30. April
5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 0-2 East Bengal Club - Goals: 0:1,0:2 Omolaja Olalekan (43',74').
Today East Bengal won 2-0 away at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram against State Bank of Travancore in the final clash of the National League, winning their first-ever National League title and once again underlined their credentials as one of India's top clubs! The man of the match was Nigerian Omolaja Olalekan scoring two goals in the match to decide it in East Bengal's favour. While East Bengal was celebrating their league triumph, SBT had just been relegated to the second division of the National League.
What speaks for the East Bengal team is that even in the moment of joy over their first NFL title they did not forget their former secretary, Dipak Kumar Das, who had died last month. Senior player Carlton Chapman said, "this is something which we owe it to him". And that is a perfect way to say it!
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5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 0-2 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: 0:1 Basudeb Mondal (42'), 0:2 Amar Ganguly (56').
Mohun Bagan won 2-0 away at the Bangalore Football Stadium against Indian Telephone Industries in the National League but that was not enough to retain their title from last season. A controversial goal by midfielder Basudeb Mondal took Bagan ahead in the 42.minute and Amar Ganguly consolidated the lead with a splendid effort in the 56.minute even as the officiating standards took a downturn. The players of both sides went at each other and soon tempers reached boiling point. Basudeb Mondal fouled John Kennethraj and thn both traded blows and both players were sent off.

5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 3-1 FC Kochin - Goals: 0:1 Aaron Cole (31'), 1:1 Igor Shkvyrin (47'), 2:1 Abhishek Yadav (52'), 3:1 Ajay Singh (73').
Churchill Brothers downed FC Kochin 3-1 in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao to finish third and ahead of todays opponent FCK. Kochin took the lead through Liberian Aaron Cole in the 31.minute but Churchill Bros hit back in the second half. First reliable Uzbek Igor Shkvyrin equalised in the 47.minute, Abhishek Yadav scored the lead in the 52.minute, while Ajay Singh made sure of the victory in the 73.minute.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Osumanu Husseini, Jaspreet Singh, Mir Farooq Hyder, Inacio Afonso (Ajay Singh), Roque Baretto, Jose Colaco, Somathai Shaiza, Rajesh Meetei, Igor Shkvyrin, Kaustav Ghosh (Abhishek Yadav).
FCK: Shibu Shanmugam, Dinesh Nair, L Suresh, VB Santosh, CK Jithesh, Eugene Gray, Patrick Nuku, Rasheedi Williams, O Sameer (PK Kumar), Aaron Cole, Rajesh Kumar (MA Hemanathan).

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 2-0 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 1:0 Ram Pal (37'), 2:0 Hardip Gill (77').
JCT Mills won 2-0 against Salgaocar SC in the National League at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana to remain in the NFL! Captain Ram Pal in the 37.minute and striker Hardip Gill in the 77.minute made sure of the victory.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 2-1 Vasco SC - Goals: 1:0 Khemtang Paite (15'), 1:1 Vishant Pednekar (18'), 2:1 Ratan Singh (90').
Air India won 2-1 against Vasco SC in the National League at the Cooperage Ground, Mumbai but still they got relegated to the second division of the National League, as JCT won their match and stayed ahead. Air India shot into the lead through Khemtang Paite in the 15.minute, which was equalised by Vishant Pednekar in the 18.minute for Vasco. Air India had to wait until injurytime to score the winning goal through Ratan Singh but that was in vain.

29. April
5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 1-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 0:1 Emeka Achilefu (48'), 1:1 Bernard Operanozie (75').
Mahindra United held Tollygunge Agragami to a 1-1 draw in the National League at the Cooperage Ground, Mumbai. Tollygunge Agragami shot into the lead through Nigerian recruit Emeka Achilefu in the 48.minute, with his countryman Bernard Operanozie equalising for Mahindra's in the 75.minute.

Note-1: Mohun Bagan is ready to invite the legendary Brazilian Edson Arantes Do Nascimento - better known as Pele - later this year. The club's general secretary Anjan Mitra said that the club plans to celebrate July 29 as the 'Mohun Bagan Day' from this year onwards in a big way. "I will put it up before the committee and consider this. I think it will be just great to have Pele in our midst again," he said.

28. April The AIFF has all but cleared the dues of Mohun Bagan for winning the last National League, according to it's secretary, Alberto Colaco. "Contrary to the general perception, we have cleared the dues of most of the clubs barring a few disputed cases. The remaining amount should be settled by this weekend," clarified the AIFF secretary. This puts the finance issue in the court of the clubs.

26. April
ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER - GROUP 8 - AL AIN: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1-0 INDIA - Goal: 1:0 Subait Khater (63').
UAE: Motaz Abdullah, Fahad Ali, Humaid Khater, Fahad Masoud, Haider Alo Ali, Sultan Rasihd, Abdul Salam Juma'a, Abdul Rahim Juma'a, Subait Khater, Haider Alo Ali, Yasser Salem.
INDIA: Virender Singh, Surkumar Singh, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, KV Dhanesh, Jules Alberto (Noel Wilson), Joe Paul Ancheri, Khalid Jamil, Renedy Singh (RP Singh), IM Vijayan (RC Prakash), Baichung Bhutia.
Referee: Abdul Hamid Halim (Malaysia).
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5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 0-1 Mohun Bagan AC - Goal: 0:1 Abdul Khalique (24').
Vasco SC lost 0-1 to Mohun Bagan in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. The all important goal was scored by Abdul Khalique in the 24.minute setting up a nail-bitting finsih to the 5.National League. Mohun Bagan are now just one point behind league leaders and city rivals East Bengal before the last round of National League matches are played.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Bhola Dey, Seby Dias, Agnelo Colaco, Sanjay Parte, Caetino Pinho (Santan Colaco), Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Awazbek Kashimov, Riston Rodrigues (Peter Rodrigues), Edson Wanderley, Vishant Pednekar.
MOHUN BAGAN: Bibash Ghosh, Dulal Biswas, Hussain Mustafi, M Suresh, Lolendro Singh, Jayanto Sen, Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, James Singh (Amar Ganguly), Abdul Khalique, Jose Barreto.

Note-1: A interesting story from the Fiji Islands: The National team of Fiji is lead by Billy Singh - a Indian origin coach! He is currently performing with Fijian national team at the World Cup Qualifiers.

25. April
Today is another big day for the IFSC as its first branch in the United Kingdom in Leicester is being founded. Leicester has the largest Indian community in a town outside India, even bigger than London or New York/New Jersey. So Leicester is a place were the IFSC could recruit a lot of new members. Thanks goes to Steve White and Mario Fernandes for the ground work that they have been doing there!

5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 0-0 JCT Mills - Goals: none.
Indian Telephone Industries were held to a goalless draw by JCT Mills in a National League match at the Bangalore Football Stadium. The football played was aimless and of poor standard and it wouldn't be a surprise after this match if one of the two teams was relegated from the National League.

2.Division National League - Promotion Stage - Malda: Dempo SC 2-1 Indian Bank - Goals: 1:0 Clifford Miranda (5'), 1:1 Seyd Shabir Pasha (23'), 2:1 Levy Coelho (51').

Note-1: New rumours on Baichung Bhutia: India captain Baichung Bhutia has said that he is open to playing in the UAE-League, if he gets a suitable offer, talking to the Dubai-based Khaleej Times, "I am a professional and whenever I get the suitable opportunity to join any club I will not hesitate." "It will be very interesting to play in the UAE National League," he was quoted as saying.

Note-2: As many as 18 international women football players of the country will participate in the Senior National Women's Football Championship to be held at Ludhiana from May 12 to 27. Earlier the meet was scheduled to begin on May 10.
Twenty teams will participate in the championship and the matches will be played in two rounds. The preliminary round with 16 teams will start on May 12 and four semifinalists of the last national championship will play in the quarterfinals from May 18. There will be four groups with four teams in the preliminary round and out of these 16 teams the top four teams, one from each group, will play in the quarterfinals.
The participating teams are Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharasthra, Delhi, Haryana, Karnataka, Bihar, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Goa, Punjab.

24. April
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 3-0 FC Kochin - Goals: 1:0 Falguni Datta (22'), 2:0 Dipendu Biswas (29'), 3:0 Suley Musah (64').
East Bengal beat FC Kochin 3-0 at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta, to stay in the lead in the National League with just one more match to go. In a one-sided match East Bengal's goals were scored by captain Falguni Datta, Dipendu Biswas and Suley Musah.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Egygpong, Ranjan Dey, Falguni Dutta, Isiaka Awoyemi, Anit Ghosh (Tushar Rakshit), Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy (Amandeep Singh), Omolaja Olalekan, Dipendu Biswas (Srikanta Dutta).
FCK: Dinesh Nair, Eugene Gray, Patrick Nuku, L Suresh, CK Jitesh, PB Babu (CK Salahuddin), MK Sunil, CV Hemanathan (O Sameer), K Harshanand (Shibu Shanmugam), Aaron Cole, Sunday Seah.

5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 1-2 Mahindra United - Goals: 0:1,0:2 Mohammed Najeeb (49',63'), 1:2 Bruno Coutinho (85').
Mahindra United eased its relegation fears with a 2-1 away-victory against former champions Salgaocar in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Mohammed Najeeb scored both the goals for Mahindra in the first 18 minutes of the second-half, while Bruno Coutinho was only able to reduce the margin for Salgaocar in the 85.minute.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Augustine Rodrigues, Covan Lawrence, Franky Baretto, Roque Pereira, Dennis Cabral (Jatin Bisht), Climax Lawrence (Domingos Vaz), Christian Okoye, Dharamjit Singh, Bruno Coutinho, Alex Ambrose (Adil Ansari).
MAHINDRA: Sunder Rajan, Anthony Pereira, Christopher, Gholam Reza (Naushad Moosa), Bernard Operanzoie, Syed Hussain, Davoud Hussain (Abbas Ali Rizvi), Aqueel Ansari, Shamsi Raza, Manjit Singh (Andrew Louis).

5.National League - Thiruvananthapuram: State Bank of Travancore 2-1 Air India - Goals: 1:0 Asif Saheer (33'), 1:1 Ratan Singh (59'), 2:1 VP Shaji (79').
State Bank of Travancore kept their chances of staying in the National League alife with a 2-1 victory against Air India at the Chandrashekar Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Asif Saheer scored the opening goal for SBT in the 33.minute, Air India captain Ratan Singh equalised in the 59.minute, while SBT's VP Shaji scored the winner in the 79.minute.

2.Division National League - Promotion Stage - Malda: Punjab Police 1-1 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goals: 1:0 Praveen Kumar (38'), 1:1 Dayanand (70').

23. April
5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 2-2 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1:0 Edson Wanderley (39'), 2:0 Vishant Pednekar (71'), 2:1 Igor Shkvyrin (73'), 2:2 Abhishek Yadav (84').
Vasco SC were held to a 2-2 draw by Churchill Brothers in a Goan derby in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Vasco took the lead through Brasilian Edson Wanderley in the 39.minute with on-loan striker Vishant Pednekar consolidating the lead in the 71.minute. But Churchill Bros hit back. Igor Shkvyrin reduced the margin two minutes after the second goal for Vasco and Abhishek Yadav then equalised for Churchill Brothers in the 84.minute.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Bhola Dey, Seby Dias, Agnelo Colaco, Sanjay Parte, Riston Rodrigues (Caetino Pinho), Gregory Clark, Awazbek Kashimov, Ravi Babu (Peter Rodrigues), Vishant Pednekar (Kishore Palkar), Edson Wanderley.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Osumanu Husseini, Anthony Mathew, Inacio Afonso, Mir Farooq Hyder, Roque Baretto (Vijayan Arland), Jose Colaco, Francis Silveira (Ajay Singh), Rajesh Meetei, Kaustav Ghosh (Abhishek Yadav), Igor Shkvyrin.

22. April
The latest from the IFSC - GOA branch:
News from the IFSC Goa: Noel Lima Leitao, Goa's representative on the Indian Football Supporters Club - INTERNATIONAL and convenor of IFSC-GOA for the South of Goa sat in a meeting with Francis Ribeiro, convenor for the North of Goa, and worked out broad outlines within which framework the IFSC-GOA would initially begin work. It was agreed that as a first priority the constitution of IFSC International would have to be in place, on which work is in progress. In the meanwhile it was decided that efforts must be made to propagate IFSC through various means including the media, with the intention to boost membership, enrollment of which will begin once the constitution is in place. It was further decided to recommend Goa United as the focus on Youth Development in the North and Vasco Sports Club and other clubs in the South who are sincerely carrying out youth development programmes to IFSC-INTERNATIONAL for support/coaches/kit and minor contributions towards diet. It was agreed that all specialists coaches would be rotated through all these centres. To start with, though, the Goa United programme at the St. Joseph's Orphanage would be the top priority and focal point. It was also pointed out by Noel that another vital area was the development of youth coaches and it was therefore mooted that local prospective coaches would be identified and recommended for specialised training by IFSC GOA. Another area which needed attention, as pointed out by Francis, were the spectators, who need to be encouraged to fill up the stadiums in support of their teams. This would change the dynamics of the Goan football market. It was therefore decided that IFSC GOA would work out ways and means to improve the culture of football spectators in Goa. It has been decided that members should meet regurlarly, at least once in two months. It was finally decided that a meeting would be convened in the second week of May, 2001, for all members from Goa registered with IFSC-INTERNATIONAL. All those from Goa, presently registered with IFSC-INTERNATIONAL, will be informed in respect of the date, place and time of the meeting.

2.Division National League - Promotion Stage - Malda: Punjab Police 1-0 Indian Bank - Goal: 1:0 Sher Singh (12').

Note-1: The proposed India International Club Cup will be held from 3 to 10 June in Calcutta. A total of six teams: East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and India Juniors besides three foreign outfits: AEK Athens, Argentino Juniors and a Iranian club have confirmed participation.

21. April
5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 1-2 JCT Mills - Goals: 1:0 Emeka Achilefu (68'), 1:1 Jaswinder Singh (76'), 1:2 Hardip Gill (80').
Tollygunge Agragami lost 1-2 against JCT Mills in the National League at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta. Tollygunge's Emeka Achilefu opened the scoring for the home team but goals from Jaswinder Singh and Hardip Gill gave the Punjabi team the victory.
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Bhabani Mohanty (Sandip Das), Saliu Abdul Wasiu, Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu (Sumit Sur), Abdulatif Seriki, Felix Abayomi.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Tarsem Lal, Ranjit Singh, Balkar Singh, Daljit Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Hardip Saini (Harjinder Singh), Rampal, Jaswant Singh (Jaspreet Singh), Hardip Gill, Sukhjit Singh (Jagjit Randhawa).

2.Division National League - Promotion Stage - Malda: Dempo SC 0-1 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goal: 0:1 Rajendra Prasad (44').
With the second win in two matches HAL qualify for the National League 2001/02!!!

Note-1: The IFA is all set to allow teams to hire players on lien during the ensuing Calcutta Football League. The move follows AIFF's clearance to the practice during the ongoing National League.
According to IFA joint secretary Ranjit Gupta, the clubs can hire players on lien from states which does not hold a league of their own. "Punjab, for instance, does not hold any state league. So any club will be free to take a player from JCT or Punjab Police during the Calcutta League. Once the League gets over, the concerned player will be free to turn out for his home team in other tournament," explained Gupta. He feels getting AIFF's nod to the proposal will be a mere formality.

20. April
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan 2-1 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 1:0,2:0 Jose Barreto (7',55'), 2:1 Climax Lawrence (59').
Mohun Bagan scored an important 2-1 victory against Salgaocar at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta to remain in the hunt for the National League title. Their main marksman was once again Brasilian star Jose Barreto, who scored both of the Bagan goals. In the 59.minute Climax Lawrence was only able to reduce the deficit for the former champions from Goa.
MOHUN BAGAN: Mohun Bagan: Bivash Ghosh, Dulal Biswas, Amauri da Silva, Hussain Mustafi, Lolendra Singh, Abdul Khalique, Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, James Singh, Jose Barreto, Alfaz Ahmed (Jayanta Sen).
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Augustine Rodrigues, Francis Coelho, Franky Barreto, Roque Pereira, Dennis Cabral, Climax Lawrence (Domingos Vaz), Christian Okoye, Dharamjit Singh, Bruno Coutinho (Adil Ansari), Alex Ambrose.

5.National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 1-1 Air India - Goals: 0:1 Anthony Fernandes (25'), 1:1 Kenneth Ugwo (70').
Indian Telephone Industries played out a 1-1 draw against Air India at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Anthony Fernandes opened the score in the 25.minute for Air India, while Kenneth Ugwo equalised for ITI in the 70.minute.

5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 1-3 Mahindra United - Goals: 1:0 Igor Shkvyrin (18'), 1:1 Manjit Singh (44'), 1:2 Ali Abbas Rizvi (85'), 1:3 Naushad Moosa (90').
10-men Mahindra United scored a very important 3-1 away victory against Churchill Brothers in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. With this win Mahindra U reduced their relegation fears a lot. In a good match, Mahindra lost Satish Minz because of a red card for a goalline handball in the 18.minute. Churchill Bros Uzbek recruit Igor Shkvyrin scored of the penalty. Manjit Singh equalised a minute before halftime, while Ali Abbas Rizvi shot Mahindra into the lead in the 85.minute, while Naushad Moosa rounded off the win with an injury-time penalty.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Osumanu Husseni, Jaspreet Singh, (Denzil Ferrao, Rajesh Meetei), Mir Farooq Hyder, Inacio Afonso, Roque Baretto, Jose Colaco, Somatai Shiza, Kaustav Ghosh (Ajay Singh), Igor Shkvyrin, Francis Silveira.
MAHINDRA: Sunder Raj Rajan, Naushad Moosa, Habib Adenkule, Gholam Reza, Anthony Pereira, Bernard Operanozie, Satish Minz, Davoud Hussein (Aqueel Ansari), Samshi Raza, Mohammed Najeeb, Manjit Singh (Abbas Ali Rizvi).

Note-1: Indian international striker Bhaichung Bhutia has been linked with a move to Singapore at the end of his contract with English second Division side Bury FC next summer.
A report in Friday's edition of The Times of India said S-League club Home United were keen to sign the 24-year-old national team captain.
The club's team manager Noordin Rahman confirmed the club was interested but played down the chances of the 1999 S-League champions signing the former JCT Mills and East Bengal striker if he decides to end his time in Europe.
"We are interested to see how good he is," said Noordin. "We have asked to see tapes of him in action. But we have not made any contact with the player or his agent, although I have talked to our coach about him."
"If he is keen to come to Singapore and he's not asking for too much then we would be interested."
Baichung became the first Indian to play professionally in Europe last year when he signed a three-year deal with Bury.
But he recently expressed his dissatisfaction at life with the Lancashire club, saying: "I'm not very happy at Bury right now. I feel that one must be happy wherever he is. That comes first."
Home are not the only S-League side to have expressed an interested in Bhutia after reports in the Singaporean media said the player's agent was in the island-state last week to assess the market in the South East Asian nation.
This is the not the first time Home United have considered signing the Indian star. The club made enquiries about Bhutia four years ago but they came to nothing.

Note-2: Churchill Bros midfielder Jose Colaco of Nuvem was adjudged GFA's player of the year by the seven adjudicators who met at Nehru stadium, Margao today.
"The promising and upcoming 20 year-old footballer was considered for the award of Rs 20,000 and a trophy due to his consistent performance not only in the Professional League but also in the current National Football League," disclosed Aggie Alcassoas, GFA secretary. He had five competitors to contend with - Mahesh Gawli, Francisco Fernandes, Levy Coelho, Climax Lawrence and Rogerio Ramos. Joaquim Alemao, Alberto Colaco, Henry Britto, Savio Messias, Jaju Fernandes, Schubert Fernandes and Aggie Alcassoas comprised the jury.

19. April
2.Division National League - Promotion Stage - Malda: Dempo SC 0-0 Punjab Police - Goals: none.

Note-1: One of India's very few football stars, IM Vijayan, has been chosen as one of the Persons Of The Year 2000, by the Limca Book of Records, the multi-faceted footballer received the award from actress-Rajya Sabha MP Shabana Azmi in the capital New Delhi. The awards were given away at the India International Centre.

18. April
5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 1-1 East Bengal Club - Goals: 0:1 Suley Musah (53'), 1:1 Vishant Pednekar (81').
Vasco SC held league leaders East Bengal to a 1-1 draw in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. East Bengal went ahead through defender Suley Musah in the 53.minute, while on loan striker Vishant Pednekar scored the equaliser in the 81.minute.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Sanjay Parte, Seby Dias, Bhola Dey, Ceatanho Pinho, Ronaldo da Silva (Peter Rodrigues), Riston Rodrigues (Edson Wanderley), Gregory Clark (Kishore Palkar), Ravi Babu, Vishant Pednekar
EAST BENGAL: Nasim Aktar, Suley Musah, Jackson Egypong, Chanchal Bhattacharya, Falguni Dutta, Chandan Das, Anit Kumar Ghosh, Omolaja Olalekan (Sriknata Dutta), Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas (Ranjan Dey), Bijen Singh (Sheikh Sanjib).

2.Division National League - Promotion Stage - Malda: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 4-0 Indian Bank - Goals: 1:0 Xavier (13'), 2:0,4:0 Sunil (34',89'), 3:0 Satish (88').

17. April
5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 1-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 0:1 Abdullatif Seriki (11'), 1:1 Osumanu Husseini (20').
Churchill Brothers were held to a 1-1 draw by Tollygunge Agragami in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Tollygunge took the lead through Abdullatif Seriki in the 11.minute but the lead only lasted nine minutes as Churchill's Ghanian recruit Osumanu Husseini scored the equaliser of a freekick.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Osumanu Husseini, Jaspreet Singh, Rajesh Meetei, Mir Farooq Hyder, Roque Baretto (Inacio Afonso), Andre Requena (Denzil Ferrao), Jose Colaco, Somatai Shaiza (Kaustav Ghosh), Igor Shkvyrin, Francis Silveira.
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemant Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Kumar Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Bhabani Mohanty (Ranjan Chowdhury), Saliu Abdul Wasiu, Felix Abayomi, Emeka Achilefu, Sasthi Duley, Abdullatif Seriki.

Note-1: The Football Association of Malaysia have announced that six teams will take part in this year's Merdeka Tournament in June. The Indian national side is not part of this list. Slovakia, Bosnia, Thailand and Bahrain will join the Malaysian national team and the country's SEA Games squad when the tournament kicks off on June 15. The Malaysian FA had originally planned to play the tournament in two venues but financial restrictions saw them cut back to one. This could be one reason for India's exclusion.

Note-2: Is Shabbir Ali still the coach of Mahindra United?
All began when he went missing from the bench during Mahindra United's 2-3 loss in the NFL round 19 tie against SBT in Mumbai on last Wednesday. Officially, Shabbir Ali, along with two other former Mahindra players - international goalkeeper Henry Menezes and Arshad Hussain - is in Bhopal scouting for talent from the Division II league. But sources inform that Shabbir is unlikely to be part of the Mahindra team for the remaining three matches of the NFL. Lets see what comes out of this.

16. April
5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 1-2 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 1:0 Bruno Coutinho (36'), 1:1 John Kennethraj (63'), 1:2 Kenneth Ugwo (78').
Salgaocar suffered a shock 1-2 defeat at the hands of Indian Telephone Industries in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Salgaocar took the lead through seasoned campaigner Bruno Coutinho in the 36.minute but ITI were able to turn the match with goals from John Kennethraj and Kenneth Ugwo.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Agustine Rodrigues, Franky Baretto, Covan Lawrence (Francis Coelho), Roque Pereira, Denis Cabral, Climax Lawrence, Christian Okoye, Dharamjit Singh, Bruno Coutinho (Alex Ambrose), Tejani Ahmed (Adil Ansari).
ITI: Mark Mascarenhas, Mohammed Shafeeq, Harvinder Pal, AS Firoze, Sunil Kumar, Syed Altafuddin Ahmed (Pralad Rawat), John Kennethraj, Santosh Kumar, Naushad (Peter Mascarenhas), George Ekeh, Kenneth Ugwo.

5.National League - Kochin: FC Kochin 1-1 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 1:0 Aaron Cole (8'), 1:1 Sylvester Ignatius (4?').
FC Kochin drew 1-1 against State Bank of Travancore in a National League match at the Nehru Stadium, Kochin. Aaron Cole shot FC Kochin into the lead in the 8.minute, while Sylvester Ignatius equalised before halftime for SBT.

15. April
ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER - GROUP 8 - BANGALORE: INDIA 1-1 YEMEN - Goals: 0:1 Abdusalam Ghaleb-Ghorbani (44'), 1:1 Baichung Bhutia (53').
INDIA: Virender Singh, Surkumar Singh, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, KV Dhanesh, Jules Alberto (Noel Wilson), RP Singh, Khalid Jamil, Renedy Singh (S Venkatesh), RC Prakash (IM Vijayan), Baichung Bhutia.
YEMEN: Faozi Omar-Bamuhid, Anwar Ahmed, Khaled Attara, Salem Abdulla, Mohammed Hassein, Abdusalam Ghaleb-Ghorbani, Nashwan Ali-Eissa (Fadhi Al Roomi), Ebrahim Al Kuhali, Ali Omqi (Redwan Ahmed-Yahya), Adel Al Salemi, Ali Mohammed Al-Nono (Mohammed Al-Zumai).
Referee: Piromya Chalach (Thailand).
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14. April
5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 0-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: none.
Vasco SC drew goalless against Tollygunge Agragami in a National League match at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Vasco controlled most of the match but they were not able to break the Tollygunge defence.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Sanjay Parte, Seby Dias, Bhola Dey, Caetino Pinho, Ronaldo da Silva, Riston Rodrigues (Peter Rodrigues), Gregory Clark, Ravi Babu (Khogen Singh), Awazbek Kashimov, Vishant Pednekar (Edson Wanderley).
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Kumar Bharti, Patha Sarathi Dey (Biswanath Mondal), Saliu Abdul Wasiu, Sasthi Duley (Ranjan Chowdhury), Felix Abayomi, Emeka Achilefu, Abdullatif Seriki.

13. April
Note-1: 'The Times of India' reports that Karnataka's Balu Maheshwaran Sundarraj, who is among India's referees in the FIFA panel, has been chosen by the world body to officiate in the Asian Zone Group 6 World Cup qualifying competition to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from April 21 to 25. Balu is the lone Indian in a penal of five referees and five assistant referees who have been assigned for these matches. J. Anandarajan of Sri Lanka is the match Commissioner while Syria's Farouk Bouzo is the Referees' Inspector. The former Reserve Bank winger, where he is employed, was also called for selections for the India Juniors team in the late 70s but narrowly failed to find a berth.

Note-2: 'The Times of India' reports that the British TV producer Transworld Sports had their camera functioning as they filmed the practice session. The channel intends to do a serial on IM Vijayan, the former India captain. Transworld wants to record the match against Yemen on Sunday with the purpose of taking some shots of Vijayan in that match. But unless Doordarshan permits them, they will not be able to as DD has signed an agreement with the AIFF and secured exclusive coverage rights. Speaking to the Times of India, Daniel Prior of Transworld said that he had spoken to AR Khaleel, the AIFF treasurer who in turn asked him to take prior permission from the president PR Dasmunshi. Daniel Prior then spoke to the latter immediately. Asked if he had obtained permission, Daniel said that he might. "It will take some time but we hope to get it," he said.

12. April
5.National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 2-1 Air India - Goals: 1:0 Francis Silveira (44'), 1:1 Anthony Fernandes (70'), 2:1 Igor Shkvyrin (85').
Churchill Brothers beat Air India 2-1 in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Francis Silveira shot the hometeam into the lead in the 44.minute but Anthony Fernandes equalised for Air India. Once again Uzbek recruit Igor Shkvyrin scored the winner for Churchill Bros in the 85.minute.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Osumanu Husseini, Jaspreet Singh, Rajesh Meetei, Denzil Ferrao (Inacio Afonso), Roque Baretto (Kaustav Ghosh), Andre Requena, Jose Colaco, Somatai Shaiza (Ajay Singh), Skhvyrin Igor, Francis Silveira.
AIR INDIA: Israt Kamaal, Henry Picardo, T Khambiton Singh, Osborne D'Souza (Anthony Fernandes), Raju Singh, Dennis George, Ratan Singh, Bungo Singh, Khemtang Paite, Shabir Ali Mondol (Godfrey Pereira), Narendra Meetei.

2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-2 Border Security Force

11. April
5.National League - Goa: Vasco SC 0-1 Salgaocar SC - Goal: 0:1 Bruno Coutinho (68').
Vasco SC lost 0-1 against Salgaocar in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. The goal which decided the match was scored by Salgaocar veteran Bruno Coutinho in the 68.minute.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Agnelo Colaco, Denzil Coutinho (Caetanho Pinho), Seby Dias, Bhola Dey, Ronaldo da Silva, Gregory Clark (Riston Rodrigues), Awazbek Kashimov, Daniel Colaco (Vishant Pednekar), Peter Rodrigues, Edson Wanderley.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Augustine Rodrigues, Franky Baretto, Covan Lawrence, Roque Pereira, Denis Cabral, Climax Lawrence, Christian Okoye, Dharamjit Singh (Jatin Bisht), Tejani Ahmed (Adil Ansari), Bruno Coutinho (Venancio Gonsalves).

5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra 2-3 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 0:1 Abdul Naushad (27'), 1:1 Raman Vijayan (43'), 1:2 Sylvester Ignatius (65'), 1:3 Shabir Ali (89'), 2:3 Shamshi Raza (90').
Mahindra United lost surprisingly 2-3 against State Bank of Travancore in the National League at the Cooperage Ground, Mumbai. Abdul Noushad (27.minute), Sylvester Ignatius (65.) and Shabir Ali (89.) scored for SBT while Raman Vijayan (43.) and Shamsi Raza (90.) were on target for Mahindras.

2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Sporting Clube de Goa 4-1 Eastern Sporting Union - Goals: 1:0 Pascoal Pereira (20'), 2:0,3:0 Premanand Gadekar (28',38'), 3:1 S Rohendro, 4:1 Agnelo Rego (90').
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Tata Football Academy 1-2 Indian Bank

Note-1: India has moved up in the FIFA World Rankings. They now ranked 121st in the world and 21st in Asia. The victory against the UAE is not even included in the ranking points...

10. April
5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 0-0 East Bengal Club - Goals: none.
The top of the table Calcutta derby clash between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal in the National League ended goalless at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. East Bengal made a fine start with a number of scoring chances early on in the match but then both teams pulled back a bit to make sure that their defencelines were intact.
MOHUN BAGAN: Bibhas Ghosh, Dulal Biswas, Amauri, Hussain Mustafi, Lolendra Singh, James Singh, Jayanta Sen, Debjit Ghosh, M.Suresh (Naushad Pari), Alfaz Ahmed, Jose Barreto (Sumit Sengupta).
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Jackson Agaypong, Chanchal Bhattacharjee (Ranjan Dey), Falguni Dutta, Carlton Chapman (Hamza Zaheer Abbas), Isiaka Awoyemi, Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas, Omolaja Olalekan (Bijen Singh).

2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Border Security Force 1-0 Assam Rifles - Goal: 1:0 Raghbir Singh (77').
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Dempo Sports Club 2-1 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Goals: 0:1 Kasif Jamal (43'), 1:1 Mario Soares (74'), 2:1 Clifford Miranda.

Note-1: The Malaysian Football Federation has sent a invitation to the All India Football Federation for the Merdeka Cup. It will take place from June 15 to 30, 2001 in Kuala Lumpur. The AIFF will decide soon, if the Indian national team participates in the tournament. India got their last invitation for the Merdeka Cup 19 years ago, so it would be great, if India participates!

9. April
5.National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 2-2 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 0:1 Kenneth Ugwo (2'), 0:2 George Ekeh (58'), 1:2 Abdullatif Seriki (59'), 2:2 Abdul Wastu Saliu (64').
Tollygunge Agragami made a brilliant comeback after being two goals down against Indian Telephone Industries in the National League at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Calcutta to draw 2-2. ITI made a quick start through Kenneth Ugwo in the 2.minute. ITI's George Ekeh increased the lead in the 58.minute but Tollygunge reduced the margin a minute later through Abdullatif Seriki. Another Tollygunge Nigerian Saliu Abdul Wasiu scored the equaliser in the 64.minute.
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Biswanath Mondal, Partha Sarathi Dey, Sandip Das (Ranjan Chowdhury), Bhabani Mohanty (Tenjem Kibang), Saliu Abdul Wasiu, Sasthi Duley, Emeka Achilefu, Abdulatif Seriki.
ITI: Mark Mascarhenas, Sunil Kumar, AS Firoze, Majid Odaa, Rishi Kapoor (Santosh Kumar), Gyana Prakash, George Ekeh, Naushad, Pralad Rawat (Karunakar Raj), Jimmy Mulisa, Kenneth Ugwo.

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-0 FC Kochin - Goals: none.
JCT Mills were unable to score against FC Kochin in a goalless draw at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana to reduce their chances of staying in the National League.

2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Punjab Police 7-0 Eastern Sporting Union - Goals: 1:0,4:0 Praveen Kumar (16',31'), 2:0 Sher Singh (18'), 3:0,6:0 Gurpreet Singh (19',43'), 5:0 Vijay Pal (40'), 7:0 ?.
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Tata Football Academy 1-1 Sporting Clube de Goa

8. April
ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIER - GROUP 8 - BANGALORE: INDIA 1-0 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Goal: 1:0 Jules Alberto (72').
India scored a deserved 1-0 surprise victory against the United Arab Emirates in their first World Cup qualification match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore.
INDIA: Virender Singh, Surkumar Singh, Deepak Mondal, Mahesh Gawli, KV Dhanesh, Jules Alberto (Noel Wilson), Joe Paul Ancheri (RP Singh), Khalid Jamil, Renedy Singh, RC Prakash (IM Vijayan), Baichung Bhutia.
UAE: Mutaz Mohammed, Jaleel Mohammed, Mohammed Juma, Fahad Musabbah, Humaid Husian, Abdul Salam Anbar (Sultan Saeed), Abdul Rahim Anbar, Subait Fayel, Mohamed Hussain (Kazim Mohammed), Mohamed Ahmed, Yaser Ali (Saeed Al Kas).
Referee: Sun Baojie (China).
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5.National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 1-2 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1:0 Dennis Cabral (7'), 1:1 Igor Shkvyrin (83'), 1:2 Osumanu Husseini (90').
Salgaocar lost to Churchill Brothers 1-2 in a Goa-derby in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. Salgaocar took an early lead through Dennis Cabral in the 7.minute and then also had chances to increase the lead but two late goals for Churchill Bros through Igor Shkvyrin in the 83.minute and Osumanu Husseini in extra-time gave them the win.
SALGAOCAR: Juje Siddi, Augustine Rodrigues (Venancio Gonsalves), Franky Baretto, Francis Coelho, Covan Lawrence, Roque Pereira (Jatin Singh Bisht), Dennis Cabral, Christian Okoye (Domingos Vaz), Climax Lawrence, Dharamjit Singh, Bruno Coutinho.
CHURCHILL: Raghuvir Khanolkar, Denzil Ferrao (Rajesh Meetei), Osumanu Husseini, Jaspreet Singh, Mir Farooq Hyder, Roque Baretto (Kaustav Ghosh), Jose Colaco, Kelechi Okerie (Somatai Shaiza), Francis Silveira, Igor Shkvirin.

2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-0 Assam Rifles - Goals: 1:0 Xavier (54'), 2:0 Sunil Kumar (88').
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Dempo Sports Club 2-1 Border Security Force - Goals: 0:1 Paramjit Singh (22'), 1:1 Levy Coelho (50'), 2:1 Arslan Talipov (58').

7. April
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Tata Football Academy 7-0 Eastern Sporting Union
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Punjab Police 1-1 Indian Bank

Note-1: In a bid to boost the morale of the Indian team who would be taking on the strong UAE in the Group 8 opener of the World Cup qualifying campaign in Bangalore on Sunday, the AIFF has announced cash awards to players.
The AIFF general secretary, Alberto Colaco announced on Saturday, if the team defeats UAE, each player would be given Rs 15,000 apart from Rs 25,000 as being in the squad fees.
Mr. Colaco said if the team emerges victorious over Yemen and Brunei, which they play here on April 15 and May 20 respectively, each player would get an additional Rs 10,000.

6. April
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 0-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 0:1 Emeka Achilefu (12').
East Bengal suffered a shock 0-1 loss against Tollygunge Agragami in the National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Emeka Achilefu in the 12.minute scored the goal of the day for Tollygunge in the small Calcutta-derby.
I was there at the match and it was one of the worst-ever matches of football that I have seen...
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Ranjan Dey, Jackson Egygpong, Falguni Datta, Chandan Das (Zahir Abbas), Isiaka Awoyemi, Omolaja Olalekan, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas (Srikanta Datta), Bijen Singh (Carlton Chapman).
TOLLYGUNGE: Hemanta Dora, Reazul Mustafa, Debashish Pal Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Partha Sarathi Dey, Bhabani Mohanty (Ranjan Chowdhury), Saliu Abdul Wasiu, Felix Aboyemi, Sasthi Duley (Sandip Das), Emeka Achilefu (Ali Reza), Abdullatif Seriki.

5.National League - Mumbai: Air India 1-0 Mahindra United - Goal: 1:0 Shabir Ali Mondal (25').
Air India won 1-0 against Mahindra United in the National League at the Cooperage Ground, Mumbai. Shabir Ali Mondal scored the goal of the day in the 25.minute.

5.National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 1-0 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 1:0 Hardip Gill (61').
JCT Mills defeated State Bank of Travancore 1-0 in a National League encounter at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana. Hardip Gill scored the goal of the match in the 61.minute to keep the Punjabi side in contention to remain in the National League.

2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-4 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goals: 0:1,0:2,2:3 Dayanand (32',37',58'), 1:2 Kasif Jamal (44'), 2:2 Nazimul Haque (49'), 2:4 Sunil Kumar (65').
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Dempo Sports Club 4-1 Assam Rifles - Goals: 1:0 Arslan Talipov (25'), 2:0 Tejinder Kumar (37'), 3:0,4:1 Levy Coelho (64',86'), 3:1 Akum Ao (85').

Note-1: There will be no Santosh Trophy this season. With the AIFF struggling to manage a packed calendar nearing the end of the season, a decision has been taken to conduct the National Championships in November 2001.

5. April
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 Punjab Police - Goals: 1:0 Elvis Lopez, 1:1 Jatindra Singh (85').
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Indian Bank 4-0 Eastern Sporting Union - Goals: 1:0 Elwaseg Badr (8'), 2:0,3:0 Syed Shabir Pasha, 4:0 ?.

4. April
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5.National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 4-2 FC Kochin - Goals: 0:1,1:2 Sunday Seah (32',61'), 1:1,2:2,4:2 Jose Barreto (40',65',76'), 3:2 Sumit Sengupta (70').
Mohun Bagan won a thrilling match 4-2 against FC Kochin in a National League at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. The stars of the match were Mohun Bagan's Brasilian Jose Barreto, who scored three goals, while for FC Kochin Sunday Seah from Liberia, scoring both goals. Seah twice shot Kochin into the lead but on both occasions Jose Barreto equalised for Mohun Bagan. Later in the match a Sumit Sengupta goal and Barreto's third finally clinched the match for Bagan 4-2. With the match nearing the end, Mohun Bagan's substitute Amar Ganguly and Kochin's Rasheedi Williams were given marching orders in the 82.minute for punching each other.
MOHUN BAGAN: Sandip Nandy, Dulal Biswas, Amouri, Hussein Mustafi, Lolendra Singh, Jayanta Sen (Amar Ganguly), Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, James Singh, Alfaz Ahmed (Sumit Sengupta), Jose Barreto.
FC KOCHIN: Shibu Shanmugam, Dinesh Nair, Rasheedi Williams, VB Santosh, CK Jitesh, Eugene Gray, KA Anson (MA Rajesh Kumar), MK Sunil, CV Hemanathan, Sunday Seah (PK Anil Kumar), Aaron Cole.

2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Mohammedan Sporting Club 3-1 Assam Rifles - Goals: 0:1 Akum Ao (18'), 1:1 Saroj Das (33'), 2:1 Nazimul Haque (38'), 3:1 Abdul Khalique (64').
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Border Security Force 0-2 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Note-1: Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam have shown an interest in carrying out promotional work, that would include exhibition matches, in India this year. Jeroen Wottey, Ajax's official match-agent, announced that the director of Ajax's Football Academy, Hary Blind, had asked him to discuss the issue with the AIFF as well as the national federation bosses. Ajax has got several promotional work going on in China, Vietnam, Qatar and South Africa. As a result of this some junior players from these countries got contracts with the junior sides of Ajax. This could be a great chance for Indian football's future...

Note-2: The FIFA made a survey on World Football. In India, the total number of persons involved in football is only 2,427,920 - excluding the occasional players and children. Thus, in a country with population of more than a billion, the footballing fraternity is less than 0.4% of the total population. Football is played by 20,500 teams and 10,750 clubs in India, which is an encouraging figure. But when it comes to infrastructure and standard of the game, India is nowhere in picture.
Here are the results of the FIFA survey: Indian Football Family: Total: 2,427,920 // Referees - Male: 2550 Female: 120 // Officials - Male: 220,000 Female: 40,000 // Professionals - Male: 750 Female: - // Clubs: 10,750 Teams: 20,500.

Note-3: Four more derbies of the 5th National League have been allocated as fund-raiser matches for the earthquake victims of Gujarat. The four matches will be sponsored by the UB-Group.
The following are the fixtures of the matches as it stands now: April 6: Mahindra United - Air India (Mumbai); April 8: Salgaocar - Churchill Bros (Goa); April 10: Mohun Bagan - East Bengal (Calcutta); April 16: FC Kochin - SBT (Kochi).

3. April
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0 Indian Bank
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group I - Bhopal: Tata Football Academy 2-2 Punjab Police - Goals: 0:1 Sher Singh (25'), 1:1 Shubash Chakraborty (34'), 1:2 Praveen Kumar (65'), 2:2 Syed Rahim Nabi (78').

2. April
2.Division National League - Inter-Group Stage - Group II - Bhopal: Dempo Sports Club 3-0 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

1. April
5.National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 3-1 Air India - Goals: 1:0 Falguni Datta (36'), 1:1 Ratan Singh (57'), 2:1 Srikanta Datta (77'), 3:1 Carlton Chapman (87').
East Bengal keep on moving towards their first National League title! In a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium East Bengal won 3-1 against Air India. Falguni Datta opened the scoring in the 36.minute for East Bengal, while Ratan Singh equalised for Air India in the 57.minute but Srikanta Datta in the 77.minute and Carlton Chapman in the 87.minute made sure of an East Bengal victory.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Ranjan Dey, Jackson Agaypong, Falguni Dutta, Hamza Zaheer Abbas (Chandan Das), Isiaka Awoyemi, Omolaja Olalekan, Dipankar Roy, Dipendu Biswas (Carlton Chapman), Bijen Singh (Srikanta Dutta).
AIR INDIA: Yousuf Ansari, Anthony Fernandes (PJ Jose), Bungo Singh, Raju Singh, Osborne D'Souza, Arun Malhotra, T Khambiton Singh, Ratan Singh, Henry Picardo (Narendra Meetei), Dennis George, Godfrey Pereira (Herbert Philips).

5.National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 0-0 Vasco SC - Goals: none.
Mahindra United and Vasco SC played out a goalless draw in the National League at the Cooperage Ground, Mumbai. Vasco had more of the game but the match didn't deserved any winner.

2.Division National League - Northeast Zone - Imphal: Assam Rifles (Lokhra, ASSAM) and Eastern Sporting Union (Imphal, MANIPUR) qualified as winners and runners-up, respectively for the Inter-Group Stage in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.