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31. October
Grand Royal 05 Challenge Cup, Yangoon: INDIA U20 0-2 Bangladesh Seniors - Goals: 0-1 Rokonuzzaman Kanchan (10'), 0-2 Ariful Kabir Farhad (82').

Mumbai Super Division: Mumbai Port Trust 2-0 Dena Bank - Goals: 1-0 Nigel D'Souza (14'), 2-0 Sonu Thapa (78').

Note-1: Mahindra United yesterday evening won their second-ever Federation Cup title at the Nehru Stadium, Margao in Goa. As one would expect the Mahindra&Mahindra management are very happy about the triumph.
Mahindra&Mahindra Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Anand Mahindra feted the team saying: "Our Red Devils have given us another reason to celebrate in our 60th anniversary year."
He added, "This is a Red Letter Day for Mahindra United and for our Group's initiative to promote sports in the country. My congratulations to the Mumbai Reds for giving us this great Mahindra Moment to cherish."

Note-2: Delhi announced their 20 member squad for the 60th Santosh Trophy today.
DELHI: Vinay Singh, Vijay Singh; Defenders: Pradeep Kumar (captain), Manoj Singh Gusain, Bijender Singh, Paritosh Kumar Sharma, Ranvijay Singh, Prashant Jaggi, Mahender Kanojia; Midfielders: Irfan Zaman Khan, Lalit Singh, Manoj Chowdhary, Rupesh Dev, Arjun Pandit, Praveen Rawat. Forwards: Faiz Alam, Sumit Thapa, Palmei Poupangai, Ricky Chakchanak, Thoiba Singh.
Standbyes: Sanjeev Kumar (Goalkeeper), Harish Joshi, Rajesh Negi, Bhartendu Sharma, Tara Singh Adhikari, Ajay Kumar, Saurav Bisht, Amit Sharma, Ishan Rawlley Singh, Ujjwal Barua.
Coach: Sukhpal Bisht. Manager: Magan Patwal.

Note-3: The Bengal state team will be sponsored by the State Bank of India for the 60th Santosh Trophy to be held in Kerala from later this week. The sponsorship is part of the bicentennial celebrations of the State Bank of India, which is the first time for Bengal state football.
Meanwhile the Bengal team will leave for Kerala tomorrow by train from Howrah station.

Note-4: The 49th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy would kickoff with the qualification knockout round on November 23 in Imphal, Manipur. The final round would start on December 5 with four teams from the qualifiers making it besides 13 teams from across Manipur, while defending champions TRAU and outstation teams are being seeded into the Quarterfinal League.

Note-5: by Xavier Rutsa: An exciting tussle is on the card for the grand finals between Puliebadze Club and New Reserve Youth Organization on Tuesday at 13.00 IST of the 6th NSF Martyrs football championship. Both teams are on their maiden appearance for the title clash.
Out of the two, Puliebadze Club seem to have edge over their opponents New Reserve Youth Organization, with the Puliebadze Club having a much easier run to make to the finals, while NRYO had to faced some anxious moments on the way to finals. Both teams have played so far four matches apiece in their journey for the summit clash. Puliebadze Club so far has blasted 10 goals and conceded 2, on other hand New Reserve Youth Organization so far netted four goals and conceded three. Three matches of NRYO victory came from tiebreaker (penalty shoot-out).
The forwards of Puliebadze Club like Khriesaneilie Sote and Lipok could a play decisive role for their team's victory. Both the keeper's Akavi (PC) and Toshi (NRYO) are the players to watch on the custodian, as they had so far outstanding run in the championships. Yanger and Abido of Puliebadze Club could be play marker in the middle line, which can upset the apple cart of NRYO team. Of all the players in the finals, the man to watch is the tall lanky and longhaired defender of NRYO Imli, who had not only well cajoled the team, but also boosted the moral of the team. He could be well in contention for the player of the tournament, according to the sports journalists who are covering the entire championships. NRYO's Besavoyi and Seyiekituo can pulled up the surprise with their run-ball shot at goal mouth.
"The New Reserve Youth Organization is playing a cohesive unit and have well stamina through out the match" said a member of the organizer committee, adding "don't be shocked if NRYO wins the title". But other football pundit says, "Its Puliebadze Club who will annexed the glittering trophy any way".
The guest of honour will be KV Pusa (MLA).

30. October
27th Federation Cup - Final: Mahindra United 1-1,1-0 Sporting Clube de Goa [extra time] - Goals: 1-0,2-1 Jose Ramirez Barreto (37',120'), 1-1 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (58' - Penalty).
Mahindra United came out with their customary flat-back-four with Deepak Kumar Mondal starting at left back. S Venkatesh played the role of the deep lying playmaker, with Steven Dias and KN Ajayan on the respective right and left flanks. Surajit Bose played behind the United attacking duo of Gabriel and Barreto. Sporting's 4-4-2 starting formation consisted of Suresh David and Philip Gomes as the centre-backs; Vincent Pires and Rajesh N Meetei as the right and left full-backs; Nicholas Rodrigues and Bibiano Fernandes ran the central midfield; Nicolas Borges provided width from the right; Joseph Pereira was utilized on left of midfield, also to counter Mah U's threatening right wing duo of Surkumar Singh and Steven. Unsurprisingly, Dudu-Chidi were the strike combine.
In the 2nd minute itself Sandip Nandy was called into action with a good punch out from a dangerous cross by Nicholas Rodrigues. United tried their patient passing game at the start, whenever on the ball early on. The first few minutes were cagey, as both teams were trying to feel each other out, yet at the same time being unable to keep sustained possession. However, it was Sporting, whose attackers looked the slightly more sharper than their United counter-parts in the attacking third in those early minutes. In fact, it took a good half hour for Steven to get in a cross that worked Sporting 'keeper Felix D'Souza, proving that Sporting were executing their plan to neutralize the United threats in those early minutes. Nor was their any lack of commitment from either team on this big occasion. This was exemplified as both teams' strikers, United's Gabriel Umeh, and Sporting's Dudu were on occasions seen tackling deep in their own half. The defending holding sway was probably more responsible for the subdued start to the game. All this offensive inactivity probably got to Ajayan, who audaciously decided to try his luck from 40 yards on 20 minutes, and made Felix D'Souza stretch himself a bit for once.
United substituted Surajit with Subhas Chakraborty on 29 minutes. Surajit had not been involved much until then, and Subhas's introduction on the left-wing immediately added another dimension to United's play, with Ajayan slotting in beside Venkatesh in central midfield. Until then, Sporting had had the slightly better of the game. On 32 minutes, Dudu missed a golden opportunity to open the scoring as he slipped before he shot from close range, the opportunity itself arising following a Surkumar slip-up. United probably took that as a cue to get at Sporting, and within four minutes they had the lead, as Barreto trapped a nicely weighted chip ball from Ajayan, and shot across goal with his left foot. The ball took a wicked deflection off Philip Gomes, and looped into the goal, even as Gabriel thumped it in to doubly make sure. Replays indicated that trajectory of Barreto's shot was off-target, but for Philip's deflection. Still, the goal was credited to the Brazilian, so he took the lead over Dudu in the race for the Golden-Boot, 5 to 4, apart from the goal being the opener in the Final. And until then, Barreto had hardly had any effective touch of the ball. Following the goal, United grew in confidence. Subhash continued to cause trouble down the left. Centre-backs NS Manju and Mahesh Gawli never looked too uncomfortable in dealing with Dudu and Chidi, while goalkeeper Sandip Nandy was inspiring in collecting all threatening crosses. Coach Derrick Pereira would have been reasonably pleased by this performance leading into the half-time break.
Within 2 minutes of the restart, Sporting earned a direct-free-kick in a dangerous area. Barreto was booked for expressing his dissent by kicking the ball away at this decision by the referee. Edeh stepped up to take the kick, but his curling effort bounced off the outside of the post. Sporting might have considered themselves unlucky then, but their luck was about to change. Dudu made a darting run into the box in the 54th minute, and would have been in on goal but for a last-ditch tackle by Gawli. Gawli connected with the ball before he felled Dudu. But referee Rizwan-ul-Haq inexplicably pointed for a penalty despite being only a few yards away. Huge protests followed by the United players, which took a few minutes to be sorted out by the official. Dudu himself converted the penalty, even though Sandip guessed the right way.
The United players, in all likelihood feeling victimized, raised the pace of the game following the equalizer, as they looked to restore their advantage. Manju and Gawli continued to defend immaculately, as Sporting played this period of the game trying to absorb the pressure and hit United on the break. But with 20 or so minutes of normal time remaining, one could tell that a certain degree of fatigue was setting into the players, with both teams having played games in quick succession over the course of the tournament. This was specially the case with Sporting, as they had had a day less than United to recover, and their semi-final had gone until the tie-breaker. Moreover, neither team wanted to over-commit and then suffer through an error at such a late stage.
Defensively, Sporting did well to neutralize United's main threats, namely the right wing and Barreto. They came out with an organized game plan, and credit to them they pretty well stuck to it. Abhishek's introduction gave the Sporting defence another dimension to worry about, and Steven finally started to get some crosses in for his tall pal. Throughout the match, Venkatesh had made darting forays upfield, skipping past many a challenge and defender, but the final ball always was lacking. Sandip was playing a pretty effective sweeper-keeper, and making acrobatic collections in the nick of time, to enable the United strategy of pressing when not in possession be successful on all occasions. Towards the end United were pressing for the winner when possible, while Sporting restricted themselves to long-rangers here and there, whenever their midfielders were not closed down. Understandably, with Venkatesh, Ajayan, (and earlier Surajit) not the most defence-minded of midfielders, the Sporting midfield had pretty good opportunities to shoot, and maybe could have played the ball in the middle of the park more.
In the 90th minute there was almost drama, as from a Steven corner, Barreto's directed header was cleared from under the bar at the far post by Vincent Pires. When the ball immediately was put back in, Manju touched it over the bar from 5 yards, and was left ruing his golden chance. So 1-1 it ended at the end of regulation time.
Extra time was pretty well dominated by United. They seemed more determined to win the match before the tie-breaker. Within the first few minutes their superior physical fitness compared to Sporting was visible, and they were winning all the 50-50 tackles. United sustained their pressing game for the entire match. It was just in their attacking inter-play they had been lacking, some reason for which was the solid Sporting defensive organization. With 8 minutes left till penalties, Ajayan pulled his hamstring, and Rauf Khan took his place in midfield. In the 114th minute, Sporting could have snatched victory as Nicholas Rodrigues directed a header at the back-post, off a left-wing cross, on target. It was only an amazingly acrobatic save from Sandip that kept United in the game. Then again Sandip came to the rescue with a sweeper-keeper-style-header.
On their next foray upfield in the last minute of play, United got their deserved winner. The tiring Sporting defence was caught square and flat-footed. Steven was not closed down in midfield, and with Barreto shaping to run in behind the defence, Steven fed a delightfully weighted lob for the Brazilian striker. Barreto, with equal dexterity, lobbed the ball over the hapless Felix D'Souza, after having finally overcome the Sporting offside trap. The United players and bench all went wild with celebration, as the Sporting players just looked aghast at each other in horror at the timing and manner of their defeat.
MAHINDRA: Sandip Nandy, I Surkumar Singh, Mahesh Gawli, Manju Nanjangud Shivananju, Deepak Kumar Mondal, Steven Dias, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Krishnan Nair Ajayan (112' Rauf Khan), Surajit Bose (29' Subhas Chakraborty), Jose Ramirez Barreto, Gabriel Umeh (72' Abhisek Yadav).
SPORTING CLUBE: Felix D'Souza, Vincent Pires, Philip Gomes, Suresh David, Rajesh N Meetei (59' Adewusi Adebayo), Nicolas Borges, Bibiano Fernandes, Nicholas L Rodrigues, Joseph Pereira (50' Joe Rodrigues), MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi, Chidi Edeh.
REFEREE: Rizwan ul Haque (Delhi).
YELLOW CARDS: Jose Ramirez Barreto (47' Mahindra); Chidi Edeh (103' Sporting Clube).
Man of the Match: Sandip Nandy (Mahindra).
Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

Presentation Ceremony Player Reactions:

  • Sandip Nandy (Man of the Match): "The victory was thanks to all the players. It was a team effort. Now we will play in the AFC Cup. It's a great achievement for Mahindra United."
  • Jose Ramirez Barreto (Golden-Boot Award winner with 6 goals): "The secret was God's faithfulness. Along the way to this achievement the journey was difficult. I arrived at Mahindra United just before the Federation Cup started. Our team showed fabulous teamwork. We fought from the start to the end. It was great job by the players and the management."
  • Shanmugam Venkatesh (Player of the tournament, Captain winning team): "Our goalkeeper was outstanding. So were Steven Dias and Subhas Chakraborty in midfield. It was a real team effort."
  • MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (Captain, runners-up team): "We're really sorry for the fans, for disappointing them. It's the second time we've lost to Mahindra in a crucial game. But we'll surely do better next time."

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group B: Karnataka 2-1 Goa
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group B: West Bengal 0-0 Assam - Goals: none.

    4th Jwhwlao Swmbla Basumatary Gold Cup - Final: Gossaigaon DSA 3-1 George Telegraph SC
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Mumbai Customs 2-3 H2K-Holy Family - Goals: 0-1 Mohammed Rafi (32'), 0-2,1-3 Abbas Ali Rizvi (35',61'), 1-2 Nitin Shetty (42'), 2-3 Revelino Fernandes (86').
    West Bengal Senior Inter District Football Tournament 2005 - Final Hooghly DSA 1-0 Siliguri MKP

    Note-1: Baichung Bhutia has been named captain of the West Bengal Santosh Trophy team. Baichung is one of four non-Bengali natives to make the side. The others are Goans Covan Lawrence and Noel Anthony Wilson plus seasoned Raman Vijayan, who hails from Tamil Nadu. There are two outstation players in the team - keeper Kalyan Chaubey from JCT Mills and midfielder Mahindra United midfielder Subhas Chakraborty.
    Talking to UNI, Mukherjee said, "I will not guarantee you that we will become champion. But this side has the talent to become champion. They are also a motivated lot." Asked if he was happy with the side given to him, he said, "I could not have asked for a better side. This side has rocksolid defence and firepower upfront," he stated.
    On whether playing five matches in 10 days would be a tough for the team, he said, "It will, but if the schedule demands it, we would have to go by it. Besides, we have 20 very good players and there would always be a scope to give rest to some players from time to time." He then said the players belonging to big clubs also showed their keenness to play in the tourney and had practised as advised and without showing any hint of any problem.
    WEST BENGAL: Goalkeepers: Subrata Pal (Mohun Bagan AC), Rajat Ghosh Dastidar (East Bengal Club), Kalyan Chaubey (JCT Mills); Defenders: Covan Lawrence (East Bengal Club), Madhab Das (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Amulya Mondal (EverReady SA), Manas Das (Mohun Bagan AC), Rajib Ahmed (Mohun Bagan AC), Soumik Dey (East Bengal Club); Midfielders: Mehtab Hussein (Mohun Bagan AC), Noel Anthony Wilson (Mohun Bagan AC), Chandan Das (East Bengal Club, vice-Captain), Sasthi Duley (East Bengal Club), Subhas Chakraborty (Mahindra United), Jayanta Sen (East Bengal Club), Shankha Roy Choudhury (Mohun Bagan AC); Forwards: Baichung Bhutia (East Bengal Club, Captain), Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal Club), Raman Vijayan (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Dipendu Biswas (Mohun Bagan AC).
    Coach: Aloke Mukherjee.

    Note-2: The Mizoram FA announced its squad for the Santosh Trophy taking place in Kerala. Mizoram has an interesting squad lead by some of India's rising young talent.
    MIZORAM: Goalkeepers: Vanlalhruaia (1st Bn MAP), Hanggolal Kuki (Assam Regimental Centre); Defenders: Lalhruaitluanga (FC Kulikawn), Laldaniela (Luangmual FC), Zorammawia (Durtlang FC), Lalruatfela (Assam Regimental Centre), Henry Zonunsanga (Assam Regimental Centre), Robert Lalthalmuana (Tata Football Academy), Santa (Assam Regimental Centre); Midfielders: Jerry Zirsanga (Mohun Bagan AC), Vanlal Rova (Churchill Brothers SC), Malswama (Mohammedan Sporting Club), Laldingliana (Assam Regimental Centre), Gordon Zoramchhana (Assam Regimental Centre), H Lalremruata (Oil India Limited), Johny (Assam Regimental Centre); Forwards: Shylo Malswam Tulunga (East Bengal Club), Pachau Lalam Puia (Tata Football Academy), Lalvulluaia (Assam Regimental Centre), Lalsangliana (Assam Regimental Centre), Lalduhzuala (Assam Regimental Centre), Sansel (Assam Regimental Centre).
    Coach: NS Koireng. Manager: C Vanlalmuana. Technical Director: Vanlalngheta.

    Note-3: Indian football star Baichung Bhutia was supposed to make a one day trip to Delhi, but tonight at the Calcutta Airport he decided to stay in Calcutta due to the bomb blasts in Delhi and the insecure situation arising out of this in the capital. Baichung was supposed to interact with the Delhi Santosh Trophy state team before they left, but this has now fallen flat.

    29. October
    27th Federation Cup - 3rd Place Playoff: Churchill Brothers SC 5-0 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 1-0 Chanambam Jatin Singh (1'), 2-0 Carlos Fernandes (20'), 3-0 Tony Gbemudu Ngozi (39'), 4-0 Osumanu Husseini (82'), 5-0 PT Somy (88').
    Churchill Brothers SC trashed their Goan rivals Salgaocar SC 5-0 in the third place playoff match of the 27th Federation Cup at the Nehru Stadium, Margao. It was Churchill Brothers all the way as they faced a tired Salgaocar, who played their third match in five days with the two earlier matches having both gone 120 minutes, one even into penalty shootout. The batteries were just empty and Churchill piled on their misery. The third place finish entitled Churchill Brothers to Rs 200,000 as prize money.
    Churchill Brothers took the lead just after 12 seconds as Chanambam Jatin Singh scored of a pass from Nigerian striker Tony Gbemudu Ngozi. It was the fastest goal of the tournament so far, even one of the fastest goals ever scored in Indian football. Churchill continued their raids on the Salgaocar goal and scored two more goals before the breather, Carlos Fernandes in the 20.minute and striker Tony Gbemudu Ngozi in the 39.minute. Churchill continued their attacks in the second half, but had to wait late to score two more. In the 82.minute Ghanian captain Osumanu Husseini made it four-nil, before substitute PT Somy made it five after Salgaocar keeper Juje Siddi failed to hold on to a Tony shot.
    Man of the Match: Osumanu Husseini (Churchill).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    Grand Royal 05 Challenge Cup, Yangoon: INDIA U20 1-3 China U20 - Goals: 0-1 Zhang Wenzhao (16'), 1-1 Lalmalswama Hmar (32'), 1-2 Huang Jie (40'), 1-3 Wang Qiang (52').
    Man of the Match: Zhang Wenzhao (China).

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group A: Madhya Pradesh 0-2 Punjab
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group A: Mizoram 3-1 Bihar

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Final: Assam Regimental Centre 2-2,5-3 SAIL [penalties] - Goals: 0-1 Zodin Liana (5'), 1-1 Suchungmei Releng (25'), 1-2 Lal Human Ghihzuala (36'), 2-2 Johny F Gangmei (58').
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Bengal Mumbai FC 4-4 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: 0-1 Neville David (10'), 0-2 Sachin Koli (12' - own Goal), 1-2,2-3,4-3 Amit Anthony (21',30',48'), 1-3,4-4 Dhananjay Yesare (28',64'), 3-3 Supong Yapong Ao (42').
    6th NSF Martyr Trophy, Kohima - Semifinal: New Reserve Youth Orgnisation 0-0,5-4 Khranoma Youth Society [penalties] - Goals: none.
    West Bengal Senior Inter District Football Tournament 2005 - Semifinal Siliguri MKP 4-0 Burdwan DSA - Goals: 1-0,2-0,3-0 Partha Karmakar, 4-0 Prabir Bose.

    Note-1: The AIFF has formally rejected the appeal of Churchill Brothers for a replay of their Federation Cup semifinal against Mahindra United. The tournaments Match Commissioner Delhi's BS Chauhan turned down the protest appeal due to a technical error. For an appeal to be heard it would have to be made in written within two hours of the match plus a processing fee of Rs 5,000 included. Both was not done.

    Note-2: The Chief Coach of the Maharashtra Santosh Trophy team, Mr. Irenio Vaz, had a few words with IndianFootball.com Editor Sujay Sharma before the departure of the team to Kerala, following their selection-cum-preparation camp at the Cooperage.
    On his expectations of the Maharashtra team, Mr. Vaz said, "Our goal is to first qualify for the Quarter-finals. Then we will take it from there step-by-step. I'm hopeful that the players will make a good first impression at the tournament from the first match itself, as the first impressions are the best."
    On being queried about the state of preparation of the team, Mr. Vaz did highlight that the preparation time had been very short - in part because the MDFA Elite Division finished very late. Shifting focus to the positive aspects of the team, Mr. Vaz stressed, "I must point out that we are taking a very young team. Maybe they are lacking in experience a bit, but they are an exuberant and excited bunch, who are looking forward to the tournament." He added that the Mahindra United and Air-India players would form the nucleus of the team. Steven Dias for example would definitely be a key player. He's had an excellent Federation Cup, and Team Maharashtra will be hoping for him to continue his rich vein of form with them.
    The favourites according to Mr. Vaz: "The usual suspects - Bengal, Kerala. Kerala specially as they will have home support." While concluding, he did raise an insightful point, "The last time the Santosh Trophy was held in Kerala, in 2000, Maharashtra had gone there in similar circumstances. And on that occasion we had won it."

    Note-3: Mumbai's Bank of India has been relegated from the Mumbai Elite League to the Super Division, as Bengal Mumbai FC got a last-match draw they needed to avoid relegation themselves. Meanwhile if Indian Navy are admitted to the MDFA League next year, they will only be entered into the Super Division, which means way they are relegated too.

    28. October
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group B: West Bengal 4-0 Goa
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group B: Karnataka 1-0 Assam

    Mumbai Super Division: Akbar Travels 3-0 Dena Bank - Goals: 1-0 Bijumon Kaiparath (2'), 2-0,3-0 Pradeep Kumar (10',33').
    6th NSF Martyr Trophy, Kohima - Semifinal: Naga Boys Club 1-2 Puliebadze Club - Goals: 1-0 Beizo (26'), 1-1 Khriesaneilie (65'), 1-2 Lipok (87').

    Note-1: PTI report: Churchill Brothers have alleged foul play by the match officials and demanded replay of their semi-final encounter with Mahindra United. Churchill Bros lost 1-4 to Mahindra United on Wednesday in the semifinal after being the first team to score.
    In a letter to AIFF secretary Alberto Colaco, Churchill Bros patron Churchill Alemao took strong exception to the casual approach of referee, especially under television glare.
    Churchill's major grouse was the Surkumar Singh equaliser which came in unfortunate circumstances. The referee should have stopped play when NS Manju was down on the ground and awarded a foul in favour of Churchill Bros for contact with the goalkeeper, Churchill wrote in the letter.
    "Knowing the gravity of head injuries, all our players appealed for the ball to be put out and desisted from active play. The referee didn't bother to protect the injured player," it further said. The club patron also complained that assistant referee Chamchuk Lama failed to flag Jose Ramirez Barreto off side while scoring Mahindras's second goal.

    Note-2: The Western India Football Association has announced the Maharashtra state team for the upcoming Santosh Trophy. The team will leave Mumbai on October 31 and play its first match against Meghalaya on November 4.
    MAHARASHTRA: Mohammed Shahid Ansari, Nitin Koturwar, Amit Chaurasia (all Nagpur), Israt Kamal (Central Railway), Clifford Kilmo (Golden Gunners), Sujit Manaly (Golden Gunners), Santosh Koli (Air-India), Jinto Jose (Mumbai Customs), Rauf Khan (Mahindra United), Hekmat Singh (Mumbai Customs), Douzy Godinho (Central Railway), Javed Ansari (Air-India), Vijith Shetty (Air-India), Paresh Shivalkar (Air-India), Nirmal Deep Singh (Bengal Mumbai FC), Khalid Siddique (Bengal Mumbai FC), Steven Dias (Mahindra United), Soccor Velho (Golden Gunners), Reuben D'Souza (Golden Gunners), Abhishek Yadav (Mahindra United).
    Chief coach: Irenio Vaz. Coach: Ashok Yadav. Technical director: Dereyk DeSouza.

    Note-3: The Karnataka State FA announced its squad for the Santosh Trophy taking place in Kerala.
    KARNATAKA: Sunil Kumar (Captain), Gumpe Rime, Altafuddin Ahmed, Mashangva Genius Zenith, Joseph Anandavasan, Raghuveer Singh, Xavier Vijayakumar, Sampath Kumar Kuttimani, Rajendra Prasad, Satish Kumar, D Raju, Nanda Kumar (all HAL), Ranjith Lopez (BEL), N Venkatesh (CIL), Sunil Kumar (ADE), Robin Singh (MEG), Papiah Jagadish Kumar (Churchill Brothers SC), Manju Nanjangud Shivananju, Shanmugam Venkatesh (both Mahindra United), RC Prakash (East Bengal).
    Coach: R Thyagaraj. Manager: KGS Alva. Assistant Manager: ST Bhoopal. Technical Director: S Krishnaji Rao.

    Note-4: Delhi have lost their star player Sunil Chetri for the 60th Santosh Trophy due to a technical mistake. Chetri, who plays for Punjabi side JCT Mills, was with the Delhi squad for a few days before being recalled by his club, who stated that Chetri was being recalled as the Delhi Soccer Association's application to release Chetri came in too late. JCT cited the example of keeper Kalyan Chaubey, who was wanted by the IFA for the Bengal team, and got his release; while Manipur made a late appeal to release Renedy Singh for their state team, but it was turned down. For Delhi it is a big blow and clearly weakens the team.

    27. October
    Here is one more interesting write-up in our IndianFootball.Com Guest Columns this time written by VM de Malar. VM has titled his write-up "Repackaging the Beautiful Game", where he looks at the Federation Cup being held in Goa and what chances Indian football holds with the new 10 year contract with Zee Sports.
    Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Guest Column - VM de Malar .

    27th Federation Cup - Semifinal: Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1,5-4 Salgaocar SC [penalties] - Goals: 0-1 Micky Fernandes (41'), 1-1 Chidi Edeh (72').
    Sporting Clube de Goa overcame Salgaocars SC in the second semi-final of the 27th Federation Cup, to set up a grand Sunday finale against Mumbai giants Mahindra United. Salgaocars will have to content themselves with a 3rd place match against fellow Goan outfit Churchill Brothers on Saturday.
    The game had finished 1-1 after regulation time, following which the deadlock remained unresolved at the end of the further 30 minutes of extra time. The lottery of the tie-breaker went Sporting's way, as they took it 5-4, converting all their penalties in the process. Menino Fernandes was the only unlucky shooter, as his spot-kick went wide.
    Earlier in normal time, on a greasy pitch following showers in Goa, Mickey Fernandes had given Salgaocars the lead. The favourites, Sporting, only managed to equalise in the 72nd minutes courtesey their prolific striker Chidi Edeh's fourth strike of the tournament - which makes him the joint top scorer along with Mahindra's Jose Baretto. That chase for the Golden Boot between Chidi and Baretto has added another dose of flavour to what promises to be a mouth-watering conclusion to the Federation Cup.
    Penalty Shootout: Sporting Clube: Chidi Edeh, Nicholas L Rodrigues, Bibiano Fernandes, Rajesh N Meetei, MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi. Salgaocar: Menino Fernandes (miss), Prashant Jaggi, Kamal Thapa, Bhuvan Krishna Joshi, Samson Singh.
    Sporting Clube de Goa beat their Goan state rivals Salgaocar SC 5-4 in a penalty shootout after a 120 minutes one-all stalement at the Nehru Stadium, Margao to reach their first-ever Federation Cup final.
    Man of the Match: Chidi Edeh (Sporting Clube).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    Grand Royal 05 Challenge Cup, Yangoon: Myanmar U23 11-0 INDIA U20

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group A: Mizoram 2-1 Punjab
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group A: Madhya Pradesh 0-6 Bihar

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Semifinal: Assam Police Blues 0-2 SAIL - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Lal Human Ghihzuala (20',36').
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Bank of India 1-1 Mumbai Customs - Goals: 0-1 Ashish Bhoir (13'), 1-1 Velu Karmagulam (36').

    Soccerex News: Organisers of Soccerex, which takes place November 13-15 at the Madinat Jumeirah, have announced that Martin Johnson, captain of England's victorious 2003 Rugby World Cup side and the British Lions plus Ken Schofield, European PGA Tour director, responsible for the growth of professional golf across Europe, will receive Lifetime Achievement Awards at the event. Sir Bobby Robson, Eric Cantona, Pierluigi Collina and Lord Sebastian Coe will also receive awards.
    Further Former Manchester United and France forward Eric Cantona will be giving a press conference at Soccerex 2005, to announce plans for the future of beach football, following the recent success of the inaugural FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cantona will be accompanied by the organisers of the tournament and will be giving a demonstration of his skills at the forthcoming Soccerex Football Festival on Sunday November 13, which precedes the main event from November 14-15. Additionally, Cantona will receive a 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at the Gala Dinner at Soccerex in recognition of his position in the world of football.

    Note-1: The 4th SAFF Cup will be held as per schedule from December 7 to 17, 2005 in Karachi, Pakistan. After the AFC decided to postpone the Asian Cup 2007 preliminary round qualifier between Pakistan - Bangladesh scheduled for November 2005 due to the massive earthquake in Pakistan which has left thousands of people dead, there had been speculations that the SAFF Cup might also be postponed as well. But this is not the case and Karachi will witness south Asia's top national teams slugging it out for the title.

    Note-2: Subhas Bhowmick will continue as coach of East Bengal Club for the rest of the season. Bhowmick after his clubs early Federation Cup penalty shootout exit against Churchill Brothers said he is taking all the blame for his clubs failure for once more unable to bring the Fed Cup to the club. Certain sections of the media in Calcutta heavily criticised Bhowmick, one of the reasons being the omission of Baichung Bhutia, which resulted in the coach stating he was willing to step down, but after a meeting of East Bengal Club officials, the officials wanted Bhowmick to stay on. And as of now Bhowmick has agreed to stay.

    Note-3: The Assam FA has announced a 19 member squad for the 60 Santosh Trophy, which leaves Guwahati for Kerala tomorrow. Assam State Electricity Board striker Sanjiva Rongpi has been named captain. The Assam state team will not be full strength as Oil India Limited and state Police team players could not join the team due to office commitments.
    ASSAM: Goalkeepers: Bilifang Narzary, Sunil Chetry; Defenders: Birendra Narzary, Thong Thang Kom, Suresh Das, Manoj Mushahary, Dekhar Marak, Zenith Sharma; Midfielders: Manikanta Brahma, David Goyari (vice-Captain), Nitu Narzary, Mathew Thangson, Nayan Wary, Khirod Das; Forwards: Sanjiva Rongpi (Captain), Thomson Langthasa, Rahajuddin Ahmed, Padum Rabha, Parikhit Rabha. Coaches: Arun Borthakur, Pradip Kurmar Brahma. Manager: Plaban Baruah.

    Note-4: The Assam Senior Inter-District Football Tournament will be held from November 20 at Sarupathar.

    26. October
    The latest IndianFootball.Com Guest Columns come from DP Datta and Lector Mascarenhas. While Prof. Datta looks at the things from a fan perspective, Lector looks at things as a former footballer, but both are critical of the current scenario, be it the coach selection or youth development.
    Longtime football fan and former professor DP Datta criticises the action and non-action of the AIFF in his write-up titled "Another back pass from AIFF".
    Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Guest Column - DP Datta .

    Lector Mascarenhas is a former Goan state level footballer and he criticises in his write-up titled "Change Priority" the short-sightedness of the administration, which does not look at youth development the way it should.
    Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Guest Column - Lector Mascarenhas .

    27th Federation Cup - Semifinal: Mahindra United 4-1 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 0-1 Tony Gbemudu Ngozi (19'), 1-1 Surkumar Singh (26'), 2-1,3-1 Jose Ramirez Barreto (53',55'), 4-1 Abhishek Yadav (90+').
    Mahindra United continue to get more impressive with every passing game in this the 27th Federation Cup. They marched to the finals with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over Goan outfit Churchill Brothers SC, where they await the winner of the other semifinal between the Goan teams of Salgaocar SC and Sporting Clube de Goa.
    United took control of the game from the get-go, looking for the early lead as they had done in their previous match against HAL. Although forwards Jose Barreto and Gabriel Umeh didn't see too much of the ball in the early minutes, the United midfield diamond consisting of Deepak Mondal at the base, Surajit Bose at the apex, and Steven Dias and Shanmugam Venkatesh out wide inter-played the ball well as they controlled possession. Surkumar Singh and Krishnan Nair Ajayan were adding to the width from their full-back positions.
    However it was Churchill who took the lead against the run of play with Tony reacting quickest to volley home following a horrendous mix-up in the United defence between centre-back Mahesh Gawli and goalkeeper Sandip Nandy. For a few minutes following the goal, United looked a bit out of sorts, as Churchill looked to consolidate this fortuitious advantage. However, the United players regrouped soon enough. Off a corner, the brave NS Manju got clattered by Churchill keeper Vinay Singh, and lay on the ground as play carried on. The ball broke to Surkumar outside the penalty box, and unsurprisingly for him, he let it rip with his deadly right-foot. The shot got a slight deflection and ball nestled in the back of the net past the hapless Vinay. After finding the equaliser, United pressed on for the lead. Barretto came close twice in quick succession: first with a rasping left-footer that cannoned off the bar-post apex, and then a right-footer that swerved wide at the last moment.
    It didn't take long in the second half for Barreto to begin troubling the scorers. Two accurate assist from the right by Steven Dias (the first a timely cut-back, and the second an early cross-in), saw Barreto show the best of his goal-poaching instincts, as he made his way to the near post on each occasion, and side-footed the ball in. The game was probably over then and there. Steven added another assist from the right, as he curled in a cross converted by a diving header at the near-post by the substitute Abhishek Yadav in injury time. 4-1 it thus finished, and in no way was the sore-line flattering to the victors.
    Jose Ramirez Barreto was voted the man-of-the-match, and is the leader in the chase for the Golden-boot award with 4 goals. Although he did stress post-match that winning the final would be the only motivation, and that the golden-boot award is secondary. Well said like a true pro that he is. United manager Henry Menezes thanked the sporting crowd at the stadium, and said he was looking forward to meet the winner of the Sporting Clube-Salgaocar final, whomever it might be.
    Man of the Match: Jose Ramirez Barreto (Mahindra).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group B: West Bengal 1-0 Karnataka - Goal: 1-0 Bijendra Bahadur.
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group B: Assam 2-1 Goa

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Semifinal: Assam Regimental Centre 3-0 Shillong XI - Goals: 1-0 Dhanraj (43'), 2-0 Laldu Zuala (44'), 3-0 Gordona (72').
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: H2K-Holy Family 1-2 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Dhananjay Yesare (2',20'), 1-2 Farat Raza (53' - Penalty).
    6th NSF Martyr Trophy, Kohima - Quarterfinal: Khranoma Youth Society 1-0 Rongmei Youth Club - Goal: 1-0 Ekbol (76').

    Note-1: by Armstrong Vaz: The 60th Santosh Trophy is round the corner from November 4 in Kerala and the national coach is on the lookout for players of caliber will take him from the Federation Cup to the Santosh Trophy. Goa have appointed former India captain and Dempo assistant coach Mauricio Afonso as coach of the team. Mauricio one of the renowned midfielders of his time has quite a task ahead of him in the days to come. He has already served as coach of the Goa under-21 team and will handling the Goa senior team for the first time.
    The Chinchinim-based former India caption has served both under Armando Colaco at Dempo SC, India senior team coach Stephen Constantine as well as Islam Akhmedov for the age group teams.
    Mauricio has no time to put the teams to their paces with the Federation Cup around. "Fitness should not be problem for the boys but with a short time players combining for fluency of attacks will be a course of concern," he informed. He however added that performing for the Santosh Trophy will motivate the boys to give their best.
    Sources informed that the Goan Santosh Trophy squad has been finalized by a selection committee, with the performance in the Goa Pro League taken into account. Goans football fans have lost count when the last trophy came back to Goa and are hoping that the impasse is broken these time around.
    Hosts Kerala in the meanwhile have written to the clubs of the players where Kerala based players are playing to release the players for their Santosh Trophy campaign to be held in their own back yard. Meanwhile it was not immediately known as to how many of the outstation players presently playing in Goa have been sought by their home state associations of their birth.
    Meanwhile national coach Nayeemuddin plans to start the national camp which is likely to suffer a setback with the Santosh Trophy around even as the national coach has gone on record that state must sacrifice for the sake of the country. Coach Nayeemuddin's best chance to scout for talent and a real chance to players to excel in the absence of foreign players in the ring will be the Santosh Trophy.
    If the Federation Cup and the Goa Pro League campaigns are taken into account, the national coach who is looking to find quality strikers will have a chance to see more of Anthony Pereira and Freddy Mascarenhas. Raia Sporting Club strikers Wesley Coutinho and Rehman Cardozo, besides Dempo strikers Sebastiao Endro and Joaquim Abranches if selected for the Goan team will be trying to impress the selectors. Anthony Pereira and Freddy Mascarenhas have already played in the Federation Cup while Dempo strikers Sebastiao Endro and Joaquim Abranches with Dempo's early exit could not take the field and also with Dempo coach Armando Colaco preferring foreign to local talent with the prestigious Federation Cup title defence in mind.
    One striker who has impressed the coach and has also goals against his name is Churchill's Freddy Mascarenhas who has carried his form of the Goa Pro League into the Federation Cup. His village colleague from Raia sporting striker Wesley Coutinho, who has also collected two "Man of the Match awards" in the Goa Pro League will be thus itching to find his feet in the Santosh Trophy campaign.

    Note-2: UNI report: Aspirations of kids to dribble, step over and score goals like professionals received a major boost as a new under-10 football league for Young Challenger's Cup was kicked off here today.
    Initiated by Simla Youngs FC, the inaugural edition of the league involving 16 top schools was officially kicked off by ace footballer and Kargil war hero Col Sonam Wangchuk this morning.
    "I am delighted and honoured to be part of this wonderful initiative and I hope that the league will leave a lasting impression on the game," Col Wangchuk said.
    The kick off match was held between DPS (Noida) and R S Junior Modern School (Delhi) and left the students and audience energised and cheering their favourites in the teams. The young players from both teams displayed great sportsmanship and enthusiasm in a closely contested match.
    This year, the u-10 league, will be played for around two months before concluding in December. The 16 participating schools have been divided into four groups. The groups will play a total of 62 home and away matches amongst each other to qualify for the quarter-finals and semi-finals, leading to the final round.

    Note-3: The inaugural edition of the Panth Rattan Gurcharan Singh Tohra Memorial Football Tournament to be played from November 19 to 23 at Bhalindera Singh Sports Complex will be Punjab's top football sides in action. Besides former NFL sides Punjab Police and Border Security Force also Punjab State Electricity Board, Rail Coach Factory, JCT Academy, CRPF-Jalandhar, Punjabi University-Patiala, Chandigarh XI and Mahilpur XI will be seen in action.

    25. October
    27th Federation Cup - Quarterfinal: Salgaocar SC 1-1,2-0 Vasco SC [extra time] - Goals: 1-0,3-1 Francis Andrade (12',112'), 1-1 Rovan Pereira (32'), 2-1 Samson Singh (94').
    Man of the Match: ???
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group A: Madhya Pradesh 0-2 Mizoram
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - Quarterfinal-League Group A: Punjab 2-0 Bihar

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Quarterfinal: SAIL 2-1 Assam State Electricity Board - Goals: 0-1 Rahajuddin Ahmed (39'), 1-1 Vanlal Mawia (81'), 2-1 Lal Human Ghihzuala (90+1').
    6th NSF Martyr Trophy, Kohima - Quarterfinal: Puliebadze Club 3-1 Kohima D Block XI - Goals: 1-0 Tiasunep (22'), 1-1 Angulie (29'), 2-1,3-1 Liok Jamir (33',43').

    24. October
    27th Federation Cup - Quarterfinal: Sporting Clube de Goa 4-1 Fransa-Pax FC - Goals: 1-0 Chidi Edeh (28'), 2-0,3-0 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (40',48'), 4-0 Nicholas Rodrigues (58'), 4-1 Peter Rodriuges (65').
    Man of the Match: MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (Sporting Clube).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Quarterfinal: City Police, Guwahati 1-2 Shillong XI - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Romeo Sukhleim (24',88'), 1-2 Prithiraj Rabha (90').
    Mumbai Elite Division - Championship-leg: Western Railway 0-0 Golden Gunners - Goals: none.
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Bengal Mumbai FC 1-0 Bank of India - Goal: 1-0 Sagar Thapa (90+').
    6th NSF Martyr Trophy, Kohima - Quarterfinal: New Reserve Youth Organisation 2-1 Chuziema Village Sports Association

    Note-1: Baichung Bhutia was a surprise visitor to the Bengal Santosh Trophy probables camp at the SAI Eastern Centre today. He asked coach Aloke Mukherjee if he could train with the others and the coach allowed him to take part though it isn't known if he can play for Bengal. The IFA has written their Sikkimese counterparts for a no objection certificate that Baichung plays for Bengal in the national tournament, but no answer has been received so far.

    23. October
    27th Federation Cup - Quarterfinal: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC 2-4 Mahindra United - Goals: 0-1,2-4 Jose Ramirez Barreto (14',36'), 0-2 Steven Dias (19'), 0-3 Manju Nanjangud Shivananju (22'), 1-3,2-3 Sunil Kumar (23',34').
    Mumbai giants Mahindra United ended the giantkilling spree of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC, who had beaten defending champions Dempo SC in their opening match, by trashing the Aircraftmen 4-2 in a quarterfinal match of the 27th Federation Cup at the Nehru Stadium, Margao.
    Man of the Match: Shanmugam Venkatesh (Mahindra).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    27th Federation Cup - -Quarterfinal: East Bengal Club 0-0,9-10 Churchill Brothers SC [penalties, sudden death] - Goals: none.
    Man of the Match: Tony Gbemudu Ngozi (Churchill).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Quarterfinal: Assam Regimental Centre 4-0 SAI, Guwahati - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Laldozwala (23',32'), 3-0 Suchungmei Releng (40'), 4-0 Laldingliana (70').
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Final: Border Security Force 2-1 Punjab State Electricity Board - Goals: 1-0 J Joseph, 2-0 Gurjit Singh Atwal, 2-1 Parminder Singh.
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Mumbai Customs 3-0 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: 1-0,2-0,3-0 Nitin Shetty (35',56',62').
    Mumbai Super Division: Mumbai Port Trust 1-2 ONGC - Goals: 1-0 Sonu Thapa (44'), 1-1,1-2 Gulidom Rongmoi (47',74').

    Note-1: The state of Himachal Pradesh has selected it's final 18 member squad for the 60th Santosh Trophy to be held next month in Kerala
    Himachal Pradesh: Goalkeepers: Mukesh Pundhir, Pankaj Dutta; Shiv, Ravinder Thakur, Chirag, Ramesh, Narinder, Bhanou, Bhineet, Ankush Thapa, Dhig Vijay, Mannu, Vikram Bhisht, Hitender Thakur, Puneet Saini, Sunny, Harcharan, Atul, Deepak Thakur, Ajay. Stand-by player: Kuldeep Thakur (GK), Jai Verdhan, Aseem Rana, Bhupeder, Kuki, Johan Singh.

    22. October
    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: Punjab Police 1-3 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 0-1 Fabio dos Passos (18'), 1-1 Harnek Singh (25'), 1-2 Samson Singh (62'), 1-3 Francis Andrade (69').
    Man of the Match: Fabio dos Passos (Salgaocar).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: Mohun Bagan AC 0-0,5-6 Vasco SC [penalties, sudden death] - Goals: none.
    Man of the Match: Anthony Pereira (Vasco).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: Food Corporation of India, Guwahati 1-3 SAIL - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Lal Baikt Lunga (60',81'), 0-3 V Lalchhuan Mawia (85'), 1-3 Rabiram Basumatary (89').
    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Quarterfinal: Oil India Limited 1-2 Assam Police Blues - Goals: 1-0 Mrinal Boro (57'), 1-1 Subir Goswami (60'), 1-2 Amulya Das (80').
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Semifinal: JCT Academy 1-3 Punjab State Electricity Board - Goals: 1-0 Hardeep Singh, 1-1,1-2 Gurpreet Singh, 1-3 Sukhbir Singh.
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Semifinal: CRPF, Jalandhar 0-2 Border Security Force - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Kamal Kishore.
    Mumbai Elite Division - Championship-leg: Central Railway 1-2 Maharashtra State Police - Goals: 0-1 Feroze Ali (37'), 0-2 Uday Badkar (45'), 1-2 DP Singh (90+').
    6th NSF Martyr Trophy, Kohima - Quarterfinal: Naga Boys Club 3-0 Union Baptist Church

    27th Federation Cup snippets:

  • Fransa-PAX FC keeper Mark Mascarenhas has been suspended for two matches and fined Rs 5,000 by the Fed Cup disciplinary committee.
  • Mohammedan Sporting's Ghanian Suley Musah has been suspended and a show cause notice issued. Musah's case has been referred to the AIFF's Disciplinary Committee.
  • Referee A Arjunan (Services) has been taken off the list of match referee's for the rest of the tournament due to his weak performance yesterday in the Fransa-Md Sporting match.
  • Fed Cup title sponsors "Alchemist" announced a special Rs 100,000 award for the highest goalscorer of the Fed Cup, called the Alchemist Golden Boot Award.

    Soccerex News: Soccerex 2005 announced, as part of the biggest ever convention staged on the business of football, the launch of a major football event in Dubai on Sunday, November 13, 2005. Taking place at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel events arena, 'The Soccerex Football Festival' will be a one day football extravaganza the likes of which has never been seen before in Dubai.
    Former England Manager and footballing legend Sir Bobby Robson and England hero Bryan Robson,,will conduct a world first live coaching master-class with some of the star players from the UAE National team taking part. In addition, and breaking new ground in what is a world first for football, representatives from the Dubai Women's Sports Club will demonstrate their skills under the supervision of Sir Bobby Robson, one of England greatest football legends. A first for Sir Bobby and women's football in a Middle Eastern country.
    The event will be preceded by an international friendly between UAE and Brazil on Sat 12th November in Abu Dhabi, only 45 minutes drive from Dubai and on the evening of Monday 14th November, there will be an international Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner in Dubai with life time achievement awards for some of the games living legends including Ferenc Puskas, Sir Bobby Robson and Pierluigi Collina.
    In addition there will be skills sessions, coaching demonstrations, 5-A-side games, beach soccer babes, freestyle performances, penalty shoot outs, music, entertainers, promotions and giveaways, this will be a celebration of all things football.
    IndianFootball.Com Editors-in-Chief Arunava Chaudhuri and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel will be present at all these events and bring you all the latest from Soccerex 2005!

    Note-1: For whom will Baichung Bhutia play in the upcoming 60th Santosh Trophy. Baichung's home state of Sikkim have requested the services of their best known footballer, but also Baichung's adopted home state of Bengal has shown interest to include the striker in their squad. A final decision has not been taken yet.

    21. October
    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: Sporting Clube de Goa 2-1 State Bank of Travancore - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Chidi Edeh (29',44'), 2-1 Martyn John (90+3').
    SPORTING CLUBE: Felix D'Souza, Vicent Pires, David Suresh, Philip Gomes, Rajesh N Meetei, Nicolas Borges (75' Joe Rodrigues), Bibiano Fernandes (84' Hardip Singh Saini), Joseph Pereira, Nicholas L Rodrigues, Chidi Edeh (90+1' Alvito Rodrigues), MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi.
    SBT: PV Harshal Rehman, Paul Anthony, NP Pradeep, M Lanel Thomas, Prince Paulose (21' V Sivakumar), TV Mohammed Harris, AB Kabeer (72' Martyn John), KM Abdul Naushad, Sylvester Ignatius, MA Abdul Hakkim, T Asif Saher (68' AG Mohammed Aslam).
    Man of the Match: Philip Gomes (Sporting Clube).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-2 Fransa-Pax FC - Goals: 0-1 Surajit Chakraborty (26' own Goal), 0-2 Peter Carvalho (45+1'), 1-2 Jiten Rai (67').
    MSC: Gopal Das, Amjad Ali Khan (76' Kabijit Khotel), Suley Musah, Surajit Chakraborty Sr (37' Wajid Ali), Satyajit Bose (46' KP Zubair), Madhusudan Majumdar, Kaushik Prasad, Jiten Rai, Okonji Onyelo Patrick D'Souza, Mutum Bijen Singh, Bolwe Mputu.
    FRANSA: Mark Mascarenhas, Marcus Peixoto (75' C Kuzhiyil Jiteesh), John Barreto, Ryan D'Souza, Cresson Antao, Surojit Roy, Peter Carvalho, Peter Pereira (81' Roque Barreto), Peter Rodrigues, K. Muhammed Nisam, Alex Mario Ambrose (45' Godwin Diego Franco).
    Man of the Match: Surojit Roy (Fransa).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: City Police, Guwahati 1-0 Tinsukia Railway - Goal: 1-0 Ahmed (82').
    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: SAI, Guwahati 4-1 BTPS, Bongaigaon - Goals: 0-1 Rakeswar Brahma (9'), 1-1 F Wary (33'), 2-1 Dinesh Basumatary (78'), 3-1,4-1 Mintu Basumatary (80',82').
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Quarterfinal: CRPF, Jalandhar 1-0 Sultan SC, Jodhpur
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Quarterfinal: Border Security Force 2-1 Khalsa College, Jalandhar - Goals: 0-1 Gurpreet Kumar, 1-1 Santosh Kujur, 2-1 Kamal Kishore.
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Bank of India 0-0 H2K-Holy Family - Goals: none.
    Mumbai Super Division: Central Bank of India 0-0 Union Bank of India - Goals: none.

    Note-1: UNI report: Goa Agriculture Minister and Fransa-Pax FC Chairman Mickey Pacheco today lambasted referee A Arjunan for his "unprofessional" conduct during a match last evening, and threatened to withdraw his team from the ongoing Federation Cup. He said the referee was unprofessional in handling the incident in which Fransa goalkeeper Mark Mascarenhas was shown a red card during the match against Mohammedan Sporting at Fatorda, last evening Mr Mickey said he would lodge an official complaint with the AIFF, demanding strict action against the "erring" referee.
    The Fransa Chairman also threatened to pull his team out of the Federation Cup if appropriate action was not taken against Arjunan. This is not the first case in India football where a player has been unfairly targeted at the expense of someone else's fault, he said.
    "'My team (Fransa) has always played with the spirit football needs to be played and we were almost denied a chance to enter the quarter finals by the referee yesterday."

    Note-1: The Goa FA organised 2.Division and 3.Division League matches, which are scheduled during the Federation Cup stand postponed. Revised dates will be announced shortly. Affected clubs are requested to contact the GFA for revised draw.

    Note-2: West Bengal have announced their 20 member squad for the 28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy finals to be played in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh from October 25. The team, coached by Swarup Das and Gautam Ghosh, leaves for Jabalpur tomorrow. Seven stand-byes have been named.
    BENGAL U16: Priyanta Singh, Sailen Pramanik, Ananda Pal, Najim Mondal, Ongnath Sarkar, Muzzar Rahman, Ram Kumar Chetri, Rinku Kumar Shaw, Saikat Saha Roy, Mohinder Singh Palwar, Tonmay Pal, Nirupam Dey, Souvik Biswas, Subhabrata Sengupta, Sheikh Siddiqui, Krishna Bahadur, Krishanu Banerjee, Bijendra Bahadur, Sani Shaw, Bablu Rahaman. Stand-byes: Sourav Dasgupta, Subhashish Das, Iswar Bera, Avinaba Bag, Prasenjit Bose, Shankar Roy, Biswanath Tudu. Coaches: Swarup Das, Gautam Ghosh. Manager: Subal Das.

    20. October
    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: JCT Mills 0-1 Mahindra United - Goal: 0-1 Manju Nanjangud Shivananju (27').
    JCT: Kalyan Chaubey, Jagjit Singh Randhawa (46' Jaswinder Singh), Julius Irabor Akpele, Jaspal Singh, Harish Sharma, Baldeep Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Sukhjinder Singh, Renedy Singh, Marcos Pereira (75' Sunil Chetri), Johnson Segun Banner (63' Parveen Kumar).
    MAHINDRA: Sandip Nandy, Irungbam Surkumar Singh, Manju Nanjangud Shivananju, Mahesh Gawli, Rauf Khan, Steven Dias, Sushanth Mathew, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Subhas Chakraborty (65' Krishnan Nair Ajayan), Jose Ramirez Barreto (76' Abhishek Yadav), George Umeh (86' Deepak Kumar Mondal).
    Man of the Match: Manju Nanjangud Shivananju (Mahindra).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: Churchill Brothers SC 4-2 Tollygunge Agragami - Goals: 1-0,2-1 Freddy Mascarenhas (5',65'), 1-1 Ayan Chowdhury (45'+), 3-1 Tony Gbemudu Ngozi (68'), 3-2 Villroy D'Cruz (73', own Goal), 4-2 Amjad Hussain (74').
    CHURCHILL: Vinay Singh, Osumanu Husseini, Muritala Abbas Olayinka, Villroy D'Cruz, Syed Hussein, Papiah Jagadish Kumar (Chitrasen Chandam Singh), Thokchom Bungo Singh, Donald Rocha (Amjad Hussein), Vanlal Rova, Tony Gbemudu Ngozi (Chanambam Jatin Singh), Freddy Mascarenhas.
    TOLLYGUNGE: Proloy Datta (76' Mahesh Kumar Singh), Bijoy Das (74' Mahesh Sarkar), Dibakar Roy, Nayan Dey, Sheikh Azim, Trijit Das (71' Ajoy Saha), Surajit Chakraborty Jr, Dipankar Chatterjee, Prasanta Chakraborty Jr, Ayan Chowdhury, Abdul Rauf Khan.
    Man of the Match: Freddy Mascarenhas (Churchill Brothers).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    Goa Third Division - Playoff Final: Saligao Sporting Club 2-0 Calangute Association
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Quarterfinal: JCT Academy 3-0 Rail Coach Factory - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Asim Hassan, 3-0 Navtej Singh.
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Quarterfinal: SN College, Banga 0-1 Punjab State Electricity Board - Goal: 0-1 Amritpal Singh.
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Mumbai Customs 2-1 Bengal Mumbai FC - Goals: 0-1 Sagar Thapa (35'), 1-1,2-1 Hekmat Singh (75',90+').

    Note-1: In preparation for the Asia U20 Championship qualifiers to be held in November, the INDIA U20 boys will take part in the four nation Grand Royal Challenge Cup tournament in Yangoon, Myanmar at the end of this month. Besides INDIA, the hosts Myanmar, China and Bangladesh will be fielding their U23 teams in the tournament. In their opening match the INDIA U20 boys face Myanmar U23 on October 27, then China on October 29 and finally Bangladesh on October 31 in the round robin league. The top two sides would face each other on November 2 in the final.
    INDIA U20: Goalkeepers: Arindam Bhattacharjee (Tata Football Academy), Pawan Kumar (Chandigarh Football Academy). Defenders: Harmanjot Singh (Tata Football Academy), Hirohito Elangbam (Tata Football Academy). Midfielders: Baljit Singh (JCT Football Academy), Baldeep Singh (JCT Football Academy), Bimal Minz (Tata Football Academy), Rino Anto (Tata Football Academy), Lavino Fernandes (Goa), Ong Tshering Lepcha (Sikkim). Forwards: Clifton Gonsalves (Dempo SC), Beevan D'Mello (Salgaocar SC), Branco Vincent Cardozo (Tata Football Academy). Unknown positions: Lalmalswama Hmar (West Bengal), Zainuddin M. Hmar (Mizoram), Laxmikant Kattimani (Goa), Reisangmi Vashun (Manipur), Terrence Leo Lobo (Goa), Babu Prakash (Karnataka), Steven Fernandes (Goa).
    Officials: Coach: Suresh Basu Kavuzuri. Manager: Borkyansai Diengdoh. Doctor: Pramod Kumar Pandey. Physiotherapist: Dipti Kumar Ghosh.

    Note-2: Former India coach Stephen Constantine is set to continue his association with English Championship side Millwall FC as a coach. After an initial sucessful month-long trial, Stephen has been offered a contract until the end of the season. Millwall manager Colin Lee explained to the club's website: "I'm just waiting for Stephen to accept this opportunity to continue working with us. I anticipate that he will do so shortly and that he will continue to be a valuable member of our backroom staff."

    19. October
    World football governing body FIFA released the latest FIFA World Rankings today and INDIA moved-up two places in the rankings to 132nd in the world out of 205 ranked nations and territories. INDIA's jump was possible as African sides Swaziland and Liberia lost points in the African-leg of the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. INDIA currently has 344 points and is also ranked 25th in Asia.

    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: Dempo SC 1-2 Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC - Goals: 0-1 Sunil Kumar (11'), 1-1 Ranty Martins Soleye (39'), 1-2 Xavier Vijayakumar (90+1').
    The 27th Federation Cup started off with a bang as defending champions and one of the tournament favourites Dempo SC are out, after a 1-2 loss against unheralded Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC.
    DEMPO: Abhijit Mondal, Melwyn Rodrigues (63' Jules Claudio Alberto Dias), Stanley Colaco, Majekodumni Bolaji, Valeriano Rebello, Clifford Miranda, Johnny D'Cruz (46' Samir Naik), Riston Rodrigues, Climax Lawrence, Ranty Martins Soleye, Babatunde A Batmus.
    HAL: Gumpe Rime, Sunil Kumar, Satish Kumar, Joseph Anandavasan, Mashangva Genius Zenith, Pawan Kumar, Thiyam Raghuveer Singh, Rajendra Prasad, Xavier Vijayakumar, Praveen Arora, Rajesh Thomas (68' Sampath Kumar Kuttimani).
    Man of the Match: Gumpe Rime (HAL).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    27th Federation Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal: East Bengal Club 3-1 Air-India - Goals: 1-0 Sydney B Nkalanga (9'), 2-0 Dipankar Roy (44'), 3-0 Mike Okoro (58'), 3-1 Syed Rahim Nabi (90+1' own Goal).
    EAST BENGAL: Rajat Ghosh Dasdidar, Syed Rahim Nabi, Muttath Suresh, Arun Malhotra, Debabrata Roy, Covan Lawrence, Jatin Singh Bisht, Bernard Pires (65' Liswa Nduti), Alvito D'Cunha (41' Dipankar Roy), Mike Okoro, Sydney B Nkalanga (71' IM Vijayan).
    AIR-INDIA: Raju Ekka, Abiodun Kolawole Martins, Benoy Kuruvilla, Santosh Koli, Noel Fernandes, Vijith Shetty, Javed Ansari (56' Haobijam Napoleon Singh), Hringsolal Thomte (69' Hamza Zaheer Abbas), Paresh Shivalkar, Anthony Fernandes (52' Uttam Leishangthem Singh), Bashiree Mohammed Abbas.
    Man of the Match: Mike Okoro (East Bengal).
    Click here for detailed information and pictures at the >>Federation Cup 2005 Special

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Round 1: Sunrise Club, Guwahati 1-4 BTPS, Bongaigaon - Goals: 0-1,1-3,1-4 Dinal Brahma (54',67',85'), 1-1 Amal Kumar Boro (60'), 1-2 Dwithun Basumatary (63').
    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: Assam Police Blues 2-1 Royal SC, Guwahati - Goals: 0-1 Nzangthanga (15'), 1-1 Amulya Das (51'), 2-1 Sanjay Brahma (83').
    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Shastri Club 2-0 Delhi Police - Goals: 1-0 Mohammad Khurram, 2-0 Ifeanyi Nkenchor.
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: Khalsa College, Jalandhar 4-3 Khalsa College, Garhshankar
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: JCT Academy 1-0 SGGSC, Mahilpur - Goal: 1-0 Asim Hassan.
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: CRPF, Jalandhar 1-0 DFA Kapurthala
    Mumbai Super Division: Income Tax 1-0 Dena Bank - Goal: 1-0 Camilo Noronha (62').

    27th Federation Cup snippets:

  • Alchemist, a conglomerate in steel, floriculture, aviation, food processing, tea, hospitality and media, has become the title sponsor of the Fed Cup, which will now be known as "Alchemist Federation Cup". This was announced today by Himanshu Modi, who is business head of Zee Sports.
  • Ghanian Yakubu Yusif will not play for Mahindra United in the ongoing Federation Cup. The necessary "No Objection Certificate" was not signed by his former club Churchill Brothers SC. The same has also happened to James Singh, who was with Churchill Bros and then signed for Mahindra in the second Transfer window.

    Note-1: At a press conference at the IFA offices today it's secretary Subrata Dutta unveiled the first ever "Oh! Calcutta - Specialised Football Coaching Clinic". The Oh! Calcutta Specialised Football Coaching Clinic is a Specialised Football Coaching Camp for School Students to inspire students in Football by imparting scientific football coaching so as to bring up genuine football talents from them. The clinic kicks off tomorrow at the Bidhannagar Municipality Sports Complex Ground in Saltlake with PK Banerjee as technical director of the project and former international Prasanta Banerjee and Debashish Mukherjee as coaches besides Sanjay Sen. In total 100 boys in three age groups would take part in the three week clinic.
    Oh! Calcutta Managing Director Anjan Chatterjee observed "This new initiative undertaken by us is an effort to give impetus to a game that is an integral part of Bengal's tradition of sport. The Company believes that in its role as a corporate citizen it needs to add value to the lives of people at large, both through its services as well as through such sponsorships."
    IFA secretary Subrata Dutta said that "the stupendous success of international footballers is largely a result of the philosophy 'catch them young' that it religiously followed in all soccer playing countries. There is an immense importance of ingraining the sport in these young minds to hook them onto the sport. Through the Oh! Calcutta-Specialised Football Coaching Clinic, IFA has striven to take the all important first step in this direction. I take this opportunity to profusely thank our sponsors who have given us their unstinted support to achieve this goal."

    Note-2: Kerala, which is hosting the 60th Santosh Tropyh this year, has decided to call on five state players, who play their football in other states. The five include seasoned IM Vijayan, who has had a good season so far and is a big big star in his home state, so his return makes complete sense. Vijayan and defender Muttath Suresh have been called from Calcutta's East Bengal Club, as Mahindra United duo goalkeeper TG Purushothaman and midfielder Krishnan Nair Ajayan and Vinu Jose who plays for Sporting Clube de Goa.
    Meanwhile four players have been released from the ongoing probables camp. The players are goalkeeper Shinu Joseph, midfielders TK Prasoon and PP Vijeesh besides forward EK Arun.

    Note-3: The technical committee of the All-Manipur FA has decided to call in 10 state players who play outside the state. More might be called in later on as in the last few editions of the Santosh Trophy Manipur has played mostly with outstation players.
    The 10 players are Mohun Bagan quartet Manitombi Singh, Tomba Singh, Dharamjit and Sushil Kumar Singh; Mahindra United duo Surkumar Singh and James Singh; Sporting Clube de Goa duo N Samananda Singh and Rajesh N Meetei, Air-India's Narender Meetei and Bungo Singh. If Bungo can join the camp is in doubt due to an injury.

    Note-4: The Geno Sports Awards 2004-05 named by the Sports Journalists Association of Goa will be given to the winners on October 21. The Best Sportsperson of the Year award goes to Joseph Pereira of Sporting Clube de Goa, while Dempo SC has been chosen as the best team. Special awards would be given to Srinivas V Dempo (Dempo SC president) and Peter Vaz (Sporting Clube de Goa president) for the promotion of the cause of football.

    18. October
    Finally now online is the IndianFootball.Com Federation Cup 2005 Special, where you will get the latest news, stats and infos on India's Premier Knockout tournament going to be held for the next 12 days from tomorrow.
    Click here for the revamped >>IndianFootball.Com Federation Cup 2005 Special

    Those of you who follow our site will know that we at IndianFootball.Com over the weekend have relaunched our IndianFootball.Com Special on the FIFA World Cup 2006 to cover the most prestigious and biggest event sporting event to be played next year in Germany.
    We have revamped our special to be able to better cater your needs for latest news and scores plus infos on Germany, be it the venues and the cities.
    Click here for the revamped >>IndianFootball.Com 2006 World Cup Special

    In some great News about ourselfs: The BBC World TV Programme "ClickOnline" in it's website feature section highlighted IndianFootball.com besides a number of other websites:
    Read the text of the feature about us:
    Football is a sport that has taken India by storm and our next website all about the sport was sent in to clickonline@bbc.co.uk by its editor, Sujay Sharma.
    IndianFootball.com is the place to go if you want to know the ins and outs of the leagues and teams making their mark in India.
    It seems the sport is still in its early stages of organisation here at the moment and this website provides a comprehensive database of all the players and results that count. But it is very text heavy, with lots of tables and stats that will only really appeal to those of you for whom football is already a passion.
    The links on the left take you to all the various sections with one-click ease and the lack of images and fancy extras will no doubt appeal to our narrowband surfers again. But if you just cannot survive without a little visual stimulation, the picture gallery under Inside Football contains a few good photographs depicting the highs and lows of the season.

    27th Federation Cup kicks-off tomorrow:
    The 27th Federation Cup, India's Premier Knockout tournament, kicks-off tomorrow with two matches when holders and local side Dempo SC face Bangalore's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC in the afternoon and then in the evening Calcutta giants East Bengal Club face their Mumbai counterparts from Air-India. The tournament will be kicked-off by Goa Chief Minister Pratapsinh Rane.
    The tournament is to launch a new era with Zee Sports showing all matches live in high quality broadcast, something unknown to Indian football, but usual elsewhere in the world. And the competition is set to be tough with all teams wanting to know, where they stand at the beginning of the national season, and the knockout format ensuring that teams will have to go all out from the beginning.
    The Goa FA along with the Sports Authority of Goa and the AIFF have worked overtime to ensure that all is in place for the start of the tournament, so one can look forward to 12 interesting days of football action. With not all transfer formalities done, the AIFF has extended the deadline until 11.00 IST tomorrow morning.
    Defending champions Dempo SC face a tricky encounter against Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC. Dempo has had an excellent start to the local season, leading in the Goa Pro League; while HAL has had a disasterous start in the Puttiah Memorial - losing their supremacy in Bangalore, firing their coach Ravi Kumar and bringing back seasoned Krishnaji Rao, but with no competitive matches lately, the team does not know where it stands. Plus the suicide of influencial Dayanand in the summer has had it's toll on the team.
    Later in the day, East Bengal Club launch another quest to win the Fed Cup, the one title that coach Subhas Bhowmick has not won with the club in the last few years. Surely Baichung Bhutia will be missing from action and the club hasn't dominated Calcutta football as in the last few years, but with the foreigners coming in and the local players getting back to form, a lot can be expected from the red-and-gold. But their opponent Air-India from Mumbai are no pushovers. The Bimal Ghosh coached side has some interesting talent to boast off and having beaten archrivals Mahindra United twice in the local season means the team can pull off the one or the other surprise.

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Round 1: City Police, Guwahati 2-0 New Model Club of Udalguri - Goals: 1-0 Manoj Ahmed, 2-0 Parikshit Rabha.
    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Round 1: Food Corporation of India, Guwahati 6-0 Uday Sangha, Nagaon - Goals: 1-0,2-0 David Marsh Goyari (10',24'), 3-0,4-0,5-0 Thomson Langthasa (26',27',57'), 6-0 Kubal Rabha.
    Goa Third Division: Carambolim SC 2-1 USC Mardol
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: Calangute Association 2-0 Arjuna Gymkhana; Curtorim Gymkhana 5-1 ICSC, Paroda
    30th Gurdarshan Memorial Trophy - Pre-Quarterfinal: SN College, Banga 2-0 Punjabi University, Patiala - Goals: 1-0 Sukhinder Singh, 2-0 Jagdeep Singh.
    Mumbai Super Division: Bank of Baroda 1-1 ONGC - Goals: 0-1 Bir Singh (69'), 1-1 Arshad Ansari (90+').

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers - Final: Assam 1-0 Arunachal Pradesh - Goal: 1-0 Paijam Rongmei (88').

    Note-1: Mahindra United's plans to make a strong challenge for the 27th Federation Cup could be dented before the tournament has even started. The catch price for the Jeepmen where the signings of foreigners Jose Ramirez Barreto and Yakubu Yusif. While Barreto's signing was no problem, the one for Yakubu has turned out to be one. Yakubu's former club, Churchill Brothers SC, are asking for USD 5,000, the transfer fee the Goans paid for the Ghanian striker in 2001 to the Egyptian club he played for earlier. Now they want that sum as transfer fee before signing the "No Objection Certificate" send to them by the Goa FA on Saturday. This whole episode could lead to Yakubu missing Mahindra's opening match on Thursday against JCT Mills. The AIFF hopes the matter would be sorted by wednesday afternoon, so Yakubu can or cannot play on Thursday.

    Note-2: JCT Mills have finalised their 20-member squad that will take part in the 27th Federation Cup in Goa. The Phagwara Millmen have a tricky opening tie against Mumbai giants Mahindra United.
    Squad: Goalkeepers: Kalyan Chaubey, Karanjit Singh. Defenders: Jagjit Randhawa, Julius Irabor Akpele, Jaspal Singh, Harish Sharma, Daljit Singh, Narinder Singh, Taranjit Singh. Midfielders: Baldeep Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Sukhwinder Singh, Sukhjinder Singh, Renedy Singh, Bimanyu Bimal Birua, Parveen Kumar. Forwards: Marcos Pereira, Johnson Segun Banner, Sunil Chetri, Sakatar Singh.
    Officials - Coach: Parminder Singh; Manager: Sukhvinder Singh; Physical Trainer: Robson Mattos de Olieviera; Physio: Dr. Gagan Kapoor.

    Note-3: Jalandhar's Punjab Police have finalised their 20-member squad that will take part in the 27th Federation Cup in Goa. The Policemen from Jalandhar open their campaign against former champions Salgaocar SC.
    Squad: Goalkeepers: Sunil Kumar, Paramjit Singh. Defenders: Sarabjit Singh, Sumit Balli, Amit Kumar, Anwar, Shiraz Hassan, Gurjit Singh, Guriqbal Singh. Midfielders: Harnek Singh, Vijay Pal, Gurpreet Singh, Harshdeep Singh, Kanwal Preet Singh, Rakinderjit Singh. Forwards: Harpreet Singh, Harjinder Singh, Parminder Singh, Amarjit Singh, Jaspal Singh.
    Officials - Coach: Paramjit Singh; Assistant Coach: Sandeep Singh; Manager: Joga Singh; Doctor: Dr. Daramvir Singh.

    Note-4: Mohammedan Sporting Club will be without defender Madhab Das and also likely their captain Raman Vijayan for the Federation Cup. While Madhab has also been issued a show-cause notice on grounds of discipline, Raman has been slapped with a fine of Rs 10,000 for supporting claims of fellow players of bad planning after the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup. While keeper Gopal Das, also originally fined, has sought an apology from the officials and has been included in the team; Raman stands by his point that he has the right to speak out against the whimsical and autocratic behaviour of a section of the club officials. Raman also said that he has not received his full advance as promised by the club.
    Meanwhile to strengthen their team ahead of the Federation Cup, Sporting have taken four players on loan. They are defenders Mir Farroq Hyder (Churchill Brothers SC) and Surajit Chakraborty (EverReady SA), midfielder Kaushik Prasad (Calcutta Port Trust), and striker Bijen Singh (East Bengal Club).

    Note-5: On medical grounds Dipendu Biswas and Harvinder Singh have been omitted from the Mohun Bagan team for the Federation Cup after the whole team went through medical tests. Now a shattered Dipendu wants to know why, after being omitted for the second time in a year (Mahindra United had omitted him earlier this year from the NFL), if his cardiac problems are career-threathing or not. Mohun Bagan like the player want the issue sorted, so the club will send Dipendu's medical report to FIFA, so the world governing body clarify this matter for once and for all.

    Note-6: The 54th Bordoloi Trophy kicked-off yesterday in the Assam capital Guwahati, but this year without any big side taking part. Now one of two sides from outside the Northeast, the Tata Football Academy pulled out yesterday leaving Calcutta's SAIL as the only team from outside the Northeast.

    17. October
    Last Friday evening Chris went to the Germany - Belarus Euro U19 Qualifiers in Guetersloh, close to his home town of Versmold. He saw an interesting match with the future stars of German football in action. Read the report and have a look at the many pictures Chris took at the match. As an info Germany won 6-2 against Belarus.
    For the Report & Pictures go to >>IndianFootball.Com LIVE.

    54th Bordoloi Trophy - Round 1: Royal SC, Guwahati 3-0 16th Assam Police Battalion, Morigaon - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Nzanthang (15',70'), 3-0 Padum Rabha (71').
    Chandigarh State Senior Football Championship - Final: Chandigarh Police Club 0-1 Chandigarh Coaching Centre, Sector 17 - Goal: 0-1 Deepak Hooda (49').
    Goa Third Division: Siridao SC 4-2 St Estevam SC
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: Saligao Sporting Club 1-1,5-3 AA de Moira [penalties]; St Sebastian, Fatorda 2-2,5-4 Davorlim SC [penalties]
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: Bank of India 0-0 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: none.
    Mumbai Super Division: Mumbai Port Trust 1-1 Akbar Travels - Goals: 1-0 Regan D'Souza (48'), 1-1 Pradeep Kumar (89').

    Note-1: Mahindra United have announced the 22-member squad that will be leaving for Goa for the Federation Cup tonight. The final 20 member squad will be decided upon the pending clearance of the Inter-transfer Certificates in time for the start of the Federation Cup. Moirangthem Gouramangi Singh will be on stand-by if the necessity arises.
    Squad: Goalkeepers: Sandip Nandy, Subhashish Roy Choudhury. Defenders: Mahesh Gawli, Peter Siddique, Deepak Kumar Mondal, NS Manju, Surkumar Singh, Othallo Tabia, Rauf Khan. Midfielders: Shanmugam Venkatesh (C), Sushanth Mathew, Khalid Jamil, Krishnan Nair Ajayan, Subash Chakraborty, Steven Dias, James Singh. Forwards: Jose Ramirez Barreto, Yakubu Yusif, Gabriel Umeh, Abhishek Yadav, Surajit Bose, Kutty Anees.

    Note-2: Calcutta-based Anisha Sports Marketing has signed on three Indian international footballers as clients. The players are JCT Mills midfielder Renedy Singh plus the East Bengal Club duo of Habibur Rehman Mondal and Syed Rahim Nabi, who from now on would be managed, marketed and promoted by ASM.
    ASM proprietor Abid-ul Islam talking to IndianFootball.Com said, "It has been observed that footballers are not go-getters. We will try to motivate them and make 'saleable product' to the corporates. So that they can be recognized easily. They needs attention, that's it."
    ASM says they have chalked out plans and programmes which will involve these footballers plus they are talking to some more players to sign.

    Note-3: by Xavier Rutsa: The 17th edition of the Kohima Royal Gold Cup is slated for November 14 to December 1 at Kohima, Nagaland being organized by Royal Club, Kohima.
    The Club informed that the declaration of the 17th edition will be dedicated to the youths of Nagaland in appreciation of the government's commitment of 2005 as the, "Year of Youth Empowerment".
    For the last sixteen years, the Royal Club affiliated to the AIFF has been organizing with teams from different states and whereas in recent years, the club has had to regretfully reject the entry of many local teams and clubs in order to provide slots to the teams from other parts of India. However, this year edition will be exclusively to the young teams and clubs of Nagaland. It is in line with the commemoration of the "Year of Youth EmpowermentT 2005" that no other team outside the state of Nagaland has been invited to participate.
    The first prize carries a cash award of Rs. 100,000 while the runners-up will walk away with Rs. 60,000 and the semifinalists will be given Rs. 20,000 each besides certificates and trophies.
    Meanwhile, the Royal Club has called upon the youths of Nagaland to rise to the theme and empower the sport with your talents and skill and win the coveted prize. Further, the Club informed the interested teams and clubs to contact the following numbers, (0370) 2244516 and 94360-00773 for details.

    Note-4: The All-Manipur FA technical committee has selected 22 local players to attend a selection-cum-coaching camp in preparation for the 60th Santosh Trophy next month. The camp kicks off on October 19 under coach Ekendra Singh.
    Probables: Goalkeepers: A Imojit Singh, H Noren Singh, O Ingobi Singh, S Narakanta Singh; Defender; Gangjamin Kamal, Mohammed Khan, N Uttam Singh, Duidang, Lempa, Laltlangsang, L Lokesh Singh. Midfielders: L Romeo Singh, G Ninja Kabui, David Kamson, Bisheshor, Charan Rai, S Manimohon, Benjamin Touthang. Forwards: Bany Chiru, N Jimmy Singh, Luminlal Khongsai, Halun.

    Note-5: The selection trials for the Delhi senior state team for the 60th Santosh Trophy to be played next month in Kerala would be held from October 19 at the Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi.

    Note-6: Defending champions Mizoram U16 have finalised their 22 member squad for the 28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Under-16) to be played from October 25 to November 4, 2005 in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
    Mizoram: Danny Lalrohlua, C Lalkhawngaiha, David Laltanpuia, C Lalnuntluanga, Lalrohlua, Lallawmkima, Lalremruata, C Malsawmkima, Jerry Lalhmingmawia, C Lalthangliana, C Lalrinchhana, R Lalnundanga, Lalthlamuana Hmar, TC Zoliansanga, Lalmuanpuia, Lalengzauva, Zorammuana, K Lalmuantluanga, Vanlalruata, K Lalthangmawia, C Vanlalfawna, Joshua Lalbiakhlua. Coach: Lalnunsiama; Manager: Mangheta; Assistant Manager - Robert L Pachuau.

    16. October
    Goan Professional League: Sporting Clube de Goa 2-0 Vasco SC - Goals: 1-0 Joseph Pereira (77'), 2-0 Chidi Edeh (83').
    SPORTING CLUBE: Felix D'Souza, Denzil Franco (Ajay Diwadkar), David Leonel Suresh, Philip Gomes, Rajesh N Meetei, Joseph Pereira, Nicholas L Rodrigues, Bibiano Fernandes (Hardeep Singh Saini), Nicolas Borges, Chidi Edeh, Reagan Fernandes (Joe Rodrigues).
    VASCO: Milagrio Medeira, Nicolau Colaco, Agnelo D'Costa, Valerie D'Souza, Cedric Pixeito, Dennis Cabral (Wilfred Gomes), Remedios Barreto, Francis Fernandes, Danny Dias (Jose Carvalho), Anthony Pereira, Anthony Fernandes (Thomas D'Cruz).

    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Simla Youngs 1-0 Garhwal Heroes - Goal: 1-0 Pradeep Negi (84').
    Simla Youngs won the Delhi Senior Division title after a gap of 29 years, their overall sixth local league title!

    Chandigarh State Senior Football Championship - Semifinal: Chandigarh Police Club 1-0 DAV Club, Sector 8
    Chandigarh State Senior Football Championship - Semifinal: Chandigarh Coaching Centre, Sector 17 1-0 AG Audit Club
    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Hindustan Club 1-0 Indian Air Force,New Delhi - Goal: 1-0 Hatinder Singh Rawat (85').
    Goan Professional League: Fransa-Pax FC 2-0 MPT Sports Council - Goals: 1-0 Peter Rodrigues (65'), 2-0 Godwin Diego Franco (79').
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: Calangute Association 2-2,3-2 Vailankani SC, Morjim [penalties]
    Mumbai Elite Division - Relegation-leg: H2K-Holy Family 2-0 Bengal Mumbai FC - Goals: 1-0,2-0 R Suresh Babu (40',46').
    Mumbai Super Division: Central Bank of India 5-2 Rizvi Mumbai Muslims - Goals: 0-1 Francisco Salin (15'), 0-2 Roshan Uchil (38'), 1-2 Jacinto D'Silva (47'), 2-2,3-2 Noel D'Souza (59',63'), 4-2,5-2 Nelson Cardoz (71',87').

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers - Final: Punjab 1-1,6-5 Uttaranchal [penalties]
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Nagaland 0-0,1-4 Assam [penalties]
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Tripura 0-2 Arunachal Pradesh

    Note-1: by Armstrong Vaz: Zee Sports having bagged the television rights of Indian football for the next 10 years are determined to take Indian football to a new heights. Football promotion and the way Indian football is being taken to the common man will see a wing of change in the next few days. Goans will have a glimpse of the Federation Cup promotion campaign under taken by Zee Sports in the coming days. The campaign which will take them to the cities and villages of Goa.
    As the Federation Cup unfolds Goans will have glimpse of twelve beautifully attired girls working as cheer leaders at the stadium. The girls who will add spice to the football action on the field and give a new dimension to the way football is being taken in terms of entertainment.
    The promotion campaign kicked off on Saturday evening in the costal village of Benaulim and on Sunday it was the turn of Panjim cities besides Dona Paula, Mira Mar and Taleigao to witness the road show of Zee Sports. More road show are in the offing's in the coming days as the Federation Cup featuring 16 top teams from across India, which will kick off October 19.
    The road show, which has a mini float on the vehicle, has a contest for the onlookers and a few contests for the participants informed sources. T-Shirts and other prizes are being distributed to the winners who participating in the road show. The other campaign of the Zee Sports campaign will see face painters being stationed at the gates of the stadium and all those willing spectators will get their face painted according to their likings.
    The other entertainment lined up for the Federation Cup campaign includes drummers who will belt music at the venue, besides other entertainers who will provide entertainments during the break in football action on the field. Fire jugglers will also display their skills at the Fatorda Stadium informed sources.
    Sources at Zee Sports informed that all the side entertainments is with a view to increase TV viewer ship and give added entertainment for football viewing spectators and add spice to the way football is handled in the Indian scenario.

    Note-2: Indian football star Baichung Bhutia will not be part of the Federation Cup action that starts on wednesday, but he yesterday formally signed a contract with East Bengal Club for the rest of the season. Baichung has now applied for his ITC from MK Land, Selangor in Malaysia in favour of East Bengal. Baichung has been left out of East Bengal's 20 player squad for the Federation Cup as the striker missed the preparatory camp in Shantiniketan.
    East Bengal meanwhile have filled their foreign quota. After the return of Nigerian Mike Okoro, the club signed South African striker Sydney Nkalanga following a successful trial and the third foreigner will be DR Congo defender Liswa Nduti, who arrives in Calcutta in the coming days to fulfill the formalities.

    Note-3: Last years finalist Mohun Bagan AC have finalised their 20 member squad for the 27th Federation Cup in Goa.
    Squad: Goalkeepers: Subrata Pal, Prasanta Dora, Imran Khan. Defenders: Dulal Biswas, Sanjay Parte, Mehraj Din Wadoo, Anbalath Suliman Firoze, Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury. Midfielders: Tomba Singh, Noel Wilson, Dharamjit Singh, Mehtab Hussain (C), Basudeb Mondal, Chinmoy Sarkar. Forwards: Gley Yao Rodrigue, Jerry Zirsanga, Manjit Singh, Akeem Abul Alem, Sushil Kumar Singh.

    Note-4: Not all is well at Calcutta's No.3 team. Mohammedan Sporting Club's preparations for the Federation Cup are not going per plan. The team got trashed 3-0 by Border Security Force in the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup quarterfinals. And now the club has showcaused defender Madhab Das for indiscipline, while keeper Gopal Das and striker Raman Vijayan have been fined.

    15. October
    Goan Professional League: Salgaocar SC 3-1 Raia Sporting Club - Goals: 0-1 Wesley Coutinho (35'), 1-1 Jerose Oliveira (63'), 2-1 Fabio dos Passos (66'), 3-1 Aseem Kutty (86').
    SALGAOCAR: Sangram Mukherjee, Remus Gomes, Bento Vaz, Selwyn Fernandes, Kamal Thappa, Sebio Barreto (Jerose Oliveira), Fabio dos Passos, Micky Fernandes, Rocus Lamare, Samson Singh (Assem Kutty), Milagres Gonsalves (Francis Andrade).
    RAIA: Martin Dias, Remedious Furtado, Cristo Colaco, Vincent Colaco, Melvin Madathil (Santan D'Cruz, Seby Barreto), Freeman Peixoto, Augusto Monteiro, Ivo Fernandes (Sandeep Colaco), Caitan Mascarenhas, Rehman Cardozo, Wesley Coutinho.

    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Simla Youngs 1-1 Shastri Club
    Goa Third Division: Club Sao Miguel de Taleigao 1-1 St Sebastiao SC, St Cruz
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: AA de Moira 8-2 Youth SC, Colvale; Curtorim Gymkhana 6-2 St Anthony's Colva
    Mumbai Elite Division: Western Railway 3-0 Mumbai Customs - Goals: 1-0 Anil Pawar (13'), 2-0 Suvendu Hui (66'), 3-0 Aldrin Monteiro (87').

    Note-1: The groupings and fixtures of the Cluster phase of the 60th Santosh Trophy were released today by the Kerala FA president KMI Mather. The Cluster-leg would be held from November 4 to 10 in Thiruvananthapuram and Calicut, while the final round with the quarterfinal league, semifinals and final would be held in Kochi from November 11 to 20. In total 32 states and government institutions would be taking part in this years tournament.
    Clusters: Cluster-I: Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal. Cluster-II: Delhi, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh. Cluster-III: Maharashtra, Orissa, Jammu&Kashmir, Meghalaya. Cluster-IV: Railways, Pondicherry, Assam, Chhattisgarh. Cluster-V: Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Jharkhand. Cluster-VI: Karnataka, Haryana, Chandigarh. Cluster-VII: Goa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura. Cluster-VIII: West Bengal, Mizoram, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh.

    Note-2: Mohun Bagan coach Amal Dutta was admitted to the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Calcutta today with complaints of chest pain and has been kept under observation in the Intensive Care Unit for 48 hours. The seasoned coach complained of chest pain after returning home following a practice session in the afternoon and was rushed to the hospital. The indisposed coach will not be able to fly with his team to Goa tomorrow. Assistant coach Satyajit Chatterjee will be in charge of the team in Datta's absence.
    All the best from IndianFootball.Com to Amal Datta!!!

    Note-3: Today Mahindra United's star foreign duo of Yusif Yakubu and Jose Barreto arrived in the morning and at night respectively. During the day Yakubu passed his fitness test with flying colours and is all raring to go, said Mahindra United manager Henry Menezes to IndianFootball.com. Also, Mr. Menezes revealed that they were looking to seal the signing of their on-trial Nigerian attacker Gabriel Umeh pending the ITC. Furthermore, Mr. Menezes confirmed the signing of midfielder James Singh with the re-opening of the transfer window today. James too had been on trial with the United squad for some while.

    Note-4: The 54th Bordoloi Trophy will be held from October 17 to 29 in Guwahati, Assam. The 13 day tournament will be a knockout affair this year with no big team likely to take part, but the organisers are trying to bring in Calcutta giants Mohammedan Sporting, if they can get a sponsor to bring them in and also Mohammedan Sporting is out of the Federation Cup early. The opening match on Monday will be between Royal SC and 16th Battalion Assam Police.

    Note-5: Sunrise Club won the Guwahati 'A' Division League title today and thereby gained promotion to the Guwahati Super Division.

    14. October

    !!! Shibho Bijoya to all of you from the IndianFootball.Com Team, who celebrated Durga Puja in the last few days !!!

    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Hindustan Club 5-0 New Delhi Heroes - Goals: 1-0 Rishi Kapoor, 2-0 Hatinder Singh Rawat, 3-0 Jamivlogum, 4-0 Gutrej Singh, 5-0 Okmumabuphegi.
    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Garhwal Heroes 2-1 Delhi Heroes
    Goa Third Division: Aivao Youth Club 1-0 Siridao SC
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: Calangute Association 2-0 Eagles SC; ICSC, Paroda 3-2 Rossman Cruz Nagoa; Davorlim SC 2-1 Deao SC
    Mumbai Super Division: Central Railway (Mumbai Division) 2-1 ONGC - Goals: 1-0 Satish PV (6'), 1-1 Raju Mandal (22'), 2-1 Ammiruddin Ansari (64').

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Uttaranchal 3-1 Delhi
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Jammu&Kashmir 1-1,4-5 Punjab [penalties]
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Assam 1-2 Arunachal Pradesh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Nagaland 0-0 Tripura

    Note-1: East Bengal coach Subhas Bhowmick has finalised a 19 member squad for the Federation Cup next week leaving one spot open at the moment. It is likely to go to DR Congo defender Liswa Nduti, if he can be signed on time with Baichung Bhutia set to miss the flight across to the west. Also missing in the squad are international defender Habibur Rehman Mondal and striker RC Prakash.
    Squad: Goalkeepers: Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Naseem Akhtar. Defenders: Debjit Ghosh, Muttath Suresh, Debabrata Roy, Covan Lawrence, Soumik Dey, Arun Malhotra. Midfielders: Bernard Pires, Chandan Das, Dipankar Roy, Alvito D'Cunha, Jatin Singh Bisht, Mike Okoro, Shylo Malswam Tulunga. Forwards: Syed Rahim Nabi, IM Vijayan, Kalia Kulothungan, Sidney Nkalanga.

    Note-2: 42 players have been invited by the Assam FA for the state senior team's selection trials for the 60th Santosh Trophy at the Nurul Amin Stadium in Nagaon from October 17.

    13. October
    Goan Professional League: Dempo SC - Vasco SC = match called-off due to unplayable ground conditions.
    Goan Professional League: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-0 Churchill Brothers SC = match abandoned four minutes from time. If only those four minutes will be played or a point awarded to each team will be decided by the GFA.
    Mumbai Super Division: Union Bank of India 1-1 Mumbai Port Trust

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Tamil Nadu 6-1 Kerala

    Junior U17 Subroto Mukherjee Cup (National Inter-School Tournament), New Delhi - Final: Nobel Academy, Kathmandu (NEPAL) 1-1,4-4,2-1 Government Model High School, Chandigarh [penalties, sudden death] - Goals: 0-1 Ravinder Singh (21'), 1-1 Anil Lama (42').
    Nepal's Nobel Academy from Kathmandu became the first foreign champions in the history of the Subroto Cup U17 school football tournament since it was started in 1960.

    12. October
    Mumbai Elite Division: Mahindra United 2-0 Maharashtra State Police - Goals: 1-0 Abhishek Yadav (4'), 2-0 Sachin Jaiswal (60' - own Goal).
    MAHINDRA: TG Purushothaman, Othallo Tabia, Manju Nanjangud Shivananju, Rauf Khan, Samson Fernandes (58' Krishnan Nair Ajayan), Steven Dias (81' Ishan Rawlley Singh), Shanmugam Venkatesh (67' Deepak Kumar Mondal), Gouramangi Singh, Abhishek Yadav, Surkumar Singh.
    MSP: Sailash Naik, Vaibhav Kadam, Sachin Jaiswal, Raju Jagdankar, Santaji Chavan, Santosh Telang, Parag Sawant, Feroze Ali (52' Faraz Sheikh), Javed Pathan (77' Riaz Sheikh), Uday Badkar, Sandeep Badkar (81' Kailash Pardi).
    YELLOW CARD: Sushanth Mathew (11' Mahindra).

    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Hindustan Club 1-0 Indian Nationals FC - Goal: 1-0 Hatinder Singh Rawat.
    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Indian Air Force, New Delhi 1-1 Garhwal Heroes
    Goan Professional League: Salgaocar SC 6-1 MPT Sports Council
    Goan Professional League: Raia Sporting Club 0-0 Fransa-Pax FC
    Goa Third Division: Odxel SC 5-4 Merces Club; Deao SC 1-0 Uguem Rising Club; Guirdolim Club 2-2 St Sebastian, Aquem
    Goa Third Division - Playoff: Saligao Sporting Club 2-2,3-1 Sangolda Lightning Club [penalties]
    Mumbai Elite Division: H2K-Holy Family 2-2 Mumbai Customs - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Nigel D'Souza (9',29'), 1-2 Brendon Clapson (67'), 2-2 Revelino Fernandes (68' - own Goal).

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Tamil Nadu 5-1 Kerala = match abandoned four minutes from time, with those minutes to be played tomorrow.
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Meghalaya 0-3 Assam
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Nagaland 3-0 Manipur

    Sub-Junior U14 Subroto Mukherjee Cup (National Inter-School Tournament), New Delhi - Final: Army Boys Regimental School, Shillong 2-2,5-3 Nobel Academy, Kathmandu (NEPAL) - Goals: 1-0,2-2 Bobo Singh (8',40'), 1-1 Ganesh Khadka (16'), 1-2 Jagjit Shrestha (31').

    Note-1: The draw ceremony for the SAFF Cup 2005, which was held on September 29, will be shown on Star Sports' programme Football Asia on Saturday, October 15 at 13.30 IST.

    11. October
    Deepak Mondal finally made a long-awaited return to competitive football, following his more than 9-month lay-off due to injury. He came on in the 81st minute as a substitute in Mahindra United's Mumbai Elite Division match against Central Railway on October 8.
    IndianFootball.Com's Sujay Sharma talked to Deepak about his road to recovery, and some other interesting subjects. .
    Incidentally, tomorrow is Deepak's 26th birthday. Here's wishing the best to Deepak from the entire IndianFootball.Com team.
    Click here for the complete interview .

    Goa Third Division: Club Sao Miguel (walkover) Sateri SC; St Mathew's SC 5-1 Aivao Youth Club
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: Arjuna Gymkhana 5-1 St Augustias United Club; St Sebastian, Fatorda 3-1 UC Telaulim
    Mumbai Elite Division: Western Railway 1-0 Bank of India - Goal: 1-0 Anil Pawar (33').
    Mumbai Elite Division: Bengal Mumbai FC 3-1 Central Railway - Goals: 1-0 Amarjeet Singh (6'), 2-0 Sagar Thapa (22'), 3-0 Steven Gupta (74'), 3-1 DP Singh (83').

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Punjab 1-2 Delhi - Goals: 1-0 Tajinder Singh (7'), 1-1,1-2 Manish Negi (63',68').
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Uttar Pradesh 0-3 Chandigarh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Karnataka 9-2 Pondicherry

    Note-1: The AIFF has named 13 referees to officiate in the upcoming 27th Federation Cup. The named referees would take part in a referees course from October 16 to 18 in Goa and would have to pass a Cooper Test to officiate in the tournament. Kerala's Michael Andrews has been named referees's inspector, while Delhi Soccer Association vice-president BS Chauhan will be the match commissioner.
    Referees: S Suresh, T Pradeep Kumar, Komaleswaran Shankar (all Tamil Nadu), Rizwan ul-Haq, Abdul Saleem (both Delhi), Benjamin D'Silva (Goa), Syed Shujauddin (Jharkhand), Saji Kurian (Kerala), Walter Pareira (Maharashtra), Gokulananda Sharma (Manipur), A Arjunan (Services), Chamchuk Lama (Sikkim), Subrata Sarkar (West Bengal).
    Match commissioner: BS Chauhan (Delhi)
    Referees' inspector: Michael Andrews (Kerala).

    Note-2: The Mumbai District FA disciplinary committee met today and has decided to hand out a life ban on Maxie Fernandes, coach of Mumbai Super Division Sea View SC, for misconduct at yesterday's match between Akbar Travels and Sea View SC. The coach has been suspended from entering Mumbai's Cooperage Ground for life.
    The decision was a result of chaos which broke out after Akbar Travels scored a goal in the second half. The players had a free for all fight in which Fernandes tied to get involved in a very dangerous way. Fernandes ran towards the corner flag, took it out and ran with it towards the action to get involved. This resulted in a the tough punishment.
    Further some players got banned. Akbar Travels' Liliyan Kenneth got a four match ban, Sea View's Rajesh Dhamne has to sit out three matches, while Vijesh Vijiyan (Akbar Travels) and Naresh Pardeshi (Sea View) received a one match ban.

    10. October
    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Simla Youngs 4-0 New Delhi Heroes
    Goa Third Division: Nerul SC 4-3 Candolim SC; Pilerne SC 0-9 Saligao Sporting Club; Nauxim SC 1-1 Odxel SC; Uguem Rising Club 0-4 ICSC, Paroda; Curtorim Gymkhana 2-0 St Sebastian, Aquem; St Estevam SC 1-4 USC Mardol
    Mumbai Super Division: Akbar Travels 3-1 Sea View SC - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Siraj Kanjode (12',27'), 2-1 Sandeep Dongrekar (35'), 3-1 Bijumon Kaiparath (65').
    33rd Orissa Inter-District Shahney Cup Football Tournament - Final: Mayurbhanj 1-2 Cuttack

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Jammu&Kashmir 1-0 Uttaranchal
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Haryana 8-1 Himachal Pradesh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Andhra Pradesh 4-0 Kerala - Goals: 1-0,3-0,4-0 B Satish Kumar (35',54',77'), 2-0 Tirupathi (41').
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Meghalaya 2-3 Arunachal Pradesh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Tripura 3-2 Manipur - Goals: 0-1 Lalrinlunga (21'), 1-1,2-1 Jagnath (69',72'), 3-1 Anjal Paul (87'), 3-2 Arunkumar (90+2').

    9. October

    !!! IndianFootball.Com wishes you all a Happy Festive season on the occasion of Durga Puja !!!

    Mumbai Elite Division: Air-India 1-0 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goal: 1-0 Paresh Shivalkar (45'+2).
    AIR-INDIA: Sunder Raj Rajan, Henry Picardo, Haobijam Napoleon Singh, Subash Mondal, Uttam Leishangthem Singh, Hringsolal Thomte, Noel Fernandes (90+2' Javed Ansari), Paresh Shivalkar, Vijith Shetty, Lawrence Dias (88' Neil Gaikwad), Sheikh Sanjeeb (80' Diago Fernandes).
    RCF: Suhas Patil, Shakeel Patil, Balin Singh, Amit Yadav, Monish Bhambre, Baleshwar Singh, Shayresh Bawkar, Neville David, Kailash Patil, Atchuta Rao, Dhananjay Yesare (75' Douglas Desena).
    Yellow Cards Sheikh Sanjeeb (23'), Vijith Shetty (44' both AIR-INDIA).

    Goan Professional League: Sporting Clube de Goa 0-3 Dempo SC - Goals: 0-1,0-2,0-3 Ranty Martins Soleye (35',65',73').
    SPORTING CLUBE: Luis Xavier Barreto, Philip Gomes, Vincent Pires, Matthew Gonsalves, Bibiano Fernandes, Joseph Pereira, Santan Carvalho (Vinu Jose), Nicholas Rodrigues (Nicolas Borges), Rajesh N Meetei, Chidi Edeh, Reagan Fernandes (Joe Rodrigues).
    DEMPO: Abhijit Mondal, Stanley Colaco, D Ravanan, Valeriano Rebello, Samir Naik, Clifford Miranda, Climax Lawrence, Johnny D'Cruz (Ishfaq Ahmed), Agnelo Martins (Riston Rodrigues), Ranty Martins Soleye, Joaquim Abranches (Sebastiao Endro).

    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Garhwal Heroes 3-1 Shastri Club
    Goan Professional League: Fransa-Pax FC 0-1 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 0-1 Milagres Gonsalves (45').
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: Carmona SC 2-0 Canacona Sports Academy

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Delhi 4-1 Uttar Pradesh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Punjab 2-0 Chandigarh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Tamil Nadu 0-0 Karnataka - Goals: none.

    Note-1: The Assam FA today announced the list of players of the Assam U16 boys team for the 28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) NorthEast Zone Qualifiers to be played in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
    Assam U16 Boys: Goalkeepers: Shyam Sunder Reddy, Dadhi Ram Roy. Defenders: Rahul Deuri, Paikuna Rongmei, Junti Barchetia, Momate Gangmei, Nirmal Dutta, Dulal Basumatary. Midfielders: Rimjhim Musahari, Ranjan Deuri, Paijan Rongmei, Ajash Vasu, Suraj Gayari, Nava Thakur, Ritu Ali. Forwards: Apurva Phukan, Ajmir Hussain Laskar, Mintu Boro, Jyantajit Barua, Maniswer Musahari.

    8. October
    Mumbai Elite Division: Mahindra United 2-0 Central Railway - Goals: 1-0 Shanmugam Venkatesh (42'), 2-0 K Anees (68').
    MAHINDRA: Sandip Nandy, Surkumar Singh, Manju Nanjangud Shivananju, Othallo Tabia, Rauf Khan, Shanmugam Venkatesh, Steven Dias (89' Khalid Jamil), Subhas Chakraborty (81' Deepak Kumar Mondal), Gouramangi Singh (67' Krishnan Nair Ajayan), K Anees, Abhishek Yadav.
    CENTRAL RAILWAY: Raghuvir Khanolkar, Douzy Goudinho, Prabash Janardhan, Sagar Amin, Agnelo Fernandes, Masoud Ansari (46' Imran Ansari), P Shanta Kumar (83' Ian Kingseller), Dennis George, DP Singh (63' Aziz Qureshi), Kasif Jamal, Altaf Khan.
    Yellow Cards Sandip Nandy (67' Mahindra); Masoud Ansari (37'), Dennis George (87'), Altaf Khan (90+1' all CR).
    Goan Professional League: MPT Sports Council 0-2 Raia Sporting Club - Goals: 0-1 Wesley Coutinho, 0-2 Seby Barreto.
    Goan Professional League: Vasco SC 1-2 Churchill Brothers SC - Goals: 1-0 Anthony Pereira, 1-1 Freddy Mascarenhas (86'), 1-2 Savio Monteiro (90+').
    Goa Third Division: St Augustias United Club 5-0 Sinquerim SC; Penha de France 0-0 Bicholim AFF; Club Sao Miguel 2-2 Merces Club; PVC Association, Parra 2-2 Candolim SC; Guirdolim Club 8-2 Spiders United
    Goa Third Division - Playoffs: St Cruz Club, Cavelossim 3-1 Agonda SC
    Mumbai Elite Division: H2K-Holy Family 1-2 Western Railway - Goals: 0-1 PV Vinoy (31'), 1-1 Brendon Clapson (60'), 1-2 PV Vinoy (61').

    27th Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup - Final: Tata Football Academy 1-1,2-4 Border Security Force [penalties] - Goals: 1-0 Lester Fernandez (35'), 1-1 Santosh Kujur (87').

    Sujit Narzary Memorial Football Championship, Kokrajhar - Final: Assam Rifles 3-1 Assam State Electricity Board - Goals: 1-0,3-1 Akum Ao (47',72'), 2-0 PS Mauthing (58'), 2-1 Manikanta Brahma (61').

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Jammu&Kashmir 4-1 Haryana
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Uttaranchal 7-0 Himachal Pradesh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Andhra Pradesh 4-0 Pondicherry

    7. October
    The draw for the 27th Federation Cup was carried out at a five star hotel in Calcutta earlier today. In the opening Pre-Quarterfinal round, the 12 National League sides from last season and the top four of the 2.Division NFL face each other in India's Premier Knockout tournament.
    The total prize money would be Rs 2,6 million with the winners getting Rs 1,2 million and the runners-up Rs 700,000. The third-placed team would be richer by Rs 200.000. The winners of the quarterfinals would get Rs 60,000 each, while the pre-quarterfinal winners would get Rs 30,000. The winner of the fairplay trophy would get Rs 50,000.
    Defending champions Dempo SC would face Bangalore's HAL SC in the opening match of the tournament. There are some interesting match-ups, the most interest one being that of JCT Mills facing Mahindra United.
    Click here for the complete 27th Federation Cup 2005 draw .

    Here some reactions to IndianFootball.com on the 27th Federation Cup draw:

  • Derrick Pereira (Mahindra United): It's a tough, yet good, draw we have got. JCT are one of the top teams of course. Plus we also have East Bengal and Dempo in our section of the draw. Once we hopefully get past the first round, then we'll settle down in the tournament I think. Our expectations are obviously to try and win the tournament. For that we all need to get the team gelling and functioning as a unit during the tournament. The players will have to work hard, settle down, and get at it.
    I'm obviously not too happy with our state of preparation thus far, with all the disruptions to the local league and ground conditions, due to the rains in Mumbai this year. But I have competent players who are working well for me, and hopefuly we will peak at the right time during the Federation Cup.
    We'll definitely try to get a third foreigner for the Fed Cup. Meanwhile, Barreto needs some rest, and is expected to arrive soon. So will Yakubu following the clearance of his transfer.
  • Bimal Ghosh (Air-India): Our opening match against East Bengal is going to be a pressure match for us obviously, as East Bengal are a big team. But I think there will be pressure on them too, maybe greater pressure, as they would not want to lose to us. Our team's preparation for the tournament is underway, as there is still some time to go before the start. So we haven't set any expectations yet. Also, we haven not yet decided on which foreign players we will take to the tournament. We might even go without them.

    Vietnam Coal International Women's Football Tournament: Vietnam 2-1 India - Goals: 1-0,2-1 Van Thi Thanh (3',70'), 1-1 O Bem Bem (50').

    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Simla Youngs 1-0 Hindustan Club - Goal: 1-0 Rajesh Pal Palmei (60').
    Goa Third Division: Quitula SC 4-2 St Dominic Savio SC; Davorlim SC 9-1 Macasana Welfare Club; St Sebastiao SC, St Cruz 2-0 Sateri SC; St Estevam SC; Arpora Sporting Club 3-2 Nerul SC; Chandor SC 1-1 St Anthony SC, Assolda
    Mumbai Super Division: Income Tax 0-2 ONGC - Goals: 0-1 Chowdhry Sunil (51'), 0-2 Raju Mandal (74').
    27th Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup - Semifinal: Arambagh, BANGLADESH 0-3 Border Security Force - Goals: 0-1 Gurjit Singh Atwal (65'), 0-2 Harvinder Singh (76'), 0-3 Santosh Kujur (90+).

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Uttar Pradesh 0-0 Punjab
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Delhi 5-2 Chandigarh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Karnataka 4-1 Kerala - Goals: 1-0 Ramesh (10'), 2-0 Dada Nawel (22'), 3-0 Kiran Kumar (26'), 3-1 MS Babu (43'), 4-1 Suji Kumar (66').

    6. October
    Goan Professional League: Dempo SC 1-0 Fransa-Pax FC - Goal: 1-0 Sebastiao Endro (25').
    DEMPO: Abhijit Mondal, Valeriano Rebello, Majekodumni Bolaji, Stanley Colaco, Melwyn Rodrigues, Johnny D'Cruz, Nacimento Silveira, Jules Alberto Dias (Ishfaq Ahmed), Agnelo Martins (Samir Naik), Sebastiao Endro (Levy Coelho), Joaquim Abranches.
    FPFC: Mark Mascarenhas, Marcus Peixoto, Cressan Antao, Ryan D'Souza, John Barreto, Santa Saikhom Singh, Peter Carvalho, Godwin Diego Franco (Roque Barreto), Peter Rodrigues (Savio Mascarenhas), Lector Caido (K Muhammed Nisam), Agnelo Gomes.

    Goan Professional League: Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 0-1 Fabio Dos Passos (47'), 1-1 Chidi Edeh (74'), 2-1 Joe Rodrigues (82'), 3-1 Ajay Diwadkar (88').
    Goa Third Division: Penha de France 0-0 AA de Moira; Saligao Sporting Club 3-2 Calangute Association; Siridao SC 4-1 USC Mardol
    Mumbai Elite Division: Mumbai Customs 0-0 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: none.
    27th Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup - Semifinal: Tata Football Academy 1-1,4-3 Nepal XI [penalties] - Goals: 0-1 Anil Gurung (4'), 1-1 Pachau Lalampuia (86').

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Jammu&Kashmir 5-2 Himachal Pradesh
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - North Zone Qualifiers: Uttaranchal 5-0 Haryana
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Tamil Nadu 6-0 Pondicherry - Goals: 1-0,5-0 Manivannan (11',71'), 2-0,6-0 Pradeep (12',76'), 3-0 Manikanadan (30'), 4-0 Arun Prasad (51').

    Note-1: The 27th Federation Cup is set to kickoff in less than two weeks and the Goa FA jointly along with the AIFF and the Sports Authority of Goa under the leadership of the Goa Sports Ministry is doing all to get the Nehru Stadium in Margao ready for the big event. With the Goa Cricket Association releasing the stadium late, the organisers have had little time to bring the stadium facilities into proper shape, but all work is on at the stadium and by October 15 they hope all work is done.
    With matches to be held in the evening at 17.00 and 19.00 IST and telecast live by Zee Sports guaranteed, special emphasis is being given to the floodlights with bulbs being exchanged and extra generators being put in place to avoid any hickups.
    The stadium is being refurbished with damaged seats being replaced and the walls getting a fresh coat of paint. Also a media centre is being put in place in the stadium for the national media set to come and work along with the local colleagues. Also the VVIP and media seating are being improved.
    IndianFootball.Com will be covering the 27th Federation Cup from Goa with our editor Sujay Sharma travelling from Mumbai to Goa for the duration of the tournament and we at IndianFootball.Com putting a Federation Cup Special together for you.

    Note-2: Defending champions Kerala kickoff their preparations to retain the Santosh Trophy title on October 10 with a selection camp at the FACT Ground, Udyogamandal under head coach M Peethambaran. 41 players have been called to the camp with relegated NFL side State Bank of Travancore having the most players at the camp with 12 of them. If and how the Kerala and SBT camps can go on simultaneously is not known as SBT prepare of the Federation Cup.
    A number of player from last years winning squad are missing like goalkeeper TG Purushothaman, defender Sivakumar, midfielder Shabbir Ali and forward Naushad Pari; while SBT goalkeeper PV Harshal Rehman, who had an outstanding NFL is also a surprise omision.
    Missing due to injury will be SBT defender Abdul Basheer, while Titanium's wing back K Sameer has been called but is likely to miss out, while KSEB's P Sanush Raj could also drop out due to injury. But SBT striker T Asif Saheer returns to the squad.
    Some of the newcomers of the list are R Dhanarajan (Viva Kerala), H Anil and Jackson Sebastian (Titanium), PA Suneer (Kochi Port Trust) and Prince Paulose (SBT).
    Kerala Porbables: Goalkeepers: Jean Christian, MV Nelson, Jinish Thomas, H Anil, Shinu Joseph, A Jaffer. Defenders: K Sameer, K Jaseer, R Dhanarajan, PA Suneer, B Deepu, Prince Paulose, D Sajin, NV Yahiya, Abhilash Appukuttan, P Sanush Raj, K Bineesh, NP Pradeep. Midfielders: KM Abdul Naushad, M Lanesh Thomas, MK Sunil, VM Girish, Bijish Ben, Martin John, R Rajesh, TK Prasoon, PP Vijeesh, PM Sushil Kumar. Forwards: Ignatius Sylvester, Ebin Rose, T Asif Saheer, PK Anil Kumar, Rafi Jacob, Jackson Sebastian, AG Mohammed Aslam, PB Ramesh, CC Hanson, EK Arun, T Usman, MA Abdul Hakkim, M Mohammed Rafi.
    Coach: M Peethambaran.

    Note-3: With the 27th Federation Cup set to kick-off in less than two weeks, the Calcutta giants East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan AC and Mohammedan Sporting Club are looking to fill-up their quotas of foreign players ahead of the first national asignment this season.
    East Bengal so far have only signed Nigerian Mike Okoro, who has returned to strengthen the red-and-gold's attack. Now the club is looking for a defensive midfielder with the latest trialist being a player from South Africa with even discarded Douglas da Silva a possible inclusion in the season ahead.
    Meanwhile archrivals Mohun Bagan, who have had an excellent season so far winning the Calcutta Premier League title have tested Brazilian defender Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda and new sensation Gley Yao Rodrigue, a striker from Togo on board. At the moment it looks like the last place will go to Nigerian Akeem Abul Alem, who until last season was with Tollygunge Agragami. But some say other Nigerians Earnest Jeremiah, now in Bangladesh, and NFL top scorer MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi could sign for the green-and-maroon. So one will have to wait and watch.
    That Earnest Jeremiah will return to Calcutta from Bangladesh looks likely with Mohammedan Sporting also showing interest in him. Sporting just had a disasterous outing in the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup trashed 3-0 by Border Security Force. Sporting so far have Ghanian utilityman Suley Musah and Nigerian Okonji Onyelo Patrick D'Souza in their ranks. But a goalscoring striker surely would be of help in the Fed Cup and also later in the season in their fight for survival.

    5. October
    Vietnam Coal International Women's Football Tournament: Taiwan 2-1 India

    Goan Professional League: Churchill Brothers SC 3-0 MPT Sports Council - Goals: 1-0,3-0 Freddy Mascarenhas (2',71'), 2-0 Chanambam Jatin Singh (56').
    CHURCHILL: Vinay Singh, Syed Hussain, T Roopesh, Villroy D'Cruz, Carlos Fernandes, PT Somy, Donald Rocha (Savio Monteiro), Chitrasen Chandam Singh, Vanlal Rova (Amjad Hussain), Drupesh Dessai (Chanambam Jatin Singh), Freddy Mascarenhas.
    MPT: Agnelo Noronha, Nelson Dias (Faisal Martins), Casmiro Peixoto, Rossewelt Teles, Niazi Sheikh, Lyold Mascarenhas, Jitendra Bhise (Frank Furtado), Michael Monteiro, Franky Pereira, Terrance D'Souza (Marcus Carvalho), Vishant Pednekar.

    Calcutta Super Division: Calcutta Customs 0-1 Railway FC - Goal: 0-1 Shuklal Bhumij.
    Railway FC gain promotion to the Calcutta Premier League 2006 with today's win!

    Captain Jintu Gogoi Memorial Football Championship - Final: Assam Rifles 1-0 SAI, Golaghat - Goal: 1-0 Thangcha Kom (85').
    Calcutta Super Division: West Bengal Police 0-3 SAIL
    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Shastri Club - Delhi Police = match abandoned after 38 minutes due to power failure
    Goan Professional League: Vasco SC 1-0 Raia Sporting Club - Goal: 1-0 Anthony Pereira (58').
    Haryana State Senior Football Championship - Final: Amity United FC 4-0 Gurgaon
    Mumbai Elite Division: H2K-Holy Family 0-2 Central Railway - Goals: 0-1 DP Singh (37'), 0-2 Altaf Khan (57').
    Mumbai Elite Division: Western Railway 1-1 Golden Gunners - Goals: 1-0 Raghunath Reddy (49'), 1-1 Soccor Velho (57').
    27th Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup - Quarterfinal: Mohammedan Sporting Club 0-3 Border Security Force - Goals: 0-1,0-3 Gurjit Singh Atwal (27',75'), 0-2 Harvinder Singh (72').

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - East Zone Qualifiers: Jharkhand 1-1 Bihar
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Karnataka 5-2 Andhra Pradesh - Goals: 0-1 Tripathi (7'), 1-1,2-1,4-1 Tada Nazeel Khan (11',17',30'), 3-1 Sujil Kumar (27'), 5-1 Shiva Kumar (68'), 5-2 Nanda Kumar (73').

    Note-1: The Mumbai District FA has decided to to scrap Indian Navy from it's Elite League as the team is not willing and able to finish their league engagements. Indian Navy has so far played seven matches and would have to play four more matches, but with the Santosh Trophy probable camps starting across the country, Indian Navy players would go back to the home states or the Services. Keeping this in mind the MDFA has decided to scrap Indian Navy from the league, nullifying all matches with Indian Navy participation and the MDFA committee would decide on any action against the team later.
    Click here for the updated Mumbai Elite Division 2005 fixtures .

    Note-2: The Delhi U16 boys team has been selected after a 15 day camp for the 28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) North Zone Qualifiers to be played in Srinagar. The team will be coached by Naveen Teotia and will have TN Dey as manager.
    Delhi U16 Boys: Goalkeepers: Ankit Sharma, Gulam Sahid, Ravi Bhatt. Defenders: Rattan Kumar(C), Rohit Singh, Gaurav Rawat, Yogesh Prasad, Brij Bhan Singh Negi. Midfielders: Ansul Katiyal, Monu Chaudhary, Kushal Chetry, Manish Thapa, Amil Hassan, Gaurav Singh Rawar. Forwards: Mani Negi, Tushar Choudhary, Sudipto Kar, Sanjoy Sarkar, Amir Hafiz, Ankit Thapliyal. Coach: Naveen Teotia; Manager: TN Dey.

    Note-3: The IFA is holding the "Dendrite" Senior Inter District Football Tournament 2005 from today until October 30 across West Bengal. The 19 participating districts would play each other at four venues - Asansol Stadium, Khamargachi, Bishnupur Stadium and Jalpaiguri Town Club. The final would be held on October 30 at the Jalpaiguri Town Club ground.
    IFA secretary Subrata Dutta observed that "it is an important tournament for the districts and IFA has striven to continue it in order to retain the districts' youth to the game of football. This tournament brings to the limelight the talents of the districts and supports the overall development of the game."

    4. October
    Mumbai Elite Division: Bengal Mumbai FC 0-1 Air-India - Goal: 0-1 Sheikh Sanjeeb (64').
    AIR-INDIA: Raju Ekka, Stephen Hmar, Henry Picardo, Subash Mondal, Santosh Koli, Uttam Leishangthem Singh, Appa Rao Chiman (35' Javed Ansari), Mohammed bin Hassan, Sumit Thapa, Neil Gaikwad, Sheikh Sanjib (70' Paresh Shivalkar).
    BMFC: Tharngachan, Sajid Ansari, Amarjeet Singh, Yadwinder Singh, N Henary Singh, Pun Yuvraj Ramsingh Bhai, Supong Yapong Ao (36' M Fazal), Nirmal Deep Singh, Khalid Siddique, Steven Gupta, Sagar Thapa.
    Yellow Cards Raju Ekka, Hmar, Santosh Koli, Appa Rao Chiman, Sumit Thapa (all Air-India), Nirmal Deep Singh (BMFC)

    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Indian Nationals FC 5-0 New Delhi Heroes
    Goa Third Division: Candolim SC 8-1 Pilerne SC; Sinquerim SC 1-5 Bicholim AFF
    57th Independence Day Cup - Final: Oil India Limited 1-0 Nagaland Police - Goal: 1-0 Mrinal Boro (58').
    Mumbai Super Division: Central Railway (Mumbai Division) - Bank of Baroda = match postponed due to inappropriate ground conditions.
    27th Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup - Quarterfinal: Nepal XI 4-0 Bhutan XI - Goals: 1-0 Anil Gurung, 2-0 Surendra Tamang, 3-0 Vijay Gurung, 4-0 Santosh Sahukala.

    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - East Zone Qualifiers: Chhattisgarh 2-2 Orissa
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - West Zone Qualifiers: Maharashtra 0-2 Goa
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - West Zone Qualifiers: Rajasthan 5-1 Gujarat
    28th Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (U-16) - South Zone Qualifiers: Kerala 2-0 Pondicherry - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Darvin Joseph (58',69').

    Note-1: Relegated NFL side Vasco SC, who have Arlem Breweries as their title sponsor, have a new co-sponsor in the Cabral Group of Companies. This was announced by the Vasco SC president Mario Leitao at a press conference today.

    Note-2: The 5th edition of the Sri Guru Gobind Singh Football Tournament will be organised by the Sri Guru Gobind Singh Football Society at the Guru Gobind Singh Stadium, Jalandhar from November 23 to 30, 2005.

    3. October
    Delhi Senior Division - Super League: Indian Air Force, New Delhi 1-2 Simla Youngs - Goals: 1-0 LB Victor, 1-1 Ogbedeie Aminawon Austin, 1-2 Rakesh Plamei.
    Goan Professional League: Fransa-Pax FC 0-2 Sporting Clube de Goa - Goals: 0-1 Marcus Peixito (7' - own Goal), 0-2 Chidi Edeh (81').
    Goan Professional League: Salgaocar Sports Club 1-2 Dempo Sports Club - Goals: 0-1 Clifford Miranda (38'), 0-2 Ranty Martins Soleye (58'), 1-2 Rocus Lamare (90+').
    Goa Third Division: Saligao Sporting Club 3-2 Arpora Sporting Club; Deao SC 1-0 Chandor SC; St Dominic Savio SC 0-1 Penha de France; Merces Club 0-4 St Sebastiao SC, St Cruz
    Mumbai Elite Division: Bank of India 1-3 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: 1-0 Velu Karmagulam (45'), 1-1 Neville David (60'), 1-2 Govindan Sajju (87'), 1-3 Douglas de Sena (90').
    27th Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup - Quarterfinal: Tata Football Academy 3-1 EverRe