Cinderella Salamat: The trailblazer of Sialkot City FC
Young coach and captain’s six-year struggle to form team pays off with appearance in National Women’s Football
KARACHI:
Switch the Cinderella story for a new one. Instead of castles make it a football field and instead of evil female antagonists have the goal post and the dream to make Sialkot City FC one of the best teams for women in the country.
This is the real story of Cinderella Salamat, the coach and captain of debutants Sialkot City FC and hers is the struggle not just to see her team that took her six long years to put together play at the only women’s championship in the country but also have the opportunities for herself and her players to shine through, making it all happen by building a whole new football culture in Sialkot, just to get to this point.
The top two teams from each of the four groups will play a conventional Knockout Stage, the winner of which will be declared the NWFC champion.
PFF Normalisation Committee Chairman Haroon Malik said the federation s primary aim is to provide development opportunities to players. He said they have included the Development Stage to help provide players greater opportunities to play and succeed in football.
The groups for the championship are:
Group A: Wapda, Gilgit WFC, Hazara Girls FA, Hazara Quetta FA, Model Town WFC
Group B: Karachi United, Karachi WFC, Masha United FC, HEC, Sialkot City WFC
Group C: Pakistan Army, JAFA Soccer Academy, Riaz Kamil FC, Young Rising Stars Layyah