The 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League was the 9th 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 ...

, the Pakistani professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2004. The season began on 5 September 2012 and ended on 15 January 2013.

Khan Research Laboratories The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories, ( ur, ) or KRL for short, is a federally funded, multi-program national research institute and national laboratory site primarily dedicated to uranium enrichment, supercomputing and fluid mechanics. It ...

were the defending champions, having won their second Premier League title the previous season. This was their second top division league title. On 13 January 2013,

won their third Premier League title and Pakistani titles after drawing 0–0 with Pakistan Airlines at KPT Stadium. Kaleemullah Khan became the first player to score 30+ goals in a

season, after scoring 35 goals.

Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis The winners will represent Pakistan at the

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. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.

Teams

Pakistan Police and Pak Elektron were relegated at the end of the 2011–12 season and were replaced by Wohaib and Zarai Taraqiati. The Pakistan Navy on the other hand have vacated their previous home ground, the Municipal Stadium in Rawalpindi for the Karachi Port Trust Stadium in

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 ...

due to the former ground having various issues with the pitch condition, thus KPT Stadium will be used by three teams this season, other two being

Karachi Port Trust The Karachi Port Trust (KPT) ( ur, ) is a Pakistani federal government agency under the administrative control of the Federal Maritime Secretary that oversees the operations of the Port of Karachi, one of South Asia's largest and busiest de ...

and

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, both has used KPT Stadium as their home ground since the start of

Location and stadia

League table

Fixtures and results

Statistics

Scoring

*First goal of the season: Sajjad Ahmed for Pakistan Navy against Karachi Port Trust (''5 September 2012''). *Last goal of the season: Muhammad Adnan for Pakistan Navy against Khan Research Laboratories (''14 January 2013''). *Fastest goal of the season: 59 seconds – Abdus Salam for Karachi Electric Supply Corporation against WAPDA (''14 January 2013''). *Most hat-trick by a single player: 7 ** Kaleemullah Khan *Largest winning margin: 6 goals **Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib (''28 December 2012'') *Highest scoring game: 10 goals **Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (''11 December 2012'') *Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 6 goals **Habib Bank 6–0 Wohaib (''28 December 2012'') **Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (''11 December 2012'') *Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals **Karachi Port Trust 4–6 Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (''11 December 2012'')

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards

References

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