2005 Pakistan Premier League


The 2005 Pakistan Premier League season was the 2nd season of Pakistan Premier League and 51st season of Pakistan domestic football. The season started on 31 July 2005 and concluded on 23 October 2005.

Overview

After the formation of the newly introduced National A Division Football League in 2004, the second 2005 season was renamed as Pakistan Premier League. After completion of the first season of top tier, PFF launched the second tier PFF League, and the second season of the Pakistan Premier League featured the promoted teams National Bank and Pakistan Public Works Department.
WAPDA were the defending champions, having won their 1st Pakistan Premier League and 5th Pakistani title the previous season.
Pakistan Army won the title on 19 October 2005, after defeating PTCL 2-0, with 54th and 70th minute goals from Mubassar and Jaffar Hussain. Army had one game to play against WAPDA who were three points away from first position. Army won the league regardless of their result against WAPDA due to superior goal difference. Army won the tie against WAPDA 3-1, with a brace from the league's top scorer Imran Hussain. Army ended up winning the league by six points.
Panther Club and Pakistan Public Work Department were relegated at the end of the season and will be replaced by Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and Pakistan Railways in the coming season.

Venues

The 2005 Pakistan Premier League was not played as strict home-and-away. Matches were staged in city hubs, notably Karachi, Rawalpindi, Islamabad,, Lahore, and Chaman. Several clubs hosted "home" fixtures at these shared venues.

Teams

Allied Bank, Baloch Nushki, Mardan, Mauripur Baloch, Naka Mohammaden and Young Eleven FC were relegated at the end of 2004-05 season and were replaced by National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department.
ClubCity
Afghan ChamanChaman
Habib BankKarachi
Karachi Port TrustKarachi
Khan Research LaboratoriesRawalpindi
National BankKarachi
PTCLIslamabad
Pakistan ArmyRawalpindi
Pakistan NavyRawalpindi
Pakistan Public Work DepartmentKarachi
Panther ClubFaisalabad
WAPDALahore
WohaibLahore

League table


Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankScorerClubGoals
1Imran HussainPakistan Army21
2Qadeer AhmedKhan Research Laboratories16
3Muhammad EssaAfghan Chaman12
3Jaffar HussainPakistan Army12
3Arif MehmoodWAPDA12
6Mohammad EjazPTCL10
7Adeel AhmedPTCL8
7Nomi Martin GillPakistan Navy8
7Sattar MansuriNational Bank8
10Asif NawazPanther Club7
10Farooq ShahNational Bank7

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Muhammad EssaAfghan ChamanPakistan Public Work Department3–231 07 2005
Sattar MansuriNational BankKarachi Port Trust3–205 09 2005
Imran HussainPakistan ArmyAfghan Chaman4–021 09 2005
Adeel AhmedPTCLAfghan Chaman6–224 09 2011