2007–08 Pakistan Premier League
Pakistan football season
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The 2007–08 season was the 53rd season of Pakistan domestic football and the 4th season of the Pakistan Premier League. It was held from November 1, 2007 to February 6, 2008, under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation.
2nd Premier League title
6th Pakistani title
Wohaib F.C.
| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Champions | WAPDA F.C. 2nd Premier League title 6th Pakistani title |
| Relegated | Pakistan Railways F.C. Wohaib F.C. |
| AFC President's Cup | WAPDA F.C. |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 448 (2.49 per match) |
| Best Player | Muhammad Imran |
| Top goalscorer | Arif Mehmood (21 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Amir Qureshi |
| Biggest home win | WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (5 January 2008) |
| Biggest away win | Habib Bank 0–5 Pakistan Navy (10 December 2007) |
| Highest scoring | Pakistan Army 5–3 Pakistan Television (24 November 2007) WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (5 January 2008) |
| Longest winning run | 14 games Pakistan Army WAPDA |
| Longest unbeaten run | 26 games WAPDA |
| Longest winless run | 22 games Wohaib |
| Longest losing run | 19 games Wohaib |
← 2006–07 2008 → | |
Changes
The Pakistan Football Federation had recently made changes to the league. It was announced that the league strength had been increased to a total of 14 teams with Habib Bank Limited, which was relegated after winning 2 and drawing 6 out of their 20 games the previous season, had been granted permission to field its team. Similarly, Pakistan Airlines, which had withdrawn its entry from the last year's edition at the eleventh hour, were also to feature in the coming event.
Format
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2008 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League and two teams (winners and runners-up) from Pakistan Football Federation League will be promoted for the 2008-09 edition.
The matches will be held at 13:00 PST and 15:00 PST respectively on home and away basis.
This season the winning prize 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.
Venues
The 2007–08 Pakistan Premier League was staged across designated hubs rather than strict home stadia: Karachi (Peoples Sports Complex, Korangi Baloch Stadium, KPT Stadium, CDGK Stadium), Lahore (Railway Stadium, Punjab University Old Campus), Rawalpindi (Army Stadium, KRL Stadium), Islamabad (Naval Sports Complex, Jinnah Stadium), and Chaman (Government High School).[1][2][3] Peshawar, which was also under consideration to host few matches, has been left out of the venues’ list due to financial constraints.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Season summary
The league title went to the final day of the season, with a match between Pakistan Army and WAPDA, with Army only needing a draw to retain their title, however WAPDA went on to win the match 2–1 after two goals from Arif Mehmood completing the comeback after being 0–1 down by a goal from Imran Hussain.
WAPDA won their second Premier League title and sixth top division title and became the first team to end a season undefeated.
Wohaib and Pakistan Railways were relegated to the PFF League and will be replaced next season by PFF League winners Pak Elektron and runner-ups Pakistan Steel.
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAPDA | 26 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 64 | 23 | +41 | 58 | Qualification to 2008 AFC President's Cup |
| 2 | Pakistan Army | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 10 | +31 | 57 | |
| 3 | Khan Research Laboratories | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 13 | +32 | 53 | |
| 4 | Karachi Port Trust | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 24 | +12 | 44 | |
| 5 | National Bank | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 43 | |
| 6 | Pakistan Airlines | 26 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 39 | |
| 7 | Pakistan Navy | 26 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 38 | |
| 8 | Karachi Electric Supply Corporation | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 32 | |
| 9 | Afghan Chaman | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 27 | |
| 10 | Habib Bank | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 25 | |
| 11 | Pakistan Television | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 23 | |
| 12 | PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 22 | |
| 13 | Pakistan Railways (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 51 | −29 | 19 | Relegation to 2008-09 PFF League |
| 14 | Wohaib (R) | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 60 | −49 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
| Pakistan Premier League 2007–08 |
|---|
| 2nd title |
Season statistics
Scoring
- Fastest goal in a match: 43 seconds – Essa for Khan Research Laboratories against Habib Bank (12 December 2007)
- First hat-trick of the season: Adeel Ahmed for Khan Research Laboratories against Pakistan Television (19 November 2007)
- Widest winning margin: 6 goals – WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (5 January 2008)
- Most hat-tricks scored by one player: 2
- Arif Mehmood for WAPDA
- WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (5 January 2008)
- WAPDA 4–0 Habib Bank (13 January 2008)
- Arif Mehmood for WAPDA
- Most hat-tricks by a team: 3
- Khan Research Laboratories
- Adeel Ahmed v Pakistan Television (19 November 2007)
- Muhammad Rasool v National Bank (26 December 2007)
- Yasir Afridi v Afghan Chaman (15 January 2008)
- WAPDA
- Arif Mehmood v Habib Bank (13 January 2008)
- Zulfiqar Ali Shah v Wohaib (5 January 2008)
- Arif Mehmood v Wohaib (5 January 2008)
- This is the first time in the Premier League that two players has scored a hat-trick in a single match.
- Khan Research Laboratories
- Team with most goals scored: 64 goals – WAPDA
- Team with fewest goals scored: 11 goals – Wohaib
- Team with fewest goals conceded: 10 goals – Pakistan Army
- Team with most goals conceded: 57 goals – Wohaib
Top scorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | 21 |
| 2 | Zulfiqar Ali Shah | WAPDA | 18 |
| 3 | Imran Hussain | Pakistan Army | 17 |
| 4 | Shakir Lashari | Pakistan Airlines | 10 |
| Ishtiaq Ahmed | Habib Bank | ||
| Abdul Rehman | Karachi Port Trust | ||
| 7 | Farooq Shah | National Bank | 9 |
| Muhammad Essa | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
| Muhammad Qasim | Khan Research Laboratories | ||
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adeel Ahmed | Khan Research Laboratories | Pakistan Television | 4–1 | 19 November 2007 |
| Abdul Rehman | Karachi Port Trust | Pakistan Railways | 3–2 | 22 November 2007 |
| Imran Hussain | Pakistan Army | Pakistan Television | 5–3 | 24 November 2007 |
| Nomi Martin Gill | Pakistan Navy | Habib Bank | 5–0 | 10 December 2007 |
| Muhammad Rasool | Khan Research Laboratories | National Bank | 3–0 | 26 December 2007 |
| Zulfiqar Ali Shah | WAPDA | Wohaib | 7–1 | 5 January 2008 |
| Arif Mehmood4 | WAPDA | Wohaib | 7–1 | 5 January 2008 |
| Arif Mehmood | WAPDA | Habib Bank | 4–2 | 13 January 2008 |
| Yasir Afridi | Khan Research Laboratories | Afghan Chaman | 5–0 | 15 January 2008 |
4 Player scored four goals