The 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League was the 60th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 11th 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 ...
, the top tier of the
Pakistan football league system. The league began on 20 September 2014.
Khan Research Laboratories
The Dr. A. Q. Khan Research Laboratories (shortened as KRL), is a federally funded research and development laboratory located in Kahuta at a short distance from Rawalpindi in Punjab, Pakistan. Established in 1976, the laboratory is best know ...
were the defending champions, having won the league championship for the last three seasons.
The season saw the league reduced to 12 teams from 16 after six sides were relegated and two promoted in the previous season.
Teams
Pakistan Navy
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,
HBL,
Baloch Nushki,
Pak Afghan Clearing,
ZTBL and
Lyallpur
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were relegated at the end of the
2013–14 campaign. They were replaced by
Baloch Quetta and
Pakistan Railways
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.
Location and stadia
Final standings
Results
Season statistics
Scoring
*Fastest goal in a match: 50 seconds – Zahid Majeed for Pakistan Airlines against K-Electric (
''30 September 2014'')
*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 Wick ...
of the season: Muhammad Asif for National Bank against
Karachi Port Trust
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(
''30 September 2014'')
*Widest winning margin: 5 goals – Afghan Chaman 6–1 Baloch Quetta (
''2 November 2014'')
*Team with most goals scored: 43 goals –
K-Electric
K-Electric Limited (KE), formerly known as Karachi Electric Supply Company Limited or Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Limited, is a Pakistani utility company based in Karachi.
Privatised in 2005, KE is the only vertically integrated utili ...
*Team with fewest goals scored: 6 goals – Baloch Quetta
*Team with fewest goals conceded: 7 goals –
Pakistan Army
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*Team with most goals conceded: 64 goals – Baloch Quetta
Top scorers
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals
Note: Baloch Quetta played with only 7 players on 2 November 2014 against
Afghan Chaman, as most of the players returned home after losing several family members in
2014 Quetta Airbase attack
The 2014 Quetta airbase attack occurred on 15 August 2014, when approximately 13 Tehrik-i-Taliban militants attempted to storm two airbases of the Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force; PAF Base Samungli and Khalid Airbase, both located in Que ...
,
Pakistan Football Federation
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did not rescheduled the match, which earned them the negative criticism. Baloch Quetta lost the match 6–1.
Awards
Following is the list of annual award winners.
References
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