Pakistan Premier League
| Country | Pakistan |
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| Confederation | AFC |
| Founded | 1948 (Official) 2004 (Current format) |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Pakistan Football Federation League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Challenge Cup |
| International cup(s) |
AFC Champions League AFC Cup |
| Current champions |
K-Electric (1st title) (2014–15) |
| Most championships |
KRL & WAPDA (4 titles) |
| TV partners |
PTV Sports & Geo Super (live matches) PTV Sports & Geo Super (highlights) |
| Website | pff.com.pk |
 2014–15 Pakistan Premier League
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The Pakistan Premier League is a defunct Pakistani professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Pakistan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Pakistan Football Federation League. However, the league has not been held since 2015–16 because of ongoing dispute. At this point, it's unclear whether it'll ever be held again because like many Pakistani things, Pakistani football is also full of corruption due to government's misplaced priorities.
The Pakistan Premier League is a corporation in which the 12 member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 22 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away) totalling 264 matches in the season. Most games are played in the afternoons of Saturdays and Sundays, the other games during weekday evenings. It is commonly referred to as the PPL.
Since its inception of the Pakistan Premier League in 2004, four have won the title: WAPDA and KRL (4 each), Pakistan Army (2) and K-Electric (1). The current champions are K-Electric, who won the title in 2014–15.
Pakistan’s first semi-professional football league began on May 28, 1948 as the National Football Championship. The league was 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 August 2003, major restructuring was undertaken by the Pakistan Football Federation with support of FIFA's Goal Programme. Several new training facilities were built across the country and a new PFF Head Office was built in Lahore. Under new management, the PFF restructured the National Football Championship and in 2004 introduced the National League Division A Football League (which contained 12 clubs across Pakistan) and the National League Division B Football League (containing 5 clubs).
In 2006–07, the National League Division A Football League was renamed to the Pakistan Premier League while the National League Division B Football League was renamed to the PFF National League. In the following 2007–08 season, the league was expanded to 14 clubs. For the 2010–11 season the league was expanded to 16 clubs. The two bottom teams at the end of each Pakistan Premier League season would to be relegated to the PFF League, while the top 2 teams in the PFF League would be promoted to the Pakistan Premier League.
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