# 2018–19 KRL F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Khan Research Laboratories Football Club's 23rd competitive season, 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Pakistani football, 12th consecutive season in the Premier League, and 23rd year in existence as a football club.

## Month by month review
### September

Khan Research Laboratories started their season with a 3–0 win over National Bank with a hat-trick scored by Iftikhar Ali Khan. In its second and last league game of September, Khan Research Laboratories drew 0–0 to Muslim.
Position at the end of September
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Khan Research Laboratories | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |

### October

Khan Research Laboratories faced newly promoted Sui Northern Gas on 4 October, the match ended in a 1–1 draw with Iftikhar Ali Khan scoring his fourth goal in three matches. Their fourth match of the season was a 3–0 win over newly promoted Baloch Nushki, Izharullah Khan, Umair Ali and Iftikhar Ali Khan scored for Khan Research Laboratories. On 21 October, Khan Research Laboratories faced rivals K-Electric in match that ended 1–1, with Izharullah Khan scoring for Khan Research Laboratories. On 24 October, Khan Research Laboratories faced their longtime-rivals WAPDA, with Khan Research Laboratories winning the game 1–0 after a late-goal from Umair Ali. In their last match of the October, the club faced Pakistan Air Force in a 1–1 draw, after Danish Hameed's goal was equalised by Pakistan Air Force's Irfan Ali at 63rd minute.
Position at the end of October
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Khan Research Laboratories | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 13 |

### November

On 1 November, Khan Research Laboratories faced Afghan Chaman, which the club won 3–0 with attacking trio Iftikhar Ali Khan, Izharullah Khan and Umair Ali scoring for Khan Research Laboratories. On 6 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated struggling Karachi Port Trust 1–0 with winger Umair Ali scoring a late goal for the club. On 16 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Pakistan Navy 3–0, with goals from Iftikhar Ali Khan, Izharullah Khan and Zaid Umar. On 19 November, the club faced longtime-rivals Pakistan Army in a 1–1, with Muhammad Shahid scoring equaliser for Khan Research Laboratories at 43rd minute. On 23 November, the club extended its unbeaten run to 12 matches after defeating newly-form and promoted Civil Aviation Authority 2–1 with Iftikhar Ali Khan and captain Zia Us-Salam scoring for the club. On 26 November, Khan Research Laboratories' unbeaten run came to an end after losing 1–0 Sui Southern Gas, with Habib-ur-Rehman scoring the winning goal of the game. On 29 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated National Bank 1–0 courtesy of an own goal from Misbah-ul-Hassan.
Position at the end of November
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Khan Research Laboratories | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 29 |

### December

Khan Research Laboratories faced Muslim in their first match of December, winning the match 2–1 with Umair Ali scoring in 12th minute and Muhammad Shahid scoring a penalty in the 92nd minute of the match, which caused a mob of angry people attacking the referee. On 6 December, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Sui Northern Gas 3–1, Waqar Ihtisham, Iftikhar Ali Khan and Umair Ali scoring the goals. On 10 December, they defeated Baloch Nushki 2–0 with Imran Khan and Zaid Umar scoring for the club. Khan Research Laboratories ended their next three matches with three consecutive draws, 1–1 draw with rivals K-Electric and WAPDA with Junaid Ahmed scoring against K-Electric and Iftikhar Ali Khan against WAPDA and a 0–0 with Pakistan Air Force. On 23 December, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Afghan Chaman 5–0 with Imran Khan and Zeeshan Siddiqui scoring a brace and Iftikhar Ali Khan also scoring, taking his tally to 11 goals. The club played a goalless draw against Karachi Port Trust on 26 December.
Position at the end of December
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Khan Research Laboratories | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 35 | 10 | +25 | 45 |

### January

The club lost two consecutive matches for the first time in the season, losing 1–0 Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy. On 9 January, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Civil Aviation Authority 1–0 with a 23rd-minute goal from Umair Ali, leaving them 3 points behind first placed Pakistan Air Force and 1 point behind second placed Sui Southern Gas. On the final day of the league, Khan Research Laboratories defeated title contenders Sui Southern Gas 4–0, with Iftikhar Ali Khan and Junaid Ahmed scoring a goal each and Izharullah Khan scoring a brace. The victory leveled Khan Research Laboratories with first place Pakistan Air Force on 51 points, although Khan Research Laboratories won the league on goal difference, having a goal difference of +28 against Pakistan Air Force's +27.
Position at the end of January
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Khan Research Laboratories | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 12 | +28 | 51 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Ayaz Butt |
| Assistant Manager | Saeed Sr. |
| Head Coach | Sajjad Mehmood Khan |
| Assistant Coach | Kamran Khan |
| Local Coach | Muhammad Shahid |
| Goalkeeper Coach | Muhammad Zeeshan |
| Scout | Abdul Ghaffar |
Source: Global Sports Archive

### Other information

| Owner | Khan Research Laboratories |
| Chairman | Muhammad Ayaz Butt |
Source: Global Sports Archive

## First team squad

    As of 13 January 2019.
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Games Played | Goals Scored |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 1 | Tanveer Mumtaz | GK | 2018 | (1994-03-05)5 March 1994 (aged 24) | Sui Southern Gas | 84 | 0 |
| 23 | Nasrullah Khan | GK | 2018 | (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 20) | Muslim | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Hasan Riaz | GK | 2018 | (1994-09-02)2 September 1994 (aged 24) | Higher Education Commission | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Muhammad Shahid (vc) | RB | 2010 | (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 33) | Academy | 139 | 2 |
| 3 | Arslan Ali | LB | 2018 | (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 19) | Habib Bank | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | Waqar Ihtisham | CB | 2018 | (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 21) | Sui Southern Gas | 21 | 1 |
| 12 | Abdul Qadeer | CB | 2018 | (1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (aged 19) | WAPDA | 9 | 0 |
| 14 | Mazdaq Masood | CB | 2018 | (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 24) | WAPDA | 19 | 0 |
| 15 | Imran Khan | CB | 2018 | (1994-01-07)7 January 1994 (aged 24) | Pakistan Airlines | 26 | 3 |
| 18 | Ghulam Fareed | RB / LB | 2018 | (1991-08-20)20 August 1991 (aged 27) | WAPDA | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Ali Agha | CB | 2018 | (1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Rajab Ali | CM / DM | 2018 | (1989-04-09)9 April 1989 (aged 29) | Pakistan Television | 17 | 0 |
| 7 | Zia Us-Salam (c) | CM / RM | 2010 | (1990-02-04)4 February 1990 (aged 28) | Academy | 109 | 6 |
| 10 | Umair Ali | AM / LW | 2018 | (1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 27) | Sui Southern Gas | 19 | 8 |
| 11 | Yousaf Ahmed | LW / AM / RW | 2018 | (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Zaid Umer | CM | 2018 | (2001-09-22)22 September 2001 (aged 17) | Civil Aviation Authority | 11 | 2 |
| 19 | Junaid Ahmed | AM | 2018 | (1999-07-07)7 July 1999 (aged 19) | Karachi Port Trust | 22 | 2 |
| 21 | Muhammad Adil | AM / RW | 2018 | (1992-07-09)9 July 1992 (aged 26) | Hawkesbury City | 71 | 24 |
| 22 | Abdul Razzaq | RW / AM | 2014 | (1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 7 | 0 |
| Strikers |||||||||
| 6 | Izharullah | CF | 2014 | (1989-11-03)3 November 1989 (aged 28) | Academy | 41 | 7 |
| 8 | Iftikhar Ali Khan | CF | 2018 | (1992-02-01)1 February 1992 (aged 26) | WAPDA | 25 | 12 |
| 13 | Hafiz Shah Wali | CF | 2018 | (1990-08-10)10 August 1990 (aged 28) | Muslim | 20 | 0 |
| 16 | Danish Hameed | CF | 2018 | (1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 23) | Sui Southern Gas | 16 | 1 |
| 20 | Zeeshan Siddiqui | CF | 2018 | (1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 24) | Academy | 7 | 2 |

## Season
### National Challenge Cup

Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions of the National Challenge Cup, they were knocked out in group stages after losing 1–0 to Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority in the final group match.

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Civil Aviation Authority | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advance to Knockout round |
| 2 | Khan Research Laboratories | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sindh Government Press | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 | |

#### Matches
### 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
### Summary

| Competition | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | CS | | | |
| Pakistan Premier League | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| National Challenge Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 13 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | National Challenge Cup | National Challenge Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Tanveer Mumtaz | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Muhammad Shahid | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Arslan Ali | 21 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Rajab Ali | 17 (10) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 (10) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Waqar Ihtisham | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | Izharullah | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Zia Us-Salam | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Iftikhar Ali Khan | 25 (6) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 (6) | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Rizwan Asif | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Umair Ali | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Yousaf Ahmed | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Abdul Qadeer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Hafiz Wali Shah | 20 (11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (11) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Mazdaq Maqsood | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Imran Khan | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Danish Hameed | 16 (11) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 17 (12) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Zaid Umar | 11 (11) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 (11) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Ghulam Fareed | 14 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 (13) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Junaid Ahmed | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Zeeshan Siddiqui | 7 (4) | 2 | 2 (1) | 1 | 9 (5) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Muhammad Adil | 6 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Abdul Razzaq | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Nasrullah | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Hassan Riaz | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Ali Agha | 6 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Yasir Afridi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in July transfer window |||||||||||
| 14 | DF | Imran Khan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 13 January 2019. Source: KRL F.C.

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Premier League | National Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 8 | Iftikhar Ali Khan | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Umair Ali | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | 6 | Izharullah | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | FW | 20 | Zeeshan Siddiqui | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Muhammad Shahid | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 17 | Zaid Umar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 19 | Junaid Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 5 | Waqar Ihtisham | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Zia Us-Salam | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 16 | Danish Hameed | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 3 | 43 |
Last updated: 13 January 2019. Source: KRL F.C.

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Premier League | National Challenge Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Tanveer Ahmed | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 24 | Hassan Riaz | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Last updated: 13 January 2019. Source: KRL F.C.

### Summary

| Games played | 28 (26 Pakistan Premier League) (2 National Football Challenge Cup) |
| Games won | 15 (14 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup) |
| Games drawn | 9 (9 Pakistan Premier League) |
| Games lost | 4 (3 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup) |
| Goals scored | 43 (40 Pakistan Premier League) (3 National Football Challenge Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 13 (12 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup) |
| Goal difference | +30 (28 Pakistan Premier League) (2 National Football Challenge Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 15 (14 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup) |
| Yellow cards | 32 (32 Pakistan Premier League) |
| Most appearances | Izharullah (29 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Iftikhar Ali Khan (12 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 15/28 (53.5%) |
Last updated: 13 January 2019. Source: KRL F.C.