2009 Pakistan Premier League
The 2009 Pakistan Premier League was the 6th season of Pakistan Premier League and 55th season of Pakistan football league. A total of 14 teams competed in the league, with Khan Research Laboratories unseating the two-time defending champions WAPDA. The league started on 25 July 2009 and ended on 13 December 2009.
The race for the title went to the final day of the season with Khan Research Laboratories and [Pakistan Pakistan Army F.C.|Army F.C.|Pakistan Army] tied on 57 points. Khan Research Laboratories won their final game defeating Pakistan Airlines 1–0, which meant Pakistan Army had to defeat Karachi Port Trust by at least 11 goals, to gain parity in points and have a higher ratio of goals scored, to win the league. Pakistan Army defeated Karachi Port Trust 2–1, tying both teams on 60 points. Khan Research Laboratories won the league on goal difference, as Khan Research Laboratories finished the season with 10 goals ahead of Pakistan Army; Khan Research Laboratories finished with a goal difference of +32 compared to Pakistan Army's +22. It was the first time a team other than Army or WAPDA won the league since its inception in 2004. PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad and Baloch Nushki faced relegation after finishing in the bottom two.
Format
Teams play each other on a home and away basisThe winners will represent Pakistan at the 2010 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams were expected to have been relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League, but the league was expanded at the end of the season and the bottom two teams survived relegation. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.
Teams
Pakistan Steel and PTV were relegated to 2009-10 Pakistan Football Federation League after finishing at bottom two in 2008-09 Pakistan Premier League. The two relegated teams were replaced by Baloch Nushki who won the Pakistan Football Federation League and Pakistan Airforce who came second to Baloch Nushki.The league comprised five teams from Karachi ; two from Islamabad, one from Faisalabad, one from Nushki and one from Chaman.
Location and stadia
League table
Statistics
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Qadeer Khan for Habib Bank against National Bank .
- Last goal of the season: Muhammad Imran for Pakistan Army against Karachi Port Trust .
- Fastest goal of the season: 5 minutes – Arif Mehmood for WAPDA against Pakistan Army ''.''
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Hat-tricks
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