The 2008 Pakistan Premier League was the 5th season of the Pakistan Premier League and the 54th season of Pakistan domestic football. It was held from 22 July 2008 to 6 December 2008 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF).
Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 2007–08 Football Federation League Pak Elektron Pakistan Steel
Teams relegated from 2008–09 Football Federation League Pakistan Railways Wohaib
Teams Stadia and locations
Team Location StadiumAfghan Chaman Chaman Govt High School Ground Habib Bank Karachi People's Football Stadium Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Karachi People's Football Stadium Karachi Port Trust Karachi KMC StadiumKhan Research Laboratories Rawalpindi (Kahuta) KRL Football Stadium National Bank Karachi Korangi Baloch StadiumPak Elektron Lahore Raiders FC GroundPakistan Army Rawalpindi Army Stadium Pakistan Navy Islamabad Naval Sports ComplexPakistan Airlines Karachi Korangi Baloch StadiumPakistan Steel Karachi (Steel Town) Quaid-e-Azam Sports Complex Pakistan Television Islamabad Jinnah Sports Stadium PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad Faisalabad Punjab Medical College Ground WAPDA Lahore Railway Stadium
Format
Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2009 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.
The matches will be held at 1:00 and 3:00 pm respectively on home and away basis. This time the winning bonus will be Rs 500,000, the runners-up team will receive Rs 300,000 while the third position holder will receive Rs 100,000. All matches are likely to be supervised by neutral referees.
The 2008 season KPT F.C. lead from the start and up to the midway point remained ahead of KRL, WAPDA and Army, who all made slips up. However, by the final third of the season KPT began to falter, and towards the end of the season it became a three horse race between Army, WAPDA and KRL, just as it has done the past four seasons. The season ended with WAPDA holding on to the title with Army in second over perennial third placers KRL. Pakistan Steel and PTV were both relegated.
WAPDA were given Rs500,000 as champions of Pakistan, while Pakistan Amy and KRL picked up Rs300,000 and Rs200,000 respectively. The Fair Play trophy along with Rs100,000 went to Afghan Club. Player of the season and Rs100,000 went to KRL F.C. defender Samar Ishaq. His teammate Mohammad Rasool was top scorers and received Rs50,000. While Abdul Aziz of WAPDA was goalkeeper of the season and was given Rs50,000. Ali Nawaz Baloch was best match commissioner and Mohammad Rauf Bari was best referee and each took Rs50,000
League table
Season statistics Scoring Fastest goal in a match: 48 seconds Imran Niazi for WAPDA against KESC (9 November 2009) Muhammad Akram for Pakistan Steel against HBL (24 July 2009)
Widest winning margin: 6 goals Pak Elektron 0–6 Habib Bank (23 November 2008).
Most goals scored by losing team: 4 goals National Bank 5–4 Pakistan Airlines (8 October 2008).
Top scorer RankScorerClubGoals1Muhammad RasoolKhan Research Laboratories222Arif MehmoodWAPDA193Shakir LashariPakistan Airlines164Abdul RehmanKarachi Port Trust145Farooq ShahNational Bank126Muhammad IshtiaqHabib Bank10
Hat-tricks Player For Against Date StadiumHaji Ahmed Shah Afghan Chaman Pakistan Television Government High School Stadium, Chaman WAPDA National Bank Korangi Baloch Stadium, KarachiZeeshan Ali Pakistan Airlines Pak Elektron Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi Khan Research Laboratories Karachi Electric Supply Corporation People's Football Stadium, Karachi Pakistan Airlines Pakistan Television Korangi Baloch Stadium, KarachiJamil Ahmed National Bank Pakistan Airlines Korangi Baloch Stadium, Karachi WAPDA Athletico Faisalabad Railways Ground, Faisalabad Khan Research Laboratories Pakistan Television KRL Football Stadium, Rawalpindi Khan Research Laboratories Afghan Chaman KRL Football Stadium, Rawalpindi WAPDA Pakistan Steel Punjab Stadium, Lahore Afghan Chaman Pakistan Television PSB Ground, Islamabad
Awards Teams & players AwardPlayerClubTop ScorerMuhammad RasoolKRLMost Valuable PlayerSamar IshaqKRLBest GoalkeeperAbdul AzizWAPDAFair Play —Afghan Chaman
Referee AwardRefereeAssociationBest Match CommissionerAli Nawaz BalochKarachiBest RefereeMuhammad Rauf BariLahore
References
External links Pakistan Football Federation