The 2012–13 Pakistan Premier League was the 9th season of the
Pakistan Premier League, 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 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,
Khan Research Laboratories won their third Premier League title and Pakistani titles after drawing 0–0 with
Pakistan Airlines
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at KPT Stadium.
became the first player to score 30+ goals in a
Pakistan Premier League season, after scoring 35 goals.
Format
Teams play each other on a home and away basis
The winners will represent Pakistan at the
2013 AFC President's Cup
The 2013 AFC President's Cup was the ninth edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia. Istiqlol were the defending champions, but did n ...
. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League.
Teams
Pakistan Police and
Pak Elektron
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PEL operates in two segments - power and appliances. The former includes manufacturing of transformers, grid ...
were relegated at the end of the
2011–12 season and were replaced by
Wohaib and
Zarai Taraqiati.
The
Pakistan Navy
ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English language, English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Quran, Qur'an, Al Imran, 3:173' ...
on the other hand have vacated their previous home ground, the Municipal Stadium in
Rawalpindi
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for the Karachi Port Trust Stadium in
Karachi 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 and
National Bank, both has used KPT Stadium as their home ground since the start of
Pakistan Premier League.
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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