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List of Pakistan football champions

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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 Pakistan Premier League. In 1979, a domestic cup was added to Pakistani football, known as the Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup.[1]

The 1948–49 Pakistan National Football League was the first season of the NFL and ended with Sindh Red being crowned champions. The National Football League era though saw Karachi based Pakistan Airlines with most championships, winning the competition nine times. The Pakistan Premier League era is different though as most of the champions of the league have come from Punjab side with Khan Research Laboratories from Rawalpindi winning the league five times.[2]

Currently, the team with the most championships in Pakistan Premier League is Khan Research Laboratories, who have won five championships in the league. However, Pakistan Airlines are the team with the most championships overall, winning National Football League nine times.[3]

Champions

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  • Bold indicates double winners – i.e. League and Domestic (National Challenge) Cup.
  • Italic indicates team winning the season unbeaten – i.e. (invincible).
  • Note: Various provinces (Sindh, NWFP, Balochistan, Punjab, East Pakistan), divisions (Karachi, Peshawar) or other clubs (Railways) entered teams under various names; all finalists listed can nevertheless be regarded as the 'first' team of the respective clubs with the exception of the 1948 losing finalists, Sindh Blue, who were the second-string team of Sindh.[3]

National Football Championship (1948–2003)

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Year Champions
(number of titles)
Runners-up
1948 Sindh Red (1) Sindh Blue
1950 Balochistan Red (1) Sindh
1952 Punjab (1) NWFP
1953 Punjab (2) NWFP Blue
1954 Punjab Blue (3) Pakistan Railways
1955 Punjab (4) NWFP
1956 Balochistan (2) Railways White
1957 Punjab (5) East Pakistan White
1958 Punjab Blue (6) Pakistan Railways
1959 Balochistan (3) East Pakistan
1960 East Pakistan (1) Karachi White
1961–62 Dacca (1) Karachi Blue
1962 Dacca (2) Karachi
1963 Karachi (1) Pakistan Railways
1964–65 Karachi (2) Pakistan Railways
1966 Karachi (3) Pakistan Railways
1968 Peshawar (1) Lahore
1969 Pakistan Railways (1) Karachi
1969–70 Chittagong (1) Peshawar
1971 Pakistan Airlines (1) Karachi
1972 Pakistan Airlines (2) Peshawar White
1973 Karachi Yellow (4) Rawalpindi
1975 (I) Pakistan Airlines (3) Punjab A
1975 (II) Sindh Red (2) Balochistan Red
1976 Pakistan Airlines (4) Pakistan Railways
1978 Pakistan Airlines (5) Sindh Red
1979 Karachi Red (5) Pakistan Airlines
1980 Karachi Red (6) Pakistan Army
1981 Pakistan Airlines (6) Pakistan Air Force
1982 Habib Bank (1) Pakistan Railways
1983 WAPDA (1) Habib Bank
1984 Pakistan Railways (2) WAPDA
1985 Quetta (1) Pakistan Airlines
1986 Pakistan Air Force (1) Pakistan Airlines
1987 Crescent Textiles Mills (1) Karachi Port Trust
1989 (I) Punjab Red (7) Pakistan Railways
1989 (II) Pakistan Airlines (7) Sindh Government Press
1990 Punjab Red (8) Pakistan Airlines
1991 WAPDA (2) Habib Bank
1992–93 Pakistan Airlines (8) Pakistan Army
1993–94 Pakistan Army (1) WAPDA
1994 Crescent Textiles Mills (2) WAPDA
1995 Pakistan Army (2) Allied Bank
1997 (I) Allied Bank (1) Pakistan Airlines
1997 (II) Pakistan Airlines (9) Allied Bank
1999 Allied Bank (2) Pakistan Navy
2000 Allied Bank (3) Habib Bank
2001 WAPDA (3) Khan Research Laboratories
2003 WAPDA (4) Pakistan Army

Pakistan Premier League (2004-present)

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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 Pakistan Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) 20
2005–06 Pakistan Army (1) 51 WAPDA 45 Khan Research Laboratories 41 Pakistan Imran Hussain (Pakistan Army) 21
2006–07 Pakistan Army (2) 49 WAPDA (2) 44 Khan Research Laboratories 44 Pakistan Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) 20
2007–08 WAPDA (2) 58 Pakistan Army 57 Khan Research Laboratories 53 Pakistan Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) 21
2008–09 WAPDA (3) 54 Pakistan Army 50 Khan Research Laboratories 47 Pakistan Muhammad Rasool (Khan Research Laboratories) 22
2009–10 Khan Research Laboratories (1) 60 Pakistan Army 60 WAPDA 57 Pakistan Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) 20
2010–11 WAPDA (4) 67 Khan Research Laboratories 58 PIA 57 Pakistan Arif Mehmood (WAPDA) 21
2011–12 Khan Research Laboratories (2) 77 Afghan 57 Pakistan Army 57 Pakistan Jadid Khan Pathan (Afghan Chaman) 22
2012–13 Khan Research Laboratories (3) 71 K-Electric 62 Muslim 62 Pakistan Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories) 35
2013–14 Khan Research Laboratories (4) 66 K-Electric 64 WAPDA 63 Pakistan Kaleemullah Khan (Khan Research Laboratories) 18
2014–15 K-Electric (1) 48 Pakistan Army 45 Air Force 42 Pakistan Muhammad Rasool (K-Electric) 22
2018–19 Khan Research Laboratories (5) 51 Air Force 51 Sui Southern Gas 50 Pakistan Ansar Abbas (Pakistan Army) 15

Total titles won

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Teams in bold competed in the Premier League as of the 2018–19 season.

Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons
Pakistan Airlines1
9
5
1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1989, 1992–93, 1997
WAPDA
8
5
1983, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004-05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
Punjab2
8
1
1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1989, 1990
Karachi3
6
5
1963, 1964–65, 1966, 1973, 1979, 1980
Khan Research Laboratories
5
2
2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19
Pakistan Army
4
8
1993–94, 1995, 2005-06, 2006–07
Allied Bank†
3
2
1997, 1999, 2000
Balochistan4
3
1
1950, 1956, 1959
Pakistan Railways
2
9
1969, 1984
Sindh5
2
2
1948, 1975
Crescent Textiles Mills†
2
0
1987, 1994
Dacca
2
0
1961–62, 1962
Habib Bank
1
3
1982
Pakistan Air Force
1
3
1986
K-Electric
1
2
2014–15
East Pakistan
1
2
1960
Peshawar
1
1
1968
Chittagong
1
0
1969–70
Quetta
1
0
1985
NWFP
0
3
Afghan Chaman
0
1
Karachi Port Trust
0
1
Lahore
0
1
Pakistan Navy
0
1
Sindh Government Press
0
1
Sindh Blue
0
1

Note: † represents dissolved teams.

Total titles won by provinces

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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
WAPDA (8), Punjab (8), Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4), Allied Bank (3), Pakistan Railways (2), Crescent Textiles Mill (2)
Sindh
19
Pakistan Airlines (9), Karachi (6), Sindh (2), Habib Bank (1), K-Electric (1)
Balochistan
4
Balochistan (3), Quetta (1)
East Bengal (now Bangladesh)
3
Dacca (2), Chittagong (1)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly NWFP)
2
Pakistan Air Force (1), Peshawar (1)

By City / Town

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City / Town Championships Clubs
Lahore
21
WAPDA (8), Punjab (8), Allied Bank (3), Pakistan Railways (2)
Karachi
19
Pakistan Airlines (9), Karachi (6), Sindh (2), Habib Bank (1), K-Electric (1)
Rawalpindi
9
Khan Research Laboratories (5), Pakistan Army (4)
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

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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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  1. ^ a b Ahsan, Ali (December 23, 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part II". DAWN News. DAWN. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Ahsan, Ali (December 23, 2010). "A history of football in Pakistan — Part III". DAWN News. DAWN. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Ali Wahidi, Syed Akber (March 17, 2016). "Pakistan - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved October 8, 2018.