Dempo win home match 2 - 1 over JCT
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31.01.2008:Amal Pai:With the help of Climax Lawrence's brace, Dempo
defeated JCT 2-1 in their 14th Round of ONGC I-League match match played at
the Goa today.
In the first half JCT shot into the lead in the 18th minute through Sunil Chetri's
header off a cross-pass from Baljit Singh Saini (1 - 0).But in 43rd minute of the
match Dempo equalised through Climax Lawrence header off a cross pass from
Anthony Pereira (1 - 1).
Climax Scored Dempo's winning goal in the 89th minute off a brilliant pass
from Ranti Martins(2 - 1). Climax 2 goals helped him to win Man of the Match
award
With this win, Dempo maintained their position at the top of the table with 30
points from 14 matches while JCT s remains same third with 25 points after same
matches.
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DEMPO: 1-Abhijit Mondal; 4-Cressan Antao, 3-John Dias,
28-Mahesh Gawli, 11-Beto, 16-Samir Naik; 7-Nacimento Silveria(20-Riston
Rodrigues),14-Anthony Pereira(17-Joaquim Abranches),8-Climax Lawrence,
22-Nicolau Borges ,9-Ranty Martins,30-Chidi Edeh.
JCT: 1-Karanjeet Singh,2-Jaspal Singh,4-Julius Akpele,27-Baldeep Singh,
3-Anwar Ali,13-Baldeep Singh,12-Daljit Singh(24-Gurwinder Singh),13-Baldeep Singh, 6-Baljit Singh Saini,
20-Marcos Pereira,10-Eduardo Escobar, 11-Sunil Chettri(25?) .
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Mohun Bagan win home match 2 - 1 over Churchill
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31.01.2008:Mohun Bagan defeated Churchill Brothers 2-1 in
I-league at their home match at Salt Lake Stadium,Kolkata.In the first leg
the match was drawn 2 - 2.
Mohun Bagan took the lead in 3 minute of the match when Bhaichung Bhutia
volleyed with his left foot and beat Churchill custodia Vinay (1 - 0). In the 31st
minute by geting a ball from a corner, Bhaichung flicked the ball and Habibur
Rahman increased Mohun Bagan to make it (2 - 0).
7 minutes later, Churchill reduced the margin when Vashum's minus to Odafe
Okolie and he squeezed the ball to Mboyo Iyomi who volleyed the ball to net by
beating Mohun Bagan Defender Manju ( 2 - 1)
Bagan had the best chance of the match 1st half when Bhutia beat the Churchill
goalie who could not gripped a high ball , but the failed to push the ball into an
empty net. A brilliant man marking to Churchill's goal gater was performed by
Habibur Rahaman Mondol throughout the match.For his excellent perfomance
along with winning goal Habibur was given the man of the match award
After todays 7th wins from 14 matches, Mohun Bagan now have 24 points, while
Churchill with 8 wins from the same number of matches are on 26 points.
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MOHUN BAGAN: 1-Sangram Mukherjee; 5-Habibur Rehman l,
14-Peter Odafe, 3-N.S.Manju, 26-N. Mohanraj;
22-Lal Kamal Bhowmick(32-Anit Ghosh), 2-Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, 13-Douglas
( 9-Lalam Puia), 7-Rauf Khan ( 23-Tapan Maity), 10-Jose Barreto,
15-Baichung Bhutia
CHURCHILL BROTHERS: 1-Vinay Singh; 8-T.Naoba Singh,
19- Gouramangi Singh, 6-Govind Singh, 17-Robert Lalthalma;
12-R.Vashum (13-Zenith Genious), 14-C.Chandam Singh,
21-Ogba Kalu , 11-Khemtang Paite; 9-Mboyo Iyomi, 10-Odafe Okolie.
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East Bengal - Air India goal less
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30.1.2008:Kingfisher East Bengal failed to utilized the full potential of a
slippery track in a sudden rainy atmosphere held to a goalless draw against
Air-India in a 14 round encounter of the ONGC I-League played at the Salt
Lake Stadium today. Although they lost 0 - 1 in first leg to Air India in their
away match at Mumbai.
The boys of Bimal Ghosh successfully hold East Bengal after Mohun Bagan with in
a week. In a fine show of tact Air-India, coached by veteran Bimal Ghosh,
neutralized the host's biggest weapon Edmilson Pardal. Using one of the former
East Bengal campaigners, Ghanaian Suley Musah, Air-India tightened its defence
successfully restricting the East Bengal incursions. While Edmilson was closely
policed, the host failed to find a second striker who could avail the gaps as the
opponent focused on the former.
After getting 1 point from todays match East Bengal is now in 8th position with 12
points while Air India ia remains on the sixth position with 16 points after same
matches.
Placed third from bottom, East Bengal will need to win their remaining matches to
be safe to save relegation otherwise wait for the fate of the other's results.
For a Superb Goalkeeping, Air India Keeper Arnab Das Sharma has been declared
Man Of the Match today.
EAST BENGAL: 24-Subrata Pal; 19-Syed Rahim Nabi ,17-Surya Bikash
Chakraborty12-Anupam Sarkar, 4-Julius Owino, 3-Majekodumni Bolaji(26-
Mehrajuddin), 5-Debabrata Roy,6-Dipankar Roy(34-Snehashish Chakrabarty,
10-Dipendu Biswas), 23-Mehtab Hussain, 9-Alvito D'Cunha,
30-Edmilson Marques Pardal.
AIR-INDIA: 1-Arnab Das Sharma; 2-Napoleon Singh (18-Zaheer Abbas),
22-Suley Musah, 4-L Dhanachandra Singh, 6-L Uttam Singh;
13-Hirohito Elangbam, 12-Michael Tayo, 3-Nirmal Chhetri,9-Jiten Rai,
5-Vijith Shetty, 27-Bashiree M. Abbas,
8- Samson Singh (11-H. Thomte).
Y/C:Suleh Musah(AI 18'),Dhanchandra singh(AI 85') ::: Edmilson(85')
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Tulunga Double Resists Mighty Mahindra
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30.1.2008:Starry Mahindra Utd failed to defeat their apparently weak
opponent Salgaocar who find themselves in the bottom of the league table, on their home ground.
Rather, Salgaocar defied their mighty opponent and put up a good fight against
them to finish it off 2-2.
Today in the 1st Half Tulunga got his team lead by 1-0 with his goal in the 24th
minute by beating Mahindra goalkeeper Sandip Nandy.But in 44th minute when
Mahindra's substitute striker Sushil Kumar Singh was brought down in the box,
Referee awarded a penalty,Md. Rafi netted the shot without mistake(1 - 1).
In the 63rd minute of second half, substitute K.Thoi Singh gave Mahindra a lead,
by tapping in a ball which was rebounded from Salgaocar Keeper Medeira
who could not grip the shot of Sushil Kumar Singh( 2 - 1).
Malswama Tulunga again came to Salgaocar's rescue a minute later,
beating Sandip Nandy from close range after Felix's square pass( 2 - 2).
Salgaocar could have got a win but Tulunga's weak shot from close in the
74th minute easily cleared by Sandip Nandy. But after that both the teams could
not utilise the opportunities created by their opponents till the end and the match finished 2-2.
After today's game both the teams remain in the same position with Mahindra
Untied bagging 21points and Salgaocar having 7 points at the end of 14th round.
Tulunga was awarded MOM for his superb performance.
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MAHINDRA UNITED: 24-Sandip Nandy; 7-Sushanth Mathew, 26-Bello
Rasaq, 2-N.P.Pradeep; 23-Steven Dias, 17-Sukhwinder Singh,
11-Md Rafi ( 15-K.Thoi Singh),16-Sunil Kumar, 20-Bhola Prasad ( 28-Sushil Kumar Singh),
29-Douhou, 8-Andrews Pomeyie .
SALGAOCAR: 1-Milagrio Medeira, 12-Remus Gomes, 3-Peter Costa,
8-Agnelo Colaco, 22-Hery Habimana, 25-Rocus Lamare ,
23-William Colaco; 19-Malswam Tulunga, 29-Joe Rodrigues (6-Nicholas Rodrigues),
7-Felix , 10-Boniface Ambani (26-Milagres Gonsalves)
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India is top priority: Asian football chief
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29.01.2008::The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced that it
would give top priority to India with a view to improving the game of football in
the South Asian country.
'India is top priority for us (AFC) and we will invest more to improve the game
there,' AFC President Mohammed Bin Hammam, told reporters ahead of an award
function here Tuesday.
He vowed AFC's full support to India through the Vision India programme, which
is part of the Vision Asia development project.
Hammam's words would boost the morale of the All India Football Federation
(AIFF) as India is set to host the AFC Challenge Cup in 2008 and 2010.
The AFC had given to the AIFF a grant of $1 million for the development of the
sport last year.
'Historically, India has strong football roots. Some of the oldest clubs and
competitions are in India. Some clubs have a fan following of more than 20 million,
inside and outside India. That is an indicator to the popularity of the game,' said
Hamam.
India is one of the seven pilot countries in the Vision Asia development project
along with neighbours Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Oman, Vietnam and China.
'The AFC is trying to introduce professionalism in football throughout Asia with
Vision Asia,' Hammam added.
Courtesy:www.in.news.yahoo.com
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Sporting Goa defeat Viva 3 - 0 in away match
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29.01.2008: Amal Pai:Sporting Goa win 3 - 0 over Viva Kerala in the 14th
round of the ONGC I-League football championship at Nehru Stadium in Margao
today .In away match Viva hold them 1 - 1.
Sporting scored first in the the 20th minute of First half, when Harmanjot Khabra,
opened the account for his team who was near the goal, and easily beat Viva
keeper( 1 - 0 ).
Elija Jr. then scored his first and Team's second goal in 33rd minutes after getting
off when he drove the ball into the net off a pass from Chinta Chandrashekar
from the top of the box(2 - 0). In first half Sporting was leading 2 - 0.
Viva Kerala had their best chance in the 13th minute of first half but Sabbash
Saleel shot out from inside the box off a pass by Baba Tunde.
Sporting increased their lead in the 61st minute, when Elihja netted the ball
off a measured cross from the right by Lawerence(3 - 0).
Sporting Goa's Goal keeper Luis Barreto, was declared the Man of the Match.
SPORTING GOA :: 30-Luis Barreto; 4-Chinta Chandrashekar, 3-Mathew Gonsalves
,6-Philip Gomes,14-Wilton Gomes(34-Mohammed Ghafari) ,7-Harmanjot Khabra, 8-Rajesh Meetai
(22-Joseph Pereira),26-Mickey Fernandez, 11-Lawrence Adjei, 20-Elijah Jr.
(9-Freddy Mascarenhas), 27-Bishsheshwar Singh.
VIVA KERALA: 1- T.G.Purosothaman (25-MV Nelson),3-Khelemba Singh,
4-Tutu George, 6-Tabia Othallo;18-C.Jatin Singh, 16-S. Shaleel, 21-Santa Saikhom Singh
(7-Bimal Birua), 28-Somy PT, 5-Akshay Das(22-KV Lalu), 10-Baba Thunde,
17-Wisdom Abbey,
Y/C :Wisdom Abbey(Viva) :: Luis Barreto(SCG)
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Mohun Bagan - Air India Match Goalless
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27.01.2008:Air-India hold the three-time NFL champions Mohun Bagan
to a goalless draw in an exciting 13th round I-League home match at the Cooperage Ground
in Mumbai on Sunday.In Kolkata they lost 0 - 2 to Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan Played well in first half. Jonathan Bobo, Dharamjit Singh and Lalkamal
Bhowmick attacked repeatedly from Mid field but could not open any chance
because their two goal gater Baichung Bhutia and Jose Barreto both being tightly
policed by Air India defenders.
After todays match Mohun Bagan took their points tally to 21 and continue in
fourth place after 13 round while Air India 15 points and occupy sixth position.
Michael Tayo of Air India has been selected Man of the Match
AIR-INDIA: 1-Arnab Das Sharma; 2-Napoleon Singh,
26-Amrit Pal Singh, 22-Suley Musah, 4-L Dhanachandra Singh, 6-L Uttam Singh;
15-Sanju Pradhan (13-Hirohito Elangbam), 12-Michael Tayo,
5-Vijith Shetty (10-Narender Meetei); 27-Bashiree M. Abbas,
8- Samson Singh .
MOHUN BAGAN: 1-Sangram Mukherjee, 26-N.Mohanraj, 12-Peter Siddiqui,
29-Jonathon Bobo,2- Subhasish Roy chowdhury,22-Lal Kamal Bhowmick
(9-Lalampuia),18-Dharamjit Singh (11-Isfaq Ahmed ), 14-Peter Odafe, 16-James Singh,10-Jose Barreto,
15-Baichung Bhutia .
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East Bengal beat Dempo 1 - 0 in Home Match
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Kingfisher Eastbengal utilized the full potential of a slippery track in a rainy season
at the Salt Lake stadium, in Kolkata and successfully ended up posting a 1 - 0
victory over defending champions Dempo S.C in the return leg home match.
After a 2-2 draw in the first leg with the same opponent Dempo, they came out
victorious by a solitary in the 6 minute off a flashing Free Kick off Alvito of
East Bengal.
Despite this victory Eastbengal have still not yet found themselves out of danger,
as they are facing a probable relegation reality with 11 points from 13 matches
and bags a second last position in the I-League table.
First half was dominated by Eastbengal with 51% ball possesion but Manoranjan's
boys failed to score on three golden opportunities.East Bengal's Goal maker
Edmilson well covered by Samir Naik, Mahesh Gawli and Anthoy Borges.
In the first half, Edmilson got a chance to score within the six-yard box but he
was brought down by Dempo Goalkeeper Avijit and his appeal for a penalty went
in vain. Debabrata Roy, Anupan Sarkar,Bolaji, Captain Surya Bikash played well today.
In the early second half (47') Alvito was unfortunate with his shot that almost
went past the goal post like a rocket. Then in the 68' Eastbengal got the break
when Mahesh Gawli in the nick of time misjudged the free kick shot off Alvito and
netted the solitaire in favour of the Kolkata giants.
Alvito was awarded Man of the Match for his stunning performance on field.
EAST BENGAL: 24-Subrata Pal; 17-Surya Bikash Chakraborty,
5-Debabrata Roy; 27-Surkumar Singh (6-Dipankar Roy),3-Majek Bolaji, 12-Anupam Sarkar,
23-Mehtab Hussain, 4-Julius Owino, 9-Alvito D'Cunha (34-Snehasis Chakraborty),
19- Rahim Nabi,30-Edmilson.
DEMPO: 1-Abhijit Mondal; 4-Cressan Antao, 3-John Dias,
28-Mahesh Gawli, 11-Beto, 16-Samir Naik; 14-Anthony Pereira,
8-Climax Lawrence, 22-Nicolau Borges (17-Joaquim Abranches); 9-Ranty
Martins,30-Chidi Edeh.
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I League Core Committee Meeting
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27.01.2008
I League Core Committee Meeting was held at AIFF Football House ,Dwaraka ,New
Delhi on Sunday ,27th Jan .The following resolution was adopted :
I-League will be played between September and March with all matches to be
played on Saturday and Sunday.
All State Leagues will also be played during the same period, to be played on
Wednesday/Thursday.
However in view of the non-availability of ground, IFA (West Bengal) to be
allowed to hold the local league any time between May and September for
2008/2009 and must resolve the ground problem in time to ensure that the local
league for 2009/2010 is held between September and March.
Players playing in the I-League match for more than 45 minutes will not be allowed
to participate in the subsequent state league match.
News Courtesy:www.the-aiff.com
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Kalyani Lichutala Vivekananda School champion in Kerala
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26.01.2008:The Boys of Kalyani Lichutala Vivekananda Adarshya Bidyapith
won an invitation inter State School Football Tournament held at Aluva
of Kerala organised by Aluva Municipality.
The Boys of the Kalyani School beat Rossary Higher Secondery School of Goa in
the Final. In the Final full time result was 1 - 1. But in the Tie Breaker shoot out
Kalyani Boys won 5 - 4 margin.
Biswajit Dutta and Santu Paul both of the Kalyani School were selected "Player of
the Tournament and Best Goalkeeper" award.
After reaching today at Kalyani with Trophy, chairman of Kalyani Municipality Mr.
Susanta Jha felicitated the Boys and Coach Mr. Bidhan Mondol.
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Sweet revenge of Churchill against JCT
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26.01.2008: Amal Pai (Goa): Today in the 13th round of ONGC
I-League Churchill Brothers defeated JCT on their home ground 1-0 to move up to
the 2nd position from 3rd and took a sweet revenge of their 0-3 loss in Ludhiana.
Today the 1st half was dominated by Bencherifa's boys. It was Mboyo Iyomi's (10')
solitaire goal which helped him lead his team. But, in the second half JCT had
plenty of opportunities with the likes of Eduardo Silva, Sunil chhetri loosing too many
golden chances but ultimately failed to equalize.
After today's match, Churchill Brothers have preceded JCT to 2nd position with 26 points.
Whereas JCT have faced a demotion from 2nd position to 3rd with 25 points.
Robert Lalthalma of Churchill Brothers was awarded Man of the Match.
Now the I-League has become tremendously inetersting at this moment, as the
top 3 teams viz. Dempo (27), Churchill (26), JCT (25) are differentiated by only 1 point.
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Churchill Brothers: 1-Vinay Singh; 8- Naoba Singh, 6-N Govind Singh,
19-Gourmangi Singh, 21-Ogba Kalu, 14-C.Chandam Singh (15-D.Raju),
17-Robert Lalthalma; 12-R. Vasum(13- Zenith Genious),11-Khemtang Paite,
9-Mboyo Iyomi, 10-Odafe Okolie .
JCT: 1-Karanjeet Singh,2-Jaspal Singh,4-Julius Akpele,27-Baldeep Singh,
3-Anwar Ali,13-Baldeep Singh(28-Shivraj singh),12-Daljit Singh,15-Renedy Singh( 6-Baljit Singh Saini),
20-Marcos Pereira,10-Eduardo Escobar, 11-Sunil Chettri .
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U-16 India Team's USA tour before AFC U-16 championship
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The AIFF has released a list of U-16 players who will board the flight for a
26-day exposure trip to the U.S in July this year to prepare for the final round
of AFC U-16 championships to be held in Uzbekistan in October last week.
This 26-day trip is being planned for the footballers to attend a training camp
in West Virginia and may have to travel for another extended camp which will be
held in Germany or Portugal.
The enlisted U-16 players have already gathered at the AIFF's newly built
premises and training centre in Margao from 21st January to attend a pre season
training under the guidance of Collin Toal assisted by coaches Tanmoy Basu
(goalkeeping coach), Narayana Menon, Sanjoy Sen and Jude Barreto, while U-19
coaches Mridul Banarjee and Sayeed Sabir Pasha, former international, will also
play their part, from time to time, in guiding the youngsters, where they will be
camping over the next seven months.
The 23 probable U-16 players are listed below for Margao Camp:
Goalkeepers: Jayanta Paul (Bihar), Presley Mascarenhas (Goa),
Chand Sheikh (Maharashtra), Lawn Puja Renthnei (Mizoram), Ravi Kumar (UP),
Srikant Kannajia (UP).
Defenders: Shallum Pires (Goa), Kumardeep Singh (Punjab), Ashfaq Ali
(UP), Amla Francis Nova (Haryana), Vikas Gulia (Haryana),Tarnjit Kumar
(Chandigarh), Sanmit Rawat (Delhi), G Edwyn (Karnataka),Shiva Mullick
(West Bengal).
Midfielders: Sunny (Punjab), Anwar Hussain (Karnataka),
Sanju Kumar(Karnataka),Harpreet Bedi (Haryana), Biru Yadav (UP).
Forwards: Pandhari Chopdekar (Goa), Raj Kiran (Karnataka),
Abhishek Das (West Bengal) .
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Mahindra won against Viva
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24.01.2008:Viva Kerala hold Mahindra Mahindra in their away match but
lost today in their home match for a poor performance of defenders.Mahindra
United won 2-0 in the 13th round of the ONGC I-League in Kozhikode against them.
First half of the match was goal less but in the 47th minute of 2nd half Mahindra
took the lead through Andrew Pomyie Mensah after getting the final pass from
Douhou (1 - 0)
Again in the 72nd minute, Steven Dias passed the ball from right side to Md. Rafi
and Rafi made no mistke throuh his powerful shot(2 - 0)
Andrew Pomyie Mensah has been selected Man of the Match today.
With this win, Mahindra have moved to the fourth spot with 20 points, because
Mahindra and Mohun Bagan have similar goal average, but Mahindra lost
3 matches while Mohun bagan has lost 4 Matches.
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VIVA KERALA: 25-MV Nelson; 2-Ebin Rose, 3-Khelemba Singh,
4-Tutu George, 6-Tabia Othallo; 16-S. Shaleel, 7-Bimal Birua,
28-Somy PT, 22-KV Lalu; 10-Baba Thunde, 17-Wisdom Abbey.
MAHINDRA UNITED: 24-Sandip Nandy; 16-Sunil Kumar, 7-Sushanth
Mathew, 2-N.P.Pradeep, 26-Bello Rasaq; 23-Steven Dias,
20-Bhola Prasad, 17-Sukhwinder Singh, 11- Md. Rafi; 29-Pierre Douhou,
8-Andrews Pomeyie Mensah.
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Sporting Goa - Salgaocar share points
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24.01.2008 :Amal Pai:Salgaocar hold Sporting Goa to a 1-1 draw in the
ONGC I-league played in Margao today.In first leg the result was same.
Felix Chimaokwu put Salgaocar lead in the 26th minute of First half when he scored
from inside box off a pass from Milagres Gonsalves and also scored his 7th individual
goal (1 - 0).
Sporting also had two opportunities to equalise in the first half, but Olushalau
Ogunda's shot was cleared by Salgaocar's defender Samson Fernandes on the goal
line. Later,Wilton Gomes,who got a pass from Elijah jr. missed an easy
oppertunity.
in the 64th minute a penalty was awarded by referee Minangsu Bhattacharya
after Salgaocar's Goal keeper brought down Sporting's Elijah Jr. inside the box.
Denzil Franco made no mistake to put Sporting in level (1 - 1).
Salgaocar's Felix has been selected Man of the Match today.Goalkeeper
Marcus Basumatari and TV Bijoy Kumar of Salgaocar and Denzil Franco of Sporting
Goa shown Yello Card.
After todays match,Salgaocar are still at the bottom with 6 points from 13
matches while Sporting Goa with 13 points.
SALGAOCAR: 2- Marcus Basumatari,16-Nicolau Colaco, 19-Malswam Tulunga, 25-Rocus Lamare ,
22-Hery Hebianama,31-Fabio dos Passos, 29-Joe Rodrigues, 26-Milagres
Gonsalves,25-Rocas Lamare,6-Nicholas Rodrigues(11-),18-Samson Fernandez(17-
TV Bijoy Kumar),7-Felix Chimaokwu,
SPORTING GOA: 30-Luis Barreto; 4-Chinta Chandrashekar, 6-Philip Gomes,
14-Wilton Gomes ,7-Harmanjot Khabra, 8-Rajesh Meetai(2-Parwinder Singh),21-
Olusola, (9-Freddy Mascarenhas), 18-Denzil Franco; 23-Bibiano Fernandez (11-Lawrence
Adjei), 20-Elijah Jr.,27-Bishsheshwar Singh.
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Bhaichung Bhutia nominated for Padma Shri
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23.01.2008:India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia has been nominated
for civilian honour Padma Shri award, in recognition of his distinguished career and service to
the game in the country. Final list is yet to be cleared by the government before the announcement
on then eve of the Republic Day.
If Baichung's name gets the green signal, the 1998 Arjuna Awardee will become
the fifth Indian footballer who was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1998,
will become the fifth Indian footballer after Gostho Behari Paul (Mohun Bagan 1962),
Sailen Manna (Mohun Bagan 1971), Chuni Goswami (Mohun Bagan 1983) and PK Banerjee (Eastern Railway 1990).
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BREAKING NEWS 1
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22.01.2008:On 27th January Core Committe of All India Football Federation
will take their decision upon the issue of participation or non participation of
selected National Football Team players in local Tournaments organised by State
Associations.
Mohun Bagan Authority has been decided not release any player for National duty
until the payment of their injured Footballer Deepak Mondol is setteled by AIFF as
per his contract.
Since Deepak Mondol has not yet played any match or been part of a single
practice session for Club after signing contract because he was called for National
duty by AIFF and was sebsequently injured in Nehru Cup against Bangladesh match.
Now he is recovering but will not fit for the present session.
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East Bengal on verge of relegation…
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21.01.2008:They were desperately in need of a victory…Three points from this match would
have helped them a great deal to avoid the relegation. At the end it proved out
to be a nightmare for the Red and Gold brigade as they lost by a brace to arch
rivals Mohun Bagan…
East Bengal started on a promising note but failed to create any positive chances
in 28th minutes of first half of the match. Mohun Bagan went ahead as a perfect cross from Jose
Ramirez Barreto found Baichung Bhutia unmarked inside the penalty box.
The veteran striker made no mistake to put it past goal keeper Subrata Paul(1 - 0).
Just after the breather Mohun Bagan were down to ten men as Douglas D’ Silva
was given the marching order by referee Dinesh Nair in the 47th minute of 2nd half
after receiving his second yellow card(9' in First Half).
But East Bengal failed to capitalize as they never looked create enough to score.
In 61st minute Baichung got one just outside the penalty box and dribbled past a
couple of defenders before scoring off a rebound from Subrata Paul (2 - 0).
East Bengal created some chances towards the end of the match but the day
simply wasn’t belonging to them.
With this defeat East Bengal continues to lie at the ninth spot and will face a
Herculean task to save relegation.
Kolkatafootball.com Report.
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EAST BENGAL: 24-Subrata Pal; 19-Rahim Nabi ,3-M.Bolaji, 27- Surkumar Singh,
29-Soumik Dey(34-Snehasish Chakrabarty,6-Dipankar Roy), 26-Mehrajuddin Wadoo ,23-Mehtab Hussain,4-M.J.Owino,
5-Debabrata Roy,9-Alvito D counha,15-M.Mukansi(10-Dipendu Biswas)
MOHUN BAGAN: 1-Sangram Mukherjee, 26-N.Mohanraj, 3-N.S.Manju, 13-Douglas
5-Habibur Rehman,22-Lal Kamal Bhowmick(2- Subhasish Roy chowdhury),18-Dharamjit Singh , 14-Peter Odafe,
16-James Singh,10-Jose Barreto, 15-Baichung Bhutia .
RED CARD:Douglas Da Silva - 47'
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St. Stephen’s Academy win India Final of Nike Mupc U-15
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20 .01.2008 St. Stephen’s Academy Chandigarh beat Mahindra United 1-0
in the final of NIKE MUPC U-15 India Chaptar.Harpreet Singh of St Stephen's
Academy scored the only goal in 40th min. Harpreet called for the camp ahead
of the AFC U-16 Championships in Uzbekistan in October for his excellent performance
in this Tournament.
St. Stephen’s Academy Chandigarh & Mahindra United FC will represent India at
the SE Asia Regional Finals to be played in Kualampur .Last Two year India
representative was Mohun Bagan and East Bengal U-15 team.
Salgaocar Sports Club, Goa beat Sporting Club De Goa 3-0 to secure the third
place.
( East Bengal , Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan F.A. Mizoram , Cosmos F.A, Tamil Nadu
& SBHS F.A. Punjab have been disqualified for fielding overage players)
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Air India gets valuable Points against Sporting Goa
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20.01.2008:Air-India beat Sporting Goa by a 1-0 margin in 12th Round
I-League match at the Cooperage on Sunday and have got 3 valuable points.
In first leg of I league they lost to SCG by a same margin.
The match ended in goal less in first half. But after lemon break,Sporting Goa
fought upto 89th minutes against Bimal Ghosh's Boys but could not save their
defence in 90th minutes.Bashiree M.Abbas of Air India scored the solitary
goal as well as his 4th for Air India in the last minute( 1 - 0) against the visitors.
Bashiree M.Abbas of Air India also adjudge as Man of the Match Today.
Now Airmen is slow but aheading with 14 points after 12 th Round of I-League
and jumped over Sporting Goa who is remain with 12 points.
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Salgaocar lost to Churchill's last minute goal
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19.01.2008:Amal Pai: A last minute Odafa Okolie's goal has chenged the
fate of Salgaocar in 12th round of the ONGC 1-League at the Nehru stadium on
Saturday.
The scoreline was 1 - 0 in half time in favour of Salgaocar, who played
an organised game in the first half, took the lead in the 41st minute through
Captain Rocus Lamare. But Churchill equalised in the 75th minutes when Mboyo
Iyomi scored from a pass from Odafa Okolie (1 - 1).
Churchill, celebrated with a goal as they earned a penalty in the dying minute
90'+8' when Okolie was brought down by a rival defender.Odafa Okolie,who took
the penalty, made no mistake to give Churchill full points.
Churchill Brothers' C.Chandam Singh got the man of the match award today.
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SALGAOCAR: 29-Milagrio Medeir,8-Agnelo Colaco,
16-Nicolau Colaco, 17-TV Biju Kumar(4-Vicent Pires),21- ?(19-Malswam Tulunga), 25-Rocus
Lamare , 22-Hery Hebianama,31-Fabio dos Passos, 29-Joe Rodrigues,
26-Milagres Gonsalves,25-Rocas Lamare.
Churchill Brothers: 1-Vinay Singh; 8- Naoba Singh,
6-N Govind Singh, 19-Gourmangi Singh, 21-Ogba Kalu, 14-C.Chandam Singh (15-D.Raju),
17-Robert Lalthalma; 12-R. Vasum,38-Jaison Valles(11-Khemtang Paite),
9-Mboyo Iyomi, 10-Odafe Okolie .
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Mahindra's prestigious win over unbeaten Dempo
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19.01.2008:Mahindra United beat defending Champion Dempo Sports Club
by a 3-1 margin in the 12th round at the Cooperage in Mumbai on Saturday.First leg
was ended in a 1 - 1 draw.
Today Mahindra was leading Sukhwinder Singh's Goal in 18th minutes, striker
Andrews Mensah Pomeyie's 32nd minutes goal in first half. Playmaker Douhou
Pierre of Mahindra scored another goal in 2nd half 55th minute.
Dempo got their consolation goal through a Ranty Martins header in the 89 th
minute of the match.
Douhou Pierre of Mahindra adjudjed as man of the match today.
With this win, Mahindra United moves up to 17 points from 14 and share fourth
position with Mohun Bagan (same points and same +1 goal deference) in I-League Table.
while dempo remain with 27 after crashing to their first defeat.
In the other match in Ludhiana JCT fired two goals through their
Brazilian striker Eduardo Escober in 58th..minutes and Sunil Chettri in 62nd.. minutes.
First half was ended goal less.But in the 58th minute of 2nd half JCT's Baldeep Singh
sent the ball to Sunil Chettri who sent the ball to Eduardo after dodging past
two defenders of Viva.Experienced Eduardo made his 11th goal through a powerful
volley ( 1 - 0).
In 62nd minutes of the match,getting a ball from team mate Baljit Singh, JCT
Skipper Sunil Chhettri ,who was also today's Man of the Match scored 2nd goal by
a powerful shot.
JCT is now standing with 25 points in 12 match and very close to Dempo who are with
27 points.
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South AricanTeam In 113th IFA Shield?
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18.01.2008:Premier Divn. Football team of South Africa Santos F.C may come to
participate in the historical 113th IFA Shield which will be started probably on and from
2nd Febreuary - 7 th March at Kolkata.
Defending Champion Mahindra United And I - League famous goan team Churchill
Brothers confirms their participation alongwith Kolkata Premier Divn Champion and
Runners Team Mohun Bagan and East Bengal .Preliminary match will start from 2nd Feb
where 5 Other CFL Teams Like Mohammedan S.C,Chirag united,Peerless S.C,George Telegraph,
and Calcutta Port Trust will played each other. Winner and Runners of that Group match
will participate in the Main Stream later.
EXIDE is the main sponsorer of 113th IFA shield and Winner and Runners Prize Money
will 7.5 Lakhs and 5 Lakhs respectively.
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Manoranjan Bhattacharyya has been appointed as New Coach of East Bengal
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16.01.2008:Manoranjan Bhattacharya has been appointed as new coach
of Red and Gold again who took the them to their first NFL title in 2000-01
Some Short profile of his Career
Name:Manoranjan Bhattacharyya
Nick Name:Mana
D.O.B:05.02.1957
Position:Defender
First Coach:Monilal Sarkar
First Club:Pubpara Cultural Association
Big Team: East Bengal 1977 - 1990 coming from Kolkata League team George Telegraph F.C
Big Team:Mohun Bagan 1991 - 1992
Retired: 1993 from East Bengal
Career:1981 - Captain of East Bengal
National Team: 1978 - 1989
Coaching Career: 1996 - 1998 of East Bengal and agains in 2000 - 2001 Season
Achievements: East Bengal Coach : 2000 - 2001 - Federation Cup and National
Football League winner
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AIFF President P.R.Dasmunshi kicks off Nike-MUPC U-15 India final
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16.01.2008:President of All India Football Federation today
kicked off the 3rd years's Nike-Manchester United Premier Cup U-15 India final
round 2008 at Nehru Stadium in Fatorda in south Goa.The Tournament will begin
at Duler Football Stadium in Goa from January 17 to 20.
All matches will be of 40 minutes duration with each half lasting 20 minutes.
Three matches in the morning from 8 a.m. and three in the afternoon from 2.30
p.m.
Eight qualifying teams Groupings for MUPC India finals
Group A
Salgaocar Sports Club (Goa)
Cosmos Club (Chennai)
Sarbashiksha Abiyan Academy (Mizoram)
St Stephen's Academy (Chandigarh)
Group B
East Bengal(Kolkata)
Sporting Clube de Goa(Goa)
Mahindra United (Mumbai)
Sant Bawa Academy (Gurdaspur)
The winners of the final will participate in the South East Asia Regional finals.
The winners of the India final round will be flown to South-East Asia to participate
in the South-East Asian regional finals to be held in May at Kaula Lumpur in
Malaysia.
After inauguration of the Tournament Today in an exhibition match played at Nehru Stadium, Mahindra United Boys
defeated East Bengal by 4-2.
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Uzbekistan to Host AFC U-16 Championship
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Uzbekistan will host the AFC U-16 Championship 2008 finals.This is the second
time ever Uzbekistan will host an AFC competition after
hosting AFC Futsal Championship 2006..The final round
matches will be held at Army and Jar Stadiums in the Uzbek capital from October
4-19, 2008
Sixteen (16) teams will be taking part in the competition where they will be
divided by a draw to four groups of four each.The Final draw will be held in
Tashkent on April 1, 2008.
The last AFC U-16 Championship 2006 was held in Singapore where Japan was the
champion by defeating DPR Korea in the final while Tajikistan took third place
ahead of Syria.
Twelve (12) teams have qualified for the final round of AFC Under-16 Championship
are as follows:
Group A :Syria, Yemen
Group B :Iran, Bahrain
Group C : India
Group D :Uzbekistan
Group E :China, Singapore
Group F :Japan, Indonesia
Group G :Australia
Group H :Korea Republic
Top four teams in AFC U-16 Championship Uzbekistan 2008 will qualify for FIFA
U-17 World Cup 2009.
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After 11th Round :Home and Away situation of the I-League Teams
| | Overall | | | | | | | Home | | | | | Away | | | | | |
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS. | W | D | L | GF | GA | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| Dempo | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 6 | +21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| JCT | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | |
| Churchill Brothers | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | |
| Mohun Bagan A.C | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |
| Mahindra United | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | |
| Sporting Goa | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Viva Kerala | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | -10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Air India | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| East Bengal | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | |
| Salgaocar | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
Mahindra lost to Churchill's Odafa Magic
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14.01.2008:Amal Pai: Churchill Brothers deflated Mahindra United 4-2 in
an 11th round match in ONGC I-League today at goa.In first leg Churchill trounced Mahindra
by 5-1 also.
Prolific goal scorer of Churchill, Odafa Okolie pumped all goals for his team
including a hat-trick. He actually scored the fastest goal upto 11th round this
I-League's after Baichung 2' goal against...
Okolie found the target in the 1st minute from a measured pass from Mboyo Iyomi,
( 1 - 0) but Mahindra equalised in the 52nd minute through Andrew Pomeye off a
pass from Douhu to make it (1 - 1).In 62nd minutes Churchill brothers increased
their lead through Odafe Okolie following a corner by Kheitang Paite to make it
(2-1). Again Mahindra leveled the score in the 64th minute through Stevan Dias
off a cross pass from Andrew Pomeye (2-2).
From a goal mouth melee in 65th minutes,clever Odafa increased his goal( 3-2) as well
as made his 3rd hattrick in I - League. one minute back from end Odafa scored his and teams 4th goals
by a powerfull 25 yerds hit from a ball passed by substititute D.Raju and sealed
the fate of Mahindra (4-2).
Now last year NFL's top scorer and todays Man of the Match Odafa of Churchill,
who scored 18 goals, is already very much ahead with his 16 individual goals up to 11th Round.
With this win, Churchill increased their points tally to 20 from 11 matches, while
Mahindra remainin 14 points from an equal number of matches.
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Mahindra United: 24-Sandip Nandy; 7-Sushanth Mathew,
14-Dharmaraj Ravanan(11-Md.Rafi), 2-N.P.Pradeep, 26-Bello Rasaq,
23-Steven Dias, 12-Manjit Singh (8-Andrews Pomeyie Mensah),
4-K.N. Ajayan,5-Harpreet Singh(12-Manjit Singh),
29-Pierre Douhou; 28-Sushil Kumar Singh (17-Sukhwinder Singh),
Churchill Brothers: 1-Vinay Singh; 8- Naoba Singh(4-Rowilson Rodrigues),
6-N Govind Singh, 19-Gourmangi Singh,
21-Ogba Kalu, 13- Genius Zenith, 17-Robert Lalthalma; 12-R. Vasum
(15 - D.Raju),11-Khemtang Paite (38-Jaison Valles),9-Mboyo Iyomi,
10-Odafe Okolie
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East Bengal go down to JCT again in I-League
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14.01.2008: JCT blanked again 3 times NFL winner East Bengal
in the 11th round match of the ONGC I League today by a margin of 3 - 0.
It's well known that,They beat East Bengal in 1st leg match which was held
in Kolkata by a margin of 3 - 1.Brazilian Star Eduardo Escobar scored a hattrick
then.
Today in the 5 minutes of first half of the match in East Bengal penalty area,
Brazilian Eduardo sent square pass to Baljit Singh Sahni,who dribbled more than two defenders
of East Bengal and push the ball into the 2nd bar ( 1 - 0 )
After 3 minutes, Baldeep Singh put the millmen 2-0 ahead.
Eduardo's moment came in the 38th minute of play, when he was fouled
in the penalty area by East Bengal Goalkeeper Subrata Paul and Referee awarded a
Penalty.The Brazilian made no mistake with the penalty
kick (3-0). Baljeet Sing Saini has been selected as Man of the Match today.
With this win, JCT have moved to 22 points from 11 matches, maintaining their
second position and East Bengal, who are having a dismal run in the I-League
this season remain on eight points
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EAST BENGAL: 24-Subrata Pal,19-Syed Rahim Nabi,32-Anupam Sarkar,
4-Julius Owino,29-Soumik Dey,5-Debabrata Roy,7-Jayanta Sen,23-Mehtab Hussain,
34-Snehashis Chakraborty(10-Dipendu Biswas),Alvito D'Cunha,
32-Madhab Das,25-Mcdonald Mukanci.15-Sovan Chakrabarty ::Extra:16-Ratan Das
JCT: 32-Prasanta Dora,2-Jaspal Singh,4-Julius Akpele 24-Gurwinder Singh,
27-Baldeep Singh,13-Baldeep Singh, 12-Daljit Singh; 6-Baljit Singh Saini,
20-Marcos Pereira, 10-Eduardo Escobar(25-Sakhtar Singh), 11-Sunil Chettri
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In the other match in Mumbai Air India defeat Salgaocar by 2 - 1.Felix scored for Salgaocar
while Paresh Shivalkar and Samson Sing Scored for Air India.
Air India Goal Keeper Arnab Das Sharma adjudjed as Man of The Match today
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Head 2 head past few years results of EB-JCT,CB-MU,AI-SAL
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East Bengal Vs JCT
Nov 30, 2007 East Bengal 1 - 3 JCT
May 19, 2007 East Bengal 2 - 3 JCT
Feb 19, 2007 JCT 1 - 2 East Bengal
May 15, 2006 East Bengal 1 - 0 JCT
Feb 2, 2006 JCT 0 - 1 East Bengal
Mar 22, 2005 JCT 0 - 1 East Bengal
Feb 6, 2005 East Bengal 2 - 0 JCT
Mar 19, 2004 East Bengal 3 - 0 JCT
Dec 9, 2003 JCT 0 - 0 East Bengal
Churchill Vs Mahindra
Nov 29, 2007 Mahindra United 1 - 5 Churchill Brothers
Mar 31, 2007 Churchill Brothers 0 - 0 Mahindra United
Jan 11, 2007 Mahindra United 1 - 1 Churchill Brothers
Apr 23, 2005 Churchill Brothers 2 - 1 Mahindra United
Jan 14, 2005 Mahindra United 0 - 0 Churchill Brothers
Apr 15, 2004 Mahindra United 2 - 1 Churchill Brothers
Jan 17, 2004 Churchill Brothers 1 - 0 Mahindra United
Salgaocar Vs Air India
Nov 29, 2007 Salgaocar 1 - 1 Air India
May 13, 2006 Salgaocar 0 - 1 Air India
Jan 11, 2006 Salgaocar 3 - 1 Air India
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Dempo rout Sporting Goa in return leg
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14.01.2008:Goa Giant and defending Champion Dempo S.C is still unbeaten
in I-League .They won 8 matches and drew only 3 upto 11th Round of I-League after
their easy victory against arch rival Sporting Clube de Goa 4 - 1 today.
Dempo, who led 3-0 at half-time, scored through Martins 15th, 41st, 89th and
team mate Edeh Chidi 23nd minute.while Sporting reduced the margin in the
64rd minute through substitute Fredy Mascarenhas.
As a Foreiner Dempo's Ranti Martins bagged 102 goals in his India career after
todays hattrick and also has been selected as Man of The Match today.He is likely the 5th
foreigner in India who were in the line up of 100 goals club in India alongwith
Cheema Okorie (Nigeria) ,Barreto(Brazil),Chibuzor(Nigeria),Jamsed Nashiri(Iran) .
Dempo is remaing top position with 27 points in League Table .
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DEMPO: 1-Abhijit Mondal; 18-Valeriano Rebello, 28-Mahesh Gawli,
3-John Dias, 16-Samir Naik,20-Riston Rodrigues (7-Nascimento Silveira),
14-Anthony Pereira, 8-Climax Lawrence, 22-Nicolau Borges, 30-Chidi Edeh
( 29-Clifton Gonsalves),9-Ranty Martins
SPORTING GOA: 30-Luis Barreto; 4-Chinta Chandrashekar,
6-Philip Gomes, (12-Lavino Fernandes), 26-Micky Fernandes,
3-Mathew Gonsalves; 14-Wilton Gomes 34-Mohammed Ghafari
(7-Harmanjot Khabra), 22-Joseph Pereira (9-Freddy Mascarenhas),
18-Denzil Franco; 11-Lawrence Adjei, 20-Elijah Jr.
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Mohun Bagan's revenge against Viva
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14.01.2008:Kolkata Giant Mohun Bagan defeated Viva Kerala 2-0 in the
ONGC I-League 2nd leg match at the Corporation Stadium in Calicut today.In first
leg Mohun Bagan lost their home match to Viva by a 1 - 3 margin.
In the 36th minute of the match Mohun Bagan skipper Baichung Bhutia scored the
goal from a brilliant pass from right back Habibur Rahaman Mondol just like same was
occured against Mahindra United in Kolkata match.
Mohun Bagan keeper Sangram Mukherjee played well and saved some scoring opper
tunity of Viva's foreign strikers Baba Tunde and Wisdom Abbey who tried their
best to bring in the equaliser.
In the first half Mohun Bagan was leading by 1 - 0.In the 62 minutes of 2nd half
Viva's Striker Wisdom missed a great chance to equaliser when his deadly shot
was cleared from goals line by defender of Mohun Bagan Habibur Rahaman
Lalampuieas's Substitute Ishaq Ahmed increased the margin 2 - 0 for Mohun Bagan just before the final whistle
after getting a final pass from Baichung and registered his 2nd goal against Viva.He was the only scorer of Mohun Bagan
home match at Kolkata in which Mohun Bagan lost to Viva by 1 - 3.
Mohun Bagan Brazilian star Douglas adjudged man of the match.
With this win, Mohun Began have increased their point tally to 17
from 14
VIVA KERALA: 25-MV Nelson; 2-Ebin Rose, 3-Khelemba Singh, 4-Tutu
George, 5-Akshay Das; 7-Bimal Birua,
28-Somy PT (6-Tabia Othallo ), 16-Shahbas Shaleel (22-KV Lalu),
8-S.James Singh, 17-Wisdom Abbey
(18-Chanambam Jatin Singh),10- Baba Thunde
MOHUN BAGAN: 1-Sangram Mukherjee; 5-Habibur Rahman l,
14-Peter Odafe, 3-N.S.Manju, 2-Subhashish Roy Chowdhury;
6-S.Venkatesh, 13-Douglas Da Silva,18-Dharamjit Singh (16-James
Singh), 9-Lalam Puia (11-Ishfaq Ahmed),15-Baichung Bhutia, 10-Barreto
( 22-Lalkamal Bhowmick), .
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India football team's exposure tour to Portugual again
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India’s chief football coach Bob Houghton recently said that the Team India will
embark on an exposure tour to Portugal likely in july this year to gear up for the
AFC Challenge Cup in the new season.Before Nehru Cup India team went to Portugal
for 15 days exposure tour.
Houghton also told that the AFC Challenge Cup is likely to be held at the end
of July or in August, either Delhi or Hyderabad as India is the host Country.
Other than that India will take part in the SAFF tournament which will be jointly hosted
by Maldives and Sri Lanka and the draw will be held in Maldives on February 26.
And for this upcoming Tournament National camp will be held in April.
After observing some I-League matches, Houghton praised some Players like
Churchill Brother's wingers Robert Lalthamba, Naoba Singh, midfielder R. Vashum,
Mohun Bagan defender Mohan Raj and Mahindra United striker Thoi Singh who
might be in the possible list for the AFC Challenge Cup practice camp in April.
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Dempo Rout Churchill in I-League Goa Derby
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10.01.2008Defending champions Dempo Sports Club beat formidable
Churchill Brothers 4-1 and maintained their unbeaten run in the 10th round of the
ONGC I League match played at Goa today.
In first half Dempo leaded only one goal but in the second half they put another three more
to their arch rival.
Edeh Chidi in the 44th minute, Ranty Martin in the 67th minute, Anthony Pereira in
the 68th minute and substitute Joaquim Abranches in the 93' of the
second half scored for Dempo. Mboyo Iyomi reduced the margin for Churchill Brothers in the 85th minute.
Dempo's Anthony Pereira was adjudged the man of the match today
With this win, Dempo maintained their top position at the table with 24
points from 10 mathes while Churchill Brothers remained on the same 17 points
from an equal number of matches.
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JCT lost to unmarked Mahindra in I -League
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10.01.2008:After played out a goalless draw earlier in the
first leg and lost to Mohun Bagan by a solitary goal Mahindra United
recorded a 3-1 victory over favourite JCT in 10th round
I-League match at the Cooperage,Mumbai today.
Ghanaian striker Andrews Pomeyie scored 10th and 64th minutes and
Douhou Pierre on 87th minute for Mahindra United.But JCT Brazilian Striker
Eduardo Escober scored first in the match on 7th minute from a free ball after
team mate Marcos Pereira corner kick.
Mahindra's third win takes them up to fourth spot with 14 points, displacing
Mohun Bagan who have the same points but an inferior goal difference.And
after their first lost in I-League Jct remail with 19 Points in 10 match also
Mahindra's Anerew Pomie Mensah adjudjed as Man of the Match today
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Viva's home win against Air India
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10.01.2008: Viva Kerala to edge past Air India 3-2 in the 10th round of
the ONGC-sponsored I-League in home town Kozhikode today.
In the 55th minutes of first half, Wisdom Abbey of Viva scored first goal
through an angular header cross of S Saleel ( 1 - 0).After 3 minutes getting a pass from
Paresh Shivalkar, Bashiru M Abbas of Air Men earned the equaliser for
(1 - 1).
At the 63rd minute Viva Captain Khelemba Singh scored another goals through a long
range Free Kick( 2-1).But Airmen equalised on 66th minutes through Suley Musah
from a corner kick(2 - 2).
But Viva's ultimate win came on 85th minute through a goal by Ghananian Wisdom
Abbey from a cross of S.Shaleel( 3 - 2)
helpedTaking a cross from S Saleel the Ghananian earned the decider goal making
the final score 3-2.
After todays match Viva Kerala increased its points tally to 12 from 9 in 10 matches
while Air India stay with 8.
Viva Kerala's Captain Khelemba Singh has been declared as Man of The Match.
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Bengali Version Football Book released (09.01.2008)
Author::Kausik Bandyopadhyay:
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Teaches History at North Bengal university and is currently completing his
Doctorate on theSocial History of Bengali Football at the university of
Calcutta.Associate Editor of the Journal Soccer and Society,he has written
extensively for "KICK-OFF" the Magazine of the Indian Football Association and
Anandabazar Patrika and also an advisor & well wisher of kolkatafootball.com.
The relevant information is given below::
The book is published by Setu Prakashani, 12A, Sankar Ghosh Lane, Kolkata 700006 (adjacent to Vidyasagar College).
The book is available at: Dey's Publishing, Dey's Book Store, Patra's Publications, New Horizon Book Trust, Boichitro, Biswas Book Store and Usha Publishing House.
For ordering information, contact: setuprakashani@yahoo.co.in or kausikb1@rediffmail.com
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After East Bengal, Mohun Bagan also lost to Sporting Goa
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09.01.2008:Sporting Goa made a 1-0 victory over Mohun Bagan in the
10th round of the ONGC I-League at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on Wednesday.
The goal came in the 84th minute when Mohun Bagan Keeper Sangram
Mukherjee failed to grip a substitute Harmanjot Khabra's header, a cross from
the right off Denzil Franco but it was well saved by N.S Manju near the goal line
but he could keep it close and Elija Jr. who was in front of the ball made no mistake
by a header( 1 - 0).
The Kolkata team almost took the lead at the half hour mark when Brazilian striker
Jose Barreto's low shot was fisted away by Sporting goalkeeper Luis Barreto.
Another chance came when captain Bhaichung Bhutia 's header off target after
being picked up by Venkatesh.
Joseph Pereira of Sporting Goa,found his long ranger missing the target narrowly
after seeing Bagan goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee out of position. Ghanaian
striker Lawrence Adjei .
The third successive win took Sporting's point tally to 12 points from 10 matches
who last week defeated an another Kolkata Team East bengal by same margin.Mohun
Bagan remain with 14 points in 10 matches.
Joseph Pereira of Sporting Clube de Goa got man of the match award today.
Sporting Goa: 30-Luis Xavier Barreto; 24-N Samananda Singh,
6-Philip Gomes,3-Mathew Gonsalves, 18-Denzil Franco; 26-Micky Fernandes,
34-Mohammed Ghafari(HarHarmanjot Khabra) 22-Joseph Pereira, 14-Wilton Gomes,
20-Elijah Obagbemiro, 11-Lawrence Adjei.Extra:Chinta Chandrasekhar
Y/C:Denzil (SCG),Mohonraj(MB)
Mohun Bagan: 1-Sangram Mukherjee, 5-Habibur Rehman(22-Lalkamal Bhowmick),
14-Peter Odafe, 3-N.S.Manju, 26-N. Mohanraj; 16-James Singh,
29-Jonathon Bobo, 6-S.Venkatesh (9-P.Lalampuiea), 18-Dharamjit Singh
(11-Ishfaq Ahmed); 10-Jose Ramirez Barreto, 15-Baichung Bhutia .
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Salgaocar -East Bengal match ended in a goalless draw
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08.01.2008:In the 10th round of the ONGC I League match played at
Nehru Stadium Fatorda in Margao today Salgaocar S.C of Goa made a goaless
draw(0 - 0) against East Bengal and share 1 point each. .
Dipankar Roy of East Bengal who was the substitute of Alvito saved East
Bengal when a Fabio Passos header, following the corner by Nicholas Rodrigues,
which almost entered the goal but cleared away by East Bengal's substitite
Dipankar Roy just 2 minutes before ending the match.
Salgaocar came near to scoring in the 18th minute of the first half from a Joe
Rodrigues movement and passed to Tulunga but East Bengal defender
Debobrata Roy cleared the ball very confidently.
East Bengal came with a couple of good moves but failed to score. In the 28th
minute, Dipendu Biswas's header missed the target from Snehasis Chakraborty's
pass. East Bengal Striker Edmison Fully flopped today.
Now,Three times winner of NFL ,East Bengal increased their points tally from 7 to
8 from 10 matches where Salgaocar from 4 to 5 points with equal matches.
SALGAOCAR: 2-Marcus Basumatari; 12-Remus Gomes, 8-Agnelo Colaco,
16-Nicolau Colaco, 17-TV Biju Kumar; 19-Shylo Malswam Tulunga(Nicholas Rodrigues), 25-Rocus
Lamare , 31-Fabio dos Passos, 29-Joe Rodrigues; 7-Felix Chimaokwu,
26-Milagres Gonsalves(Boniface Ambani,Francis Fernandez).
EAST BENGAL: 24-Subrata Pal; 19-Syed Rahim Nabi , 4-Julius Owino,
3-Majekodumni Bolaji, 5-Debabrata Roy; 40-Vanlal Rova(Dipankar Roy), 23-Mehtab Hussain,
34-Snehashis Chakraborty(Ratan Das), 9-Alvito D'Cunha(Mehrajuddin), 10-Dipendu Biswas, 30-Edmilson
Marques Pardal.
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Revised Fixture of ONGC I-League ::: 07.01.2008
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Round 17
16 Feb. 08 :Match No 81 :JCT Vs Mohun Bagan : Ludhiana
16 Feb. 08 :Match No 82 : Air India Vs Mahindra United : Mumbai
16 Feb. 08 :Match No 83 : Sporting Goa Vs Churchill Brothers :Goa
17 Feb. 08 :Match No 84 :Viva Kerala Vs East Bengal : Caicut
17 Feb. 08 :Match No 85 :Salgaocar Vs Dempo : Goa
Round 18
23 Feb. 08 :Match No 86 :Viva Keala Vs Dempo : Caicut
23 Feb. 08: Match No 87 :East Bengal Vs Sporting Goa : Salt Lake
23 Feb. 08 :Match No 88 :JCT Vs Salgaocar : Ludhiana
23 Feb. 08: Match No 89 :Mahindra United Vs Mohun Bagan : Mumbai
23 Feb. 08 :Match No 90 :Churchill Brothers Vs Air India : Goa
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After 9th Round :Home and Away situation of the I-League Teams
Team Overall Home Away
GP W D L GF GA W D L GF GA W D L GS GA GD P
1. Dempo S.C 9 6 3 0 19 4 3 2 0 12 3 3 1 0 7 1 +15 21
2. JCT F.C 9 5 4 0 17 7 2 2 0 7 2 3 2 0 10 5 +10 19
3. Churchill Brothers 9 5 2 2 23 11 3 1 1 13 6 2 1 1 10 5 +12 17
4. Mohun Bagan A.C 9 4 2 3 14 14 3 1 2 7 6 1 1 1 7 8 0 14
5. Mahindra United 9 2 5 2 8 9 1 2 1 4 7 1 3 1 4 2 -1 11
6. Sporting Clube de Goa 9 2 3 4 6 13 2 0 2 2 4 0 3 2 4 9 -7 9
7. Viva Kerala 9 2 3 4 7 16 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 3 4 13 -9 9
8. Air India 9 1 5 3 5 10 1 3 1 3 5 0 2 2 2 5 -5 8
9. East Bengal Club 9 2 1 6 11 15 2 0 1 6 5 0 1 5 5 10 -4 7
10. Salgaocar S.C 9 0 4 5 13 24 0 4 2 10 15 0 0 3 3 9 -11 4
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Few past Head 2 head between Salgaocar and East Bengal
03.12.2007 NFL East Bengal 3 - 2 Salgaocar
30.04.2006 NFL Salgaocar 1 - 0 East Bengal
15.01.2006 NFL East Bengal 1 - 1 Salgaocar
01.05.2005 NFL Salgaocar 0 - 0 East Bengal
12.02.2005 NFL East Bengal 1 - 0 Salgaocar
29.02.2004 NFL East Bengal 3 - 1 Salgaocar
30.11.2003 NFL Salgaocar 2 - 1 East Bengal
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Churchill failed to beat Air-India
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06.01.2008:The boys of Bimal Ghosh able to stopped Karim Benchirafa's
Brigade in I - League today. The match has ended in a goal less draw at cooparage
Ground .Mumbai.
The leading goal scorer of Churchill Odafa Okolie was out of this match due his
card booking.After the end of 9th Round Air India has jumped over East bengal with 8 points
while Churchill remain 3rd place with 17 Points.
Air India Goal Keeper E.C.Sarath has been selected as Man of the Match today.
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East Bengal lost to Sporting Goa
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05.01.2008:Sporting Clube de Goa earned full points over East Bengal
in ONGC I-league's ninth round match at Nehru Stadium in Margao on Saturday.
Ghanaina Lawrence Adjei scored the solitary goal in the 54th minutes ( 1 - 0)
after being fed by Denzil Franco's final pass from the right flank notched up their second successive win .
In Last NFL also East Bengal lost in home match 0 - 2 and drawn 1 - 1 in away
match against Sporting Goa.
Sporting Goa, now have 9 points from 9 matches while East Bengal have 7 from 9
matches.
Denzil Franco of Sporting Goa has been selected as Man of the Match today
East Bengal:24-Subtara Pal, 3-Majek Bolaji,4 -Gurpreet Singh, 19- Rahim
Nabi,11-Hardeep Saini(6-Dipankar Roy),29-Soumik Dey,23-Mehtab Hossain,
25-Asim Biswas(Bimal Pereier,Anupam Sarkar)26-Mehrajuddin ,27- Surkumar Singh,9-Alvito D‘Counha,30- Edmilson
Sporting Goa: 30-Luis Xavier Barreto; 24-N Samananda Singh,
6-Philip Gomes, 3-Mathew Gonsalves, 18-Denzil Franco; 26-Micky Fernandes,
34-Mohammed Ghafari(Bisweshar Singh), 22-Joseph Pereira, 14-Wilton Gomes,20-Elijah Obagbemiro,
11-Lawrence Adjei(Chinta Chandrasekhar).
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Mohun Bagan won against Mahindra United in home match
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05.01.2007:Mohun Bagan beat Mahindra United 1-0 in their 9 round
match of the ONGC I-League at Salt Lake Stadium,Kolkata.Mohun Bagan forced
a number of good moves and could have won with a bigger margin with their
famous duo Baichung-Barreto .
In the first half 9th Minuute Bagan could have lead when a powerfull left footer
by Dharamjit was saved by Mahindra keeper Sandip Nandy.Again in 44th minute
Mahindra Goal keeper again made a fine save off Dharamjit.The Mumbai outfit also
had a look on Bagan goal but Mohammed Rafi's header off Stephen Dias was off
the target. First half was goal less but Mohun Bagan dominated over Mahindra.
In the second half Mohun Bagan going all out movements through Barreto-Baichung
combination, who were supported by overlapping defenders and finally earned the
match-winner in the 65th minute when Barreto headed home a centre-from- right
flank by overlapping right back Habibur Rahaman Mondol(1-0).
Peter Odafe the Mohun Bagan Stopper has been selected as Man of the Match.
Mohun Bagan: 31-Shilton Pal (1-Sangram Mukherjee); 5-Habibur
Rehman Mondal, 14-Peter Odafe, 3-N.S.Manju, 26-N. Mohanraj; 16-James Singh,
13-Douglas da Silva, 6-S.Venkatesh (22-Lalkamal Bhowmick), 18-Dharamjit Singh
(11-Ishfaq Ahmed); 10-Jose Ramirez Barreto, 15-Baichung Bhutia .
Mahindra United: 24-Sandip Nandy; 7-Sushanth Mathew,
14-Dharmaraj Ravanan, 2-N.P.Pradeep, 26-Bello Rasaq;
23-Steven Dias, 12-Manjit Singh (8-Andrews Pomeyie Mensah),
4-K.N. Ajayan, 11- Mohammed Rafi (9-Surajit Bose);
29-Pierre Douhou; 28-Sushil Kumar Singh (30-Tarif Ahmed).
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Some Past NFL H 2 H of Sporting Goa Vs East Bengal and Mohun
Bagan Vs Mahindra United who will clash Tomorrow
| 25.04.2007 | Sporting Club | 1 - 1 | East Bengal | |
| 21.03. 2007 | East Bengal Club | 0 - 2 | Sporting Club | |
| 8.05.2006 | Sporting Club | 3 - 1 | East Bengal | |
| 18.03.2006 | East Bengal Club | 4 - 3 | Sporting Club | |
| 26.03.2005 | East Bengal Club | 2 - 3 | Sporting Club | |
| 01.03.2005 | Sporting Club | 1 - 2 | East Bengal | |
| 13.05.2004 | Sporting Club | 1 - 2 | East Bengal | |
| 08.6.2003 | East Bengal Club | 2 - 0 | Sporting Club | |
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| Apr 5, 2007 | Mohun Bagan AC | 1 - 1 | Mahindra United | |
| Jan 14,2007 | Mahindra United | 4 - 1 | Mohun Bagan AC | |
| May 12, 2006 | Mahindra United | 1 - 2 | Mohun Bagan AC | |
| Jan 11, 2006 | Mohun Bagan AC | 0 - 0 | Mahindra United | |
| Apr 9, 2005 | Mahindra United | 2 - 0 | Mohun Bagan AC | |
| Jan 18, 2005 | Mohun Bagan AC | 0 - 1 | Mahindra United | |
| Mar 9, 2004 | Mohun Bagan AC | 0 - 0 | Mahindra United | |
| Dec 4, 2003 | Mahindra United | 2 - 1 | Mohun Bagan AC | |
Bharti Enterprises and AIFF signed a "MOU" to establish a world-class
football academy in Goa.
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04.01.2008:Bharti Enterprises today joined hands with AIFF to help the
country attain global standard in the sport.The company has signed an MoU with
AIFF under the terms of which, it will pump in Rs 100 crore towards a
comprehensive National Football Development Programme and for globalisation
of Indian football with a target to take India to the World Cup 2018.
Bharti Enterprises and AIFF signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" to launch
the first major public-private partnership to establish a world-class football
academy in Goa named 'Bharti-AIFF Academy'.
Bharti chief Sunil Mittal said Football is the world's most popular sport.Our Vision is
to develop a rich football culture in India. To achieve this vision, we will look at
partnering leading international football clubs and institutions.He wanted a
"football revolution" in the country and was ready to invest "any amount of money"
necessary for providing a world class academy.He also said that "We have had
enough dose of cricket and I think it is the time to start a programme to make
India a football nation. In ten years, we want India to be on the world stage".
The academy, which will be built on the lines of club academies in Western Europe,
will be a residential cum educational academy.It will also have on-site educational
facilities and hostels so that the selected youngsters can study regular subjects
while developing their football skills. It will select and nurture talent in four different age groups (8 to 10 years, 11 to
13 years, 13 to 15 years and 15 to 18 years) with the help of experts from
around the world and will provide the talent with exposure to global best practices
and training techniques.''
The academy is likely to have 100 players, 25 each in four age categories.Work
on the academy may start by March 31.
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Dempo rout Viva today in I - League
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04.01.2008:Defending Champion Dempo S.C of Goa maintained their
unbeaten run at the end of the first leg when they defeted Viva Kerala 4-0 in
the ONGC I-league football tournament, at the Nehru stadium, in Margao, Goa
today and remain the top position with 21 points in the league table while Viva Kerala
finished their First Leg with 9 Points.
Dempo, who led 1-0 at half-time, scored through Valeriano Rebello 33rd minutes,
Captain Ranti Martins 61st minutes, substitute Clifton Gonsalves 63rd minutes and Beto
on 71th minutes.
Anthony Pereira of Dempo has been selected as man of the match today.
Viva Kerala: 25-MV Nelson; 2-Ebin Rose, 4-Tutu George(16-Shahbas Shaleel),
6-Othallo Tabia, 7- Bimal Birua,19-S.Satish Kumar, 22-KV Lalu,14-C.Shine raj,17-Wisdom Abbey
21-S.Santa Singh,10- Baba Thunde, Extra :5 -Akshay Das
Dempo:21- VP.Satish Kumar(1-Avijit Mondol),18-Valereano Rebelo,
6-Peter Carvalho(4-Cressan Anato),23-Dominic Noronha, 8-Climax Lawrence,
11-Beto (7-Nascimento Silveira), 14-Anthony Pereira, 30-Chiddi Edeh
(Cliffton Gonsalves),28-Mahesh Gawli,16- Samir Naik, 9-Ranti Martins.
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Former India defender Ashoklal Banerjee passes away
04.01.2008:Former India defender Ashoklal Banerjee passed away in a
Nursing Home in Kolkata on Friday.
For his tremendous heading ablity,the fans used to call him as "HEAD MASTER".
He joined East Bengal from Bali Prativa Team in the year 1968 before playing
2 years in Greear Club in Kolkata Football league
He was a regular player of Bronj Winning India team in 1970 Asian Games
and also represented India between 1969-71 in Mardeca and other Tournaments.
From 1971 - 1977 he was the player of India Giant East Bengal of Kolkata
as a reknowned defender.
He was mainly associated with East Bengal in their Golden Era in first half of 1970.He was the Captain of East Bengal
when they defeated Mohun Bagan 5-0 in IFA Shield in the year 1975.
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PIFA Colaba Youngstar FC qualify for Elite play off's in the Mumbai Super
Division football league
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04.01.2008:Premier India Football Academy men's team PIFA-CYFC have
qualified to play the MDFA Super Division Elite play off's .PIFA Colaba Youngstar FC the men’s team of the Premier India Football Academy
recovered from a disastrous start to qualify for Mumbai’s Super division Elite play
off’s.
Premier India Football Academy took over the management and training of the
Colaba Youngstar FC in 2006-2007. They played the Mumbai Senior Division of the
Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) and topped the league to get
promoted to MDFA Super Division 2007-2008.
PIFA CYFC is a community project run by PIFA to develop football in Mumbai’s
Colaba area. The team has a big fan base from this area and has instilled a sense
of pride to have their boys perform, win matches and getselected to playforthe
Indian team. The team has 2 players Harshad Meher (GK) and Ajit Bhoir (def)
playing India (u-16), Manuel D. (mid) & Chand Sheikh (GK) have been called for
India U-19 trials.
The team got a new sponsor Tilaknagar Industries Ltd for 2007-2008 season,
the sponsorship helped the team to train at a proper training facilities, recruit
coaches, pay the players and support staff.
PIFA Director & UEFA B licensed coach Nirvan Shah took over the team after
sacking coach Nelson, when the team suffered 2 loses against Sea View SC (0-1),
Income Tax (1-4) and tied against Mumbai Muslims (1-1), securing one point from
3 games. The team scored only 2 goals.
It was an uphill task and the team needed to get out of the relegation zone. It
took 2 weeks for the new coach Nirvan Shah to train and re-organise the team
into a competitive side, they once were. The boys trained hard and were
responsive to the new training methods. The team focused on set plays,
movements as well motivation. Most importantly the boys began to enjoy
their game.
The team’s new war cry “One for all, all for one” instilled team spirit. They won
3 games beating Companeroes Bandra (3-1), Mumbai Port Trust (8-0) and Air India
U-19 (2-0) and fought back against the league leaders Central Railway after being
down (1-3) to tie the game (3-3).
The team scored 18 goals in the league to become the highest goal scorer’s. The
team finished 3rd in the league after being at the bottom for the first 4 games.
The team remained unbeaten under coach Nirvan.
The five teams that will play the Mumbai Super Division - Elite play off's are as
follow :
Central Railway (19 pts)
Income Tax (14 pts)
PIFA CYFC (11 pts)
Sea View (9 pts)
Mumbai Muslims (8 pts)
The team now has a new challenge to finish top of the Elite play off to secure
promotion to the Mumbai Elite division.
Courtesy:Anjali Shah - Director -PIFA
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Salgaocar holds high profile JCT by 3 - 3 in I League
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03.01.2008:Brave Salgaocar hold JCT to an exciting 3 - 3 draw in the 9th
round of the ONGC I-League played at Nehru Stadium, Margao on Thursday.But
Last 11th NFL's 1st League result was 0 - 0 and JCT won 3 - 0 in return league.
Eduardo Da Silva 10th , Marcos Pereira 50th and Anwar 64rd scored for JCT.
While Felix Chimaoku 40th, Joe Rodriguess 59th and Nicholas Rodrigues 67th
scored for Salgaocar.Half time score was 1 - 1.
Salgaocar who dominated the game unable to gain full points due to
Felix Chimaokwu and Milagres Gonsalves who missed couple of easy chances
to score.
JCT who finished their first leg unbeaten and still stay on top of the League
table with 19 points from 9 matches. While Salgaocar have collected 4 points
from same matches.
Salgaocar's Captain Medio Rocus lamare was declared the man of the match today.
SALGAOCAR: 1-Milagrio Medeira; 12-Remus Gomes (16-Nicolau Colaco)
, 8-Agnelo Colaco, 29-Joe Rodrigues (30-Francis Fernandes), 25-Rocus Lamare ,
22-Heri Habimana, 17-TV Biju Kumar (23-William Colaco); 31-Fabio dos Passos,
6-Nicholas Rodrigues; 7-Felix Chimaokwu, 26-Milagres Gonsalves.
JCT: 1-Karanjit Singh; 2-Jaspal Singh, 3-Anwar Ali, 4-Julius Irabor
Akpele (28-Shivraj Singh), 24-Gurwinder Singh, 27-Baldeep Singh (13-Baldeep
Singh); 12-Daljit Singh; 6-Baljit Singh Saini, 20-Marcos Pereira, 10-Eduardo
Escobar, 11-Sunil Chettri .
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Salgaocar Vs JCT Next Match tomorrow: H2H last 6 Match
02.01.2008:| 07.04.2006 | Salgaocar | 0 - 3 | JCT FC | |
| 18.03.2006 | JCT FC | 0 - 0 | Salgaocar | |
| 18.05.2005 | Salgaocar | 2 - 0 | JCT FC | |
| 29.01.2005 | JCT FC | 3 - 1 | Salgaocar | |
| 06.05.2004 | Salgaocar | 1 - 1 | JCT FC | |
| 14.12.2003 | JCT FC | 1 - 0 | Salgaocar | |
NIKE MUPC U-15 final round at Duler.Goa from 16th
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01.01.2008: This is the third year in a row that Nike is conducting this tournament in
association with the All India Football Federation. Over the years, Nike’s MUPC
tournament has attracted participation from teams across different parts of the
country such as Mumbai, Tamil Nadu, Bangalore, Orissa, Pondicherry, Kerala,
Gujrat, Delhi, Chandigarh, Goa, Kolkata and the North East. This year over 50
teams from India participated.
Nike is the main sponsor for the tournament, which is an annual grass root
initiative for football in India.This year's final round the 8 teams will be played
into 2 groups of 4 teams each and will compete on a league basis. 2 teams
from each group will qualify for the semi-finals followed by the finals,
which is likely to be played on January 20.
All matches will be of 40 minutes duration with each half lasting 20 minutes.Three
matches in the morning from 8 a.m. and three in the afternoon from 2.30 p.m.
Eight qualifying teams are
East Bengal (Kolkata), Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan ( Mizoram), SBHS Football Academy
(Punjab),St Stephen's Football Academy(Chandigarh) from North East Zone
Salgaocar SC (Goa), Sporting Clube de Goa(Goa); Cosmos Football Academy(Tamil
Nadu),Mahindra United (Mumbai) qualified from South-West Zone.
The winners of the final will participate in the South East Asia Regional finals.
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