The Karachi Football League is a semi-professional football league based in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

province. It is currently the most popular semi-professional football league in Pakistan. The 40,000-capacity

Peoples Football Stadium The People's Football Stadium is a football stadium located in Lyari, a neighbourhood in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is owned by the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, formerly City District Government of Karachi. It has a capacity of 40,000. St ...

is used for some major games.

History

The Karachi Football League was created by

Karachi United Karachi United Football Club is a Pakistani professional football club based in Clifton, Karachi. Karachi United competed in the Karachi Football League, one of the top leagues of Karachi. It currently competes in the Pakistan Premier League, th ...

and began its inaugural season in 2003–04 as the "All Karachi Clubs League". From 2003–04 until 2008–09, the league was sponsored by "KASB Group of Companies" which was the Title Sponsor of the event for the first six editions.

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Pakistan is now the league sponsor.

Format

In 2003-04, the inaugural season saw 10 clubs competing on a single league basis with the famous Lyari based

Hyderi Baluch Hyderi ( ur, حیدری ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi Central district of Karachi, Pakistan. Economy Hyderi has become a thriving market housing as a successful shopping district and is very famous for ladies' fabric and shoe shopping. ...

crowned as champions. In the first five seasons, five different clubs won the championship until Shazad Muhammadan won back-to-back titles in 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. In the 2008-09 season, the league expanded to 16 clubs, with the top eight clubs competing in a playoff. In 2014-15 season, 20 teams were divided into two groups. After league matches, top four teams from each group progressed into the round-robin Super League phase. The top four teams of the Super League phase then made it to the semi-finals.

Teams

Group A

Baloch Mujahid Baloch, also spelled Baloch, Beluch and in other ways, may refer to: * Baloch people, an ethnic group of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan * Baluch, a small itinerant community of Afghanistan * Balouch, Azad Kashmir, a town in Pakistan * Baloch (su ...

Salar Welfare Centre Salar may refer to: Places *Salar, Spain, a municipality in Granada *Salar, Murshidabad, a census town in West Bengal, India **Salar railway station *Salar, Uzbekistan, a town in Tashkent District *Kampong Salar, a village in Mukim Mentiri, Brunei ...

Khyber Muslim Khyber (خیبر درہ) may refer to: Places * Khyber Pass, a mountain pass that links Afghanistan and Pakistan * Khyber District, a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province of Pakistan *Khaybar, an oasis in Saudi ...

* Burma Mohammedan * Maymar Sports *

Islah Baloch Islah or Al-Islah (الإصلاح ,إصلاح, ') is an Arabic word, usually translated as "reform", in the sense of "to improve, to better, to put something into a better position, fundamentalism, correction, correcting something and removing v ...

* FC Rovers *

Young Azizabad Young may refer to: * Offspring, the product of reproduction of a new organism produced by one or more parents * Youth, the time of life when one is young, often meaning the time between childhood and adulthood Music * The Young, an American roc ...

* Irfan Memorial Landhi

Group B

* Azam Sports * Korangi Baloch Sharafi *

Baloch Youth Malir Baloch, also spelled Baloch, Beluch and in other ways, may refer to: * Baloch people, an ethnic group of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan * Baluch, a small itinerant community of Afghanistan * Balouch, Azad Kashmir, a town in Pakistan * Baloch (su ...

Jam XI Malir Jam is a type of fruit preserve. Jam or Jammed may also refer to: Other common meanings * A firearm malfunction * Block signals ** Radio jamming ** Radar jamming and deception ** Mobile phone jammer ** Echolocation jamming Arts and enter ...

Maripur Green Maripur or Mauripur ( ur, ماری پور ) is a village to the west of Karachi, Pakistan, near Hawke's Bay Beach. Air Force Base PAF Base Masroor is the largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force. It is located in the Mauripur area ...

Aga Khan Gymkhana Aga or AGA may refer to: Business * Architectural Glass and Aluminum (AGA), a glazing contractor, established in 1970 * AGA (automobile), ''Autogen Gasaccumulator AG'', 1920s German car company * AGA AB, ''Aktiebolaget Svenska Gasaccumulator'', a ...

Usmanabad Union Usmanabad or Osmanabad ( ur, عثمان آباد ) is a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, ...

Gulistan Friends Korangi Gulistan, Golestan or Golastan ( fa, گلستان) means "flower land" in Persian language (''gol'' meaning "flower", and ''-stan'' or meaning "land"). It may refer to: Places Iran "Golestan" most often refers to: * Golestan province in nor ...

Malik Star Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic dur ...

* Wasif Memorial

Winners

*2003–04: Hyderi Baloch Club *2004–05: Lyari Labour Welfare Centre *2005–06: Young Ansari *2006–07:

*2007–08: Shahzad Mohammaden *2008–09: Keamari Mohammaden *2009–10: N/A *2010–11: Baloch Youth Garden *2011–12: Burma Mohammedan *2012–13: N/A *2013–14: N/A *2014–15: Burma Mohammedan *2015–16: N/A *2016–17: N/A

References

External links

Karachi United FC2011-12 Karachi Football League standings
{{Football in Pakistan Football leagues in Pakistan 2004 establishments in Pakistan