Premier League Soccer : Announced the name of the Icon players..
13.01.2012 : JAYDIP DASGUPTA...KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
The Indian soccer industry is on the verge of its globalization. Today at Kolkata The Indian Football Association and Celebrity Management Group launched the Tender Documents to award the six Franchisees for the proposed seven weeks premier league soccer at a media meeting today. The meeting was attainted by Mr.Bhaswar Goswami, Executive Director, and Mr. Dharamdutta Pandey, CEO, CMG.
The Franchisee locations for the next ten years are Kolkata, Barasat, Howrah, Haldia, Durgapur & Siliguri. Each of the location has a minimum Base price which are Kolkata & Siliguri is Rs. 1 crore per year, Barasat it is Rs. 80 lakhs per year and for Haldia & Durgapur Rs. 70 lakhs per year. Any Corporate body, Joint venture companies SPV s with a minimum combine net worth of US Dollar 5.00 millions or an annual turn over of US Dollar 10.00 million during each last three years may bid for a PLS Franchisee.
It is mandatory to submit for at least three locations. The highest bidder for each locations will awarded with the Franchisee license they bid for. There will also be an expense cap for the Franchisee to build teams in each season. After ten years their may be a fresh negotiation. The Franchisee are required to set up a professional team which comprises of a CEO, a Team Manager, Professional Coaching Team a Physio and other support stuffs. The financial contact with the players, coach and other member of the team will be for a year in the first year of PLS. In the first year a Franchisee can expend up to 12.5 crores (US Dollar 2.5 million).
The Celebrity Management Group to day also announced the name of the Icon players such as
Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) 
Juan Pablo Sorin (Argentina)
Jay Jay Okocha (Nigeria)
Robert Pires (France)
Robbie Fowler (England)
Hernan Crespo (Argentina)
Mari Anthes (Spain)
Each of the Franchised teams will be guided by the world coaches like
Peter Reid (England)
John Barnes (England)
Samson Siasia (Nigeria)
Marco Etcheverry
Colin Todd (England)
Teitur Thodarson (Canada)
Milos Rus (Slovakia).
Each team can recruit 4 foreign players, 6 under 21 players, 6 catch mate players (Domicile players), and 14 others Indian players. This was stated by the CMG Executive Director Mr.Bhaswar Goswami.
The matches will be played mostly on flood lights. The Organizers are planning to set up temporary flood light system in the venues. The matches will be played in the following days as under:
Days No of Matches
Wednesday 1 match (under flood light)
Thursday 2 matches (under flood light)
Saturday 1 match (Day light)
Sunday 2 matches (flood light)
The organizer also added that they are in contact with MP Silva (The largest Television Sports network channel) for the telecasting of the match in the south east Asia and in some parts of the Europe and America.
I-LEAGUE PREVIEW : Pune FC ready for East Bengal challenge..
13.01.2012 : PFC RELEASE..KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
Pune FC's unbeaten seven-match run coupled with a fully fit squad is the best of mind sets the squad can ever boast ahead of their leg-2 of the I-League clash against bitter rivals East Bengal at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mhalunge-Balewadi, on Saturday. Having met twice before this season, East Bengal so far has turned out to be a nightmare for Pune FC as periodic injuries to several key players has put a spoke in Coach Derrick Pereira's game plans in initial rounds.
While Pune FC are wary of this match-after-match occurrence against the Kolkata side, coach Derrick looks ahead by explaining, "Based on the performance we have dished out so far and the fit squad at my disposal we begin in a better position than before and seek a good result." East Bengal, in fact, goes into this Round-14 encounter suffering two successive losses back home in the Kolkata Premier League, and thus hands Pune FC reason to be eager.
Ask about the possibility of a backlash cropping up, the coach explains, "As a team East Bengal does play good football… They have good players in their ranks and the match will be equally competitive. One thing is for sure they (East Bengal) are playing away from home so for them there will be no pressure." For the record, the Kolkata side are the best team on the road this season winning four out of their five matches outside Kolkata and have only lost to Salgaocar SC. Likewise another statistic Pune FC will keep an eye on is the opponents high scoring record in away matches.
Having lost twice this season, Pune FC understandably seeks revenge. Likewise, Pune FC would also be keen to keep the trend of beating their rivals at least once in a season. In the past two seasons Pune FC has scored identical 2-1 wins once respectively. Pune FC (22 points) currently occupy fifth spot and getting on with the job remains a top-priority particularly when they are just five points off the league leaders.
"The second-leg is as important as the first and there is no two ways about it. We of course and always will be looking at the match by match situation to earn maximum points," added the Pune FC coach. On changes in the squad that beat Kolkata's Mohun Bagan in the last encounter, Derrick was clear and said, "We have the same squad in place barring NS Manju." The newly acquired on-loan defender is nursing an ankle injury sustained during a practice session.
With Manju out for the match, medio Jayashelan Prasad gets into the squad. "Play to win," is the advice coach Derrick has for his players and in same breath adds, "We are better as compared to the last two times we played them this season." Both Pune FC and their opponents have clashed seven times before and Saturday's hosts have never bowed in home games with a 0-0 draw and a 2-1 win standing testimony to the home-sides dominance at home.
I-LEAGUE PREVIEW : AI hopes to arrest slide against Shillong Lajong..
13.01.2012 : AIFF RELEASE..KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
Air India is hoping that their slide will be arrested with a full-strength squad without injuries or cards will be at disposal when they take on Shillong Lajong FC in the Round XIV match in the I-League football championship at the Balewadi Sports Complex ground here on Saturday.
Much against the expectations, Air India had picked up pace with three straight wins last month including against league leaders Dempo SC helped them to climb as high as No 5 in the standings, but losses against Mohun Bagan and East Bengal before the mid-season break put brakes on their surge upwards.
"We are in good shape now. The rest has done a lot of good for us and with no injuries and entire team to choose from, I would hope that the team will do its best against Shillong Lajong," said Air India coach Santosh Kashyap. Currently placed at No 7 with 19 points from 13 matches, Air India is hoping that finally they would be able to break the jinx against Lajong.
"Lajong is a good side and they are improving by every match. We saw them playing against Salgaocar. They played good football and were unlucky to lose that match," observed Kashyap. This season, when Air India travelled to Shillong's home ground, the two teams played a fantastic encounter and but for acrobatic display under the bar by Pawan Kumar, Air India would have lost that tie, which ended goalless.
"That was something of a match. It could have gone any way, but I must say Lajong played very good football and except for Pawan Kumar's heroics, we would have lost crucial points there," Kashyap reminded. "When we drew against Lajong in November, we realized they are just as young side as us. They have some excellent players so we will have to keep our guard intact and go for the kill," said Kashyap
Lajong, on the other hand has had a see-saw journey through their last five encounters, winning two, losing two and drawing one. But when they take the ground at Balewadi, their second match here this season, they would know that they had held mighty Pune FC to a goalless draw in the season opener in October.
I-LEAGUE PREVIEW : Dempo not to take Chirag United lightly
13.01.2012 : AIFF RELEASE..KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
Dempo Sports Club are still trying to come to terms with their last loss in the I-League. The 1-2 loss against Prayag United not just pegged Dempo back but also proved that all champion sides, even if they have been all-conquering, would have an off-day at some stage.
"I still cannot explain how the entire team had an off day. I can understand if a couple of players misfired or a particular department were not up to the mark but against Prayag United nothing clicked for us. The entire team played poorly," said assistant coach Mauricio Afonso.
Champions, though, do not repeat their lacklustre performances and Afonso is confident that his side will measure up to the challenge against Chirag United Kerala in a 14th round I-League clash at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, on Saturday.
"The mood in training is upbeat. For the past week, I have noticed that the players are raring to go and I am sure that they will put their performance in the last match behind them. We have to start winning and prove we are the best team in the country," said Armando Colaco's assistant.
Dempo are leading the title race with 27 points at the end of the first phase but will know that challengers Churchill Brothers (26 points) have a match in hand. A win against Chirag United Kerala will give Dempo a four-point cushion and will then hope Churchill drop points in a tough-clash against Mohun Bagan on Sunday.
"It will not be easy against Chirag United Kerala. They are fast improving and they proved in the last match against Mumbai FC that they cannot be taken for granted. We will have to work hard for the three points," said Afonso.
Despite the Prayag United fiasco, Dempo are likely to field the same squad, except, probably, for defender Mahesh Gawli who is nursing an injury and has not trained for the last couple of days. If Mahesh is not fit enough, Rowilson Rodrigues will be his straight-forward replacement.
Chirag United Kerala are in the relegation zone with 11 points but coach Pakeer Ali would have been encouraged by some recent performances. The last match in particular - a 2-0 win over Mumbai FC in Pune - proved that the Kerala side has the wherewithal to start winning.
I-LEAGUE PREVIEW : Prayag United take on HAL Bangalore
13.01.2012 : AIFF RELEASE..KFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
Prayag United coach Sanjoy Sen has listed the 14th round I-League match against HAL Bangalore as a must win match, if his teams aspires to finish among the top teams. Prayag United are currently on 21 points of 13 matches and are placed sixth in the table while HAL are languishing at the bottom with two points from 13 outings.
When asked about the home encounter versus HAL, Sanjoy Sen, seemed confident yet cautious, "Compared to the other teams HAL seems weaker but no one can say what is going to happen in a game of football. The I-League results in the past few weeks have been surprising. No one would have thought that Dempo would lose 4 matches and we also did not have a good outing against Pailan Arrows."
HAL on the other hand reached the city with a full squad ahead of Fridays clash and had a morning practice session.
Sanjoy added that "There are no injury worries as of now and we will more or less start with the same squad which won against Dempo SC in the last round"
I-LEAGUE : Sporting Clube scrape past Pailan Arrows
13.01.2012 : kFC.. | www.kolkatafootball.com HOME PAGE
Sporting Clube De Goa overcame a fighting Pailan Arrows 3-2, in an entertaining encounter of 14th round match of the I-League at the Yuba Bharati Krinangan on Friday. The match started off with Pailan Arrows having to defend more in their half while Sporting Clube pressing for the opening goal.
Victorina Fernandes broke down the Pailan Arrows resistance early on and scored in the 14th minute off a neat finish. It seemed like the strong Pailan Arrows defensive game at home would be broken down. However, much to the crowds surprise Pailan first equalised through promising centre forward CS Sabeth's goal in the 28th min and then took a lead off a Bijendra Rai's strike in the 35th minute.
Just before the lemon break Sporting's Rollin Borjes scored an equaliser in the 45th minute to take both teams on level at half time. In the second half both teams pushed for the all important winner and resorted to counter attacking one another instead of an open style of play.
However, unlike the first half there weren't any scorers and the match looked to be headed for a 2-2 draw. Just when it seemed Pailan would grab another home draw seasoned striker Ogba Kalu scored with just 5 minutes of play left to win the match for the Goan's. The win takes Sporting Clube towards safety with 17 points of 14 matches while Pailan have to settle with being just above HAL at the bottom of the table. ( REPORT - AIFF)
13.01.2012 : Pailan Arrows 2-3 Sporting Goa ( YBK - FT...)
PAI: Sabeeth 28', Bijendra 35'
PAI: Naveen, Gurtej, Shouvik, Pritan, Bikramjit, Sabeeth, Gurtej Jr., Bijendra, Tirthankar, Rajeev, Prabir.
SCG : Milagrio, Adil, Keita, Piexoto, Moga, Jovel, Anthony, Borges, Boboi, Victorino.
SCG : Victorino 14', Borges 45', Kalu 85'
