List of Pakistan football champions


The Pakistan football champions are the winners of the highest league in Pakistani football, which is currently the Pakistan Premier League.
Pakistan’s first football league began on May 28, 1948 as the National Football Championship, a knock-out competition, which remained as the top football league in the country until 2004 with the introduction of the Pakistan Premier League. In 1979, a domestic cup was added in Pakistan football, known as Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup.
The 1948–49 Pakistan National Football League was the first season of the NFL and ended with Sindh Blue being crowned champions. The National Football League era though saw Karachi based Pakistan Airlines with most championships, winning the competition nine times. The Pakistan Premier League era is different though as most of the champions of the league have come from Punjab side with Khan Research Laboratories from Rawalpindi winning the league five times.
Currently the teams with the most championships in Pakistan Premier League is and Khan Research Laboratories who have won five championships in the league. Although Pakistan Airlines are the team with the most championships overall winning National Football League nine times.

Champions

Pakistan Premier League (2004-present)

Total titles won

Teams in bold compete in the Premier League as of the 2018–19 season.
ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning seasons
Pakistan Airlines
9
5
1970–71, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1991–92, 1996–97
WAPDA
8
5
1982–83, 1990–91, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11
Punjab
8
1
1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1988–89, 1989–90
Karachi
6
5
1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1978–79, 1979-80
Khan Research Laboratories
5
2
2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19
Pakistan Army
4
4
1992–93, 1994–95, 2005-06, 2006–07
Allied Bank†
3
2
1996–97, 1998–99, 1999-00
Pakistan Railways
2
9
1968–69, 1983–84
Balochistan
3
1
1949–50, 1955–56, 1958–59
Sindh
2
3
1948–49, 1974–75
Crescent Textiles Mills†
2
0
1986–87, 1993–94
Dacca
2
0
1960–61, 1961–62
K-Electric
1
2
2014–15
East Pakistan
1
1
1959–60
Pakistan Air Force
1
1
1985–86
Peshawar
1
1
1967–68
Chittagong
1
0
1969–70
Quetta
1
0
1984–85
NWFP
0
3
Afghan Chaman
0
1
Habib Bank
0
1
Karachi Port Trust
0
1
Lahore
0
1
Pakistan Navy
0
1
Sindh Government Press
0
1

Note: † represents dissolved teams.

Total titles won by provinces

Punjab has dominated the football league in Pakistan with a total of 31 league titles won between three cities; Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Sindh based Karachi and East Bengal based Dacca dominated the league from 1960 to 1965; Dacca winning consecutive titles from 1960-61 and 1961-62, and Karachi winning back to back three titles from 1962-63, 1963-64 and 1964-65.
ProvinceNumber of titlesClubs
Punjab
32
WAPDA, Punjab, Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Army, Allied Bank, Pakistan Railways, Crescent Textiles Mill
Sindh
18
Pakistan Airlines, Karachi, Sindh, K-Electric
Balochistan
4
Balochistan, Quetta
East Bengal
3
Dacca, Chittagong
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
2
Pakistan Air Force, Peshawar

By City / Town

Multiple trophy wins

Only three clubs have won double in Pakistan football.
TeamSeasonTrophies
Allied Bank Limited1998–99National Football League, PFF President's Cup
Crescent Textile Mills1986–87National League Football, President-PFF Cup
Khan Research Laboratories2009–10Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup
Khan Research Laboratories2011–12Pakistan Premier League, National Football Challenge Cup