List of Pakistan football champions
The Pakistan football champions are the winners of the highest league in Pakistani football, which is currently the Pakistan Premier League.
Pakistan’s first football tournament began on May 28, 1948 as the National Football Championship, a knock-out competition, which remained as the top football competition in the country until 2004 with the introduction of the
The 1948–49 Pakistan National Football League was the first season of the NFL and ended with Sindh Blue being crowned champions. The National Football League era though saw
Currently, the team with the most championships in Pakistan Premier League is
Champions
- Bold indicates double winners – i.e. League and Domestic (National Challenge) Cup.
- Italic indicates team winning the season unbeaten – i.e. (invincible).
National Football League (1948–2003)
Year | Champions (number of titles) |
Runners-up |
---|---|---|
1948–49 | Sindh Blue (1) | Sindh Red |
1949–50 | Balochistan Red (1) | Sindh |
1951–52 | Punjab (1) | NWFP |
1952–53 | Punjab (2) | NWFP Blue |
1953–54 | Punjab Blue (1) | Pakistan Railways |
1954–55 | Punjab (3) | NWFP |
1955–56 | Balochistan (1) | Pakistan Railways |
1956–57 | Punjab (4) | East Pakistan White |
1957–58 | Punjab Blue (1) | Pakistan Railways |
1958–59 | Balochistan (2) | East Pakistan |
1959–60 | East Pakistan (1) | Karachi Blue |
1960–61 | Dacca (1) | Karachi White |
1961–62 | Dacca (2) | Karachi |
1962–63 | Karachi (1) | Pakistan Railways |
1963–64 | Karachi (2) | Pakistan Railways |
1965–66 | Karachi (3) | Pakistan Railways |
1967–68 | Peshawar (1) | Lahore |
1968–69 | Pakistan Railways (1) | Karachi |
1969–70 | Chittagong (1) | Peshawar |
1970–71 | Pakistan Airlines (1) | Karachi |
1971–72 | Pakistan Airlines (2) | Peshawar White |
1972–73 | Karachi Yellow (1) | Rawalpindi |
1974–75 (I) | Pakistan Airlines (3) | Punjab A |
1974–75 (II) | Sindh Red (1) | Balochistan Red |
1975–76 | Pakistan Airlines (4) | Pakistan Railways |
1977–78 | Pakistan Airlines (5) | Sindh Red |
1978–79 | Karachi Red (1) | Pakistan Airlines |
1979–80 | Karachi Red (2) | Pakistan Army |
1980–81 | Pakistan Airlines (6) | Pakistan Air Force
|
1981–82 | Habib Bank (1) | Pakistan Railways |
1982–83 | WAPDA (1) | Habib Bank |
1983–84 | Pakistan Railways (2) | WAPDA |
1984–85 | Quetta (1) | Pakistan Airlines |
1985–86 | Pakistan Air Force (1)
|
Pakistan Airlines |
1986–87 | Crescent Textiles Mills (1) | Karachi Port Trust
|
1988–89 (I) | Punjab Red (1) | Pakistan Railways |
1988–89 (II) | Pakistan Airlines (7) | Sindh Government Press |
1989–90 | Punjab Red (2) | Pakistan Airlines |
1990–91 | WAPDA (2) | Habib Bank |
1991–92 | Pakistan Airlines (8) | Pakistan Army |
1992–93 | Pakistan Army (1) | WAPDA |
1993–94 | Crescent Textiles Mills (2) | WAPDA |
1994–95 | Pakistan Army (2) | Allied Bank |
1996–97 (I) | Allied Bank (1) | Pakistan Airlines |
1996–97 (II) | Pakistan Airlines (9) | Allied Bank |
1998–99 | Allied Bank (2) | Pakistan Navy |
1999–00 | Allied Bank (3) | Habib Bank |
2000–01 | WAPDA (3) | Khan Research Laboratories
|
2002–03 | WAPDA (4) | Pakistan Army |
Pakistan Premier League (2004-present)
Year | Champions (number of titles) |
Points | Runners-up | Points | Third place | Points | Top goalscorer | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004–05
|
WAPDA (1) | 74 | Pakistan Army | 74 | Khan Research Laboratories
|
73 | Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) | 20 |
2005–06
|
Pakistan Army (1) | 51 | WAPDA | 45 | Khan Research Laboratories
|
41 | Imran Hussain (Pakistan Army) | 21 |
2006–07 | Pakistan Army (2) | 49 | WAPDA (2) | 44 | Khan Research Laboratories
|
44 | Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) | 20 |
2007–08 | WAPDA (2) | 58 | Pakistan Army | 57 | Khan Research Laboratories
|
53 | Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) | 21 |
2008–09
|
WAPDA (3) | 54 | Pakistan Army | 50 | Khan Research Laboratories
|
47 | Muhammad Rasool (Khan Research Laboratories) | 22 |
2009–10
|
Khan Research Laboratories (1)
|
60 | Pakistan Army | 60 | WAPDA | 57 | Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) | 20 |
2010–11 | WAPDA (4) | 67 | Khan Research Laboratories
|
58 | PIA | 57 | Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) | 21 |
2011–12
|
Khan Research Laboratories (2)
|
77 | Afghan | 57 | Pakistan Army | 57 | Jadid Khan Pathan (Afghan Chaman) | 22 |
2012–13
|
Khan Research Laboratories (3)
|
71 | K-Electric
|
62 | Muslim | 62 | Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories) | 35 |
2013–14 | Khan Research Laboratories (4)
|
66 | K-Electric
|
64 | WAPDA | 63 | Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories) | 18 |
2014–15 | K-Electric (1)
|
48 | Pakistan Army | 45 | Air Force
|
42 | Muhammad Rasool (K-Electric) | 22 |
2018–19 | Khan Research Laboratories (5)
|
51 | Air Force
|
51 | Sui Southern Gas
|
50 | Ansar Abbas (Pakistan Army) | 15 |
Total titles won
Teams in bold competed in the Premier League as of the
Club | Winners | Runners-up | Winning seasons |
---|---|---|---|
Pakistan Airlines1† | 9
|
5
|
1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1996–97 |
WAPDA | 8
|
5
|
1982–83, 1990–91, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2008–09, 2010–11
|
Punjab2 | 8
|
1
|
1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1988–89, 1989–90 |
Karachi3 | 6
|
5
|
1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979-80 |
Khan Research Laboratories
|
5
|
2
|
|
Pakistan Army | 4
|
4
|
1992–93, 1994–95, 2005-06, 2006–07
|
Allied Bank† | 3
|
2
|
1996–97, 1998–99, 1999-00 |
Pakistan Railways | 2
|
9
|
1968–69, 1983–84 |
Balochistan4 | 3
|
1
|
1949–50, 1955–56, 1958–59 |
Sindh5 | 2
|
3
|
1948–49, 1974–75 |
Crescent Textiles Mills† | 2
|
0
|
1986–87, 1993–94 |
Dacca | 2
|
0
|
1960–61, 1961–62 |
K-Electric †
|
1
|
2
|
2014–15 |
East Pakistan | 1
|
1
|
1959–60 |
Pakistan Air Force
|
1
|
1
|
1985–86 |
Peshawar | 1
|
1
|
1967–68 |
Chittagong | 1
|
0
|
1969–70 |
Quetta | 1
|
0
|
1984–85 |
NWFP | 0
|
3
|
|
Afghan Chaman | 0
|
1
|
|
Habib Bank† | 0
|
1
|
|
Karachi Port Trust
|
0
|
1
|
|
Lahore | 0
|
1
|
|
Pakistan Navy | 0
|
1
|
|
Sindh Government Press | 0
|
1
|
Note: † represents dissolved teams.
Total titles won by provinces
Punjab has dominated the football league in Pakistan with a total of 31 league titles won between three cities; Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Sindh based Karachi and East Bengal based Dacca dominated the league from 1960 to 1965; Dacca winning consecutive titles from 1960-61 and 1961-62, and Karachi winning back to back three titles from 1962-63, 1963-64 and 1964-65.[1][2]
Province | Number of titles | Clubs |
---|---|---|
Punjab | 32
|
Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4), Allied Bank (3), Pakistan Railways (2), Crescent Textiles Mill (2)
|
Sindh | 18
|
K-Electric (1)
|
Balochistan | 4
|
Balochistan (3), Quetta (1) |
East Bengal (now Bangladesh) | 3
|
Dacca (2), Chittagong (1) |
NWFP )
|
2
|
Pakistan Air Force (1), Peshawar (1)
|
By City / Town
City / Town | Championships | Clubs |
---|---|---|
Lahore | 19
|
WAPDA (8), Punjab (8), Allied Bank (3) |
Karachi | 18
|
K-Electric (1)
|
Rawalpindi | 11
|
Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4), Pakistan Railways (2)
|
Quetta | 4
|
Balochistan (3), Quetta (1) |
Peshawar | 2
|
Pakistan Air Force (1), Peshawar (1)
|
Dhaka | 2
|
Dacca (2) |
Faisalabad | 2
|
Crescent Textile Mill (2) |
Chittagong | 1
|
Chittagong (1) |
Multiple trophy wins
Only three clubs have won double in Pakistan football.
Team | Season | Trophies |
---|---|---|
Allied Bank Limited | 1998–99 | National Football League, PFF President's Cup |
Crescent Textile Mills | 1986–87 | National League Football, President-PFF Cup |
Khan Research Laboratories
|
2009–10 | Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup |
2011–12 | Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup |
References
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