2004 National A Division Football League

June 2015 May 2020 Pakistan Premier League 2004 28 May 2004 – 13 October 2004 WAPDA1st Premier League title5th Pakistani title Allied Bank Young Eleven Mauripur Baloch Baloch Quetta Naka Muhammadan Mardan AFC President's Cup WAPDA 240 870 Arif Mehmood (20 goals) Habib Bank 15–0 Naka Muhammadan(28 June 2004) Mardan 0–9 Pakistan Army(5 June 2004) Habib Bank 15–0 Naka Muhammadan(28 June 2004) 7 gamesWAPDA 16 gamesPakistan Army 13 gamesMardan 13 gamesMardan 2005 The 2004 National A Division Football League season was the inaugural season of the newly formed National Football League of Pakistan, the top tier of Pakistani football. The season started on 28 May 2004 and concluded on 13 October 2004. Formation In August 2003, the PFF came under new management, as the politician Faisal Saleh Hayat took over. Under the new management, the Pakistan Football Federation phased out the group stage based National Football Championship,2004-01-10 PFF abolishes national championship https://www.dawn.com/news/347514/pff-abolishes-national-championship 2025-09-18 Dawn en and in 2004 introduced the National A Division Football League,2004-05-14 National soccer league kicks off from May 28 https://www.dawn.com/news/359017/national-soccer-league-kicks-off-from-may-28 2025-09-18 Dawn en2004-05-20 Revised League schedule announced https://www.dawn.com/news/359458/revised-league-schedule-announced 2025-09-20 Dawn en2004-05-16 PFF announces 1st round schedule of National League https://www.dawn.com/news/394247/pff-announces-1st-round-schedule-of-national-league 2025-09-20 Dawn en2004-06-02 Asad stars in ABL's victory: National League https://www.dawn.com/news/360678/asad-stars-in-abl-s-victory-national-league 2025-09-20 Dawn en2004-06-17 PFF threatens disciplinary action against its official https://www.dawn.com/news/362060/pff-threatens-disciplinary-action-against-its-official 2025-09-20 Dawn enPakistan 2004 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki04.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20221203161954/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki04.html 3 December 2022 2023-06-28 www.rsssf.orgAhsan Ali 2011-02-02 A history of football in Pakistan — Final part https://www.dawn.com/news/603320/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-final-part 2024-07-02 DAWN.COM en With the inception of the newly formed league, provincial and divisional teams were phased out from the top tier and continued their participation in the National Games of Pakistan. In contrast, departmental and armed forces teams remained active in the new league format.Sohail Shahrukh 2020-08-09 FOOTBALL: A LEAGUE FOR PAKISTAN FOOTBALL https://www.dawn.com/news/1573329 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230628233042/https://www.dawn.com/news/1573329 28 June 2023 2023-06-28 DAWN.COM en2024-06-26 Rising Popularity of Football in Pakistan Reflects Growing Interest in the Sport https://dailytimes.com.pk/1204028/rising-popularity-of-football-in-pakistan-reflects-growing-interest-in-the-sport/ 2024-08-11 Daily Times en-USPakistan - List of Champions https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pakichamp.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230412080915/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/pakichamp.html 12 April 2023 2023-08-05 www.rsssf.org After completion of the season in October 2004, PFF launched the second tier PFF League. In the next 2005 season of the top tier, the National A Division Football League was renamed to the Pakistan Premier League.Pakistan 2005 (National Tournaments) https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki05.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230529154441/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki05.html 29 May 2023 2 February 2023 RSSSF Venues The inaugural 2004 National A Division League was staged in hub rounds rather than strict club-specific home stadiums; Rawalpindi used Army Stadium and KRL Football Stadium, Islamabad round used Naval Sports Complex, with PTCL hosting in the twin cities. The Lahore round used Punjab Stadium, the Karachi round used KMC Stadium and Aga Khan Gymkhana Ground, a Quetta round followed later.2004-05-16 PFF announces 1st round schedule of National League https://www.dawn.com/news/394247/pff-announces-1st-round-schedule-of-national-league 2025-09-21 Dawn en2004-05-20 Revised League schedule announced https://www.dawn.com/news/359458/revised-league-schedule-announced 2025-09-21 Dawn en Teams Eight departmental teams automatically qualified for the league from the 2003 President PFF Cup. They were: TeamLocationAllied BankLahoreHabib BankKarachiKarachi Port TrustKarachiKhan Research LaboratoriesRawalpindiPakistan ArmyRawalpindiPakistan NavyIslamabadPTCLIslamabadWAPDALahore Other eight club teams qualified via regional tournament. Following are the teams qualified from regional tournament: TeamLocationAfghan ChamanChamanBaloch QuettaQuettaMardan FCMardanMauripur BalochKarachiNaka MuhammadanKarachiPanther ClubFaisalabadWohaibLahoreYoung ElevenDera Ismail Khan Season summary left|thumb|The 16 teams of the inaugural season of the National A Division Football League Season started on 28 May 2004, Khuda Bakhsh of WAPDA was the first player to score a goal in new Pakistan Premier League when he scored a brace against Allied Bank. The season saw many one-sided high-scoring matches, as some of the teams lacked in quality and financially. On 28 June, Habib Bank defeated Naka Muhammadan 15–0, the highest scoring match and the biggest victory and loss and most numbers of player (7) scoring in a single match in the history of Pakistan Premier League. During June, Allied Bank disbanded their team, after refusing to renew the contracts of seven players; but they were able restored their team and returned playing. Bankruptcy hit Naka Muhammadan who withdrew before their 14 July match, they did however returned to complete the season. The season was dominated by Khan Research Laboratories, Pakistan Army and WAPDA, as they scored a combined goals of 294, each scoring 98 goals, highest ever in Pakistan Premier League. Due to fixture congestion, WAPDA had to play both their final two matches on the same day, which just happened to be against title rivals Pakistan Army and Khan Research Laboratories. WAPDA and Army drew 2-2, meaning Army were three points ahead at the top of the table, but both shared the same goal difference, and WAPDA still had one match to play. It meant WAPDA needed to win to finish first, and their opponents, KRL, also needed to win to finish first. In this top of the table clash, it was WAPDA who were victorious, thrashing KRL 4–0 to win the title by a superior goal difference, and be crowned as the first winners of the Pakistan Football League. Arif Mehmood of WAPDA took the honours as the league's top scorer, with over 20 goals. At the end of the season, 6 teams were relegated and 2 promoted as league reduced to 12 teams for 2005 after the number of one sided matches. Panther Club escaped relegation thanks to the withdrawal of Allied Bank from the 2005–06 season. National Bank and Pakistan Public Work Department were promoted to the 2005–06 season. WAPDA represented Pakistan at the 2005 AFC President's Cup by virtue of being the national champions. WAPDA, Pakistan Army and KRL set a new national record of 98 goals in a season. WAPDA only conceding 12 goals is also a new record. League table main football October 2004 rsssf WAP ARMY KRL KPT PTCL NAVY HBL ABL AFG WOH PAN YOU MAU BAL NAK MAR APC REL REL REL REL REL REL Not Relegated Panther were saved from relegation as Allied Bank dissolved their team at the end of the season, saving Panther from relegation due to them being the best placed team in relegation zone. 13 October 2004 15 3 12 52 40 10 7 13 43 46 5 5 20 26 62 14 7 9 67 35 18 7 5 68 34 23 4 3 98 24 3 1 26 20 116 6 4 20 25 64 5 0 25 32 154 8 6 16 43 67 23 5 2 98 16 14 11 5 62 28 18 6 6 63 29 23 5 2 98 12 9 3 18 37 53 7 4 19 38 90 Allied Bank Afghan Chaman Baloch Quetta Habib Bank Karachi Port Trust Khan Research Laboratories Mardan Mauripur Baloch Naka Muhammadan Panther Club Pakistan Army Pakistan Navy PTCL WAPDA Wohaib Young Eleven 5 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) drawing of lots QR green1 Qualification to 2005 AFC President's Cup red1 Relegation to 2005–06 PFF National League Results main RSSSF 13 October 2004 FBR AFG ABL BAL HBL KPT KRL MAR MAU NAK ARMY NAVY PTCL PAN WAP WOH YOU Afghan Chaman Allied Bank Baloch Quetta Habib Bank Karachi Port Trust Khan Research Laboratories Mardan Mauripur Baloch Naka Muhammadan Pakistan Army Pakistan Navy PTCL Panther Club WAPDA Wohaib Young Eleven 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 5–0 0–2 3–4 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–5 5–0 2–0 5–1 0–3 0–0 0–5 4–0 1–3 4–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 6–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 5–0 4–1 4–0 1–3 2–2 1–0 4–1 3–0 7–3 2–1 1–1 3–2 6–0 1–3 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 7–1 7–1 10–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 0–1 3–1 10–0 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–4 0–3 0–6 0–3 2–5 0–9 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–7 3–0 2–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–5 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–0 0–4 1–8 1–5 3–1 0–15 1–3 1–8 3–1 1–0 0–5 2–1 1–3 2–3 0–5 1–6 1–3 6–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 8–0 4–1 12–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–0 10–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 8–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–4 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–4 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–7 3–0 1–2 8–2 0–2 1–4 0–2 0–4 1–2 4–1 6–0 2–0 3–1 5–1 2–0 4–0 10–0 6–0 8–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 5–0 0–1 4–1 0–3 0–2 1–4 5–0 0–4 2–3 2–0 0–4 2–3 0–2 2–2 2–4 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–5 1–4 1–4 2–2 0–4 0–3 Statistics Top scorers 13 October 2004https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki04.html Pakistan 2004 (National League and Regional Championships) RSSSF 23 July 2005 rsssf 21 December 2018 RankScorerClubGoals1Arif MehmoodWAPDA202Imran HussainPakistan Army193Qadeer AhmedKhan Research Laboratories17Khuda BakhshWAPDA Hat-tricks 13 October 2004 Player Nationality For Against Result DateRefAsim Faiz Karachi Port Trust Naka Muhammadan 7–3 dmy 2004 6 22 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/paki04.html rsssf Pakistan 2004 (National League and Regional Championships) 15 December 2018 Pervaiz Ahmed Habib Bank Naka Muhammadan 15–0 dmy 2004 6 28 Abdul Samad4 Habib Bank Naka Muhammadan 15–0 dmy 2004 6 28 Abdul Qadeer5 Khan Research Laboratories Young Eleven 10–0 dmy 2004 07 3 Atiq Khan Research Laboratories Young Eleven 10–0 dmy 2004 07 3 Mohammad Sadiq Afghan Chaman Naka Muhammadan 5–0 dmy 2004 7 12 Fareed Khan5 Karachi Port Trust Panther Club 6–0 dmy 2004 7 28 Muhammad Arshad Wohaib Naka Muhammadan 6–1 dmy 2004 7 29 Imran Hussain Pakistan Army Naka Muhammadan 5–0 dmy 2004 08 8 Imran Hussain Pakistan Army Mauripur Baloch 5–1 dmy 2004 8 13 Inayatullah4 Afghan Chaman Naka Muhammadan 8–1 dmy 2004 8 17 Ahmed Shah Afghan Chaman Naka Muhammadan 8–1 dmy 2004 8 17 Arif Mehmood WAPDA Naka Muhammadan 5–0 dmy 2004 8 22 Jaffar Hussain Pakistan Army Baloch Nushki 5–0 dmy 2004 09 9 Zulfiqar Ali Shah WAPDA Mauripur Baloch 6–0 dmy 2004 9 12 Khuda Bakhsh WAPDA Afghan Chaman 6–0 dmy 2004 9 15 Arif Mehmood WAPDA Afghan Chaman 6–0 dmy 2004 9 15 4 Player scored 4 goals5 Player scored 5 goals. 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