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Goa announce team for 49th Junior National Football Championship

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GFA_LogoGoa announced the team for 49th Junior National Football Championship, for BC Roy Trophy.

Schubert D’Costa is the captain of the 20 member team. The other members of the team are as follows :

Sherwin da Cunha, Santosh Pujar, Ozen Silva, Cryson Fernandes, Assumption Soares, Liston Fernandes, Samson Pereira, Jesmon Soares, Akeraj Martins, Cliffton Barbosa, Veegam Ferrao, Mahesh Kumar, Leander D’Cunha, John Fernandes, Mathew Colaco, Fleming Dias, Maxsan Fernandes, Anil Shivolkar, Kirtikesh Gadekar.

Coach : Ajay Acharya

Assistant coach/ Manage : Charles Dias.

Goa is grouped in Tier-I along with Punjab, Meghalaya and Karnataka.

In their first match Goa will take on Punjab on September 23rd.

Kerala coach laments the lack of time for preparation

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Kerala team for the 49th Junior National Football Championship will leave Kochi for Bokaro on Tuesday.  However coach T.G. Purushothaman lamented the lack of time for preparing the team for the junior national championship.

“We had only 10 days for the state camp. I wish I had received a little more time to set the team for the nationals. However, I am happy talent wise and hope for a good start. The players, who are training in Kochi, will leave for Jharkhand on Tuesday,“  he said.

Kerala is grouped in Tier-II along with Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.  Kerala plays Arunachal Pradesh in their first match on September 24th.

The above mentioned quote is from the following article in Deccan Chronicle : Anandu Murali to lead Kerala

Star Jalsha Movies’ impressive coverage of Calcutta Football League

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News 2 350X250We have been hearing about the great coverage by Star Jalsha Movies of the ongoing Calcutta Football League.

Reports suggest that Star Jalsha Movies is using ten cameras including one on each goal posts and helicopter shots of the stadium to reach out to the 80 lakh viewers of the league.

Two former Indian players Debjit Ghosh and Rajat Ghosh Dastidar are the commentators and the glamor quotient is added by the presence of Tollywood star Diva Sayoni as the presenter.CFL_Logo

While high-quality lenses and sound capturing devices provide superb picture quality and excellent sonic experience, two mascots in Phuchka and Goleda brings in the fun factor.

Nallapan Mohanraj is in a fix after Mumbai Tiger’s withdrawal from I-league

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Image : PFC tv

Image : PFC tv

With Mumbai Tigers withdrawing from the I-league, Mohanraj will have to be content by appearing for the team in I-league 2nd division. As an Indian International this could seriously hamper his chances to make it to the national team.

He also clarified on the apparent bust up he had with Mehtab Hossain after the Indian team lost to Nepal 2-1 in the SAFF championship.

Read more : Mumbai Tigers’ I-League pull-out puts Mohanraj in a fix

Durand Cup Semifinals to be telecast by DD sports

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Despite beating AIr India 4-3 in the quarter finals Bhawanipore F.C could not qualify for the semifinal of the ongoing 165th edition of Durand Cup.  With Bhawanipore F.C’s ouster, the semifinal line up for Durand Cup is set.

16-Sep-13 Mohammedan Sporting vs Mumbai Tigers 2.30 pm
17-Sep-13 ONGC FC vs Indian Navy  2.30 pm

Though it was said that matches starting from the Quarter-finals will be telecast on  DD sports, we guess it did not happen so.  However, there are unconfirmed reports doing rounds that the semifinals and final will be on DD sports.

Manipur announce team for 49th Junior National Football Championship

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Source : E-Pao.net

All_Manipur_football_AssociationImphal, September 14 2013 : All Manipur Football Association has selected 20 players to represent the State in the 49th Junior national Football Championship for Dr BC Roy Trophy (Tier-I) to held at Ranchi, Jharkhand.

The selected players are informed to report to team officials for further training daily at Khuman Lampak Artificial Turf at 8 am tomorrow.

The selected players are as follows: Goalkeepers: Sumthian-thang (DSA/CCpur), Md Habib (IEDFA), Y Dushanta (IWDFA); Defenders: N Tondonba (IW), Chugmei Mariangmei (IW), Y Arnold (IW), L Jacob (IW), Ch Gobin Singh (Bpr), Md Farish (IE); Midfielders: Md Yashir (IE), Akbar Khan (IE), Md Sadam (IE), Ak Loyangamba (Tbl), O Rahul (Kak), Md Shahruck (IW), Bonthanglun (Ccpur); Forwards: Th tiken (Bpr), Th Abinas (Kak), Y sushil (Tbl), SR Kagary (IE) .

Alberto Colaco to join Dempo SC as General Secretary

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Image Courtesy : TOI

Image Courtesy : TOI

Alberto Colaco, the former All India football Federation general secretary will join Dempo SC as the general secretary. The Gen. Sec post has been vacant at the club since After Armando Colaco, who was the the coach-cum-Gen. Sec at the club ended his contract after the last season.

Alberto Colaco is the only Indian to win Asian Football Confederation’s Distinguished Service Gold Star Award. There was also allegations that he himself nominated for the award.

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