Geo Super Football League

Infobox football league

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country = Pakistan
confed = AFC|
founded = 2007
teams = 5
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champions = Islamabad United
season = 2007|
most successful club = Islamabad United (1 title)|
website = http://geosuper.tv/superleagues/default.asp
current = 2007 season

The Geo Super Football League or SFL is the first proper professional inter-city football league of Pakistan, with the support of the PFF. It was established in 2007 and is the first time that Pakistani club football matches are telecast live on television via GEO Super. The SFL runs separate to the Pakistan Premier League and at the moment, the winners of the SFL wont be declared the official champions of Pakistan like the PPL winners.

In the current inaugural season, all matches are being played in Karachi's Peoples Football Stadium.

Introduction

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 and broadcast live on GEO Super.

The Geo Super Football League (SFL) was created as a way to fuse Pakistan's football talent, with experienced internationals playing with youth, and to develop football in Pakistan.

It would be a new top flight league, and the first time the teams will be professional and non departmental. Instead, they represent Pakistan's major cities. Aspiring stars were selected after a gruelling nation-wide hunt of all aspiring football players, and will make up half of the team.

Thousands of youngsters and experienced players turned out at trials in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta, which took place between 17th to 25th June.

Given the level of interest, the selection committee, which consists of members of the PFF and Geo TV Network, had their work cut out for them. Over a 100 matches were held in all the locations in varying degrees of heat and weather conditions. Each player was given an ample chance to prove themselves through these matches, which revealed their ability to perform in real-time, tense situations.

Each player was individually discussed during the matches and in serious post-match analysis of every match that was played, before final selections took place.

The current champions are "Islamabad United" winning 4-3 on penalties in the final against Karachi Bazigar

Also The finals of the season 2007 ended in penalties

Training Camps

Thirty players for each of the five teams were taken to camp, and only twenty each were selected to participate. The players were tested for their football skills, as well as their mental and physical toughness. Individual drills, team drills, strength and stamina conditioning were the main focus of the training camps to prepare the teams for their first ever national exposure.

Teams

The SFL currently is made up of five teams, representative of five different cities. Each team is composed of national and international players who are experienced in both local and international football. For the first time, the best players of the nation will come together under the umbrella of these five cities to compete for the first national inter-city football league.

* Tribe F.C. Peshawar
* Islamabad United
* Lahore Lajpaals F.C.
* Quetta Zorawar
* Karachi Bazigar

League Records

*First match - Karachi Bazigar vs Lahore Lajpaals F.C, Friday July 20, 2007.
*Biggest Victory - Lahore Lajpaals F.C 4-0 Tribe FC Peshawar, Thursday August 16, 2007.
*Most Wins in a Season - Lahore Lajpaals, 6
*Most Losses in a Season - Tribe FC Peshawar, 6
*Most Goals in a match - Tribe F.C. Peshawar 2-3 Lahore Lajpaals F.C, Saturday July 28, 2007.
*Most Goals scored by a player in a match - Arif Mehmood (Lahore) 3 goals vs Tribe FC Peshawar, Thursday August 16, 2007.
*Most Goals in a Season - Arif Mehmood (Lahore) 8 goals
*Most Team Goals (For) in a Season - Lahore Lajpaals, 15
*Least Team Goals (Against) in a Season - Karachi Bazigar, 5
*Most Team Goals (Against) in a Season - Tribe F.C. Peshawar, 16
*Least Team Goals (For) in a Season - Tribe F.C. Peshawar, 2

ee also

*Geo Super Football League 2007
*Football in Pakistan
*Pakistan Premier League

External links

* [http://geosuper.tv/superleagues/default.asp Geo Super Football League official site]
* [http://www.pff.com.pk/ Pakistan Football Federation]
* [http://www.footballpakistan.com/ Football Pakistan]