2005–06 Pakistan Premier League

The 2005–06 Pakistan Premier League season was the 2nd season of Pakistan Premier League and 51st season of Pakistan domestic football.

Pakistan Premier League
Season2005–06
ChampionsPakistan Army
1st Premier League title
3rd Pakistani title
RelegatedPanther
Pakistan Public Work Department
AFC President's CupPakistan Army
Matches played264
Goals scored346 (1.31 per match)
Top goalscorerImran Hussain (21 goals)[1]
Biggest home winPakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib
(12 October 2005)[1]
Biggest away winPakistan Navy 0–5 National Bank
(5 October 2005)[1]
Highest scoringKarachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther
(21 August 2005)[1]
Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib
(12 October 2005)[1]
Longest winning run8 games
Pakistan Army
Longest unbeaten run14 games
Pakistan Army
Longest winless run13 games
Pakistan Public Work Department
Longest losing run6 games
Pakistan Public Work Department

WAPDA were the defending champions, winning their 1st Pakistan Premier League and 5th Pakistani title last season.[1]

Pakistan Army won the title on 19 October 2005, after defeating Pakistan Telecommunication 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 first position. Army won the league regardless of their result against WAPDA due to superior league. Army won the tie against WAPDA 3-1, with a brace from league's and team's top scorer Imran Hussain, Army ended up winning the league by six points.[1]

Panther 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.

Teams

Allied Bank, Baloch Nushki, Mardan, Mauripur Baloch, Naka Mohammaden and Young XI DIK were relegated at the end of 2004-05 season and were replaced by National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department.[1]

Club City Stadium Capacity
Afghan Chaman Chaman Jamal Nasir Stadium 12,000
Habib Bank Karachi Peoples Football Stadium 40,000
Karachi Port Trust Karachi Karachi Port Trust Stadium 6,000
Khan Research Laboratories Rawalpindi KRL Stadium 8,000
National Bank Karachi Karachi Port Trust Stadium 6,000
Pakistan Telecommunication Islamabad Jinnah Sports Stadium 42,800
Pakistan Army Rawalpindi Army Stadium 7,000
Pakistan Navy Rawalpindi Municipal Stadium 1,000
Pakistan Public Work Department Karachi Karachi Port Trust Stadium 6,000
Panther Faisalabad Railways Ground 10,000
WAPDA Lahore Railway Stadium 5,000
Wohaib Lahore Punjab Stadium 10,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pakistan Army 22 16 3 3 52 9 +43 51 Qualification to 2006 AFC President's Cup
2 WAPDA 22 13 6 3 43 15 +28 45
3 Khan Research Laboratories 22 12 5 5 41 24 +17 41
4 Afghan Chaman 22 11 4 7 25 27 −2 37
5 Pakistan Telecommunication 22 11 3 8 36 26 +10 36
6 National Bank 22 9 8 5 31 19 +12 35
7 Habib Bank 22 7 5 10 24 26 −2 26
8 Karachi Port Trust 22 6 6 10 27 35 −8 24
9 Pakistan Navy 22 5 6 11 17 26 −9 21
10 Wohaib 22 5 5 12 16 41 −25 20
11 Panther 22 6 2 14 20 44 −24 20 Relegation to 2006 PFF National League
12 Pakistan Public Work Department 22 3 3 16 14 44 −30 12
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Champions
 2005–06 Pakistan Premier League champions 
Pakistan Army F.C.
First title

Statistics

Scoring
  • First goal of the season: Muhammad Essa for Afghan Chaman against Pakistan Public Work Department (31 July 2005).[1]
  • Last goal of the season: Khuda Bakhsh for WAPDA against Pakistan Army (23 October 2005).[1]
  • Fastest goal of the season: 52 seconds – Farooq Shah for National Bank against Pakistan Navy (14 January 2013).[1]
  • Largest winning margin: 10 goals
    • Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib (12 October 2005).[1]
  • Highest scoring game: 10 goals.[1]
    • Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther (21 August 2005).[1]
    • Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib (12 October 2005).[1]
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
    • Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther (21 August 2005).[1]

Top scorers
As of 17 January 2006[1]
Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Imran Hussain Pakistan Army 21
2 Qadeer Ahmed Khan Research Laboratories 16
3 Muhammad Essa Afghan Chaman 12
Jaffer Hussain Pakistan Army
Arif Mehmood WAPDA
6 Mohammad Ejaz Pakistan Telecommunication 10

Hat-tricks
As of 17 January 2006[1]
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Muhammad EssaAfghan ChamanPakistan Public Work Department3–231 July 2005[1]
Sattar MansuriNational BankKarachi Port Trust3–25 September 2005[1]
Imran HussainPakistan ArmyAfghan Chaman4–021 September 2005[1]
Adeel AhmedPakistan TelecommunicationAfghan Chaman6–224 September 2011[1]

References
  1. "Pakistan 2005 (National Tournaments)". rsssf. RSSSF. August 17, 2006. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
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