Super Football League

The Super Football League, often called the SFL, was the first professional club football league in Pakistan. It was started by Geo Super together with the Pakistan Football Federation.

Five teams played in the league in both 2007 and 2010. All the games were held at Karachi's Peoples Football Stadium. The SFL operated separately from the Pakistan Premier League.

This league helped bring excitement and professional play to football fans across the country.

History

The Geo TV Network and the Pakistan Football Federation worked together in 2006 to create Pakistan's first national football league for cities. The games were shown on GEO Super. This league used a franchise model and lasted two months. It was one of the few televised championships in the country at that time.

The league was different from the Pakistan Premier League because the teams were based in cities and not tied to departments. Players were chosen through trials, and many people watched the games at the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi. The league returned in summer 2010 after a three-year break, thanks to support from KESC. However, the league stopped because the organizers and sponsors did not want to work with the Pakistan Football Federation again. This was because Geo Super focused on business, while the Federation could not use the league to improve football in the country for the long term.

Teams

The Super Football League had five teams. Each team came from a big city in Pakistan. The teams were from Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, and Karachi. Players on these teams were from Pakistan and other countries. The teams were called Tribe FC Peshawar, Islamabad United, Lahore Lajpaals, Quetta Zorawar, and Karachi Energy (known as Karachi Bazigar in 2007).

Results

Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runners-up	Losing semifinalists (no third place match)
2007 Details	Karachi	Islamabad United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 pens.)	Karachi Bazigar	Quetta Zorawar Lahore Lajpaals
2010 Details	Karachi	Karachi Energy	1–0	Quetta Zorawar	Islamabad United Lahore Lajpaals

Awards

Top scorer

Year	Player/s	Club	Goals
2007	Arif Mehmood	Lahore Lajpaals	8
2010	Muhammad Rasool	Karachi Energy	6

Most valuable player

Year	Player/s	Club
2007	Muhammad Essa	Quetta Zorawar
2010	Muhammad Riaz	Islamabad United

Goalkeeper of the year

Year	Player/s	Club
2007	N/A	N/A
2010	Muhammad Omar	Karachi Energy

Fair play award

Year	Club
2007	Lahore Lajpaals
2010	N/A

Records & statistics

Here are some fun facts from the Super Football League's early days! The first match was between the Karachi Bazigars and the Lahore Lajpaals on July 20, 2007. The biggest win was when Lahore Lajpaals won 4–0 against Tribe FC Peshawar on August 16, 2007.

Lahore Lajpaals had the most wins in a season with 6 matches, while Tribe FC Peshawar had the most losses with 6 matches. The most exciting games had 5 goals in total, like when Tribe FC Peshawar lost 2–3 to Lahore Lajpaals on July 28, 2007, and when Quetta Zorawar beat Islamabad United 4–1 on August 9, 2007. One player, Arif Mehmood from Lahore Lajpaals, scored the most goals, with 3 in a single game and 8 in a whole season!