | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Habib Bank | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Karachi Port Trust | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 |
| Khan Research Laboratories | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Pakistan Navy | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| National Bank | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Pakistan Airforce | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Pak Elektron | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Pakistan Airlines | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Sui Southern Gas | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 5–1 | — | 1–2 | 6–2 |
| WAPDA | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | — | 6–1 |
| Young Blood | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | — |

## Statistics
### Scoring

* First hat-trick of the season: Arif Mehmood for WAPDA against Young Blood (22 September 2010)
* Widest winning margin: 6 goals – WAPDA Pakistan Navy 6–0 Sui Southern Gas (25 October 2010)
* Most goals against one team: 6
** WAPDA 6–1 Young Blood (24 September 2010)
** Pakistan Navy 6–0 Sui Southern Gas (25 October 2010)
** Sui Southern Gas 6–2 Young Blood (26 November 2010)
** Karachi Port Trust 6–1 Young Blood (30 November 2010)
** Afghan Chaman 6–1 Young Blood (25 December 2010)
** Sui Southern Gas 1–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (1 November 2010)
** Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 6–1 Sui Southern Gas (14 November 2010)
*** This is the first time in the Premier League that any team has scored 6 goals against same team twice in one season.
* Most hat-tricks scored by one player: 2
** Arif Mehmood for WAPDA
*** Young Blood 0–4 WAPDA (21 September 2010)
*** WAPDA 6–1 Young Blood (24 September 2010)
**** This is the first time in the Premier League that any player has scored a hat-trick against the same team twice in one season.
* Most hat-tricks by a team: 3
** Karachi Electric Supply Corporation
*** Muhammad Essa v Sui Southern Gas (1 November 2010)
*** Muhammad Rasool v Afghan Chaman (8 November 2010)
*** Abdul Rehman v Sui Southern Gas (14 November 2010)
** WAPDA
*** Arif Mehmood v Young Blood (21 September 2010)
*** Arif Mehmood v Young Blood (24 September 2010)
*** Khuda Bakhsh v Karachi Port Trust (22 October 2010)
* Team with most goals scored: 60 goals – WAPDA
* Team with fewest goals scored: 20 goals – Sui Southern Gas
* Team with fewest goals conceded: 16 goals – Khan Research Laboratories
* Team with most goals conceded: 73 goals – Young Blood

### Top goalscorers

    As of 30 December 2010
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | 21 |
| 2 | Asim Faiz | Sui Southern Gas | 16 |
| 3 | Abdul Rehman | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 13 |
| 3 | Muhammad bin Younus | Karachi Port Trust | 13 |
| 4 | Muhammad Essa | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 12 |
| 5 | Muhammad Qasim | Khan Research Laboratories | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 30 December 2010
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Venue |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Young Blood | 4–0 | 21 September 2010 | Rai Ali Nawaz Stadium, Sahiwal |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Young Blood | / 6–1 | 24 September 2010 | Railway Stadium, Lahore |
| Zafar Majeed | Karachi Port Trust | National Bank | 4–2 | 25 September 2010 | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi |
| Jadeed Khan | Afghan Chaman | Young Blood | 3–0 | 14 October 2010 | Rai Ali Nawaz Stadium, Sahiwal |
| Khuda Bakhsh | WAPDA | Karachi Port Trust | 5–2 | 22 October 2010 | Railway Stadium, Lahore |
| Nomi Martin Gill | Pakistan Navy | Sui Southern Gas | 6–0 | 25 October 2010 | Naval Sports Complex, Islamabad |
| Muhammad Essa | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Sui Southern Gas | 6–1 | 1 November 2010 | CDGK Stadium, Karachi |
| Muhammad Rasool | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Afghan Chaman | [ 3–0] | 8 November 2010 | Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi |
| Muhammad Qasim | Khan Research Laboratories | Pak Elektron | [ 4–0] | 10 November 2010 | MFTA Ground, Lahore |
| Abdul Rehman | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | Sui Southern Gas | [ 6–1] | 14 November 2010 | Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi |
| Asim Faiz$^4$ | Sui Southern Gas | Young Blood | [ 6–2] | 26 December 2010 | KPT Sports Complex, Karachi |
| Mohammad bin Younus | Karachi Port Trust | Young Blood | [6–1] | 30 November 2010 | KPT Sports Complex, Karachi |
| Muhammad Ashfaq | National Bank | Young Blood | [ 4–1] | 2 December 2010 | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi |
| Sattar Mansuri | National Bank | Pak Elektron | [ 4–2] | 28 December 2010 | Peoples Football Stadium, Karachi |
* $^4$ Player scored four goals

### Awards

    As of 30 December 2010
| Award | Player | Club |
| Top Scorer | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA |
| Most Valuable Player | Muhammad Haji | Pakistan Airlines |
| Best Goalkeeper | Muhammad Omar | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation |
| Fair Play | — | Afghan Chaman |