# Geo Super Football League

The Geo Super Football League or SFL was the first professional inter-city football league of Pakistan, with support of the Pakistan Football Federation. It was established in 2007 and telecasted live via GEO Super. The SFL ran separate to the Pakistan Premier League. The league did not continue because the organisers and sponsors reportedly did not want to work with the Pakistan Football Federation again.
In the first two seasons all matches were played in Karachi's Peoples Football Stadium.

## History

Geo TV Network and the Pakistan Football Federation came together in 2006 and began work on establishing Pakistan's first national inter-city football league to be televised on GEO Super. It ran based on franchise model, and as a parallel city-based league to the Pakistan Premier League over a span of two months, and was one of the few televised domestic championship held in the country since its inception. The league attracted record crowds at the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.
However, with a lack of long term support from Pakistan Football Federation, the league was discontinued until summer 2010, when K-Electric stepped in to support the venture with another SFL season and merited a second attempt in 2010. Players for each teams were selected through trials.
However, the league did not continue because the organisers and sponsors reportedly did not want to work with the Pakistan Football Federation again. The reason was largely because Geo Super conducted it purely for commercial reasons, while the Pakistan Football Federation failed to cash in on it for the long term betterment of football in the country.

## Teams

The league was made up of five teams, representatives of different cities. Each team was composed of national and international players. For the first time the best players of the nation came together under the umbrella of these five cities for the inter-city football league. The names of the teams were the following:
* Tribe FC Peshawar
* Islamabad United FC
* Lahore Lajpaals FC
* Quetta Zorawar FC
* Karachi Energy (Karachi Bazigar)

## 2007 season
### Format

The 2007 season spanned from July 20 to September 9. All matches were played in the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi. The SFL was divided into two rounds. The first round was a round-robin league format in which the 5 teams would play a total of 8 league matches each, twice against their opponents. After the commencement of the league round, the top 4 teams out of 5 were drawn for a knock-out stage round involving single-legged semi finals with the winners meeting in a final to determine the inaugural Geo Super League champion of Pakistan.

### League round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lahore Lajpaals | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 19 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Quetta Zorawar | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 17 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Karachi Bazigar | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 14 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 4 | Islamabad United | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 5 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 5 | Tribe FC Peshawar | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | −11 | 2 | |

### Awards

| Award | Recipient | Club |
| Top Scorer | Arif Mehmood (8 goals) | Lahore Lajpaals |
| Player of the Tournament | Muhammad Essa | Quetta Zorawar |
| Fair Play Award | | Lahore Lajpaals |

## 2010 season
### Format

The second season of Geo Super Football League, featuring five regional teams, was held from June 12 to August 8 at the Peoples Football Stadium under floodlights.

### League round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Karachi Energy | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 15 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 2 | Quetta Zorawar | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 3 | Lahore Lajpaals | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 4 | Islamabad United | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals |
| 5 | Tribe FC Peshawar | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 | |

### Top scorers

| Player | Club | Goals |
| Muhammad Rasool | Karachi Energy | 6 |
| Nasrullah Khan | Quetta Zorawar | 3 |
| Ghulam Abbas | Lahore Lajpaals | 3 |
| Asim Mansoor | Lahore Lajpaals | 3 |
| Saddam Hussain | Karachi Energy | 2 |
| Mehmood Khan | Quetta Zorawar | 1 |
| Yasir Afridi | Islamabad United | 1 |
| Muhammad Qasim | Islamabad United | 1 |
| Ibrar Ullah | Tribe FC Peshawar | 1 |
| Sohail Khan | Tribe FC Peshawar | 1 |

### Awards

| Award | Recipient | Club |
| Top Scorer | Muhammad Rasool | Karachi Energy |
| Player of the Tournament | Muhammad Riaz | Islamabad United |
| Best Goalkeeper | Muhammad Omar | Karachi Energy |
| Best match commissioner | Iqbal Junior | |
| Best referee | Khurram Shehzad | |

## Records & statistics

    As of 2 August 2010
* First match: Karachi Bazigars v Lahore Lajpaals (20 July 2007)
* Biggest winning margin: 4 goals
** Lahore Lajpaals 4–0 Tribe FC Peshawar (16 August 2007)
* Most wins in a season: 6 matches – Lahore Lajpaals
* Most losses in a season: 6 matches – Tribe FC Peshawar
* Most goals in a match: 6 goals
** Karachi Energy 4–2 Islamabad United (28 July 2010)
* Most goals in a match by a single player: 3 goals – Arif Mehmood (Lahore Lajpaals)
** Lahore Lajpaals 4–0 Tribe FC Peshawar (16 August 2007)
* Most goals scored by a team in a season: 15 goals – Lahore Lajaals
* Fewest goals scored by a team in a season: 2 goals – Tribe FC Peshawar
* Most goals conceded by a team in a season: 16 goals – Tribe FC Peshawar
* Fewest goals conceded by a team in a season: 5 goals – Karachi Bazigars