2007–08 Pakistan Premier League


The 2007–08 season is the 53rd season of Pakistan domestic football and the 4th season of the Pakistan Premier League and was held from November 1, 2007 to February 6, 2008 under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation.

Changes

Recently, the Pakistan Football Federation made changes to the league. It was announced that the league has been increased to a total of 14 teams with Habib Bank Limited, 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 Similarly, Pakistan Airlines, which had withdrawn its entry from the last year edition at the eleventh hour, will also feature in the coming event.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, Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Chaman, and Faisalabad. Peshawar, 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 AFC President's Cup. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League and two teams 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

ClubCity/StateStadiumCapacity
Afghan ChamanChamanJamal Nasir Stadium12,000
Habib BankKarachiPeoples’ Football Stadium40,000
Karachi Electric Supply CorporationKarachiPeoples’ Football Stadium40,000
Karachi Port TrustKarachiKPT Sports Complex6,000
Khan Research LaboratoriesRawalpindiKhan Research Laboratories Ground8,000
Pakistan AirlinesKarachiKPT Sports Complex6,000
National BankKarachiKPT Sports Complex6,000
Pakistan ArmyRawalpindiArmy Stadium7,000
Pakistan NavyIslamabadNaval Sports Complex1,000
Pakistan TelevisionIslamabadJinnah Sports Stadium48,200
Pakistan RailwaysLahoreRailway Stadium3,000
PMC Club Athletico FaisalabadFaisalabadRailways Ground10,000
WAPDALahorePunjab Stadium10,000
WohaibLahorePunjab Stadium10,000

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 Pakistan Railways were relegated to the PFF League and will be replaced next season by PFF League winners Pak Elektron and runner-ups Pakistan Steel.

Final standings

Season statistics

Scoring

Hat-tricks

4 Player scored four goals