I-League Division 2: Complete Preliminary Round Results

The preliminary Group Stage of the I-League Division 2 ended earlier today. Six teams - United Sikkim FC, Aizawl FC, Royal Wahingdoh SC, Kalighat Milan Sangha, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Vasco SC - have made it into the final round where last seasons relegated ONGC from Mumbai will be waiting for them.

These seven sides will now play the two-legged final round to decide who gets promoted to the I-League 2012/13.


Group 1 - Silchar
Green Valley SC (Guwahati), Eagles FC (Kochi), Southern Samity (Kolkata), Bhowanipore Club (Kolkata), United Sikkim FC (Gangtok), Ar-Hima FC (Shillong), Aizawl FC (Mizoram)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Ar-Hima FC 3-1 Aizawl FC
01-Feb-2012: Southern Samity 3-0 Eagles FC
02-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC 3-2 Bhowanipore Club
04-Feb-2012: Southern Samity 1-1 Green Valley SC
04-Feb-2012: Bhowanipore Club 1-2 Aizawl FC
05-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC 7-2 Eagles FC
07-Feb-2012: Bhowanipore Club 3-3 Ar-Hima FC
07-Feb-2012: Eagles FC 0-4 Aizawl FC
08-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC 3-3 Green Valley SC
10-Feb-2012: Eagles FC 0-4 Ar-Hima FC
10-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC 0-0 Aizawl FC
11-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC 3-1 Southern Samity
13-Feb-2012: Eagles FC 1-0 Bhowanipore Club
13-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC 4-4 Ar-Hima FC
14-Feb-2012: Southern Samity 0-1 Aizawl FC
16-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC 2-1 Eagles FC
16-Feb-2012: Southern Samity 1-1 Bhowanipore Club
17-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC 2-0 Ar-Hima FC
19-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC 1-1 Bhowanipore Club
19-Feb-2012: Southern Samity 2-4 Ar-Hima FC
20-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC 0-3 Aizawl FC


Group 2 - Cuttack
Royal Wahingdoh SC (Shillong), Sesa Football Academy (Goa), Quartz SC (Kozhikode), Kalighat Milan Sangha (Kolkata), Techno Aryan Club (Kolkata), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Samaleshwari FC (Orissa)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC 2-0 Samaleshwari FC
01-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy 1-0 Kenkre FC
02-Feb-2012: Quartz SC 0-4 Guwahati Town Club
02-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha 2-1 Techno Aryan Club
04-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC 1-1 Techno Aryan Club
04-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club 0-1 Kalighat Milan Sangha
05-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC 4-1 Quartz SC
05-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC 2-2 Sesa Football Academy
07-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy 6-2 Samaleshwari FC
07-Feb-2012: Quartz SC 2-6 Royal Wahingdoh SC
08-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha 3-1 Kenkre FC
19-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club 3-1 Guwahati Town Club
10-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC 3-1 Guwahati Town Club
11-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC 0-5 Techno Aryan Club
10-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC 1-1 Kalighat Milan Sangha
11-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy 1-0 Quartz SC
13-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club 1-2 Royal Wahingdoh SC
13-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club 2-3 Kenkre FC
14-Feb-2012: Quartz SC 0-4 Samaleshwari FC
14-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha 1-2 Sesa Football Academy
16-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC 1-1 Kenkre FC
16-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC 2-0 Guwahati Town Club
17-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy 1-1 Techno Aryan Club
17-Feb-2012: Quartz SC 0-9 Kalighat Milan Sangha
20-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC 1-3 Royal Wahingdoh SC
20-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha 4-2 Samaleshwari FC
21-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club 1-1 Quartz SC
21-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club 3-2 Sesa Football Academy


Group 3 - Delhi
Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata), Vasco SC (Goa), Golden Threads FC (Kerala), Luangmual FC (Mizoram), Simla Youngs FC (Delhi), Langsning FC (Shillong), PIFA-Colaba FC (Mumbai), KGF Academy (Bangalore)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club 4-1 KGF Academy
01-Feb-2012: Vasco SC 1-1 PIFA-Colaba FC
02-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC 1-3 Langsning FC
02-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC 0-0 Simla Youngs FC
04-Feb-2012: KGF Academy 0-1 Simla Youngs FC
04-Feb-2012: Langsning FC 1-1 Luangmual FC
05-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC 0-2 Golden Threads FC
05-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-0 Vasco SC
07-Feb-2012: Vasco SC 3-0 KGF Academy
07-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC 1-2 Mohammedan Sporting Club
08-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC 2-1 PIFA-Colaba FC
08-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC 2-3 Langsning FC
10-Feb-2012: KGF Academy 0-1 Langsning FC
10-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC 1-1 Simla Youngs FC
11-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club 1-0 Luangmual FC
11-Feb-2012: Vasco SC 5-1 Golden Threads FC
13-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC 2-4 KGF Academy
13-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC 1-3 Vasco SC
14-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC 2-2 Mohammedan Sporting Club
14-Feb-2012: Langsning FC 2-1 PIFA-Colaba FC
16-Feb-2012: KGF Academy 3-1 PIFA-Colaba FC
16-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club 2-0 Langsning FC
17-Feb-2012: Vasco SC 2-1 Simla Youngs FC
17-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC 4-3 Luangmual FC
19-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC 1-7 KGF Academy
19-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC 1-1 Golden Threads FC
20-Feb-2012: Langsning FC 1-2 Vasco SC
20-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC 0-3 Mohammedan Sporting Club

I-League Division 2: Final Round spots are up for grabs

The preliminary Group Stage of the I-League Division 2 ends in a couple of days. Then we will know who all have qualified for the final round and join Mumbai's ONGC though some teams like United Sikkim FC and Mohammedan Sporting Club are already through.

In Group A in Silchar United Sikkim FC are already through with one match to play, but they face Aizawl FC in the final game of the group which will decide who will join them in the final round. Currently Ar-Hima FC are in second spot with 11 points, while Aizawl FC are in third just a point behind. But the team from Mizoram would need a win against USFC to leapfrog the Shillong side and progress.

In Group B in Cuttack it is a three-way race for the two spots. Currently Royal Wahingdoh SC and Sesa Football Academy are top of the league with 14 points, while Kalighat Milan Sangha are close behind on 13 points. Only if Royal Wahingdoh SC or Sesa Football Academy drop points then Kalighat MS have a chance to move into the final round.

In Group C at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi tomorrow it a real final when Langsning FC from Shillong take on Goan side Vasco SC. Both teams are on 13 points with four wins, a draw and a loss. Only one of the sides will join Mohammedan Sporting Club from the group in the final round. The Goans have a superior goal difference and would go through on that in chance of a draw, otherwise the winner moves on.

USFC unhappy about Baichung incidence reporting

On the field the results have been mostly going as per plan for United Sikkim FC in the I-League Division 2 in Silchar, Assam. Three wins and a draw after four matches mean USFC are top of Group A with the club set to qualify for the final round.

But in their third preliminary league match on February 8 against Guwahati's Green Valley SC there was some unwanted trouble. USFC co-owner and former India captain Baichung Bhutia came on as a second half substitute for his side and he was given a tough time by Green Valley defender Amal Ghosh. This resulted in an agitated Baichung having a go at Amal Ghosh, which resulted in the referee handing both players a yellow card.

Post match Baichung was accused by match commissioner Inayatullah Khan to have brought the game into disrepute. Baichung was called-up by the disciplinary committee, which is made up of local football officials, but he did not turn up due to another commitment in Siliguri, West Bengal to accept a state award.

Baichung will appear infront of the disciplinary committee on February 16 once he returns to Silchar and unlike reports in the media Baichung has not been temporarily suspended by the disciplinary committee. This reporting has also not gone down well with the USFC team management.

2nd Division I-League: Change in Group B Fixtures

There have been changes to the fixtures of Group of the 2nd Division of the I-League due to other commitments of Techno Aryan Club in the championship-leg of the Calcutta Premier League.

Aryan's fixtures have been adjusted according of Group B, which will be played in Cuttack. The Cuttack fixtures would now end a day later on February 21.

Otherwise the fixtures remain the same for all participating teams.


Group 1 - Silchar
Green Valley SC (Guwahati), Eagles FC (Kochi), Southern Samity (Kolkata), Bhowanipore Club (Kolkata), United Sikkim FC (Gangtok), Ar-Hima FC (Shillong), Aizawl FC (Mizoram)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Ar-Hima FC - Aizawl FC
01-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Eagles FC
02-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Bhowanipore Club
04-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Green Valley SC
04-Feb-2012: Bhowanipore Club - Ar-Hima FC
05-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Eagles FC
07-Feb-2012: Bhowanipore Club - Ar-Hima FC
07-Feb-2012: Eagles FC - Aizawl FC
08-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Green Valley SC
10-Feb-2012: Eagles FC - Ar-Hima FC
10-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Aizawl FC
11-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Southern Samity
13-Feb-2012: Eagles FC - Bhowanipore Club
13-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Ar-Hima FC
14-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Aizawl FC
16-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Bhowanipore Club
16-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Ar-Hima FC
17-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Aizawl FC
19-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Eagles FC
19-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Bhowanipore Club
20-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Ar-Hima FC


Group 2 - Cuttack
Royal Wahingdoh SC (Shillong), Sesa Football Academy (Goa), Quartz SC (Kozhikode), Kalighat Milan Sangha (Kolkata), Techno Aryan Club (Kolkata), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Samaleshwari FC (Orissa)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Samaleshwari FC
01-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Kenkre FC
02-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Guwahati Town Club
02-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Techno Aryan Club
04-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC - Techno Aryan Club
04-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club - Kalighat Milan Sangha
05-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC - Quartz SC
05-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Sesa Football Academy
07-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Samaleshwari FC
07-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Royal Wahingdoh SC
08-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Kenkre FC
19-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club - Guwahati Town Club
10-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC - Guwahati Town Club
11-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC - Techno Aryan Club
10-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Kalighat Milan Sangha
11-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Quartz SC
13-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club - Royal Wahingdoh SC
13-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club - Kenkre FC
14-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Samaleshwari FC
14-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Sesa Football Academy
16-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC - Kenkre FC
16-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Guwahati Town Club
17-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Techno Aryan Club
17-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Kalighat Milan Sangha
20-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC - Royal Wahingdoh SC
20-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Samaleshwari FC
21-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club - Quartz SC
21-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club - Sesa Football Academy


Group 3 -
Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata), Vasco SC (Goa), Golden Threads FC (Kerala), Luangmual FC (Mizoram), Simla Youngs FC (Delhi), Langsning FC (Shillong), PIFA-Colaba FC (Mumbai), KGF Academy (Bangalore)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - KGF Academy
01-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - PIFA-Colaba FC
02-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - Langsning FC
02-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - Simla Youngs FC
04-Feb-2012: KGF Academy - Simla Youngs FC
04-Feb-2012: Langsning FC - Luangmual FC
05-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC - Golden Threads FC
05-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Vasco SC
07-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - KGF Academy
07-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - Mohammedan Sporting Club
08-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - PIFA-Colaba FC
08-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC - Langsning FC
10-Feb-2012: KGF Academy - Langsning FC
10-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC - Simla Youngs FC
11-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Luangmual FC
11-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - Golden Threads FC
13-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - KGF Academy
13-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - Vasco SC
14-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC - Mohammedan Sporting Club
14-Feb-2012: Langsning FC - PIFA-Colaba FC
16-Feb-2012: KGF Academy - PIFA-Colaba FC
16-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Langsning FC
17-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - Simla Youngs FC
17-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - Luangmual FC
19-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - KGF Academy
19-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC - Golden Threads FC
20-Feb-2012: Langsning FC - Vasco SC
20-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC - Mohammedan Sporting Club

2nd Division I-League: Groupings & Fixtures out

The 2nd Division of the I-League will kick-off with the three group preliminary round on February 1 with 23 teams divided into groups of seven or eight teams. The groups would be played in Silchar, Cuttack and Delhi with only the top two sides making it to the next round where they would be joined by last years relegated I-League side ONGC.

The draw is an interesting one with the seven team Group A the toughest of all the three groups. To name favourites is difficult then in such a single-leg format it all depends on how you start into the tournament and if you can keep the momentum going through such a group phase.


Group 1 - Silchar
Green Valley SC (Guwahati), Eagles FC (Kochi), Southern Samity (Kolkata), Bhowanipore Club (Kolkata), United Sikkim FC (Gangtok), Ar-Hima FC (Shillong), Aizawl FC (Mizoram)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Ar-Hima FC - Aizawl FC
01-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Eagles FC
02-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Bhowanipore Club
04-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Green Valley SC
04-Feb-2012: Bhowanipore Club - Ar-Hima FC
05-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Eagles FC
07-Feb-2012: Bhowanipore Club - Ar-Hima FC
07-Feb-2012: Eagles FC - Aizawl FC
08-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Green Valley SC
10-Feb-2012: Eagles FC - Ar-Hima FC
10-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Aizawl FC
11-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Southern Samity
13-Feb-2012: Eagles FC - Bhowanipore Club
13-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Ar-Hima FC
14-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Aizawl FC
16-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Bhowanipore Club
16-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Ar-Hima FC
17-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Aizawl FC
19-Feb-2012: Green Valley SC - Eagles FC
19-Feb-2012: Southern Samity - Bhowanipore Club
20-Feb-2012: United Sikkim FC - Ar-Hima FC


Group 2 - Cuttack
Royal Wahingdoh SC (Shillong), Sesa Football Academy (Goa), Quartz SC (Kozhikode), Kalighat Milan Sangha (Kolkata), Techno Aryan Club (Kolkata), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Samaleshwari FC (Orissa)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Samaleshwari FC
01-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Kenkre FC
02-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Guwahati Town Club
02-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Techno Aryan Club
04-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC - Techno Aryan Club
04-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club - Kalighat Milan Sangha
05-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC - Quartz SC
05-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Sesa Football Academy
07-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Samaleshwari FC
07-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Royal Wahingdoh SC
08-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Kenkre FC
08-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club - Guwahati Town Club
10-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC - Guwahati Town Club
10-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC - Techno Aryan Club
11-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Kalighat Milan Sangha
11-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Quartz SC
13-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Samaleshwari FC
13-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Sesa Football Academy
14-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club - Royal Wahingdoh SC
14-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club - Kenkre FC
16-Feb-2012: Samaleshwari FC - Kenkre FC
16-Feb-2012: Royal Wahingdoh SC - Guwahati Town Club
17-Feb-2012: Sesa Football Academy - Techno Aryan Club
17-Feb-2012: Quartz SC - Kalighat Milan Sangha
19-Feb-2012: Kalighat Milan Sangha - Samaleshwari FC
19-Feb-2012: Techno Aryan Club - Quartz SC
20-Feb-2012: Guwahati Town Club - Sesa Football Academy
20-Feb-2012: Kenkre FC - Royal Wahingdoh SC


Group 3 -
Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata), Vasco SC (Goa), Golden Threads FC (Kerala), Luangmual FC (Mizoram), Simla Youngs FC (Delhi), Langsning FC (Shillong), PIFA-Colaba FC (Mumbai), KGF Academy (Bangalore)

Fixtures
01-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - KGF Academy
01-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - PIFA-Colaba FC
02-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - Langsning FC
02-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - Simla Youngs FC
04-Feb-2012: KGF Academy - Simla Youngs FC
04-Feb-2012: Langsning FC - Luangmual FC
05-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC - Golden Threads FC
05-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Vasco SC
07-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - KGF Academy
07-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - Mohammedan Sporting Club
08-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - PIFA-Colaba FC
08-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC - Langsning FC
10-Feb-2012: KGF Academy - Langsning FC
10-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC - Simla Youngs FC
11-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Luangmual FC
11-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - Golden Threads FC
13-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - KGF Academy
13-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - Vasco SC
14-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC - Mohammedan Sporting Club
14-Feb-2012: Langsning FC - PIFA-Colaba FC
16-Feb-2012: KGF Academy - PIFA-Colaba FC
16-Feb-2012: Mohammedan Sporting Club - Langsning FC
17-Feb-2012: Vasco SC - Simla Youngs FC
17-Feb-2012: Golden Threads FC - Luangmual FC
19-Feb-2012: Luangmual FC - KGF Academy
19-Feb-2012: Simla Youngs FC - Golden Threads FC
20-Feb-2012: Langsning FC - Vasco SC
20-Feb-2012: PIFA-Colaba FC - Mohammedan Sporting Club