30. September
AFC U20 (Youth) Championship - Malaysia 2004: India U20 0-1 Laos U20 - Goal: 0-1 Soulikhan Phanthaya (77').
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Indian national team section
110th IFA Shield 2004 - Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta: Mohun Bagan AC 1-1 Myanmar Finance & Revenue FC - Goals: ???; Soe Myat Min (21').
Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 1-1 CIL - Goals: 0-1 Ravindran (48'), 1-1 Suganraj (53').
Goan Professional League: MPT Sports Council 0-4 Salgaocar Sports Club - Goals: 0-1,0-2,0-4 Felix Ibrebru (8',25',75'), 0-3 Samson Singh (48').
Goan Professional League: Cabral Sports Club 1-4 Dempo Sports Club - Goals: 0-1,1-2,1-4 Ranty M Soleye (34',66',90'+), 1-1 Marcus Peixoto (56'), 1-3 RC Prakash (89').
Note-1: Champions East Bengal have received an invitation from Dubai to take part in a four-team tournament in the Gulf city. According to the club sources, the tournament will feature club teams from Syria, Yemen and Jordan besides East Bengal. The tournament, to be organised by Dubai Police, will be held from October 25 to November 9. The organisers contacted the club over phone on Wednesday and the official fax message would be sent in a day or two.
Meanwhile, in a club meeting on Wednesday, the officials decided to reply to the showcause notice slapped by the All India Football Federation on the club’s denial to release players for the national camp. The club also decided to pay Rs 14.500 to the AIFF, which it has demanded for Habibur Rahman Mondal’s clearance.
Note-2: EverReady coach Aloke Mukherjee has stateted, that he won't join the Bengal nor the India camp. Mukherjee had been named Bengal coach for the Santosh Trophy and assistant coach for the Indian national team, which will take on Singapore in the World Cup qualifiers. His wife’s illness has been mentioned as a reason all right but the former Indian international also said: "Ever-Ready are now in such a situation in the Super Six phase, with an all-win record, that I think I should stick by them. I owe it to Mr Utpal Ganguly to do this. It’s the decisive time and I want to take them into the National League’s elite cluster."
Note-3: Fransa FC today axed their much-revered coach Shabbir Ali for “non-performance” in the ongoing GFA’s Professional League, according to Fransa chairman Mickey Pacheco. Ali an highly acclaimed coach and a renowned footballer of his era, was shown the door today by the Fransa management for failing to infuse high morale in the team-members and instill discipline on and off the field. Failure to assess the strength of the team and explore opportunities for future growth of the club, was another reason for Shabbir’s ouster, disclosed Pacheco. Pacheco: "Shabbir did not motivate the team-members in gaining confidence and success by devising scientific coaching programmes for players to develop their skills and potential abilities to ensure performance of high standard."
29. September
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 1-1 Madras Engineering Group Centre - Goals: 0-1 Naveen Kumar (5'), 1-1 Pradeep (37').
Goan Professional League: Vasco Sports Club 1-0 Churchill Brothers SC - Goal: Anthony Pereira.
Goan Professional League: Sporting Club de Goa 2-0 Fransa Football Club - Goals: MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (2x).
Note-1: Baichung Bhutia named as brand ambassador...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Baichung Bhutia section
28. September
AFC U20 (Youth) Championship - Malaysia 2004: India U20 1-2 Uzbekistan U20 - Goals: 0-1 Alexander Kletskov (28'), 1-1 Manjeet Singh (67'), 1-2 Sadriddin Abdullayev (90'+).
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Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-0 ADE - Goals: 1-0 Sunil Kumar (18'), 2-0 Kenneth Onu (90'+).
U19 Calcutta Super Division - Final: EverReady Sports Association 0-2 East Bengal Club - Goals: 0-1 Anupam Dutta (73'), 0-2 Joydeep Debnath (88').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - West Zone: Gujarat 0-6 Chattisgarh
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - West Zone: Maharashtra 6-0 Rajasthan
Note-1: The All India football Federation has announced that MRI tests would be conducted on players at the national sub-junior football championship (Under-16) for the Mir Iqbal Hussain trophy to be held from October 3 in Goa.
27. September
Bangalore Super Division: Government Press 2-2 Sports Authority of India - Goals: 0-1 Magesh Babu (7'), 0-2 Naveen Babu, 1-2 Venkatesh (31'), 2-2 Sudhakar (72').
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 3-0 George Telegraph SC - Goals: 1-0 Roberto Paolo da Silva (40'), 2-0 Climax Lawrence (83'), 3-0 Douglas da Silva (89').
U19 Calcutta Super Division - Semifinal: East Bengal Club 4-1 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: Ayan Chowdhury (2x), Abhijit
Goswami, Anupam Dutta; Achintya Akura.
U19 Calcutta Super Division - Semifinal: EverReady Sports Association 1-0 Mohammedan AC - Goal: 1-0 Ratan Das (22').
Note-1: IndianFootball.Com Editor-in-Chief Arunava Chaudhuri held his second lecture on professional football for the sports management students at the IISWBM in Calcutta today. After the first session two weeks ago, where Arunava presented a PowerPoint presentation on the set-up of a professional club in Europe, today's session was an interaction session, where Arunava and the students interacted on modern day football and how it is or should be organised. A session between Arunava and top Calcutta clubs might be held next week at the IISWBM.
Note-2: The Bengal team will be coached by Indian assistant coach Aloke Mukherjee during the Santosh Trophy 2004. He will assisted by Debasish Mukherjee, goalkeeper coach, and Syed Nayeemuddin as technical director.
26. September
AFC U20 (Youth) Championship - Malaysia 2004: India U20 1-2 Syria U20 - Goals: 1-0 Vimal Pariyar (30'), 1-1 Safir Al Atasi (55'), 1-2 Abdul Al Razak Al Housain (75').
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Indian national team section
Bangalore Super Division: Indian Telephone Industries 3-4 CIL - Goals: 0-1,2-3,3-4 Kanickraj, 1-1 Devaraj, 2-1 Joseph, 2-2 Thomas, 3-3 Danny.
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 1-1 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 1-0 Henry Chukukeri, 1-1 Dinesh Swar (44').
Goan Professional League: Salgaocar Sports Club 2-2 Cabral Sports Club - Goals: 0-1 Joseph Ogor (51'), 1-1 Bernard Pires (54'), 1-2 Wilfred Gomes (85'), 2-2 Marcos Pereira (90').
Goan Professional League: Churchill Brothers SC 1-1 Sporting Club de Goa - Goals: 1-0 Bungo Singh (44'), 1-1 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (90'+).
Goan Professional League: Fransa Football Club 0-2 Vasco Sports Club - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Anthony Pereira (9',28').
Note-1: In a sudden and dramatic move, Subhas Bhowmick on Saturday quit as East Bengal coach. He handed over his resignation letter to club officials who had gone to the Netaji Subhas International airport to receive the team which flew back from Syria where they lost the AFC Cup quarter final. According to a club official late on Saturday night, Subhas Bhowmick has confirmed that he will join practice on Sunday. Bhowmick explained his decision was guided by the team’s failure in the AFC Cup. "I am taking full responsibility of the debacle and stepping down so that someone else can do a better job." The coach added: "The AFC Cup was my dream, I had wanted to do something, but now… I can’t take this defeat." He said he is presently not in the right frame of mind and has no idea about his next step. Club officials, though, refused to accept Bhowmick’s resignation. "We are not accepting Bhowmick’s resignation. He will remain East Bengal coach. We have full confidence in him,” said club secretary Kalyan Majumdar. "We have a match coming up on Monday. We have nobody in mind to replace him," said another official.
Note-2: A PTI report: The All India Football Federation has issued a show cause notice to East Bengal for their delay in releasing players for the national camp held here before the LG Cup in Vietnam last month. In a faxed message to the club yesterday, AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco asked the club management to give its reply as to why it had delayed releasing players for the national camp defying repeated instructions from the apex soccer body. He also asked the club to send its reply by October 10, failing which the matter would be referred to the disciplinary committee of AIFF for a possible punishment. Besides, the club was asked to pay AIFF an amount of Rs 14,500 - the expenses incurred by the federation as solicitor's fees to fight the case of defender Habibur Rahman Mondal. AIFF was made a party in the case filed by Mohun Bagan against the youngster, who allegedly signed for East Bengal after taking advance payment from Bagan. While refusing to comment on the show cause notice, an East Bengal official said "why should our club pay for the expenses incurred by AIFF for the case, which was filed by Mohun Bagan?" East Bengal had delayed releasing their players for the national camp, held at the Sports Authority of India (eastern region) complex under the supervision of chief coach Stephen Constantine from August 5, with a view to make full use of the availability of British physical trainer Peter McKnight, who was hired for a short period.
Note-3: Senior camp to be held by chief coach...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>FIFA World Cup section
Note-4: The Calcutta Sports Journalist Club organised five-a-side Indian Oil Media Football Tournament came to an end on Friday with the finals for the print and electronic media sections held. In the print media section defending champions Calcutta Sports Journalist Club were beaten 4-1 by Sambad Pratidin, while Khabar Ekhon defended their title with a 2-1 win in the penalty shootout against All-India Radio. Regulation time had ended one-all. For Khabar Ekhon it was the fifth title in a row. The prizes were distributed by the G-O-C Bengal Area Z.U. Shah (in-charge of the Calcutta Maidan for the army), Indian international Renedy Singh and Mohammedan Sporting Club coach Mridul Banerjee. Also launched on the occasion was the official website of the Calcutta Sports Journalist Club, which you can find under www.calcuttasportsjc.com . IndianFootball.Com Editor-in-Chief Arunava Chaudhuri was also one of the guests on the occasion and he is thankful for the gifts he got. So far no one from IndianFootball.Com's is a member of the Calcutta Sports Journalist Club nor the Sports Journalists' Federation of India, but we hope to become members in the future and field an own IndianFootball.Com team for the tournament!
25. September
Bangalore Super Division: Madras Engineering Group Centre 1-0 BEL SC - Goal: 1-0 Naveen Kumar (14').
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 1-0 George Telegraph SC - Goal: 1-0 Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda (40').
Goan Professional League: Dempo Sports Club 6-0 MPT Sports Council - Goals: 1-0 Clifton Gonsalves, 2-0,3-0,6-0 Ranty M Soleye, 4-0 Valeriano Rebello, 5-0 RC Prakash.
Note-1: The City Civil Court Friday stayed Mohun Bagan secretary Anjan Mitra’s initiative to hold an executive committee meeting. The secretary’s had a four-point agenda among which there was a discussion on bringing back Brazilian Jose Ramirez Barreto. A club source said Barreto may be back with the club before the National League. The rival faction protested this point, saying Mitra had no business with football affairs, and moved court.
Meanwhile, the residential camp of the club has commenced in Kalyani on Friday.
Note-2: The Delhi Soccer Association have decided to honour two surviving veterans of the Delhi team when the Santosh Trophy was last held here 60 years ago. The former players to be honoured are Bhawani Banerjee and Krishan Gopal Kakar.
24. September
Bangalore Super Division: LRDE 0-0 ADE - Goals: none.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 1-0 Mohammedan AC - Goal: 1-0 Abhijit Goswami (86').
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 3-0 Wari AC - Goals: 1-0 Surajit Bose, 2-0 Khokan
Pramanik, 3-0 Dipankar Chakraborty.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 0-0 EverReady - Goals: none.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Eastern Railway SC 0-0 Mohammedan Sporting - Goals: none.
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: West Bengal 5-2 Bihar
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Orissa 1-1 Jharkhand
Note-1: India probables for World Cup qualifiers announced; many juniors as expected...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>FIFA World Cup section
Note-2: The IFA has released the participation list and match schedule for the 110th IFA Shield. The tournament will take place from September 30 to October 10 at the Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta. The kick-off time is from 2.45pm IST onwards for all matches other than the semi-final and final, which starts from 5.45pm IST. 6 teams will try to clinch the title, while 3 od them are foreign teams. The foreign teams are Myanmar Finance and Revenue Football Club (Myanmar), Muktijoddha Samsad Krirachakra (Bangladesh), Renown Sports Club (Sri Lanka). The other 3 teams who are participating in this tournament are East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club and Mohammedan Sporting Club.
complete schedule of the 110th IFA Shield 2004
Note-3: School children will get a free entry to witness the action in the Santosh Trophy. Around 2000 seats would be reserved for school children at the Ambedkar Stadium, which will host the matches from the quarter-finals onwards. This was decided at a meeting of the various agencies including Delhi Government, All India Football Federation and the Delhi Soccer Association.
Note-4: Uzbekistan announces U20 squad...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Indian national team section
23. September
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 2-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Abhijeeth (31'.33').
Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC 2-2 Mohammedan Sporting - Goals: 0-1 Henry Chukukeri, 1-1 Abhay Kumar (27'), 2-1 Dharamjit Singh (48'), 2-2 Stanley Festus (86').
Goan Professional League: Vasco Sports Club 1-3 Salgaocar Sports Club - Goals: 0-1 Marcos Pereira (9'), 0-2 Jerose Oliveira (41', 0-3 Samson Singh (88'), 1-3 Alex Ambrose (90'+).
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 0-0 Mohammedan AC - Goals: none.
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: West Bengal 1-0 Sikkim - Goals: 1-0 Ayub Hussain Mondal (71').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - West Zone: Madhya Pradesh 3-0 Rajasthan - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Vikash Kale (28',34'), 3-0 Bhagwan Das (59').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - West Zone: Maharashtra 1-7 Chattisgarh - Goals: 1-0 Lordston Soares (8'), 1-1,1-6 Khem Lal Kashyap (18',80'), 1-2 Nitesh Kumar Yadav (19'), 1-3,1-4,1-5 Sohan Nuneti (45',47',73'), 1-7 Abhishek Kumar Singh (82').
Note-1: India might field juniors in World Cup qualifiers...
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Note-2: Determined to make a mark in the upcoming Santosh Trophy Championship, to be held here for the first time in 60 years, Delhi Soccer Association has requisitioned the services of several state players currently playing for clubs in Kolkata, Goa and Punjab. "There are six players who are currently playing for Mohun Bagan of Kolkata, Salgaocar Club of Goa and JCT of Phagwara and we have requested the clubs to release these players at the earliest," DSA secretary NK Bhatia said. Midfielders Sunil Chetri, Rishi Kapoor and forward Praveen Rawat play for Bagan, Prashant Jaggi and Arjun Pandit represent Salgaocar while Sumit Thapa was serving JCT. Bhatia said the players would join the training camp immediately after completing their league committments and can provide the much-needed boost to the team’s chances of making a mark in the tournament to be played from October 14 to 31. The final 20-member team was likely to be selected by October 8, Bhatia said. Pointing out that about 40 players were attending a trials-cum-coaching camp at the Ambedkar Stadium from September 20 under the guidance of Sukhpal Bisht, Bhatia said "The endeavour of the DSA is to field the strongest possible team."
22. September
AFC Cup 2004 - Quarterfinal - 2nd leg - Damascus: Al Jaish (Syria) 3-0 East Bengal Club - Goals: 1-0 Adel Abdullah (16'), 2-0 Mohammed Zeino (50'), 3-0 Firas Ismail (87').
Further details at >>Indian clubs in Asia section
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 10-0 Government Press - Goals: 1-0,3-0 Kenneth Onu (2',12'), 2-0,4-0 Dayanand (11',30'), 5-0,7-0 Xavier (30',70'), 6-0 Murali (45'), 8-0 Freddy (76'), 9-0 Satish (80'), 10-0 Shyam Kumar (90').
Goan Professional League: Sporting Club de Goa 1-3 Dempo Sports Club
Goan Professional League: Fransa Football Club 1-0 Cabral Sports Club
Goan Professional League: Churchill Brothers SC 1-1 MPT Sports Council
U19 Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 2-0 Wari AC - Goals: 1-0 Ayan Chowdhury, 2-0 Anupam Datta.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami p-p Mohammedan AC - match not held due to bad weather
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Mohun Bagan AC - Mohammedan Sporting - Goal: 1-0 Samar Das.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Eastern Railway SC 0-2 EverReady - Goals: 0-1 Pallab Manna, 0-2 Ratan Das.
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Bihar 1-4 Orissa - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Prasanta Kumar Behera (14',40'), 1-1 Amit Kumar (49'), 1-3 Sujit Kumar Barik (73'), 1-4 Manas Kumar Bhera (84').
21. September
Bangalore Super Division: CIL 2-0 BEL SC - Goals: 1-0 Thomas (62'), 2-0 Ravindran (87').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Sikkim 4-2 Jharkhand - Goals: 0-1 Sushil Kisko (42'), 1-1 Dawa Lepcha (47'), 1-2 Kh. Jiban Singh (60'), 2-2,3-2,4-2 Karma L. Lapcha (78',80',87').
Note-1: The final India U20 squad for the AFC U20 Championship has been exclusively named to IndianFootball.Com. The team is scheduled to depart for Malaysia tomorrow.
India U20 squad:
Goalkeepers: Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (East Bengal Club), Amit Nandy (EverReady Association), Souvik Mondal (Bengal).
Defenders: Habibur Rehman Mondal (joint-Captain; East Bengal Club), Subhas Mondal (JCT Mills), Debabrata
Roy (Mahindra United), Praveen Rawat (Mohun Bagan AC), Manju Nanjangud Shivananju, Sunil Kumar (both HAL SC), Gurjinder Singh (Tata Football Academy).
Midfielders: Gouramangi Moirangtem Singh (joint-Captain), Jerry Zirsanga (both Mohun Bagan AC), Chitrasen Chandam Singh (Churchill Brother SC), Rocus Lamare (Salgaocar SC), Sankho Roy Choudhuri (EverReady Association), Lekini Suting (Arhima SC, Meghalaya).
Forwards: Marlanki Sutang, Sampath Kumar Kuttimani (both Fransa FC), Manjeet Singh (JCT Mills), Vimal Pariyar (Tata Football Academy).
Coach: Stephen Constantine
Assistant Coach: Satheevan Balan (Kerala)
Doctor: Manab Bhattacharya (Bengal)
Note-2: The 117th Durand Cup will be held with 12 teams participating from November 1 to 10 at the Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi. Eight National League sides would be seen in action - title holders Salgaocar, runners-up East Bengal, Dempo SC, Mahindra United, JCT Mills, Sporting Clube de Goa, Mohun Bagan and State Bank of Travancore. The tournament would have four groups of three teams each with the group toppers advancing to the semifinals to be played on November 7 and 8.
Note-3: The IFA will declare the state coach for the Santosh Trophy on September 27 after its meeting regarding that. A lot of names are doing the rounds, but secretary Subrata Dutta said no decision has yet been taken on this. Even the probables’ selection will be done after that.
Meanwhile, the foreign team’s complement for the IFA Shield will also be
announced later this week, Dutta said
20. September
Bangalore Super Division: Sports Authority of India 3-1 LRDE - Goals: 1-0 B Prakash (45'), 2-0 Sanath (50'), 3-0 Satyaraja (88'), 3-1 Ashok (90').
Calcutta Super Division: George Telegraph SC 0-1 EverReady Association - Goal: 0-1 Renedy Singh (23').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North-East Zone: Manipur 1-1 Nagaland - Goals: 1-0 Kh. Thoi Singh (26'), 1-1 Medose (73').
Note-1: Baichung Bhutia is hoping to be back right in time for India's last World Cup qualifier againsz Oman, which will be played on October 17. The Indian star striker will begin training two weeks from now. Baichung: "I will start training after two weeks. And I hope to play India's last World Cup qualifier. I'm improving. My condition is getting better and better."
Note-2: Chief coach Stephen Constantine is expected to join the India U20 squad tomorrow.
19. September
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Bengal 4-0 Orissa - Goals: 1-0,2-0,3-0 Sudip Banik (8',33',56'), 4-0 Ayud Mondal (68').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Sikkim - Jharkhand
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone - Final: Jammu & Kashmir 1-0 Punjab - Goal: 1-0 Sameer Ahmed (17').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North-East Zone: Assam - Arunachal Pradesh
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Karnakata 1-1 Tamil Nadu - Goals: Sebastian; Devadas
Note-1: Mahindra United signed Ghanian international Charles Asamoah to boost their hopes to clinch the NFL title. The 23-year old Ghanian opted for the Mumbai outfit, after turning down a "lucrative offer" from Morocco's Casablanca. Asamoah had a trial with German 2nd Division Bundesliga club Eintracht Trier some years ago, but failed to impress the club officials. Asamoah was Ghana's star striker during their 2002 FIFA World Cup qualiyfing campaign, when he finished as their topscorer. The young forward was recently engaged with lowly ranked Ghanian outfit Power FC.
Asamoah on his decision to join Mahindra: "Yes, I would have got more money in Morocco and better grounds to play on but Odartey Lawson, who is my best friend, and David Booth, who has seen me play in Ghana, convinced me that I could help them win the national title here. I always was curious to know about Asia and the footballing culture. Since I got a chance to see it from close quarters, I decided to go for it. Besides, here I have Lawson and Booth for company."
Note-2: Dasmunshi to look after new coach...
It seems like the time for Stephen Constantine is coming to an end. A step by the AIFF which should be reviewed once more...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Indian national team section
Note-3: Indian team to tour Europe...?!
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18. September
Bangalore Super Division: ADE 2-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goals: 1-0 Murali (86'), 2-0 Arun Kumar (90').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Bihar 1-2 Jharkhand - Goals: 1-0 Govinda Kumar (18'), 1-1 Bineesh TB (19'), 1-2 Anil Kumar Tirkey (46').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Sikkim 0-0 Orissa - Goals: none.
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North-East Zone: Tripura 3-0 Manipur - Goals: 1-0,3-0 Joyram Adhikari (16',62'), 2-0 Hriday Tripura (55').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Andhra Pradesh - Pondicherry
U19 Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club U19 4-1 Tollygunge Agragami U19 - Goals: Ayan Chowdhury (3x), Dharmendar; Surajit Bose.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: EverReady Sports Association U19 4-1 Mohammedan Sporting U19 - Goals: Sajid Mandal (2x), Pallab Manna (2x); Mohammed Yasin.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Eastern Railway U19 1-0 Mohun Bagan AC U19 - Goal: Dipu Dey.
Note-1: Stephen Constantine set to lose India job?!
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Indian national team section
Note-2: The 9th National Football League (NFL) will begin from the second week of December and conclude in April 2005. The recommendation of reducing the number of teams in the 1st Division NFL from 12 to 10 has been accepted by the AIFF. Thus four teams will be demoted at the end of the upcoming NFL season and just 10 will take part in the 10th NFL. Ten teams will also participate in the 2nd Division NFL this season, including relegated Mohammedan Sporting and Indian Bank. A 3rd Division will be introduced for the state league champions, who do not qualify for the second division.
A step backwards for Indian football! Reducing the number of teams in the National Football League is not in favour of improving and promoting Indian football. This move by the AIFF is also contraray to the recommendation made by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)...
Note-3: 19-member East Bengal squad on its way to Syria...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Indian clubs in Asia section
Note-4: India U20 to leave for Malaysia...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>Indian national team section
Note-5: India camp to start in late September...
For further details on this and more infos go to the >>FIFA World Cup section
Note-6: The 26th Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup will see four teams from Calcutta in action. Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan Sporting, George Telegraph and EverReady will take part in the tournament, which will be held in Gangtok from October 29 to November 3.
17. September
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone - Semifinal: Uttar Pradesh 0-1 Punjab - Goals: 0-1 Pradip Singh (67').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North-East Zone: Assam 2-2 Nagaland - Goals: 1-0 Azmir Hussain Laskar (30), 1-1 Nandai Bonang (69'), 1-2 Akho (73'), 2-2 Rojit Singha (80').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Kerala 0-2 Tamil Nadu - Goals: 0-1 Surendran (12'), 2-0 Devadas (90').
Note-1: The All India Football Federation has decided to stage the twice postponed Santosh Trophy in Delhi from October 14-31. The tournament was originally to be held in Kerala in May 2004. AIFF president Priyar Ranjan Dasmunshi said Kerala had backed out stating unavailability of grounds. The Santosh Trophy was then offered to Tamil Nadu and later Andhra Pradesh but both expressed their inability to stage the tournament. As the AIFF elections are due in December 2004, the office-bearers felt they would face a lot of flak if the senior national championships were not held for two consecutive years. It was last staged in Manipur in October-November 2002. The AIFF hence decided to allot the Santosh Trophy to Delhi and will sanction the Delhi Soccer Association (DSA) a sum of Rs 25--30 lakhs for staging the tournament. All this will be ratified at a working committee meeting in the capital on Saturday.
Note-2: East Bengal sent a letter to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on Wednesday, protesting the referee’s decision to disallow Bijen Singh’s goal during the AFC Cup quarter final home match against Syrian outfit Al Jaish. Uzbek referee, Lutfullin Nail had first allowed the goal scored by Bijen, but later overturned his decision citing a foul on the Syrian goalkeeper. The move sparked protest and East Bengal officials handed an official complaint to match commissioner Mahesh Bista. The officials also drew the commissioner’s notice to the delay tactics employed by the Syrian team while taking the field after the breather. The team entered the ground seven minutes late after the lemon break. The officials have also forwarded a copy of their protest letter to the All India Football Federation.
Meanwhile, the team will leave for Damascus on Saturday. The return leg will be held on Wednesday. Douglas da Silva, who had a good game in the home leg despite injury, is expected to be fully fit when the team lands in Damascus.
16. September
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-1 CIL - Goals: 0-1 Ramkumar (43'), 1-1 Kenneth Onu (57'), 2-1 Rajendra Prasad (60').
Calcutta Super Division: Railway FC 0-1 Calcutta FC
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: West Bengal 6-0 Jharkhand
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone - Semifinal: Jammu & Kashmir 6-5 Uttaranchal [on penalties]
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Karnakata 5-0 Pondicherry - Goals: 1-0 Raghavendra N. (25'), 2-0,5-0 Sebastian (31',90'+), 3-0,4-0 Vidya Sagar (36',40').
U19 Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan AC U19 3-1 Wari AC U19 - Goals: Mohammad Akhtar, Subhamoy Dey, Thupal Singh; Prasanta Banerjee.
U19 Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club U19 p-p Tollygunge Agragami U19
Note-1: The IFA Shield will kick-off on October 1. Six teams will be divided into two groups. Group A includes East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan AC and a club side from Myanmar, while Group B will see Mohammedan Sporting, University Selection (Korea) and an Iraqi team in action.
Note-2: Brazilian striker Roberto Mendes Silva, better known as Beto, signed for Mohun Bagan on Wednesday. He is the third foreigner on the green-and-maroon brigade roster after Brazilian Eduardo Coelho and Nigerian Hamed Suleiman.
Note-3: Former police commissioner and BOA president BK Saha decided to nominate two persons to take care of the inquiry regarding the drunken brawl involving some Mohun Bagan members that happened at the CCFC on Sunday night.
15. September
AFC Cup 2004 - Quarterfinal - 1st leg - Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta: East Bengal Club 0-0 Al Jaish (Syria) - Goals: none.
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Calcutta Super Division: Peerless SC p-p Food Corporation of India
Calcutta Super Division: Wari AC 0-0 Mohammedan AC
Calcutta Super Division: Railway FC p-p Calcutta FC
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - East Zone: Bihar 2-0 Sikkim - Goals: 1-0 Nimtshering Lepcha (46'), 2-0 Ajy Chettri (82').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North-East Zone: Tripura 1-1 Nagaland - Goals: 1-0 Md. Aktar Hussain (18'), 1-1 Medose (89').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Kerala 2-2 Andhra Pradesh - Goals: 0-1,2-2 Abdul Rahman (13',42'), 1-1 Nautal (26'), 2-1 Altaf Hussian (36').
Note-1: India and EverReady midfielder Renedy Singh might join East Bengal for the upcoming NFL season. Talks will be held today after the AFC Cup match.
Note-2: The six Mohun Bagan members, who landed in the lock-up after being involved in a drunken brawl on Sunday, have been suspended for life.
14. September
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 2-0 George Telegraph SC - Goals: Amjad Ali Khan, Raman Vijayan.
Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 0-3 EverReady Sports Association - Goals: Eugene Gray, Jayanta Sen, Earnest Jeremiah.
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group A: Chandigarh 18-0 Himachal Pradesh
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group A: Uttaranchal 1-2 Uttar Pradesh - Goals: 1-0 Wasim Husain (19'), 1-1 Sunil Kumar Yadav (26'), 1-2 Ankit Shrivastava (40').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North-East Zone: Manipur 1-2 Assam - Goals: 0-1 Paijian Rongmee (8'), 1-1 Ph. Ashajib Singh (40'), 1-2 Jyotish Basumatary (73').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Pondicherry 0-7 Tamil Nadu - Goals: 0-1 James Selva Kumar (13'), 0-2,0-3,0-4 Devadass (30',48',49'), 0-5 Surendran (56'), 0-6 Shyju (60'), 0-7 Ela Murugan (63').
Note-1: Our East Bengal fansite will have live updates on the AFC Cup 2004 quarterfinal match between the Calcutta giants and Syria's Al Jaish.
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Note-2: Injury worry for East Bengal...
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13. September
Bangalore Super Division: Government Press 3-4 ADE - Goals: Shankar, Sajid, Arun Kumar, Murali; Anthony, Sudhakar, Mani Maran.
Calcutta Super Division: Railway FC 2-2 Food Corporation of India
Calcutta Super Division: Calcutta FC 1-2 Mohammedan AC
Delhi Senior Division: Indian Air Force, New Delhi 1-2 Indian Air Force, Palam - Goals: 1-0 Jayanto Das, 1-1 Lalramzuava (63'), 1-2 Vanlalzewnchuaha.
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group B: Haryana 2-2 Delhi - Goals: 0-1,1-2 Jatinder (9',48'), 1-1 Kuldeep (28'), 2-2 Sumit (90'+).
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group B: Jammu & Kashmir 1-3 Punjab - Goals: 0-1 Mohd. Shahid (25'), 1-1 Sameer Ahmed (57'), 1-2 Amit Kumar Bali (76'), 1-3 Manpreet Singh (82').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Karnakata 3-2 Kerala - Goals: 1-0 D Venkatesh (38'), 2-0 Sudan Kumar (54'), 2-1 Julian Paulose (60'), 3-1 Arokiya Raj Kenneth (77'), 3-2 Nautal (79').
Note-1: Weather and ground worry Al Jaish...
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12. September
Bangalore Super Division: Madras Engineering Group Centre 1-0 CIL - Goal: 1-0 Lokeshwar Singh (13').
Calcutta Super Division: Wari AC 0-0 Peerless Sports Club
Calcutta Super Division: Railway FC p-p Food Corporation of India
Calcutta Super Division: Calcutta FC p-p Mohammedan AC
Goan Professional League: Cabral Sports Club 1-2 Sporting Club de Goa - Goals: 0-1,0-2 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (40',45'+), 1-2 Charles Oliveira (47').
Goan Professional League: Dempo Sports Club 3-1 Fransa Football Club - Goals: 1-0 Ranty Martin Soleye (19'), 2-0 Clifford Miranda (21'), 2-1 Desmond Fernandes (87'), 3-1 RC Prakash (90'+).
Goan Professional League: Salgaocar Sports Club 2-0 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1-0 Felix Ibrebru (5'), 2-0 Samson Singh (89').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group A: Uttar Pradesh 2-1 Chandigarh
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group A: Uttaranchal 12-0 Himachal Pradesh
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North-East Zone: Tripura 1-0 Assam - Goal: 1-0 Hriday (89').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Andhra Pradesh 0-1 Tamil Nadu - Goal: 0-1 Ela Murugan (71').
Note-1: Baichung Bhutia plead to all fans to support East Bengal in Wednesday's AFC Cup quarterfinal against Al Jaish. The India skipper and star striker will miss the match due to an injury. Baichung: "I appeal to all football-loving fans of the city to support the team when they take on Al Jaish in the AFC Cup quarterfinal on Wednesday. East Bengal will be representing India, so forget club loyalty and turn up at the ground to cheer the players."
Note-2: A new chapter to the Mohun Bagan saga: After a nine-a-side football match with Selvel at the CCFC ground, rival factions of the elite club hurled bottles at each other. Seven persons have been arrested in this connection. Four persons sustained injuries and one of them was admitted to the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan in south Kolkata. Trouble began after the prize distribution ceremony. The clash took place in front of a host of officials and other dignitaries around 9 pm, shortly after a cocktail party followed by a dinner. The two rival factions of the club got involved in a drunken brawl. Later, members of both factions started throwing bottles at each other. The ground authorities called in the police and seven club members were arrested. njan Mitra, general secretary of Mohun Bagan, said he had ordered an inquiry. "It is indeed shameful. We will wait for the results of the police investigation. We too have initiated a probe. The guilty will not be spared," he said. Police have started an inquiry into the incident
11. September
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 0-0 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: none.
Goan Professional League: MPT Sports Council 0-3 Vasco Sports Club - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Anthony Pereira (42',50'), 0-3 Sushant Mathew (80').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group B: Jammu & Kashmir 4-1 Delhi - Goals: 0-1 Anjum Qadir (13'), 1-1 Towfeeq Ahmed (49'), 2-1 Vishal Bhardawaj (71'), 3-1,4-1 Abhishek Daniel (90',90'+).
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group B: Punjab 4-0 Haryana - Goals: 1-0 Charanjit Singh (33'), 2-0 Mohd. Shahid (49'), 3-0 Amit Kumar Bali (65',68').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Kerala 1-0 Pondicherry - Goal: 1-0 Nautal (63').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - South Zone: Andhra Pradesh 0-0 Karnakata - Goals: none.
Note-1: Former TFA cadet Habibur Rahman Mondal can finally turn out in East Bengal colours. Mohun Bagan will release the defender in a couple of days time after the sponsors UB Group pressurised them to do so. Mohun Bagan assistant secretary Balaram Chowdhury acknowledged that UB has told them to release the player, who is not willing to play for the green-and-maroon brigade. "We don’t want to force an unwilling player to turn out for us," Chowdhury said.
Note-2: The Indian U20 national team will kick-off their preparation camp for the AFC U20 Championship tomorrow. The camp will be held under the supervision of assistant coach Satheevan Balan at the SAI Complex, Calcutta. Chief coach Stephen Constantine will join the team later.
Note-3: Al Jaish lands in Calcutta...
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Note-4: The "International Transfer Certificates" (ITC) of Brazilians Roberto Paolo of East Bengal and Roberto Beto of Mohun Bagan have reached the IFA office. The duo is likely to sign their papers on Monday.
Note-5: Mohun Bagan coach Subrata Bhattacharya blasted a few officials and their allies for fomenting trouble and threatened to boycott training from Monday. Bhattacharya: "They have been trying to jeopardise my plans in the club. They abused me two days ago. I will not tolerate such behaviour. I will be going to Justice Shyamal Sen on Sunday and explain the situation. If need be, I will stop attending practice from Monday." A fuming Bhattacharya didn’t return to the dressing-room after the match and left immediately after briefing the media. "I have already told the players that I will not join them in the dressing room after the match as these officials are around. I feel sad for my players who pleaded with me to change my mind, but I just can’t share the same room with these people." Asked to name the 'troublemakers', the green-and-maroon coach refused. "Idon’t want to make them famous," he growled. He also added that he would not be donning the sponsors' logo on his shirt, during games or training sessions. "My contract is with Mohun Bagan Athletic Club. And so no one can force me to wear the sponsor's logo." Balaram Chowdhury, the club’s assistant secretary, reacted strongly: "It’s all clearly stated in his contract. He has to sport the sponsor’s logo. Anyway, he shouldn’t have raised these things at the post-match press meet. I will have a word with him on this issue."
10. September
Calcutta Super Division: Tollygunge Agragami 1-0 George Telegraph SC - Goal: Gauranga Dutta.
Calcutta Super Division: Mohammedan Sporting 0-2 EverReady Sports Association - Goals: Earnest Jeremiah (2x).
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 0-0 BEL SC - Goals: none.
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group A: Uttar Pradesh 10-0 Himachal Pradesh
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group A: Uttaranchal 1-1 Chandigarh
Note-1: Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting have been clubbed in the same group of the U-19 Calcutta Super League to start from September 14. The other two teams in the group are Ever-Ready and Eastern Railway. The second group comprises of East Bengal, Tollygunge Agragami, Wari and Mohammedan AC. The tournament will be played in a league-cum knock-out basis, with top two teams from each group qualifying for the semis.
9. September
AFC U17 Championship - Japan 2004 - Fujieta: India U17 2-1 Malaysia U17 - Goals: 1-0 Pohshna Poibang (25'), 1-1 Mohammed Nizam Yajaoub (41'), 2-1 Sanju Pradhan (53').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group B: Punjab 1-1 Delhi - Goals: 1-0 Harjeet Singh (55'), 1-1 Kulbushan (89').
27th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy - North Zone, Group B: Jammu & Kashmir 2-1 Haryana
Bangalore Super Division: Sports Authority of India 1-1 CIL - Goals: 0-1 Ramkumar (50'), 1-1 Raju (80').
Goan Professional League: Fransa Football Club 2-1 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1-0,2-1 Sebastiao Endro (43',65'), 1-1 Roque Barreto (63').
Goan Professional League: Vasco Sports Club 0-2 Sporting Club de Goa - Goals: 0-1,0-2 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (35',36').
Note-1: Rat causes power failure...
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Note-2: Churchill Alemao said that India coach Stephen Constantine should be sacked immediately. Alemao blamed the coach for India’s performance, adding that the standard of Indian football was on a decline. He also had a dig at the selectors and felt that Goan players were at the receiving end. He also criticised the coach for using the defenders as wing-halves...
8. September
2006 World Cup Qualifiers - Asia Zone - Group 3 - Saltlake Stadium, Calcutta: India 0-4 Japan - Goals: 0-1 Takayuki Suzuki (45'+), 0-2 Shinji Ono (60'),0-3 Takashi Fukunishi (69'), 0-4 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (89').
INDIA: Sandeep Nandy; Debjit Ghosh, Mahesh Gawli, Deepak Mondal; Sameer Naik, Climax Lawrence, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Renedy Singh (62' Debarata Roy), Jatin Singh Bisht (75' Tomba Singh); Abhishek Yadav, RC Prakash (78' Bijen Singh).
JAPAN: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Makoto Tanaka (71' Toshiya Fujita), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Alessandro 'Alex' Santos, Akira Kaji, Yuji Nakazawa; Takashi Fukunishi, Shinji Ono; Takayuki Suzuki, Masashi Motoyama (80' Mitsuo Ogasawara), Naohiro Takahara (65' Tatsuhiko Kubo).
REFEREE: Basel Hajjar (Syria).
Attendence: 95.000
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Bangalore Super Division: Madras Engineering Group Centre 3-0 ADE - Goals: Jiten, Nanda, Lokesh.
7. September
AFC U17 Championship - Japan 2004 - Nihondaira, Shizuoka: India U17 1-2 Kuwait U17 - Goals: 0-1 Bader Al Jaser (58'), 1-1 Zaidinmawia Hmar (66'), 1-2 Amer Al Fadhel (88').
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-1 LRDE - Goals: 0-1 Satish Kumar (12'), 1-1 Dayanand (42'), 2-1 Akbar (84').
Note-1: Zico confident; Stephen looking for miracle...
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Note-2: The India U20 national team will replace Turkmenistan in the AFC U20 Championship. The Football Federation of Turkmenistan have submitted their official withdrawal from the competition, which has been accepted by the Asian Football Confederation’s Competitions Committee. The Turkmen finished first in Qualifying Group 8, with India and Kyrgyzstan tying for second spot, each with a point and a goal difference of -2. With Kyrgyzstan declining the late invitation to participate in the competition, India will take Turkmenistan’s place in the age-group competition. India will play in Group C with Uzbekistan, Syria and Laos. The first match will be against Syria at the MPPJ Stadium near Kuala Lumpur on September 26.
6. September
Bangalore Super Division: BEL SC 1-0 Indian Telephone Industries - Goal: 1-0 Roy (50').
Note-1: Renedy Singh might miss match...
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Note-2: Japanese players injured...
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Note-3: Team Nippon on its way...
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Note-4: The All India Football Federation is planning to form an U22 national team to provide a supply line for the senior squad. "We will form an U22 side to act as a feeder line for the national squad in case of injury-led lay offs of frontliners," AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco said. Asked if the proposed second-string side would act as a buffer zone like the India A team in cricket, Colaco said: "Yes, it will serve a similar purpose." He said the U22 squad would be selected from among the members of the national age-group teams.
Note-5: The Jammu and Kashmir Football Association (JKFA) president NA Khan and general secretary SA Hamid stepped down from their posts. They will be replaced by Zameer Ahmed Thakur and Bashir Ahmed Malik as president and general secretary respectively. The treasurer RK Kohli has retained his position. In all, there were near 180 voters who elected the new team of office bearers of the football association of the state.
5. September
AFC U17 Championship - Japan 2004 - Fujieda, Shizuoka: India U17 0-1 Iran U17 - Goal: 0-1 Amiri (76').
Goan Professional League: Dempo Sports Club 2-0 Cabral Sports Club - Goals: 1-0 Ranty Martins (6'), 2-0 Levino Fernandes (7').
Goan Professional League: Sporting Club de Goa 1-0 Fransa Football Club - Goal: 1-0 Joe Pereira (89').
Goan Professional League: MPT Sports Council 0-3 Salgaocar Sports Club - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Marcus Pereira (33',85'), 0-3 Freddy Mascarenhas (87').
Note-1: Doordarshan to broadcats match...
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Note-2: Indian players visits a school...
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Note-3: Brazilian Roberto Mendes Silva, better known as Beto, arrives on Tuesday for a trial with Mohun Bagan.
4. September
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 1-1 Sports Authority of India - Goals: 0-1 Satyaraj (30'), 1-1 Dayanand (50').
Note-1: IFA planning to present momentoes...
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Note-2: The AIFF have barred the members of the selection commitee to speak to the press. This move results from several statements made by selection commitee members in the recent weeks.
Note-3: FIFA has slapped a fine of $6.500 on Mohun Bagan for not honouring the contract with Nigerian George Ekeh.
Note-4: East Bengal will prepare the players with a 10-day residential camp for the AFC Cup quarterfinal matches on September 15 and September 22. The camp will be organised from September 9 to 19.
3. September
Bangalore Super Division: ADE 3-0 CIL - Goals: 1-0 Girish (33'), 2-0 Shamjith (62'), 3-0 G Kumar (90').
Calcutta Super Division: Peerless SC 1-1 Calcutta Port Trust - Goals: 1-0 Yusuf Mansoor, 1-1 Pradip Indu.
Calcutta Super Division: Calcutta FC 2-2 Food Corporation of India - Goals: Niladri Chakraborty, NM Harrison; Mohammed Ali, Simanta Roy.
Calcutta Super Division: George Telegraph SC 2-1 Eastern Railway SC - Goals: Surajit Roy, MC Francis; Santanu Git.
Calcutta Super Division: EverReady Association 1-0 Wari AC - Goal: 1-0 Sheikh Sanjib.
Note-1: The 56th Independence Day Cup will begin from September 20 at the Nurul Amin Stadium in Nagaon, Assam. The general secretary of the Nagaon Sports Association Pradip Hazarika said that the preparation for the tournament is going on in full swing although not too many big teams are in fray. The organizers are trying to rope in Mohun Bagan. Among others, last year finalists SAIL and OIL, Guwahati Super Division champion Assam Police Blues, Willamson Magor, Kidderpore Sporting Club, Mohammedan AC, CRPF, BSF and some others teams from the North-east have confirmed their participation. The final will be held on October 5.
Note-2: FIFA’s status committee has rejected an appeal from George Ekeh who was seeking to get back pending dues of $6.500 from Mohun Bagan. A letter to this effect reached the IFA office on Friday. The player can move the FIFA’s Court of Arbitration for Sports against the decision within 10 days.
Note-3: Prasanta Banerjee has been declared eligible to take part in the AFC coaches’ instructor course.
2. September
Bangalore Super Division: Karnataka State Police 2-0 LRDE - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Abhijith (45',88')
Calcutta Super Division: East Bengal Club 3-3 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 0-1 Akeem Abul Alem (20'), 0-2 Suman Ghosh (24'), 1-2 Suley Musah (32'), 2-2 Chandan Das (64'), 3-2 Nitin Pradhan (75'), 3-3 Kobijit Khotel (89').
Note-1: Controversy on Surkumar Singh...
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Note-2: After taking shooting to new heights in Indian sports, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore voiced his support for Indian footballers today asking the media to make the game more popular. "We have a lot of very good players but we hardly know about our national footballers other than very few names. You should project them more," he said. Talking to reporters, after watching the inaugural ceremony of the 2004 Subroto Cup football tournament, the Athens 2004 silver medallist recollected his love for the world’s most popular sport. "It was difficult for me to find a dribbling partner. Finally, I used to dribble with my pet because dogs are fast. Football is an amazing sport and I used to follow European soccer when I was training in Italy," he said adding that retired French football superstar Zinedine Zidane was his favourite.
Note-3: The ITC of Mohun Bagan’s Nigerian striker Hamed Suleiman arrived on Wednesday. Suleiman, who is currently under trials, is expected to join the green-and-maroon squad, which might solve some of the club’s problem’s in the forward-line.
Note-4: Manipur have asked the IFA to release six Calcutta-based footballers for the Santosh Trophy. The players are Manitombi Singh, Tomba Singh, Dharamjit Singh, Renedy Singh, Rajesh Meetei and Bijen Singh.
Note-5: The IFA Shield will no longer be ‘organised’ by the state association. The FIFA has sent a letter barring the state association from organising a tournament which involves foreign teams. However, the meet, scheduled to start from September 30, will only be conducted by the IFA under the aegis of the AIFF. Meanwhile, the AIFF secretary has informed that only club sides can take part in the tournament. It bars IFA from inviting any national or University side. The IFA officials, though, said that they have approached only club sides for this year’s century old meet. Two clubs from Iraq and Myanmar have already given their consent for the meet, the IFA authorities informed.
1. September
Bangalore Super Division: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 2-1 BEL SC - Goals: 1-0 Kenneth Onu (31), 2-0 Dayanand (55'), 2-1 Aravind (82').
Goan Professional League: Churchill Brothers SC 2-2 Sporting Club de Goa - Goals: 1-0 Osumanu Husseini (13'), 1-1 Reagan Fernandes (33'), 1-2 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (36'), 2-2 Bungo Singh (66').
Goan Professional League: Vasco Sports Club 0-0 Fransa Football Club - Goals: none.
Note-1: The Indian team moved up 4 spots in the latest FIFA World Ranking released today. India is now ranked 138, while overtaking Sri Lanka an the Maldives.
Note-2: Debjit Ghosh to lead India...
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Note-3: Baichung Bhutia discharged...
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