2018–19 KRL F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Khan Research Laboratories Football Club's 23rd competitive season, 22nd consecutive season in the top flight of Pakistani football, 12th consecutive season in the Premier League, and 23rd year in existence as a football club.

2018–19 season season
OwnerKhan Research Laboratories
ChairmanTahir Ikram
Head coachSajjad Mehmood
StadiumKRL Stadium
Pakistan Premier League1st
National Challenge CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Iftikhar A. Khan (12)

All:
Iftikhar A. Khan (12)

Month by month review

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September

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Khan Research Laboratories started their season with a 3–0 win over National Bank with a hat-trick scored by Iftikhar Ali Khan. In its second and last league game of September, Khan Research Laboratories drew 0–0 to Muslim.[1]

Position at the end of September

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Khan Research Laboratories 2 1 1 0 3 0 +3 4
Source: [citation needed]

October

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Khan Research Laboratories faced newly promoted Sui Northern Gas on 4 October, the match ended in a 1–1 draw with Iftikhar Ali Khan scoring his fourth goal in three matches. Their fourth match of the season was a 3–0 win over newly promoted Baloch Nushki, Izharullah Khan, Umair Ali and Iftikhar Ali Khan scored for Khan Research Laboratories. On 21 October, Khan Research Laboratories faced rivals K-Electric in match that ended 1–1, with Izharullah Khan scoring for Khan Research Laboratories. On 24 October, Khan Research Laboratories faced their longtime-rivals WAPDA, with Khan Research Laboratories winning the game 1–0 after a late-goal from Umair Ali. In their last match of the October, the club faced Pakistan Air Force in a 1–1 draw, after Danish Hameed's goal was equalised by Pakistan Air Force's Irfan Ali at 63rd minute.

Position at the end of October

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Khan Research Laboratories 7 3 4 0 10 3 +7 13
Source: [citation needed]

November

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On 1 November, Khan Research Laboratories faced Afghan Chaman, which the club won 3–0 with attacking trio Iftikhar Ali Khan, Izharullah Khan and Umair Ali scoring for Khan Research Laboratories. On 6 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated struggling Karachi Port Trust 1–0 with winger Umair Ali scoring a late goal for the club. On 16 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Pakistan Navy 3–0, with goals from Iftikhar Ali Khan, Izharullah Khan and Zaid Umar. On 19 November, the club faced longtime-rivals Pakistan Army in a 1–1, with Muhammad Shahid scoring equaliser for Khan Research Laboratories at 43rd minute. On 23 November, the club extended its unbeaten run to 12 matches after defeating newly-form and promoted Civil Aviation Authority 2–1 with Iftikhar Ali Khan and captain Zia Us-Salam scoring for the club. On 26 November, Khan Research Laboratories' unbeaten run came to an end after losing 1–0 Sui Southern Gas, with Habib-ur-Rehman scoring the winning goal of the game. On 29 November, Khan Research Laboratories defeated National Bank 1–0 courtesy of an own goal from Misbah-ul-Hassan.

Position at the end of November

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Khan Research Laboratories 14 8 5 1 21 6 +15 29
Source: [citation needed]

December

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Khan Research Laboratories faced Muslim in their first match of December, winning the match 2–1 with Umair Ali scoring in 12th minute and Muhammad Shahid scoring a penalty in the 92nd minute of the match, which caused a mob of angry people attacking the referee. On 6 December, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Sui Northern Gas 3–1, Waqar Ihtisham, Iftikhar Ali Khan and Umair Ali scoring the goals. On 10 December, they defeated Baloch Nushki 2–0 with Imran Khan and Zaid Umar scoring for the club. Khan Research Laboratories ended their next three matches with three consecutive draws, 1–1 draw with rivals K-Electric and WAPDA with Junaid Ahmed scoring against K-Electric and Iftikhar Ali Khan against WAPDA and a 0–0 with Pakistan Air Force. On 23 December, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Afghan Chaman 5–0 with Imran Khan and Zeeshan Siddiqui scoring a brace and Iftikhar Ali Khan also scoring, taking his tally to 11 goals. The club played a goalless draw against Karachi Port Trust on 26 December.

Position at the end of December

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Khan Research Laboratories 22 12 9 1 35 10 +25 45
Source: [citation needed]

January

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The club lost two consecutive matches for the first time in the season, losing 1–0 Pakistan Army and Pakistan Navy. On 9 January, Khan Research Laboratories defeated Civil Aviation Authority 1–0 with a 23rd-minute goal from Umair Ali, leaving them 3 points behind first placed Pakistan Air Force and 1 point behind second placed Sui Southern Gas. On the final day of the league, Khan Research Laboratories defeated title contenders Sui Southern Gas 4–0, with Iftikhar Ali Khan and Junaid Ahmed scoring a goal each and Izharullah Khan scoring a brace. The victory leveled Khan Research Laboratories with first place Pakistan Air Force on 51 points, although Khan Research Laboratories won the league on goal difference, having a goal difference of +28 against Pakistan Air Force's +27.

Position at the end of January

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Khan Research Laboratories 26 14 9 3 40 12 +28 51
Source: [citation needed]

Club

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Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Manager   Ayaz Butt
Assistant Manager   Saeed Sr.
Head Coach   Sajjad Mehmood Khan
Assistant Coach   Kamran Khan
Local Coach   Muhammad Shahid
Goalkeeper Coach   Muhammad Zeeshan
Scout   Abdul Ghaffar

Source: Global Sports Archive

Other information

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Owner   Khan Research Laboratories
Chairman   Muhammad Ayaz Butt

Source: Global Sports Archive

First team squad

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As of 13 January 2019.[2]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Since Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Games Played Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1 Tanveer Mumtaz   GK 2018 (1994-03-05)5 March 1994 (aged 24)   Sui Southern Gas 84 0
23 Nasrullah Khan   GK 2018 (1998-06-20)20 June 1998 (aged 20)   Muslim 3 0
24 Hasan Riaz   GK 2018 (1994-09-02)2 September 1994 (aged 24)   Higher Education Commission 0 0
Defenders
2 Muhammad Shahid (vc)   RB 2010 (1984-11-10)10 November 1984 (aged 33) Academy 139 2
3 Arslan Ali   LB 2018 (1998-12-20)20 December 1998 (aged 19)   Habib Bank 21 0
5 Waqar Ihtisham   CB 2018 (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (aged 21)   Sui Southern Gas 21 1
12 Abdul Qadeer   CB 2018 (1999-04-04)4 April 1999 (aged 19)   WAPDA 9 0
14 Mazdaq Masood   CB 2018 (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 24)   WAPDA 19 0
15 Imran Khan   CB 2018 (1994-01-07)7 January 1994 (aged 24)   Pakistan Airlines 26 3
18 Ghulam Fareed   RB / LB 2018 (1991-08-20)20 August 1991 (aged 27)   WAPDA 14 0
25 Ali Agha   CB 2018 (1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 21) Academy 6 0
Midfielders
4 Rajab Ali   CM / DM 2018 (1989-04-09)9 April 1989 (aged 29)   Pakistan Television 17 0
7 Zia Us-Salam (c)   CM / RM 2010 (1990-02-04)4 February 1990 (aged 28) Academy 109 6
10 Umair Ali   AM / LW 2018 (1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 27)   Sui Southern Gas 19 8
11 Yousaf Ahmed   LW / AM / RW 2018 (1997-11-06)6 November 1997 (aged 20) Academy 1 0
17 Zaid Umer   CM 2018 (2001-09-22)22 September 2001 (aged 17)   Civil Aviation Authority 11 2
19 Junaid Ahmed   AM 2018 (1999-07-07)7 July 1999 (aged 19)   Karachi Port Trust 22 2
21 Muhammad Adil   AM / RW 2018 (1992-07-09)9 July 1992 (aged 26)   Hawkesbury City 71 24
22 Abdul Razzaq   RW / AM 2014 (1998-05-26)26 May 1998 (aged 20) Academy 7 0
Strikers
6 Izharullah   CF 2014 (1989-11-03)3 November 1989 (aged 28) Academy 41 7
8 Iftikhar Ali Khan   CF 2018 (1992-02-01)1 February 1992 (aged 26)   WAPDA 25 12
13 Hafiz Shah Wali   CF 2018 (1990-08-10)10 August 1990 (aged 28)   Muslim 20 0
16 Danish Hameed   CF 2018 (1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 23)   Sui Southern Gas 16 1
20 Zeeshan Siddiqui   CF 2018 (1993-12-25)25 December 1993 (aged 24) Academy 7 2

Season

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National Challenge Cup

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Khan Research Laboratories were the defending champions of the National Challenge Cup, they were knocked out in group stages after losing 1–0 to Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority in the final group match.

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Civil Aviation Authority 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Advance to Knockout round
2 Khan Research Laboratories 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 3
3 Sindh Government Press 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 April 2018. Source: [citation needed]




Matches

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25 April 2018 Group Stage Khan Research Laboratories 3–0 Sindh Government Press Karachi
16:30 PST Umair Ali   21'
Izharullah   35'
Zeeshan Siddiqui   39'
Stadium: All Brothers Football Ground
Referee: Jehangir Khan
3 May 2018 Group stage Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority 1–0 Khan Research Laboratories Karachi
16:30 PST Zaid Umar   84' Stadium: All Brothers Football Ground
Referee: Jehangir Khan

Premier League

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Khan Research Laboratories (C) 26 14 9 3 40 12 +28 51
2 Pakistan Airforce 26 14 9 3 40 13 +27 51
3 Sui Southern Gas 26 15 5 6 32 16 +16 50
4 Pakistan Army 26 12 10 4 38 19 +19 46
5 WAPDA 26 13 6 7 32 18 +14 45
Source: Soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 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
(C) Champions


Matches

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26 September 2018 1 Khan Research Laboratories 3–0 National Bank Multan
20:00 PST Iftikhar A. Khan   23', 44', 76'
Zia Us-Salam   58'
Report Stadium: Qilla Kohna Qasim Bagh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Adnan Anjum
30 September 2018 2 Khan Research Laboratories 0–0 Muslim Multan
20:00 PST Zeeshan Siddiqui   77' Report Stadium: Qilla Kohna Qasim Bagh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Adnan Anjum
4 October 2018 3 Khan Research Laboratories 1–1 Sui Northern Gas Multan
20:00 PST M. Shahid   21'
Iftikhar A. Khan   44'
A. Qadeer   76'
Report Sada Bahar   45'
Samad Khan   64'
Umer Farooq   61'
Aleem Sarwar   68'
Stadium: Qilla Kohna Qasim Bagh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jahangir Khan
12 October 2018 4 Khan Research Laboratories 3–0 Baloch Nushki Multan
22:45 PST Izharullah   10'
Umair Ali   59'
Iftikhar A. Khan   61'
Report Stadium: Qilla Kohna Qasim Bagh Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Muzammil Hussain
21 October 2018 5 Khan Research Laboratories 1–1 K-Electric Lahore
12:30 PST Izharullah   11'
Iftikhar A. Khan   29'
Umair Ali   51'
Zia Us-Salam   58'
Report Rasool   21'
Akber Ali   28'
Stadium: Punjab Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Muhammad Ahmad Rauf
24 October 2018 6 Khan Research Laboratories 1–0 WAPDA Lahore
22:45 PST Junaid Ahmed   49'
Umair Ali   73'
Report Adnan Saeed   30'
Ahmed Faheem   44'
Stadium: Punjab Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Touqeer Aslam
27 October 2018 7 Pakistan Airforce 1–1 Khan Research Laboratories Lahore
22:45 PST Mehdi Hassan   42'
Irfan   63'
M. Mujahid   79'
Report Danish Ahmed   43'
Mazdooq Masood   50'
Waqar Ihtisham   68'
Stadium: Punjab Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Jahangir Khan
1 November 2018 8 Khan Research Laboratories 3–0 Afghan Chaman Lahore
15:00 PST Waqar Ihtisham   57'
Iftikhar A. Khan   76'Izharullah   77'
Umair Ali   90+2'
Report Sohrab Khan   79'
Khan Jr.   82'   82'
Stadium: Punjab Stadium
Attendance: 400
Referee: Touqeer Aslam
6 November 2018 9 Khan Research Laboratories 1–0 Karachi Port Trust Lahore
12:30 PST Muhammad Adil   61'
Umair Ali   81'
Report M. Waseem   36' Stadium: Punjab Stadium
Attendance: 350
Referee: Jahangir Khan
9 November 2018 10 Khan Research Laboratories 1–0 Ashraf Sugar Mills Lahore
15:00 PST Umair Ali   35' Report Stadium: Punjab Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Muhammad Ahmad Rauf
16 November 2018 11 Pakistan Navy 0–3 Khan Research Laboratories Karachi
15:00 PST Report Izharullah   21'
Iftikhar A. Khan   30'
Zaid Umar   75'
Stadium: KMC Football Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dilawar Khan
19 November 2018 12 Pakistan Army 1–1 Khan Research Laboratories Karachi
14:30 PST Umar Waqar   25' Report M. Shahid   43'
Waqar Ihtisham   68'
Stadium: KPT Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Jahangir Khan
23 November 2018 13 Khan Research Laboratories 2–1 Civil Aviation Authority Karachi
14:30 PST Iftikhar A. Khan   9'
Rajab Ali   57'
Zia Us-Salam   60'
Mazdaq Masood   85'
Report Mudassir Ali   28'
M. Naeem   87'
Stadium: KMC Football Stadium
Referee: Muhammad Ahmad Rauf
26 November 2018 14 Sui Southern Gas 1–0 Khan Research Laboratories Karachi
15:00 PST Habib-ur-Rehman   13'
Saddam   59'
Report M. Shahid Stadium: KMC Football Stadium
Referee: Jahangir Khan

Summary

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Competition P W D L GF GA CS        
Pakistan Premier League 26 14 9 3 40 12 14 32 0 0
National Challenge Cup 2 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
Total 28 15 9 4 43 13 15 32 0 0

Statistics

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Appearances

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No. Pos. Name Premier League National Challenge Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Tanveer Mumtaz 26 0 0 0 26 0 0 0
2 DF   Muhammad Shahid 24 2 2 0 26 2 4 0
3 DF   Arslan Ali 21 (2) 0 2 0 23 (2) 0 1 0
4 MF   Rajab Ali 17 (10) 0 2 0 19 (10) 0 1 0
5 DF   Waqar Ihtisham 21 1 0 0 21 1 6 0
6 FW   Izharullah 26 6 2 1 28 7 0 0
7 MF   Zia Us-Salam 26 1 1 0 27 1 2 0
8 FW   Iftikhar Ali Khan 25 (6) 12 0 0 25 (6) 12 2 0
9 FW   Rizwan Asif 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW   Umair Ali 19 8 2 1 21 9 2 0
11 MF   Yousaf Ahmed 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0
12 DF   Abdul Qadeer 9 0 0 0 9 0 1 0
13 FW   Hafiz Wali Shah 20 (11) 0 0 0 20 (11) 0 3 0
14 DF   Mazdaq Maqsood 19 0 0 0 19 0 3 0
15 DF   Imran Khan 26 0 2 0 28 0 3 0
16 FW   Danish Hameed 16 (11) 1 1 (1) 0 17 (12) 1 0 0
17 MF   Zaid Umar 11 (11) 2 0 0 11 (11) 2 0 0
18 DF   Ghulam Fareed 14 (3) 0 2 0 16 (13) 0 1 0
19 MF   Junaid Ahmed 22 2 1 0 23 2 2 0
20 FW   Zeeshan Siddiqui 7 (4) 2 2 (1) 1 9 (5) 3 1 0
21 MF   Muhammad Adil 6 (5) 0 2 0 8 (5) 0 1 0
22 MF   Abdul Razzaq 7 (2) 0 0 0 7 (2) 0 0 0
23 GK   Nasrullah 3 (2) 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 0 0
24 GK   Hassan Riaz 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
25 DF   Ali Agha 6 (3) 0 0 0 6 (3) 0 1 0
26 MF   Yasir Afridi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club in July transfer window
14 DF   Imran Khan 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0

Last updated: 13 January 2019.
Source: KRL F.C.

Top scorers

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The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League National Challenge Cup Total
1 FW 8   Iftikhar Ali Khan 12 0 12
2 FW 9   Umair Ali 8 1 9
3 FW 6   Izharullah 6 1 7
4 FW 20   Zeeshan Siddiqui 2 1 3
5 DF 2   Muhammad Shahid 2 0 2
MF 17   Zaid Umar 2 0 2
MF 19   Junaid Ahmed 2 0 2
8 DF 5   Waqar Ihtisham 1 0 1
MF 7   Zia Us-Salam 1 0 1
FW 16   Danish Hameed 1 0 1
Own goals 3 0 3
Total 40 3 43

Last updated: 13 January 2019.
Source: KRL F.C.

Clean sheets

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The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player Premier League National Challenge Cup Total
1 1   Tanveer Ahmed 14 0 14
2 24   Hassan Riaz 0 1 1

Last updated: 13 January 2019.
Source: KRL F.C.

Summary

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Games played 28 (26 Pakistan Premier League) (2 National Football Challenge Cup)
Games won 15 (14 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)
Games drawn 9 (9 Pakistan Premier League)
Games lost 4 (3 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)
Goals scored 43 (40 Pakistan Premier League) (3 National Football Challenge Cup)
Goals conceded 13 (12 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)
Goal difference +30 (28 Pakistan Premier League) (2 National Football Challenge Cup)
Clean sheets 15 (14 Pakistan Premier League) (1 National Football Challenge Cup)
Yellow cards 32 (32 Pakistan Premier League)
Most appearances   Izharullah (29 appearances)
Top scorer   Iftikhar Ali Khan (12 goals)
Winning Percentage Overall: 15/28 (53.5%)

Last updated: 13 January 2019.
Source: KRL F.C.

References

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  1. ^ "KRL 0:0 MUSLIM". globalsportsarchive.com. Global Sports Archive. September 30, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "KRL FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive".