31. January
114.Durand Cup - Preliminary Group B: Tarun Sangha 2-2,6-5 No 2 Signal Training Centre (after penalties) - Goals: 1-0 Aparesh Halder, 1-1 Surajit Mondal, 2-1 Murshed Sheikh, 2-2 Debasis Das.

Note-1: Tomorrow the new marketing agents of the National League, Strata Sports Marketing, will announce the sponsor for the remainder of the National League. It is likely to be an Indian corporate and not a multinational.

Note-2: Key members of the South Asian Football Federation including its president, Ganesh Thapa, are to meet in Kuala Lumpur on February 6 to discuss the fate of the regional tournament earlier scheduled from January 26 to February 5, 2002. The SAFF Championship was postponed following the suspension of the hosts', the Bangladesh FF by FIFA earlier this month.

30. January
6th National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 0-0 Salgaocar SC - Goals: none.
In a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta Mohun Bagan badly missed the services of their Brazilian superstar Jose Barreto and Salgaocar goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey proved that he is a good keeper against his former team in a goalless match. Mohun Bagan had more of the match but Salgaocar adopting a more defensive approach were successful not to enable the Bagan strikers too many chances but whenever Seriki and Prakash got a chance, they proved that they aren't of the class of Barreto.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (Prasanta Dora), Dulal Biswas, Abdul Wastu Saliu (Hussain Mustafi), Amauri da Silva, Rishi Kapoor, Bungo Singh (Amar Ganguly), Basudeb Mondal, Debjit Ghosh, Renedy Singh, Abdullatif Seriki, RC Prakash.
SALGAOCAR: Kalyan Choubey, Roberto Fernandes, Covan Lawrence, Franky Barreto, Bello Rasaq, Denis Carbal, Eugene Gray (Bruno Cutinho), Majekodumni Olubiyi, Sunday Seah, Alvita D'Cunha (Dharamjit Singh), Alex Ambrose (Climax Lawrence).

Air-India Millennium Cup - Mumbai - Final: Air-India 5-2 Bengal Mumbai FC
114.Durand Cup - Preliminary Group A: Delhi Police 0-1 City Club - Goal: 0-1 Aftab Ashraf (35').

29. January
6th National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 2-1 JCT Mills - Goals: 0-1 Hardip Singh Gill (13'), 1-1 Akeem Abul Alem (24'), 2-1 Ashim Biswas (90').
A last-minute winner from rookie Ashim Biswas helped Tollygunge Agragami to a 2-1 victory against JCT Mills in a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. In a fast-paced and attacking match, JCT took the lead through a shot from their striker Hardip Singh Gill in the 13.minute, while Tollygunge equalised 11 minutes later through a goal from striker Akeem Abul Alem. JCT then were reduced to 10 men when their Nigerian striker Stephen Abarowei was given marching orders for kicking Tolly's Sandip Das in the 29.minute but the incident of the match took place in the 88.minute, when two Tollygunge players, goalkeeper Sandip Nandy and defender Subhashish Roy Chowdhury collided in the air, Nandy remained unconscious for a few minutes before being taken to a hospital. The latest was that Nandy was recovering...
TOLLYGUNGE: Sandip Nandy (Gopal Das), Srikrishna Ghosh, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Amitava Chanda, Mehtab Hossain, Sandip Das, Khemtang Paite, Sasthi Duley, Moses Owira (Ashim Biswas), Akeem Abul Alem.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Taranjit Singh (Sandeep Sharma), Ranjit Singh, Balkar Singh, Daljit Singh, Hardip Singh Saini, Harinder Singh (Harvinder Singh Jr.), Ram Pal, Hardip Singh Sangha, Hardip Singh Gill, Stephen Abarowei.

114.Durand Cup - Preliminary Group B: Indian Air Force 0-3 Tarun Sangha - Goals: 0-1 Debasis Das (12'), 0-2 Suklal Murmu (65'), 0-3 Sanatan Murmu (81').
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Final: West Bengal 1-0 Mizoram - Goal: 1-0 Ratan Naskar (5').

Note-1: Today the Asian Football Confederation asked for an independent probe into the IFA-Shield final violence involving East Bengal and Palmeiras(Brazil). IFA joint secretary Ranjit Gupta later said it was alright and was sure the IFA would in no way be harmed. He said he was "welcoming the decision and would co-operate with the committee which the AFC expects to comprise three, including a retired judge. The AFC directive says that it was necessary to look into why the huge fracas did erupt and how the scheduling was done. This was an issue raised by team managers on the eve of the October 7 final. The IFA decided to award the Shield to East Bengal after Palmeiras players launched into an attack and the police and East Bengal players moved in. Reacting to AFC secretary Peter Velappan's comment that the AFC was "extremely disappointed" with the violence that erupted "tarnishing the image of the Shield, Indian and Asian football", Gupta said: "Let them investigate. I am confident that the IFA cannot be blamed the least for the incident." The AIFF later said it will take a decision on the committee after "detailed discussions".

28. January
6th National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 6-0 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goals: 1-0,2-0,4-0 Abdul Ganiyu Saley (2',9',22'), 3-0,5-0 Yakubu Yusif (12',66'), 6-0 Inacio Afonso (85').
Churchill Brothers trashed HAL 6-0 in a National League match at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. Churchill bettered their own and this editions NFL highest victory from 4-0 against Tollygunge, two rounds ago, to 6-0 today. Churchill's Ghanian strikers Abdul Ganiyu Saley, with three goals and Yakubu Yusif, with two goals caused major problems for the HAL defence. The last goal was scored by substitute Inacio Afonso.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Denzil Ferrao (Inacio Afonso), Osumanu Husseini, Noel Wilson, Rajesh Meetei, Roque Barreto, Tejinder Kumar, Aqeel Ansari (Somatai Shaiza), Ratan Singh, Abdul Saley Ganiyu (Francis Silveira), Yakubu Yusif.
HAL: Gumpe Rime, Santosh Kiran, Ruslam Sydyov (S Parmeshwaran), Sunil Kumar, GyanaPrakash, S Sunil, Rajabaliev Nurlan, Kanatbek Mamatov (Louis Nickson), Gregory Clarke, Dayanand, Jimmy Mulisa (Jagadish Kumar).

6th National League - Mumbai: Mahindra United 2-0 Punjab Police - Goals: 1-0 Bala Usman (62'), 2-0 Shanmugam Venkatesh (?').
Mahindra United's good run in the National League continued with a 2-0 victory against Punjab Police, while for the cops their dismal run and trip towards relegation continued. Nigerian striker Bala Usman opened the scoring for Mahindra's off a freekick which was deflected by Praveen Kumar, giving goalkeeper Satish Kumar no chance at all. The match was decided of a goal by substitute Shanmugam Venkatesh.

6th National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 2-2 FC Kochin - Goals: 1-0 Dipendu Biswas (15'), 1-1 Kalia Kulothongan (50'), 1-2 E Muhammed (61'), 2-2 Jiten Rai (74').
East Bengal under new coach Subhas Bhowmick ended their four match losing streak but not in a way they would have liked it to be. In a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium, East Bengal drew 2-2 against FC Kochin, who are in no better situation at the moment. East Bengal opened the scoring in the 15.minute through a header from Dipendu Biswas of a Tushar Rakshit freekick. Then in the first quarter of the second half the East Bengal defence and their goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee made mistakes, which Kalia Kulothongan and E Muhammed utilised to turn the match in Kochin's favour but youngster Jiten Rai saved the day for East Bengal in the 74.minute as he had to shot the ball only into an empty net.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Suley Musah, Falguni Dutta, Anit Kumar Ghosh, Jackson Egypong, Ratan Singh, Amit Das, Tushar Rakshit (Srikanta Dutta), Jiten Rai, Dipendu Biswas (Jose Carlos da Silva), IM Vijayan (Jo Paul Ancheri).
FCK: Ali Abubaker, T Roopesh, L Suresh, Obinna Winners, Shafeeq, Sushanth Mathew (Jamsheed Khan), L Muhammed, Kalia Naushad, Kulothongan, Niyaz Rehman (Dinesh Nair), Dileep Kumar.

114.Durand Cup - Preliminary Group A: City Club 0-0,1-0 EME Centre, Secunderabad (golden Goal) - Goal: 1-0 A Arjunan (91', own Goal).

Note-1: Hyderabad will host the 2002 National Games from November 15 to 25, according to Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi.
Making the announcement in Hyderabad on Monday evening, Kalmadi said Andhra Pradesh has eight to nine months at its disposal to finalise the arrangements and set up the sports infrastructure needed to stage the big event.
Saying the Games would attract 10,000 sports persons from all over the country, he informed that it is AP chief minister Chandrababu Naidu's hope that Hyderabad becomes a sports city by hosting the Games. He said the state government would spend Rs 1.500.000.000 on creating world-class sports infrastructure.

27. January
6th National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 3-1 Vasco SC - Goals: 0-1 Rui Wanderley Weis (30'), 1-1 Mike Okoro (45'), 2-1,3-1 George Ekeh (64',90').
ITI moved to the top of the table of the National League with a hardfought 3-1 victory against Vasco at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Vasco took the lead in the 30.minute through a header from their Brazilian striker Rui Wanderley Weis but the Goans couldn't celebrate as Weis lay unconscious on the ground, returned a few minutes later to the ground but at halftime had to be taken to hospital. A few minutes later Vasco also had to substitute Satish Minz and that finally broke their rhythm. ITI equalised through Nigerian striker Mike Okoro before halftime and their other Nigerian striker George Ekeh sealed the match with two goals in the second-half.

24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Semifinal: Mizoram 2-0 Manipur
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Semifinal: West Bengal 2-0 Meghalaya

26. January

25. January
Note-1: East Bengal Club have appointed Subhas Bhwomick as their new coach. After the high defeat against Salgaocar, coach Manoranjan Bhattacharya offered his resignation, which was accepted by the club management and Bhowmick appointed as new coach for the rest of the season.

6th National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 1-0 FC Kochin - Goal: 1-0 Sasthi Duley (59').
New Tollygunge Agragami coach Aloke Mukherjee made a positive start with his team, who beat FC Kochin 1-0 in a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Sasthi Duley scored the goal of a penalty in the 59.minute after striker Ashim Biswas was brought down by FCK substitute Kalia Kulothungan.
TOLLYGUNGE: Sandip Nandy, Srikrishna Ghosh, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Amitava Chanda, Mehtab Hossain, Sandip Das, Khemtang Paite, Sasthi Duley, Ashim Biswas (Prahlad Singh Rawat), Moses Owira.
KOCHIN: Ali Abubaker, Dinesh Nair, L Suresh, Obinna Winners, Mohammed Shafeeq, Rajesh Pandey (Kalia Kulothungan), E Mohammed, K Naushad, Niyaz Rehman, VP Shaji (Jamshed Ghan), Dilip Kumar.

24. January
6th National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 3-0 Punjab Police - Goals: 1-0,2-0,3-0 Mike Okoro (48',53',83').
Nigerian striker Mike Okoro played his first-ever match in India today for ITI against Punjab Police in the National League at the Bangalore Football Stadium and what a performance it was. ITI won 3-0 and Okoro scored all the three goals, a clear hattrick. It was pedestrian football in the first half with little to no action at all but that changed in the second half as ITIs new recruit woke up and got to work. Okoro scored his first goal of a freekick in the 48.minute, which he followed up by a penalty just five minutes later. After that Okoro tried hard to get his hattrick and was being helped by his team-mates, who even let own chances go but with a happy end. Okoro scored in the 75.minute of a KV Dhanesh cross.

6th National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 2-1 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1-0,2-1 Jose Barreto (23',43'), 1-1 Abdul Ganiyu Saley (34').
Mohun Bagan once again rode on the brilliance of their Brazilian superstar Jose Barreto to beat Churchill Brothers in a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Jose Barreto scored both goals for Bagan, one better than the other with the second being one of the best seen in Indian football lately. The goal for Churchill Bros was scored by their Ghanian striker Abdul Ganiyu Saley in the 34.minute.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Hussain Mustafi, Amauri da Silva, Rishi Kapoor, James Singh, RP Singh (Basudeb Mondal), Debjit Ghosh, Renedy Singh, Jose Ramirez Barreto, RC Prakash (Sumit Sengupta).
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Francis Coelho, Osamanu Hussaini, Mahesh Gawli (Denzil Ferrao), Rejesh Meetei, Roque Barreto, Aqeel Ansari (Tejinder Kumar), Ratan Singh, Noel Wilson, Abdul Ganiyu Saley, Yusuf Yakubu.

6th National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 4-0 East Bengal Club - Goals: 1-0,3-0 Eugene Gray (9',74'), 2-0,4-0 Sunday Seah (53',78').
Salgaocar today inflicted one of the worst-ever defeats on East Bengal in the Calcutta giants over 80 years history. Salgaocar won 4-0 in the National League match at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. This was the fourth defeat in a row for East Bengal. A brace each by Liberians Eugene Gray and Sunday Seah was all that was needed to crush the defending champions.
SALGAOCAR: Kalyan Chaubey, Roberto Fernandes, Covan Lawrence, Franky Barreto, Bello Rasaq, Denis Cabral (J Muralidharan), Majekodunmi Bolaji (Climax Lawrence), Eugene Gray, Alvito D'Cunha, Sunday Seah, Alex Ambrose (Bruno Coutinho).
EAST BENGAL: Hemanta Dora, Falguni Dutta, Suley Musah, Ranjan Dey, Ratan Singh, Amit Das (Jiten Rai), Bijen Singh (Tushar Rakshit), Dipendu Biswas (Jose Carlos Da Silva), Omolaja Olalekan.

Delhi Senior Division: Hindustan Club 0-1 Moonlight Club
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group B: West Bengal - Uttar Pradesh
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group B: Manipur - Tamil Nadu

23. January
6th National League - Goa: Vasco SC 1-2 JCT Mills - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Hardip Singh Gill (9';36'), 1-2 Agnelo Colaco (48').
JCT Mills registered their first win in this edition of the National League with a shock 2-1 victory against Vasco SC at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. The culprit of the day for JCT was once more striker Hardip Singh Gill, who scored two class goals in the 9. and 36.minute. Vasco came back strongly in the second half as defender Agnelo Colaco headed in after a free- kick from Sanjay Parte in the 48.minute.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Seby Dias, Agnelo Colaco, Denzil Coutinho, Sanjay Parte, Marcos Pereira, Abhay Kumar (Bhola Dey), CV Hemanathan (Agnelo Gomes), Satish Minz, Peter Rodrigues, Rui Wanderley Weis.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Balkar Singh, Pawan Kumar (Taranjit Singh), Daljit Singh, Hardip Singh Saini, Harinder Singh (Jaspreet Singh), Ram Pal, Hardip Singh Sangha, Stephen Abarowei (Harvinder Singh Jr), Hardip Singh Gill.

6th National League - Goa: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 1-1 Mahindra United - Goals: 0-1 Jules Albeeto (41'), 1-1 Raja Baliev Nurlan (85').
HAL escaped with a 1-1 draw against Mahindra United, one of the National League title favourites, at the Bangalore Football Stadium. HAL's Kyrgzstan import Raja Baliev Nurlan, the top scorer in the National League so far, saved the day for the Aircraftmen as he equalised in the 85.minute of a Louis Nickson cross. Earlier Indian international Jules Alberto had send Mahindra into the lead in the 41.minute and Mahindra had further chances to consolidate that lead but once again HAL keeper Gumpe Rime had an outstanding day under the bar.

Delhi Senior Division: Indian Nationals FC 2-0 Shahdara Club
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group A: Meghalaya 0-0 Bihar
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group A: Mizoram 2-1 Assam

22. January
Delhi Senior Division: Tarun Sangha 0-0 Mughals Club
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group B: West Bengal 3-0 Manipur
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group B: Uttar Pradesh 1-0 Tamil Nadu

Note-1: Former India wing back Aloke Mukherjee has been named as the new coach of Tollygunge Agragami, following Amal Dutta's resignation, club secretary Mantoo Ghosh informed. "We waited for Dutta in the team's practice today, but he didn't turn up. Following this, our officials held an emergency meeting and Aloke was unanimously named for the job," Ghosh said. Mukherjee will officially take charge tomorrow. Ghosh said the club's contract with the new coach is till the end of the National League.

21. January
Delhi Senior Division: Hindustan Club 1-0 City Club
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group A: Mizoram 4-1 Bihar
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group A: Meghalaya 3-3 Assam

20. January
6th National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami 0-4 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 0-1,0-2,0-3 Yakubu Yusif (28',71',83'), 0-4 Somatai Shaiza (90').
Churchill Brothers Ghanian striker Yakubu Yusif scored the forst hattrick of in the 6th edition of the National League and helped his side, Churchill Brothers trashed Tollygunge Agragami 4-0 in an away at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Also this was the highest win so far in this season but the biggest bang came after the match as Amal Datta resigned as Tollygunge coach.
But first to the match. The player of the day was Churchill Bros Ghanian striker Yakubu Yusif who scored a the first hattrick of this seasons National League and this way punished the gasping holes in the Tollygunge defence. The 4-0 tally was rounded of by Somatai Shaiza in stoppage time.
After the match Amal Datta resigned as Tollygunge coach due to, as he said, interference by the club officials and that was not allowed as per the contract. Temporarily club secretary Mantoo Ghosh will double as secretary and coach.
TOLLYGUNGE: Amit Sinha Roy, Biswanath Mondal, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Amitava Chanda, Khemtang Paite (Mehtab Hossain), Moses Owira, Adeola Adeyeri (Sandip Das), Sasthi Duley, Akeem Abulanle, Ashim Biswas.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Denzil Ferrao, Francis Coelho, Osumanu Hussaini, Rajesh Meetei, Roque Barreto, Noel Wilson (Tejinder Kumar), Aqeel Ansari, Ratan Singh, Abdul Saley Ganiyu, Yakubu Yusif (Somatai Shaiza).

6th National League - Bangalore: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 1-0 East Bengal Club - Goal: 1-0 Sunil Kumar (13').
In front of over 20.000 fans at the Bangalore Football Stadium HAL scored another upset victory in the National League, this time beating champions East Bengal 1-0. The goal was headed in by Sunil Kumar in the 13.minute. HAL's win today was something historic as with this win they have now beaten all former National League champions in their debut season in the premier division of Indian football! A feat unequaled...

Delhi Senior Division: Moonlight Club 2-1 New Delhi Heroes
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group B: West Bengal 4-0 Tamil Nadu
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group B: Manipur 1-0 Uttar Pradesh

19. January
6th National League - Bangalore: Indian Telephone Industries 1-0 JCT Mills - Goal: 1-0 Mohammed Salissu (86').
ITI won against JCT through a late goal from Ghanian Mohammed Salissu in the National League at the Bangalore Football Stadium. Both ITI and JCT had their chances in the match and when things looked as if the match was heading for a draw ITIs Ghanian midfielder Salissu, used as striker after Nitin Pradhan had to be substituted, scored of a cross from George Ekeh in the 86.minute.

6th National League - Kochi: FC Kochin 0-2 Mahindra United - Goals: 0-1 Bala Usman (46'), 0-2 Austin Okolo (59').
FC Kochin lost 0-2 against Mahindra United in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Kochi. In a mediocre match, Mahindra decided the fate of the match early in the second half with strikes from their two Nigerian strikers Bala Usman in the 46.minute and Austin Okolo in the 59.minute. After that Mahindra had further chances to increase their lead but the chances were either wasted by the strikers or saved by FCK goalkeeper Ali Abubakker.

Delhi Senior Division: Youngsters Club - Tarun Sangha
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group A: Bihar 0-0 Assam
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Quarterfinal-League - Group A: Meghalaya 0-0 Mizoram

18. January
Delhi Senior Division: Indian Air Force (New Delhi) 0-0 Mughals Club
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Manipur 1-0 Maharashtra
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Tamil Nadu 3-0 Goa

Note-1: Mohammed Habib has returned to Calcutta for coaching. Habib, who resigned a few weeks ago at ITI, Bangalore has signed a 12 month contract with Mohammedan Sporting Club. The new club management has also plans to built a strong team with a budget of of nearly Rs. 10.000.000.

17. January
6th National League - Goa: Vasco SC 1-0 Salgaocar SC - Goal: 1-0 Denzil Coutinho (40').
Vasco continued their dream run in the National League with a 1-0 victory against Salgaocar in a Goa-derby at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. A header from defender Denzil Coutinho in the 40.minute decided the faith of the match.
VASCO: Saji Joy, Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Denzil Coutinho, Agnelo Colaco, Satish Minz, Marcos Pereira, CV Hemanathan (Agnelo Gomes), Rui Wanderley Weis, Peter Rodrigues, Abhay Kumar (Bhola Dey).
SALGAOCAR: Kalyan Chaubey, Jose Esteves, Franky Barreto, Majekodunmi Bolaji, Bello Razaq, Dharamjit Singh, Alvito D'Cunha, Climax Lawrence (J Muralidharan), Eugene Gray, Bruno Coutinho (Alex Ambrose), Sunday Seah.

Delhi Senior Division: Delhi Police - New Delhi Heroes
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster 2: Uttar Pradesh 3-0 Kerala
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster 2: Nagaland 3-1 Gujarat
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Mizoram 9-0 Chandigarh

Note-1: The 15-day football coaching camp, organised by the All Assam Football Players' Association in collaboration with the Guwahati Young Star Football Coaching Centre, got under way at the Nehru Stadium in the RG Baruah Sports Complex here this morning. 34 players under the age of 19 were present, where Brazilian coach Paulo Costa is imparting the basics of football. Costa is being assisted by another Brazilian, Gelson. During the two-hour work out session on the opening days, Costa taught the boys how to develop the physical fitness. The training method of Costa seemed to be very useful and attractive. He tried to teach the trainees the basic skills in Latin American style through various exercises. It seems like Costa and Gelson, who are not professional players, have fine touches with the ball and could demonstrate their skills in a correct way.
Good news for the young footballers in Guwahati!!!

16. January
6th National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 1-0 Punjab Police - Goal: 1-0 Jose Barreto (30').
Mohun Bagan were only able to score once against Punjab Police in a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium. The goal was a spectacular back-volley from Brazilian star Jose Barreto in the 30.minute after Punjab Police goalkeeper Satish Kumar had saved a shot from Abdullatif Seriki and Debjit Ghosh squared the ball to Barreto. Bagan had further chances in the match but did not utilise them.
Mohun Bagan: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Amauri da Silva, Debjit Ghosh, Rishi Kapoor, James Singh, Jayanta Sen (Bhabani Mohanty, RC Prakash), Abdul Wastu Saliu, Renedy Singh (Basudeb Mondal), Jose Barreto, Abdullatif Seriki.
Punjab Police: Satish Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Balwinder Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Gurjeet Singh, Gurinder Pal Singh, Kuldip Singh, Harnek Singh (Sher Singh), Harish Sharma (Bachitter Singh), Manjinder Singh (Bijoy Pal), Parveen Kumar.

Delhi Senior Division: Youngsters Club 0-1 Goans SC
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Maharashtra 2-1 Sikkim
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Pondicherry 0-8 Goa
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Himachal Pradesh 0-10 Manipur

15. January
Note-1: A formality after Bangladesh's suspension by FIFA, the SAFF Cup has been cancelled. FIFA slapped the suspension on the Bangladesh FF last week because of "government interference" in the federation. "It has been decided that the tournament be postponed," the South Asian Football Federation's chairman, Ganesh Thapa, told the press after an emergency meeting of soccer officials in Kathmandu, Nepal. Thapa, who also heads the all Nepal Football Association, met with Sirajul Islam (Bangladesh), the SAFF secretary, and decided on the postponement.

Delhi Senior Division: Indian Nationals FC 0-0 Indian Air Force (Delhi)
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster 2: Uttar Pradesh 3-0 Gujarat
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Assam 5-0 Haryana
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Punjab 4-1 Karnataka
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Chandigarh 3-0 Rajasthan

14. January
Delhi Senior Division: Shahdara Club 1-0 Mughals Club
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster 2: Kerala 0-0 Nagaland
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster 3: Meghalaya 4-1 Madhya Pradesh
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Orissa 2-0 Himachal Pradesh

13. January
6th National League - Calcutta: Tollygunge Agragami - Punjab Police - Goals: 0-1 Praveen Kumar (6'), 1-1 Sasthi Duley (37'), 2-1 Ashim Biswas (50').
Tollygunge Agragami posted their maiden victory in this seasons National League with a 2-1 comaback victory against Punjab Police. Punjab Police shot into an early lead through Praveen Kumar in the 6.minute, which was equalised by Sasthi Duley in the 37.minute, while rookie Ashim Biswas crowned his good performance through the winner in the 50.minute.
TOLLYGUNGE: Amit Sinha Roy, Reazul Mustafa, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Satish Bharti, Amitava Chanda, Moses Owira, Adeola Adeyeri, Ashim Biswas (Mehtab Hussain, Biswanath Mondal), Khemtang Paite, Sasthi Duley, Akeem Abul Alem.
PUNJAB POLICE: Satish Kumar, Balwinder Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Sumit Balli, Gurjit Singh, Kuldip Singh, Harish Sharma (Gurwinder Singh), Gurpreet Singh (Harnek Singh), Gurinder Pal Singh; Sher Singh (Manjinder Singh), Parveen Kumar.

12. January
6th National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 2-0 JCT Mills - Goals: 1-0 Abdullatif Seriki (39'), 2-0 Basudeb Mondal (61').
Mohun Bagan were back to winning ways in the National League with a 2-0 victory against lowly JCT Mills at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Nigerian striker Abdullatif Seriki and medio Basudeb Mondal settled the issue for Bagan with a goal in each session. JCT initially looked dangerous but after Bagan settled down and Seriki scored the opener, the outcome of the match was not in doubt.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Dulal Biswas, Amauri da Silva, Debjit Ghosh, Rishi Kapoor, Abdul Wastu Saliu, James Singh (RC Prakash), Bhabani Mohanty (Basudeb Mondal), Renedy Singh (RP Singh); Abdullatif Seriki, Jose Barreto.
JCT: Arvind Kumar, Ranjit Singh, Balkar Singh, Pawan Kumar, Taranjit Singh, Hardip Singh Saini, Harinder Singh (Jaspreet Singh), Ram Pal, Hardip Singh Sangha, Stephen Abarowei, Hardip Singh Gill.

Note-1: The world football governing body FIFA on Friday suspended the Bangladesh FF following a forced change in the administration and its subsequent internal crisis, thereby ruling out the hosting of the SAFF Cup. The suspension of BFF until return of normalcy means, the 3rd edition of SAFF Cup has been put off, though a formal confirmation is awaited. "FIFA has suspended BFF but there is no word on the SAFF Cup," AIFF Secretary Alberto Colaco said when contacted, after receiving an intimation from FIFA on the same. "We had stopped the NFL after the 7th Round on account of SAFF Cup. But with the BFF suspended and SAFF Cup unlikely to start as per schedule we cannot wait till further date is announced," he said adding, "we want to finish NFL till the 10th round by January 31 as the Durand Cup is scheduled for February 2 upto 17. It will take at least a week, before putting the NFL back on the ground, as we have to plan travel arrangements and ground availability," Colaco said. He said he was in touch with respective associations for availability of grounds.

24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster 3: Meghalaya 7-0 Jammu&Kashmir
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Maharashtra 4-0 Himachal Pradesh
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Gujarat 2-1 Kerala

11. January
6th National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 0-1 Vasco SC - Goals: 0-1 Peter Rodrigues (11').
East Bengal suffered another shock home defeat, this time loosing 0-1 against Vasco SC at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. Peter Rodrigues scored of a right-footer for Vasco in the 11.minute after a mix-up in the East Bengal defence. The worrysome factor for East Bengal is the way the team lost today.
EAST BENGAL: Hemanta Dora, Surya Bikash Chakraborty, Suley Musah, Jackson Egygpong, Falguni Dutta, Anit Ghosh, Isiaka Awoyemi, Jiten Rai, IM Vijayan (Tushar Rakshit), Omolaja Olalekan (Chandan Das), Bijen Singh (Dipendu Biswas).
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Denzil Coutinho, Angelo Colaco, Satish Minz, Marcos Pereira, Kashimov Awazbek, CV Hemanathan (Abhay Kumar), Rui Wanderley, Peter Rodrigues (Bhola Dey).

6th National League - Goa: Churchill Brothers SC 2-1 Mahindra United 1-0 Noel Wilson (4'), 2-0 Roque Barreto (55'), 2-1 Khalid Jamil (61').
Churchill Brothers defeated Mahindra United 2-1 in a top of the table clash in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. Churchill Brothers displayed some fabulous attacking football and were deserved winners. Churchill opened the score early with a long ranger from Noel Wilson in the 4.minute, while captain Roque Barreto increased the lead with a left footer in the 56.minute. But Mahindra reduced the margin with a 61.minute penalty from Khalid Jamil, after Osumanu Husseini had fouled Raman Vijayan.
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Francis Coelho, Osumanu Husseini, Mahesh Gawali (Denzil Ferrao), Rajesh Meetei, Roque Barreto, Noel Wilson, Ratan Singh, Aqeel Ansari, Abdul Ganiyu Saley, Yakubu Yusif.
MAHINDRA: Virender Singh, M Suresh, Habib Adenkule, Musah Isa Eroje, Tapan Ghosh, Anthony Pereira (Abhishek Yadav), Jules Alberto (Bernard Oparanzoie), Khalid Jamil, S Venkatesh, Mohammed Najeeb (Raman Vijayan), Austin Okolo.

Delhi Senior Division: New Delhi Heroes 1-0 Frontiers Club
Delhi Senior Division: Youngsters Club 0-1 Garhwal Heroes

Note-1: The world football governing body FIFA have suspended the Bangladesh Football Federation from international football. This could mean, that the SAFF Championhip won't be staged as planned. Another possibility could be a change in dates and venue...

10. January
6th National League - Bangalore: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 0-1 FC Kochin - Goal: 0-1 VP Shaji (21').
HAL's bad run in the National League continued with a 0-1 defeat at the hands of FC Kochin at home at the Bangalore Football Stadium. This was HAL's second 1-0 defeat in a row, after an excellent start to the campaign. Striker VP Shaji scored the winner for FC Kochin in the 21.minute.

Delhi Senior Division: Indian Nationals FC 0-0 Tarun Sangha
Delhi Senior Division: Mughals Club 5-0 Goans SC

Note-1: Even though there is still uncertainty over the SAFF Cup 2002 in Dhaka, the AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco released a list of 27 probables, who will gather for an eight-day training camp in Calcutta under national coach Sukhwinder Singh ahead of the tournament.
Probables list: GK: Virender Singh (Mahindra Utd), Sangram Mukherjee (East Bengal), Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (Mohun Bagan), Kalyan Chaubey (Salgaocar). DF: KV Dhanesh (ITI), Mahesh Gawli (Churchill Bros), Deepak Mondal (East Bengal), Ratan Singh (East Bengal), Samir Naik (Dempo), Tapan Ghosh (Mahindra Utd), Rishi Kapoor (Mohun Bagan), M Suresh (Mahindra Utd). MF: Khalid Jamil (Mahindra Utd), Jo Paul Ancheri (East Bengal), Renedy Singh (Mohun Bagan), James Singh (Mohun Bagan), Debjit Ghosh (Mohun Bagan), Tomba Singh (Air India), Noel Wilson (Churchill Bros). FW: IM Vijayan (East Bengal), RC Prakash (Mohun Bagan), Bijen Singh (East Bengal), Abdul Hakkim (SBT), Ashif Sahir (SBT), Syed Shabir Pasha (Indian Bank).

Note-1: For the second time in three months, the ninth South Asian Federation Games, scheduled to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan from March 30 to April 8, have been postponed due to the prevailing tensions between India-Pakistan. The Games, which were scheduled to be held in October, had been postponed to March 2002 due to US military strikes in Afghanistan. The Games are now expected to be held here in 2003.

9. January
6th National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 3-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 1-0 Alvito D'Cunha (36'), 2-0 Bello Rasaq (90'), 3-0 Alex Ambrose (90').
Salgaocar SC ended ITI's unbeaten run in the National League with a 3-0 victory at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. Salgaocar was in control from the start but only in the 36.minute striker Alvito D'Cunha opened the scoring. Thereafter Salgaocar had further chances but the two other goals came in injury time from a long-ranger from Nigerian Bello Rasaq and an opportunistic strike from substitute Alex Ambrose.
SALGAOCAR: Kalyan Chaubey, Jose Esteves, Franky Barreto, Majekodunmi Bolaji, Bello Rasaq, Denis Cabral (Dharamjit Singh), Climax Lawrence, Eugene Gray, Bruno Coutinho (Alex Ambrose), Sunday Seah, Alvito D'Cunha.
ITI: Narshiman Balaji, Syed Hussain, AS Firoze, CK Jiteesh, John Ugwu (John Kennethraj), KV Dhanesh, Raghuveer Singh (Sheikh Sanjeeb), George Ekeh, Kenneth Onu, Andrew Louis (Zaheer Abbas), Mohammed Salissu.

Delhi Senior Division: Delhi Police 2-1 Frontier Club
Delhi Senior Division: Shahdara FC 0-2 Indian Air Force (New Delhi)
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Goa 4-1 Tripura
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Mizoram 12-0 Rajasthan
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Maharashtra 1-0 Orissa
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Delhi 3-0 Chandigarh

8. January
India will participate at the World Cup 2002 in Korea/Japan!!!
Okay not the Indian national team will take part but an Indian official, the assistant referee Komaleeswaran Shankar (Tamil Nadu).

Delhi Senior Division: Indian National 0-0 Mughals Club
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Assam 2-0 Punjab
24.Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal - Cluster ?: Tamil Nadu 8-0 Pondicherry
Mumbai Harwood League - Super 5: Air-India 0-3 Mahindra United - Mahindra United defend their title and win their eight overall Mumbai Harwood League title!

7. January
6th National League - Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 1-1 Vasco SC - Goals: 0-1 Rui Wanderley Weis (52'), 1-1 Jose Barreto (70').
Mohun Bagan's indifferent form continued as they escaped with a 1-1 draw in a National League match against Vasco SC at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. The Goans went ahead through a backheader from Brazilian striker Rui Wanderley Weis in the 52.minute, while his compatriot on the other side Jose Barreto also equalised through a header 18 minuted later.
MOHUN BAGAN: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Amjad Ansari, Amauri da Silva, Hussain Mustafi, Rishi Kapoor, James Singh (Basudev Mondal), Bungo Singh (Sumit Sengupta), RP Singh, Renedy Singh (Amar Ganguly), Jose Baretto, RC Prakash.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Seby Dias, Sanjay Parte, Denzil Coutinho, Agnelo Colaco, Satish Minz (Bhola Dey), Marcos Perriera, Kashimov Awazbek, CV Hemanathan (Santa Singh), Rui Wanderley Weis, Agnelo Gomes (Abhay Kumar).

Delhi Senior Division: City Club 2-0 New Dehli Heroes
Delhi Senior Division: Tarun Sangha 0-0 Indian Air Force (Delhi)

Note-1: Due to a Bangla bandh called on January 10 by SUCI and CPI(ML), the National League match East Bengal vs Vasco SC had to rescheduled for the next day, also forcing a rescheduling of the following days action in Calcutta by a day, Mohun Bagan - JCT Mills and Tollygunge Agragami - Punjab Police.

6. January
6th National League - Kochi: FC Kochin 1-1 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 0-1 Rajesh Meetei (34'), 1-1 Josiah Seton (85').
A late equaliser enabled FC Kochin to hold Churchill Brothers to a 1-1 draw in a National League match at the Nehru Stadium, Kochi. Churchill Brothers went ahead in the 34.minute through a shot from outside the box by Rajesh Meetei but Liberian striker Josiah Seton saved the day for Kochin as he equalised in the 85.minute, denying Churchill a deserved victory.

6th National League - Goa: Salgaocar SC 1-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 0-1 Akeem Abul Alem (11'), 1-1 Sunday Seah (60').
Salgaocar SC were held to a 1-1 draw by Tollygunge Agragami in the National League at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. Tollygunge went ahead in the 11.minute with a rasping right footer from Nigerian striker Akeem Abul Alem but thereafter it was Salgaocar all the way, only they were able to score once. The equaliser came in the 60.minute through a header from Liberian striker Sunday Seah.
SALGAOCAR: Kalyan Chaubey, Roque Pereira, Franky Barreto, Majekodunmi Bolaji, Bello Razaq, Dennis Cabral (Alex Ambrose), Eugene Gray, Climax Lawrence, Dharmajit Singh (Jose Esteves), Bruno Coutinho, Sunday Seah.
TOLLYGUNGE: Amit Singha Roy, Reazul Mustafa, Satish Bharti, Srikrishna Ghosh (Biswanath Mondal), Amitava Chandra, N Khemtang Paite, Adeloa Adeyeri, Sasthi Duley, Ashim Biswas, Akeem Abul Alem, Moses Oira.

Delhi Senior Division: Shahdara Club 2-0 Goans SC
Delhi Senior Division: Indian Nationals 1-0 Garhwal Heroes
Mumbai Harwood League - Super 5: Bengal Mumbai FC 2-0 Central Railway

Note-1: The SAFF Cup is likely to be held as scheduled in Dhaka from January 26. According to sources, the AFC has sent a go-ahead signal to Bangladesh FF, provided the BFF manages to solve its internal problems.
So if the tournament takes place, then the Indian national camp would be held in Calcutta from January 16.

5. January
6th National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 1-2 Mahindra United - Goals: 0-1 Khalid Jamil (27'), 1-1 Hardip Singh Gill (70'), 1-2 Austin Okolo (75').
Mahindra United won 2-1 away against JCT Mills at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, to stay unbeaten after six matches and also go top in the National League. JCT started well but against the run of play international Khalid Jamil opened the scpre for Mahindras in the 27.minute. JCT equalised in the 70.minute through striker Hardip Singh Gill but that was short lived, as Nigerian striker Austin Okolo settled the issue for Mahindras five minutes later.

6th National League - Jalandhar: Punjab Police 1-0 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goal: 1-0 Praveen Kumar (17').
Punjab Police registered their first-ever win in the National League with a 1-0 victory against the other promoted side into the National League HAL, who came as the league leaders to the Guru Gobind Stadium, Jalandhar. Punjab Police put together a much-improved performance and now seem to have adjusted to the pace of the National League. Praveen Kumar scored the goal for the Policemen in the 17.minute off a cross from Sher Singh.

6th National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 1-2 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 1-0 Omolaja Olalekan (9'), 1-1 Mohammed Salissu (11'), 1-2 Kenneth Onu (37').
ITI came to Calcutta with the modest aim of snatching a point from the Maidan giants East Bengal but in the end it were three of them, as ITI beat East Bengal 2-1 in a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. East Bengal knowing that ITI's approach would be defensive went into the attack from the start and scored first in the 9.minute through Nigerian striker Omolaja Olalekan off a cross from Isiaka Awoyemi. But just two minutes later a deadly mistake from International goalkeeper Sangram Mukherjee, who went with the ball towards the left touchline, resulted in the equaliser from ITI's Mohammed Salissu, who floated the ball into an empty net after receiving a pass from Mukherjee. The winner for ITI was scored by their striker Kenneth Onu in the 37.minute as Salissu released a clever pass down the right to the striker.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Falguni Dutta, Suley Musah, Jackson Egypong, Ratan Singh (Ranjan Dey), Isiaka Awoyemi, Chandan Das (Dipendu Biswas), Anit Ghosh, Amit Das, IM Vijayan, Omolaja Olalekan.
ITI: Narshiman Balaji, Syed Hussain, AS Firoze, John Ugwo, Amandeep Singh, Zaheer Abbas (Trijit Das, Shamshi Reza), Mohammed Salissu (Andrew Louis), KV Dhanesh, Raghuveer Singh, George Ekeh, Kenneth Onu.

4. January
37.BC Roy Trophy - Final: Punjab 1-0 Goa - Goal: 1-0 Avtar Chand (64').
Punjab beat Goa 1-0 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan to lift the Dr BC Roy Trophy, the national junior (under-19) football championship. The all important goal was scored by medio Avtar Chand in the 64.minute.

Note-1: Will the SAFF Cup 2002 be held at the end of this month? A very big question mark hangs above South Asia's biggest football tournament. The AIFF is in constant contact with their Bangladeshi counterparts from the BFF and the Asian governing body, AFC but the signs are of postponement. If that happens the National League might not end next week but might continue until January 30, until Round 11, to end the first phase. The AIFF already has asked concerned state associations if grounds are available or not. If the National League is extended, a big question mark hangs around the squeezed in Rovers Cup and Durand Cup. One could be held but what with the other one? Well questions over questions and the AIFF, in person Alberto Colaco, will have to answer them in the coming days...

Delhi Senior Division: Moonlight Club 0-1 Frontiers Club
Delhi Senior Division: Mughals Club 0-2 Garhwal Heroes
Mumbai Harwood League - Super 5: Air-India 3-0 Western Railway

3. January
6th National League - Goa: Vasco SC 2-0 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 1-0 Rui Wanderly Weis, 2-0 Satish Minz (28').
Vasco SC played convincingly in a 2-0 victory against Tollygunge Agragami in a National League match at the Nehru Stadium, Goa. Brazilian Rui Wanderley Weis opened the scoring in the 7.minute with a cracking long-ranger leaving Tollygunge keeper Sandip Nandy no chance. Vasco thereafter settled down and their next attack yealded their second goal with Satish Minz scoring from a Weis pass in the 28.minute. Tollygunge coach Amal Datta blaming keeper Nandy for the goals exchanged his keepers five minutes later, bringing in Amir Sinha Roy, who thereafter made some good saves.
VASCO: Rogerio Ramos, Sanjay Parte, Seby Dias, Denzil Coutinho, Agnelo Colaco, Satish Minz, Marcos Pereira, Kashimov Avazbek, Peter Rodrigues, Rui Wanderley Weis, Agnelo Gomes (Santa Singh).
TOLLYGUNGE: Sandip Nandy (Amit Sinha Roy), Reazul Mustafa, Satish Bharti, Biswanath Mondal (Subashish Roy Chowdhury), Amitava Chanda, Srikrishna Ghosh, Adeola Adeyeri, Sasthi Duley, N Khemtang Paite (Prahlad Singh Rawat), Akeem Abul Alem, Moses Owira.

Delhi Senior Division: Hindustan Club 0-0 New Delhi Heroes
Delhi Senior Division: Indian Nationals FC 5-0 Goans SC

2. January
6th National League - Calcutta: East Bengal Club 1-0 Churchill Brothers SC - Goal: 1-0 Suley Musah (80').
A Suley Musah header in the 80.minute was all defending champions East Bengal needed to beat Churchill Brothers in a National League match at the Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta. East Bengal once again did not put up a champions display, while Churchill Brothers weakness in away matches in Calcutta was once again shown. With a little more accuracy from the Goan strikers, the champions could have faced an uphill task.
EAST BENGAL: Sangram Mukherjee, Falguni Dutta, Suley Musah, Jackson Egypong, Ratan Singh, Amit Das (Chandan Das), IM Vijayan, Anit Ghosh, Bijen Singh (Tushar Rakshit), Omolaja Olalekan, Jo Paul Ancheri (Dipendu Biswas).
CHURCHILL: Edward Ansah, Francis Coelho, Mahesh Gawli (Denzil Ferrao), Osumanu Hussaini, Rajesh Meetei, Roque Barreto, Noel Wilson, Aqeel Ansari (Francis Silveira), Ratan Singh, Abdul Saley Ganiyu (Somatai Shaiza), Yakubu Yusif.

6th National League - Ludhiana: JCT Mills 0-1 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - Goal: 0-1 Dayanand (8').
Debutant HAL's dream run in the National League continued at the Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana with a 1-0 victory against former champions JCT Mills. This enabled HAL to jump into pole position in the National League. HAL's goal of the day was scored by Dayanand in the 8.minute but the man of the match was once again their goalkeeper Gumpe Rime, who made some outstanding saves. With the third victory in their fifth National League match promoted HAL now lead the NFL with 11 points.

37.BC Roy Trophy - Semifinal: West Bengal 0-0,2-4 Goa [after penalties] - Goals: none.
37.BC Roy Trophy - Semifinal: Manipur 0-1 Punjab - Goals: 0-1 Kularjeet Singh (60').
Delhi Senior Division: Moonlight Club 0-1 Delhi Police
Delhi Senior Division: Shahdara Club 2-1 Youngsters Club
Mumbai Harwood League - Super 5: Mahindra United 2-0 Bengal Mumbai FC

1. January
Delhi Senior Division: City Club 0-0 Frontier Club