KFC : How are you now? Habibur: Fit and Fine. KFC : Due to your physical problem you were admitted in the Peerless Hospital for some days and then you are sent in rest by your club. You are not in action for quite a few times. How far you think you are fit now? Habibur: Almost 85% and very soon I will be completely match fit. KFC : Till now what was your last match for Mohun Bagan? Habibur: The Super Cup match of last season. KFC : Mohun Bagan registered a historic 5-3 victory over East Bengal is this edition of I-League. But due to your injury you could not play the match. Anyhow what is your feeling as a Mohun Bagan player for this historic win? Habibur: Mohun Bagan proves their actual strength. It is an absolute reply to the 5 goal victory of East Bengal over Mohun Bagan 34 years earlier. Mohun Bagan shows that they also have the capability to return the 5 goal reply. As a Mohun Bagan player I feel very much proud for this historic victory. KFC : It has been a long time to win the national league by a Kolkata team. Mohun Bagan last time won in 2003 followed by East Bengal in 2004 but after that the national league till now never returns to Kolkata. In fact last year in spite of the impressive performance delivered by Mohun Bagan your teams ended the I-League Campaign as the Runners Up. In this year also Mohun Bagan made a slow start and currently your team is now in 5th position of the League table with 12 points in 8 matches. What is your expectation from your team in this edition? Do you really think Mohun Bagan can be the Champions of I-League this year? Habibur: This year I-League is surely coming to Kolkata and definitely Mohun Bagan will take this honour as the Champions. In fact Mohun Bagan made a much better start in this year than the previous edition. We have a strong line up to be the prime contestant for the title. Mohun Bagan will definitely come out with better result this time. KFC : What is your expectation regarding the CFL? Habibur: We won the CFL title last year and we will retain it back this time. I am hopeful that Mohun Bagan will register an excellent result in this edition of CFL. KFC : Are you satisfied with the present format of the tournaments in this season’s calendar? Do you think that it can make problems for the players? Habibur: I am not yet satisfied with this format. It can make confusion not only for the players but also for the supporters. In my opinion a tournament must start after the completion of the previous one. In that case the players can make proper concentration in their game. KFC : How are you preparing yourself to become match fit? Habibur: By regularly attending Gym in the morning and by the usual practice in the evening. KFC : In previous edition of Santosh Trophy Bengal finished as the Runners Up in a very close final encounter against Goa. You could not play the final due to your injury. If this time again you get selected in the Bengal team what will be your plan for the trophy? Habibur: Last year in Santosh trophy Bengal made an excellent run but unfortunately we loss the final in tie-breaker. If I am get reselected in this year’s team my only goal will be to get the championship. I will definitely give my best to get the Santosh Trophy for Bengal. KFC : The Mohun Bagan fans are eagerly waiting to see you back in action for their team with your trade mark jersy no. 5. When will you be back in action for Mohun Bagan? Habibur: I think within a week I will be come back in action. KFC :Ok, Thank you Habibur. Nice for this conversation. Good Luck and Bye. Habibur:Thank you..Ok..Bye.

Railway F.C. Successfully Hold East Bengal with a 2-2 Draw

18.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder ::Railway F.C. successfully clinched a point from East Bengal in the CFL encounter at the Yuvabharati Krirangan, Salt-Lake. Though East Bengal went twice in the lead but the Railway F.C. boys found the equalizers in both the occasions to end the match with a 2-2 draw. With the kick-off Railway F.C. started the match by organizing early attacks but soon East Bengal took the control of the match and in the 28th minute of the match with a fantastic goal Beikhokhei opened the scoreline to put East Bengal ahead for the first time in the match. Towards the end of the first half East Bengal got a chance to increase the lead but on that occasion keeper Rakesh Prasad became the savior for Railway F.C. In the second half Railway F.C. started the match with new spirit and started to organize serial attacks to the East Bengal goal and in the 65th minute Dipanjan Das was brought down by Okpara inside the penalty box and referee made no hesitation to give penalty to Railway F.C. Sankha Roy Chowdhury made no mistake to convert the penalty into the equalizer. With 1-1 scoreline East Bengal tried to score once again to take the full three points from the match and in the 85th minute from a fantastic free-kick of Mehtab Hussain Mitrovic again put East Bengal in lead with a clean header. But the Railway F.C. boys did not gave up the hope and in the dying minute of the match Man of the Match Kaltu Hembram scored a brilliant goal to get the final equalizer as well as also the confirmation to get one point from the match.

KF EAST BENGAL:Abhijit,Khabra,Firoz,Okpara,Mumtaaj,Mehtaab,Kujur, Mitorvich,Bekokhoi,Hamond, Avijit Sarkar(Budhiram 19').

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FT: Match end.. East Bengal 2 - 2 Railway F.C.. Kaltu Hembrom of Railway F.C has beeen awarded Man of the Match today 93': GOALL ...Equalised by RFC.. now score line is 2 - 2. Kaltu Hembrom scored for RFC..Solo run after getting a ball from his midfield.. edged past two EB defenders.. pused the ball to EB goal.. 90': few seconds left to end the match.. EB is attacking from right side.. Mitrovich crossed.. but cleared this time by RFC defence.. 85': GOALL ..scored by Mitrovich of KEB from a Free kick of Mehtaab. Mitrovich scored throuth a nice header from the Free-Kick.. East Bengal is leading 2 - 1 now.. 81':It could be a goal..but RFC keeper must be praised.. Mitovich' close range right footer saved beautifully by Rakesh Prosad by a corner.. no damage done in the Corner for EB.. 74':Both teams are playing Good attacking football in 2nd half.. Again missed by EB.. Mitrobvich from right flank crossed.. Hammond unable to touch the ball just in front of RFC keeper.. 71':Well shot by Mithun Dey of RFC. from right side .. beat EB keeper but went away.. 68': Another well saved by EB keeper Avhijit...One RFC Player's powerful left footer just out side the EB box was saved by him.. 65':GOALL Sankha Roychowdhury made no mistake to score from the penalty.. East Bengal 1 - 1 Railway F.C 63': RFC missed a good chance.. one to one situation..may be penalty for RFC..one EB defender fouled in the box..pulled RFC players jersey while his taking of shot towards EB goal.. 58': Harmanjot Khabara shown yellow ard for obstructing a RFC player in the Box.. EB keeper saved well a free kick taken by RFC player.. 57':Missed by Bekhokhei off a Mehtaab through.. 55': Hammond missed an oppertunite.. his header went away off a freekick..Riston Rodriguws is warming up.. 51':Mitrovic header just went away off Mehtab's corner.. good header..East Bengal is attacking more.. 49': well attacked by RFC from right.. Eb Keeper collected a RFC player cross.Counter attack by EB..Hammond cross saved through a corner by RFC defencer 48': Budhiram Tudu of EB missed a chance.. his shot went away.. HT: End of first half..East Bengal is leading 1-0. 45': EB keeper saved an attack of RFC..Corner for KEB..Mehtab Kicked the corner.. cleared by RFC defence.. 43':few minutes left to end the first half.. East Bengal is leading by 1 - 0. RFC attacked from right flank.. EB defence cleared the ball. 41': EB missed a chance.. misunderstanding between Mitrovich and Hammond off a Mehtaab pass in the RFC Box.. cleared by RFC defence.. 39':Free Kick of Reilway F.C..Kicked.. Ball went away.. 37':RFC defence well cleared a Hammond solo attack.. 35': East bengal again attacked through right side.. hammond crossed..Bekhokhei received and shoot.. but the ball went away.. 30': GOAAAAALLL ..scored by Bekhokhei for East Bengal..Bhuriram Tudu's shot defelected from RFC keeper RAkesh Prosad..Bekhokhei scored from rebounded ball easily..East Bengal is leading 1 - 0. 26': it's too long pass for hamond in the RFC box.. it was Mehtaab's through pass.. no damage done.. 23':Danger in EB Box..Well attack by RFC.. EB kepeer saved a close shot of RFC striker through a corner..corner taken by RFC.. again cleared by EB keeper.. 20':Mitrovich got a high ball from Mehtaab..missed pass ..ball went to RFC defence. .Player change for KEB.. Budhiram Tudu came in place of Avijit Sarkar 17':Miss pass one after one by EB..Railway F.C is attacking now..they are from right flank of EB half..well corssed .. EB kepper cleared the ball.. 13':Mehtaab's pass chested down by Mitrovich..he crossed in the box.. no EB player were there.. 11': Free kick for KEB..RFC defender fouled Hammond.. Mehtaab kicked..no impact..Goal keeper of RFC cleared the ball.. 9': throw in for RFC..right side of EB half..cleared by DB defence.. 7': long pass from Khabra towards Hamond in the right..Hamond corss.. RFC defender cleared..

FIFA may ban Iraq Football Association (IFA)?

17.11.2009 :WORLD soccer's governing body FIFA has warned Iraq Football Association (IFA) that it would consider suspending the country's soccer association unless Iraqi soccer chiefs were reinstated within 72 hours.The Asian Cup football holders Iraq face being kicked out of world soccer after the country's football association was disbanded by Iraq's Olympic Committee. FIFA said in a statement that it had learnt that `"the Iraqi Olympic Committee announced the dissolution of the governing board of the IFA (Iraqi Football Association).It means if the decision to dissolute IFA is not cancelled within 72 hours (starting 16 November), and if the IFA Headquarters are not returned to the IFA within the same deadline, FIFA will have no choice but to refer the issue to the FIFA Emergency Committee in order to decide on a possible IFA suspension. The International Olympic Committee had also suspended Iraq's National Olympic Committee from international competition. But that row was also resolved shortly before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The leaders of Iraq's Olympic committee and Football Association have been embroiled in a power struggle for control of the sport for at least a year. Olympic committee members blame their football bosses for a continuing FIFA ban on Iraq hosting international matches because of insecurity within the country.

Barclays empowers underprivileged youth
Donates Rs10.45 lacs to Magic Bus

17.11.2009 :: Mumbai: Barclays Bank announced its partnership with Magic Bus to empower the lives of the underprivileged youth through a donation of Rs 10.45 lacs. Magic Bus, a ten year old non-profit organization, uses the unique platform of football to enhance the personal, social and employability skills of the marginalised youth community in Mumbai. Speaking on this occasion, Mr. Vinit Chandra, Chief Executive, Barclays Global retail Bank, Emerging Markets, said, “The Barclays brand has been synonymous with football for several years through our sponsorship of the Premier League. Football is the world’s game, which brings people from all over the globe together. No matter where you come from, football acts as a universal language that billions share. Our partnership with Magic Bus enables us to use this language to reach out to the underprivileged and we are confident that it will uncover future professionals who will make their country proud. We wish our football hopefuls the very best as they strive to reach the top of their game.” Through this partnership, Barclays will initially support 25 children who will constitute the Barclays Magic Bus Football team. Over the past decade, Magic Bus, has ignited the passion for football in over 250 children and created stars out of many of them. Many of these children have played professional level matches and some of them are now coaches across schools in Mumbai. Mathew Spacie, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Magic Bus, expressed his gratitude at the official kick-off of the partnership and said, “This is a great partnership. Our association with Barclays will not only help enhance the skills of our youngsters in the Magic Bus Football Team but also help cascade our values of Awareness, Belief and Purpose." To master football and live a life with dignity and respect, the Magic Bus team undertakes a rigorous training programme and also teaches students the art of decisions making, crafting strategy and inculcating leadership skills. Youth have always been easy targets and are vulnerable to crime and drug abuse, but Magic Bus’ exclusive program imbibes a sense of purpose and aspiration. With this new vision and mission in life children no longer choose the wrong path. In addition, the Barclays team will have various opportunities to volunteer with these children through Magic Bus. The volunteers will play exhibition matches, groom the talented children through the role model mantle. In addition Barclays volunteers will mentor and train these children by organizing special programs to help them play and win matches at various professional levels and also impart skills on financial management, leadership and decision making.

Chirag United Starts CFL Campaign with a Win

17.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder:Chirag United registered a 2-0 win against BNR (Bengal Nagpur Railways) in their very first outing in this year’s edition of Sahara Premier Division Calcutta Football League. Without the presence of the players like Joshimar, Edmilson and Jayanta the young Chirag team defeated BNR with 2-0 scoreline at the Vidyasagar Krirangan, Barasat. Chirag United started the match with early attacks and very early in the match Praveen Kumar was brought down by a BNR defender with in the penalty box and referee made no hesitation to offer a penalty kick to Chirag. Lalkamal Bhowmik made no mistake to convert it into a goal to give an early lead to Chirag. The rest of the first half remained more or less uneventful as both the teams played in a scattered way.

BNR tried their best to fight back in the match in the second half. But all their attempts were repeatedly denied by the Chirag defence. In the dying minute of the match Chirag found their second goal when Gouranga Dutta’s shot first hit the post and then went into the net with a deflection from BNR defender Shyam Mondal. Because of his great performance in defensive organization Du was selected as the Man of the Match who played a key role in this victory of Subrata Bhattacharya’s team.

Chirag United : Sandip Nandy, Safar Sardar, Du, Dhanrajan, Kingsuk Debnath, Denson Devdas, Lalkamal Bhowmick, Gouranga Dutta, Lalam puia, Parveen Kumar, Ram Malik

AFC ‘B’ coaching certificate course has started in Tamil Nadu

Inauguration of AFC B certificate at hosur, Tamilnadu from the left Gabriel E Joseph the course Instructor, Dr.Ranganath, Principal of the Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur as the Chief Guest, Mr. Balasubramaniam, Vice President of the Tamil Nadu Football Assocition, and Stanley Joint Secretary fo Tamil Nadu F.A

17.11.2009 :Former International stars I.M.Vijayan, Raman Vijayan, Jopaul Anchery, Tejinder Singh, Md. Yousuf Ansari, Noushad Moosa along with other National level players and AFC ‘C’ certificate holders Muralidharan.P, Shyam Sharan Shahi, S.Gangadhar, Bino George.C., Umer M Mutawalli, M. Elango, Arindam Biswas, K. Govindaraj, S.Sathyamurthi, Joseph Nirmal Raj, P. Rajeev, Agostinho Dias, Kundan Chandra, Aleckal Marcellus John, Sunil D Poojari, P.Krishnaraj, M.Sankar and Agostine Antao will participate in the AFC ‘B’ coaching certificate course to be held from 15th November to 6th December, 2009 at Hosur, Tamil Nadu under the guidance of Gabriel E Joseph the Director of Coaching, AIFF who is also an AFC’s senior instructor.

Gabriel Joseph giving instructions to the participants of the AFC B certificate course

R.Thyagaraj who is also the AFC Instructor will be the Assistant Instructor. The course, besides football will also impart knowledge to the participants on allied topics such as Physiology, Energy system of the body, Diet and Nutrition, Psychology and IT/Technologies by guiding them for the use of interactive software and online soccer coaching programs to update them. During the course there will be three practical examinations, two theoretical examinations and exposing the candidates for dissertation topics to give lecture for 15 minutes each. Further at the venue on 3rd and 4th December, Gabriel E Joseph will also be conducting re-tests for certain coaches placed as provisional pass for the AFC ‘A’ certificate courses earlier. NEWS COURTESY : www.the-aiff.com

Bengal's first match against Arunachal in B.C Roy Trophy

16.11.2009 :All India Football Federation organised 46th Junior National Football Championship ( DR B C Roy Trophy )2009-2010 will be played at Mandya, Karnataka from December 20th to January 10th.30 state football association of India under AIFF will be participate in this Tournamet.Out of Eight clusters The winner of each cluster will qualify for the quarterfinal round with eight teams being divided into two groups.

GROUPS and FIXTURE and RESULTS

Qualifying round cluster 1

20 .12. 2009  : Jharkhand     Vs     Maharashtra 22 .12. 2009  : Maharashtra  Vs  Tripura 24 .12. 2009  : Tripura  Vs  Jharkhand

Qualifying round cluster 2

20 .12. 2009  : Chandigarh  Vs  Himachal Pradesh 20 .12. 2009  : West Bengal  Vs  Arunachal Pradesh 22 .12. 2009  : Arunachal Pradesh  Vs  Chandigarh 22 .12. 2009  : Himachal Pradesh  Vs  West Bengal 24 .12. 2009  : Himachal Pradesh  Vs  Arunachal Pradesh 24 .12. 2009  : West Bengal  Vs  Chandigarh

Qualifying round cluster 3

20 .12. 2009  : Meghalaya  Vs  Orissa 20 .12. 2009  : Goa  Vs  J & K 22 .12. 2009  : Orissa  Vs  Goa 22 .12. 2009  : J & K  Vs  Meghalaya 24 .12. 2009  : Orissa  Vs  J & K 24 .12. 2009  : Goa  Vs  Meghalaya

Qualifying round cluster 4

21 .12. 2009  : Delhi  Vs  Tamilnadu 21 .12. 2009  : Assam  Vs  Chhattisgarh 23 .12. 2009  : Tamilnadu  Vs  Assam 23 .12. 2009  : Chhattisgarh  Vs  Delhi 26 .12. 2009  : Tamilnadu  Vs  Chhattisgarh 26 .12. 2009  : Assam  Vs  Delhi

Qualifying round cluster 5

21 .12. 2009  : Manipur  Vs  Uttarakhand 23 .12. 2009  : Uttarakhand  Vs  Kerala 26 .12. 2009  : Kerala  Vs  Manipur

Qualifying round cluster 6

21 .12. 2009  : Uttar Pradesh  Vs  Pondicherry 21 .12. 2009  : Mizoram  Vs  Madhya Pradesh 23 .12. 2009  : Madhya Pradesh  Vs  Uttar Pradesh 23 .12. 2009  : Pondicherry  Vs  Mizoram 26 .12. 2009  : Madhya Pradesh  Vs  Pondicherry 26 .12. 2009  : Mizoram  Vs  Uttar Pradesh

Qualifying round cluster 7

22 .12. 2009  : Punjab  Vs  Andhra Pradesh 22 .12. 2009  : Bihar  Vs  Rajasthan 24 .12. 2009  : Rajasthan  Vs  Punjab 24 .12. 2009  : Andhra Pradesh  Vs  Bihar 27 .12. 2009  : Rajasthan  Vs  Andhra Pradesh 27 .12. 2009  : Punjab  Vs  Bihar

Qualifying round cluster 8

23 .12. 2009  : Gujarat  Vs  Haryana 23 .12. 2009  : Nagaland  Vs  Karnataka 26 .12. 2009  : Karnataka  Vs  Gujarat 26 .12. 2009  : Haryana  Vs  Nagaland 28 .12. 2009  : Gujarat  Vs  Nagaland 28 .12. 2009  : Karnataka  Vs  Haryana

India U-19 Registered a Glorious Victory against Kuwait U-19

15.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder :Finally India U-19 team makes the whole nation proud through their fantastic performance. Indian team registered a 3-0 victory over Kuwait which is one of the tough competitors of the group. The Indian young stars delivered a wonderful performance to achieve this victory against a very strong competent. India U-19 team started the match with maximum determination and kept pressure over the Kuwait defence from the very beginning. As a result India got an early lead only in the 7th minute of the match when Jeje Lalpekhlua opened the scorecard with a wonderful goal. After conceding this early goal Kuwait tried to fight back in the match but the Indian team came out as the better one in the first half. In the added time of the first half Lalrindika takes a fantastic direct free kick which any how deflected by the Kuwait keeper and Malsawmfela made no mistake to score from the rebound to increase the lead.

In the second half Kuwait started with desperate measure in search of goals and build early attacks to Indian goal but were repeatedly denied by the high alerted Indian defence. In fact against the run of play in the 56th minute Malsawmfela scored another goal to take the score 3-0 in favour of India. In rest of the time Kuwait increased their pressure on the Indian half but could not find a single goal due to a very organized performance delivered by the young Indian defenders. With the final whistle of the match India U-19 team finally registered a glorious victory in the AFC U-19 Qualifier. india scored 11 goals in this tournament. Malsawmfela became the highest scorer in this tournament with 4 goals.

India Team :Gurpreet Sandhu, Inderpreet Singh , Deepak Devrani , Milan Singh ,Shilton d Silva , Lalrindika , Jeje Lalpekhlua , VishalKumar Rozama, Tirthankar Sarkar , Malswamafela (Manandeep)

France, Portugal and Russia Comes Close to Qualify

15.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder :France, Portugal and Russia comes closer to qualify for the World Cup 2010 as all these three sides registered vital victories in the first leg play offs. But they have to wait for the result of second leg to confirm their position in the finals. A 72nd minute strike of Nicolas Anelka ended the tough resistance of Ireland and gave France an away victory in the first leg of the play off. With this crucial away win Raymond Domeneck’s side will come up with definite advantage in the second leg play off in Paris. Portugal registered a vital 1-0 win over Bosnia through the 31st minute header of Bruno Alves in home.Russia also overcame Slovenia in home to register a crucial 2-1 victory. The Everton midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov scored two vital goals for Russia while Neje Pecnik grabbed a crucial late away goal for Slovenia which can prove vital in the second leg encounter.

New Zealand, Nigeria and Cameroon Confirmed World Cup ticket

15.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder ::New Zealand along with Nigeria and Cameroon finally qualified for the next year’s World Cup which will be held in South Africa. New Zealand’s long wait finally comes to end when they confirmed their qualification for the World Cup, 2010 from Asia-Oceania group. In 1982 New Zealand last time participated in the World Cup finals. This time in the vital second leg play off against Bahrain New Zealand registered a 1-0 victory with a help of striker Rory Fallon’s header which takes the All Whites to the finals. On the other hand from Africa group Nigeria qualified for their fourth finals after coming behind to beat Kenya 3-2 in Nairobi. Along with Nigeria Cameroon also confirmed their qualification from African part. Pierre Webo and Samuel Eto scored two vital goals to register a 2-0 victory against Morocco which makes the confirmation to their flight for South Africa to join the World Cup finals for the sixth time

The Already Qualified Teams

Europe ::Denmark , Germany, Spain, England, Serbia, Italy, Holland, Switzerland, Slovakia Play-offs-: France, Greece, Portugal, Russia 2nd match will take place 18 November againt Bosnia-Herzegovina, Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Ukraine South America : Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina Play-off - : Uruguay 2nd match against Costa Rica on 18 November Concacaf : USA, Mexico, Honduras Asia and Oceania : Australia, Japan, South Korea, North Korea,New Zealand Africa : Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria ,South Africa(Host)

Match Results on 14th NOV

New Zealand   1-0  Bahrain Kenya  2-3  Nigeria Mozambique  1-0  Tunisia Rwanda  0-0  Zambia Morocco  0-2  Cameroon Togo  1-0  Gabon Burkina Faso  1-0  Malawi Ivory Coast  3-0  Guinea Russia  2-1  Slovenia Sudan  1-2  Benin Egypt  2-0  Algeria Greece  0-0  Ukraine Ireland  0-1  France Portugal  1-0  Bosnia and Herzegovina Costa Rica  0-1  Uruguay

FPAI declared to Organize an Award Function

14.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder :On 13th of August 2006 FPAI was officially inaugurated in front of Press and Media, members of FPAI, including Bhaichung Bhutia, Dipak Mandal, Jo Paul Ancheri, N.S. Manju, Mehrajudddin Wadoo, Jose Ramairez Barreto, Dipankar Roy, Manjit Singh, Rennedy Singh, Alvito D'Cunha, Samir Naik, Steven Dias and others, ware present in a five star hotel at Kolkata along with Indian coach Bob Houghton. In this way the journey of FPAI was started.Players' unanimously decided that Mr. Bhaichung Bhutia will be the first President; Dipak Mandal will be the General Secretary and Raman Vigayanan will be the Treasurer In Association with McDowell’s No. 1 celebration the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) declared the event of organizing an award function on December 13 while the venue of this event is yet to be decided. Bhaichung Bhutia; the President of FPAI announced in a press conference that the awards will be given in four categories. The categories are-Best Young Player, Best Indian Player, Best Foreign Player and Best Coach in regard of their performance in the previous season. As the President of the association and a member of decision making body Bhutia keeps himself out of this nomination. The nominees for the Best Young Players are-Subhas Singh, Rakesh Masih, and Baljit Sahni where as Sunil Chhetri, N.S. Manju and Anthony Pereira get their nominations in Best Indian Player category . Onyeka Okolie Odafe, Jose Ramirez Bareto and Junior Elijah Obagbemiro are selected for the nominees of Best Foreign Player category while three foreigner coaches Karim Bencharifa, David Booth and Zoran Djordjevic are nominated for the award of Best Coach . All the nominations were chosen by an elite panel of some senior players and the final winners will be decided by the 40 players who will be in Goa for the senior and U-23 probable camps.

Brazil will meet England in an International Friendly

14.11.2009 :Brazil will take on England in Khalifa International Stadium Doha, Qatar, today in an International Friendly against England.Brazil and England have met 22 times so far where Brzil won 10 times lost only 3. The five times World Champion have had a good season with convincing victories over Italy (twice), Argentina and Uruguay – though they struggled against Bolivia ( 1 - 2 loss ) and Venezuela ( 0 - 0 ) in World cup qualifying 2010 match. For Saturday’s match, both teams are hit by injuries. Brazil are without Luisao, Ramires and Fabio Aurelio. England have no David Beckham, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Glen Johnson, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, and Emile Heskey. Captain, John Terry, is also in doubt.

Brazil (probable): Julio Cesar, Maicon, Thiago Silva, Lucio, Michel Bastos, Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Daniel Alves (Elano), Kaka, Nilmar, Luis Fabiano. England (Probable): Green, Brown, Upson, Lescott, Bridge, Carrick, Milner, Wright-Phillips, Barry, Rooney, Bent.

Some Head to Head between two

02-06-2007	Friendly	England	1 - 1	Brazil
21-06-2002	World Cup	England	1 - 2	Brazil
27-05-2000	Friendly	England	1 - 1	Brazil
10-06-1997	Friendly	Brazil	1 - 0	England
11-06-1995	Friendly	England	1 - 3	Brazil
13-06-1993	Friendly	Brazil	1 - 1	England
17-05-1992	Friendly	England	1 - 1	Brazil
28-03-1990	Friendly	England	1 - 0	Brazil
07-06-1970	World Cup	Brazil	1 - 0	England
10-06-1962	World Cup	Brazil	3 - 1	England

Euro Champion Spain will face Argentina today

14.11.2009 :Euro 2008 Champion Spain take on Argentina at Atletico Madrid's Vicente Calderon stadium today as part of the Spanish Football Federation's centenary celebrations.Argentina earned the fourth and final automatic spot after beating a late win over Uruguay in their final match. Spain won all 10 matches in Group Five, becoming one of an elite group of teams ever to claim a 100% record in World Cup qualifying.In 42 games since the start of 2007 the European champions Spain have won 37 times and drawn 4 and lost 11. Spain have enjoyed a memorable 2009 so far but had a shock 2-0 defeat to the United States in the Confederations Cup semi-finals. But Argentia recorded 8 wins in their 12 matches this year, but the other 4 games have finished in defeats - including 6 - 1 to Bolivia and 3 - 1 home defeat against arch rival Brazil. As a part of the RFEF's centenary celebrations, today's match is set to be a special one for Spain captain Goal Keeper Iker Casillas.The Real Madrid goalkeeper is currently on 99 caps for his country who become the third Spain player to reach three figures, joining fellow custodian Andoni Zubizarreta (126 appearances) and club-mate Raul Gonlage (102). On the other hand, Boca Juniors, Barcelona ,Napoli and 1986 World Cup-winning captai legend Diego Maradona has experienced a turbulent time since taking charge of the the team just 12 months ago. Maradona Told "Spain is a well-armed team,they could also have won the Confederations Cup, but fell in the semi-finals."Some says that Spain is the favourite for todays clash due to their good form. Fernando Torres has been left out of the squad as he recovers from a groin injury, but Jesus Navas has been called up for the first time in Del Bosque. On the other side Argentine star Sergio Aguero will be in the bench for his against Real Madrid match.Former world cupper Esteban Cambiasso has been selected in the squad for the first time under coaching of Maradona. will select him from the outset.

Probable Starting XI of Spain: Casillas; Sergio Ramos, Pique, Puyol, Capdevila; Xabi Alonso, Xavi; Iniesta, Fabregas, Silva; Villa. Probable Starting XI of Argentina: Romero; Pareja, Demichelis, Heinze, Ansaldi; Maxi Rodriguez, Mascherano, Aimar, Di Maria; Higuain, Messi.

PAST HEAD 2 HEAD

11-10-2006	Friendly	Spain	2 - 1	Argentina
17-11-1999	Friendly	Spain	0 - 2	Argentina
27-07-1996	Olympics	Argentina	4 - 0	Spain
20-09-1995	Friendly	Spain	2 - 1	Argentina
13-07-1966	World Cup	Argentina	2 - 1	Spain

Chiddi put Bagan again in the Winning Race

13.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder :Another fantastic hattrick of Edeh Chiddi gives a stunning victory to Mohun Bagan in their away encounter against Pune F.C. This fabulous performance of Chiddi not just only earned must needed 3 vitals points to Mohun Bagan but also with this second hattrick in this edition of I-League Chiddi currently becomes the joint top scorer along with Muritala Ali of Mahindra United. Both of them registered 8 goals with their names in equal (8) number of matches. The match started with a full house stadium and taking advantage of the home ground Pune F.C. made early attempts to Bagan goal. But soon Mohun Bagan players organized themselves and took the control of the midfield. Though Pune F.C. made effective counters in regular intervals but Bagan defence was also well alerted from the beginning. In 36th minute Chiddi opened the scoreline by scoring the first goal by a brilliant shot taken by him from the outside of the penalty box to put Bagan 1-0 ahead in the match. After conceding the first goal Pune F.C. tried to pressurize the Bagan defence and in fact in the closing minute of the first half Shilton Paul made a fantastic save to deny the home team from scoring the equalizer. As the match started in the second half Mohun Bagan midfield played in a much more organized manner and took the control of the game. In fact in 48th minute Chiddi missed a close chance to score another goal. Though Pune F.C. tied to fight back in the match but the day belongs to Edeh Chiddi. In 64th minute Chiddi scored another brilliant goal with a solo attempt by dribbling past three Pune F.C. defenders and his well measured shot found the net by giving no chance to Subrata Paul the no. 1 keeper of Indian team. In the 76th minute Chiddi scored another goal from the pass of Tomba Singh which also brought the second hattrick to Chiddi in this edition of I-League. In the injury time Surkumar made an unnecessary foul on Douhou inside Bagan’s penalty box and Douhou reduced the margin by scoring a consolation goal from the penalty. With this vital win Mohun Bagan now comes up to the 5th position in the I-League table with 13 points in 8 matches. This crucial away victory again put back Karim Bencharifa’s team in the championship race for the I-League title.

Pune F.C.:Subrata, Sunil Kumar (Manoj), Caitano, Selwyn, Tokov, Godwin, Kuttymani (Asim Hassan), Douhou, Venkatesh, Arata, Edmar (Vignesh) Mohun Bagan :Shilton, Surkumar, Deepak, Rakesh, Mohanraj, James, Manish, Tomba (Zenith), Marcos, Snehasish (Isfaq), Chiddi.

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90+4: Match ends, thumping victory by Mohun Bagan. Chiddi gets Man of the Match award. 90+3: Surkumar fouls Douhou inside box. Douhou converts the penalty and makes it 3-1. Surkumar shown yellow card for the foul. 90+2: Chiddi out Branco in. Chiddi who scored his second hattrick in this I league replaced by Branco. What a perfomance by Chiddi. It is a shame that when he could not score in few matches, he was criticized by a section of media. Our coach, Karim and team management always stood besides him. 90+1: Pune attacked foiled by Masih. 90: 4 minutes injury time given. 89: Superb move down left flank, Ishfaq pass to Mohanraj, his shot hits side net, it was a brilliant attempt. 87: What a brilliant tactical match won by Mariners, the 4-5-1 strategy worked wonders for Mohun bagan with Tomba replacing Branco. Chiddi got good support from both flanks and he scored 3 brilliant goals today. 86: Sunil Kumar out Manoj in. PFC makes their third change. 85: Ishfaq makes a brilliant run down left flank and his shot narrowly misses target. What an attempt by Ishfaq! 84: Zenith in Tomba out. 82: Zenith warming up for Mohun Bagan. 79: Shilton makes a rare mistake, PFC player shots out. 78: Snehasish out Ishfaq in. 76: Chiddi scores hattrick, gets pass from Tomba, and scores goal. What a brilliant goal by Mohun Bagan striker 74: Kuttymani out Asim Hassan in 73: Attack down right flank by PFC, cleared by Dipak for corner. From corner, headed out by Masih, Chiddi gets the ball in left flank, gets past 1 player but ball cleared for throw. 71: Marcos gets past 1 player in midfield but his pass for Tomba cleared by defence. 69: PFC makes 2 moves down left flank, Douhou-Tokov combination resulted in the move, Douhou shot goes out. 67: Manish through pass to Chiddi, ball cleared by PFC defence. 66: Edmar out Vignesh in. 64: Brilliant goal by Chiddi again, latches on to a mispass by Pune FC player and dribbles past 3 player, takes a diagonal shot from left side of the box, 2-0 in favor of Mohun Bagan. 62: Pune FC attacking more now. 60: Good move by PFC, Venkatesh-Douhou combine well, cross for Edmar, but his head goes out. 58: Tomba goes out, was badly fouled by PFC player, comes back to ground. PFC playing a little rough game. 55: Free kick for PFC outside box, but cleared by Surkumar. Marcos gets ball and gives pass to Tomba, but ball cleared by PFC player. 53: Snehasish-Marcos combine well down left flank but cleared by defence. 51: Midfield action going on. 50: Pune FC makes a good attempt, Godwin runs down the middle and his shot goes over crossbar. 49: James Singh injured and limps off field, but he is okay and comes back to action. 48: Chiddi makes yet another great attempt from Surkumar pass, but Subrata manages to save the ball, cleared by PFC defence. 47: Mohun Bagan midfield playing good football and controlling the game. 46: Match starts, Pune FC makes the first attack, but cleared by Tomba for safety. Chiddi limped off the ground, but the news from Pune is that Chiddi is perfectly okay now and will play in 2nd half. 45+2: Marcos takes the free kick but ball goes out. It's half time now. 45+1: Shilton makes a good save, from counter attack Chiddi gets a pass from Snehasish, but fouled by Subrata Pal, referee gives freekick from outside box. 42: Pune FC puts one into back of net, referee disallows for foul. 40: Pune FC tried to put pressure on Mohun Bagan, but well defended by Masih. 36: Mohun Bagan scores, Chiddi scores a brilliant goal. From outside box, he takes a shot from right side, beats Indian national team custodian. Mohun Bagan 1-0 up. 34: From counter attack, Marcos gives pass to Chiddi, he is fouled at edge of box, but referee does not give foul. 33: Pune gets a free kick from outside box, nothing results out of it. 30: Edmar tries to get past Mohanraj, but ball cleared for throw. 27: Close shave for Pune goal. Marcos brilliant cross from right, Chiddi header goes outside, goalkeeper was beaten. 25: Another Pune FC attack, but brilliantly intercepted by Marcos, he makes a run and then gives a long pass towards Snehashish, he takes a shot, ball goes out. 23: Good move by Tomba, but ball cleared for safety. 21: Pune FC attack, shot straight to Shilton. 19: Another great move by Mohun Bagan from left side, this time Marcos shot goes wide. 18: Mohun Bagan makes a good move down left flank, Snehasish shot collected by Subrata Pal. 15: 2nd successive corner by PFC, nothing results, still score goalless. 14: Pune FC gets a corner, ball cleared by Dipak for another corner. 13: Mohun Bagan makes a counter attack, but ball goes out. 11': Mohun Bagan gets a free from edge of box on left side, Marcos takes the free kick, ball collected by Pune custodian. 8: Great attempt by Edmar, lucky save for Mohun Bagan, as ball narrowly misses target, sails over cross bar. 6: Snehasish and Chiddi combines a great move. Both of them playing quite well. 5: Pune FC makes another attack but nicely defended by Mohun Bagan. 3': Chiddi gets past 1 player but cleared by defence. 1': Match starts. Pune FC makes the first attack, Shilton collects the ball nicely. 0': Welcome to the Live Update. Team just entered the ground amidst huge cheer from crowd. It is almost packed capacity in the stadium.

0-2 Upset for Chirag against Churchill

13.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder :Chirag United faced their first defeat in this edition of I-League. Today in the Nehru Stadium of Goa Churchill Brothers ended the unbeaten run of Chirag by giving them a 0-2 defeat. The absence of Chirag’s Edmilson Marquez became a crucial factor at the end of the day. With the kick off Churchill Brothers started to build repeated attacks on the visitor’s goal and as early as in the 5th minute of the match from a decent cross of Khanthang Paite Ogba Kalu Nnanna scored the opening goal for Churchill to put his team ahead in the match. After conceding this early goal Chirag tried to fight back in the match in fact towards the end of the first of the Chirag improved their game and put certain pressure on Churchill defence but all the Chirag attempts were well denied by the Churchill defenders. Like the first half the home team started the second half by building up early attacks to more pressurize the visitors. But in the 52nd minute Nacimento Silveira of Churchill received a Red-Card for making an unnecessary misbehavior as he punched Jayanta Sen on his face and is straightway exited out of the field. Churchill Brothers tried to slow down the pace of the game and took more defensive approach as they came down to ten men. Whereas Chirag failed to take the numerous advantages and surprisingly the goal came for the other side. In 65th minute Odafe again showed his magic by scoring a brilliant goal from an ordinary pass given to him by Robert to further increase the lead. During this span of the game Man of the Match Odafe repeatedly created panic to the Chirag defence. But no further goal has been scored in rest of the time and the match ends with 0-2 scorecard in favour of Churchill Brothers. With this crucial victory Churchill comes up to the top position of the league table with 16 points in 8 matches. Whereas the boys of Subrata Bhattacharya not only faced their first I-League defeat but also with 15 points in 8 matches Chirag currently falls down to the third place in the league table.

Churchill Brothers:Lalit, Naoba, Rowilson, Gourmangi, Robert, Vashum (Charan Rai), Nacimento, Ogba Kalu, Paite (Lalrinfela), Odafe, Felix. Chirag United :Somnath, Subhasish (Lalampuia), Safar, Du, Arnab, Dhanrajan, Tulunga (Gouranga Dutta), Jayanta (Hardeep), Denson, Gouranga Biswas, Joshimar.

AIFF I-League CEO may finalize within 23rd Nov

13.11.2009 :The All India Football Federation's (AIFF) all set to get professional with the appointment of a new chief executive by month-end. I-League was launched on the basis of AFC pro-league, the AIFF was very much aware of the fact that it has to appoint a CEO and other officials under a separate body to run the league. AIFF president Praful Patel along with vice-presidents Subrata Dutta, A.R. Khaleel, treasurer Hardev Jadeja and general secretary Alberto Colaco took the interviews for the post of chief executive (CEO) for the I-League at the Football House here Thursday. after shortlisting of five candidates,only three candidates appeared for the interviewthere . Former Mahindra United footballer and coach Harish Rao, AIFF’s director of competitions Anil Kamath, and Leisure Sports Management general manager Sundando Dhar appeared for the interviews.The foreign candicate Ian Stillie, former chief executive of Scottish club Motherwell FC was not present finally. AIFF may be finalised the final candidate within 23rd November.

Classic clash between Chirag - Churchill today

13.11.2009 :Churchill Brothers who won 3 - 0 against Chirag United last 2nd edition of ONGC I- league on 9th February 2009 again meet Chirag United today at thier home match at Nehru stadium fatorda in South Goa in 3rd Edition of ONGC I-League. Defending champions Churchill brothers are looking for yet another win against table toppers Kolkata's Chirag United .Churchill Brothers at the moment placed 2nd with 13 points from 7 matches while Currently league leader Chirag with 15 points from 7 matches also looking for full points to maintain its top position.Both the teams are unbeaten still now but Chirag United win 4 matces and Churcill win 3 matches up to date. Churchill, who won against Dempo and Air India by 3-2 margin both times, hope they will put up same performance and emerged winner. Chirag also be more aggressive and bang the target against strong Churchill. Chirag is a balanced side with Brazilian forwards Joshimar who scored seven goals so far and Jayanta Sen and S Malsawm Tlunga in the middle. They also have a dependable defence Brazilian Du and Safar Sardar.But Chirag United will miss their Brazilian striker Edmilson in attak due to his card problem. Churchill is more depandable with Nigerian prolific forward Odafe Okolie and Felix Chimaokwu, both in goal scoring list. Reisanga Vasum, Khan Thang Paite and Man of the match agsinst Dempo Ogba kalu in the middle. Defender Naoba Singh, Rowalson Rodrigues and Nascimento Silveria can hold the attacks of Chirag Forwards.

Subrata Pal injured but may be played today

13.11.2009 :: Suddhashil Ghosh :Dr. Ashok Kumar, General Manager of Pune FC on the eve of the big match between Kolkata giant Mohun Bagan & Pune Giant Pune FC . Suddhashil Ghosh of Kolkatafootball.com talked with him before the big match.

KFDC : Sir, what is the status of the match? Because of yesterday's heavy rain, will it be held on schedule or there is any news of postponement? Ashok Kumar : Yes, because of yesterday's heavy rainfall, the field is terribilly affected. There were water spots in various spots as the dranage system was not working, but as the rain stopped since yesterday afternoon and today there was bright sunshine, we engaged lots of people in damage control. The AIFF match commissioner has visited the ground three to four times today & he is quite satisfied with the present condition of the ground. If there is no rainfall tomorrow too, the match will be on schedule. KFDC : We noticed there are so many patches in the ground which were managed with sand & dust. So how is the condition of those patches after the rain? Because after the rainfall & bright sunshine those patches should be stiff, which can increase injuries? Ashok Kumar : We had only 45 days to prepare the ground before this I-League. So the field is not in good condition. After we get some time to grow the grasses, then we will be able to gift a nice field for football.Those patches are treated well. Before match it will be in condition for a good game. KFDC : Is there any schedule for practice today for either team? Ashok Kumar : We are in damage control of the ground now. So we could not allow any team to practice there. Though Mohunbagan wished to practice there today, but unfortunately we could not help, as we want to organize the game smoothly tomorrow. They have practiced in the Pune Vidyapeeth ground. KFDC : What about Subrata Paul? He was also injured in the last game. Is he playing tomorrow? Ashok Kumar : Yeah. He was injured. But now he is much fit. We hope he will play. But the final decision will be taken by coach. KFDC : Ok Sir. Thank you for your kindness & all the best for tomorrows game. Ashok Kumar : Thank you. KFDC : Thank you sir. It's a pleasure to talk to you. Good night.

India Registered 4-1 Victory over Afghanistan
in U-19 AFC Qualifier.

12.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder :Finally India U-19 team achieved the long awaited victory in the U-19 AFC Qualifier. Today India registered a well deserved 4-1 victory over Afghanistan. As expected Indian team dominated the entire match and finished the match as the winning side. With the kick off India kept their pressure on Afghan defence. But in the 21st minute against the run of play Mohammed Rahimi scored the opener for Afghanistan to put his team in the lead. Getting 0-1 down India tried their best to score the equalizer but Afghan defence successfully protected the lead in the first half. In fact towards the end of the first half Afghanistan built some effective attacks but were efficiently denied by the Indian defence. In the second half the Indian team played a much more organized and enchanted football and as early as in the 48th minute through a brilliant goal scored by Malsawmfela India found the equalizer. From then to the final whistle India completely dominated the match. In the 62nd minute Jeje Lalpekhula scored the second goal for India to put India in the lead. Within 5 minutes of the second goal Malsawmfela scored another goal to further increase the lead. During this span India U-19 team established their total hold in the match. Finally in the 84th minute Jeje Lalpekhula scored the fourth and final goal for India. Towards the end India got some more chances but the Indian forwards failed convert even single of them into goal. Finally the match ends with 4-1 scoreline in favour of India. After this comfortable victory over Afghanistan India will have to face Kuwait in their next game. Earlier today Kuwait successfully holds the host Iraq with a 0-0 draw. So much more tough challenge is waiting for India in their next match in the U-19 AFC Qualifier.

East Bengal Registered Stunning 3-0 Victory over Lajong.

12.11.2009 :: Debashis Majumder :East Bengal continues their winning run in the I-League. Today East Bengal registered their third consecutive victory in the league by defeating Shillong Lajong F.C. with 3-0 scorecard in the Vidyasagar Krirangan, Barasat. Under the new coach Phillip de Rider the entire East Bengal team played a much more organized football to achieve this comfortable victory in home. East Bengal started the match with early attacks and in the second minute of the match Yakubu’s shot missed the goal from a close distance. By breaking his long absence in the domestic football today Bhaichung Bhutia came out in the field to play in the first eleven of East Bengal but he could not make any difference in the match with his presence on the field and as soon as in the 25th minute he was replaced by Abel Hammond who is now in fantastic form. The substitution proves worthy as in the 35th minute from a brilliant through pass of skipper Rahim Nabi Hammond scored the opening goal to put East Bengal in the lead. The visitors soon fought back in the match and in the 44th minute they missed a very close chance to equalize. In the second half both the teams played with considerable speed and created some useful chances to score. In the 61st minute Yakubu missed another close opportunity to increase the lead. As well as in the 66th minute Marlangki replied for Lajong with a fantastic solo effort but his final shot just went outside of the goal. Yakubu again failed to capitalize another chance in the 75th minute. In the 87th minute from back to back two corners Lajong players missed two close opportunities to level the score. But the main drama is waiting for the closing minutes. Super substitute Abel Hammond scored another goal in the 90th minute by capitalizing a very silly defensive error of the Lajong defence. In the final minute of the injury time Yakubu finally scored his 98th goal on Indian soil to further increase the tally. With this victory East Bengal comes up to the 5th position in the league table with 12 points in 8 matches. Okpara was declared the Man of the Match due to his leadership in defensive organization which played a key role to the victory of East Bengal. Whereas due to their lack of scoring ability the boys of Stanley Rosario remains in the defeated side though they provided tough challenge to the home team but finally East Bengal registered a stunning 3-0 win in the match.

East Bengal:Avijit, Nirmal (Subhas), Okpara, Gobin, Mehrajuddin, Nabi, Mehtab, Beikhokhei, Mitrovic (Alvito), Yakubu, Bhaichung (Hammond). Shillong Lajong F.C. Gumphe Rime, Ralte, Marlangki, Passah, Bassey (Zothangzamma), Samson, Daniel (Gurung), Niwan, Boithang (Laldinliana), Tuboi, Giblee.

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FT: Match End ..East Bengal beat Lajong 3 - 0 at Barasat Stadium..Ogba Okpara of East Bengal declared Man of the Match today. 90': GOALLLL. Yakubu hammers the last nail...Subhash Sing snatched a ball passed to Yakubu..His right footer and goal.. 89': GOALLLL.Hammond scores off a Nabi pass... 88': Match nearing finish time... KEB still leading 84': KEB counter attacks.. Hammond misses a good opportunity 80': Lajong Changes - Bassy out, Ronald in 78': Lajong's Tuboi took corner shot... fantastic diversion by Rahim Nabi... 73': Yakubu missed again..Nabi passed from left flank.. Yakubu received..one to one situation with Keeper and Yakubu..but his shot went away.. 70':EB got a free kick..Hammond was fouled by Lajong ..Alvito's shot..no damage done.. 67': Change in East Bengal Team.. Subhash Sing came in place of Nirmal Chhetri..A good movement by Haokip if Lajong from left..dribbled Nirmal but wrong crossed the ball.. EB defence was out of danger. 62':Chance missed by Yakubu..Good movement by Yakubu.. Dribbled three players of Lajong in the Box.. but his final shot went away.. 52': East Bengal started the 2nd half with a good pace.. Alvito came in place of Mitrovic. HT: It's Half Time Now. East Bengal is leading 1 - 0. 36: Mehraj shown yellow card, will miss next match. 33: GOALLLL... Hammond scores from Nabi through pass. GK comes out of charge and Hammond pushes the ball in empty goal. 25: Baichung replaced by Hammond. 24: Mitrovich playing good football from right side, his cross cleared by defence. 22: Baichung pass to Yakubu but his weak shot saved by GK. 20: East Bengal gets corner, Okpara's head straight to GK. 17: Nice move by Lajong but Mehraj clears the ball. 13: Midfield action going on. 8: Good pass by Baichung to Yakubu who makes a down the middle run and gives pass to Bikhoi, but intercepted by Lajong defence. 6: First positive attack by Lajong. James cross, cleared by Taboi for corner. 5: Another brilliant attack by East Bengal, short pass among midfielders and passed to Yakubu, but cleared by defence. 2: From Mitrovich pass, Yakubu misses easy chance, his shot goes out.

Junior Girls Maharashtra state trials announced.

12.11.2009 :Western India Football Association announced an open trials-cum-coaching camp from November 12 onwards to select the Maharashtra state junior girls team. The trials will be held at the Cooperage Stadium in Mumbai at 9:30 am. Girls born on or after 1st Jan 1991 are eligible. The 8th Girls Junior National Football Championship 2009-10 will be held in Orissa from November 24. Maharashtra is in Cluster VI and will play Haryana on 25 November 2009 and Mizoram on 27 November 2009.

Football Tournament in memory of S.A.Rahim

12.11.2009 :Inauguration of soccer tournament in memory of legendary Indian National Football team Coach S.A Rahim . The Rishra Nijamat Club is going to organise a eight team football tournament in Rishra,Hooghly district,West Bengal in memory of legendary football coach S.A Rahim on his birth day centenary. The tournament will be kicked off by his son Abdul Hakim,former international football player and FIFA Refree on 22nd November.the other guest who will grace the occasion are Sultan Ahmed,current union minister of State Govt.of India and President,Mohammedan Sporting Club.

Oil India win 5th OIL India Challenge Gold Cup
Football Tournament at Dhuliajan, Assam

12.11.2009 :Host Oil India Football Club,Dhuliaja(OIL)lift the title of 5th OIL India Challenge Gold Cup Football Tournament.Under coaching of Tushar Kanti Majumder ('A'Lisence - GK) the boys of Oil India beat Punjab Police 2 - 1 in the final today at Nehru Maidan.Last year also they won this Tournament by beating Cammelia George Telegraph of Kolkata. In the semi final Oil India beat Indian National F.C 4 - 2 in tie-breaker.The scheduled time result was 1 - 1 while another finalist Punjab police beat Vasco S.C 3 - 2 via tie breaker after a goallessin an another Semi Final. 13 teams took part in this Tournament this year. Vasco Club of Goa, Araldite Kenkre Football Club, Mumbai, Indian National Football of Delhi, Bhillai Brother’s Football Club, Chattisgarh, Punjab Police, Sun E Hind Football Club of Bhopal, ASEB, Guwahati, Green Valley, Guwahati, AIMS, Manipur,Assam Police Blues, Guwahati, Assam Rifles, OIL FC,and DSA Winner. The prize money was Rs 1,30,000 for the winner and Rs 70,000 for the runners-up. Last year host OIL FC was the champion and George Telegraph the runners-up.

India will meet Afghanistan in AFC U-19 Qualifier

12.11.2009 :In Arbil,Iraq,India U-19 will meet Afghanistan today in the U-19 AFC Cup qualifier Tournament.India who lost their last match against Oman after a good fight by 3 - 4.Deepak Devrari of India will out of tomorrow's team list due to his double caution.Two or three players may be changed from the previous match team list. India team practiced today about an hour in a plesant hill area in Arbill under guidance of Chief Coach Colin Toll and Goal keeper coach Tanumoy Bose.Both teams has lost their all three matches against their opponents.So, Indian and Afganisthan will play today an all out game to get full points.Currently there is 17-18 degree c temperature in Arbill.The match will be started at Francouse Al-Hareeri Stadium from 6.30 PM IST.

Group C - Table

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
IRAQ	3	3	0	0	10	0	10	9
SAUDI ARABIA	3	3	0	0	9	2	7	9
KUWAIT	3	1	1	1	5	3	2	4
OMAN	3	1	1	1	5	6	-1	4
AFGHANISTAN	3	0	0	3	2	12	-10	0
INDIA	3	0	0	3	4	12	-8	0