List of Pakistan football champions

The Pakistan football champions are the winners of the highest league in Pakistani football, which is currently the Pakistan Premier League.

Pakistan’s first football league began on May 28, 1948 as the National Football Championship, a knock-out competition, which remained as the top football league in the country until 2004 with the introduction of the Pakistan Premier League. In 1979, a domestic cup was added in Pakistan football, known as Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup.[1]

The 1948–49 Pakistan National Football League was the first season of the NFL and ended with Sindh Blue being crowned champions. The National Football League era though saw Karachi based Pakistan Airlines with most championships, winning the competition nine times. The Pakistan Premier League era is different though as most of the champions of the league have come from Punjab side with Khan Research Laboratories from Rawalpindi winning the league five times.[2]

Currently the teams with the most championships in Pakistan Premier League is and Khan Research Laboratories who have won five championships in the league. Although Pakistan Airlines are the team with the most championships overall winning National Football League nine times.[3]

Champions

• Bold indicates double winners – i.e. League and Domestic (National Challenge) Cup.
• Italic indicates team winning the season unbeaten – i.e. (invincible).

National Football League (1948–2003)

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up
1948–49	Sindh Blue (1)	Sindh Red
1949–50	Balochistan Red (1)	Sindh
1951–52	Punjab (1)	NWFP
1952–53	Punjab (2)	NWFP Blue
1953–54	Punjab Blue (1)	Pakistan Railways
1954–55	Punjab (3)	NWFP
1955–56	Balochistan (1)	Pakistan Railways
1956–57	Punjab (4)	East Pakistan White
1957–58	Punjab Blue (1)	Pakistan Railways
1958–59	Balochistan (2)	East Pakistan
1959–60	East Pakistan (1)	Karachi Blue
1960–61	Dacca (1)	Karachi White
1961–62	Dacca (2)	Karachi
1962–63	Karachi (1)	Pakistan Railways
1963–64	Karachi (2)	Pakistan Railways
1965–66	Karachi (3)	Pakistan Railways
1967–68	Peshawar (1)	Lahore
1968–69	Pakistan Railways (1)	Karachi
1969–70	Chittagong (1)	Peshawar
1970–71	Pakistan Airlines (1)	Karachi
1971–72	Pakistan Airlines (2)	Peshawar White
1972–73	Karachi Yellow (1)	Rawalpindi
1974–75 (I)	Pakistan Airlines (3)	Punjab A
1974–75 (II)	Sindh Red (1)	Balochistan Red
1975–76	Pakistan Airlines (4)	Pakistan Railways
1977–78	Pakistan Airlines (5)	Sindh Red
1978–79	Karachi Red (1)	Pakistan Airlines
1979–80	Karachi Red (2)	Pakistan Army
1980–81	Pakistan Airlines (6)	Pakistan Air Force
1981–82	Habib Bank (1)	Pakistan Railways
1982–83	WAPDA (1)	Habib Bank
1983–84	Pakistan Railways (2)	WAPDA
1984–85	Quetta (1)	Pakistan Airlines
1985–86	Pakistan Air Force (1)	Pakistan Airlines
1986–87	Crescent Textiles Mills (1)	Karachi Port Trust
1988–89 (I)	Punjab Red (1)	Pakistan Railways
1988–89 (II)	Pakistan Airlines (7)	Sindh Government Press
1989–90	Punjab Red (2)	Pakistan Airlines
1990–91	WAPDA (2)	Habib Bank
1991–92	Pakistan Airlines (8)	Pakistan Army
1992–93	Pakistan Army (1)	WAPDA
1993–94	Crescent Textiles Mills (2)	WAPDA
1994–95	Pakistan Army (2)	Allied Bank
1996–97 (I)	Allied Bank (1)	Pakistan Airlines
1996–97 (II)	Pakistan Airlines (9)	Allied Bank
1998–99	Allied Bank (2)	Pakistan Navy
1999-00	Allied Bank (3)	Habib Bank
2000-01	WAPDA (3)	Khan Research Laboratories
2002-03	WAPDA (4)	Pakistan Army

Pakistan Premier League (2004-present)

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Points	Runners-up	Points	Third place	Points	Top goalscorer	Goals
2004-05	WAPDA (1)	74	Pakistan Army	74	Khan Research Laboratories	73	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	20
2005-06	Pakistan Army (1)	51	WAPDA	45	Khan Research Laboratories	41	Imran Hussain (Pakistan Army)	21
2006–07	Pakistan Army (2)	49	WAPDA (2)	44	Khan Research Laboratories	44	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	20
2007–08	WAPDA (2)	58	Pakistan Army	57	Khan Research Laboratories	53	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	21
2008–09	WAPDA (3)	54	Pakistan Army	50	Khan Research Laboratories	47	Muhammad Rasool (Khan Research Laboratories)	22
2009–10	Khan Research Laboratories (1)	60	Pakistan Army	60	WAPDA	57	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	20
2010–11	WAPDA (4)	67	Khan Research Laboratories	58	PIA	57	Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)	21
2011–12	Khan Research Laboratories (2)	77	Afghan	57	Pakistan Army	57	Jadid Khan Pathan (Afghan)	22
2012–13	Khan Research Laboratories (3)	71	K-Electric	62	Muslim	62	Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories)	35
2013–14	Khan Research Laboratories (4)	66	K-Electric	64	WAPDA	63	Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories)	18
2014–15	K-Electric (1)	48	Pakistan Army	45	Air Force	42	Muhammad Rasool (K-Electric)	22
2018–19	Khan Research Laboratories (5)	51	Air Force	51	Sui Southern Gas	50	Ansar Abbas (Pakistan Army)	15

Total titles won

Teams in bold compete in the Premier League as of the 2018–19 season.[4]

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning seasons
Pakistan Airlines^1	9	5	1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1996–97
WAPDA	8	5	1982–83, 1990–91, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
Punjab^2	8	1	1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1988–89, 1989–90
Karachi^3	6	5	1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979-80
Khan Research Laboratories	5	2	2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19
Pakistan Army	4	4	1992–93, 1994–95, 2005-06, 2006–07
Allied Bank†	3	2	1996–97, 1998–99, 1999-00
Pakistan Railways	2	9	1968–69, 1983–84
Balochistan^4	3	1	1949–50, 1955–56, 1958–59
Sindh^5	2	3	1948–49, 1974–75
Crescent Textiles Mills†	2	0	1986–87, 1993–94
Dacca	2	0	1960–61, 1961–62
K-Electric	1	2	2014–15
East Pakistan	1	1	1959–60
Pakistan Air Force	1	1	1985–86
Peshawar	1	1	1967–68
Chittagong	1	0	1969–70
Quetta	1	0	1984–85
NWFP	0	3
Afghan Chaman	0	1
Habib Bank	0	1
Karachi Port Trust	0	1
Lahore	0	1
Pakistan Navy	0	1
Sindh Government Press	0	1

Note: † represents dissolved teams.

Total titles won by provinces

Punjab has dominated the football league in Pakistan with a total of 31 league titles won between three cities; Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Sindh based Karachi and East Bengal based Dacca dominated the league from 1960 to 1965; Dacca winning consecutive titles from 1960-61 and 1961-62, and Karachi winning back to back three titles from 1962-63, 1963-64 and 1964-65.[1][2]

Province	Number of titles	Clubs
Punjab	32	WAPDA (8), Punjab (8), Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4), Allied Bank (3), Pakistan Railways (2), Crescent Textiles Mill (2)
Sindh	18	Pakistan Airlines (9), Karachi (6), Sindh (2), K-Electric (1)
Balochistan	4	Balochistan (3), Quetta (1)
East Bengal (now Bangladesh)	3	Dacca (2), Chittagong (1)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP)	2	Pakistan Air Force (1), Peshawar (1)

By City / Town

City / Town	Championships	Clubs
Lahore	19	WAPDA (8), Punjab (8), Allied Bank (3)
Karachi	18	Pakistan Airlines (9), Karachi (6), Sindh (2), K-Electric (1)
Rawalpindi	11	Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4), Pakistan Railways (2)
Quetta	4	Balochistan (3), Quetta (1)
Peshawar	2	Pakistan Air Force (1), Peshawar (1)
Dhaka	2	Dacca (2)
Faisalabad	2	Crescent Textile Mill (2)
Chittagong	1	Chittagong (1)

Multiple trophy wins

Only three clubs have won double in Pakistan football.

Team	Season	Trophies
Allied Bank Limited	1998–99	National Football League, PFF President's Cup
Crescent Textile Mills	1986–87	National League Football, President-PFF Cup
Khan Research Laboratories	2009–10	Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup
	2011–12	Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup

References

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4. Safi, Ali Zeb (July 30, 2018). "PPFL TO BEGIN FROM SEPTEMBER 1". Football Pakistan. FPDC. Retrieved October 8, 2018.