1996–97 National Football League (India)
The 1996–97 National Football League, also known as the Philips National League for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the National Football League. The tournament began on 17 December 1996 and concluded on 16 March 1997. Before the commencement, the All India Football Federation maintained that it would be a semi-professional tournament for the first two years.
List of Pakistan football champions
Pakistan’s first football league began on May 28, 1948 as the National Football Championship, a knock-out competition, which remained as the top football league in the country until 2004 with the introduction of the Pakistan Premier League. In 1979, a domestic cup was added in Pakistan football, known as Pakistan National Football Challenge Cup.