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Malabar Premier League to kickoff on April 11

March 3, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

With the aim of providing a good platform for football players in Malappuram, district sports council and the district football association has joined hands to launch Malabar Premier league. The first edition of the league will kickoff on April 7 and will go on till April 30.

The logo and crest for the tournament was unveiled by minister Kunhalikutty in Malappuram yesterday. In attendance were the office bearers of district sports council and football association along with former Indian internationals Sharaf Ali, I.M Vijayan and Kurikesh Mathew.

Malabar Premier League which was conceived to provide much needed fillip for the sport in Malappuram, which is considered as the Mecca of football in Kerala, has got a nod from Kerala Football Association too.

The tournament will Kick off at the recently renovated Kottapady stadium. District Sports Council and the District Football Association will market and brand the league. Malappuram district would be divided in to eight zones and one team from each zone can participate in the league. Teams from each zone can selected players who are registered with KFA. Apart from the players from the district, teams can include players from other regions upon registering them for the tournament.

The onus of the league is provide a platform to perform for the players in the district and in-turn use the income from the league to prop up basic sports facilities in the district.

Delhi Announce Squad for Final Round of Santosh Trophy

February 27, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

Defender Abhishek Rawat will lead 20-member Delhi State Football team for the final round of the 69th Senior National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy -2014-2015 scheduled to be held at Jalandhar and Ludhiana ( Punjab ). respectively from March 1 to 15. Mid-fielder Ashu Nathani has been named as vice-captain of the team.

Ten ( 10 ) top qualifying state teams of the country will vie for top honours in the final round of the 69th Senior National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy-2014 – 2015 scheduled to be held Jalandhar and Ludhiana respectively in Punjab from March 1 to 15.

The ten participating teams have been divided in two groups of five teams each which are as :

Group- A cluster at Ludhiana – Assam, Punjab, Maharashtra,Services and West Bengal. Group- B cluster at Jalandhar -Delhi, Railways, Kerala, Goa and Mizoram

Delhi open its campaign against Railways while hosts- Punjab take on Assam in the inaugural matches scheduled on March 1.

Meanwhile, defender Abhishek Rawat will lead a 20-member Delhi State team in the championship. The Delhi Soccer Association ( DSA ) selection committee comprising of Sharafatullah-chairman, Rajiv Gupta- convenor, Hafiz Shahid, Dilip Ghosh( members ), Ranjit Tapa, Dharmender Khorala, Aftab Ashraf -coaches have named mid-fielder Ashu Nathani as vice-captain of the team after a fifteen days selection-cum-coaching camp held at Akshardham and Race course Air Force ground respectively.

The team declared by the selection committee is as under :

Goal-keepers :

Vikrant Sharma, Sandeep Singh Bisht, Rakshit

Defenders :

Abhishek Rawat ( Captain ), Pawan Joshi, Pushpender Kundu, Sonu , Vijay Kumar, Anil Bara , Sumit Rawat, Vikas Rawat

Mid-fielders :

Ashu Nathani ( Vice-captain ), Monu Chowdhery, Dheeraj Jangpangji, Ankit Sharma, Dilsher Singh Sandhu,

Forwards :

Abhay Rana, Atinder Mani, Mahinder Singgh, JohnShain.

Officials : Liquat Ali – Manager, Ranjit Thapa – Chief Coach, Dharmender Khorala, Aftab Ashraf – coaches

Reputed sports goods manufacturing company ‘ COSCO ‘ India has sponsored the kit of Delhi state team.

Kerala Announce team for the Final Round of Santosh Trophy 2015

February 19, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

Kerala Football Association today announced the team that will be participating in the final round of Santosh Trophy 2015to be held in Punjab from 1st to 16th March.

Team :

Goal keepers :

Nishad (Malappuram), Midhun (Kannur), Akhil Soman (Kottayam)

Defenders :

Surjith V V (Captain, Thriussr) , Sajith T (Kasaragod), Johnson N (Trivandrum), Sreerag V G (Thrissur), Rahul Raj (Trivandrum), Othello Tabia (Goa)

Midfielders :

Shyjumon (Trivandrum), Jimshad (Malappuram), Sajesh M (kannur), Jijo Joseph (Thrissur), Ashkar V S (Malappuram), Usman Ashique (Palakkad), Seeson S (Trivandrum), Muneer K (Wayanad), Sujil N S (Idukki)

Midfielders :

Suhair V P (Palakkad), Nazarudeen (Malappuram),

Reserves :

Danny (Defender, Trivandrum) Kiran C Krishnan (Goal keeper, Tamil Nadu)

Management :

Chief Coach : P K Rajeev

Asst Coach : Bino George

GK Coach : K K Hameed

Physio: Ashly T G

Manager : Achu S.

Schedule :

Kings FC Champions of 2nd edition WIM Cup

February 2, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

WIM Cup held in memory of LATE Shri Wahengbam Indramani Singh concluded on February 1st. The tournament was held on a knock-out basis and sixteen teams were in fray.

Kings FC were crowned champions of the tournament and FC Kanglasha were the runners up. Kambou of WIMFA was declared the best player of the tournament.

Here are a few pictures from of the tournament.

WIM Cup 2014 in Bengaluru

January 27, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

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In the memory of LATE SHRI WAHENGBAM INDRAMANI SINGH, “SECOND WIM CUP 2014” (SECOND WAHENGBAM INDRAMANI MEMORIAL CUP 2014 ), a football tournament would be held on 1st February’ 2015 as a tribute to the football lovers.

The tournament would be held on a knock-out basis in all the rounds and sixteen teams would be vying for the trophy.

Kerala announce Men’s football team for National Games

January 27, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

Kerala Football Association has announced a 20 member squad for the upcoming National Games that will take place in Kerala. Team will be captained by Shibin Lal V K.

Squad :

NO	NAME	POSITION	DEPARTMENT	D.O.B	DISTRICT
1	NISHAD	G.K	POLLICE	30-04-1992	MALAPURAM
2	MIDHUN	G.K	KANNUR (SBT)	13-06-1993	KANNUR
3	AKIL SOMAN	G.K	KOTTAYAM,(KSEB	06-03-1991	KOTTAYAM
4	SURJITH V.V	R.F.B	THRISSUR (KSEB)	16-02-1988	THRISSUR
5	SAJITH.T	C.DEF	KASERGOD, (SBT)	30-05-1985	KASARGOD
6	SHERIN SAM	C.DEF	A.G	15-05-1990	ERNAKULAM
7	WAHID SALI	C.DEF	M.BAGAN	11-12-1982	CALICUT
8	JOHNSON	L.F.B	TVM,DFA (SBT)	10-05-1987	TVM
9	SREERAG	L.F.B	CHURCHIL	25-01-1993	THRISSUR
10	SHYJUMON	R.W.M.F	SBT	16-05-1991	TVM
11	JIMSHAD	R.W.M.F	KERALA POLICE	10-06-1987	MALAPURAM
12	SHIBINLAL	C.M.F	CALICUT,(SBT)	20-04-1989	CALICUT
13	SAJEESH	C.M.F	PAYYANUR COLLAGE	05-08-1994	KANNUR
14	JIJO JOEPH	C.M.F	SBT	10-04-1992	THRISSUR
15	ASHKAR	C.M.F	ONGC	19-01-1993	MALAPURAM
16	USMAN ASHIQUE	L.W.M.F	MALAPURAM(DFA	17-02-1991	PALAKAD
17	JOBY	S.R	TVM,(KSEB)	10-11-1993	TVM
18	SUHAIR.V.P	S.R	PALAKAD(DFA)	27-07-1992	PALAKAD
19	NASARUDEEN	S.R	MALAPRAM,( A.G	06-02-1989	MALAPURAM
20	ANEESH K P	C.M.F	POLICE	07-05-1988	THRISSUR

Captain: Shibin Lal
Coach: P K Rajeev
Assistant coach: Bino George
Team manager : P G George

Santosh Trophy 2014-2015 Fixtures and Results

January 17, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

Here are the fixtures and results for the 69th National Football Championship played for the Santosh Trophy.

Services – 2015 Santosh Trophy Champions.

Final Round Groups [March 1-15, Punjab]

Final

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Semi Final

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Group A

Punjab, Assam, Maharashtra, Services, West Bengal

Group B

Delhi, Mizoram, Goa, Kerala, Railways

Group A Standings

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Group B Standings

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Final Round Fixtures

Group A

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Group B

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Santosh Trophy 2015 Format :

The format of the tournament is as follows.

Zonal Round

State teams from various zone will fight it out to gain a place in the final round of the tournament.

Final Round

Ten teams qualified from the Zonal Round, will be divided into two groups of Five teams each and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the Semi-Finals.

Semi Finals

Four teams qualified from the Final Round, will play in the cross Semi-Finals

Finals

Semi winner 1 vs Semi Winner 2

Final Round to be held in Punjab

Punjab will host the final round of Santosh Trophy. The matches will take place in Ludiahna and Jalandhar from March 1-15, 2015. Group matches in the final round will be held at both venues while the semifinal and final will take place in Ludhiana. Last time Punjab hosted the event was in 1974.

Teams Qualified for final Round

Zonal Qualifying Rounds [East, West, North, South and North East]

Teams from each zone will be divided into two/single group/s depending upon the
number of participants and the top two teams from each zone will qualify for the Final round of the competition.

Zonal Groups

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Fixtures & Results Zonal Rounds

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Tamil Nadu Announce Santosh Trophy 2014-2015 Squad

January 14, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

Tamil Nadu football Association (TFA) has announced a 20 member squad for the 69th National football championship played for the Santosh Trophy. Tamil Nadu will play the south zone qualifiers at the MSDC stadium in Manjeri. Tamil Nadu is in Group B along with Services and Pondicherry. Tamil Nadu will kick off their South Zone campaign when they meet Pondicherry on the 18th of January.

Fixtures :

18/01/2015	4	Pondicherry	Tamil Nadu
20/01/2015	6	Tamil Nadu	Services

Team :

Ajmal (Indian Bank/Chennai)
Vugneswaran (Chennai FC/Chennai)
PremKumar (RBI/CHennai)
Wayne Antoniou’s Silva (Indian Bank/ Chennai)
G V Hariharana (Customs/Chennai)
Sivapriyan (RBI/Chennai)
M Gnana Sekaran (Indian Bank/Chennai)
S Santosh Kumar (S.Railway/Chennai)
John Carlo (ICF/Chennai)
Praveendran (FCI/Chennai)
Sudhakar (AG’s Office/Chennai)
Vikram Patel (AG’s Office/Chennai)
Mijo Jose (Indian Bank/Chennai)
Soosairaj (Chennai City FC/ Chennai)
Regan (AG’s Office/Chennai)
H Ameerudeen (Income Tax/Chennai)
Edwin (Indian Bank/Chennai)
Rajkumar (ICF/Chennai)
Suresh Kumar (Cuddalore)
Suraj Bahadur (Nilgiris)

Coach – M Narayana Murthy (SAI, Chennai)
Manager – K Radha Krishnan (VP TFA)
Physio – Dr. Ragunath Manogaran

Odisha Announce Santosh Trophy 2014-2015 Squad

January 14, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

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Football Association of Odisha (FAO) has announced a 20-member State team to participate in the 69th national Football Championship for Santosh Trophy-2015 (East Zone Qualifying Round) to be held at JRD Sports Complex, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand from January 15 to 20. Sk Zahid would lead the team as captain. Akshya Das, Ashok Panda and Shuvendu Panda would accompany the team as coach, goalkeeper coach and manager respectively.

Odisha would meet Sikkim, Chhattishgarh and Railways on January 16,18 and 20 respectively.

Team:

Sk. Kamaluddin (Cuttack), Laxman Murmu (Mayurbhanj), U.Shyam Sunder Reddy (Cuttack), Sk. Zahid (Cuttack), Sk. Shahabaaz Alam (Rourkela), Sk Rohit (Cuttack), Rudra Prasad Pradhan (Sports Hostel), Janmo Xess (Rourkela), Mukesh Kumar Bhoi (Baragarh), Sk. Mustakim (Railway), Mohasin Khan (Cuttack), Surendra Soren (Sports Hostel), Sunil Marndi (Angul), Antarjami Naik (Angul), Sankho Marandi (Bhubaneswar), Md Meraj Khalid Danish (Jajpur), Ramdas Hansdah (Odisha Police), Sk. Juber (Cuttack), Ranjit Kerketta (Rourkela), Mohammad Imtiaz (Cuttack).

Kerala Announce Santosh Trophy 2014-2015 Squad

January 13, 2015 footballnewsindia Leave a comment

Kerala Football Association has announced a 20 member squad that will participate in the 69th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy due to start in Manjeri on 15th Jan.

Team consists of 11 new faces with KSEB player V.V Surjith leading the squad.

Team :

Usman Ashik, Johnson, Sajith, Sherin Sam, Suhair, Rahul D Raj, Nasaruddeen, Jobin Justin, Sreerag, Shaijumon, Jinshad, Shibinlal, Sandesh M, Jijo Joseph, Ashkar, Nishad, Mithun, Nikhil Soman

Coach : P.K Rajeev, Bino George

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