2010 Pakistan Premier League

Pakistan Premier League
Season 2010
Champions WAPDA F.C.
Relegated SSGC
Young Blood FC
Matches played 240
Goals scored 615 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer Arif Mehmood (WAPDA)
2009
2011

The 2010 season is the 56th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 7th season of the Pakistan Premier League, and starts in September, 2010 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).Syed Khadim Ali Shah, SVP of SAFF and VP of PFF, was chief guest of the match and presented cash awards and trophies to the teams and players. WAPDA lifted the winning trophy and gold medals in addition to Rs 600,000 while their last edition’s winners KRL had to be content with silver medals and Rs 400,000. PIA got bronze medals and Rs 300,000. PIA shot-stopper Muhammad Haji was adjudged the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and pocketted Rs 100,000 while leading marksman Arif Mehmood and best goalkeeper Muhammad Omer (KESC) took Rs 50,000 each. In order to promote sportsmanship, the PFF Chief also decided to hand over Rs 100,000 to winner of the Fair Play trophy; Chaman’s Afghan FC.

Contents

Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis

The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2011 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.

Location and stadia

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
SSGC Karachi Benazir Sports Complex 20,000
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
Young Blood FC Sahiwal Ali Nawaz Stadium 12,000
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

League standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 WAPDA FC 30 21 4 5 60 21 +39 67 2011 AFC President's Cup
2 KRL FC 30 17 7 6 37 16 +21 58
3 PIA FC 30 16 9 5 49 23 +26 57
4 KESC FC 30 16 7 7 58 28 +30 55
5 Pakistan Army FC 30 15 9 6 41 22 +19 54
6 KPT FC 30 15 6 9 54 41 +13 51
7 PAF FC 30 12 9 9 31 30 +1 45
8 Afghan FC 30 12 6 12 43 34 +9 42
9 Pakistan Navy FC 30 11 9 10 33 35 −2 42
10 PEL FC 30 11 5 14 36 47 −11 38
11 Baloch Nushki 30 8 10 12 31 34 −3 34
12 NBP FC 30 7 13 10 35 45 −10 34
13 HBL FC 30 6 7 17 26 40 −14 25
14 PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad 30 5 6 19 22 54 −32 21
15 SSGC 30 5 5 20 20 36 −16 20
16 Young Blood 30 4 6 20 23 73 −50 18

Updated to games played on 30 December 2010
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


WAPDA F.C.
8th Title

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Arif Mehmood WAPDA FC 21
2 Asim Faiz SSGC FC 16
3 Abdul Rehman KESC FC 13
Muhammad bin Younus KPT FC 13
4 Muhammad Essa KESC FC 12
5 Muhammad Qasim KRL FC 11