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November 30

RESULTS & NEWS

3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group B: Uttaranchal Police 2-0 Shastri FC - Goals: 1-0 Neeraj Singh Bisht (17'), 2-0 Hem Joshi (89').
3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group B: Jammu&Kashmir Bank 0-0 Amity United - Goals: none.
3rd Division National Football League - East Zone: SAI Training Center 1-1 South-East-Central Railway - Goals: 1-0 Moin (23'), 1-1 MD Rizwan (90'+).

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Air-India 2-0 Mumbai United - Goals: 1-0 Anthony Fernandes (77'), 2-0 Santosh Koli (90').
AIR-INDIA:Ethesham Ahmed; Santosh Koli, Uttam Singh, Nirmal Chettri, Gautam Debnath, Sanju Pradhan, Hringsolal Thomte, Hirohito Elangba, Javed Ansari, Bimal Minz, Anthony Fernandes.
MUMBAI UTD: Manish Kajania; Meraj Ali, Elvis Pereira, Philip Gonsalves, Sachin Koli, Nawaz Rehman, Satish V Singh, Raza Rizvi, Suresh Babu, Shabaz Khan, Abbas Rizvi.
REFEREE: Elvis Nunez.

Mumbai Elite Division - Championship Round: Mahindra United 2-0 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: 1-0 Yusif Yakubu (64'), 2-0 Mohammed Rafi (74').
MAHINDRA:Amit Nandy; Sushanth Mathew (81' K Karunakaran), Mahesh Gawli, Peter Siddiqui, Samson Fernandes, Mohammed Rafi, Bhola Prasad (58' Rauf Khan), L James Singh (82' Adnan Rahimtullah), Krishnan Nair Ajayan, Filipe Azevedo, Yusif Yakubu.
RCF: Suhas Patil; Ashirwad Hegde, Baleshwar Sharma (63' Sayed Rizvi), Francis Dias, Shayresh Bawkar, Monish Bhamre, Blessen Verghese (85' Rahul Patole), Souvaid Ansari, Bhagwan Padhi, Manoj Adhikari, Lawrence Dias (76' Atchuta Rao).
REFEREE: Victor D'Souza.

11th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: BloodMouth Club, Hailakandi 0-4 Oil India Limited, Duliajan

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - West Zone Qualifiers: Madhya Pradesh 4-0 Gujarat
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Karnataka 2-2 Tamil Nadu - Goals: 0-1 Antony Xavier (39'), 1-1 Thamodaran (40'), 2-1 Arogia Raj (44'), 2-2 Sabeeth (52').

November 29
RESULTS & NEWS

15th Asian Games Doha 2006 / Group D: India U23 1-1 Hong Kong U23 - Goals: 1-0 Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (89'), 1-1 Siu Ki Chan (90'+2').
INDIA:24-Sandip Nandy; 5-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 2-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 6-Habibur Rehman Mondal, 16-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh; 13-Bungo Thokchom Singh, 7-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep, 22-Climax Lawrence, 3-Steven Dias (75' 4-Debabrata Roy); 10-Manjit Singh (82' 18-Sushil Kumar Singh), 15-Baichung Bhutia [C] (90' 9-Sunil Chetri).
HONG KONG: 19-Chun Yip Fan [C]; 2-Jun Sheng Lin, 4-Hang Wui Li, 13-Kin Fung Cheung (68' 6-Man Wing Tse), 14-Kwok Fai Sham; 3-Gerard Anbassa Guy, 11-Kwok Keung Sham (85' 7-Chi Ho Yip), 16-Chun Pong Leung, 20-Liu Quankun; 12-Kwan Yee Lo (70' 10-Ka Wai Lam), 18-Siu Ki Chan.
YELLOW CARDS: 15-Baichung Bhutia (13'), 22-Cimax Lawrence (17'), 10-Manjit Singh (56'), 6-Habibur Rehman Mondal (87'), 9-Sunil Chetri (90', all India); 18-Siu Ki Chan (85', Hong Kong).
REFEREE: Jaafar Alawi Jawad Mahfoodh (Bahrain).
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Damir Djanybekov (Kyrgyzstan), Salim Gharib Al Rashdy (Oman).
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Jae Yong Bae (Korea Republic).
MATCH COMMISSIONER: Fahad Abdullah Al Raisi (Oman).
More information & pictures are available at the >>IndianFootball.Com National Team special

MATCH REPORT:
India and Hong Kong, were very closely matched, though Hong Kong, China continually put India under pressure and in the 34th minute came close to a goal with a superb free kick by Cheung Kin Fung that was hastily cleared by India.
The Indians remained under pressure for most of the half. Even though possession was shared evenly between the two teams, most of the play occurred in India’s half of the pitch.
After a slow game India suddenly upped the stakes in their clash against Hong Kong, when in the 89th minute Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep scored what must be the goal of the evening. Pradeep fired an incredible shot from more than 30 metres out to power the ball just over the 'keeper's head.
It looked like India was sure of the win, but Hong Kong came storming back to equalise in the 92nd minute with a superb cross, headed in soundly by Siu Ki Chan.
India meet Maldives at 17:15 at the Al-Sadd Football Stadium on 3 December while Hong Kong, will now go on to meet IR Iran at 19:45, same venue, same day. (doha-2006.com)

3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group A: Border Security Force - Chandigarh FC
3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group A: Himalayan Tigers 0-5 Uttar Pradesh Police - Goals: 0-1,0-4 Aktar (11',69'), 0-2 Ramesh Rawat (14'), 0-3 Kuldeep Singh Rawat (34'), 0-5 Pramod Misra (73').
3rd Division National Football League - East Zone IFA (West Bengal) club - Tata Steel

11th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: Assam Police Blues 3-0 Sandhani Sangha, Karimganj
11th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: Assam State Electricity Board 1-0 9th Assam Police Battalion, Nagaon
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: Eastern Sporting Union 2-1 Sagolband United - Goals: 1-0 M Somochandra (30'), 1-1 K Anand Kabui (41'), 2-1 S Subhas (48').
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: Phoudel Youth Club 1-2 North Eastern Re-Organisation Cultural Association - Goals: Ch Kesho Singh (NEROCA); M Robin, Kh Ramesh (both PYC).

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - West Zone Qualifiers: Rajasthan 2-0 Daman&Diu - Goals: 1-0 Akhtar Qureshi (20'), 2-0 Yasin Hussai (85').
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Pondicherry 0-2 Andhra Pradesh - Goals: 0-1 Ravi Kumar (43'), 0-2 Prasanth Banerjee (54').

'Golden Kerala' Exhibition Match - Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Trivandrum: Kerala 1-0 West Bengal - Goal: 1-0 Mohammad Aslam (77').

::: Robson to coach Mohun Bagan :::
Mohun Bagan as appointed its physical trainer Robson de Matteos as the make-shift coach till any better alternative is sorted out. Robson will remain coach till the IFA Shield 2006. He will be supported in his job by the four senior players – Jose Ramirez Barreto, Deepak Kumar Mondal, Dulal Biswas and Mehtab Hussain.

::: ESPN extends English Premier League rights :::
ESPN STAR Sports extended its agreement with the FA Premier League (FAPL) to deliver the live and exclusive broadcast of the Premier League for the Indian subcontinent until 2010.
The agreement grants ESPN STAR Sports the right to broadcast 370 matches per season throughout India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Mongolia and the Maldives via television, broadband and mobile technologies.
The deal comes four days after ESPN STAR Sports acquired the same Premier League rights for 12 key South East Asian countries; Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea, North Korea, Brunei, The Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Taiwan and Macau. These rights also include television, mobile and internet platforms.
ESPN will broadcast coverage through its television channels, its website www.espnstar.com, and its wireless platform mobileESPN. (Newsline)

November 28
RESULTS & NEWS

3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group B: Jammu&Kashmir Bank 1-1 Shastri FC - Goals: 1-0 Yussuf Mounsuru (13'), 1-1 Amrinder Singh (83').
3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group B: Uttaranchal Police 0-2 Amity United - Goals: 0-1 Onyebi N Ogbonna (74'), 0-2 Praveen Arora.
3rd Division National Football League - East Zone: SAI Training Center 0-1 Pataliputra FC - Goal: 0-1 Sanjeev K Singh (76').

11th Assam Club Championships - Quarterfinal: 2nd ASRF, Karbi Anglong 8-6 Assam Rifles [on penalties]

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Air-India 1-1 Indian Navy - Goals: 0-1 Saji A D'Silva (21'), 1-1 Paresh Shivalkar (45'+2', pen).
AIR-INDIA: Raju Ekka; Noel Fernandes, Napoleon Singh, Nirmal Chettri, Uttam Singh, Santosh Koli, Sanju Pradhan (86' Anthony Fernandes), Vijith Shetty, Paresh Shivalkar, Bimal Minz (67' Neil Gaikwad), Samson Singh.
INDIAN NAVY: SVV Suku; Anand Bhandari, PS Sumesh, Vivek Venugopal, VS Avilash, CT Sajith, Samson Antony, Mukesh Kumar, Saival Thapa (71' Ramesh Kumar), Saji A D'Silva, Raju Gurung (82' Misao).
REFEREE: Manuel Pereira.

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Central Railway 1-1 Bengal Mumbai FC - Goals: 0-1 Alok Thakkar (19'), 1-1 Pankaj Raware (66').
CR: Israt Kamal; Douzy Godinho, Prabash Janardhan, Dilip NK, Agnelo Fernandes, Hameed Ansari (60' Asif Jamal), Denis George, Masood Ansari (33' Shanta Kumar P), Siddarth Kamat, Aziz Qureshi, Pankaj Raware.
BMFC: Mohsin Khan; Aqueel Ansari, Sameer Ansari, Khalid Siddiqui, Carl Tamboly, Alok Thakkar (Saad Ansari), Shinoj P Chandran (Mohammed Ali), Nagesh Swamy (Siddharth Srivastava), Pradeep Chopdekar, Amitava Ganguly, Arshad Ansari.
REFEREE: Elvis Nunez.

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - West Zone Qualifiers: Maharashtra 2-1 Gujarat - Goals: 1-0 Clayton D’Souza (7'), 1-1 Gurudayal Yadav (52'), 2-1 Arvin George (87').
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Kerala 0-0 Karnataka - Goals: none.

::: 112th IFA Shield fixtures out :::
The 112th IFA Shield will be played from December 4 to 15 in Calcutta. In a tough Group A East Bengal Club face Mahindra United and Sporting Clube de Goa; while in Group B local sides Mohun Bagan AC and Mohammedan Sporting Club face Chinese side Shenzhen FC.
Go to for complete fixtures 112th IFA Shield fixtures

::: Gaurav Kumar helps St Stephen's retain Kabir Trophy :::
A last-minute extra-time goal by Gaurav Kumar clinched the issue in favour of defending champions St Stephen's School of Sector 45 which eked out a narrow 1-0 triumph over hardworking but luckless St John's School of Sector 26 in final of the St Kabir Trophy Chandigarh State Football Championship for Under-12s at the St Kabir School ground here today. Gaurav Kumar booted home the all-important goal from close range after the ball had slipped out of sprawling St John's goalkeeper Shraishth Jain's hands with only few seconds left of extra time.
Both teams played brilliant football throughout the 60-minute stipulated period and ten minutes of extra time. Thrilling moves from both sides kept the parents, who turned up in large numbers on a cloudy day, spell bound and they were seen cheering their sons. The players did not disappoint their parents as they put up their best performance.
However, St John's had more chances to wrap up the issue in the regulation as well as extra time. However, Stephen's goalkeeper Rahul Chadha excelled under the cage and made brilliant saves.
St Stephen's threatened the St John's goal in the first minute when they were awarded a freekick. A 40-yarder powerful curling shot was punched by an alert Shraishth Jain at the cost of a corner kick. St John's counter-attacked in the seventh minute. St Stephen's custodian Rahul Chadha made two successive outstanding saves. St John's right talented winger Parseej Singh Oberoi took a powerful shot from 25 yards which Rahul blocked and the ball travelled to Ude Partaap Singh who unleashed a good try but Rahul was not in a mood to wilt under pressure. The Stephen's goal survived again in the 23rd minute. Following a defensive lapse by Jasbir Singh, St John's striker Ude Partaap Singh got possession of the ball and took a shot which Rahul Chadha saved at the cost of a corner kick. However, the best St John's move came in the 42nd minute. Chander Mohan passed the ball to Praseej Singh who beat advancing Stephen's goalkeeper Rahul Chadha with an angular grounder. But to the disappointment of St John's supporters, the ball went across the goalmouth and kissing the pole.
Midway through the first session of extra time, St Stephen's fullback Jasbir Singh fired a long ranger following a free kick. St John's goalkeeper Shraishth Jain rose to the occasion and collected it in a smooth action.
As the organizers were preparing for penalties with only few seconds left, St Stephen's scored the match-winner. Pankaj initiated the move and squared the ball to Bikram Prit Singh who directed the ball towards the St John's goal. The ball slipped out of the hands of sprawling Shraishth Jain's hands and opportunist Gaurav Kumar gently toed the ball into the St John's goal.
Canara Bank AGM distributed the prizes while in the morning Chandigarh DPI (Schools) Ashwani Kumar was introduced to the teams. St Kabir Principal JP Singh and Administrator Gurpreet S Bakshi were among those who welcome the chief guest.

November 27
RESULTS & NEWS

::: IFC Feature Series on football Youth Development :::
IndianFootball.Com's Harmit Singh Kamboe reviews the Chandigarh Football Academy in our latest IFC Feature Series on football Youth Development in India.
The Chandigarh Football Academy was the brainchild of Lt. Gen. J.F.R. Jacob, PVSM (Retd), the Governor of Punjab in the year 2000. Lt. General JFR Jacob is a football fan and this is the reason he chose to do something related to football...
Click here to read the complete >>Chandigarh Football Academy report

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Final: Dempo SC 1-0 JCT Mills - Goals: 1-0 Ranty Martins Soleye (74').
DEMPO: VP Satish Kumar; Valeriano Rebello, John Charles Dias, Majekodumni Bolaji (78' Cressan Antao), Samir Naik; Jerry Zirsanga, Roberto Mendes Silva, Nacimento Silveira, Ishfaq Ahmed (82' Melwyn Rodrigues); Ranty Martins Soleye, Anthony Pereira (?' Joaquim Abranches).
JCT: Kalyan Chaubey; Daljit Singh, Jaspal Singh, Sunday Ambrose (25' Sukhjinder Singh), Anwar Ali; Shivraj Singh, Adebayo Tokunbo (?' Jaswinder Singh), Harish Sharma, Baldeep Singh; Praveen Kumar, Chidi Edeh.
MAN of the Match: Ranty Martins Soleye (Dempo).
REFEREE: Komaleeswaran Shankar (Tamil Nadu).
ASSISTANT REFEREE: Mohammad Kamil, A Rowan.
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Ashok Kumar Ghosh.

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Tournament stats:
'Adidas' Golden Boot - Macpherlin Dudu Omagbemi (Sporting Clube de Goa, three goals)
Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament - Robikanta Singh (Army XI)
Five 'Most Promising Players of the Tournament' - Anwar Ali (JCT Mills), Anthony Pereira (Dempo SC), Harmanjot Singh Khabra (Sporting Clube de Goa), N Guernilal (Army XI), Gurpreet Singh (East Bengal Club)

3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group A: Chandigarh FC 2-0 Himalayan Tigers
3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group A: Border Security Force 1-0 Uttar Pradesh Police
3rd Division National Football League - East Zone: Tata Steel 0-2 South-East-Central Railway

11th Assam Club Championships - Pre-Quarterfinal: Heaven Blue AC, North Cachar Hills 1-3 Sandhani Sangha, Karimganj - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Kenny Kabui (42'.46'), 0-3 Ranuga Hmar (72'), 1-3 Lal Daisong Namlai (?').
11th Assam Club Championships - Pre-Quarterfinal: Chamata Anchalik Krira Sangha 0-4 9th Assam Police Battalion, Nagaon - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Aliullah Ahmed (20',68'), 0-3 Prabin Bordoloi (80'), 0-4 Rual Mirdha (84').

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - West Zone Qualifiers: Madhya Pradesh 6-2 Daman&Diu
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Tamil Nadu 3-0 Pondicherry - Goals: 1-0 Sabeeth (77'), 2-0,3-0 David (85,90').

::: Iran back in Asian Games football :::
Football's world-governing body FIFA has announced a temporary lifting of the ban imposed on Iran! This was announced by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter earlier today.
Blatter to a press gathering at Soccerex 2006: "Iran have been given special permission by FIFA after an undertaking by the Iran Physical Education Organisation who sent a correspondence by which they committed themselves and IRIFF to fulfil within one month all requirements set forth by the FIFA Emergency Committee."
The exemption applied only to the Iran U-23 team and exclusively for the Asian Games.
Following today's developments the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) has decided to follow the original draw which had placed Iran in Group D along side India, Hong Kong and Maldives.

::: Dereyk DeSouza - An Obituary :::
by Sujay Sharma / IndianFootball.Com Mumbai:
Dereyk DeSouza loved football. He epitomized football in Mumbai. Be it the Cooperage, the St.Xavier's football ground in Parel, the back-garden in Colaba, the Oval ground, or the playgrounds of various schools in Mumbai, he loved football at everyone of these Mumbai hotbeds, and more. Here was a man who had devoted his entire life to the beautiful game, and from whom the game had been uplifted so much.
He played with international stars like PK Banerjee, he honed national stars like Godfrey Pereira, he coached club teams like Mahindras and Salgaocars, but he continued to display the same verve, discipline, intent, dedication, even while working with some 8 year old kid at the Oval on a Saturday evening, or voluntarily supervising the training session of schoolkids wanting to learn some basic football in the summer vacations on the Cooperage dust-bed.
He would spend his whole day at the Cooperage, for that was his spiritual home, the place where he truly felt home. Be it blazing summer, or pouring monsoon, along with the few constants at the age-old and dilapidated Mumbai football mecca of the Cooperage, was the presence of Dereyk de Souza somewhere on the premises, either managing the affairs of the Mumbai District FA, helping complete the pre and post match formalities of the local league matches, overseeing the maintenance of the play-field, attending to phone calls >from inquisitive journalists and pleading officials, passing limericks to hangers on (who would just be hanging on in the heat or the rain to hear his limericks and nothing else, when no football was being played), teasing and encouraging the several players, some of whom had been coached by him, many who had not, and all who were gripped by his charisma and wit. He could still, at this age, proudly give the ball a mighty kick, whenever it rolled near him, out of play, and would be promptly returned by him to exactly where is came from, always by a kick, following which he took his seat, chuckling at his own feat.
He was referred to just as 'Coach' at the Cooperage, for he was the coach of all the coaches there in his midst. He was the senior-most of his generation, and the one of a few amongst them still living his daily life serving football, being served from football. He coached very successfully, a competitive team in the Mumbai tournaments, till as recently as December 2005. He served as Technical Director of the nationally hailed Maharashtra team, up until this October's Santosh Trophy tournament.
He had lost his dearly loved brother, one of India's best ever strikers, one with whom he dazed the fans at the Cooperage, Neville D'Souza, many years early. He had lost his wife too, after her long fight with cancer. But he never let any of these set-backs affect his love for football. Rather, he probably used football as a healing effect to its full, by devoting so dedicatedly himself to the game in Mumbai. Towards the end, he seemed so fortunate and happy to have been able to play with, smile with, his grand-son Nathan, just about to turn one year old. Nathan looks a lot like Dereyk, and the love a grand-father feels for his grandchild, his first, would have been one of Dereyk's most cherished memories. Unsurprisingly, he had even excused himself from participating in the Mahindra youth programme for a week, so he could spend more time with his grandson on his short visit to Mumbai.
One can't imagine the Cooperage without Dereyk DeSouza. It will be a whole different experience for people visiting it now. The tribute paid to him by the all the footballing fraternity when his body was laid to rest for paying last respects at the Cooperage, said so much, and more, to the impact he had made on everyone present during his lifetime. The symbolism of his casket being carried around the Cooperage field, before heading off to the nearby church for service, was fitting. He would have definitely liked it a lot.
And the gods of the beautiful game, the followers of the beautiful game, would no doubt regard him a saint of the beautiful game.

November 26
RESULTS & NEWS

3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group B: Jammu&Kashmir Bank 4-0 Uttaranchal Police - Goals: 1-0 Emanuel (12'), 2-0,3-0,4-0 Yussuf Mounsuru (56',67',90').
3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group B: Amity United 2-0 Shastri FC - Goals: 1-0 Rajesh Thomas (24'), 2-0 ON Ogbonna (52').
3rd Division National Football League - East Zone: IFA (West Bengal) club - SAI Training Center

11th Assam Club Championships - Pre-Quarterfinal: Assam Rifles 12-2 Borhat Sports Association, Moran
11th Assam Club Championships - Pre-Quarterfinal: Blood Mouth Club, Hailakandi 3-1 Borakuri Anchalik Krira Santha, Tinsukia
Manipur State League: YWC, Thambalkhong 2-1 SAI Regional Centre,Imphal - Goals: 1-0 T Dhiren Singh (4'), 2-0 G Leipakjao Singh (58'), 2-1 Th Naotombi Singh (88').
Manipur State League: Manipur Police SC 3-0 NEROCA - Goals: 1-0 I Nilakumar Singh (2'), 2-0 Kh Romen Singh (40'), 3-0 Ksh Kanta Singh (84').
Manipur State League: Kakching FC 0-3 Southern Sporting Union - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Banny Chiru (4',65'), 0-3 H Chakrabati (82').
Manipur State League: YWO, Bishnupur 0-3 Phoudel Youth Club, Thoubal - Goals: 0-1,0-2 Bisheshwor Singh (?',?'), 0-3 Sahidur Singh (74').
Manipur State League: Eastern Sporting Union 0-1 AMOFA, Moirang - Goal: 0-1 K Premananda Singh (63').

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Maharashtra State Police 0-2 ONGC - Goals: 0-1 Uttam Debnath (7'), 0-2 Anthony Fernandes (70').
MSP: Sudhakar Shitap; Utpal Kadam, Rajesh Jagdamkar, Sachin Jaiswal, Sameer Shaikh, Santosh Telang (63' Tausif Ansari), Parag Sawant, Faraz Shaikh, Uday Badkar (80' Firoz Ali), Sandeep Badkar, Atag Ansari.
ONGC: Bilifang Narzary; Dharmesh Patel (64' Abhishek Yadav), Cliford Kilmo (78' Palash Ghosh), Krishna Shirodkar, Caetano Pinho, Uttam Debnath, Jatin Bisht, Amit Mandal, Sandip Das (45+1' Anthony Fernandes), Rakshak Naik, Sunil Choudhary.
REFEREE: Manuel Pereira.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Final: Army Service Corps 2-0 Department of Youth Services and Sports - Goals: 1-0 Santhosh Kumar (5'), 2-0 Suresh (58').

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group B: Punjab 2-0 Uttar Pradesh - Goals: Charanjit Singh (2x).
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - West Zone Qualifiers: Maharashtra 2-0 Rajasthan - Goals: 1-0 Ansari (22'), 2-0 Arvin George(51').
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - West Zone Qualifiers: Gujarat 3-0 Daman&Diu - Goals: 1-0 Ishan Grover (7'), 2-0,3-0 Vikram Singh (31',55').
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Andhra Pradesh 2-1 Kerala - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Prasanth Banerjee (10',22'), 2-1 Riyad (39', pen).

::: Durand Cup final live on Star Sports :::
Star Sports will be having live coverage of the 119th Osian's Durand Cup final between Dempo SC and JCT Mills taking place tomorrow. The telecast will go on air from 13.40 IST onwards. The commentators will be Novy Kapadia and ex-Olympian and international FIFA referee SS Hakeem as expert.

::: EXCLUSIVELY AT IFC: INDIA squad for 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 :::
INDIA coach Bob Houghton has named 20 players for the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006. Captain Baichung Bhutia, goalkeeper Sandip Nandy and midfielder Climax Lawrence will be the three expected overage players in the U-23 tournament.
The India U-23 national team will take on Hong Kong in its Group D opener on November 29.
INDIA:
Goalkeepers: 24-Sandip Nandy, 20-Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (both Mahindra United), 1-Subrata Pal (Mohun Bagan AC).
Defenders: 5-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 2-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 7-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (all Mahindra United), 14-Anupam Sarkar, 4-Debabrata Roy (both East Bengal Club), 6-Habibur Rehman Mondal (Mohammedan Sporting Club).
Midfielders: 12-Subhas Chakraborty (Mohun Bagan AC), 3-Steven Dias (Mahindra United), 16-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (Sporting Clube de Goa), 13-Bungo Thokchom Singh, 21-Chitrasen Chandam Singh (both Churchill Brothers SC), 22-Climax Lawrence (Dempo SC).
Forwards: 15-Baichung Bhutia, 18-Sushil Kumar Singh (both Mohun Bagan AC), 10-Manjit Singh (Mahindra United), 11-Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal Club), 9-Sunil Chetri (JCT Mills).
Officials:
Chief Coach: Robert Douglas Houghton; Assistant Coach: Stanley Rozario; Goalkeeping Coach: Antonio Marcos Pacheco; Doctor: Dr. Manabendra Bhattacharya; Physical Trainer: Pradeep Dutta; Physiotherapist: Tapan Bhattacharya; Manager: Syed Nasir Ali.

::: Doha Asian Games: Iraq replaces Iran :::
by Armstrong Augusto Vaz: Iraq will take the place of IR Iran in Group D of the 15th Asian Games Football tournament following a Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) decision to suspend the Iran Football Association from all International games. Iraq will now meet India, Hong Kong and the Maldives.
The news came during the draw for the second round of the men's football competition at the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006. The draw took place at Al-Gharrafa stadium on Sunday, 26 November.
Tajikistan was drawn in Group A and will play hosts Qatar on the opening day of the competition, Tuesday, 28 November at Al-Sadd stadium. The other teams in the group are Uzbekistan and United Arab Emirates.
Jordan will take part in Group C, taking Yemen's place after they pulled out of the competition last week. Their debut will be against Kuwait while Thailand and Palestine complete the group.
Another team coming through the first round, Syria, are squared up against China, Oman and Malaysia in Group E. Meanwhile Kyrgyzstan takes Turkmenistan's original place after that country cancelled its participation in the Games. The Kyrgyz will now face Japan, DPR Korea and Pakistan in Group F.
Group B remains unchanged from the original schedule with Korea, Bahrain, Vietnam and Bangladesh all making their debuts on Tuesday, 28 November at Al-Gharrafa stadium.

November 25
RESULTS & NEWS

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Semifinal: Mohun Bagan AC 0-2 Dempo SC - Goals: 0-1 Roberto Mendes Silva (22'), 0-2 Anthony Pereira (74').
MOHUN BAGAN: Sangram Mukherjee; Bijay Baspore (46' Lal Kamal Bhowmick), Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, Goutam Debnath, Manas Das; Dulal Biswas, Mehtab Hussein, Suman Datta (85' Dhanraj Ravanan), Ndem A Guy Kiyeck Herve; Jose Ramirez Barreto, Surajit Bose (63' Surajit Bose).
DEMPO: VP Satish Kumar; Valeriano Rebello, John Charles Dias, Majekodumni Bolaji, Samir Naik; Jerry Zirsanga, Roberto Mendes Silva, Nacimento Silveira, Clifford Miranda; Ranty Martins Soleye, Anthony Pereira.
REFEREE: P Basker.
The recent shift of power in Indian football was evident today as "The Last" of the Calcuttans bowed out of the 119th Osian's Durand Cup 2006 in New Delhi. For the second year running, the powerhouses of Calcutta will be conspicuous by their absence in the final of the Durand Cup. With both Mohammedan Sporting and East Bengal bowing out with dismal campaigns early in the tournament, the hopes of Calcutta rested on the mighty Mohun Bagan team. However, in the first semi-final of the Durand Cup, Mohun Bagan was totally outplayed by Dempo.
Dempo looked totally in control throughout the match and scored twice without conceding to book a place in the finals. Roberto Mendes Silva, better known as Beto, put the Goan side ahead in the 22nd minute after a mistake by Mohun Bagan custodian Sangram Mukherjee. In the 74th minute, Anthony Pereira put the result beyond doubt as he slotted home Dempo's second from a deflected free-kick. Mohun Bagan may feel a little hard done by some erroneous decisions from the officials, especially a penalty claim which was declined by the referee. However, the deserving team certainly won as Mohun Bagan hardly looked like scoring, especially in the second half. With the IFA Shield less than two weeks away, it remains to be seen how the teams from Calcutta bounce back from their appalling Durand Cup campaigns.

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Semifinal: JCT Mills 0-0,1-0 Sporting Clube de Goa [after extra-time] - Goal: 1-0 Chidi Edeh (117').
JCT: Kalyan Chaubey; Daljit Singh, Harpreet Singh (106' Jaspal Singh), Sunday Ambrose, Anwar Ali; Shivraj Singh, Adebayo Tokunbo (88' Sukhwinder Singh), Harish Sharma (96' Jaswinder Singh), Baldeep Singh; Praveen Kumar, Chidi Edeh.
SPORTING: Luis Xavier Barreto; Philip Gomes, Bello Rasaq, Mathew Gonsalves; Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Rajesh N Meetei, Nicholas L Rodrigues, Joe Rodrigues (96' Joseph Pereira); MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi, Earnest Jeremiah.
REFEREE: S Suresh.

3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group A: Chandigarh FC 2-0 Uttar Pradesh Police - Goals: 1-0 Sunil Sharma (34'), 2-0 Harminder Singh (47').
3rd Division National Football League - North Zone / Group A: Border Security Force 10-0 Himalayan Tigers
3rd Division National Football League - East Zone: Pataliputra FC 2-3 South-East-Central Railway - Goals: 0-1 Kulwant Singh (1'), 1-1 Manmohan Singh (13'), 1-2 Ramchander Murmu (25'), 2-2 Avdesh Kumar (40'), 2-3 D Mazumdar (60').

11th Assam Club Championships - Round 2: Holy Seven Star Club, Barpeta 4-3 Samata Regional Sports Association, Nalbari [on penalties]
11th Assam Club Championships - Round 2: Sandhani Sangha, Karimganj 2-0 Dotoma Sports Club, Kokrajhar
Manipur State League: RACC, Churachandpur 0-5 Tiddim Road Athletic Union - Goals: Lunminlal Khongsai (3x), K Duidang, Saikhohao.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Semifinal: Oriental FC 2-3 Department of Youth Services and Sports

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Pondicherry 0-8 Karnataka - Goals: 0-1 Karthik (27'), 0-2,0-3,0-6 Tada Nadeel (62',66',75'), 0-4,0-8 Alex Pravin (68',90'), 0-5 Karthik AN (74'), 0-7 Thamodaran (87').

::: Biswajit Bhattacharya set to resign :::
Mohun Bagan coch Biswajit Bhattacharya has resigned from his post after going down to Dempo SC in the 119th Durand Cup earlier today. His resignation has not been accepted yet by the Mohun Bagan board members.

November 24
RESULTS & NEWS

Friendly - Sharjah: Al Shaab Club 1-1 INDIA U23 - Goals: 1-0 Abdullah Essa (4'), 1-1 Sunil Chetri (89').
Match Report (by Jerry Joy / IndianFootball.Com):
Sunil Chetri scored in the 89th minute to earn India a hard fought draw against a strong Al Shaab, Sharjah side.
India once again decided to leave their talismanic captain Baichung Bhutia out of the line-up as a result of which Sandip Nandy captained the side. India once again employed a 4-4-2 formation and started off with Irungbam Surkumar Singh, Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, Habibur Rehman Mondal and Debabrata Roy in defence, Steven Dias, Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep, Climax Lawrence and Bungo Thokchom Singh in midfield and Sushil Kumar Singh and Manjit Singh leading the lines. The Indians maintained a high line of defence throughout the entire match which made them susceptible to getting caught out on the through balls. The very first attack from the Al Shaab side in the 4th minute saw the Iranian player Jawad beating Irungbam Surkumar Singh on the right wing by sheer pace and delivering an inch perfect cross which was just out of the reach of Debabrata Roy on the opposite wing. The cross was met by a first time shot by Abdullah Essa who came charging in and Sandip Nandy did a good job to get down to the shot. But the rebound was knocked in by Abdullah Essa once again to give Al Shaab Club the lead.
The initial goal didn't deter the Indians and the heartening fact to be noted was the Indians pressing the Al Shaab players deep in their territory which caused lot of headaches to Al Shaab. The Indians made all their attacks from the right wing during the first half and Steven Dias and Surkumar delivered innumerable number of inviting crosses which the Indian forwards could not make use of. On the two occasions India were able to get at the end of the crosses NP Pradeep and Manjit Singh missed the mark narrowly. Inspite of all the promising play from the Indian side they did not test the Al Shaab goalkeeper sufficiently. The Indians were able to get just three shots on target in the first half which reflects the story. In between India had a let off when a mistake from Pradeep resulted in Jawad having a free run on goal, but good pressuring by Surkumar Singh and closing down by Sandip Nandy resulted in Jawad shooting wide. Special mention should be made about Steven Dias and Sushil Kumar Singh who ran their hearts out during the first half for the Indian side.
The Indians had an injury scare in the 25th minute when Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, one of the major hopes of the Indian defence, went down and had to be replaced by Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh in defence. On enquiring with the Indian coach and Manju directly it seems it was just a precautionary substitution and he should be fit to play in the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 opener against Hong Kong on the 29th.
The second half began with the captain Baichung Bhutia giving a pep talk to the team on the field just before kick-off. Subhashish Roy Chowdhury returned back in goal with Debabrata Roy moving to right wing back positon and Habibur Rehman Mondal moving to the left wing back position, while Anupam Sarkar and Gouramangi Singh patrolling the defence. In the midfield Climax Lawrence and Chitrasen Chandam Singh played in the middle while Syed Rahim Nabi played on the left wing and Subhas Chakraborty played on the right. Tarif Ahmed and Sunil Chetri led the lines. The second half was a repeat of the first half with Al Shaab having a majority of possession and the Indians pressing them through out and not giving any opportunities for Al Shaab players to have a shot on goal. Indian attacks in this half came entirely through the left side which involved Nabi and Habibur Rehman Mondal. There were quite a number of promising moves but the final ball let the Indians down. The 60th minute saw Pradeep replacing Climax and Surkumar coming back in place of Debabrata Roy. There was a sense of urgency in the Indians play in the final 30 minutes and Tarif Ahmed and Sunil Chetri won lot of first balls but to no avail. When it seemed that the game had slipped out the Indians grasp a foul was committed on Chitrasen near the centre half and there was no danger to the Al Shaab team. But quick thinking on part of Pradeep resulted in Pradeep tacking a quick free kick and finding Sunil Chetri just outside the right hand side of the penalty box. Sushil held the defender off and and dug the ball out from under his legs and hit a first time shot with his left foot which resulted in the ball nestling in the bottom right hand corner to give the Indians a hard fought draw.
The Indians can take heart from the fact that they were able to score from one of the half chances presented to them and with Baichung Bhutia set to return to the line up and uncertainty regarding Iran the Indian team has a realistic chance to make the quarter finals of the Asian Games.
INDIA: 1-Sandip Nandy; 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 30-Habibur Rehman Mondal, 31-Debabrata Roy; 63-Bungo Thokchom Singh, 41-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep, 40-Climax Lawrence, 12-Steven Dias; 9-Manjit Singh, 56-Sushil Kumar Kumar.
More information are available at the >>IndianFootball.Com National Team special

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group II: East Bengal Club 1-2 Army XI - Goals: 0-1,1-2 Vijay Thapa (47',67'), 1-1 Alvito D'Cunha (53').
EAST BENGAL: Abhra Mondal; Soumik Dey (30' Y Raju Singh), Muttath Suresh, Gurpreet Singh, Amulya Das; Jayanta Sen (72' Vimal Pariyar), Daniel Gil, Chandan Das, Hardeep Singh Saini; Alvito D'Cunha (59' Izumi Arata), Freddy Mascarenhas.
ARMY XI: Robikanta Singh; Birendra Bodra, V Ramu (66' Hemant Lama), S Ramesh, Irudaya Raj; Dilip M, Mahesh Rai, MG Ramachandran, Thirunavakarsu; N Guernilal, Vijay Thapa.
REFEREE: Mohammad Kamil.

119th Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group II: Dempo SC 1-1 JCT Mills - Goals: 0-1 Mandeep Singh Brar (65'), 1-1 Ishfaq Ahmed (67').

11th Assam Club Championships - Round 2: Assam Rifles 4-2 Salbagan Sports Club, Gossaingaon - Goals: 3xL Santa Singh, Thongjam Singh (both Assam Rifles); Ranjan Basumatary, Khanindra Basumatary (both Salbagan SC).
11th Assam Club Championships - Round 2: Blood Mouth Club, Hailakandi 5-4 Tengapukhuri Regional Sports Club, Nazira [on penalties]
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: HKKSA, Thoubal 1-2 Citizen's Club, Soibam Leikai
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: AIM, Khabam 0-0,3-1 YAC, Yaiskul [penalties]

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Semifinal: Army Service Corps 0-0,4-2 BEML (EM) [on penalties] - Goals: none.
Scorers for Army Service Corps: Santhosh, Ramesh, Rakesh, Choudry.
Scorers for BEML: Gopinath, Senthil // Muralidharan and Naveen missed their penalties.

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Jammu&Kashmir 0-2 Uttar Pradesh - Goals: 0-1 Shyam Bihari Yadav (12'), 0-2 Ashish (60').
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - West Zone Qualifiers: Madhya Pradesh 3-0 Rajasthan
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Kerala 1-3 Tamil Nadu - Goals: 1-0 Antony R (12'), 1-1 Antony Xavier (21'), 1-2 C Sadeep (41'), 1-3 M David (79').
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers - Final: Assam 0-1 Manipur - Goal: 0-1 K Gandhiba Kabui (82').

::: Dereyk DeSouza passes away :::
Dereyk DeSouza (69), former Indian international and well-known coach has passed away late Thursday night in Mumbai due to Cardiac arrest.
DeSouza earned several caps for the Indian national team and was part of the Indian national team, which finished 2nd in the 1964 Merdeka Cup.
IndianFootball.Com would like to pass on our condolences to his family members and friends!

::: AIFF meeting on NFL :::
AIFF Press Release: A meeting was held in Goa by the All India Football Association (AIFF) to discuss the organization of the 11th National Football League (NFL), draft calendar of AIFF for 2007-08 season and steps to be taken for professionalizing the NFL. Mr Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, President – AIFF, discussed the various challenges facing AIFF in organizing the 11th NFL including non-availability of grounds at various locations. He mentioned that talks were being conducted with various corporate houses for professionalizing the National Football League and a joint effort from the AIFF, Clubs and Corporate bodies is needed to successfully professionalize the NFL.
The AIFF General Secretary, Mr Alberto Colaco briefed the members about the inputs received from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) through the Vision Asia project, AFC ad-hoc committee on National Football Leagues in association with the Japanese Football Association and the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) who organize the German Bundesliga.
In the light of non-availability of grounds to host the 11th NFL, the use of alternate venues was approved in the meeting. Matches which are not likely to attract a large gathering may be played at the Barasat Stadium, Kolkata and Duler Ground, Goa. Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi and Devi Lal Stadium, Gurgaon were proposed as alternative venues for matches that can't be held in the host states due to ground availability issues.
The draft calendar for season 2007-08 was discussed in the meeting and suggestions were invited regarding the same. AIFF would be finalizing the calendar based on these inputs and subject to approval from the AIFF General Body shortly.

November 23
RESULTS & NEWS

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group I: Mahindra United 0-1 Sporting Clube de Goa - Goal: 0-1 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (36', penalty).
MAHINDRA: Amit Nandy; Appa Rao Chiman, Peter Siddiqui, Mahesh Gawli, Samson Fernandes, Bhola Prasad (58' Sushanth Mathew), James Singh (55' Tony Menezes), S Venkatesh (69' KN Ajayan), Rauf Khan, Felipe Azevedo, Yusif Yakubu.
SPORTING: Louis Barreto; Mathew Gonsalves, Phillip Gomes, Bello Rasaq, Rajesh Meetei, Harmanjot Khabra, Nicolas Rodrigues (56' Joseph Pereira), Nicolau Borges, Earnest Jeremiah (66' Chandrasekhar), Dudu, Joe Rodrigues (78' Godwin Franco).
YELLOW CARD: Godwin Franco (90+2').
REFEREE: P Baskar.

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group I: Mohun Bagan AC 1-0 Air-India - Goal: 1-0 Surajit Bose (90').
MOHUN BAGAN: Sangram Mukherjee; Bijoy Basfore, Dhanraj Ravanan, Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, Manas Das, Lalkamal Bhowmick, Mehtab Hussain, Suman Dutta, Chinmoy Sarkar (46' Dulal Biswas), Dipendu Biswas (46' Surajit Bose), Jose Ramirez Barreto (85' Ayan Chowdhury).
AIR-INDIA: Ethesham Ahmed; Santosh Koli, Benoy Kuruvilla, Uttam Leishangthem Singh (70' Paresh Shivalkar), Nirmal Chetri; Sumit Thapa (83' Bashiree Mohammed Abbas), Vijith Shetty, Bimal Minz, Sanju Pradhan, Hamza Zaheer Abbas, T Narendra Meetei (80' Samson Singh).
REFEREE: Referee: Ashok Ghosh.

11th Assam Club Championships - Round 1: Nepathya Club, Jorhat 2-4 Holy Seven Star Club, Barpeta
11th Assam Club Championships - Round 1: Radhabari Club, Bokakhat 0-1 9th Assam Police Battalion, Nagaon
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: NESU, Khurai 1-1,3-2 KRYPSA, Naoremthong [penalties]
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: GFC, Churachandpur 5-0 MBSU, Wahengbam Leikai
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Oriental FC 1-0 National FC

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Punjab 2-1 Uttaranchal - Goals: 0-1 Shailender Singh (19'), 1-1 Dalbir Singh (27'), 2-1 Jagdish Singh (85').
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Andhra Pradesh 0-3 Karnataka

::: FIFA suspends Iran from all international football :::
One of India's opponents in the 2006 Asian Games football tournament, Iran, was suspended today by world governing body FIFA because of government interference in running the game in the country.
This decision means that Iran is banned from all football action with immediate effect. One will have to see, if the Iran Football Federation is able to sort out the issue and is inducted again by FIFA or if the first casualty of the suspension is the football tournament at the Asian Games.
If Iran are out, then the two time defending champions wouldn't be able to defend their title, meaning India would get a new opponent in Group D besides their matches against Hongkong and the Maldives.

::: AFC General Secretary Velappan to retire :::
AFC release: Long-serving AFC General Secretary Dato Peter Velappan has announced that he would be stepping down at the end of this year after 30 years of meritorious service. Velappan, affectionately known as Dato, took over as the General Secretary of then fledgling AFC in 1977 and has since then played a dynamic role in transforming the way the game is played in Asia.
"The time has come to say goodbye," Velappan told the AFC Executive Committee today. "I have served Asian football for long and am happy at the way the AFC has grown."
"When I look back at my journey, it is nothing less than a dream. We started out in a small office with one secretary and look at what the AFC and Asian football have achieved today... I am overwhelmed."
The 71-year-old Velappan's vision and relentless membership drive saw the AFC grow from its humble roots to over 46 countries today, the most populous of FIFA's six confederations.
"I have experienced the best years of my life at the helm of the AFC, serving a sport which is very dear to me," said Velappan, who served as the Coordination Director of the Organising Committee for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan.
"I will take some time off for myself now to write about the history of Asian football and memoirs of my life."
Velappan said he has no doubts about AFC's position in the near future. "Under President Mohamed Bin Hammam's leadership we are scaling the heights like never before. In five to ten years' time we will be on top of the world."
The Malaysian is also in charge of AFC's revolutionary Vision Asia programme which promises to change the way football is played and administered in the vast continent.
AFC President Mohamed Bin Hammam announced that Deputy General Secretary Dato Paul Mony Samuel would take over as the General Secretary effective January 1, 2007. Bin Hammam also informed that Dato Velappan would be associated with AFC and will continue as the Director of Vision Asia "as long as he wants" besides being the Tournament Director of the AFC Asian Cup 2007 to be co-hosted by Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

::: 112th IFA Shield in December :::
The 112th edition of the IFA Shield will be held in Calcutta from December 5 to 15. Besides the big Maidan Three - East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan AC and Mohammedan Sporting Club, top teams from across India have been invited to the tournament. The clubs will use the tournament as preparation for the Federation Cup, which is set to thereafter.

November 22
RESULTS & NEWS

INDIA dropped five places further down the FIFA world rankings to now 148th amongst 206 ranked nation. In Asia INDIA is now ranked 27th, dropping three places from last month.
India 1-2 loss against Yemen last wednesday is a reason for the further drop in rankings and a 24 point loss in the rankings with India now having 112 points. Tiny south Asian island the Maldives has moved above India at 146th.

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group II: East Bengal Club 0-4 JCT Mills - Goals: 0-1 Praveen Kumar (22'), 0-2 Sunday Ambrose (63'), 0-3 Adebayo Tokunbo (81'), 0-4 Muttath Suresh (83', own Goal).
EAST BENGAL: Rajat; Vincent (Raju Singh), Suresh, Gurpreet, Soumik, Jayanta, Bibiano (71' Freddy), Daniel Carlos, Alvito, Pariyar (Arata Izumi), Thiago.
JCT: Karanjit (73' Kalyan); Baldeep, Anwar, Harpreet, Daljit, ?, Adebayo, Shivraj (69' Sukhjinder), Harish, Parveen, Chidi (82' Jaswinder).
YELLOW CARDS: Baldeep (68').

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group II: Dempo SC 2-1 Army XI - Goals: 1-0 Anthony Pereira (6'), 1-1 N Guernilal (8'), 2-1 Joaquim Abranches (87').

11th Assam Club Championships - Round 1: Marigaon SC, Morigaon 0-3 Sandhani Sangha, Karimganj
11th Assam Club Championships - Round 1: Heaven Blue AC, North Cachar Hills (walkover) Behali Tea Estate, Biswanath Charali
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: YSWA, Utlou 1-2 Citizen's Club, Soibam Leikai
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: AIM, Khabam 2-1 Sadar Hills XI
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: YAC, Yaiskul 1-0 YPO, Sora
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Dharmaraja Union 0-1 Army Service Corps
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Oriental FC 2-0 Government Press

All-India Sambalpur Cup - Final: Indian Bank 0-0,3-1 Punjab Police [penalties]

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Pondicherry 1-4 Kerala
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Assam 2-0 Tripura
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers - Semifinal: Manipur 1-1,1-0 Nagaland [extratime]

November 21
RESULTS & NEWS

::: A Chat with Bob Houghton in Dubai :::
IndianFootball.Com's Jerry Joy yesterday had the chance to chat with Indian national coach Bob Houghton on numerous issues after the press conference at the Iranian Club in Dubai. Bob gives an outlook at the upcoming Asian Games and his plans for India in the coming years and what needs to be done to improve our football.
Click here to read the complete >>Bob Houghton interview

Friendly - Dubai: Iranian Club, Dubai 0-4 INDIA U23 - Goals: 1-0 Manjit Singh (10'), 2-0 Nanjangud Shivananju Manju (12'), 3-0 Thokchom Bungo Singh (??'), 4-0 Climax Lawrence (88').
India ran out easy 4-0 winners against a sub-par Iranian club in the practice match which was held tonight at the Iranian Club ground, Dubai. The victory comes as a morale booster to the Indian team after the string of successive defeats they have suffered in the recent past.
Surkumar Singh captained the Indian side in the absence of regular captain Baichung Bhutia who was not even among the substitutes but was present with the Indian team on the sidelines. Bob Houghton decided to go back on what he had thought yesterday and decided to give new arrival Climax Lawrence a run in and decided to rest Bhutia.
The Indians employed a 4-4-2 formation for the entire match. In the first half India started with Subhashish Roy Chowdhury in goal; Surkumar Singh, NS Manju, Habibur Rehman Mondal and Debabrata Roy in defence; Syed Rahim Nabi, NP Pradeep, Gouramangi Singh and Steven Dias in midfield with Manjit Singh and Sushil Kumar leading the lines.
The Indians opened the scoring in the 10th minute from a corner which was headed in by Manjit Singh. The second goal followed in the 12th minute which was headed in by NS Manju from another freekick taken by Steven Dias from the left wing following a foul just outside the penalty box. India had numerous chances to increase the lead in the first half but they missed many gilt edged opportunities with Syed Rahim Nabi and Manjit Singh being the main culprits. One chance saw Nabi missing the goal from three yards out. Also there was no fluidity to the Indian game with mispasses galore.
The Indian keeper Subhashish Roy Chowdhury was a virtual spectator throughout the half until he was called into action for a freekick awarded to the Iranian Club just outside the box a few minutes before the break. But the Iranian Club could not capitalize on the opportunity.
The second half saw a change in personnel with Subrata Pal in the goal, Anupam Sarkar replacing Habibur Mondal. The midfield and the forward line had a new look to it with Subhas Chakraborty, Climax Lawrence, Chitrasen Singh and Bungo Singh lining up in the midfield with Tariq Ahmed and Sunil Chetri leading the Indian attack. Bungo Singh opened the scoring in the second half with a great volley from just outside the left hand side of the penalty box. The shot gave no chance to the opposition goalkeeper and the ball nestled in the top most left hand corner. The Indian team in the second half showed much better control and coordination with the calming presence of Climax Lawerence being the perceptible difference. The Indian team had quite a lot of promising moves but the end product was lacking. In situations where the Indian team managed to have a shot on target they came against a formidable opponent in the form of the Iranian Club goalkeeper who made 3-4 top class saves. But with 2 minutes left Climax completed the rout with a shot into the bottom right corner which was the culmination of a few good passes.
The event was covered by Ten Sports but the turnout was quite disappointing with hardly 50 spectators.
On evidence of this match India needs to improve by leaps and bounds to compete against UAE Premier League side Al Shaab on November 24 and the forthcoming 2006 Doha Asian Games.
INDIA: 45-Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (20-Subrata Pal); 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh, 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 30-Habibur Rehman Mondal (47-Anupam Sarkar), 31-Debabrata Roy; 10-Syed Rahim Nabi (62-Subhas Chakraborty), 41-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (42-Chitrasen Chandam Singh), 61-Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (40-Climax Lawrence), 12-Steven Dias (63-Bungo Thokchom Singh), 9-Manjit Singh (41-Tarif Ahmed), 56-Sushil Kumar Kumar (58-Sunil Chetri).
More information are available at the >>IndianFootball.Com National Team special

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group I: Mahindra United 1-1 Mohun Bagan AC - Goals: 0-1 Jose Ramirez Barreto (22'), 1-1 Jose Ramirez Barreto (48', own Goal).
MAHINDRA UNITED: Amit Nandy; Apparao Chiman, Mahesh Gawli, Peter Siddique, Samson Fernandes, James Singh (82' Mohammed Rafi) Bhola Prasad, Shanmugam Venkakesh, Rauf Sher Khan, Filipe Vaz de Azevedo, Yakubu
MOHUN BAGAN: Sangram Mukherjee; Manas Das, Goutam Debnath, Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda, Bijay Basfore, Suman Datta, Ndem A Guy Kiyeck Herve, Dulal Biswas, Chinmoy Sarkar, Dipendu Biswas(61' Ayan Chowdhury), Jose Ramirez Barreto.
YELLOW CARDS: Filipe Vaz de Azevedo (25'), Bhola Prasad (87', both Mahindra).
REFEREE: S Suresh (Tamil Nadu).

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group I: Sporting Clube de Goa 1-0 Air-India - Goal: 1-0 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (71').
SPORTING CLUBE: Luis Xavier Barreto; Mathew Gonsalves, Philip Gomes, Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Rajesh N Meetei, Earnest Jeremiah, MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi, Nicolas Borges, Nicolas Rodrigues (85' C Chandrasekhar), Bello Rasaq, Joe Rodrigues (89' Joseph Pereira).
AIR-INDIA: Ethesham Ahmed; Vijith Shetty, Uttam Leishangthem Singh, Samson Singh (61' Benoy Kuruvilla), Noel Fernandes (76' Bimal Minz), HringsolalThomte, Paresh Shivalkar (83' T Narender Meetei), Santosh Koli, Bashiree Mohammed Abbas, Abiodun Kolawole Martins, Femi Joseph Adeola.
YELLOW CARDS: Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (45+1', Air-India)
REFEREE: A Arjunan (Services).

11th Assam Club Championships - Round 1: Assam Rifles 9-0 T Nabajyoti Yubak Sangha, Sadia

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Mumbai United 1-1 Indian Navy - Goals: 1-0 Shabaz Khan (53'), 1-1 Shaji D'Silva (56').
MUMBAI UTD: Manish Kajania; Raza Farhat, Suresh Babu (61' Philip Gonsalves), Elvis Pereira, Sachin Koli, Satish Veersingh, Nawaz Rehman, Abbas Rizvi, Meraj Ali, Shabaz Khan (80' Richie Robert), Raza Rizvi.
INDIAN NAVY: SVV Suku; A Bhandari, PS Sumesh, V Venugopal (56' N Dhayia), PJJ Jerry, CT Sajith, Mukesh Kumar, Samson Antony, V Abhilash, Shaji A D'Silva (76' Perjeet Kumar), R Gurung (46' S Hoakip).
REFEREE: Victor D'Souza.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Oriental FC 1-2 Army Service Corps
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Dharmaraja Union 1-3 National FC

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group B: Uttaranchal 2-2 Delhi
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group B: Jammu&Kashmir 2-1 Himachal Pradesh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - South Zone Qualifiers: Tamil Nadu 3-0 Andhra Pradesh

November 20
IndianFootball.Com partners with international football website Goal.com

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::: IFC Feature Series on football Youth Development projects in India continues :::
IndianFootball.Com today continues it's Feature Series on football Youth Development projects in India, where we look at different projects across India. As part of the series we will bring you stories, interviews and more from these youth football projects.
IndianFootball.Com's Harmit Singh Kamboe conducted an interview with PK Mukherjee, the managing Director of SESA Goa, to tell us more about the SESA Football Academy.
At IndianFootball.Com since our founding, we have been an ardent supporter of the view point that youth development is the key to Indian football's future success. In keeping with our stand, we chose to be active participants in the development of football talent in India, rather than just objective, third party reporters.
Click here to read the complete >>PK Mukherjee (Sesa Goa) interview

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group II: East Bengal Club 0-0 Dempo SC - Goals: none.
EAST BENGAL: Rajat; Vincent, Suresh, Gurpreet, Soumik, Chandan, Bibiano (62' Jayanta), Dipankar, Daniel Carlos, Thiago (67' Freddy), Pariyar.
DEMPO: Satish; Nascimento, John Dias, Bolaji, Samir, Rebello, Anthony Periera (70' Abranches), Beto, Clifford, Jerry (83' Ishfaq), Ranty.
YELLOW CARDS: Bolaji, Clifford (74'), Abranches (81').
RED CARD: Dipankar Roy (46').

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group II: Army XI 0-0 JCT Mills - Goals: none.

11th Assam Club Championships - Round 1: Mudoibari Club, Mangaldoi 3-9 Borakuri Anchalik Krira Santha, Tinsukia

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Central Railway 3-0 Maharashtra State Police - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Kasif Jamal (8',??'), 3-0 Aziz Qureshi.
CR: Raghuvir Khanolkar; Douzy Godinho, NK Dilip, Prabash Janardhan, Agnelo Fernandes, Shanta Kumar P, Pankaj Raware (83' Hameed Ansari), Denis George (78' ??), Altaf Khan (88' Masood Ansari), Aziz Qureshi, Kasif Jamal.
MSP: Sailesh Naik; Vaibhav Kadam, Sachin Jaiswal (15' Datta Thorat), Utpal Kadam, Kanjilal Arunawa, Parag Sawant, Santosh Telang, Faraz Sheikh, Pankaj Deshmukh (65' Sharad Patil), Uday Badkar (20' Afaque Ansari), Sandip Badkar.
YELLOW CARD: Altaf Khan (71'), Aziz Qureshi (36'), Kasif Jamal (61'); Faraz Sheikh (76').
REFEREE: S Bathena.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group B: BWSSB 0-3 BEML (EM)
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group B: AGORC 2-6 Department of Youth Services and Sports

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group A: Haryana 2-2 Chandigarh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group A: Punjab 1-0 Uttar Pradesh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Manipur 1-0 Mizoram

::: Bob Houghton: Make India Competitive for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers :::
Jerry Joy reporting: A press conference was held at the Iranian Club, Dubai today at 14.00 hrs (Dubai time). The Indian national team was represented by Coach Bob Houghton and Manager Syed Nasir Ali along with Tour organiser Raul Fernandes from GIP, Dubai and Iranian Club representative Mr. Mehmoodi.
Raul Fernandes started off the press conference by introducing the gentlemen on the stage.
Raul also informed that the Indian team would be playing 2 practice matches -
• November 21 (20.00 hrs): INDIA U23 vs Iranian Club; Venue: Iranian Club
• November 24 (16.45 hrs): INDIA U23 vs Al Shaab Club, Sharjah; Venue: Al Shaab Club, Sharjah
Bob Houghton took over and began by thanking Raul Fernandes of GIP, Dubai and Iranian Club on behalf of the Indian national team for providing them excellent facilities for the training camp and for their hospitality.
Bob Houghton also made the point that Iran has produced players who have proved that they can compete in the best leagues of the world and are still doing so with examples of Ali Daei, Ali Karimi, Khodadad Azizi and Mehdi Mahdavikia.
Bob Houghton informed that the Indian team for the Asian Games was basically a development team, U23 team, with only three overage players. He also made it clear that only Baichung Bhutia will be playing amongst the overage players in tomorrows practice game and they had agreed to unlimited number of substitutions with Iranian Club for the match.
When asked about the chances of Deepak Kumar Mondal joining the team, Bob Houghton made it clear that it would be Climax Lawrence who would be joining the team as the third overage player.
He also felt India currently ranked as No.29 in Asia is unacceptable and that his main target was "Making India competitive by the time of World Cup 2014 qualifiers which would begin in 2012".
When queried about the role of Priya Ranjan Das Munshi who has been in charge of the AIFF for nearly two decades and still no improvement to the national team Bob felt he has been quite supportive and he has given Bob a free reign. Also Bob felt that the president has only influenced positively.
Bob also mentioned that India had four of their centre backs missing - Sanjeev Kumar Maria, Mahesh Gawli and Narinder Singh (due to injuries) and Deepak Kumar Mondal (marriage) but it would be a great opportunity for youngsters like Habibur Rehman Mondal to gain experience.
Bob was also of the opinion that tournaments like the Durand Cup and the Santosh Trophy are nonsense as a result of which players like Mehraj din Wadoo, an important player of the Indian national team, gets injured as a result of playing three games in the seven days. He also felt that more importance was given to the local leagues citing the example of Bob having to release eight players from the two week camp which was held for his first match in charge of India against Saudi Arabia in Calcutta.
Also Bob expressed the view that 14 players out of the 22 players for the Asian Games are from two clubs which is not a healthy practice. Also he felt the biggest problems with respect to the Indian NFL were the problem of scheduling and that was the only country that would play on the weekend before international weeks designated by FIFA.

November 19
RESULTS & NEWS

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group I: Mahindra United 2-1 Air-India - Goals: 1-0,2-0 Filipe Vaz de Azevedo (34',45'), 2-1 Paresh Shivalkar (65').
MAHINDRA: Amit Nandy; Samson Fernandes, S Venkatesh, Sushanth Mathew, Filipe Azevedo (89' Mohammed Rafi), Yusif Yakubu, Mahesh Gwali, James Singh (76' Appa Rao Chiman), Peter Siddiqui, Bhola Prasad (90' Othallo Tabia), Rauf Khan.
AIR-INDIA: Raju Ekka; Benoy Kuruvilla, Vijith Shetty, Uttam Singh, Samson Singh (83' Narendra Meetei), Javed Ansari (55' H Thomte), Santosh Koli, Paresh Shivalkar, Sumit Thapa (45' Noel Fernandes), Bashiru Abbas, A Martins.
YELLOW CARD: Samson Singh (77'), Noel Fernandes (81').
REFEREE: Bikramjit Purakayatha.

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Quarterfinal League Group I: Mohun Bagan AC 2-1 Sporting Clube de Goa - Goals: 1-0 Dulal Biswas (73'), 2-0 Jose Ramirez Barreto (75'), 2-1 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (79').
MOHUN BAGAN: Sangram Mukherji; Bijoy Basfore, Manas Das, Anit Ghosh (46' Ayan Choudhury), Barreto, Goutam Debnath, Dulal Biswas, Lalkamal Bhowmick (79' Dipendu Biswas), Suman Datta, Eduardo, Ndem.
SPORTING: Louis Barreto; Mathew Gonsalves, Phillip Gomes, Rajesh Meetei, Earnest Jeremiah, Dudu, Wilton Gomes (86' Godwin Franco), Nicolas Rodrigues (78' Nicolau Borges), Bello Rasaq, Joseph Pereira (77' Harmanjot Khabra), Joe Rodrigues.
YELLOW CARD: Goutam Debnath (15'), Jose Barreto (36'); Mathew Gonsalves (39'), Joe Rogrigues (64'), Dudu (79').
REFEREE: P Basker.

50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: GFC, Churachandpur 4-0 KLASA, Keinou
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: MBSU, Wahengbam Leikai 3-0 AJSA, Jiribam
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: HKSA, Thoubal 3-0 FSC, Kakching
Manipur State League: Southern Sporting Union 2-1 Phoudel Youth Club, Thoubal - Goals: 0-1 O Bijeshor Singh (40'), 1-1,2-1 L Tiken Singh (61',80').
Manipur State League: Eastern Sporting Union 0-3 YWC, Thambalkhong - Goals: 0-1 Ng Santosh Singh (14'), 0-2 Saran Singh (48'), 0-3 L Nabachandra Singh (65').
Manipur State League: Tiddim Road Athletic Union 6-0 YWO, Bishnupur - Goals: 1-0,2-0,4-0 Lunminlal Khongsai (1',16',30'), 3-0,6-0 G Ninja Kabui (17',90+1'), 5-0 M Manglemba Singh (63').
Manipur State League: SAI Regional Centre, Imphal 0-5 Manipur Police SC - Goals: 0-1,0-2,0-4 Nilakumar Singh (12',40',77'), 0-3 Helen Singh (42'), 0-5 Ksh Kanta Singh (86').
Manipur State League: AMOFA, Moirang 2-0 Kakching FC - Goals: 1-0 Joychandra Singh (27'), 2-0 S Rocky Kom (76').

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Indian Navy 2-2 Bengal Mumbai FC - Goals: 0-1, 0-2 Alok Thakkar (9', 68'), 1-2 PS Sumesh (73'), 2-2 VS Abhilash (74').
INDIAN NAVY: VS Mankotia; A Bhandari, PS Sumesh, V Venugopal (62' N Dhayia), CS Abhilash, CT Sajith (51' Ramesh Kumar), Shirol Thapa, Samson Antony, Mukesh Kumar, Shaji A D'Silva, R Gurung (59' Ujin Jemet).
BMFC: Sarath E Charath; Aqueel Ansari, Carl Tamboly, Khalid Siddiqui, Shinoj P Chandran, Sameer Ansari, Pradeep Chopdekar, Alok Thakkar, Saad Ansari (82' Mohammed Ali), Amitava Ganguly, Arshad Ansari (57' S Srivastava).
YELLOW CARDS: Amitava Ganguly (67').
REFEREE: Joaquim Varela.

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group B: Akbar Travels 1-0 Bank of India - Goals: 1-0 Vijesh P Vijayan (35').
AKBAR TRAVELS: Nidhin Lal; Vijesh P Vijayan, Liliyan Kenneth, Anoop Kumar, Nizam Meledath, Bijumon Kaiparath, Sumesh T (38' Sandeep), Salim Parekad, Sumesh KR, Joseph Pereira, Joby T.
BOI: Sanjeev Verma; Navin Kotian (68' Harish Bhoir), Prakash Mehra, Munir Sheikh, Amit Yadav, Shahnawaz Ansari, Shankar Thakur, Raul Zhanzad (60' Stephen Gupta), Reegan Pitambaran (58' Anton Saldanha), Velu Karmagulam, Aakash Jadhav.
YELLOW CARDS: Nizam Meledath (65'), Sumesh T (24'); Munir Sheikh (26').
RED CARDS: Amit Yadav (41').
REFEREE: Sayad Yasin.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: National FC 0-3 Army Service Corps
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Dharmaraja Union 0-3 Government Press

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group B: Jammu&Kashmir 4-2 Delhi
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group B: Uttaranchal 12-0 Himachal Pradesh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - East Zone Qualifiers: Bihar 2-3 Orissa
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Nagaland 0-1 Assam

::: Coca Cola Chandigarh Football Festival for U10 a grand success :::
The Chandigarh FA today added another chapter in their efforts to promote and popularise football in the region by organising the first Coca Cola Chandigarh Football Festival for boys Under-10 on the pattern of Vision Asia. The festival was aimed at attracting youngsters to adopt fascinating sports discipline - football. And the response from various schools was most encouraging. Youngsters and enthusiastic young football crop of Chandigarh turned up for the 'Festival'. Attendance of parents and school officials was most impressive witnessed for the first time in a football festival in the city.
On the final day of the Festival which began on November 17 skill competitions were conducted. Attited in their school football kits, these youngsters made it a memorable day. There was no lack of enthusiasm while taking part in dribbling, shooting or undergoind test for goalkeeping.
Amrinder Singh of St Kabir School, Sector 26 was declared the best goalkeeper as he conceded the less number of goals in goalkeeping tests. Prince of St Joseph's School-44 came second.
In shooting skills, three children qualified for the final by scoring goals from a marked distance. The tie-breaker rule was applied to decide the winner. Navjot of St Xavier's became champion. On the spin of coin Richi was declared first runner-up. Second runner-up Yuvraj was given a consolation prize. Pankaj of St Stephen's School excelled most in dribbling. Yuvraj of St Stephen's-45 became runner-up.
After the prize distribution by the Chandigarh FA president Principal Ravinder Talwar, the participants were given refreshment and soft drinks.
The CFA is conducting tournaments in all age groups. The association is also paying full attention to promote football among girls.

November 18
RESULTS & NEWS

In the latest IndianFootball.Com Guest Column by Jerry Joy titled "Indian Football in the UAE", Jerry looks at Indian football activities in the United Arab Emirates where many Indians are based.
Read the complete article here >>IndianFootball.Com Guest Column - Jerry Joy .

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal League Group A: Air-India 5-2 Assam Rifles - Goals: 0-1,1-2 Bulu Jigdung (43',48'), 1-1,4-2 Vijith Shetty (47',72'), 2-2 Benoy Kuruvilla (55'), 3-2 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (58'), 5-2 Paresh Shivalkar (90+2').
AIR-INDIA: aju Ekka; Vijith Shetty, Uttam Singh, Samson Singh (83' Narendra Meetei), Noel Fernandes, H Thomte, Paresh Shivalkar, Sanju Pradhan (46' Benoy Kuruvilla), Bashiru Abbas, AK Martins, Joseph (73' Sumit Thapa).
ASSAM RIFLES: Satbinder Singh (46' Manichandra S); Omankuttan, Dancing Mukhim, Naoba Singh, Thoiba Singh, Akum Ao, Johnny Kharluki (78' Chibor Dhakar), Abel Sema, Kamai M, Ajit Singh, Buke Jigdong.
YELLOW CARD: Joseph (42').
REFEREE: SB Saha.

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal League Group B: JCT Mills 3-0 Border Security Force - Goals: 1-0 Adebayo Tokunbo (46'), 2-0 Shivraj Singh (68'), 3-0 Renedy Singh (81').
JCT: Karanjit Singh; Baldeep Singh, Harpreet Singh, Anwar Ali, Daljit Singh, Sukhjinder Singh (46' Sukhjinder Singh), Adebayo Tokunbo, Bimanyu Bimal Birua (Renedy Singh), Rakinderjit Singh, Parveen Kumar (Mandeep Singh Brar), Chidi Edeh.
BSF: Machinder Singh (Deepak Hazarika); Tapan Bhattacharya, Gurminder Singh, Deepak Kumar, Sarabjit Singh, J Jouseph, Surjit Singh (Kabul Singh), Raghbir Singh, Santosh Kumar, PB Ekka, Samrat Roy Choudhury.

50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: KRYPSA, Naoremthong 6-1 PSCC, Chandel
50th Churachand Singh Invitation Football Trophy, Imphal - Qualifier: NESU, Khurai 3-1 AFA, Thoubal
Manipur State League: NEROCA 3-1 RACC, Churachandpur - Goals: 1-0 Kh Ramesh Singh (16'), 2-0 Suresh Rai (39'), 2-1 Lamkhamsuan Laltlansang (68'), 3-1 K Ajitkumar Singh (79').

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group B: Mumbai Customs 0-0 Western Railway - Goals: none.
CUSTOMS: Rajesh Bangera; Milton Fernandes, Chandra Murthy (80' Vikas Mangela), Hekmat Singh, Omkar Sawant, Nigel D'Souza, Nelson Cardoz, Ashish Bhoir, Ajit Sinde (85' CS Nazeer), Nitin Kotian, Sajid Ansari.
WR: Nitesh Thakur; Prashant Ahir, Sajid Ansari, Jayesh Martin, Suvendu Hui, S Khan (55' Ruebin D'Souza), Inam ul Haque (67' Anil Pawar), Gurunath Reddy, Poly Cherian (89' Sameer Sheikh), Agnelo Picardo.
YELLOW CARDS: Inam ul Haque (59'), Agnelo Picardo (44'); Hekmat Singh (73').
REFEREE: Nitin Bhosle.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group B: AGORC 0-0 BEML (EM)
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group B: BWSSB 1-7 Department of Youth Services and Sports

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group A: Punjab 7-0 Chandigarh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group A: Haryana 0-0 Uttar Pradesh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Mizoram 1-1 Tripura

::: Asian Games: Football team not cleared by government yet :::
The campaign at the 2006 Asian Games for the Indian football team starts on November 29, but the clearance from the Government of India for football and seven other team sports is still pending. Like in the last couple of Asian Games the AIFF is now likely to once more take care of the costs under the 'no-cost-to-Government' formula. But the AIFF awaits the clearance from the Indian Olympic Association.
Meanwhile the Indian team arrived on Thursday in Dubai after their match in Yemen. India's camp has been made possible by Dubai-based Gulf International Promotions. India is set to play Iranian Club, Dubai on November 21 and face Al Shaab, Sharjah on November 24.

::: 11th NFL meeting on November 24 in Goa :::
The AIFF has called a meeting at the Marriot hotel, Panjim in Goa on November 24 to discuss matters related to the upcoming 11th National League. The AIFF has invited participating clubs and the hosting state FA's to the meeting which will discuss numerous issues related to the 11th NFL. The non-availability of grounds and fixtures & venues will be high on the agenda of the meeting.

November 17
RESULTS & NEWS

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal League Group A: Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-0 Assam Rifles - Goals: 1-0 Raman Vijayan (11'), 2-0 Harvinder Singh (26').
MSC: Arindam Ghosh; Debjit Ghosh, Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, Muttath Sudeesh, Asim Das, Noel Anthony Wilson, Sunil Kumar (75' Madhab Das), Jamir Ali Mondal, Surojit Roy, Raman Vijayan (59' Bijen Singh, 88' Subrata Guha), Harvinder Singh.
ASSAM RIFLES: Satbinder Singh; Dan Singh (33' Chibor), Naoba Singh, Omankuttan, Bulu Singh, Thoiba Singh, Abel Sema, Santa Singh (58' Kamai), Johnny, Ajit (75' Rungsung), Akum Ao.
YELLOW CARDS: Asim Das (51'), Harvinder Singh (88', both MSC).
REFEREE: AK Ghosh.

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal League Group B: Tata Football Academy 0-1 Border Security Force - Goal: 0-1 Sarabjit Singh (31').
TFA: Cheeradeep; Karan, Naveen, Jibon, Raju, K Bineesh (77' Robin Singh), D Muralidharan, Malsawma, Hiralal Chetri, Lalramluaha, Branco Vincent Cardozo.
BSF: Kameshwar Singh; Tapan Bhattcharya, Gurminder Singh, Deepak Kumar, Sarabjit Singh, J Jouseph (49' Prasanta Das, 74' Kamal Kishore), Gurjit Singh, Raghbir Singh, Santosh Sheti, PB Ekka, Samrat Choudhury.
REFEREE: Pratap.

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Indian Navy 0-1 Maharashtra State Police - Goal: 0-1 Faraz Sheikh (90'+1').
INDIAN NAVY: SVV Suku; A Bhandari, PS Sumesh, V Venugopal, VS Abhilash, Mukesh Kumar, CT Sajith, PJJ Jerry, Samson Antony, R Gurung (53' S Hoakip), Saji A D'Silva.
MSP: Sailesh Naik; Vaibhav Kadam, Sachin Jaiswal, Utpal Kadam, Santosh Telang, Parag Sawant, Faraz Sheikh, Santaji Chavan (85' Sharad Patil), Sandip Badkar, Uday Badkar (56' Afaque Ansari), Riaz Sheikh (31' Pankaj Deshmukh).
YELLOW CARDS: PS Sumesh (21'), Saji A D'silva (88'); Sachin Jaiswal (59'), Parag Sawant (75'), Afaque Ansari (75').
REFEREE: Elvis Nunez.

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Central Railway 1-1 ONGC - Goals: 1-0 Soccor Velho (37'), 1-1 Amit Mandal (81').
CR: Raghuvir Khanolkar; Douzy Godinho, Prabash Janardhan, Sagar Amin, Agnelo Fernandes, Shanta Kumar P, Denis George (54' Masood Ansari), Pankaj Raware, Siddharth Kamat (76' Asif Jamal), Soccor Velho, Kasif Jamal.
ONGC: Bilifang Narzary; Caetano Pinho, Krishna Shirodkar, Cliford Kilmo, Khabijit Khotel, Mehtab Hussain (82' Anthony Fernandes), Jatin Bisht, Amit Manday, Gulidom Rongmoi (53' Uttam Debnath), Sandip Das, Supratik Ain (40' Sunil Choudhary).
REFEREE: Ramesh Subramaniam.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Oriental FC 7-0 Dharmaraja Union
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: National FC 2-2 Government Press

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group B: Uttaranchal 2-2 Jammu&Kashmir
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group B: Delhi 2-0 Himachal Pradesh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - East Zone Qualifiers: West Bengal 1-0 Orissa
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Assam 1-1 Nagaland

::: 28th Federation Cup fixtures out :::
The draw of the fixtures for the 28th Federation Cup to be held from December 18 to 30 in Calcutta was done at Football House, Dwarka in New Delhi today morning. India's top 16 clubs will vie for the coveted title and in Peerless a new title sponsor has been found for India's biggest knockout tournament.
This edition of the Peerless Federation Cup will offer a total prize money of Rs 2,6 Million. The winner of the tournament will take home Rs. 1,2 Million while the runners-up will win Rs.700,000. The third placed side receives Rs 200,000. Also, the winners of the Quarterfinal get a cheque of Rs. 60,000 while the winner of Pre-Quarterfinals will receive a prize money of Rs. 30,000. The Fair Play Team Award instituted last year will continue with a prize money of Rs. 50,000.
This year, the Peerless Federation Cup is expected to be a big draw with some of the biggest clubs of Indian football participating in the tournament. The draw saw 16 teams separated in four pots divided on the basis of their performances during the last year. The clubs participating in this edition of the Peerless Federation Cup include defending champions Mahindra United, runners-up Sporting Clube de Goa, East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan AC, Dempo SC, JCT Mills, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Air-India, Churchill Brothers SC, Salgaocar SC, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC, Vasco SC, United SC, Army XI, State Bank of Travancore and Viva Kerala.
Peerless Group Managing Director SK Roy said, "Football is one of the most popular sports in the country played and watched by millions of people and with Federation Cup being organised in a grand way there is no better event for which Peerless Group could be the title sponsor. I am confident, the Peerless Federation Cup 2006 will go a long way in reviving our yesteryears' glory in football and the Tournament will turn out to be a mega sporting event fuelling our national pride." He further added, "In tune with its corporate philosophy, PGFI has been promoting and patronizing various games and sports, over the decades."
AIFF president Priya Ranjan Das Munshi said on the occasion," I am delighted that Peerless have come on board as the title sponsors, which will give a much-needed fillip to the Federation Cup. Indian Football has a lot to achieve and we require committed sponsor like Peerless to attain our goals." He further added," With a very strong and ambitious line-up of football clubs, we expect this year's Federation Cup to be a big draw and a challenging encounter for a dazzling and entertaining display of football than ever before."
Zee Sports Business Head Himanshu Mody said, "We are proud to be associated with the Peerless Group, the premier and most trusted residuary non-banking company in India. It is encouraging to see that more and more corporates are coming forward to work with us on Indian Football and are entering into multi year deals. We are sure that the game of football will attract more corporate support in the years to come". He added, "Our commitment to promoting the cause of Indian Football has been evident in the first year of our contract itself, with high end production, glamour, glitz and presentation and we will endeavour to better it this year."
For the fixtures go to 28th Federation Cup fixtures .

::: No NFL at Nehru Stadium, Margao? :::
Matches of the upcoming 11th National League in Goa could face once more venue problems.
Once more during an NFL, the Sports Authority of Goa has handed the Nehru Stadium, Margao, which happens to be Goa's only international level football and cricket venue, to the Goa Cricket Association. This time for a One-Day International to be played on February 14 between India and Sri Lanka. This would mean that the Nehru Stadium would be handed to the GCA in mid-December so that they can prepare the venue for Cricket.
For the AIFF and the Goa FA this means looking for options in the NFL calendar and alternative venues. The renovated and expanded Duler ground in Mapusa might be a local alternative in Goa. That stadium is set to be inaugurated by the AIFF president Das Munshi on November 24. Other options would be Calicut, Bangalore and New Delhi.
In Calcutta meanwhile the Calcutta Police has informed the local organising IFA that for some proposed matches they wouldn't be able to deploy police forces at the Saltlake Stadium. Alternative venues could be the Barasat Stadium and the Howrah Stadium.
An AIFF meeting would be held on November 25 in Goa to discuss and decide on NFL venues.

November 16
RESULTS & NEWS

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal League Group A: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Air-India - Goals: 1-0 Noel Anthony Wilson (8'), 1-1 Noel Fernandes (39'), 1-2 Bashiree Mohammed Abbas (81').
MSC: Nasibul Haque; Anabalath Sulaiman Firoze, Madhab Das, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Asim Das, Surojit Roy, Sunil Kumar, Noel Anthony Wilson, Muttath Sudeesh, Bijen Singh (62' Raman Vijayan), Harvinder Singh (46' Jamir Ali Mondal).
AIR-INDIA: Ethesham Ahmed; Femi Joseph Adeola, Abiodun Kolawole Martins, Benoy Kuruvilla, Uttam Leishangthem Singh, Noel Fernandes (71' Hamza Zaheer Abbas), Vijith Shetty, Javed Ansari (84' Hringsolal Thomte), Paresh Shivalkar, Samson Singh (79' T Narendra Meetei), Bashiree Mohammed Abbas.
YELLOW CARDS: Harvinder Singh (36', MSC); Hamza Zaheer Abbas (89', Air-India).
REFEREE: A Arjunan (Services).

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Pre-Quarterfinal League Group B: JCT Mills 2-0 Tata Football Academy - Goals: 1-0 Parveen Kumar (78'), 2-0 Chidi Edeh (81').
JCT: Karanjit Singh; Jaspal Singh, Harpreet Singh, Anwar Ali, Daljit Singh, Sukhjinder Singh (46' Baldeep Singh), Sunday Ambrose (60' Shivraj Singh), Adebayo Tokunbo (74' Rakinderjit Singh), Bimanyu Bimal Birua, Parveen Kumar, Chidi Edeh.
TFA: Abhijit; Raju, Rakesh Masih, Karan, Jibon, Henry Gangte, Lalramluaha, K Bineesh (67' S Muralidharan), Hiralal Chetri, Goutam Kujur (87' Malsawma), Branco Vincent Cardozo.
YELLOW CARDS: Rakesh Masih (13'), Branco Vincent Cardozo (85'), Ramluaha (87', all TFA).
REFEREE: Deepak Bisht (Delhi).

Mumbai Super Division - Playoffs: Central Bank of India 0-3 Dena Bank
Mumbai Super Division - Playoffs: Kenkre Football Academy 3-2 Mumbai Port Trust
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group B: BEML (EM) 1-1 Department of Youth Services and Sports
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group B: AGORC 2-0 BWSSB

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group A: Punjab 3-1 Haryana
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - North Zone Qualifiers - Group A: Uttar Pradesh 1-1 Chandigarh
42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - NorthEast Zone Qualifiers: Manipur 0-0 Tripura Assam - Nagaland

::: 24 Teams in GIP Football Tourney :::
Dubai-based Gulf International Promotions are organizing their first 5 A-Side football tournament at the Iranian stadium, Dubai on Friday, November 17. A record total of 24 teams have entered the tournament. Games start at 13.30 and should conclude by 19.00 local time.
According to Chief organizer Raul Fernandes, the Indian national team with Coach Bob Houghton are expected to be at the event and will have a light training session after the tournament. The Chief Guest at the final will be Mr Joaquim Alemao, Minister of Urban Development, Government of Goa who has flown in for the tournament. Entry to the stadium is free and some exciting games are in the offing.
The following 24 teams will fight for the handsome trophy:
POOL A: Shirazi.com; TNT St Marys Boys; Cansaulim; Gulf Agenfy A; Multichoice; Emirates Airline
POOL B: Dnata; Vaxim Divar; Aldona United B; Siolim United; TNT Stallions; Churchill Brothers, Dubai
POOL C: McDermott Me; St Anthony; Varca; Aldona United A; Kidneypool, Al Sadiq School
POOL D: Iranian Club; Emarat; Gulf Agency B, Madmax, Emirates Flight Catering, Dubai Duty Free

::: PIFA to market Cruzeiro EC first coaches coaching program :::
The Mumbai-based Premier India Football Academy will market in India the Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, Brazil coaches exchange program to be held in Brazil.
The PIFA in keeping with its motto "To be the best, train with the best!", will promote the Cruzerio Esporte Clube - First Coaching Course of Cruzeiro EC Exchange Program to be held from February 26 to March 4, 2007.
Cruzerio EC founded in 1921, have developed world class players like Ronaldo and Dida. They are the only club in Brazil to win the triple crown in 2003 (Brasil Cup, Brazilan league & Minas Gerais State Championship).
This will mark the beginning of the interaction between the two nations to promote football. This program will help the coaches to understand how Brazil is able to produce world class football players and how the same can be adopted in India, both countries having similiar economies.
Coaches from all over the world have already enrolled for this exciting program.
The course will be certified by Minas Gerais Football Federation and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and will cost USD 1,500.00 + airfare to Belo Horizonte.
The cost will include all transportation in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 7 nights accommodation at Pampulha Lieu Hotel, all meals, training at the Toca da Raposa I, training complex of Cruzeiro EC, 36 hours of theory and practical sessions done in English by Emerson Avila and Emerson Silami, assistant coach and physiologist of the Cruzeiro Professional Squad.
Further the participants will be provided:
• Match Tickets to the State Professional league at Mineirão stadium, second biggest brazilian stadium
• Match Tickets to see Belo Horizonte City Youth Teams League
• Visit the Toca da Raposa II, training complex of Cruzeiro EC professional squad and watch a training session
• Visit to Cruzeiro EC Leisure Club (sports complex with swimming pools, sauna, futsal, basketball, volleyball courts)
• A half day city tour in Belo Horizonte city
• Cruzeiro EC fan shop
• Use of internet at Toca da Raposa I

November 15
IndianFootball.Com Editorial Team expands into North America

IndianFootball.Com would like to announce the addition of Harmit Singh Kamboe to our IFC Editorial Team. Harmit will be strengthening our North American operations as a correspondent, who would also continue to write about current developments within Indian football and look into youth development in India. Welcome Harmit to IFC!!!
To view our >>IFC Editorial Team .

AFC Asian Cup 2007 Qualifier - Ali Mohsen Stadium, Sana'a: Yemen 2-1 INDIA - Goals: 0-1 Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (52'), 1-1 Naswan Al Haggam (60'), 2-1 Ali Al Nono (82').
India suffered their sixth loss in six matches in the now finished AFC Asian Cup 2007 qualifiers. Away to Yemen India suffered a 1-2 loss at the Ali Mohsen Stadium in Sana'a infront of close to 4.000 spectators. India took the lead seven minutes into the second half through a goal from an inform NP Pradeep. Yemen equalised at the hour mark through Naswan Al Haggam and scored the winner through Ali Al-Nono's header eight minutes from time to deny India even a point in these qualifiers.
India coach Bob Houghton said after the match, "The match was good for us because we are preparing this young team along with some experienced players to take part in the Asian Games in Doha next month."
YEMEN: 1-Muaad M Abdulkhaleq Abdulwali; 5-Yaser Al-Baadani, 6-Salem Saeed Abdullah, 8-Mohammed Yahya Saslem Al-Tahoos (58' 37-Wasim Al-Qor), 10-Ali Mohammed Mohammed Al-Nono, 13-Ahmed Salem Ahmed Al-Wadi, 14-Ali Aboud Awadh Al-Omqi, 16-Mohammad Hasan Rajeh Munassar, 29-Nashwan Al-Haggam, 41-Saleh Al-Shehri (69' 38-Awsam Omar), 43-Mohammed Al-Mang (47' 15-Akram Hamood Abdo Al-Woraff).
INDIA: 1-Sandip Nandy; 48-Narinder Singh (5' 17-Irungbam Surkumar Singh), 3-Nanjangud Shivananju Manju, 30-Habibur Rehman Mondal, 51-Debabrata Roy, 12-Steven Dias, 41-Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep, 61-Moirangthem Gouramangi Singh, 9-Manjit Singh (81' 59-Tarif Ahmed), 10-Syed Rahim Nabi (71' 63-Thokchom Bungo Singh), 15-Baichung Bhutia [Captain].
YELLOW CARDS: Baichung Bhutia (38'), Irungbam Surkumar Singh (45+3'), Nanjangud Shivananju Manju (58', all India).
REFEREE: Hassan Marshoud (Jordan).
ASSISTANT REFEREES: Abdel-Karim Eyadat (Jordan), Awni Hassouneh (Jordan).
FOURTH OFFICIAL: Ismail Al-Hafi (Jordan).
More information and pictures are available at the >>IndianFootball.Com AFC Asian Cup 2007 special

Asian U19 Women's Championship Qualifiers - Group A: INDIA U19 1-5 Thailand U19 - Goals: 0-1,0-2,0-4,1-5 Sunisa Srangthaisong (2',4',50',72'), 0-3 Pitsamai Sornsai (25'), 1-4 Ngangom Bala Devi (61').

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 2 Final: Border Security Force 0-0,13-12 Salgaocar SC [penalties] - Goals: none.
The second final in the 119th Durand Cup qualifiers produced a new Indian record for penalties in a shootout!
In total 26 shots where taken and only one shot that by Salgaocar's Francis Fernandes came back off the woodwork. All 11 team players had scored their first shot on goal.

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group B: Western Railway 2-1 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: 1-0 Reuben D'Souza (57'), 2-0 PV Vinoy (58'), 2-1 Prosenjit Barua.
WR: Nithesh Thakur; Inam ul Haque, Jayesh Martin, Sumit Das, Suvendu Hui, Sajid Ansari, Anil Pawar (40' Subhas Adilkar), Agnelo Picardo, Gurunath Reddy, PV Vinoy, Ruebin D'Souza.
RCF: Suhas Patil, Manoj Adhikari, Baleshwar Sharma, Francis Dias (56' Syed Rizvi), Shayresh Bawkar, Ashirwad Hegde, Monish Bhamre, Blessen Verghese (19' Prosenjit Barua), Souvaid Ansari, Douglas DeSena (46' Sajju Govindan), Lawrence Dias.
YELLOW CARDS: Suvendu Hui (39'), Ruebin D'Souza (45+1'); Francis Dias (38'), Douglas DeSena (45+1'), Sajju Govindan (50').
REFEREE: Sayad Yasin.

Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Government Press 0-4 Army Service Corps
Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - Quarterfinal League Group A: Oriental FC 0-2 National FC = will be replayed because of bad light on that day

42.Dr BC Roy (under-19) Trophy - East Zone Qualifiers: Bihar 0-3 West Bengal

::: Delhi U19 team :::
The Delhi SA has announced the Delhi State U19 team for the National U19 North Zonal Qualifiers to be held at Malerkotla, Punjab from November 16 to 26.
DELHI: Goalkeepers: Abhinav Kumar, Birender Singh; Defenders: Ratan Kumar (Captain), Anuj Nagar, Asutosh Tandon, Brij Bhan Singh Negi, Gaurav Kumar, Divesh Rishi, Sunil Mishra; Midfielders: Ansul Katiyar, Nikhil Joshi, John Lalchhuanawma, Chander Mohan, Jitender Bisht, Sameer Gujral; Forwards: Manish Negi, Wahengbam Victor, Kulbhushan Mandrawal, Mahender Singh Rawat.

November 14
RESULTS & NEWS

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 1 Final: Army Green 0-1 Assam Rifles - Goal: 0-1 Santa Singh (10').

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Mumbai United 0-0 Maharashtra State Police - Goals: none.
MUMBAI UTD: Manish Kajania; Farhat Raza, Philip Gonsalves (80' Neville D'Souza), Elvis D'Souza, Sachin Koli, Noel Fernandes (61' Meraj Ali), Nawaz Rehman, Abbas Rizvi, Raza Rizvi, Shabaz Khan, Suresh Babu.
MSP: Sailesh Naik; Vaibhav Kadam, Sachin Jaiswal, Utpal Kadam, Kanjilal Arunawa, Datta Thorat (58' Afaque Ansari), Parag Sawant, Santosh Telang, Sandip Badkar, Riyaz Sheikh (83' Sushant Pawar), Uday Badkar (72' Feroze Ali).
YELLOW CARDS: Manish Kajania (89'), Sachin Koli (88'), Abbas Rizvi (81').
REFEREE: Ramesh Subramaniam.

::: 11th NFL: HAL to replace TFA :::
After many month's of uncertainty the AIFF president PR Das Munshi in consultation with the AIFF Executive Committee has decided that Bangalore's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC will replace the Jamshedpur-based Tata Football Academy in the 11th National Football League, which will be played from January 2007.
TFA had pulled out of the NFL as the Academy side was not willing to professionalise their set-up to be part of the NFL. Then there was the option between NFL relegated Salgaocar SC and 2.Division NFL third-placed side HAL taking that 10th slot in the 11th NFL. In the end HAL got promoted for their third-place finish.

::: 28th Federation Cup dates finalised :::
The 28th Federation Cup will be held in Calcutta from December 18 to 30. The draw for the tournament will be held on Friday, November 17 at 11.30 IST at the Football House, Dwarka in New Delhi.

::: 3.Division NFL to be launched later this month :::
The AIFF will finally launch the first edition of the 3.Division NFL later this month with the regional qualifiers in the North and East Zone to kick-off on November 25. Eight clubs will take part in the North Zone leg, while five will participate in the East Zone.
For the fixtures go to 3.Division National League - complete coverage...

::: Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup from tomorrow :::
The Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup will be held from tomorrow until November 26. It is the season opening tournament for the Bangalore 'A' Division clubs.
For the fixtures go to Prasanna Kumar Memorial Cup - complete coverage...

November 13
RESULTS & NEWS

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 2 Semifinal: Corps of Signals, Goa 2-3 Border Security Force - Goals: 0-1,1-2,1-3 Gurjit Singh Atwal (7',45',82'), 1-1 SK Mursheed (24'), 2-3 Asangir Sah (89').
119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 2 Semifinal: State Bank of Travancore 0-2 Salgaocar SC - Goals: 0-1 Julius Irabor Akpele (60'), 0-2 Felix Chimaokwiu (67').

Manipur State League: RACC, Churachandpur 0-0 SAI Regional Centre,Imphal - Goals: none.

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group B: Mahindra United 1-0 Union Bank of India - Goal: 1-0 Dane Pereira.
MAHINDRA: Amit Nandy; Appa Rao Chiman, Othalo Tabia, Samson Fernandes, Keegan Pereira, Dane Pereira, Darren Caldeira (51' Craig D'Souza), Bhola Prasad, James Singh (79' Adnan Rahimtullah), K Karunakaran (61' S Venkatesh), Mohammed Rafi.
UBI: Kunal Sawant; Rohit Kajania, Asif Ansari, Vijay Thapa (46' Shahbaz Patel), Muzaffar Ansari, Avinash Puthran, Dhananjay Yesare (82' Chandra Mohan), Chetan Waghela, Nilesh Rao, Ryan D'Souza, Sushil Kawde.
REFEREE: Rocky Fernandes.

::: Climax Lawrence named as Asian Games back-up player :::
Dempo SC midfielder Climax Lawrence, who only attended the last couple of days of the camp for the final 2007 Asia Cup qualifier and the Asian Games, has been informed by the AIFF that he will join the Indian team during their training camp in Dubai after the match on wednesday in Sana'a against Yemen.
Climax could replace defender Deepak Kumar Mondal and would then be the third overage player besides captain Baichung Bhutia and goalkeeper Sandip Nandy. As per current plans Deepak would join the squad directly in Doha as he is getting married on November 23, but if he is unable to join the squad ahead of their first match on November 29 against Hongkong, then Climax would take his place.

::: IFA announce "Peerless" Nursery Football League :::
On the Platinum Jubilee Year, Peerless has joined hands with the IFA (West Bengal body) to organise the "Peerless" Nursery Football League. In total 65 Teams will participate in this Tournament vying for the glorious Peerless Radhashyam Roy Football Trophy 2006. IFA secretary Subrata Dutta announced the commencement of Peerless Nursery Division Football League 2006 at a Press Conference at the IFA office today.
He also referred this tournament as the key competition for budding football talents and mentioned that it is here that they will prepare themselves to become star footballers of the future. This tournament will ensure an uninterrupted supply-line for the clubs of higher divisions participating in the Calcutta Football League.
The tournament has been divided into two groups and five zones. Group A will have 30 teams of boys under the age of 14 with starting from November 15. A total of 35 teams will be playing for Group B of boys under 12 years of age with these matches to kick off November 27. The First Phase will be played on round-robin League basis. Three teams from each zone of each group will play against each other in the second phase on Knockout basis.
Champion team of Group A will win Rs 6,000 and runners up Rs 4,000. Group B champion and runner ups will win Rs 4,000 and Rs 3,000 respectively. Semifinal losers will win Rs 2,000 each. Group A and B matches will be played at 41 grounds.
"The underlying purpose of promoting the Peerless Nursery Football League lies in the need to popularise the game at the grass-root level. It will aid in fostering the involvement of various schools in football and generate interest amongst the teenagers for the promotion of the game", said Subrata Dutta.
PP Ray, General Manager (Legal), Peerless General Finance and Investment Company mentioned, "Peerless as an institution is based on certain enduring values like RESILIENCE (Ability to spring back), INTEGRITY (Never letting anyone down), COMMITMENT (Putting stakeholders first), TOGETHERNESS (Bonding of Peerless family) and PERFORMANCE ORIENTATION (Motivation to perform consistently) that have been guiding the company ever since its inception. Interestingly enough, these values that constitute the driving force of Peerless also hold good in Football. This element of commonality prompts Peerless to be so much interested in Soccer."
"This Tournament is expected to create a revival of interest in Soccer amongst the little ones. Interest in Soccer is more significant today than ever before, because only that can drive the boys to take to proper training to groom themselves to become ace-footballers in the future," he added.
Peerless has been promoting and patronizing football over decades now. Peerless Golden Jubilee Football Tournament hosted in collaboration with Calcutta Sports Journalists' Club in early 1980's still figures as a legendary event in the history of football.
Peerless had taken the initiative in collaboration with IFA for proper training at the Sub-Junior level in 1990 and Junior level in 1995. It is worthy to mention that Peerless SC has won the 2006 Calcutta Super Division title and has qualified for the Premier Division next year
Mr Dutta said, "It is a moment of great pride and honour for me to announce the association of Peerless in Nursery Football League 2006. The tournament has been very well received at the grass root level and has worked wonders towards the development of the game in our State. Many hidden talents have been unearthed from this tournament that was hitherto untapped. Like last year this year too IFA shall appoint spotters in all the zones to scout promising footballers. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Peerless, without whose constant support this initiative would not be possible."

November 12
RESULTS & NEWS

2006 Asian Youth Championship - Final: Japan 1-1,1-1,3-5 North Korea [on extra-time and penalties] - Goals: 0-1 Ri Chol-Myong (3'), 1-1 Yosuke Kashiwagi (34').
JAPAN: 1-Akhiro Hayashi; 2-Atsuto Uchida, 3-Shunsuke Tsutsumi, 4-Yohei Fukumoto, 26-Masato Morishige (118' 14-Yohei Takeda), 7-Tsukasa Umesaki, 8-Atomu Tanaka 9-Yasuhito Morishima (58' 16-Mike Havenaar), 15-Yosuke Kashiwagi, 24-Jun Aoyama, 17-Kota Aoki (76' 20-Sho Ito).
NORTH KOREA: 1-Kwang-Min Ju, 2-Yong-Chol Ri, 5-Nam-Choi Pak, 7-Kum-Il Kim, 8-Chol-Myong Ri, 15-Yong-Il Yun (120' 13-Se-Yong Pak), 16-Kwang-Hyok Ri, 17-Chol-Min Pak (66' 12-Kuk-Jin Kim), 19-Kyong-Il Kim (89' 9-C Myong Ho), 20-Chol-Min Jong, 22-Kwang-Ik Jon.
YELLOW CARD: Masato Morishige (112', Japan).
Detailed Match information are available at the >>IndianFootball.Com 2006 Asian Youth Championship - Special

2006 Asian Youth Championship - 3rd Place Playoff: South Korea 2-0 Jordan - Goal: 1-0 Young-Sung Shim (?'), 2-0 Chung-Yong Lee (?').
Detailed Match information are available at the >>IndianFootball.Com 2006 Asian Youth Championship - Special

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 1 Semifinal: Army Green 1-1,4-3 Churchill Brothers SC [penalties] - Goals: 0-1 Drupesh Dessai (68'), 1-1 Ajib (86').
119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 1 Semifinal: 11th Gorkha Rifles 0-2 Assam Rifles - Goals: 0-1 Ajit Singh (70'), 0-2 Abel Sema (76').

Manipur State League: NEROCA 1-2 Tiddim Road Athletic Union - Goals: 0-1 Donboy Singh (24'), 0-2 G Ninja Kabui (47'), 1-2 M Robin Singh (53').
Manipur State League: YWO, Bishnupur 0-7 Southern Sporting Union
Manipur State League: Manipur Police SC 1-1 Eastern Sporting Union
Manipur State League: Kakching FC 1-1 YWC, Thambalkhong
Manipur State League: Phoudel Youth Club,Thoubal 0-0 AMOFA, Moirang - Goals: none.
Mumbai Super Division - Playoffs: Rizvi Mumbai Muslims 0-0 Mumbai Port Trust
Mumbai Super Division - Playoffs: Kenkre Football Academy 6-1 Central Bank of India
5th Sardar Santa Singh Bhaur Memorial Trophy - Final: JCT Academy 1-0 Punjab State Electricity Board

::: Mizoram U19 team :::
by Hming Sanga: The Mizoram FA has announced the Mizoram State U19 team for the National U19 NorthEast Zonal Qualifiers to be held at Nagaon, Assam from November 16 to 24.
MIZORAM: Goalkeepers: Lalrinmawia, Lalthlamuana; Defenders: Zonunmawia, Vanlalpeka, Lalrinchhana, Lalmuantluanga, PC Laldinsanga, Lallawmzuala; Midfielders: Lalchhanchhuaha, Lalbiaknunga, Zothanpuia, K Laldinthara, Lalpekhlua, Jerry Lalhmingmawia, Lalbiakhlua; Forwards: Khawlliana, Lalhmangaiha, Lalremruata, Lalthlamuana, Lalrinawma. Coach: Lalduhtlanga. Manager: Lalhruaia Sailo.

November 11
RESULTS & NEWS

Asian U19 Women's Championship Qualifiers - Group A: INDIA U19 7-0 Singapore U19

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 2 Quarterfinal: Border Security Force 3-1 Indian Air Force, Delhi - Goals: 1-0,3-0 Harjit Singh (1',57'), 2-0 Gurjit Singh Atwal (8'), 3-1 Venugopal (87').
119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 2 Quarterfinal: Salgaocar SC 3-2 Navy XI - Goals: 1-0 RC Prakash (23'), 2-0 Okonji Onyelo Patrick D'Souza (51'), 2-1 YS Abhilash (65'), 2-2 V Venugopal (75'), 3-2 Felix Chimaokwiu (87').

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group A: Air-India 1-1 ONGC - Goals: 0-1 Mehtab Hussain, 1-1 Noel Fernandes.
AIR-INDIA: Ethesham Ahmed; Sanju Pradhan (70' Zaheer Abbas), Benoy Kuruvilla, Uttam Singh, Nirmal Chettri, Gautam Debnath, Javed Ansari (Noel Fernandes), Vijith Shetty, Paresh Shivalkar, Bimal Minz, Narendra Meetei (70' Samson Singh).
ONGC: Bilifand Narzary; Caetano Pinho, Khobijit Khotel, Cliford Kilmo, Krishna Shirodkar, Amit Mandal, Jatin Bisht, Sandip Das, Gulidom Rongmoi, Mehtab Hussain (83' Sunil Choudhary), Supratik Ain (73' Uttam Das).
YELLOW CARD: Samson Singh (80'), Noel Fernandes (86'), Gautam Debnath (90+2').
REFEREE: Walter Pereira.

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group B: Mumbai Customs 1-0 Bank of India - Goal: 1-0 Nigel D'Souza (10').
CUSTOMS: Rajesh Bangera; Hekmat Singh, Vikas Mangela, Omkar Sawant, Chandramurthy Bharati (Ajit Sinde), Sydney D'Silva, Nigel D'Souza, Nelson Cardoz (Nitin Kotian), Sajid Ansari (CS Nazeer), Jose Colaco, Ashish Bhoir.
BOI: Raj N Mitra; Prakash Mehra, Navin Kotian, Amit Yadav, Rajesh Chandran, Sanjay Hazare, Shahnawaz Husain, Munir Sheikh, Reegan Pitambaran (Harish Bhoir), Shankar Thakur, Aakash Jadhav (Anton Saldanha).
REFEREE: Dhanraj More (64' Siddharth Gade / due to an injury)

5th Sardar Santa Singh Bhaur Memorial Trophy - Semifinal: JCT Academy 4-0 City Club, Phagwara
5th Sardar Santa Singh Bhaur Memorial Trophy - Semifinal: Youth FC, Rurka Kalan 2-4 Punjab State Electricity Board

57th Assam Inter-District Championship, Dibrugarh - Final: Dibrugarh 1-0 Guwahati - Goal: 1-0 Durga Boro (30').

Friendly - Silchar, Assam: Mohun Bagan AC 2-0 Mizoram XI - Goals: 1-0 Jose Ramirez Barreto, 2-0 Eduardo Chacon Coelho Lacerda.

::: Nagaland U19 team :::
by Xavier Rutsa: The Nagaland team for the National U19 NorthEast Zonal Qualifiers to be held at Nagaon, Assam from November 16 to 24, was announced at Kohima yesterday. The Nagaland contingent will leave Kohima for Nagaon, Asom on November 15.
The names of players were announced by State football coach Roko Angmai on behalf of the Nagaland FA president P Atuo Mezhur at IG Stadium, Kohima. Talking to newsmen, Roko Angmai exuded confidence that his players were fit and well-prepared and were looking forward to the tournament in Assam. Nagaland will meet Assam on November 17. Six northeastern states are expected to take part in eight-day tournament. The champion team will represent the Northeast in the national championship which is likely to be held at Chatthisgarh.
NAGALAND: Goalkeeper: Vizovor Liezietsu, Sengtingli Sangtam; Akho Soruno, Beilie Rio, Vikepelhou Dziivichu, Velukho Rhakho, Keditunbo Zeliang, Zakietuolie Khro, Tiasunep, Kezevituo Vizo, Nadaibonang Rongmei, Dominic Kirha, Kevihezo Keyho, Lipoksashi Jamir, Benathung Kikon, Vizokholie Medozhe, Mhongthung Ezung, Seyiekhrietuo Suhu, Chingwang Konyak, Sedengulie Khezhie. Coach: Lhoulavolie (Asou) Linyii; Assistant Coach: Azho Sophie.

November 10
IndianFootball.Com congratulate Sporting Club de Goa on winning the Goan Professional League title!

119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 1 Quarterfinal: Churchill Brothers SC 4-0 MEG, Bangalore - Goals: 1-0 Drupesh Dessai (22'), 2-0,40 Odafe Onyeka Okolie (74',90'), 3-0 Nicholas Muyoti (84').
119th "Osian's" Durand Cup - Qualifying Round - Group 1 Quarterfinal: Assam Rifles 2-1 Jammu&Kashmir Bank - Goals: 0-1 Rizwan Sheikh (47'), 1-1 T Naoba Singh (67'), 2-1 Ajit Singh (90'+3').

Goan Professional League: Sporting Club de Goa 2-1 Dempo SC - Goals: 0-1 Stanley Coutinho (11'), 1-1 Nicolas Borges (32'), 2-1 MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi (73').
Hutch Man-of-the-Match: Mathew Gonsalves (Sporting Clube).

Mumbai Elite Division - Preliminary Group B: Mahindra United 1-0 Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers - Goals: 1-0 Mohammed Rafi (67').
MAHINDRA UNITED: Amit Nandy; Rauf Khan, Samson Fernandes, Peter Siddiqui, Appa Rao Chiman, K Karunakaran, L James Singh (84' Darren Caldeira), Sushanth Mathew, Adnan Rahimtullah (69' Bhola Prasad), Ujjal Ghosh (54' Shanmugam Venkatesh), Mohammed Rafi.
RCF: Suhas Patil; Manoj Adhikari (Douglas De Sena), Baleshwar Sharma, Francis Dias, Monish Bhamre, Ashirwad Hegde, Blessen Verghese (39' Shayresh Bawkar), Souvaid Ansari, Lawrence Dias, Allan Dias, Sajju Govindan.
YELLOW CARD: Baleshwar Sharma (66', RCF).
REFEREE: Manuel Pereira.

5th Sardar Santa Singh Bhaur Memorial Trophy - Quarterfinal: City Club, Phagwara 0-0,4-3 Football Club, Jalandhar [penalties]
5th Sardar Santa Singh Bhaur Memorial Trophy - Quarterfinal: Sikh National FC, Banga 1-2 Punjab State Electricity Board

::: INDIA squad for final 2007 Asian Cup qualifier announced :::
INDIA coach Bob Houghton has named a young 21 player developmental squad for the final 2007 Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen on November 15 in Sana'a ahead of the 2006 Doha Asian Games.
Those players where released due to being overage for an under-23 like Sangram Mukherjee and Renedy Singh; while others where injured in Sanjeev Kumar Maria and Climax Lawrence. Seasoned Deepak Kumar Mondal has been left out on purpose and will join the final squad for the Asian Games, while former TFA cadet Chitrasen Chandam Singh will not accompany the team to Yemen due to passport problems but will likely link-up with the squad for a camp in Dubai after the Yemen trip.
The final selection of the team for the 2006 Asian Games will be done at the Dubai camp, which is set to be held from November 17 to 25 with a number of friendly matches in the pipeline.
INDIA: Goalkeepers: Sandip Nandy, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (both Mahindra United), Subrata Pal (Mohun Bagan AC). Defenders: Irungbam Surkumar Singh, Manju Nanjangud Shivananju, Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep (all Mahindra United), Anupam Sarkar, Debabrata Roy (both East Bengal Club), Narinder Singh (JCT Mills), Habibur Rehman Mondal (Mohammedan Sporting Club). Midfielders: Mehraj Din Wadoo, Subhas Chakraborty (both Mohun Bagan AC), Steven Dias (Mahindra United), Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (Sporting Clube de Goa), Thokchom Bungo Singh (Churchill Brothers SC). Forwards: Baichung Bhutia, Sushil Kumar Singh (both Mohun Bagan AC), Manjit Singh (Mahindra United), Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal Club), Sunil Chetri (JCT Mills), Tarif Ahmed (ONGC, Mumbai). Officials: Chief Coach: Robert Douglas Houghton; Assistant Coach: Stanley Rozario; Goalkeeping Coach: Antonio Marcos Pacheco; Doctor: Dr. Manabendra Bhattacharya; Physical Trainer: Pradeep Dutta; Physiotherapist: Tapan Bhattacharya; Manager: Syed Nasir Ali.

November 9
RESULTS & NEWS

2006 Asian Youth Championship - Semifinal: South Korea 1-1,1-1,2-3 Japan (penalties, sudden death) - Goals: 1-0 Young-Sung Shim (1'), 1-1 Yasuhito Morishima (47'), 1-2 Kota Aoki (105'), 2-2 Dong Suk Kim (111').
PENALTY SHOOTOUT: 0-1 Tsukasa Umesaki (scores), 0-1 Young-Sung Shim (misses), 0-1 Yosuke Kashiwagi (misses), 0-1 Sang-Ho Lee (misses), 0-1 Yohei Fukumoto (misses), 0-1 Dong-Suk Kim (misses), 0-2 Yasuhito Morishima (scores), 1-2 Hyun-Bem Park (scores), 1-2 Masato Morishige (misses), 2-2 Seung-Jin Bae (scores), 2-3 Kota Aoki (scores), 2-3 Chul-Soon Choi (misses).
SOUTH KOREA: 1-Su-Huk Jo; 2-Chul-Soon Choi, 4-Jung-Hae Park, 9-Sang-Ho Lee, 10-Young-Sung Shim, 11-Joo-Ho Park, 14-Chung-Yong Lee (91' 6-Hyun-Bem Park); 17-Jin-Hyung Song (51' 21-Hyun-Seung Lee, 109' 8-Dong-Suk Kim), 19-Young-Rok Shin, 20-Seung-Jin Bae, 22-Kwang-Hoon Shin
JAPAN: 1-Akhiro Hayashi; 2-Atsuto Uchida, 3-Shunsuke Tsutsumi (46' 27-Shinji Kagawa), 4-Yohei Fukumoto, 5-Tomoaki Makino, 7-Tsukasa Umesaki, 8-Atomu Tanaka (87' 26-Masato Morishige), 9-Yasuhito Morishima, 11-Kaz