The 2007 Super Football League was the first season of the country's franchise-based football league in collaboration between the Pakistan Football Federation and GEO Super. The 2007 season spanned from July 20 to September 9.
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. Geo Super reportedly signed a contract with the PFF for a period of seven years. It ran based on franchise model over a span of two months, and was one of the few televised domestic championship held in the country since its inception.
It was regarded as a parallel new professional top flight league, and for the first time the teams would be city-based and non departmental, in contrast to the Pakistan Premier League, representing Pakistan's five major cities. Players were selected after trials, which took place between June 17âÂÂ25. The league attracted record crowds at the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.
Given the level of interest and big turnout of players for trials, the selection committee, consisting of members of the PFF and Geo TV Network, had their work cut out for them. Over a 100 matches were held in different locations. Around 3000 players participated in the trias. In the league, foreign players also participated such as Nigerian Emeka Eliewa.
Islamabad United won by 4âÂÂ3 on penalties in the final against Karachi Bazigar after a goalless draw. The league attracted record crowds at the Peoples Football Stadium in Karachi.
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. Three matches, Peshawar vs Karachi (10 August 2007), and Islamabad vs Lahore (11 and 22 August 2007), were postponed due to heavy rain and waterlogged conditions, and later played on rearranged dates.
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