The 2007–08 season is the 53rd season of Pakistan domestic football and the 4th season of the

Pakistan Premier League The Pakistan Premier League (PPL; ur, پاکستان پریمیئر لیگ) is a Pakistani professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Pakistan football league system, it is the country's primary football compe ...

and was held from November 1, 2007, to February 6, 2008, under the auspices of

Pakistan Football Federation Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) is the governing body of association football in Pakistan. Founded in 1947, its headquarters are at the FIFA Football House in Lahore, Punjab near Punjab Stadium. The federation manages the men's and women's ...

Changes

Recently, the

made changes to the league. It was announced that the league has been increased to a total of 14 teams with

Habib Bank Limited Habib Bank Limited ( ur, ) abbreviated as HBL, is a Pakistani multinational bank based in Habib Bank Plaza, Karachi, Pakistan. Founded in 1939 by the Habib Family, HBL became Pakistan's first commercial bank. In 1951 it opened its first inte ...

, which was relegated after a winning 2 and drawing 6 out of 20 games in previous season, has also been given permission to field its team. Similarly, Pakistan Airlines, which had withdrawn its entry from the last year edition at the eleventh hour, will also feature in the coming event.

Format

A total of 182 matches will be played at different venues in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city ...

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

, Rawalpindi,

Chaman Chaman ( Balochi, Pashto and ur, ) is a city and recently claimed as a new district of Balochistan named Chaman District as it was earlier a part of district Qila Abdullah District located on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. It is the capital o ...

, and

Faisalabad Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur (Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pakis ...

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

, which was also under consideration to host few matches, has been left out of the venues’ list due to financial constraints. In Karachi, 65 matches would be held, Lahore and Islamabad have got 39 matches each, while Rawalpindi, Chaman and Faisalabad will host 13 matches each. The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2008

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. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League and two teams (winners and runners-up) from Pakistan Football Federation League will be promoted for the 2008-09 edition.. The matches will be held at 13:00 PST and 15:00 PST respectively on home and away basis. This season the winning prize 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.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Season summary

The league title went to the final day of the season, with a match between Pakistan Army and WAPDA, with Army only needing a draw to retain their title, however WAPDA went on to win the match 2-1 after two goals from

Arif Mehmood Arif Mehmood (born June 21, 1983) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a striker. He has been the top-scorer in the Pakistan Premier League five times, leading the charts in 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10 and 2010–11 ...

completing the comeback after being 0-1 down by a goal from Imran Hussain. WAPDA won their second Premier League title and sixth top division title and became the first team to end a season undefeated. Wohaib and

Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servi ...

were relegated to the

PFF League The Pakistan Football Federation League ( ur, پاکستان فٹ بال فیڈریشن لیگ ; abbreviated: PFFL), also known as the 'B' Division League, is a Pakistani semi-professional league for men's association football departments and club ...

and will be replaced next season by PFF League winners Pak Elektron and runner-ups Pakistan Steel.

Final standings

Season statistics

Scoring

*Fastest goal in a match: 43 seconds – Essa for Khan Research Laboratories against Habib Bank (''12 December 2007'') *First

hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wic ...

of the season: Adeel Ahmed for Khan Research Laboratories against

Pakistan Television Pakistan Television Corporation ( ur, ; reporting name: PTV) is the Pakistani state-owned broadcaster. Pakistan entered the television broadcasting age in 1964, with a pilot television station established at Lahore. Background Historical co ...

(''19 November 2007'') *Widest winning margin: 6 goals – WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (''5 January 2008'') *Most hat-tricks scored by one player: 2 **

for

WAPDA The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA; ur, ) is a government-owned public utility maintaining power and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power. WAPDA includes Tarbela and Mangla dams among its resources ...

***WAPDA 7–1 Wohaib (''5 January 2008'') ***WAPDA 4–0 Habib Bank (''13 January 2008'') *Most hat-tricks by a team: 3 **Khan Research Laboratories *** Adeel Ahmed v Pakistan Television (''19 November 2007'') ***

Muhammad Rasool Muhammad Rasool (born May 23, 1985) is a Pakistani former footballer who played as a forward. Rasool won the league with K-Electric in 2014–15 season. Rasool finished season twice as the top scorer, first with Khan Research Laboratories in ...

v National Bank (''26 December 2007'') *** Yasir Afridi v Afghan Chaman (''15 January 2008'') **WAPDA ***

v Habib Bank (''13 January 2008'') ***Zulfiqar Ali Shah v Wohaib (''5 January 2008'') ***

v Wohaib (''5 January 2008'') ****This is the first time in the Premier League that two players has scored a hat-trick in a single match. *Team with most goals scored: 64 goals –

*Team with fewest goals scored: 11 goals – Wohaib *Team with fewest goals conceded: 10 goals – Pakistan Army *Team with most goals conceded: 57 goals – Wohaib

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

⁴ Player scored four goals

External links

Pakistan Football FederationPFF announces changes to Premier League - The NewsMore changes in League - The NewsWAPDA down Army 2-1 to clinch title
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Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...