# 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League

The 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League was the 9th season of the Pakistan Premier League, the Pakistani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 5 September 2012 and ended on 15 January 2013.
Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions, having won their second Premier League title the previous season. This was their second top division league title.
On 13 January 2013, Khan Research Laboratories won their third Premier League title and Pakistani titles after drawing 0–0 with Pakistan Airlines at KPT Stadium.
Kaleemullah Khan became the first player to score 30+ goals in a Pakistan Premier League season, after scoring 35 goals.

## Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2013 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.

## Teams

Pakistan Police and Pak Elektron were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season and were replaced by Wohaib and Zarai Taraqiati.
During the season, the Pakistan Navy vacated their previous home ground, the Municipal Stadium in Rawalpindi, for the Karachi Port Trust Stadium in Karachi due to the pitch condition at the former ground, thus KPT Stadium was used by three teams this season, the other two being Karachi Port Trust and National Bank, both had used KPT Stadium as their home ground since the start of Pakistan Premier 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 |
| Karachi Port Trust F.C | Karachi | Karachi Port Trust Stadium | 6,000 |
| Khan Research Laboratories F.C. | Rawalpindi | KRL Stadium | 8,000 |
| Muslim F.C. | Quetta | Sadiq Shaheed Stadium | 5,000 |
| National Bank of Pakistan F.C. | Karachi | Karachi Port Trust 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 | Korangi Baloch Stadium | 5,000 |
| Pakistan Navy F.C. | Karachi | PNS Karsaz Stadium | 3,000 |
| PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad | Faisalabad | Railways Ground | 20,000 |
| Water & Power Development Authority F.C | Lahore | Railway Stadium | 3,000 |
| Hafiz Wohaib Butt Memorial F.C. | Lahore | UMT Football Ground | 1,000 |
| Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited F.C. | Islamabad | Jinnah Sports Stadium | 48,800 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Khan Research Laboratories (C) | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 15 | +50 | 71 | Qualification for 2013 AFC President's Cup group stage |
| 2 | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 60 | 27 | +33 | 62 | |
| 3 | Muslim | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 62 | |
| 4 | Pakistan Army | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 58 | |
| 5 | Pakistan Air Force | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 53 | |
| 6 | National Bank | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 44 | |
| 7 | Pakistan Navy | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 37 | |
| 8 | Pakistan Airlines | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 36 | |
| 9 | Afghan Chaman | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 35 | |
| 10 | Baloch Nushki | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 34 | |
| 11 | WAPDA | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 32 | |
| 12 | Karachi Port Trust | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 32 | |
| 13 | Habib Bank | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 32 | |
| 14 | Zarai Taraqiati | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 27 | |
| 15 | PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad (R) | 30 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 45 | −26 | 25 | Relegation to 2013–14 Pakistan Football Federation League |
| 16 | Wohaib (R) | 30 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 75 | −67 | 8 | Relegation to 2013–14 Pakistan Football Federation League |

## Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | AFG | ARM | BAL | HBL | KESC | KPT | KRL | MUS | NAV | NBP | PAF | PIA | PMC | WAP | WOH | ZTBL |
| Afghan F.C. | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Army F.C. | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Baloch F.C. | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| HBL F.C. | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 |
| KESC F.C. | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 |
| KPT F.C. | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–6 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| KRL F.C. | 4–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Muslim F.C. | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Navy F.C. | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| NBP F.C. | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| PAF | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| PIA F.C. | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 |
| PMC Athletico | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| WAPDA F.C. | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Wohaib F.C. | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 |
| ZTBL F.C. | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | |

## Statistics
### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Sajjad Ahmed for Pakistan Navy against Karachi Port Trust (5 September 2012).
* Last goal of the season: Muhammad Adnan for Pakistan Navy against Khan Research Laboratories (14 January 2013).
* Fastest goal of the season: 59 seconds – Abdus Salam for Karachi Electric Supply Corporation against WAPDA (14 January 2013).
* Most hat-trick by a single player: 7
** Kaleemullah Khan
* Largest winning margin: 6 goals
** Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib (28 December 2012)
* Highest scoring game: 10 goals
** Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (11 December 2012)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
** Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib (28 December 2012)
** Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (11 December 2012)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
** Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (11 December 2012)

### Top scorers

    As of 15 January 2013
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | 35 |
| 2 | Muhammad Rasool | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 25 |
| 3 | Ansar Abbas | Pakistan Army | 16 |
| 4 | Muhammad | Karachi Port Trust | 13 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Muhammad Rasool | Karachi Electric Supply Company | Baloch Nushki | 5–0 | 20 September 2012 |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Zarai Taraqiati | 4–1 | 1 October 2012 |
| Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | Habib Bank | 4–0 | 11 October 2012 |
| Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | Muslim | 4–1 | 16 October 2012 |
| Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | Afghan Chaman | 4–0 | 18 October 2012 |
| Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | Baloch Nushki | 4–0 | 21 October 2012 |
| Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | Wohaib | 3–0 | 6 November 2012 |
| Sanaullah | Baloch Nushki | National Bank | 4–1 | 9 November 2012 |
| Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | PMC Athletico | 3–0 | 9 November 2012 |
| Muhammad Rasool$^4$ | Karachi Electric Supply Company | Karachi Port Trust | 6–4 | 11 December 2012 |
| Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories | WAPDA | 4–1 | 17 December 2012 |
| Aurangzeb Baba | Karachi Electric Supply Company | PMC Athletico | 4–0 | 26 December 2012 |
$^4$ Player scored four goals

### Awards

    As of 15 January 2013
| Award | Player | Club |
| Top Scorer | Kaleemullah Khan | Khan Research Laboratories |
| Most Valuable Player | Saeed Ahmed | Muslim |
| Best Goalkeeper | Jaffar Khan | Pakistan Army |
| Fair Play | — | Zarai Taraqiati |