2004–05 Pakistan Premier League

The 2004–05 Pakistan Premier League season was the inaugural season of Pakistan Premier League, top tier of Pakistani football. The season started on 28 May 2004 and concluded on 13 October 2004.

Pakistan Premier League
Season2004–05
ChampionsWAPDA
1st Premier League title
5th Pakistani title
RelegatedAllied Bank
Young XI DIK
Mauripur Baloch
Baloch Quetta
Naka Muhammaden
Mardan
AFC President's CupWAPDA
Matches played240
Goals scored870 (3.63 per match)
Top goalscorerArif Mehmood (20 goals)
Biggest home winHabib Bank 15–0 Naka Muhammadan
(28 June 2004)
Biggest away winMardan 0–9 Pakistan Army
(5 June 2004)
Highest scoringHabib Bank 15–0 Naka Muhammadan
(28 June 2004)
Longest winning run7 games
WAPDA
Longest unbeaten run16 games
Pakistan Army
Longest winless run13 games
Mardan
Longest losing run13 games
Mardan
← 2003

Formation

The league was created as a replacement for group stage based National championship. The new PFF president, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, decided that it was time for Pakistan to have a football league. He felt that past presidents had neglected domestic football, and as a result, the national team suffered. A good example of this was the fact that national champions rarely played in AFC club competitions, and the Pakistan national team was one of the worst in the world.


The new PFF president, Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat, decided that it was time for Pakistan to have a football league. He felt that past presidents had neglected domestic football, and as a result, the national team suffered. A good example of this was the fact that national champions rarely played in AFC club competitions, and the Pakistan national team was one of the worst in the world.

This would have been the first time since 1948, when the first domestic football tournament was played, that a league system would be used to find a national champion.

Teams
Teams in PPL 2004

Eight teams automatically qualified for the league from previous season's PFF Cup. Following teams earned automatic qualification:

Other eight teams qualified via regional tournament. Following are the teams qualified from regional tournament:

Season summary

Season started on 28 May 2004, Khuda Bakhsh of WAPDA was the first player to score a goal in new Pakistan Premier League when he scored a brace against Allied Bank.[1]

The season saw many one-sided high-scoring matches, as some of the teams lacked in quality and financially. On 28 June, Habib Bank defeated Naka Muhammden 15–0, the highest scoring match and the biggest victory and loss and most numbers of player (7) scoring in a single match in the history of Pakistan Premier League.[1]

During June, Allied Bank disbanded their team, after refusing to renew the contracts of seven players; but they were able restored their team and returned playing. Bankruptcy hit Naka Muhammadan who withdrew before their 14 July match, they did however returned to complete the season.

The season was dominated by Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Army and WAPDA, as they scored a combined goals of 294, each scoring 98 goals, highest ever in Pakistan Premier League.[1]

Due to fixture congestion, WAPDA had to play both their final two matches on the same day, which just happened to be against title rivals Pakistan Army and Khan Research Laboratories.[1] WAPDA and Army drew 2-2, meaning Army were three points ahead at the top of the table, but both shared the same goal difference, and WAPDA still had one match to play.

It meant WAPDA needed to win to finish first, and their opponents, KRL, also needed to win to finish first. In this top of the table clash, it was WAPDA who were victorious, thrashing KRL 4–0 to win the title by a superior goal difference, and be crowned as the first winners of the Pakistan Football League.

Arif Mehmood of WAPDA took the honours as the league's top scorer, with over 20 goals.

At the end of the season, 6 teams were relegated and 2 promoted as league reduced to 12 teams for 2005 after the number of one sided matches. Panther Club escaped relegation thanks to the withdrawal of Allied Bank from the 2005–06 season. National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department were promoted to the 2005–06 season.

WAPDA represented Pakistan at the 2005 AFC President's Cup by virtue of being the national champions.

WAPDA, Pakistan Army and KRL set a new national record of 98 goals in a season. WAPDA only conceding 12 goals is also a new record.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 WAPDA 30 23 5 2 98 12 +86 74 Qualification to 2005 AFC President's Cup
2 Pakistan Army 30 23 5 2 98 16 +82 74
3 Khan Research Laboratories 30 23 4 3 98 24 +74 73
4 Karachi Port Trust 30 18 7 5 68 34 +34 61
5 Pakistan Telecommunication 30 18 6 6 63 29 +34 60
6 Pakistan Navy 30 14 11 5 62 28 +34 53
7 Habib Bank 30 14 7 9 67 35 +32 49
8 Allied Bank 30 15 3 12 52 40 +12 48 Relegation to 2005–06 PFF National League
9 Afghan Chaman 30 10 7 13 43 43 0 37
10 Wohaib 30 9 3 18 37 53 −16 30
11 Panther[lower-alpha 1] 30 8 6 16 43 67 −24 30
12 Young XI DIK 30 7 4 19 38 90 −52 25 Relegation to 2005–06 PFF National League
13 Mauripur Baloch 30 6 4 20 25 64 −39 22
14 Baloch Quetta 30 5 5 20 26 62 −36 20
15 Naka Muhammaden 30 5 0 25 32 154 −122 15
16 Mardan 30 3 1 26 20 116 −96 10
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2004. Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots
Notes:
  1. Panther were saved from relegation as Allied Bank dissolved their team at the end of the season, saving Panther from relegation due to them being the best placed team in relegation zone.

Statistics

Top scorers
As of 13 October 2004[2]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Arif Mehmood WAPDA 20
2 Imran Hussain Pakistan Army 19
3 Qadeer Ahmed Khan Research Laboratories 17
Khuda Bakhsh WAPDA

Hat-tricks
As of 13 October 2004
Player Nationality For Against Result Date Ref
Asim Faiz  PakistanKarachi Port TrustNaka Muhammaden7–322 June 2004[1]
Pervez Ahmed  PakistanHabib BankNaka Muhammaden15–028 June 2004[1]
Abdul Samad4  PakistanHabib BankNaka Muhammaden15–028 June 2004[1]
Abdul Qadeer5  PakistanKhan Research LaboratoriesYoung XI DIK10–03 July 2004[1]
Atiq  PakistanKhan Research LaboratoriesYoung XI DIK10–03 July 2004[1]
Mohammad Sadiq  PakistanAfghan ChamanNaka Muhammaden5–012 July 2004[1]
Fareed Khan5  PakistanKarachi Port TrustPanther6–028 July 2004[1]
Muhammad Arshad  PakistanWohaibNaka Muhammaden6–129 July 2004[1]
Imran Hussain  PakistanPakistan ArmyNaka Muhammaden5–08 August 2004[1]
Imran Hussain  PakistanPakistan ArmyMauripur Baloch5–113 August 2004[1]
Inayatullah4  PakistanAfghan ChamanNaka Muhammaden8–117 August 2004[1]
Ahmed Shah  PakistanAfghan ChamanNaka Muhammaden8–117 August 2004[1]
Arif Mehmood  PakistanWAPDANaka Muhammaden5–022 August 2004[1]
Jaffar Hussain  PakistanPakistan ArmyBaloch Nushki5–09 September 2004[1]
Zulfiqar Ali Shah  PakistanWAPDAMauripur Baloch6–012 September 2004[1]
Khuda Bakhsh  PakistanWAPDAAfghan Chaman6–015 September 2004[1]
Arif Mehmood  PakistanWAPDAAfghan Chaman6–015 September 2004[1]

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals.

References
  1. "Pakistan 2004 (National League and Regional Championships)". rsssf. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. "Pakistan 2004 (National League and Regional Championships)". rsssf. RSSSF. 23 July 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
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