2018–19 Pakistan Premier League
The 2018–19 Pakistan Premier League was the 61st season of Pakistan domestic football and the 12th season of the Pakistan Premier League, and the first season to be played since 2014–15.
| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 September 2018 – 13 January 2019 |
| Champions | Khan Research Laboratories 5th Premier League 5th Pakistani title |
| Relegated | Karachi Port Trust Baloch Nushki Ashraf Sugar Mills Pakistan Airlines |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 398 (2.19 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ansar Abbas (15 goals) |
| Best goalkeeper | Tanvir Mumtaz (Khan Research Laboratories) |
| Biggest home win | Pakistan Navy 6–1 Baloch Nushki (7 December 2018) National Bank 5–0 Baloch Nushki (19 December 2018) Pakistan Airforce 5–0 Baloch Nushki (9 January 2019) |
| Biggest away win | Baloch Nushki 0–5 Pakistan Army (17 November 2018) Karachi Port Trust 0–5 Pakistan Army (17 December 2018) Afghan Chaman 0–5 Khan Research Laboratories (23 December 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Pakistan Navy 6–1 Baloch Nushki (7 December 2018) Karachi Port Trust 2–5 Civil Aviation Authority (30 December 2018) Sui Northern Gas 4–3 Afghan Chaman (8 January 2019) |
| Longest winning run | 5 matches Khan Research Laboratories Pakistan Airforce Sui Southern Gas |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Khan Research Laboratories |
| Longest winless run | 26 matches Baloch Nushki |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches Baloch Nushki |
| Highest attendance | 15,000 Khan Research Laboratories 4–0 Sui Southern Gas (13 January 2019) |
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The season was held in Multan, Karachi and Lahore between 25 September and 11 January 2019, with 16 teams participating (12 PPL teams and 4 winner teams of second-tier playoffs).
Each team would get to play each other twice, meaning in a season they would play 30 games. The bottom four teams got relegated to the second tier. The team that finished first would get qualification in the AFC Cup, but AFC denied entry of Pakistani football clubs in 2019 AFC Cup because of incomplete licensing regulations due to absence of footballing activity since the end of 2014-15 season.
The league was ultimately organised by two different federations. Faisal Saleh Hayat-led PFF, which was internationally recognised, started the league and Ashfaq Hussain Shah group, which formed a parallel PFF in the elections conducted under court orders, completed the league after taking charge.