The Indian football team ended their last practice match with a 1-1 draw against third division outfit Odivelas Futebol Clube at the Odivelas ground. After playing all the 10 practice match in Portugal, India manage 6 wins, 2 draws and lost 2 matches.

India will face their next friendly ahaonst Thailand on September 4th at Bankok & 8th in New Delhi . India will play against Australia, South Korea and Baharin in Asia Cup 2011.

28th Aug :Friendly (Portugal ) :India ( N.S.Manju ) 1 - 1 Finodivelas F.C

India : Subhasish Roy Choudhury, N.S. Manju ,Mahesh Gawli,Govin Singh, N. Mohanraj, Jagpreet Singh, Mehrajuddin Wadao ,Baldeep Singh,Rahim Nabi (Climax Lawrence),Sushil Singh,Baljit Sahni.

24th Aug :Friendly (Portugal )India (Chettri 2, N.P.Pradeep) 3 - 2 Sertanense F.C.

INDIA: Subrata Pal, Surkumar Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Anwar, N.S. Manju, Anthony Pereira , Climax Lawrence (Mehrajuddin Wadao), N.P. Pradeep (Baldeep Singh), Rahim Nabi (James Singh), Sunil Chettri, Mohammed Rafi,

19th Aug :Friendly (Portugal )):India (Chettri 2, Susil Singh ) 3 - 1 (Pedro) Uniao Desportiva da Serra

INDIA: Subrata Pal, Surkumar Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Anwar, N.S. Manju, Steven Dias (46' Clifford Miranda (73' James Singh), Climax Lawrence (46' Mehrajuddin Wadao), N.P. Pradeep (84' Baldeep Singh), Anthony Pereira (83' N. Mohanraj), Sunil Chettri, Mohammed Rafi (46' Abhishek Yadav (48' Sushil Kumar Singh)

18th Aug :Friendly (Portugal ):India 0 - 1 (Bonifacio) Clube Desportivo de Mafra

INDIA:Arindam Bhattacharya, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, Govin Singh, N. Mohanraj, Steven Dias (36' Anthony Pereira), Climax Lawrence (46' Jagpreet Singh), Baldeep Singh (46' Mehrajuddin Wadao), James Singh (77' Sunil Chettri), Sushil Kumar Singh (46' Baljit Sahni), Mohammed Rafi.

12th Aug :Friendly (Portugal ):India (Md. Rafi) 1 - 0 Real Massama SC

INDIa:Arindam Bhattacharya, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, N.S. Manju, N. Mohanraj (Rahim Nabi), James Singh, Baldeep Singh (Rakesh Maish), Mehrajuddin Wadao, Clifford Miranda, (Govin Singh), Abhishek Yadav, (Baljit Sahni), Mohammed Rafi (Sushil Kumar Singh).

11th Aug :Friendly (Portugal ):India 0 - 0 Casa Pia AC .

INDIA :Subrata Pal, Surkumar Singh Gouramangi Singh, Anwar (67' Mahesh Gawli), Rahim Nabi, Anthony Pereira (46' N.S. Manju), N.P. Pradeep (73' Baldeep Singh), Renedy Singh (73' Rakesh Maish), Clifford Miranda, Abhishek Yadav, Sunil Chettri.

06th Aug :Friendly (Portugal ):India 0 - 1 SU Sintrense

INDIA:Subrata Pal, Surkumar Singh (Deepak Mondal), Gouramangi Singh (Mahesh Gawli), Anwar (Govin Singh), Rahim Nabi (N.S. Manju), Anthony Pereira (James Singh), N.P. Pradeep (Mehrajuddin Wadao), Renedy Singh (Rakesh Masih), Clifford Miranda, Abhishek Yadav (Baljit Sahni) , Mohammed Rafi (Sushil Kumar Singh.

05th Aug :Friendly (Portugal ):India (Md. Rafi) 1 - 0 Atletico

INDIa: Arindam Bhattacharya, Surkumar Singh (Deepak Mondal), Gouramangi Singh (Mahesh Gawli), Anwar (N.S. Manju), Rahim Nabi (N. Mohanraj), Anthony Pereira, N.P. Pradeep (Mehrajuddin Wadao), Renedy Singh (Baldeep Singh), Clifford Miranda (James Singh), Abhishek Yadav , Mohammed Rafi (Sushil Kumar Singh)

29th July :Friendly (Portugal ):India (Mohammed Rafi 2, Anthony Pereira, Renedy Singh, Clifford Miranda,Abhishek Yadav) 6 - 2 Desportivo Monsanto

INDIA:Subhasish Roy Choudhury,17-Surkumar Singh (4-Mohanraj),19-Gouramangi Singh (12-Deepak Kumar Mondal) ,5-Anwar (14-Mahesh Gawli), 22-Syed Rahim Nabi (3-NS Manju), 7-NP Pradeep (27-Mehrajuddin Wadao), 8-Renedy Singh (41-Rakesh Masih), 28-Anthony Pereira (13-James Singh), 25-Clifford Miranda, 26-Mohammed Rafi, 9-Abhishek Yadav (18-Sushil Kumar Singh).

28th July :Friendly (Portugal ): India (Abhishek Yadav, NP Pradeep, Steven Dias, Baldeep Singh) 4 - 1 Caldas SC

INDIA:Subrata Pal,Surkumar Singh (Deepak Kumar Mondal),Gouramangi Singh (Mahesh Gawli),Anwar (Govin Singh),Syed Rahim Nabi (NS Manju),Steven Dias (James Singh),NP Pradeep (Mehrajuddin Wadao),Renedy Singh (Baldeep Singh),Anthony Pereira (Clifford Miranda),Mohammed Rafi (Sushil Kumar Singh), Abhishek Yadav

In 2nd half of the match Gouranga Biswas scored the winning goal after getting a brilliant pass from Brazilian Joshimar. Last year Chirag United lost to Mohammedan Sporting in the Final. Another new recruit of Chirag United, Elija Jr. played well and missed some golden oppertunity to make more goals for the teams. Chirag United played 4-4-2 system today.

Sugata Sarkar - club member of Kalna Super Soccer club, the organiser of the Tournament told that, This year 6 teams played in the Tournament where their own Football team Kalna supper Soccer played and they beat Kolkata team Mohammedan AC 3 - 1. This year was the 2nd endition of Kalna Super Soccer which was sponsored by ACME.

Chirag played direct in the Semi final stage of the Tournament, where they beat Kolkata team Wari AC 1 - 0 through Md. Rafiq's score while Eastern Rail beat Bhwanipur to reach in the Final. Tomorrow mornning Chirag United will declare their Captain and Vice Captain name for this season.

Chirag United: Somnath Khara, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Arnab Mondol, Chika Wali, Naru Gopal Hait (Bapi Saha), Lalkamal Bhowmick, Denson Devdas, Gouranga Biswas, Asif K, Elija Jr., Joshimar.

East Bengal has completed the registration of four players today at IFA office. Abhra Mondol, Nasim Akhtar, Mehtab Hossain and U-19 Player Biswajit Natta signed for East Bengal.

Another I-League team from Kolkata also completed registration of their 30 nos players today at IFA office.

Somnath Khara, Swarup Das, Nousad K, Melwin Fernandes, Sergei Tokov, Sukhen Dey, Sovon chakrabarty, Soumik Chakrabarty, Joshimar Da Silva, Naru Gopal Hait, Md. Rafiq, Bapi Saha, Munna Mollick, Elija Jr., Subhojit Majumder, Nasimento Silveria, Sabir Ali, Chika Wali, Lalkamal Bhowmick, Arnab Mondol, Safar Sardar, Gouranda Biswas Justene Stephen, Asif K, Sirajuddin C, Branco Kordozo, Denson Devdas, Jerry Zirsangha, Malswamma Tulunga.

On the other hand Another Big team of Kolkata Mohammedan SC signed five players today. Sarfaraj Khan, Sandip Roy, Binoy Kumar, Devid, Hasibuddin Mollick.

30.08 : VS Railway FC
03.09 : VS BNR
06.09 : VS Southern Samity
11.09 : VS Mohun Bagan (YBK - 3.30 PM)
14.09 : VS Port Trust
17.09 : VS W.B.Police
04.10 : VS Aryan Club (YBK - 3.30 PM)
07.10 : VS Mohammedan S.C ( YBK-6.00 PM)
11.10 : Vs Peerless SC
19.10 : VS Tollygunge Agragami(YBK - 3.30 PM)
25.10 : VS Kalighat Club(YBK - 6.00 PM)
29.10 : Vs Kalighat MS(YBK - 3.30 PM)
01.11 : VS George Telegraph (YBK - 3.30 PM)
08.11 : VS Mohammedan AC (YBK - 6.00 PM)
13.11 : VS East Bengal (YBK - 3.30 PM)
16.11 : VS Eastern Railway(YBK - 3.30 PM)

NB: will be back with original Fixture of All teams

NB: will be back with original Fixture of All teams

Coming full Fixtures

29th Aug :Mohammedan S.C VS Cal.Port Trust( YBK : 3.30 PM)
29th Aug :Southern Samity VS BNR ( Khardah : 3-30 PM)

30th Aug :Chirag United VS Railway FC( Barasat : 3.30 PM)

31st Aug :East Bengal VS Mohammedan AC ( KEB : 3-30 PM)
31st Aug :W.B.Police VS Aryan Club ( BST : 3-30 PM)
31st Aug :George Telegraph VS Eastern Railway ( YBK : 3-30 PM)

01 Sept :Mohun Bagan VS Tollygunge Agra.( MMB : 3-30 PM)
01 Sept :Kalighat VS Port Trust( Khardah : 3-30 PM)
01 Sept :Peerless S.C VS Kalighat MS( Barasat : 3-30 PM)

02 Sept :Mohammedan S.C VS Southern Samity.( YBK : 3-30 PM)

03 Sept :Chirag United VS BNR( YBK : 3-30 PM)
03 Sept :East Bengal VS W.B Police( YBK : 6.00 PM)

04 Sept :Mohun Bagan VS Aryan.( MMB : 3-30 PM)
04 Sept :Railway FC VS Tollygunge Agra.( KEB : 3-30 PM)
04 Sept :Mohammedan AC VS Peerless S.C( YBK : 3-30 PM)

The 32 teams are all split into four different pots depending on their seedings, based on UEFA coefficients that tally over a number of years. It is for this reason that teams like FC Twente, Dutch champions in 2009/10, are seeded lower than Ajax.

Group A : Inter Milan (Italy) ,Werder Bremen (Germany),Tottenham Hotspur (England),Twente(Holland)

Group B : Lyon (France) , Benfica (Portual) , Schalke 04 (Germany), Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)

Group C : Man Utd (England) , Valencia (Spain), Rangers(Scotland), Buraspor(Turkey)

Group D : Barcelona(Spain), Panathinaikos (Greece), Copenhagen(Denmark),Rubin Kazan (Russia)

Group E : Bayern Munich (Germany), AS Roma(Italy), FC Basel ( Switzarland), CFR Cluj (Rumania)

Group F : Chelsea(England), Marseille(France), Sparta Moscow(Russia), MSK Zilina (Slovakia)

Group G : AC Milan(Italy) , Real Madrid (Spain) , Ajax(Holland), Auxerre (France)

Group H : Arsenal(England), Shakhtar Donetsk(Ukraine), Bragga (Portugal), Partizanetic Bilbao(Serbia)

THE TEAM.

Goalkeepers: Pepe Reina (Liverpool), Victor Valdes (Barcelona), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)

Defenders: Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), Carlos Marchena (Villarreal), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Gerard Pique (Barcelona)

Midfielders: Xavi (Barcelona), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Santi Cazorla (Villarreal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)

Forwards: David Villa (Barcelona), David Silva (Manchester City), Pedro (Barcelona), Jesus Navas (Sevilla), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)

The Group Champions of Group A and B will meet 14 I-League Teams from quarter Final stage. 16 teams will be divided by 4 groups and they will play in 4 separate venue like Ludhiana, Chennai, Goa and Cuttack . Semi Final and Final will be played at Cuttack, Barbati Stadium.

On the other hand, India vs Vietnam friendly match on 16th Oct may be held at Cuttack, Barbati Stadium.

After visit of AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam, an AFC inspection team will visit India to scrutinise the readiness of the I-League clubs towards the licensing criteria before starting of I-League this year. They will reach 23rd September at Delhi.In past meeting The AFC has agreed to sponsor artificial turfs for some I-league clubs under FIFA''s ''Win in India with India's programme. Barasat Stadium may get an artificial turf in this project.

The AFC inspection team probably start their inspection from I-League playing Kolkata Teams East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Chirag United in a two days visit at Kolkata in between 23rd- 25th Sept probably regarding FIFA club Licensing systems like infrastructure, headquarters, stadiums, training grounds, Fans Development, Office Managements etc. of the clubs.

48 years old, Mr. Das has had a stint as CFO of ICC (International Cricket Council). He has also been the CFO of IMG for 12 years and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Mr. Mitra is the head of the International Business Section of Tata Steel.

The new incumbent will be selected by AIFF committee comprising of the AIFF President, Mr. Praful Patel, the five Vice Presidents, M/s. Subrata Dutta, Ankur Dutta, Joaquim Alemao, Vinod Sharma, A R Khaleel, Hony. Treasurer, Mr. Hardev Jadeja and the General Secretary Mr. Colaco himself. It is expected that whosoever be inducted to the post will have to be extremely proactive and use his rich corporate experience to bring some amount of professionalism and consistency in the day to day affairs of Indian football’s apex body.

Meanwhile, Indian national team coach Bob Houghton has disagreed to his side playing international friendly matches against a few African teams. This has put the AIFF top brass into a spot of bother as North Korea has declined to make a trip to Delhi. As of now only two friendly matches against Thailand on home-and-way basis is finalized. Initially, AIFF had scheduled matches in Delhi against North Korea, Namibia, Gambia and Turkmenistan.

Houghton feels that playing against the big-bodied Africans will not be good for the team’s cause as the Asia Cup matches will be against the teams from Asia. Turkmenistan, an Asian country was bypassed by Houghton on the plea that the team was even weaker than ours. The AIFF will be taking a final decision on the issue only after Colaco’s talks with Bob Houghton.

Shillong Lajong FC (Meghalaya), Oil India (Assam), Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata) & NISA (Manipur) will play in Group A while Sporting Clube de Goa (Goa), Vasco SC (Goa), Malabar United (Kerala) & Sesa Football Academy (Goa) will participate in Group B.

Group B matches will be held at Goa, while Group A venue will be confirmed by AIFF later after visiting of suitable venue. Ludhiana, Silchor, Chennai are in the AIFF list of venues. AIFF Vice President Subrata Dutta and other AIFF officials will visit Cuttack tomorrow regarding the finalization of Venue.

On the other hand AIFF decided to send fifteen U-15 footballers to IMG Florida Academy for one year training. They will start for Florida on 5th September.They shall be sponsored by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Group. In March 2010 RIL and IMG announced their partnership to initiate a scholarship program for Indian Sportsmen.

IMG situated at Bradenton, Florida which is an U.S. Soccer's full-time residency program for the United States' U-17 and U-16 mens national teams. The selected boys are from India U- 14 National team. The IMG Soccer Academy has seven soccer fields and their facilities are used by the Bradenton Academy who run the US Soccer Residency Program BAKING BY nike and IMG. Their current coach is Wilmer Cabrera .

Group A saw the defending champion and the host UST Global started their dream run in this tournament with an early goal from Anoop Valluvaveedu against ArivaMeddata. The 2009 Golden Boot winner, Najeev Nambiar moved into rhythm with 5 goals in group matches. A beautiful header goal from left winger Prabhudas Mohandas was more than enough to give a warning to other teams about the challenges that they are going to face in Goal’10. The experienced, 2 time Goal’10 winning captain Liju Varghese added one to UST’s score card. The other scorers are Rakesh, Linu, Heeraj, and Santhosh.

Infosys, the Goal' 07 first runner up and Goal' 09 second runner up emerged as the winner of Group B by overcoming the challenges from RM ESI and Satmetrix in style. Gowtham and Karthik played brilliantly in the mid field and Hari leads the golden boot competition with 6 goals from 2 games. Lino Computer, the minnows of Goal ’10, defeated IBS, (Goal' 07 and Goal' 09 Quarter finalists) and drew against from Speridian to move into the Quarter finals for the first time.

RR Donnely completely dominated in Group D and moved into QF, thanks to the efficient mid field play from Praveen ably supported by team UST B, emerged as the winners in Group E, by thrashing Gemini and IIITMK. Gemini gave an early shock to UST by scoring in the starting minutes of the game. That goal awakened UST B and they replied back with a hatrick from Renjith Mukundan finishing the game on a score line of 6-1. A hatrick from Ajay Sudhakaran saw UST B, defeating IITM-K in the second game,

Nest, Goal ’09 semi finalist and Goal ’07 second runner up comfortably overcame the challenges from Visual Graphics and PIT solutions and moved to QF as the winner in Group F. Tata Elxsi, being the black horses of Goal’10 – defeated Goal’09 Quarter finalist Accentia and powerful QBURST team and moved into QF from Group G.

In Group H, in one of the toughest moments of Goal’10 League, M – Squared overcame the challenge from Infy B in penalty shoot out. An early goal gave an advantage for M-Squared till the last minute of the game. In the dying minutes of the game infy came back with a wonderful equalizer which moved the game into a penalty showdown.

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