The 2009 season is the 55th season of Pakistan domestic football and the 6th season of the Pakistan Premier League

Pakistan Premier League

The Pakistan Premier League is the first division of Pakistani football. It was established in 2004, in place of the National Championship by the Pakistan Football Federation.-Origins:...

, and starts in July, 2009  under the auspices of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)

Pakistan Football Federation

The Pakistan Football Federation is the governing body of football in Pakistan. The PFF’s headquarters is at FIFA Football House in Lahore, Punjab near the Punjab Stadium.-Overview:...

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Format

Teams play each other on a home and away basis

The winners will represent Pakistan at the 2010 AFC President's Cup

2010 AFC President's Cup

The 2010 AFC President's Cup was the sixth edition of the AFC President's Cup, an annual international association football competition between domestic clubs sides run by the Asian Football Confederation .-Qualifying teams:1 No league held in 2009....

. The bottom two teams were expected to have been relegated to the Pakistan Football Federation League, but the league was expanded at the end of the season and the bottom two teams survived relegation. Two teams will be promoted to the PPL.

Location and stadia

Club	City/State	Stadium	Capacity
KPT FC KPT FC Karachi Port Trust is a Pakistani football club which plays in the Pakistan Premier League, based in Karachi. Nicknamed the Portmen, they play their games at the KPT Sports Complex....	Karachi Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...	Benazir Sports Complex	15,000
PIA FC PIA FC PIA are a Pakistani football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League. Founded in 1958 and based in Karachi, the Pakistan International Airlines affiliated team are the most successful Pakistani football club, winning the national championship a record 9 times.Their first championship came in...	Karachi Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...	CDGK Stadium	12,000
NBP FC National Bank of Pakistan (football club) National Bank of Pakistan is a Pakistani football club. They are based in Karachi and are nicknamed the Bankers. They have one of the best funding and one of the best training facilities in the country....	Karachi Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...	Korangi Baloch Stadium	20,000
HBL FC HBL FC HBL FC are a Pakistani football club based in Karachi who play in the Pakistan Premier League. The club was formed in 1975 by the Habib Bank, hence the nickname, the Bankers....	Karachi Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...	Peoples Sports Complex	44,000
KESC FC KESC FC KESC are a Pakistani football club of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation who play in the Pakistan Premier League and is based in Karachi. They were promoted from the Pakistan Football Federation League in 2005, when they finished runners-up to Pakistan Railways FC.-Current Players: -Transfer...	Karachi Karachi Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...	Peoples Sports Complex	44,000
PEL FC PEL FC PEL FC is a Pakistani football club based in Lahore that competes in Pakistan Premier League. It is affiliated with Pakistani appliance and electronics company Pak Elektron Limited....	Lahore Lahore Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...	Model Town Football Academy Ground	15,000
WAPDA F.C.	Lahore Lahore Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...	Railways Stadium	12,000
PMC Athletico PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad PMC Club Athletico Faisalabad are a Pakistani football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League. They are based in Faisalabad. Originally known as PMC FC for its association with Punjab Medical College, the name was changed to current after the club had a 50% share takeover by Zenith Sports in...	Faisalabad Faisalabad Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...	Railways Ground	20,000
Afghan F.C.	Chaman Chaman Chaman is the capital of Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is situated just south of the border with Afghanistan. Across the border in Afghanistan is the neighbouring town of Spin Boldak, in Kandahar Province...	Jamal Nasir Stadium	12,000
Baloch Nushki FC Baloch Nushki FC Baloch Nushki FC is a Pakistani football club based in the city of Nushki on the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It won the 2008-09 PFF League to qualify for Pakistan Premier League 2009.They play at the 10,000 capacity Nushki Stadium....	Nushki Nushki Nushki , is a town in Balochistan, Pakistan. The town lies southwest of Quetta, and is situated in a plain at the base of the Quetta plateau, 2900 ft above sea level...	Nushki Stadium	10,000
KRL FC KRL FC KRL are a Pakistani football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League. They play their home games at the KRL stadium in Rawalpindi and are founding members of the PPL....	Rawalpindi Rawalpindi Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...	Municipal Stadium	35,000
Navy FC Pakistan Navy FC The Pakistan Navy FC are a Pakistani football club from the capital Islamabad who play in the Pakistan Premier League. They play their home games at the Naval Sports Complex and are founding members of the PPL...	Rawalpindi Rawalpindi Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...	Municipal Stadium	35,000
Army FC Pakistan Army FC The Pakistan Army FC are a Pakistani football club who play in the Pakistan Premier League. They have won the league under its current format twice, in 2005 and 2006/7. They won the National Championship in 1993/94 and 1995. They have also been Cup winners twice, in 2000 and 2001.Since the turn of...	Islamabad Islamabad Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...	Municipal Stadium	35,000
PAF FC PAF FC PAF FC is a Pakistani football representing the Pakistan Air Force based in Islamabad. They were promoted from the Pakistan Football Federation League in 2008, when they finished runners-up to Baloch Nushki FC....	Peshawar Peshawar Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....	Qayyum Stadium	25,000

Final League standings

|rowspan=2|Relegation

Fixtures and results

• National Bank were awarded three points and three goals following their protest that PAF had fielded an illegal player against them in the Premier Football League match that was held at the PAF Complex in Peshawar on August 2. PAF won the original tie 2-0.

• The home matches of both Afghan and Baloch against Army, KRL, Navy, PAF and WAPDA were all moved from Balochistan province to Karachi, after the service teams refused to play in Chaman and Nushki citing security reasons; in protest against this decision Afghan and Baloch refused to honour these nominal home matches and were awarded five 0-3 losses

External links

• Pakistan Football Federation