The 2010 Super Football League was the second season of the country's franchise-based football league in collaboration between the Pakistan Football Federation and GEO Super. The 2010 season spanned from 11 June to 31 July.
Overview Due to a lack of long-term support from Pakistan Football Federation, the second edition of the Super Football League was held in summer 2010 after a gap three years since its inception in 2007, when KESC stepped in to support the venture with another SFL season and merited a second attempt in 2010. KESC also ran the Karachi Energy team, which was renamed from Karachi Bazigar. All five teams were also asked to include six players under the age of 20 in their 22-player squads to promote youth football.
Players for each teams were selected through trials. Qayyum Sports Complex, Peshawar, hosted the trials for Tribes FC from May 18–20 with Nasir Ismail, Gohar Zaman, Najeeb Ullah Najmi and Shakoor as the coaches. The selection process to form Quetta Zorawar was held at Yazdhan Khan High School, Quetta, from May 20–22 under Akhtar Mohiuddin, Mohammad Dawood, Mohammad Karim and Azizullah. Islamabad FA hosted trials for the Islamabad United team at the PTCL Ground where Sajjad Mahmood, Shaukat Ali, Haji Abdul Sattar as coaches from May 21–23. The Lahore Lajpaals team trials were held at the Punjab Stadium, Lahore, from May 24–26 under the supervision of Shahzad Anwar, Mohammad Habib, Tanveer Ahmed and Asghar Khan Anjum. The fifth and final trials were held at Karachi's Peoples Sports Complex from May 27–29 with Hassan Baloch, Zafar Iqbal, Saleem Patni and Zahid Taj as the coaches. The Pakistan Football Federation also made mandatory for all the captains of the teams to wrap captains band around their arm, in contrast to the previous season. Matches were also held under floodlights.
Karachi Energy won the title after defeating Quetta Zorawar in the final. The winners were awarded Rs 780,000 prize money. The runner-ups Quetta Zorawar earned a prize money of Rs 390,000. Top scorer Muhammad Rasool received Rs50,000 as prize money. Muhammad Riaz of Islamabad United was declared best player, Muhammad Omar of Karachi Energy was declared as best goalkeeper.
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.
Format All matches were played in the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi. The SFL is 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 Super Football League champion of Pakistan.
Squads
Source: Geo Super
Karachi EnergyIslamabad UnitedQuetta Zorawar1. Muhammad Omar (GK)
13. Abdul Aziz (GK)
22. Amir Gul (GK)
2. Aurangzeb (Jr.) (DF)
19. Ubaid (DF)
4. Aurangzeb (Sr.) (DF)
5. Akbar Ali (DF)
16. Misbah ul Hassan (DF)
12. Ismail (DF)
3. Akhtar Mammal (DF)
14. Imran Abdullah (MF)
18. Shahzad Hashmi (MF)
6. Zulfiqar Shah (MF)
7. Farhan (MF)
8. Abdul Aziz (MF)
10. Muhammad Essa (MF)
17. Saddam Hussain (FW)
11. Shakir Lashari (FW)
15. Zafar Majeed (FW)
20. Abdul Rehman (FW)
21. Khuda Bux (FW)
9. Muhammad Rasool (FW)
Head Coach: Hassan Baloch1. Khalid Khan (GK)
22. Asim Khurshid (GK)
4. Kamran Khan (DF)
3. Yasir Sabir (DF)
5. Muhammad Ramzan (DF)
2. Mustaqeen Khan (DF)
6. Rai Akmal Shahzad (DF)
18. Muhammad Saqib (DF)
11. Saleh Khan (MF)
7. Yasir Afridi (MF)
8. Atiq Ullah (MF)
12. Nasir Jameel (MF)
13. Muhammad Tauseef (MF)
14. Muhammad Riaz (MF)
15. Saeed Sher (MF)
16. Bilal Arshad Butt (FW)
10. Muhammad Qasim (FW)
23. Baqar Qasim Ali Hassan (FW)
9. Hikmatullah (FW)
19. Fahadullah Khan (FW)
20. Bashir Ahmed (FW)
21. Ali Naqvi (FW)
Head Coach: Sajjad Mehmood22. Jahangir Khan (GK)
1. Ghulam Nabi (GK)
3. Asghar (DF)
5. Shahid (DF)
4. Manzoor (DF)
12. Ehsan Ullah (DF)
2. Jahanzeb (DF)
20. Abdul Qadir (DF)
18. Noor Mohammad (DF)
19. Mahmood Khan (Sr.) (MF)
6. Mehmood (MF)
8. Mehmood Khan (Jr.) (MF)
10. Nasrullah Khan (MF)
9. Jadid Khan Pathan (MF)
13. Saad Ullah (MF)
21. Jabbar (MF)
7. Zahid Hamid (MF)
11. Kaleemullah Khan (FW)
16. Zainullah (FW)
17. Imran Hashmi (FW)
15. Shahid Ahmed (FW)
14. Riaz Ahmed (FW)
Head Coach: Akhtar MohiuddinLahore LajpaalsTribe FC Peshawar1. Bilal Rafiq (GK)
22. Muzammil Hussain (GK)
2. Muhammad Shahid (DF)
3. Haider Ali (DF)
13. Ali Ahsan (DF)
14. Tanveer Shahid (DF)
5. Naveed Akram (DF)
4. Haji Muhammad (DF)
15. Ghazanfar Abbas (DF)
16. Muhammad Asif (DF)
17. Muhammad Ahmed (DF)
7. Fakhar Hayat (MF)
8. Muhammad Adil (MF)
18. Faisal Iqbal (MF)
9. Rashid Ali (MF)
6. Muzaffar Ali (MF)
20. Naeemullah (MF)
10. Arif Mehmood (FW)
21. Asif Mehmood (FW)
11. Ghulam Abbas (FW)
12. Muhammad Asif (FW)
19. Asim Mansoor (FW)
Head Coach: Shahzad Anwar1. Saqib Hanif (GK)
22. Naveed Khan (GK)
2. Gul Draz (DF)
3. Aamir Siddique (Jr.) (DF)
4. Alamgir Khan (DF)
5. Waqas Ahmed (Sr.) (DF)
6. Mohammad Arshad (MF)
7. Adeel Ahmed (MF)
8. Badshah Gul (MF)
9. Imran Niazi (MF)
10. Safiullah Khan (FW)
11. Qamar Zaman (FW)
12. Shahid Muneer (DF)
13. Aamir Khan (DF)
14. Aamir Sarwar (DF)
15. Abrar Ullah (DF)
16. Shah Nawaz Khan (MF)
17. Sohail Khan (FW)
18. Rashid Ali (FW)
19. Umar Iqbal (FW)
20. Mohammad Naeem (FW)
21. Asad Ullah Khan (FW)
Head Coach: Mohammad Bashir
League round
Fixtures and results
Semi-finals
Final
Top scorers PlayerClubGoalsMuhammad RasoolKarachi Energy6Nasrullah KhanQuetta Zorawar3Ghulam AbbasLahore Lajpaals3Asim MansoorLahore Lajpaals3Jadid Khan PathanQuetta Zorawar2Muhammad QasimIslamabad United2Saddam HussainKarachi Energy2Kaleemullah KhanQuetta Zorawar2Sohail KhanTribe FC Peshawar2
Awards AwardRecipientClubTop ScorerMuhammad RasoolKarachi EnergyPlayer of the TournamentMuhammad RiazIslamabad UnitedBest GoalkeeperMuhammad OmarKarachi EnergyBest match commissionerIqbal JuniorBest refereeKhurram Shehzad
References
External links
Super Football League 2010 official site