2005–06 Pakistan Premier League

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Pakistan Premier League

| season = 2005–06

| winners = Pakistan Army
1st Premier League title
3rd Pakistani title

| relegated = Panther Club
Pakistan Public Work Department

| continentalcup1 = AFC President's Cup

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Pakistan Army

| matches = 264

| total goals = 346

| league topscorer = Imran Hussain (21 goals){{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki05.html |title=Pakistan 2005 (National Tournaments) |publisher=RSSSF |date=August 17, 2006 |website=rsssf |access-date=December 3, 2018}}

| biggest home win = Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib
{{small|(12 October 2005)}}

| biggest away win = Pakistan Navy 0–5 National Bank
{{small|(5 October 2005)}}

| highest scoring = Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther Club
{{small|(21 August 2005)}}
Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib
{{small|(12 October 2005)}}

| longest wins = 8 games
Pakistan Army

| longest unbeaten = 14 games
Pakistan Army

| longest winless = 13 games
Pakistan Public Work Department

| longest losses = 6 games
Pakistan Public Work Department

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2004–05

| nextseason = 2006–07

}}

The 2005–06 Pakistan Premier League season was the 2nd season of Pakistan Premier League and 51st season of Pakistan domestic football.

WAPDA were the defending champions, having won their 1st Pakistan Premier League and 5th Pakistani title the previous season.

Pakistan Army won the title on 19 October 2005, after defeating Pakistan Telecommunication 2-0, with 54th and 70th minute goals from Mubassar and Jaffar Hussain. Army had one game to play against WAPDA who were three points away from first position. Army won the league regardless of their result against WAPDA due to superior goal difference. Army won the tie against WAPDA 3-1, with a brace from the league's top scorer Imran Hussain. Army ended up winning the league by six points.

Panther Club and Pakistan Public Work Department were relegated at the end of the season and will be replaced by Karachi Electric Supply Corporation and Pakistan Railways in the coming season.

Teams

Allied Bank, Baloch Nushki, Mardan, Mauripur Baloch, Naka Mohammaden and Young XI DIK were relegated at the end of 2004-05 season and were replaced by National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department.

class="wikitable sortable"
Club

! City

! Stadium

! Capacity

Afghan Chaman

| Chaman

| Jamal Nasir Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 12,000

Habib Bank

| Karachi

| Peoples Football Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 40,000

Karachi Port Trust

| Karachi

| Karachi Port Trust Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 6,000

Khan Research Laboratories

| Rawalpindi

| KRL Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 8,000

National Bank

| Karachi

| Karachi Port Trust Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 6,000

Pakistan Telecommunication

| Islamabad

| Jinnah Sports Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 42,800

Pakistan Army

| Rawalpindi

| Army Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 7,000

Pakistan Navy

| Rawalpindi

| Municipal Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 1,000

Pakistan Public Work Department

| Karachi

| Karachi Port Trust Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 6,000

Panther Club

| Faisalabad

| Railways Ground

| style="text-align:center;"| 10,000

WAPDA

| Lahore

| Railway Stadium

| style="text-align:center;"| 5,000

Wohaib

| Lahore

| Punjab University Old Campus Ground

| style="text-align:center;"| 1,000

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football

|start_date=31 July 2005

|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki05.html RSSSF]

|team1=ARMY

|team2=WAP

|team3=KRL

|team4=AFG

|team5=PTCL

|team6=NBP

|team7=HBL

|team8=KPT

|team9=NAVY

|team10=WOH

|team11=PAN

|team12=PPWD

|result11=REL

|result12=REL

|update=complete

|win_AFG=11 |draw_AFG=4 |loss_AFG=7 |gf_AFG=25 |ga_AFG=27

|win_HBL=7 |draw_HBL=5 |loss_HBL=10|gf_HBL=24 |ga_HBL=26

|win_KPT=6 |draw_KPT=6 |loss_KPT=10|gf_KPT=27 |ga_KPT=35

|win_KRL=12 |draw_KRL=5 |loss_KRL=5 |gf_KRL=41 |ga_KRL=24

|win_NBP=9 |draw_NBP=8 |loss_NBP=5 |gf_NBP=31 |ga_NBP=19

|win_ARMY=16|draw_ARMY=3 |loss_ARMY=3|gf_ARMY=52 |ga_ARMY=9

|win_NAVY=5 |draw_NAVY=6 |loss_NAVY=11|gf_NAVY=17|ga_NAVY=26

|win_PTCL=11|draw_PTCL=3 |loss_PTCL=8 |gf_PTCL=36|ga_PTCL=26

|win_PPWD=3 |draw_PPWD=3 |loss_PPWD=16|gf_PPWD=14|ga_PPWD=44

|win_PAN=6 |draw_PAN=2 |loss_PAN=14 |gf_PAN=20 |ga_PAN=44

|win_WAP=13 |draw_WAP=6 |loss_WAP=3 |gf_WAP=43 |ga_WAP=15

|win_WOH=5 |draw_WOH=5 |loss_WOH=12 |gf_WOH=16 |ga_WOH=41

|name_AFG = Afghan Chaman

|name_HBL = Habib Bank

|name_KPT = Karachi Port Trust

|name_KRL = Khan Research Laboratories

|name_NBP = National Bank

|name_ARMY = Pakistan Army

|name_NAVY = Pakistan Navy

|name_PTCL = Pakistan Telecommunication

|name_PPWD = Pakistan Public Work Department

|name_PAN = Panther Club

|name_WAP = WAPDA

|name_WOH = Wohaib

|show_limit=5

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|res_col_header=QR

|col_AFC=green1|text_AFC=Qualification to 2006 AFC President's Cup

|result1=AFC

|col_REL=red1 |text_REL=Relegation to 2006 PFF National League

}}

=Champions=

{{winners||2005–06 Pakistan Premier League champions|Pakistan Army F.C.|First}}

Statistics

=Scoring=

  • First goal of the season: Muhammad Essa for Afghan Chaman against Pakistan Public Work Department (31 July 2005).
  • Last goal of the season: Khuda Bakhsh for WAPDA against Pakistan Army (23 October 2005).
  • Fastest goal of the season: 52 secondsFarooq Shah for National Bank against Pakistan Navy (14 January 2013).
  • Largest winning margin: 10 goals
  • Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib {{small|(12 October 2005)}}.
  • Highest scoring game: 10 goals.
  • Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther {{small|(21 August 2005)}}.
  • Pakistan Army 10–0 Wohaib {{small|(12 October 2005)}}.
  • Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
  • Karachi Port Trust 6–4 Panther {{small|(21 August 2005)}}.

=Top scorers=

{{updated|17 January 2006}}

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Scorer

!Club

!Goals

align=center|1

|Imran Hussain

|Pakistan Army

|align=center|21

align=center|2

|Qadeer Ahmed

|Khan Research Laboratories

|align=center|16

rowspan=3 align=center|3

|Muhammad Essa

|Afghan Chaman

|rowspan=3 align=center|12

Jaffer Hussain

|Pakistan Army

Arif Mehmood

|WAPDA

align=center|6

|Mohammad Ejaz

|Pakistan Telecommunication

|align=center|10

=Hat-tricks=

{{updated|17 January 2006}}

class="wikitable sortable"
PlayerForAgainststyle="text-align:center"|ResultDateRef.
Muhammad EssaAfghan ChamanPakistan Public Work Departmentstyle="text-align:center"|3–2{{dts|format=dmy|2005|07|31}}
Sattar MansuriNational BankKarachi Port Truststyle="text-align:center"|3–2{{dts|format=dmy|2005|09|05}}
Imran HussainPakistan ArmyAfghan Chamanstyle="text-align:center"|4–0{{dts|format=dmy|2005|09|21}}
Adeel AhmedPakistan TelecommunicationAfghan Chamanstyle="text-align:center"|6–2{{dts|format=dmy|2011|09|24}}

References

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{{Pakistan Premier League}}{{Pakistan Premier League Seasons}}{{2005 in Asian Football (AFC)}}

{{2006 in Asian Football (AFC)}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:2005-06 Pakistan Premier League}}

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