2005 Pakistan Premier League

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 (KMC Stadium, Aga Khan Gymkhana), Rawalpindi (Army Stadium, Municipal Stadium), Islamabad, (Jinnah Stadium), Lahore (Model Town Ground, Punjab University Old Campus Ground), and Chaman (Government High School Ground). 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.

League table

Champions

Statistics

Scoring

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

Top scorers

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