2012–13 Pakistan Premier League

The 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League was the 9th season of the Pakistan Premier League, the Pakistani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 5 September 2012 and ended on 15 January 2013.

Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions, having won their second Premier League title the previous season. This was their second top division league title.

On 13 January 2013, Khan Research Laboratories won their third Premier League title and Pakistani titles after drawing 0–0 with Pakistan Airlines at KPT Stadium.

Kaleemullah Khan became the first player to score 30+ goals in a Pakistan Premier League season, after scoring 35 goals.

Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis

The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2013 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.

Teams

Pakistan Police and Pak Elektron were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season and were replaced by Wohaib and Zarai Taraqiati.

During the season, the Pakistan Navy vacated their previous home ground, the Municipal Stadium in Rawalpindi, for the Karachi Port Trust Stadium in Karachi due to the pitch condition at the former ground, thus KPT Stadium was used by three teams this season, the other two being Karachi Port Trust and National Bank, both had used KPT Stadium as their home ground since the start of Pakistan Premier League.

Location and stadia

League table

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Fixtures and results

Statistics

Scoring

• First goal of the season: Sajjad Ahmed for Pakistan Navy against Karachi Port Trust (<small>5 September 2012</small>).
• Last goal of the season: Muhammad Adnan for Pakistan Navy against Khan Research Laboratories (<small>14 January 2013</small>).
• Fastest goal of the season: 59 seconds – Abdus Salam for Karachi Electric Supply Corporation against WAPDA (<small>14 January 2013</small>).
• Most hat-trick by a single player: 7
• Kaleemullah Khan
• Largest winning margin: 6 goals
• Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib <small>(28 December 2012)</small>
• Highest scoring game: 10 goals
• Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation <small>(11 December 2012)</small>
• Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals
• Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib <small>(28 December 2012)</small>
• Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation <small>(11 December 2012)</small>
• Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
• Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation <small>(11 December 2012)</small>

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards

References