2010 Super Football League

Super Football League 2010 11 June 2010 – 31 July 2010 Karachi Energy1st title Quetta Zorawar 23 43 Muhammad Riaz (Islamabad United) Muhammad Rasool (6 goals) Muhammad Omar (Karachi Energy) Karachi Energy 2–2 Islamabad United(11 June 2010)Tribe FC Peshawar 2–2 Islamabad United(13 June 2010)Karachi Energy 3–1 Tribe FC(27 June 2010)Quetta Zorawar 2–2 Lahore Lajpaals(9 July 2010) 3 matchesKarachi Energy 7 matchesKarachi Energy 6 matchesTribe FC 3 matchesTribe FC 2007 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 2007,2010-06-05 Super Football League: Islamabad United to face Karachi Energy http://www.brecorder.com/news/3768695 2026-03-24 Brecorder en when KESC stepped in to support the venture with another SFL season and merited a second attempt in 2010.Ahsan Ali 2012-11-13 Time to scrap the premier league? https://www.dawn.com/news/763735/time-to-scrap-the-premier-league 2024-03-02 DAWN.COM en 2024-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20240405133618/https://www.dawn.com/news/763735/time-to-scrap-the-premier-league live2010-05-15 Super Football League next month https://nation.com.pk/15-May-2010/Super-Football-League-next-month 2026-03-24 The Nation en-US https://web.archive.org/web/20250212071841/https://nation.com.pk/15-May-2010/Super-Football-League-next-month 2025-02-12 liveAhsan Ali 2011-02-02 A history of football in Pakistan — Final part https://www.dawn.com/news/603320/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-final-part 2026-03-25 Dawn en 2024-02-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20240220225359/https://www.dawn.com/news/603320/a-history-of-football-in-pakistan-final-part live Sohail Shahrukh 2020-08-09 FOOTBALL: A LEAGUE FOR PAKISTAN FOOTBALL https://www.dawn.com/news/1573329 2026-03-25 Dawn en 2023-06-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20230628233042/https://www.dawn.com/news/1573329 live KESC also ran the Karachi Energy team, which was renamed from Karachi Bazigar.fawad.hussain 2010-07-14 Pakistan football needs foreign coach, upgraded facilities: Essa https://tribune.com.pk/story/27973/pakistan-football-needs-foreign-coach-upgraded-facilities-essa 2026-03-24 The Express Tribune en https://web.archive.org/web/20200811170457/https://tribune.com.pk/story/27973/pakistan-football-needs-foreign-coach-upgraded-facilities-essa 2020-08-11 live2010-07-24 Holders Islamabad in danger of elimination https://nation.com.pk/24-Jul-2010/Holders-Islamabad-in-danger-of-elimination 2026-03-24 The Nation en-US2010-07-26 Karachi Energy draw with Lahore Lajpal https://tribune.com.pk/story/31037/karachi-energy-draw-with-lahore-lajpal 2026-03-24 The Express Tribune en https://web.archive.org/web/20250615145311/https://tribune.com.pk/story/31037/karachi-energy-draw-with-lahore-lajpal 2025-06-15 live 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.2010-05-16 Super Football League: PFF announces trial schedule https://www.dawn.com/news/988937/super-football-league-pff-announces-trial-schedule 2024-03-02 DAWN.COM en https://web.archive.org/web/20240924113204/https://www.dawn.com/news/988937/super-football-league-pff-announces-trial-schedule 2024-09-24 live 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.2010-06-04 Captain's armband made compulsory in PFF competitions https://nation.com.pk/04-Jun-2010/Captains-armband-made-compulsory-in-PFF-competitions 2026-03-24 The Nation en-US Matches were also held under floodlights.2010-06-12 PFFs Super Football League begins https://www.dawn.com/news/541035/pffs-super-football-league-begins 2026-03-24 Dawn en https://web.archive.org/web/20260327175707/https://www.dawn.com/news/541035/pffs-super-football-league-begins 2026-03-27 live 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.express 2010-08-02 Karachi Energy win maiden SFL title https://tribune.com.pk/story/33458/karachi-energy-win-maiden-sfl-title 2026-03-24 The Express Tribune en 2025-05-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20250528171117/https://tribune.com.pk/story/33458/karachi-energy-win-maiden-sfl-title live Muhammad Riaz of Islamabad United was declared best player, Muhammad Omar of Karachi Energy was declared as best goalkeeper.A super extravaganza! https://jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2010-weekly/nos-08-08-2010/spo.htm 2026-03-24 jang.com.pk 2010-08-08 2011-07-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20110727113128/http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2010-weekly/nos-08-08-2010/spo.htm live 2023-02-15 PFF calls 36 players for national training camp https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1040816-pff-calls-36-players-for-national-training-camp 2026-03-25 The News International en https://web.archive.org/web/20230216200333/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1040816-pff-calls-36-players-for-national-training-camp 2023-02-16 liveRiaz pleads Premier Shehbaz to revive departmental football Nukta https://nukta.com/riaz-shehbaz-restore-departmental-football 2026-03-25 nukta.com en 2025-05-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20250520011755/https://nukta.com/riaz-shehbaz-restore-departmental-football live 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.2016-09-08 Faisal Saleh Hayat: The feudal lord of Pakistani football https://nation.com.pk/08-Sep-2016/faisal-saleh-hayat-the-feudal-lord-of-pakistani-football 2026-01-01 The Nation en-US 2019-09-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20190902112936/https://nation.com.pk/08-Sep-2016/faisal-saleh-hayat-the-feudal-lord-of-pakistani-football liveSohail Shahrukh 2011-12-29 Geo Super League: Pakistan’s only professional football competition https://www.newspakistan.pk/2011/12/29/Geo-Super-League-Pakistan-s-only-professional-football-competition/ 2026-01-01 News Pakistan en-US https://web.archive.org/web/20120115180714/https://www.newspakistan.pk/2011/12/29/Geo-Super-League-Pakistan-s-only-professional-football-competition/ 2012-01-15 live Format All matches were played in the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.2010-06-15 Super Football League: Quetta lead the table https://nation.com.pk/15-Jun-2010/Super-Football-League-Quetta-lead-the-table 2026-03-24 The Nation en-USSheikh Irfan 2010-06-27 Karachi Energy top SFL after resounding win https://tribune.com.pk/story/24190/karachi-energy-top-sfl-after-resounding-win?amp=1 2026-03-24 The Express Tribune en https://web.archive.org/web/20260327175907/https://tribune.com.pk/story/24190/karachi-energy-top-sfl-after-resounding-win?amp=1 2026-03-27 live2010-07-18 Rasool on way to grab top scorer award https://nation.com.pk/18-Jul-2010/Rasool-on-way-to-grab-top-scorer-award 2026-03-24 The Nation en-US 2025-02-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20250212011735/https://www.nation.com.pk/18-Jul-2010/rasool-on-way-to-grab-top-scorer-award live 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.2010-07-27 Holders Islamabad to face Karachi in semis https://nation.com.pk/27-Jul-2010/Holders-Islamabad-to-face-Karachi-in-semis 2026-03-24 The Nation en-US 2025-02-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20250211174723/https://www.nation.com.pk/27-Jul-2010/holders-islamabad-to-face-karachi-in-semis live 2010-07-28 Lahore, Quetta clash in semis today https://nation.com.pk/28-Jul-2010/Lahore-Quetta-clash-in-semis-today 2026-03-24 The Nation en-US 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 main football 180 League round KAR QUE LAH ISL TRI KO KO KO KO 24 July 2010 (Official website) 4 3 1 12 7 3 3 2 9 6 3 3 2 9 7 1 4 3 5 9 1 3 4 6 12 Karachi Energy Quetta Zorawar Lahore Lajpaals Islamabad United Tribe FC Peshawar Q green1 Advance to semi-finals Fixtures and results 11 June 2010 Islamabad United 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20111017195345/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=31614 Karachi Energy Akbar Ali 59 o.g. Muhammad Ramzan 79 pen. Lashari 20 Abdul Aziz 41 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 12 June 2010 Quetta Zorawar 3–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100616051012/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=31630 Lahore Lajpaals Nasrullah 19 pen. Jadid 60 Mehmood 73 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 13 June 2010 Tribe FC Peshawar 2–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20100616051012/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=31630 Islamabad United Ibrar Ullah 39 Sohail Khan 50 Afridi 6 Qasim 10 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 17 June 2010 Quetta Zorawar 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706084543/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=31867 Tribe FC Peshawar Jadid 38 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 18 June 2010 Lahore Lajpaals 0–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706084548/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=31890 Islamabad United People's Football Stadium, Karachi 20 June 2010 Karachi Energy 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706084553/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=31948 Quetta Zorawar Saddam 21 People's Football Stadium, Karachi Rana Naseer 25 June 2010 Tribe FC Peshawar 0–3 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706084558/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=32155 Lahore Lajpaals Muhammad Asif 74 Ghulam Abbas 81 88 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 26 June 2010 Islamabad United 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706084446/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=32201 Quetta Zorawar Fahadullah 53 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 27 June 2010 Karachi Energy 3–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706084446/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=32201 Tribe FC Peshawar Rehman 2 Rasool 12 56 Adeel 6 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 02 July 2010 Karachi Energy 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100706094808/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=32374 Lahore Lajpaals Saddam 19 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 03 July 2010 Islamabad United 0–1 Tribe FC Peshawar Niazi 90 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 04 July 2010 Quetta Zorawar 2–1 Karachi Energy Kaleemullah 29 Hashmi 81 Rasool 27 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 09 July 2010 Lahore Lajpaals 2–2 Quetta Zorawar Ghulam Abbas 20 Muhammad Asim 85 Nasrullah 38 44 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 10 July 2010 Karachi Energy 2–0 Islamabad United People's Football Stadium, Karachi 11 July 2010 Lahore Lajpaals 1–0 https://web.archive.org/web/20111220152001/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?page=3 Tribe FC Peshawar Haji Muhammad ? pen. People's Football Stadium, Karachi 16 July 2010 Quetta Zorawar 0–0 Islamabad United People's Football Stadium, Karachi 17 July 2010 Tribe FC Peshawar 1–1 Karachi Energy People's Football Stadium, Karachi 18 July 2010 Lahore Lajpaals 2–0 Islamabad United People's Football Stadium, Karachi 23 July 2010 Tribe FC Peshawar 1–1 https://www.nation.com.pk/27-Jul-2010/holders-islamabad-to-face-karachi-in-semis Quetta Zorawar Sohail Khan ? Kaleemullah ? People's Football Stadium, Karachi 24 July 2010 Lahore Lajpaals 1–1 https://tribune.com.pk/story/31037/karachi-energy-draw-with-lahore-lajpal Karachi Energy Mohammad Asim 90 Khuda Bakhsh 88 pen. People's Football Stadium, Karachi Semi-finals 27 July 2010 Lahore Lajpaals 1–2 https://web.archive.org/web/20111220150158/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=33260 Quetta Zorawar Adil 3 Kaleemullah 26 33 People's Football Stadium, Karachi 28 July 2010 Karachi Energy 1–1(a.e.t.)(4–2 pens.) https://web.archive.org/web/20111215083806/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=33302 Islamabad United Essa 91 pen. Muhammad Ramzan 120 pen. People's Football Stadium, Karachi Final 31 July 2010 Quetta Zorawar 0–1 https://web.archive.org/web/20111017194525/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=33409 Karachi Energy Rasool 83 People's Football Stadium, Karachi Top scorers PlayerClubGoals2011-10-17 Top Goal Scorers - Super Football League 2010 - Geo Super geosuper.tv http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/goal.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20111017194733/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/goal.asp 2011-10-17 2024-07-04Muhammad RasoolKarachi Energy6Nasrullah KhanQuetta Zorawar3Ghulam AbbasLahore Lajpaals3Asim MansoorLahore Lajpaals3Jadid Khan PathanQuetta Zorawar2Muhammad QasimIslamabad United2Saddam HussainKarachi Energy2Kaleemullah KhanQuetta Zorawar2Sohail KhanTribe FC Peshawar2 Awards AwardRecipient2011-10-17 Rasool inspires Karachi to SFL glory - Super Football League 2010 - Geo Super geosuper.tv http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=33409 https://web.archive.org/web/20111017194525/http://www.geosuper.tv/sfl2010/englishnews.asp?id=33409 2011-10-17 2024-07-04ClubTop 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 Category:Football leagues in Pakistan