28. February
5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers 2-1 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 1:0 Francis Silveira (3'), 1:1 KV Dhanesh (33'), 2:1 Igor Shkvyrin (55').
Churchill Brothers beat ITI 2-1 in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Churchill Bros striker Francis Silveira opened the scoring in the 3.minute, while KV Dhanesh scored the equaliser for ITI in the 33.minute but it was left to Churchill Bros Uzbek striker Igor Shkvyrin scored the winner in the 54.minute.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Jaspreet Singh (Rajesh Meetei), Mahesh Gawli, Osamani Husseini, Mir Faroq Hyder, Roque Baretto, Ajay Singh (Kaustav Ghosh), Somathai Shaiza, Andre Requena, Igor Shkvyrin, Francis Silveira.
ITI: Balaji, Mohammed Shafeeq, AS Firoze, KV Dhanesh, Rishi Kapoor, Peter Marcarenhas (Karunakar Raj), Hameed Atia, Yusuf Mohammed, K Noushad (Pralad Rawat), George Ekeh, Kenneth Ugwo.

Calcutta Women's League: Nabajanma Sangha 3-0 Bidyut Sporting

27. February
Calcutta Women's League: Mohun Bagan AC 5-0 Bally Gramanchal
Calcutta Women's League: Youth Footballers 3-0 Kasba Samannay

26. February
5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 0-1 FC Kochin - Goals: 0:1 Sunday Seah (65').
Tollygunge Agragami lost unluckily to a still unbeaten FC Kochin in the National League at the Rabindra Sarobar, Calcutta. Liberian Sunday Seah scored the all-important goal in the 65.minute in a match that Tolly should have won. The speciality in Seah's goal was that in the first-half Seah, as a goalkeeper, stopped the Tolly striker Emeka and Seriki from scoring and in the second-half, as a striker, went on to do what his colleagues weren't able to, to score!
At haltime Tolly protested against FCK's fielding of India striker IM Vijayan as his International Transfer Clearance from Bangladesh was missing. To note: Vijayan had played a few matches for Muktijoddha in Bangladesh in August 2000. Tolly got to know of all this as they are trying to sign a player from Bangladesh.
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury (Satyabrata Bhowmick), Satish Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Ranjan Chowdhury (Sumit Sur), Felix Abayomi, Abdul Saliu, Sashthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu, Abdulatif Seriki (Mohammed Qaizer).
FCK: Sunday Seah, L Suresh, Patrick Nuku, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jithesh, VB Santosh (Rajesh Kumar), Rasheed Williams, TS Anoj (Sushanth Mathew), IM Vijayan, CV Hemanathan (Shibu Shanmugam), Aaron Cole.

5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 2-0 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 1:0 Alex Ambrose (10'), 2:0 Jules Alberto (15').
Salgaocar SC beat a fighting State Bank of Travancore 2-0 in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Salgaocar struck both goals in the first quarter of the match with Alex Ambrose scoring in the 10.minute and Jules Alberto increasing the lead in the 15.minute.
SALGAOCAR: Ali Abu Baker, Venacio Gonsalves, Franky Baretto, Roberto Fernandes, Covan Lawrence, Jules Alberto, Christian Okoye, Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh (Denis Cabral), Alvito D'Cunha, Alex Ambrose (Bruno Coutinho).
SBT: Feroze Sharif, Paul Anthony, V Sivakumar, Vinaya Kumar (Krishnan Ajayan), Vinu Jose (K Shaji), Shabir Ali, Xavier Prajeev, M Lanel Thomas, Sylvester Ignatius (Abdul Noushad), Asif Saheer, Abdul Hakkim.

Calcutta Women's League: NPC Academy 3-0 Rampur Milan Sangha
Calcutta Women's League: Itika Memorial 0-0 Jubak Sangha

25. February
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 2-0 Mahindra United - Goals: 1:0 Christopher [own goal] (36'), 2:0 Surkumar Singh (77').
East Bengal Club beat Mahindra United by two goals in the National League match at the Saltlake Stadium. East Bengal went ahead when Mahindra defender Christopher headed in a miscued ball into his own goal. Surkumar Singh consolidated the lead in the 77.minute.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Agypong, Deepak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Sheikh Sanjib (Sur Kumar Singh), Isiaka Awoyemi, Tushar Rakshit (Chandan Das), Dipankar Roy, Bijen Singh (Srikanta Dutta), Omolaja Olalekan.
MAHINDRA: Virender Singh, Anthony Pereira, Christopher, Habib Adekunle, Gholam Reza, Sanjay Dayal, S Venkatesh, Davoud Hosseini, Shamsy Reza (Satish Minz), Abhay Kumar (Khalid Siddique), Raman Vijayan (Manjit Singh).

5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 2-0 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: 1:0 Igor Shyvyrin (62'), 2:0 Andre Requena (89').
Churchill Brothers beat defending champions Mohun Bagan in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Churchill went ahead in the 62.minute through a goal from Uzbek recruit Igor Shkvyrin, while Brasilian Andre Requena consolidated the lead in the 89.minute to close of the match.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Osumanu Husseini, Rajesh Meetei (Jaspreet Singh), Mir Farooq Hyder, Mahesh Gawli, Roque Baretto, Andre Requena, Jose Colaco (Ajay Singh), Noel Wilson, Igor Shkvirin (Kaustav Ghosh).
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Amauri Da Silva, M Suresh, Lolendro Singh, Basudeb Mondol (Amar Ganguly), RP Singh, Debjit Ghosh (Jayanta Sen), RC Prakash, Jose Baretto, Flavio Lopes (Renedy Singh).

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 3-4 Air India - Goals: 1:0,2:1 Hardip Gill (14',31'), 1:1,3:2 Anthony Fernandes (29',75'), 3:1 Jaswinder Singh (44'), 3:3 Taposh Ghosh (80'), 3:4 Henry Picardo (87').
JCT Mills squandered away a handsome 3-1 lead to eventually go down 3-4 to Air-India in a high scoring action-packed encounter of the National League at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.

24. February
5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 0-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: none.
Vasco SC played out a goalless draw against Indian Telephone Industries in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. It was the fourth match that Vasco didn't score a goal but this was this time rather the brilliant display play ITI keeper Balaji than the failure of Vasco strikers.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Caetano Pinho, Denzil Coutinho, Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Ronaldo Da Silva, Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Daniel Colaco, Kashimov Avazbek, Peter Rodrigues (Gregory Clark), Edson Wanderley.
ITI: Balaji, Mohammed Shafeeq, Majid Odaa, AS Firoze, Rishi Kapoor, Peter Mascarenhas (Karunakar Raj), Hameed Atia, Dhanesh, Pralad Rawat (K Naushad), Kenneth Ugwo, George Ekeh.

Calcutta Women's League: East Bengal Club 6-0 Kasba Samannay
Calcutta Women's League: Nabajanma Sangha 1-0 Youth Footballers

23. February
The IFSC - GOA branch was officially launched yesterday. Here a report from Anthony Mergulhao:
Mr Steven John White who was down in Goa on a fact-finding mission to study the possibility of building up links between Leicester City Football Club and Goa, expressed his happiness over the patronage and passion football receives and enjoys here.
Speaking to the press he said he was very impressed with the development of the game at the grassroots and that he was returning back to Leicester with a very positive impression of Goan football.
Speaking at the Fort Aguada Beach Resort, Mr White who is the Headteacher of the state-of-art Rushey Mead comprehensive school, said that, at the top level, he was sure that Goa would have four of its teams in the National Football League, with Dempo joining Salgaocar, Churchill Bros and Vasco Sports Club. This he said would prove that Goa is the heartland of Indian football.
Mr White disclosed that he was greatly impressed with the work undertaken by Goa United Football Academy to develop the game at the grassroots at Baga, Calangute. He hoped that the entire country would follow the footsteps of Goa United Football Academy, and the day would not be far before Indian football emerges as a power in Asia.
Mr White visited the St. Joseph's High School, Calangute and Don Bosco High School was impressed with these with regards to sports.
Mr White had a cordial meeting with the secretary of the All India Football Federation Mr Albert Colaco, and was briefed with regards to the needs of the game, specially grassroots. Mr White also met Mr Joaquim Alemao, President of the Goa Football Association, and its secretary Mr Agnelo Alcasoas. Mr White also met the Director of Sports Dr. Susan D'Souza and held healthy discussions with her. Mr White later visited the various sports infrastructure including the Campal swimming pool. He later held a meeting with Mr Noel Lima Leitao of Vasco Sports Club and was briefed of football at the professional level.
He pointed out that the hospitality meted out to him was excellent and warm and he thanked Goans for it.
He concluded saying that he was very positive that Leicester City, the sporting capital of England, would be impressed with his opinion and look forward to forge a relationship with Goan football.
Mr White then launched the www.goasports.com web site at the Fort Aguada Beach Resort. The web site which is registered in England with Mr Rene Barreto on the board, is currently being operated in England by both London based Mr Rene Barreto and Leicester based Mario Fernandes.
Mr White said that the site would set the platform for future links between Goan schools, football clubs, academies and Leicester the sporting capital of England.
Also speaking on the occasion was Mr Rene Barreto, coordinator of the Indian Football Supporters Club, who briefed the media on the objectives of the Indian Football Club.
Mr Barreto disclosed that the IFSC was officially launched on January 26, with an objective to support the Indian Football League, professionalism, to encourage Asians in football and to help grassroots development.
The declared the launch of the Goa chapter of Indian Football Supporters Club with Noel Lima Leitao as the convenor in the South and Francis Ribeiro as the convenor in the North. He added that Noel lima Leitao will be the representative of Goa on the Indian Football Supporters Club international. This is the first chapter of the IFSC in India and it is learnt that Bengal and Kerala are likely to follow suit.
He concluded that he was very impressed with the Goa United Football Academy and promised support to the Academy.
Others who spoke were Francis Ribeiro of Goa United Football Academy, Shah S Kang of world wide travel agents Crystal Travel based in London and Noel Lima Leitao of Vasco Sports Club.
Earlier Mrs Maria Barreto, welcomed the guests while Mr Francis Ribeiro proposed the vote of thanks.

Note-1: India's star striker Baichung Bhutia will be among 22 Indian probables for the national camp to select the team for the World Cup football qualifying matches scheduled in April/May. A statement from the AIFF said Bhutia, who plays for English second division club Bury FC, will participate in the month-long camp, which commences at Bangalore on March 25. The team for the pre-World Cup matches will be selected after the camp.
PROBABLES: Virender Singh (Mahindra United), Narshiman Balaji (Indian Telephone Industries), Prasanta Dora (Tollygunge Agragami), KV Dhanesh (Indian Telephone Industries), Mahesh Gawli (Churchill Brothers), Deepak Mandal (East Bengal), Roberto Fernandes (Salgaocar), Ratan Singh (East Bengal), Tapan Ghosh (Mahindra United), Sur Kumar Singh (East Bengal), Jo Paul Ancheri (FC Kochin), Khalid Jamil (Air India), Hardip Sangha (JCT), Renedy Singh (Mohun Bagan), RP Singh (Mohun Bagan), Jules Alberto (Salgaocar), Shanmugam Venkatesh (Mahindra United), Noel Wilson (Churchill Brothers), Baichung Bhutia (Bury FC, ENGLAND), RC Prakash (Mohun Bagan), Abdul Hakim (State Bank of Travancore), IM Vijayan (FC Kochin), Alvito D'Cunha (Salgaocar).

Calcutta Women's League: Income-Tax 9-0 Bidyut Sporting
Calcutta Women's League: Mohun Bagan AC 3-0 NPC Academy

22. February
5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 0-0 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: none.
Goan-side Salgaocar SC held Mohun Bagan of Calcutta to a goalless draw in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Mohun Bagan controlled the midfield and had some good scoring chances but weren't able to score.
SALGAOCAR: Ali Abu Baker, Covan Lawrence, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Barreto, Vencaio Gonsalves, Denis Cabral (Domingos Vaz), Climax Lawrence, Jules Alberto, Dharmajit Singh, Bruno Coutinho, (Tejani Ahmed) Alvito D'Cunha.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Amauri Da Silva, M Suresh, Lolendra Singh, Basudeb Mondal (Amar Ganguly), RP Singh, Debjit Ghosh, James Singh (Renedy Singh), Jose Barreto, RC Prakash.

Calcutta Women's League: East Bengal Club 2-0 Nabajanma Sangha
Calcutta Women's League: Jubak Sangha 2-0 Bally Gramanchal
Calcutta Women's League: Itika Memorial 2-0 Rampur Milan Sangha

21. February
5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 2-0 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1:0 Davoud Hosseini (52'), 2:0 Raman Vijayan (63').
Mahindras United scored two goals in the second half to get past Churchill Brothers 2-0 in the National League match at the Cooperage. Mahindra United shot into the lead through a goal from Iranian recruit Davoud Hosseini in the 52.minute, while Raman Vijayan increased the lead in the 63.minute. In between Churchill Brothers Brasilian Edson de Crasto was shown the red card for a foul on Aqueel Ansari.

Calcutta Women's League: Mohun Bagan AC 2-0 Jubak Sangha
Calcutta Women's League: Income-Tax 7-0 Kasba Samannay
Calcutta Women's League: Youth Footballers 1-0 Bidyut Sporting

20. February
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 3-0 Vasco SC - Goals: 1:0 Dipankar Roy (40'), 2:0 Omalaja Olalekan (69'), 3:0 Suley Musah (85').
Saibal Bose reports: It was surprising to see favourites East Bengal starting with a defensive frame of mind. On the other hand, Vasco appeared bent on attack, increasing numbers up front. However, that was just a deception, which lasted for about 15 minutes. Once the Africans in East Bengal got going, the going got tough for Vasco. Good defending and excellent goalkeeping did keep the slate clean till the 40.minute, but that was about as long as the minnows from Goa could resist. Dipankar Roy's strike in the 40.minute was followed by two more by Omolaja Olalekan and Suley Musah in the second half. The 3-0 victory for East Bengal in their 8th National League game at Yuba Bharati Krirangan today, only proved their dominance. The far less experienced Vasco did try and even came close to scoring twice - once the upright denied them and then Musah made a brilliant goalline save - but coach Dereck Pereira will be under no illusions about their opponents' superiority.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Agaypong, Deepak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Seikh Sanjib (Ranjan Dey), Tushar Rakhit (Surkumar Singh), Isiaka Awoyemi, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas (Bijen Singh), Omolaja Olalekan.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Bhola Dey, Seby Dias, Denzil Coutinho, Caetano Pinha, Bibiano Fernandes (Kishore Palkar), Ronaldo da Silva, Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Gregory Clark (Daniel Colaco), Kashimov Avazbek, Peter Rodrigues.

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 1-4 FC Kochin - Goals: 1:0 Shabir Ali (10'), 1:1 TS Anoj (17'), 1:2 Aaron Cole (54'), 1:3,1:4 Sunday Seah (75',89').
State Bank of Travancore got a 1-4 bashing by Kerala-state rivals FC Kochin in the National League at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. SBT started well and got the lead through Shabir Ali in the 10.minute but after TS Anoj equaliser in the 17.minute the match turned in favour of the professional outfit from Kochin. Further goals were scores by Liberians Aaron Cole in the 54.minute, while Sunday Seah added two more late in the match.
SBT: Rajeev Kumar, Vinu Jose, V Sivakumar, Jiju Jacob, Lanel Thomas, XR Prajeev, V Suresh Babu (K Ajayan), T Shabir Ali, T Asif Saheer, Sylvester Ignatius, MA Abdul Hakkim.
FCK: Sunday Seah, Dinesh Nair (L Suresh), Patrick Nuku, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jithesh, VB Santosh, Rashid Williams, CV Hemanathan, TS Anoj (Susanth Mathew), IM Vijayan, Aaron Cole (MA Rajesh Kumar).

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 1-1 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 0:1 Yusuf Mohammed (33'), 1:1 Khalid Jamil (62').
Air-India and Indian Telephone Industries settled for a bruising 1-1 draw at the Cooperage,Mumbai. Medio Yusuf Mohammed gave the visitors from Bangalore the lead in the 33.minute but Khalid Jamil equalised for Air India in the 62.minute.

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: none.
In a lacklustre match, former champions Jagatjit Cotton and Textiles Mills, Phagwara, and Calcutta's Tollygunge Agragami played a goalless draw at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Final: Bengal 0-1 Manipur - Goal: 0:1 T Shyamsunder (96').

Calcutta Women's League: Itika Memorial Club 1-1 NPC Academy
Calcutta Women's League: Bally Gramanchal 3-0 Rampur Milan Sangha

Note-1: A decision on the venue of the camp and the list of probables for the World Cup qualifying matches will be taken after consulting the chief coach of the Indian football team Sukhwinder Singh on Feb 23, according to secretary of the AIFF, Alberto Colaco. Colaco, indicated that the camp was likely to be held here if the Sports Authority of India gave the green signal. India are pooled with the UAE, Yemen and Brunei in Group Eight of the qualifiers. The matches would be played on a home and away basis with Bangalore hosting the home matches.

19. February
AIFF Secretary Alberto Colaco has prepared a tentative schedule for the 2001/02 Indian football season, with a lot of international football for the national team and the Federation Cup making a comeback on the national scene. This schedule will have to be ratified by the AIFF Executive Committee but before that the AIFF's affiliated units have the chance to make their suggestions by March 5. I can only say: Congratulation ALBERTO COLACO making such an early schedule for the new season! Something which the AIFF is not known for in the last few years!
THE PROPOSED NATIONAL CALENDAR (2001-2002): June 1: Season start; August 15-31: Federation Cup; November: Santosh Trophy; December 1-April 30, 2002: National Football League (mid-break for three weeks); November/December: Junior/Sub-junior nationals; November/December: U-21 nationals; January 2002: Women's junior nationals; February: Women's nationals.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME: May 15-May 30: Preparatory camp for those not in World Cup qualifiers' squad; June 1-12: Preparatory camp for those retained from first camp and others. June 15-30: Merdeka Cup.
July 7-15: Preparatory Camp; July 18-25: England Tour 2001.
September 1-21: Preparatory Camp - Stage 1; October 10-31: Preparatory Camp - Stage 2; November 3-11: Afro-Asian Games.

Calcutta Women's League: East Bengal Club 2-0 Young Footballers
Calcutta Women's League: Income-Tax 5-0 Nabajanma Sangha

18. February
35.BC Roy Trophy - Semifinal: Bengal 1-0 Tamil Nadu
35.BC Roy Trophy - Semifinal: Manipur 2-1 Bihar

17. February
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 1-0 Mohun Bagan AC - Goal: 1:0 Omolaja Olalekan (48').
In an exciting Calcutta-derby East Bengal beat longtime city rival Mohun Bagan 1-0 in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. The goal of the day was scored by Nigerian Omolaja Olalekan in the 48.minute because of a suicidal mistake by Bagan keeper Kalyan Chaubey after a mess-up by Brasilian defender Amouri da Silva. The match, watched by more than 75.000 at the stadium, had generated a lot of interest among the football fans throughout the country and the match proved that football has not lost its popularity, even though there was the catastrophy of the Millennium Cup.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Egypong, Dipak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman (Surkumar Singh), Anit Ghosh (Ranjan Dey), Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas (Bijen Singh), Omolaja Olalekan.
MOHUN BAGAN: Kalyan Chaubey, Amitava Chanda [James Singh (Amar Ganguly)], Amouri da Silva, M Suresh, Lolendra Singh, Dulal Biswas, RP Singh, Debjit Ghosh, Renedy Singh (Basudeb Mondal), Jose Barreto, RC Prakash.

5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 0-1 Salgaocar SC - Goal: 0:1 Alvito D'Cunha (12').
Indian Telephone Industries lost 0-1 against Salgaocar in the National League at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Alvito D'Cunha netted the match-winner in the 12.minute but in the closing stages of the match was marred by controversy as Salgaocar collected five yellow and a red card for goalkeeper Juje Siddi.

Note-1: The Hindustan Times reports from the capital Delhi:
The Delhi Soccer Association executive committee unanimously rejected the resignation of its president Umesh Sood, which he submitted on Dec 18 last. According to a DSA official, the executive committee, which took up the matter after two months of dilly-dallying, has also instructed its secretary, Syed Nasir Ali to lead a delegation to Sood in order to try and pursue him to come back to the fold. Sood's resignation came in the wake of the AIFF elections when the DSA found itself a sharply divided house with the president and secretary backing two different groups in the federation. Nasir Ali, however, managed to overrule a previous managing committee decision and stalled Sood from representing DSA in the elections. Sood submitted his resignation and went public accusing the AIFF president Priyaranjan Dasmunshi for the whole episode. Nasir Ali, in the meeting, also read out a letter from Dasmunshi, in which the federation chief strongly denied having any hand behind whatever happened in the DSA.
Meanwhile, the DSA has shelved the plan of holding the first ever women's league in the Capital as they could not muster enough teams. The Institutional League, Nasir Ali said, would start from Feb 26. The DSA has also written to the AIFF agreeing to a proposal to host some of the Second Division NFL matches in March.

16. February
A report on the IFSC and one of its members at india.com :
MARGAO, February 15: A TOP LEVEL official of the recently launched international Indian Football Supporters Club Steven John White will be arriving in Goa on Friday from England on a fact-finding mission to acquaint himself with the sport in the State and study the possibility of tie-ups between England and Goa.
He will join Rene Baretto, co-ordinator of IFSC who is already in Goa. White will be accorded a warm welcome at Dabolim airport by Goa United Football Academy officials.
Both Steve White and Rene Baretto are visiting Goa on an invitation from the recently launched Goa United Football Academy.
White, who is the Headteacher at Rushey Mead Comprehensive School, Leicester, has been in the forefront battling racism in football and playing a key role in trying to impress administrators that it is about time English football begins looking at Asian talent.
During his week-long stay in Goa, White will visit various Youth Development Centres, stadiums, schools and will have dialogues with professional football club oficials and State football administrators.
On his agenda will be discussions with various State football personalities with regards to launching the Goa chapter of the Indian Football Supporters Club.
His visit will most likely conclude with certain tie-ups between England and Goa, specially with a coach/players exchange programme with football clubs and institutions.
White is a well known personality in Leicester City and is well connected with the Asian community in England. He has over the last one week vigorously campaigned for raising funds and relief for victims of the Gujarat earthquake through appeals on radio, television and the press.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 0-1 Churchill Brothers - Goals: 0:1 Kaustav Ghosh (76').
A 75.minute strike by substitute Kaustav Ghosh helped Churchill Brothers beat Air-India and earn full three points in the National League encounter at the Cooperage, Mumbai.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group A: Bengal 2-1 Manipur
35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group B: Maharashtra 2-1 Sikkim

Calcutta Women's League: Jubak Sangha 5-0 Rampur Milan Sangha
Calcutta Women's League: Bally Gramanchal 4-0 NPC Academy

15. February
5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 0-0 Vasco SC - Goals: none.
Tollygunge Agragami played a 0-0 draw against new entrants Vasco SC, the surprise package of this edition of the National League, at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium.
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Ranjan Chowdhury (Bhabani Mohanty), Abayomi Felix, Abdul Saliu, Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu, Abdulateef Seriki.
VASCO: Ramos Rogerio, Sanjay Parte, Denzil Coutinho, Seby Dias, Caetani Pinho, Ronaldo da Silva, Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Gregory Clark (Daniel Colaco), Kashimov Azawbek, Peter Rodrigues (Louis Nickson), Edson Wanderley.

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 1-0 JCT Mills - Goal: 1:0 Aaron Cole (75').
Formidable FC Kochin, who had missed out on some vital points with two draws in the last two matches, got their act together defeating JCT Mills 1-0 at the Nehru Stadium. Liberian striker Aaron Cole, coming back after one-match suspension, was the hero for the home team when he banged the match winner in the 75.minute.
FCK: Sunday Seah, Dineah Nair, Patrick Nuku, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jithesh, VB Santosh, Eugene Gray, IM Vijayan, TS Anoj, Susanth Mathew (Hemanathan), Aaron Cole.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Ranjit Singh, Pawan Kumar, Taranjit Singh, Surjit Singh, Harinder Singh, Ram Pal, Jaswant Singh (Balbir Singh), Sukhjit Singh (Jagjit Randhawa), Hardip Gill.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group A: Karnataka 2-2 Orissa
35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group B: Bihar vs Tamil Nadu

Calcutta Women's League: Mohun Bagan 5-0 Itika Memorial
Calcutta Women's League: Bidyut Sporting 5-0 Kasba Samannay

Note-1: The AIFF has requested the Bury FC in England to release ace player Baichung Bhutia for the pre-World Cup matches. Baichung has been asked to join the Indian camp from March 25. The AIFF sources said here the probables for the Indian coaching camp would be announced after a discussion with AIFF presidentPriya Ranjan Das Munshi, secretary Alberto Colaco and coach Sukhvinder Singh. Venues of the coaching camps would also be announced soon. All three pre-World Cup home matches would be played at Bangalore. The souces said AIFF secretary Mr Colaco had written through Sapphire to Terry Robinson, chairman of the Bury FC, to release Baichung for his participation in the coaching camps.

14. February
5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 2-2 Mahindra United - Goals: 1:0,2:2 Abdul Hakkim (26',53'), 1:1 Manjit Singh (29'), 1:2 Raman Vijayan (49').
State Bank of Travancore in dire need for their first victory in this seasons National League was once again not able to win and just scored a 2-2 draw against Mahindra United at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Fortunes fluctuated in the match with SBT opening the score through Abdul Hakkim but before Mahindras were able to equalise when Manjit Singh scored. Mahindras then even took the lead through Raman Vijayan but Abdul Hakkim was able to give SBT at least a draw.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group A: Karnakata 2-3 Manipur
35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group B: Sikkim 1-1 Bihar

Calcutta Women's League: Income Tax 9-0 Young Footballers
Calcutta Women's League: Jubak Sangha 2-0 NPC

13. February
This is the article that the Telegraph in Calcutta printed today on the formation of the IFSC:
At a time when nothing seems to go right for Indian football, a few expatriates have launched the Indian Football Supporters' Club (IFSC).
The club was officially launched in London on January 26 and its parent organisation called IFSC International is officially registered in the United Kingdom.
The IFSC currently has around 150 members mostly from Europe, especially England and Germany, and North America.
Affiliated organisations are being formed in Leicester, Goa and Kerala.
The objective of the club is to efficiently utilise various facilities and look after matters concerning Indian football promotion and management all over the world.
It wants to work in specific areas like training, coaching, women's football, information database, merchandising, sponsorship, youth development schemes and player exchange programmes.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group A: Bengal 2-1 Orissa
35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group B: Tamil Nadu 3-0 Maharashtra

Calcutta Women's League: East Bengal Club 7-0 Bidyut Sporting
Calcutta Women's League: Nabajanma Sangha 6-0 Kasba Samannay

12. February
5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 0-1 East Bengal Club - Goal: 0:1 Dipendu Biswas (54').
Riding on a 54.minute goal by Dipendu Biswas, East Bengal won against Air-India 1-0 in the National League at Cooperage, Mumbai. Despite missing star-striker captain Bijen Singh due to injury, the Calcutta giants played a controlled game and registered the win over airmen. On the other hand Air-India strikers again failed to score despite having some easy chances in either half. East Bengal are now second behind Mohun Bagan ahead of the derby against the later on Saturday!
AIR-INDIA: Yousuf Ansari, Henry Picardo (Narendra Meetei), Osberne D'Souza, Arun Malhotra, Raju Singh, Tomba Singh, Dennis George, Bungo Singh, Ratan Singh (Godfrey Pereira), Khalid Jamil, Anthony Fernandes.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Sur Kumar Singh, Jackson Agaypong, Dipak Mondal, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman (Srikanta Dutta), Isiaka Awoyemi, Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy (Anit Ghosh), Dipendu Biswas (Suley Musah), Omolaja Olalekan.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group A: Karnataka 0-1 Bengal
35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group B: Bihar 3-0 Maharashtra

Calcutta Women's League: Mohun Bagan AC 6-0 Rampur Milan Sangha
The Mohun Bagan women's team won their first-ever league match at the SAI Complex, Saltlake, Calcutta!
Today marked the entry of Calcutta giants Mohun Bagan and East Bengal into the women's game in India. This is seen as a major boast for Indian women's football and in the future the start of a National Women's League has to be a goal!!!

11. February
5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 1-2 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 1:0 Edson de Crasto (17'), 1:1 Climax Lawrence (48'), 1:2 Dharamjit Singh (80').
The 15,000 spectators turned up for the Churchill Brothers against Salgaocar SC for two reasons. The first one being to make a contribution to the Prime Minister’s Gujarat Earthquake Relief Fund, while the second one being a local derby with good football and the 2-1 win for Salgaocar was plenty of thrilling moments. Brazilian import Edson De Crasto put Churchill into the lead in the 17.minute while Salgaocar equalised through a spotkick by Climax Lawrence in the 48.minute and medio Dharamjit Singh struck match winner in the 80.minute.
The proceeds from the gate collection amounting to Rs 335,000 will go to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund in aid of the Gujarat earthquake victims!
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Denzil Ferrao (Mir Farooq Hyder), Osumanu Husseni, Jaspreet Singh (Noel Wilson), Rajesh Meetei, Roque Barreto, Mahesh Gawli, Edson de Crasto, Andre Requena, Jose Colaco, Francis Silveira.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Covan Lawrence, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto, Roque Pereira, Augustine Rodrigues [Jatin Bisht (VK Harish)], Jules Alberto, Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh, Bruno Coutinho (Tejani Ahmed), Alvito D'Cunha.

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 1-1 JCT Mills - Goals: 1:0 Abdul Hakkim (53'), 1:1 Harinder Singh (85').
State Bank of Travancore were on the way to a victory against JCT Mills but they allowed the Millmen to get away with a 1-1 draw in the National League at the Chandrasekharan Nair stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Both goals came in the second half, striker Abdul Hakkim scored SBT's lead in the 53.minute and medio Harinder Singh scored the equaliser in the 85.minute for JCT.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group A: Manipur 2-0 Orissa
35.BC Roy Trophy - Quarterfinal - Group B: Sikkim 2-2 Tamil Nadu

25.Women's National Football Championship - Rourkela: Chandigarh 2-1 Orissa - Goals: 1:0, 2:0 Parmajit Kaur (30',31'), 2:1 Rosalin Jena.
Chandigarh surprisingly won the Women's National Football Championship!!!

10. February
5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 2-2 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: 0:1 RC Prakash (9'), 1:1 Eugene Gray (24'), 1:2 James Singh (36'), 2:2 Jo Paul Ancheri (52').
Hosts FC Kochin survived a barrage of attacks from Mohun Bagan and held them to a 2-2 draw to split points in the National League encounter at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochin. At half time Bagan led 2-1. Bagan drew the first blood through striker RC Prakash in the 9.minute which was neutralised by Kochin's Eugene Gray in the 24.minute. Bagan again shot into the lead through James Singh in the 36.minute and Kochin struck the equaliser in the 53.minute through Jo Paul Ancheri's free-kick. The tussle between the two teams provided keen competition with the Calcutta strikers showing speed and dash which the professional club matched effectively. The Bagan midfield functioned with flexibility and verve and dominated the exchanges.
FCK: Sunday Seah, Dinesh Nair, Patrick Nuku, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jiteesh (L Suresh), Rasheed Williams, VB Santosh, IM Vijayan, TS Anoj, Eugene Gray, Hemanathan (MA Rajesh Kumar).
MOHUN BAGAN: Bibash Ghosh, Dulal Biswas, Amouri, M Suresh, Lorendra Singh, Basudeb Mondal (Jayanta Sen), RP Singh, Debjit Ghosh, James Singh (Amar Ganguly), RC Prakash, Jose Barreto.

5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 0-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goal: 0:1 Abdullatif Seriki (30').
Rajeev Kolassari reports that ITI failed to crack the defensive gameplan of Tollygunge Agragami and tumbled to a solitary goal defeat in the National League in Bangalore. Striker Abdullatif Seriki scored the lone goal in the 30.minute and Tollygunge protected that lead with great resolve to notch their first win in six matches. For ITI, this was their third defeat in six matches and a definite setback to their plans in front of their home fans. The match between two teams in the lower rungs of the NFL table hardly produced exciting football. But it was the result that mattered and Tollygunge came off the happier side after a win based on a simple, no-nonsense approach.

9. February
5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 0-0 Mahindra United - Goals: none.
Vasco SC's unbeaten run in the National League continued with 0-0 draw against Mahindra United at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. Mahindra United enjoyed a major share of ball possession throughout the encounter with the Goan side dictating terms for a brief spell in the first half. But in the end Mahindra's goalkeeper Virender Singh brought off a brilliant save against Edson Wanderley in injury time to save Mahindra a point.
VASCO: Ramos Rogerio, Denzil Coutinho, Seby Dias, Caetano Pinho, Agnelo Colaco, Ronaldo Silva, Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Daniel Colaco, Gregory Clark (Rustom Zabirov), Louis Nickson (Edson Wanderley), Peter Rodrigues.
MAHINDRA: Virender Singh, Anthony Pereira, Christopher Ihegbrow, Habib Adenkule, Sanjay Dayal (Ramesh Razak), S Venkatesh, Aqueel Ansari, Dawood Hussain, Samshi Raza (Khalid Siddique), Raman Vijayan (Manjit Singh).

35.BC Roy Trophy - Group V: Orissa 1-1 Goa
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group VI: Tamil Nadu 3-0 Haryana

Note-1: The following report appeared in the Hindustan Times:
The Millennium Cup may not have been a box-office hit but it hasn't prevented football organisers here from grand projects. In aid of the Gujarat earthquake, Leisure Sports Management wants to bring a full-strength Tottenham Hotspurs to India for two matches. Mohun Bagan are keen on picking up the tab which would be between Rs 20 to 25 million. The Spurs visit, if it materialises, will be between May 21 to 31, LSM managing director SS Das Gupta said. "One of the matches would certainly be in Kolkata but the other venue is yet to be decided," he said. New Delhi could be a frontrunner because Das Gupta said he would want the Prime Minister to be present. LSM want NFL champions Mohun Bagan to play one of the matches. "We haven't decided who the other team would be," he added. If Bagan goes ahead with the offer, the trip, according to Das Gupta, is almost certainly on.
If the tour materializes, a great feast for football fans in India, as Tottenham have stars like Sol Campbell, Darren Anderson, Sergei Rebrov or Stephan Iverson

8. February
In Goa the National Football League Committee meet on February 6, while yesterday the AIFF Executive Committee had a meeting to decide what will be the course of action in the coming months.

JCT Mills coach, Sukhwinder Singh, expectedly, has been appointed chief coach for the pre-World Cup matches in April/May to be played on a home-and-away basis. Meanwhile Uzbek coach Islam Akhmedov has been reappointed the chief coach of the national under-16 and under-19 teams. Akhmedov's contract ending in March has been renewed by a year! Akhmedov has been demoted but has been given the tough job of organising the Indian junior set-up!
In a surprise move Bangalore has been chosen as the venue for all three home matches to be played by India in the Asian Zone first round qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup. Drawn in Group 8, India is scheduled to meet United Arab Emirates on April 8, Yemen on April 15 and Brunei Darussalam on May 20.
With many companies having shown interest in marketing the AIFF property, it was also decided to advertise and invite offers before awarding the marketing rights of the AIFF to any individual or company. A sub-committee headed by the AIFF president, Priyaranjan Das Munshi, would examine the bids before taking a final decision.

Decisions were also taken on the format of the National League, the second division NFL, the Federation Cup and junior nationals.
Though the dates of the pre-World Cup matches clash with the ongoing National League, it was decided not the interrupt the NFL which is now scheduled to be completed by the end of April. However, since most of the clubs will be affected as some of their players will be included in the Indian team, the clubs will be allowed to take players from the same State or other States on loan till the conclusion of the NFL. It was also decided to allow clubs to replace a foreign player whose contract has expired with another foreign player. The AIFF will provide a subsidy of Rs. 200,000 to those affected clubs in this regard, for the replacement of a foreign player. The transfer dates for the next season will be prolonged to May 31. The meeting also decided against disturbing the present format of the NFL, thus overlooking a proposal to run the same at two specific venues; one featuring the top six teams and the other including the rest of the six teams at the end of the first phase.
The zonal qualifiers for this year's second division National League will start from the first week of March. Besides Dempo SC and Border Security Force, which were relegated from the last year's NFL, all State Associations will be allowed to nominate one team each. So far, only 20 States have nominated their teams and the venues for the four zonals will be decided shortly after knowing the composition of the participating teams. Delhi is one of the candidates as venue.
Having drawn criticism from various quarters for its failure to conduct the Federation Cup through the last two years, the executive meeting approved on a new format for the tournament. Accordingly, the tournament would now be open only to the top eight teams from the Premier and second division National League's, making the Federation Cup a 16-team knock-out event!
The Junior, Sub-junior and Under-21 national tournaments will be held in April-May. The Junior nationals will be held in Kerala, the sub-junior in Haryana or Tamil Nadu, while the final rounds of under-21 in Assam.

The AIFF also decided to donate the gate collection of four National League matches to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund for the Gujarat earthquake victims! The IPFA president Vijay Mallya, who is also the vice-president of the AIFF, announced that his company would be sponsoring these four matches by donating Rs 5,000,000.
The AIFF also plans to approach FIFA to organise matches with foreign teams in India to raise funds for quake victims.
Mallya, chairman, UB Group, has also offered to sponsor any foreign team that may be willing to come to India to play exhibition matches to raise fund for the quake victims.
The four matches are: Churchill vs Salgaocar (Feb 11, Goa), East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan (Feb 17, Kolkata), State Bank of Travancore vs FC Kochin (Feb 20, Thiruvananthapuram), Mahindra United vs Air India (Mumbai).

35.BC Roy Trophy - Group IV: Uttar Pradesh 1-3 Maharashtra
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group V: Goa 2-0 Delhi
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group VI: Haryana 2-0 Tripura

7. February
5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 0-2 East Bengal Club - Goals: 0:1 Dipendu Biswas (34'), 0:2 Surkumar Singh (65').
Salgaocar SC lost 0-2 against Calcutta giants East Bengal at home, with liquor Baron Vijay Mallya watching the match. East Bengal played a convincing match with their midfield playing a vital role. The goals were scored when East Bengal broke through the Salgaocar defence in the 32.minute through Dipendu Biswas scoring. Later in the match substitute Surkumar Singh in the 65.minute further added to the agony of the Salgaocar camp.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Covan Lawrence, Roberto Fernandes, Franky Baretto, Roque Pereira, Denis Cabral (Gbenga Lawal), Jules Alberto (Augustine Rodrigues), Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh, Bruno Coutinho (Tijani Ahmed), Alvito D'Cunha.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Egypong, Dipak Mondol, Ratan Singh, Carlton Chapman (Surkumar Singh), Isiaka Awoyemi, Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas [Srikanta Dutta (Sheikh Sanjib)], Omolaja Olalekan.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 0-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: none.
Air India and Tollygunge Agragami played a goalless draw in the National League match at the Cooperage, Mumbai. Tollygunge played most players in defence and the match was of appalling standard.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Group I: Karnataka 3-1 Andhra Pradesh
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group I: Rajasthan 2-1 Gujarat
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group V: Orissa 2-0 Delhi
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group VI: Tamil Nadu 3-0 Tripura

6. February
5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 4-0 JCT Mills - Goals: 1:0 Edson de Crasto (8'), 2:0,3:0 Igor Shkvyrin (25',39'), 4:0 Somatai Shaiza (70').
Churchill Brothers won 4-0 against JCT Mills in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. The return of Uzbek coach Gregory Tsevtin seemed to have helped the Goan's, who had trained without their coach for four days, notching their first victory of the current National League in the process. The Goans started the scoring in the 8.minute through Brazilian Edson de Crasto. Then, much criticised, Uzbek Igor Shkvyrin netted two goals in the 25. and 39.minute. JCT Mills were penalised later in teh match with a spot-kick from which substitute Somatai Shaiza scored in the 70.minute.
CHURCHILL BROS: Edward Ansah, Mahesh Gawli, Jaspreet Singh, Rajesh Meetei, Denzil Ferrao (Mir Farooq Hyder), Roque Baretto, Edson de Crasto, Andre Requena, Jose Colaco, Francis Silveira (Somatai Shaiza), Igor Shkvyrin.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Balkar Singh, Pawan Kumar, Taranjit Singh, Hardip Singh Saini, Harinder Singh, Ram Pal, Surjit Singh, Sukhjit Singh (Jagjit Randhawa), Hardip Gill (Balbir Singh).

35.BC Roy Trophy - Group II: Kerala 5-0 Chandigarh
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group III: Madhya Pradesh 0-3 Bengal
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group IV: Maharashtra 2-0 Uttar Pradesh

5. February
5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 1-0 Mohun Bagan - Goal: 0:1 Jose Barreto (55').
Mohun Bagan' Brazilian striker Barreto scored a perfect header to help his club to edge past local outfit Mahindra United by a solitary goal in the National League at the Cooperage Ground. Mohun Bagan could and should have won by a greater margin but Mahindra's India custodian Virender Singh thwarted all their hopes as he some fantastic saves.
MAHINDRA: Virender Singh, Tapan Ghosh (Sanjay Dayal), Christopher, Habib Adenkule, Anthony Pereira, S Venkatesh, Aqeel Ansari, Davoud Hosseini, Khalid Siddique (Shamsi Reza), Raman Vijayan, Manjit Singh (Abhay Kumar).
MOHUN BAGAN: Bibash Ghosh, Dulal Biswas, M Suresh, Lolendro Singh, James Singh, RP Singh, Debjit Ghosh, Basudeb Mondal (Amar Ganguly), Jose Barreto, RC Prakash.

5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 2-1 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 1:0 Ravi Babu (50'), 1:1 Jiju Jacob (83'), 2:1 Kashimov Awazbek (90').
Vasco SC won 2-1 against State Bank of Travancore in the National League encounter at the Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. All three goals in the match came in the second-half from penalties! Vasco went into the lead in the 50.minute through Ravi Babu, while SBT equalised in the 83.minute through Jiju Jacob. Vasco's match winner came in injury time through Kashimov Awazbek again a penalty.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Seby Dias, Caetano Pinho, Sanjay Parte, Agnelo Colaco, Ronaldo Da Silva, Gregory Clark (Kishore Palkar), Kashimov Awazbek, Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Peter Rodrigues, Edson Wanderley (Daniel Colaco).
SBT: Feroz Sheriff, V Sivakumar, Jiju Jacob, A Sunil Kumar, Vinu Jose (Paul Anthony) V Suresh Babu, M Lanel Thomas, Krishnan Ajayan, (KM Abdul Noushad) Chengoth Sunny, T Asif Saheer, MA Abdul Hakkim.

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 1-1 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 0:1 KV Dhanesh (45'), 1:1 Jo Paul Ancheri (53').
Antony John reporting: ITI, Bangalore did well to ward off a barrage of attack from FC Kochin towards the closing stages of the game to hold them to a 1-1 draw in the National League encounter at the Jawarharlal Nehru stadium in Kochi. ITI forged ahead through a penalty kick by their captain KV Dhanesh in the 45.minute and FC Kochin struck the equaliser in the 53.minute through a free-kick by Jo Paul Ancheri.
FCK: Sunday Seah, Dinesh Nair, Eugene Gray, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jitesh, Rasheedi Williams, VB Santosh, IM Vijayan, TS Anoj, Aaron Cole, Hemanathan.
ITI: Mark Marcarenhas, Mohammed Shafeeq, Majeed Odaa, AS Firoze, Rishi Kapoor, Karunakar Raj, Yusuf Mohammed, KV Dhanesh, K Noushad, Kenneth Ugwo, George Ekeh.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Group I: Karnataka 4-0 Gujarat
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group I: Andhra Pradesh 0-1 Rajasthan
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group II: Chandigarh 0-0 Bihar
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group III: Pondicherry 1-5 Bengal

4. February
5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 2-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 1:0 Dharamjit Singh (57'), 2:0 Bruno Coutinho (65').
Salgaocar SC, winning 2-0, registered their third consecutive win in four matches at home in the National League encounter against Calcutta's Tollygunge Agragami at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. Salgaocar struck home through Dharamjit Singh in the 57.minute and Bruno Coutinho in the 65.minute.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Augustine Rodrigues, (Roberto Fernandes), Covan Lawrence, Franky Baretto, Roque Pereira, Denis Cabral, Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh, Bruno Coutinho (Alex Ambrose), Alvito D'Cunha.
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Kumar Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Abdul Waisu Saliu, Bhabani Mohanty (Napoleon Singh), Felix Abayomi, Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu (Mohammed Qizar), Ranjan Chowdhury.

35.BC Roy Trophy - Group I: Karnataka 5-0 Rajasthan
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group I: Gujarat 1-0 Andhra Pradesh
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group II: Bihar 1-0 Kerala
35.BC Roy Trophy - Group III: Pondicherry 1-1 Madhya Pradesh

3. February
5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 1-1 East Bengal - Goals: 1:0 Rajesh Meetei (36'), 1:1 Omolaja Olalekan (51').
The match between Churchill Brothers and East Bengal ended in a one-all draw in the fourth round of National League at the Nehru Stadium Fatorda. Churchill Bros went into the lead in the 36.minute of the match through defender, Rajesh Meetei, while East Bengal equalised through Omolaja Olalekan in the 51.minute.
CHURCHILL BROS: Edward Ansah, Mahesh Gawli, Osumanu Husseni, Rajesh Meetei, Inacio Afonso (Mir Farooq Hyder), Roque Baretto, Noel Wilson, (Ajay Singh) Andre Requena, Jose Colaco, Francis Silveira (Uday Kumar Konar).
EAST BENGAL: Nasim Aktar, Suley Musah, Dipak Mandal, Ratan Singh, Sur Kumar Singh, Isiaka Awoyemi, Jackson Egypong, Omolaja Olalekan, Dipankar Roy (Anit Kumar Ghosh), Dipendu Biswas (Sreekant Dutta), Bijen Singh (Chandan Das).

2. February
5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 1-0 JCT Mills - Goals: 1:0 Peter Rodrigues (21').
Vasco Sports Club continued their winning streak in the National League as they scored a 1-0 win over JCT Mills at Nehru Stadium, Fatorda. Vasco match winner came through Peter Rodrigues who found the back of the nets in the 21st minute of the match.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Caetano Pinho, Sanjay Parte, Denzil Coutinho, Agnelo Colaco, Gregory Clark (Santan Colaco), Ronaldo Da Silva, Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Kashimov Avazbek, Peter Rodrigues (Daniel Colaco), Edson Wanderley.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Ranjit Singh (Balkar Singh), Taranjit Singh, Hardip Saini, Harinder Singh, Ram Pal, Hardip Sangha (Jaswant Singh), Surjit Singh (Jagjit Randhawa).

1. February
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 3-0 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 1:0 Jose Barreto (3'), 2:0 Debjit Ghosh (32'), 3:0 RP Singh (74').
Amitabha Das Sharma reports that defending champion Mohun Bagan showed glimpses of its attacking prowess at the Saltlake Stadium. In defeating State Bank of Travancore 3-0, Mohun Bagan warmed up for tougher encounters ahead in the National League. Thus the victory lifted Mohun Bagan to 10 points from four games. SBT remained on two points from four matches. The visitors also tasted their back to back loss. The Kolkata's glamour team had a dream start. In the third minute, Mohun Bagan's midfielder Basudeb Mondal sent in a defence-splitting through ball. Brazilian import Jose Barrato anticipated the move, ran between the defenders and crashed a left-footer to the far post. At the stroke of the second quarter, Mohun Bagan consolidated the lead after Barrato made a hash of a fine opening. RP Singh rifled a through into the rival box as Barrato ran between the two stoppers to get hold of the ball. SBT custodian Rajeev Kumar charged out and blocked the shot. The ball flew over to give Mohun Bagan a flag kick. Renedy Singh floated the corner kick right in front of Debjit Ghosh as the defenders stood rooted to the spot. Ghosh just nodded home. SBT came back into the game in the later half with some imaginative approach work but it was Mohun Bagan which looked dangerous. After a 63rd-minute shot by Prakash crashed into the bar, R.P. Singh placed home 11 minutes later, after Barrato did the spade work.
MOHUN BAGAN: Bibash Ghosh, Dulal Biswas, Amouri da Silva, Hussain Mustafi, Lolendra Singh, Basudeb Mondal (Jayanta Sen), RP Singh, Debjit Ghosh, Renedy Singh (James Singh), Jose Barreto, Amar Ganguly (RC Prakash).
SBT: Rajeev Kumar, V Sivakumar, Jiju Jacob, Vinu Jose (K Ajayan), Lionel Thomas (Sunil Kumar), XR Prajeev, Suresh Babu, T Shabir Ali, VP Shaji, Asif Saheer (Abdul Naushad), Abdul Hakim.

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 2-1 Air-India - Goals: 1:0 Eugene Gray (68'), 2:0 Aaron Cole (80'), 2:1 Khalid Jamil (89').
FC Kochin edged past Air India 2-1 in an evenly contested match the Nehru Stadium, Kochi. The home side was helped to its third win in four matches by the goals scored by its Liberians, Eugene Gray and Aaron Cole, midway through the second-half, while Air India's consolation goal come from its skipper, Khalid Jamil.
KOCHIN: Sunday Seah, Dinesh Nair, Patrick Nuku, Jo Paul Ancheri, CK Jithesh, Eugene Gray, VB Santosh, Hemanathan, TS Anoj, IM Vijayan, Aaron Cole.
AIR-INDIA: Yousuf Ansari, Henry Picardo, Khambiton Singh, Osborne D'Souza, Raju Singh, Tomba Singh, Bungo Singh, Khalid Jamil, Ratan Singh, Dennid George, Anthony Fernandes.

5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 1-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 1:0 Manjit Singh (17').
Mahindra United posted its first win from four National League matches, defeating Indian Telephone Industries 1-0 at the Cooperage, Mumbai. Mahindras, who have major injury problems, were distinctly lucky not to lose the lead in the dying minutes of the game, when a left-footer off a corner from Iraqi player Majid M Odas thudded on to the post. The home team dominated the first half and scored of a goal by Manjit in the 17.minute.

Note-1: The Orissa State Women Football Association has sought Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's intervention to thwart the AIFF's move to stop the 25th Senior National Football Championship beginning tomorrow on the grounds of it being "unauthorised".
In a letter to the Chief Minister, OSWFA secretary Sahadev Raut clarified that their association was affiliated to the Women Football Federation of India which had no relation to the AIFF headed by Mr. Dasmunshi.
Taking exception to Mr Dasmunshi’s recent letter to Orissa Director of Sports Kulamani Deo to stop the championship in the state, OSWFA President Ashirbad Behera declared the championship would be held in Rourkela and Rajkanika as per schedule and threatened to move court against the AIFF and those conspiring against staging the national event of the WFFI headed by Kirti Azad.
Soon after receiving the fax message from Mr Dasmunshi, Mr Deo directed the concerned district authorities to take appropriate action in the matter. Mr Deo in his letter to the organisers of the championship - the State Sports and Youth Services Minister and the AIFF President - said his directorate would not recognise the national championship.
Mr Behera, who is also the secretary of the Orissa Olympic Association, said all the 20 state teams participating in the championship being held for the first time in Orissa, had already arrived.
The 12-day championship for the S.R. Zaidi Trophy would be played on a league-cum-knock-out basis at Rourkela in Sundargarh and Rajkanika in Kendrapara district. The final would be played at Rourkela on February 11, Mr Behera said.

Note-2: The Karnataka State Football Association has bid for hosting the three Indian home matches in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers against UAE, Yemen and Brunei in Bangalore.