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

Pakistan Premier League The Pakistan Premier League (PPL; ) is a Pakistani semi-professional league for men's football clubs. The top tier of the Pakistan football league system, the PPL operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the PFFL B Division. The ...

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

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Changes

The

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

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 Similarly, Pakistan Airlines, which had withdrawn its entry from the last year's edition at the eleventh hour, were also to feature in the coming event.

Format

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

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, and

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, 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 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

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were relegated to the

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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

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of the season: Adeel Ahmed for Khan Research Laboratories against

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

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***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'') ***

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v National Bank (''26 December 2007'') ***

Yasir Afridi Yasir Afridi (born 27 July 1988) is a Pakistani association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mehran FC, Mehran. Khan has been with Khan Research Laboratories F.C., Khan Research Laboratories where he won three Pakistan Premier ...

v Afghan Chaman (''15 January 2008'') **WAPDA *** Arif Mehmood v Habib Bank (''13 January 2008'') ***Zulfiqar Ali Shah v Wohaib (''5 January 2008'') *** Arif Mehmood 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 –

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*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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