2009–10 Pakistan Premier League
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The 2009–10 season Pakistan Premier League was the 6th season of Pakistan Premier League and 55th season of Pakistan football league. A total of 14 teams competed in the league, with Khan Research Laboratories unseating the two-time defending champions WAPDA. The league started on 25 July and ended on 13 December.
Season | 2009–10 |
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Champions | Khan Research Laboratories 1st Premier League title 1st Pakistani title |
Relegated | Baloch Nushki PMC Athletico |
AFC President's Cup | Khan Research Laboratories |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 454 (2.49 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Arif Mehmood (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Pakistan Airlines 5–0 Habib Bank (9 October 2009) Pakistan Airlines 5–0 Afghan Chaman (27 October 2009) Habib Bank 5–0 PMC Athletico (23 November 2009) |
Biggest away win | Pakistan Navy 0–5 WAPDA (4 October 2009) |
Highest scoring | Karachi Port Trust 6–2 Afghan Chaman (21 October 2009) |
Longest winning run | 6 games Karachi Port Trust |
Longest unbeaten run | 15 games Khan Research Laboratories |
Longest winless run | 23 games Baloch Nushki |
Longest losing run | 11 games Baloch Nushki |
← 2008–09 2010–11 → |
The race for the title went to the final day of the season with Khan Research Laboratories and Pakistan Army tied on 57 points. Khan Research Laboratories won their final game defeating Pakistan Airlines 1–0, which meant Pakistan Army has to defeat Karachi Port Trust by at least the 11 goals to win the league. Pakistan Army defeated Karachi Port Trust 2–1, tying both teams on 60 points although Khan Research Laboratories won the league on goal difference, as Khan Research Laboratories finished the season with 10 goals ahead of Pakistan Army; Khan Research Laboratories finished with a goal difference of +32 compared to Pakistan Army's +22. It was the first time a team other than Army or WAPDA won the league since its inception in 2004. PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad and Baloch Nushki faced relegation after finishing in the bottom two.