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AIFF and IFA Decision : 3 + 1 Foreign footballers and players registration
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The Executive committee of AIFF has decided that,all clubs will be allowed to register 4 ( 3 + 1 Asian Quota) foreign footballers for All Tournaments including I-League, Federation Cup, and All India Level Football Tournaments like Durand Cup and Local Football Leagues like IFA organised Kolkata premier division football League for this season.
Only three foreign players can be included in the first eleven of a playing team. The fourth foreign player can be on the reserve bench and can replace any foreign player in the first eleven. In a meeting at IFA, as per their constitution, IFA has decided the last date of players will be 31st December. For I-League playing clubs total 50 players can be registered for the season while non I-League playing clubs can register 45 players for the season. The rule regarding foreign players as decided by AIFF was ratified in the IFA meeting for the premier Division of Sahara CFL 2010.
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Southern Samity's winning start of IFA Sahara CFL-Premier League 2010
Southern Samity coach I. M. Vijayan ( Left)
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Indian Football Association organised Sahara CFL Premier Division football League
2010 starts today at Mohun Bagan Ground. 17 Kolkata teams will participate in this
100 years old tournament.
Today in the first match Southern Samity beat Railway FC 2 - 1 . Under coaching of Indian Ex- International Footballer I.M.Vijayan and Technical Director Subhash Bhowmick, newly promoted Southern Samity boys played well.
In the first half the result was 1 - 1. where the scorer of Southern Samity and Railway FC were Sk.Sanjib and Tarak Nath( who scored the goal from penalty). In 2nd Southern's foreign footballer Francis scored the winning goal for his team. Before starting of the match Bengal Santosh Trophy winning team coach Sabir Ali and goalkeeper coach Debasish Mukherjee, IFA secretary Utpal Ganguly inaugurated the League. |
Arsene Wenger announced as President of Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup
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Arsene Wenger announced as President of Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup Local
Organising Committee Arsene Wenger, General Manager of Arsenal Football Club,
is announced as the President of the Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup Local
Organising Committee.
He joins former professional footballers Emmanuel Petit and Lilian Thuram, as special supporters of Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup.Arsène Wenger, President, Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup said: “The Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup will bring together different national teams made up of homeless players, orgainsed by charities who help the homeless all year round. “What is important for a guy who is homeless is to give him a target again in life, for him to know that when he gets up he has training. He takes a shower, has lunch and knows that he has training again the next morning.” “It gives him something to think about, it gets discipline into his life again. When you lose that discipline, it becomes one of the big problems for Young people. They cannot find a job because they are not shaved, not showered. Everybody rejects them, they feel on the outside, excluded.” Beating homelessness through football, the Homeless World Cup is an annual world class, international football tournament inspiring 64 national grass roots football projects and over 30,000 homeless players a year to change their lives: over 70% change for the better. The 8th Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup takes place from 19 – 26 September 2010 at Copacabana Beach, Rio, Brazil before the baton is handed to the Paris 2011 Homeless World Cup from 19 - 29 August 2011. Homeless World Cup is supported by Nike, United Nations, UEFA, global ambassador Eric Cantona and international footballers Rio Ferdinand and Didier Drogba. Teams competing in Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, Ukraine, USA, Zambia, |
SAHARA CFL( PREMIER FOOTBALL LEAGUE - 2010): Full Fixture of 17th - 22nd August
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17th Aug :(3.30 PM) : Southern Samity VS Railwy FC (MMB Ground) 18th Aug :(3.30 PM) : BNR VS Kalighat Club (KEB Ground) 18th Aug :(3.30 PM) : George Telegph. VS Tollygunge Agra. (Khardah ) 18th Aug :(3.30 PM) : Mohammedan AC VS W.B. Police (MMB Ground) 19th Aug :(3.30 PM) : Aryan VS Peerless SC (MMB Ground) 19th Aug :(3.30 PM) : Eastern Railway VS Port Trust (Khardah Ground) 20th Aug :(3.30 PM) : Southern Samity VS Kalighat MS (YBK) 21st Aug :(3.30 PM) : Railway FC VS Kalighat (Barasat Ground) 21st Aug :(3.30 PM) : BNR VS Mohammedan AC (KEB Ground) 22nd Aug :(3.30 PM) : George Telegraph VS Peerless SC (YBK) 22nd Aug :(3.30 PM) :Tollygunge AGragami VS Aryan (Barasat) 22nd Aug :(3.30 PM) : W.B. Police VS Eastern Railway (Khardah)
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That was 16th August 1980, A grimmest tragedy in the soccer field shocked the Sports lovers when it claimed the lives of as many as 16 Football fans at the Eden Garden, who went to observe the Match between two Kolkata Giats Club East Bangal and Mohun Bagan.The match ended 0 - 0. IFA Kolkata Football League was abandoned due to the tragic incident on 16th August, 1980 during a routine Kolkata Football League derby match Between two Giants Team of Kolkata East Bengal and Mohun Bagan at Eden Gardens.
Thereafter, thousands of well-meaning lovers of the game and the people in general took an oath and the same day every year is being jointly observed by the IFA and Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, West Bengal as "FOOTBALL LOVERS DAY", when thousands of people from all walks of life assemble to offer their gift of blood voluntarly. The 30th occasion of "FOOTBALL LOVERS DAY", held today at Netaji Indoor Stadium with the management of the said camp like all years. Like previous years this year each donor has got a certificate of honour duly autographed by ex- Indian National Goalkeeper Atanu Bhattacharyya. Last year 1149 Football fans donated their Blood in Football Lover's Day This year Total Number of the Donors was more than 600 in Kolkata . Arjuna Prasun Banerjee, Padmashree Chuni Goswami and other eminent personalities alosng with IFA officials were present at the ceremony. The 16 ill fated Fans who died on 16th August 1980 Dhananjoy Das , Uttam Chawule, Asim Chatterjee, Alok Das, Prasanta Dutta , Sanat Basu, Rabin Adak, Kartik Majhi, Samir Das, Nabin Naskar ,Shayamal Biswas, Kalyan Samanta, Biswajit Kar, Madan Mohon Bagli , Kartik Maity, Himangshu Sekhar Das
The Two Giant Teams of the Day 16th August 1980 at Eden garden East Bengal : Dilip Paul, Dilip Palit, Monoranjan Bhattacharyya, Samar Bhattacharyya, Satyajit Mitra (Captain), MD. Habib (Harjinder Singh),Sudhir Karmakar, Khabaji (Kajal Chatterjee), Tapan Das, Jamsid Nasiri, Majid Baskar. Extras : Nasir Ahmed, Md. Najib, Subhash Roy, Amit Guha, Somnath Banerjee, Lafituddin, Sumit Bagchi, Tomas Mathuz, Bibhas Sarkar. Mohun Bagan : Sibaji Banerjee, Crompton Dutta (Captain), Subrata Bhattacharyya, Pradip Chowdhury, Shyamal Banerjee, Goutam Sarkar, Prasun Banerjee, Manas Bhattacharyya, Mihir Bose, Xavier Payas ( Ulga Nathan), Bidesh Bose. Extras: Jagadish Ghosh, Pratap Ghosh, Francis D' Souza, Shyam Thapa, Ranjit Mukherjee,Kesto Mitra, Munish Manna, Sanjib Chowdhury, Ashok Chakrabarty, Referee: Sudhin Chatterjee |
Felicitation to eminent historian Shibram Kumar by Mohun Bagan Fans Club Sabuj Maroon Swapno
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15th August is not only the Independence Day of our mother India, but also is the
birthday of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, as in books where the history of Mohun
Bagan Athletic Club has been elaborately documented, it has been reported that
‘Origin of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is the mid of August, 1889”. So, on that
reference 15th August can be considered as the birthday of Mohun Bagan- The
National Club of India.
Since 2007, Sabuj Maroon Swapno- the premier and most famous fans club of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is celebrating this special day with some programme related to their beloved club. In 2007 and 2008, they celebrated this special day by renovating and restoring the six marble plaques present at Shyambazar area which are associated with the history of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. Last year, they felicitated two Mohun Bagan Ratna, Mr. M.A.Sattar and Mr. Samar Banerjee and provided some financial help to the family of late Mr. Shibdas Bhaduri, captain of 1911 IFA Shield winning team of Mohun Bagan. Today they have celebrated Mohun Bagan’s birthday by felicitating Mr. Shibram Kumar, the eminent historian who have contributed a lot to collect information on the historic event of 1911 IFA Shield victory of Mohun Bagan. Two of his famous books are “Sonar Frame e Mohun Bagan” and “Mohun Bagan Amonibas”. Today members of Sabuj Maroon Swapno have felicitated him at his own residence at Belgharia with green and maroon stole, a flower bouquet and a special memento- a crystal boat. Shibram Kumar and his family members were really pleased with this gesture from Sabuj Maroon Swapno’s side. “I am really happy to see the passion of these young enthusiasts who have come to my house on this auspicious day just to felicitate me. I wish best of luck for their organization.”- Shibram Kumar.
Along with this, today members of Sabuj Maroon Swapno gathered at Shyambazar area and then arranged for a procession. The procession started from Basu Bati, the origin of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club and ended in front of Bipradas Kutir, the residence of late Mr. Shibdas Bhaduri. There floral tributes were attributed to the marble plaques, associated with the history of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, to commemorate the birthday of Mohun Bagan. Gouri Bhaduri, the granddaughter-in-law of Late Mr. Shibdas Bhaduri joined the programme and paid her homage to the marble plaque, present just in front of Bipradas Kutir. |
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7th Jan: Group A: Qatar Vs Uzbekistan 8th Jan: Group A: Kuwait Vs China 9th Jan: Group B: Japan Vs Jordon 9th Jan: Group B: Saudi Arabia Vs Syria 10th Jan: Group C: India Vs Australia 10th Jan: Group C: S. Korea Vs Bahrin 11th Jan: Group D: North Korea Vs UAE 11th Jan: Group D: Iraq Vs Iran 12th Jan: Group A: China Vs Qatar 12th Jan: Group A: Uzbekistan Vs Kuwait 13th Jan: Group B: Syria Vs Japan 13th Jan: Group B: Jordon Vs Saudi Arabia 14th Jan: Group C: Baharin Vs India 14th Jan: Group C: Australia Vs Korea 15th Jan: Group D: Iran Vs North Korea 15th Jan: Group D: UAE vs Iraq 16th Jan: Group A: Qatar Vs Kuwait 16th Jan: Group A: China Vs Uzbekistan 17th Jan: Group B: Jordon Vs Syria 17th Jan: Group B: Saudia Arabia Vs Japan 18th Jan: Group C: Australia Vs Baharin 18th Jan: Group C: South Korea Vs India 19th Jan: Group D: UAE Vs Iran 19th Jan: Group D: Iraq Vs North Korea Quarter Final Stage
21st Jan(QF1): Winner - GR. A Vs Runners - GR. B Semi Final Stage
25th Jan(SF1): Winner - QF - 1 Vs Winner QF - 3 3rd/4th Place
25th Jan(3rd/4th): Loser - SF - 1 Vs Losser SF-2 F-I-N-A-L
29th Jan(Final): Winner - SF - 1 Vs Winner SF - 2 |
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Asian Football Confederation last month announced the kick off time for the AFC
Asian Cup 2011 to be held in Doha, Qatar from January 7-29, 2011. The AFC
announced the kick off time after discussing with Broadcasters in East and
West Asia along with Qatar Local Organizing Committee.
All the group matches that are to be played from January 7-19 will kick off at 4:15 PM and 7:15 PM local time (Doha local time is GMT +3 hours). That means viewers in India will watch the 4:15 PM match at 6:45 PM and the 7:15 PM match at 9:45PM. (IST is Qatar Local Time +2.5hrs). The Quarter Final matches on January 21 and 22 to be played at Khalifa, Al Sadd, Al Gharafa, and Qatar SC Stadiums will kick start at 4:25 PM (6:55 PM IST) and 7:25PM (9:55 PM IST). Similarly The Semifinal on January 25 will also kick off at 4:25PM (6:55 PM IST) and 7:25 PM (9:55 PM IST) at Khalifa and Al Gharafa Stadiums. However the Third Place match on January 28 at the Al Sadd Stadium and the Final on January 29 at the Khalifa Stadium will start at 6:00 PM local time (8:30 PM IST).
Group A: Qatar, Kuwait, China PR, Uzbekistan
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McDowell Mohun Bagan is bringing in African born Australian citizen Okwy
Okonkwo Diamondstar for trials. Okwy is a Central Defender and presently plays
for an Australian football club Western Knights Soccer Club which is currently
playing in the Football West State League Premier Division in Perth, Western
Australia. The Team is placed 2nd in the 2010 League.
Earlier Okwy was playing for Persis Solo, an Indonesian football team based in Solo (Surakarta), Central Java, which plays in the country's Premier Division at the Central Region. If selected, Okwy will be the 4th foreigner (as player of Asian origin) in the McDowell Mohun Bagan Squad for the 2010-2011 football season.
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Indian ex-international who played more than 100 football Matches for India and
score more than 35 goals as well as this year Bengal Santosh Trophy winning
team Coach Sabir Ali has been appointed chief coach of Kolkata Premier League
team Calcutta Port Trust for this season.
Ex- Salgaocar, Mahindra United, ITI, Fransa SC, Churchill Brothers, Vasco and Mohammedan Sporting coach Sabir Ali, said that it's a new challenge to him to coach Calcutta Port Trust in IFA Sahara Kolkata Premier League. The captain of Indian National team in the year 1981 and 1984, Sabir Ali was the coach of Runners-up Goa team in 1999 Santosh Trophy who lost to Bengal in the Final. Sabir Ali will start his coaching with the Boys of Port Trust from tomorrow to take a challenge in the coming Sahra CFL - Premier League 2010.
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ONGC I-LEGUE 2010-11(Tentaive Fixtures for Kolkata Teams 14-26 Round)..
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ROUND 14
29.01.2011 : ONGC VS East Bengal ROUND- 15
05.02.2011: East Bengal VS Dempo - Kolkata ROUND- 16
12.02.2011: India U-19 Vs East Bengal - Delhi ROUND- 17
19.02.2011: East Bengal VS JCT - Kolkata ROUND- 18
26.02.2011: Mohun Bagan VS JCT - Kolkata ROUND- 19
19.03.2011: Churchill Brothers VS Chirag United - Goa ROUND- 20
22.03.2011: Air India Vs East Bengal - Mumbai ROUND- 21
26.03.2011: East Bengal VS Mumbai FC - Kolkata ROUND- 22
26.03.2011: East Bengal VS Mumbai FC - Kolkata ROUND- 22
02.04.2011: Pune FC Vs East Bengal - Pune ROUND- 23
09.04.2011: East Bengal VS Viva Kerala - Kolkata ROUND- 24
16.04.2011: Churchill Brothers VS East Bengal - GOa ROUND- 25
23.04.2011: East Bengal VS Chirag United - Kolkata ROUND- 26
??: HAL Vs East Bengal - Bangalore |
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From this season onwards English Premier League top 20 clubs will have to name a squad of up to 25 players with 8 of the 25 places reserved exclusively for Home Grown Players. But the clubs may also call upon an unlimited number of Under 21 players. The aim is to encourage more home grown players and to give more opportunities to Academy graduates.
One difference between the Premier League and UEFA systems is that with UEFA, Home Grown players are split into two categories: Association trained and club trained whereas Premier League Rules refer only to Association trained not club trained. To qualify as a Home Grown Player, he must have spent at least three years registered with any English or Welsh Clubs while below the age of 21. If a club doesn’t have eight homegrown players, it is forced to name a smaller squad.For example, if a club has two out of three goalkeepers injured they may be permitted to bring in a replacement under the guidelines drawn up by a specially formed working party. But aside from that, no changes to the 25 can be made before the transfer window reopens in January. Players in the 25-man squads who go out on loan to Football League clubs may not be replaced. However they may reclaim their place on their return.Clubs do not have to name a full squad of 25 if they do not have that many contracted players and in this instance they may add free agents outside the transfer window. However if they have 25 eligible contracted players, they must be named. Similarly, clubs do not have to name eight home grown players if they do not have that many but that would mean operating with a reduced squad. The system will be simple enough to administer. Clubs will register their players via an online form which automatically flags up if they have named too many players who do not qualify as Home-Grown. The rule means Tottenham are faced with the prospect of England defender Jonathan Woodgate, currently sidelined through injury, sitting in the stands even if he returns to fitness because boss Harry Redknapp can’t risk giving up a space in his 25 to a player who may not be available for several months. Manchester United manager Ferguson has the same problem with sidelined England midfielder Owen Hargreaves.Across Manchester, City boss Roberto Mancini has 33 senior players and is likely to leave Craig Bellamy and Roque Santa Cruz – two strikers who cost a combined 20 million pounds – out of his 25 altogether due to his close-season spending spree.
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Bertrand Traore,the 15 years old midfielder of Burkina Faso ( Born 6 September
1995), who played at the Under-17 World Cup last year held at Nigeria - became
the youngest-ever player to appear in the finals. He played two Matches at the
under 17 world cup which ended 1-1 draw with New Zealand and the 1-0 loss to Turkey.
The Sports minister of Burkina Faso Mr. Jean-Pierre Palm announced that the 14 years old prodigy has agreed a deal to move to Chelsea, Stamford Bridge. He ws declared as the best players in Burkina Faso in the 2009-2010 season. The boy had been affiliated to Auxerre FC in France and had also trained with Manchester United. Burkina Faso U-17 world cup coach said Tarore Bertrand can reach any level if he comes into good coaching. He could become a very great player because he can do everything with the ball. Bertrand has been playing football against older opposition for years to improve on his game. The former Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho yesterday completed his £6.6m move to Real Madrid, where he will be reunited with his former manager Jose Mourinho.
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As the FIFA fever subsided, Goal' 10 Football tournament hosted by UST Global swept the imagination of football aficionados at Technopark, at the LNCPE stadium, Trivandrum on August 8, 2010, as IT employees from various Companies in Technopark cheered their teams for the Qualifying rounds which was set off for the first round. IBS had to take a step back initially as Lino Computers hit the target by bringing the score line of 3 goals to 1. Infosys A team and Nest gripped a wonderful victory over RMESI and PITS Solutions; both the games saw a scoreline of 4-0. The other victors for the Goal’10 initial qualifying rounds were RR Donelley, IIITMK and Tata Elxsi. The game between Infosys B team and M-Squared, ended in a draw. Luck did not favor Accentia, Gemini India and RevenueMed this season, as they had to give in, even though they fought a tough fight. Goal' 10 - a Color Gold Initiative, is now considered the official football Technopark tournament, is being conducted for the third successive year. There is more exciting news to come up as Goal' 10 Qualifying rounds has been scheduled for August 14 and 15.
Looks like Paul the Octopus just might be pressed into service for his well-known
predictions on this Beautiful Game!.
Group Stages
8-Aug : : Infosys A 4 - 0 RM ESI
8-Aug : : IBS 1 - 3 Lino Computer
8-Aug : : RR Donnelley 2 - 1 RevenueMed
8-Aug : : Gemini India 2 - 3 IIITM-K
8-Aug : : NeST 4 - 0 PIT Solutions
8-Aug : : Accentia 1 - 3 Tata Elxi Ltd 8-Aug : : Infosys B 1 - 1 M-Squared INF : Ajith :: MSQ: Pradeep TO be continued
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ONGC I-LEGUE 2010-11(Tentaive Fixtures for Kolkata Teams)
ROUND 1
20.11.2010: East Bengal Vs ONGC - Kolkata ROUND-2
26.11.2010: Dempo Vs East Bengal - Goa ROUND-3
30.11.2010: East Bengal Vs India U - 19 - Kolkata ROUND-4
04.12.2010: JCT Vs East Bengal - Ludhiana ROUND-5
10.12.2010: East Bengal Vs Salgaocar - Kolkata ROUND-6
14.12.2010: Chirag United Vs Churchill Brothers - Kolkata ROUND-7
18.12.2010: East Bengal Vs Air India - Kolkata ROUND-8
23.12.2010: Chirag United Vs JCT - Kolkata
ROUND-9
29.12.2010: East Bengal Vs Pune FC - Kolkata
ROUND-10
03.01.2011: Viva Kerala Vs East Bengal - Calicut ROUND-11
08.01.2011: East Bengal Vs HAL - Kolkata
ROUND-12
15.01.2011: Chirag United Vs East Bengal - Kolkata
ROUND-13
22.01.2011: East Bengal Vs Churchill Brothers - Kolkata Coming back soon ... with 2nd leg tentative Fixture
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