2008–09 Pakistan Premier League
| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
| Champions |
WAPDA F.C. 3rd Premier League title 7th Pakistani title |
| Relegated |
Pakistan Steel F.C. PTV F.C. |
| AFC President's Cup | WAPDA F.C. |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 487 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Muhammad Rasool (KRL F.C.) |
| Biggest home win |
PIA F.C. 5–0 PEL F.C. KRL F.C. 5–0 PTV F.C. |
| Biggest away win | PEL F.C. 0–6 HBL F.C. |
| Highest scoring | NBP F.C. 5–4 PIA F.C. |
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← 2007–08 2009–10 → | |
The 2008 season is the 54th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 5th season of the Pakistan Premier League, and was held from July 22, 2008 to December 6, 2008 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).
Format
Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2009 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.
The matches will be held at 1:00 and 3:00 pm respectively on home and away basis. This time the winning bonus will be Rs 500,000, the runners-up team will receive Rs 300,000 while the third position holder will receive Rs 100,000. All matches are likely to be supervised by neutral referees.
The 2008 season
KPT F.C. lead from the start and up to the midway point remained ahead of KRL, WAPDA and Army, who all made slips up. However, by the final third of the season KPT began to falter, and towards the end of the season it became a three horse race between Army, WAPDA and KRL, just as it has done the past four seasons. The season ended with WAPDA holding on to the title with Army in second over perennial third placers KRL. Pakistan Steel and PTV were both relegated.
WAPDA were given Rs500,000 as champions of Pakistan, while Pakistan Amy and KRL picked up Rs300,000 and Rs200,000 respectively. The Fair Play trophy along with Rs100,000 went to Afghan Club. Player of the season and Rs100,000 went to KRL F.C. defender Samar Ishaq. His team mate Mohammad Rasool was top scorers and received Rs50,000. While Abdul Aziz of WAPDA was goalkeeper of the season and was given Rs50,000. Ali Nawaz Baloch was best match commissioner and Mohammad Rauf Bari was best referee and each took Rs50,000
Final standings
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAPDA F.C. | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 22 | +24 | 54 | 2009 AFC President's Cup |
| 2 | Army F.C. | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 50 | |
| 3 | KRL F.C. | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 47 | |
| 4 | KPT F.C. | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 32 | +7 | 45 | |
| 5 | Navy F.C. | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 41 | |
| 6 | NBP F.C. | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 35 | |
| 7 | PMC Athletico | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 35 | |
| 8 | PIA F.C. | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 32 | |
| 9 | HBL F.C. | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 32 | |
| 10 | Afghan F.C. | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 31 | |
| 11 | PEL F.C. | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 31 | |
| 12 | KESC F.C. | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 30 | |
| 13 | Pakistan Steel F.C. | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 29 | Relegation to PFF League |
| 14 | PTV F.C. | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 74 | −55 | 5 |
Updated to games played on 7 December 2008.
Source: http://www.pff.com.pk/
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
PAK
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Champions
| Pakistan Premier League 2008 WAPDA FC Third Title |
Season statistics
Scoring
- Fastest goal in a match: 48 seconds
- Imran Niazi for WAPDA against KESC (9 November 2009)
- Muhammad Akram for Pakistan Steel against HBL (24 July 2009)
- Widest winning margin: 6 goals
- PEL 0-6 HBL
- Most goals scored by losing team: 4 goals
- NBP 5-4 PIA
Top scorer
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad Rasool | KRL | 22 |
| 2 | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | 19 |
| 3 | Shakir Lashari | PIA | 16 |
| 4 | Abdur Rehman | KPT | 14 |
| 5 | Farooq Shah | NBP | 12 |
| 6 | Muhammad Ishtiaq | HBL | 10 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Date | Stadium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haji Ahmed Shah | Afghan Chaman | PTV | 6 August 2008 | Government High School Stadium, Chaman |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | NBP | 7 August 2008 | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi |
| Zeeshan Ali | PIA | PEL | 8 August 2008 | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi |
| Muhammad Rasool | KRL | KESC | 12 August 2008 | People's Football Stadium, Karachi |
| Shakir Lashari | PIA | PTV | 14 August 2008 | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi |
| Jamil Ahmed | NBP | PIA | 8 October 2008 | Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Athletico Faisalabad | 21 October 2008 | Railways Ground, Faisalabad |
| Muhammad Rasool | KRL | PTV | 23 October 2008 | KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi |
| Muhammad Rasool | KRL | Afghan Chaman | 16 November 2008 | KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Pakistan Steel | 18 November 2008 | Punjab Stadium, Lahore |
| Jadeed Khan | Afghan Chaman | PTV | 22 November 2008 | PSB Ground, Islamabad |
Awards
Teams & players
| Award | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Top Scorer | Muhammad Rasool | KRL |
| Most Valuable Player | Samar Ishaq | KRL |
| Best Goalkeeper | Abdul Aziz | WAPDA |
| Fair Play | — | Afghan Chaman |
Referee
| Award | Referee | Association |
|---|---|---|
| Best Match Commissioner | Ali Nawaz | Karachi |
| Best Referee | Muhammad Rauf Bari | Lahore |
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