2009 Pakistan Premier League
The 2009 season is the 55th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 6th season of the Pakistan Premier League, and starts in July, 2009 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).
Format
Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The 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.
Location and stadia
Locations of teams in the 2009 PPL
| Club |
City/State |
Stadium |
Capacity |
| KPT FC |
Karachi |
Benazir Sports Complex |
15,000 |
| PIA FC |
Karachi |
CDGK Stadium |
12,000 |
| NBP FC |
Karachi |
Korangi Baloch Stadium |
20,000 |
| HBL FC |
Karachi |
Peoples Sports Complex |
44,000 |
| KESC FC |
Karachi |
Peoples Sports Complex |
44,000 |
| PEL FC |
Lahore |
Model Town Football Academy Ground |
15,000 |
| WAPDA F.C. |
Lahore |
Railways Stadium |
12,000 |
| PMC Athletico |
Faisalabad |
Railways Ground |
20,000 |
| Afghan F.C. |
Chaman |
Jamal Nasir Stadium |
12,000 |
| Baloch Nushki FC |
Nushki |
Nushki Stadium |
10,000 |
| KRL FC |
Rawalpindi |
Municipal Stadium |
35,000 |
| Navy FC |
Rawalpindi |
Municipal Stadium |
35,000 |
| Army FC |
Islamabad |
Municipal Stadium |
35,000 |
| PAF FC |
Peshawar |
Qayyum Stadium |
25,000 |
Final League standings
Updated to games played on 12 December, 2009
Source: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=pak/nationalleague/standings.html
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
PAK
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Champions
Fixtures and results
Updated to games played on 23 November 2009
Source: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=pak/nationalleague/results.html
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
- National Bank were awarded three points and three goals following their protest that PAF had fielded an illegal player against them in the Premier Football League match that was held at the PAF Complex in Peshawar on August 2. PAF won the original tie 2-0.
- The home matches of both Afghan and Baloch against Army, KRL, Navy, PAF and WAPDA were all moved from Balochistan province to Karachi, after the service teams refused to play in Chaman and Nushki citing security reasons; in protest against this decision Afghan and Baloch refused to honour these nominal home matches and were awarded five 0-3 losses
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