Showing posts with label NISA. Show all posts
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Monday, September 22, 2008

3rd Manipur State League

SSU, Singjamei on top after round nine
Imphal, Sep 21: Goal difference continues to be the deciding factor in the race for the title of the 3rd Manipur State League football tournament with SSU, Singjamei replacing TRUGPU, Nambol on top of the points table at the end of ninth round today while reigning champion NISA, Thangmeiband humbled TRAU, Tiddim Road 4-0 at THAU ground.
NISA would be leaving for Tripura tomorrow to participate in the zonal level Federation Cup football competition.
Hosting USA, Khurai at Lilong Chajing ground today, SSU handed a crushing 4-0 defeat to the visitors with Gaichungam Kamson opening the score account in the opening minute before goals from L Dewan (31st), Kh Ratan (53rd) and AS Thamreishang (67th) took the match from the opponents' grasp.
At Nambol, home team TRUGPU outplayed MPSC 2-0 to tie SSU at 21 points with the Singjamei side pipping their nearest rival on goal difference. Naoton (31st) and Surchand (84th) were TRUGPU goal scorers.
Goals from M Bijen (19th), Benjamin Kamson (75th), S Bikram (84th) and O Pritam (90th) fetched NISA maximum point and the third place in the standing on 21 point.
Playing at home, ESU (Wangkhei) held on its 69th minute goal by Ph Cheitei to edge past PYC, Phoudel.
In the day's other matches NEROCA downed NLYC, Churachandpur at Liberal College, Luwangshangbam ground as YWC, Thambalkhong and AMOFA, Moirang played a 3-3 draw at Thambalkhong.
After taking an 8th minute lead through L Nabachandra, NEROCA fell behind 1-2 as K Thangoulian struck in the 36th and 54th minutes before H Amarjit emulated the rival player's feat to slam in a brace within a span of four minutes (74th, 77th).
In the keenly contested YWC versus AMOFA match, H Roshangliana (10th), Th Inaotomba (28th) and Lalrintvanga (84th) scored for the Moirang side while Palmei Poupangai (42nd), W Daniel (59th) and Lensang Khongsai (88th) led the YWC fightback.
Points Table after Round Nine (Matches played; wins; draws; losses; goals for; goals against; goal difference; points)
1. Southern Sporting Union, Singjamei 9 6 3 0 21 4 +17 21
2. TRUGPU, Nambol (promoted) 9 6 3 0 22 7 +15 21
3. NISA, Thangmeiband (champion) 9 6 3 0 21 8 +13 21
4. Manipur Police Sports Club 9 5 3 1 12 6 + 6 18
5. NEROCA, Laipham Khunou 9 6 0 3 19 14 + 5 18
6. United Sports Association, Khurai 9 3 2 4 7 13 - 6 11
7. Phoudel Youth Club, Thoubal 9 2 2 5 11 14 - 3 8
8. Youth Welfare Club, Thambalkhong 9 2 2 5 10 14 - 4 8
9. All-Moirang Football Association 9 1 4 4 7 11 - 4 7
10. Tiddim Road Athletic Union 9 2 1 6 7 17 -10 7
11. Eastern Sporting Union, Wangkhei 9 2 1 6 5 15 -10 7
12. New Lamka Youth Club (promoted) 9 1 0 8 10 29 -19 3
Source: www.indianfootball.com

Friday, May 30, 2008

Vision India

AFC pats Manipur on football development:
Kuala Lumpur: AFC General Secretary Dato’ Paul Mony Samuel has congratulated the All Manipur Football Association (AMFA) for another successful football season of the Manipur State League.
“I would also like to congratulate Thangmeiband’s NISA club for their impressive title run in only their first season in the league,” he said.
“I am delighted that Manipur State League, launched under AFC’s Vision India programme in 2006, has witnessed tremendous growth in quality of the game and standards of the clubs.”
“With strong commitment and leadership of AMFA, the Manipur State League has become a model of success and one that needs to be emulated in many states across India,” he said.
He said the successes of state and schools league will inspire the AMFA to launch an under-14 club youth league this year.
“I am confident that the success of these leagues will inspire the association to launch a youth league this year,” he added.
Source: Asian Football Confederation

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Santosh Trophy

Manipur team selected:
Imphal, Apr 28: To represent Manipur in the 62nd National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy 2008 to be held in Jammu from May 25, the following players have been selected.
Goalkeeper: S Basanta (NEROCA); Defenders: Benjamin Kamson (NEROCA), H Devan (TRAU), S Thomas (NEROCA), Y Raju (NISA); Mid-fielders: Charan Rai (NISA), W Ngouba (NISA), W Ajitkumar (NISA); Strikers: N Jimmy (SSU) and I Nilakumar (MPSC), informed an AMFA release.
Moreover, those players who are playing in clubs outside the State but available in Manipur at present have also been intimated to AMFA joint secretary L Jyotirmoy Roy at 8 am of April 30 at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium.
Those players include: Goalkeeper: Lalit Thapa (Churchill Brothers); Defenders: L Dhanachandra (Air India), L Uttam (Air India), Khelemba (Viva Kerala); Mid-fielders: S Dharamjit (Mohan Bagan), L James (Mohun Bagan), M Bijen (Md Sporting Club), Zenith Tangkhul (Churchill Brothers); Strikers: Jotin (Viva Kerala) and K Samson (Air India).
Meanwhile, AMFA executive council has appointed AFC 'A' licencee S Ekendra as the coach of Manipur team for the 62nd Santosh Trophy.
Source: The Sangai Express

Monday, December 17, 2007

2nd Manipur State Football League

Manipur Police, TRAU, NEROCA win:

Imphal, Dec 16: The 2nd Manipur State League football competition resumed on Sunday after a brief break owing to the recently concluded 51st CC Meet football tournament.

Playing at THAU ground which serves as the home ground for TRAU, Tiddim Road, the hosts overcame ESU, Wangkhei, by a solitary goal scored in the 29th minute by Y San-tosh off a flag kick taken by K Inaoton.

At Luwangsangbam ground, hosts NEROCA, Shangakpham, blanked SSU, Singjamei 2-0 with L Nabachandra finding the rivals’ net five minutes into the game before S Thomas sealed the match with an 86th minute strike.

USA, Khurai, hosted Thambalkhong side YWC at Khundrakpam ground and managed to pull off a 1-1 draw with Th Inaotomba converting a penalty in injury time after Kh Bopinchandra had opened the visitors’ score in the 75th minute.

The day saw MPSC record the highest victory margin drubbing hosts PYC, Phoudel
6-1 with the police team’s prolific striker I Nilakumar netting a brace in 69th and 91st minutes. While Kh Romen (7th), N Deshkumar (23rd), Somochandra (28th) and N Maimu (85th) bulged the MPSC scoreline, Hangmateshmol Kom scored the PYC consolation goal in the 40th minute.

At Kakching, KFC erased two goal deficit to hold newly crowned CC Meet champions NISA, Thangmeiband, 2-2. After the visitors raced to 2-0 lead with goals from Charan Rai (54th) and M Bidyasagar (71st), the home team rallied through M Bijen (72nd) and Joseph Thanghinlal (76th).

Posted On: The Sangai Express

Saturday, December 8, 2007

51st Sir Churachand Football

New CC Meet champ imminent:

Imphal, Dec 7: The 51st Sir Churachand Singh KCSI CBE Memorial Football tournament is certain to herald a new champion as AMOFA, Moirang, take on NISA, Thangmeiband, in the final on December 9 (Sunday) at 1 pm at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium.

Neither AMOFA nor NISA have won the competition though the latter had reached the final twice.

In the second semi-final on Friday, AMOFA upset the previous edition's champion SSU, Singjamei, by the odd goal in three but the score line in no way reflect the Moirang side's dominance who could have won by a bigger margin had the forwards converted chances that came their way.

While the AMOFA mid-fielders worked like a well-oiled machine and constantly fed the frontline players with defence splitting passes, SSU seldom showed any sign of a champion side with players lacking energy compared to enthusiastic approach of their opponents.

Inspite of territorial advantage, AMOFA managed to open its score account late in the first half when Stephen Hmar and L Ratan swiftly exchanged passes near the top of the SSU penalty zone.

Ratan swerved around a rival defender to put the ball into the crowded SSU goal area from near the touchline and found Stephen who blasted home from close range past a hapless SSU custodian in the first half added period.

The goal spurred the Moirang side as they came out from the break with renewed vigour and stormed the SSU goal consequently resulting in Th Joychandra scoring his seventh goal of the tournament of a Stephen Hmar essay in the 56th.Even though AMOFA sustained its pressure against the opponents and seem to increase the score lack of finishing touch at vital moment rendered the mid-fielders' hard work to nought.

At the fag end of the match SSU did foray into the Moirang goal but found the AMOFA custodian a hard nut to crack.

The SSU consolation goal eventually came two minutes into added period when the ball crossed the AMOFA goal-line from a goalmouth scramble with N Jimmy having the final touch.

Meanwhile, the tournament organiser AMFA has fixed ticket rate for the summit clash at Rs 100 for the VIP gallery and Rs 20 for ordinary stand with advance booking counter to be opened at Mapal Kangjeibung from tomorrow morning onwards.

Source: The Sangai Express

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Friday, December 7, 2007

51st Sir Churachand Football

NISA nail Manipur Police, enter CC Meet final:

Imphal, Dec 6: Resurgent Thangmeiband side NISA's sojourn in the ongoing 51st Sir Churachand Singh KCSI CBE Memorial Football Tournament continues as the former finalists stunned the competition's multiple time winners Manipur Police Sports Club (MPSC) after an absorbing 5-4 win via the tie-breaker here on Thursday.

In the first semi-final played at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, NISA, whose maiden entry to the final was in 1969 and repeated the feat again in 1994, were the better side of the day particularly after the lemon break.

With normal time ending in a 1-1 draw, penalty shoot-out was applied to decide the winner wherein NISA ultimately emerged victors when S Manimohan, M Abhiraj, W Ngamba and K Ajitkumar scored from the spot while Charan Rai shot wide.

For the police side, N Maimu, I Nilakumar and Ng Jenendra were successful as O Somorendro and Duanmei Kamson's shots ballooned over the crosspiece.

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Earlier in the match, NISA set the tempo when M Abhiraj curled in from about 20 yards only three minutes into the game.

The match official awarded the free kick after MPSC's K Premkumar handled the ball in trying to defend a Charan Rai salvo.

The police side also responded in similar fashion as Abhiraj was ruled to have handled the ball in checking Nilakumar at the edge of the penalty box in the 19th minute.

The resultant free kick executed by Ksh Kanta left the NISA custodian gaping.

With no change in the scoresheet in the opening session which was marked by scrappy display from the first semi-finalists, the second half began with both sides looking for goals that never were to be.

The match was marred by numerous stoppages with the medical team being the busiest of all even as three MPSC players were yellow carded for unsporting conduct.

Even though NISA was the dominant side after the change of ends, lack of cohesion among their frontline players wasted some good scoring chances provided by the schemers.

For MPSC, their lethal striker I Nilakumar, who is the joint top scorer along with AMOFA's Th Joychandra on six each, was ineffective as NISA's wily Kh Ratan shadowed the police striker throughout the match.

MPSC, apart from lifting the coveted trophy four times, including a joint winner, had entered the summit round for a record nine times.

In the final scheduled to be played on December 9, NISA will face the winner of tomorrow's (Friday) second semi-final between AMOFA, Moirang, and SSU, Singjamei.

For the record, reigning champions SSU had won the title on four occasions in six entries to the final.

AMOFA are yet to reach the final.

Source: The Sangai Express

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

51st Sir Churachand Memorial Football

MPSC in CC Meet semi-final:

Imphal, Dec 4: Veteran striker I Nillakumar netted his sixth goal of the competition on Tuesday as Manipur Police sports Club (MPSC) joined NISA and SSU in the last four stage of the 51st Sir Churachand Singh KCSI CBE Memorial Football tournament here.

On the penultimate day of quarter-final league on Tuesday, the police side edged past YWC, Thambalkhong, 2-1 to top Group P with six points.

Nillakumar headed in the MPSC opener six minutes into the game to become the highest goal scorer in the competition so far.

YWC levelled the score when L Indramani drilled in from a goalmouth melee in the 22nd only to find Nillakumar shake off his markers to feed M Somochandra to regain the one goal advantage six minutes later.

Earlier in the tournament, MPSC had trounced Nagaland Police 4-0 with the Thambalkhong side defeating NP 2-0.The quarter-final round will conclude tomorrow (Wednesday) with AMOFA, Moirang, and Assam's Green Valley facing each other in a must win game for both the sides while City Club and USA will play for academic interest.

Source: The Sangai Express

Monday, December 3, 2007

51st Sir Churachand Football

NISA in CC Meet semi-finals; MPSC rout NP:

Imphal, Dec 2: NISA (Thangmeiband) became the first team to advance into the semi -finals of the 51st Sir Churachand Singh KCSI CBE Memorial Football Tournament after scripting a hard fought 3-2 victory over ESU (Wangkhei) at Mapal Kangjeibung on Sunday.

While the Thangmeiband side produced their best performance so far in the prestigious competition after a lapse of nearly 13 years, MPSC won a battle between two police sides when they sent home Nagaland Police with a 4-0 thrashing in another quarter-final league tie this afternoon.

NISA's previous record was a final entry in 1994. NISA's remarkable resurgence in the current edition of the tournament nearly met its nemesis in the form of the Wangkhei side who literally fought till the end before O Pritam triggered joyous scenes with a 90th minute winner off a Ch Dhanakumar pass.

ESU, who had also lost the first match by a solitary in the double leg competition between the two, showed glimpses of its champion stuff when Th Pravinkumar scored four minutes into the game.

The lead, however, lasted only three minutes as Charan Rai restored parity and struck his and NISA's second in the 10th minute.

Sensing victory, NISA supporters had even begun to celebrate but were brought down to earth with a thud after Reagan Kom equalised for ESU three minutes from end of normal time before Pritam sounded the former finalists' arrival to the top level of football competition.

The otherwise exciting contest was marred by five bookings including three ESU players.

While the NISA versus ESU clash had all the elements of an edge of the seat thriller, MPSC was clearly the dominant side in the day's first match against Nagaland Police even though the breakthrough came near the half-time whistle.

For MPSC, veteran striker I Nillakumar scored thrice (43rd, 56th, 86th) in addition to setting up Ksh Kanta for the team's third in the 73rd. MPSC will play YWC, Thambalkhong to decide who advance into the semi-final from Group P.

YWC has three points as it had defeated NP 2-0.

Source: The Sangai Express

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Sir Churachand Football Meet

YWC, NISA win at 51st CC Meet:

Imphal, Nov 30: YWC, Thambalkhong and NISA, Thangmeiband won their respective quarter-final encounters in the 51st CC Meet at Mapal Kangjeibung here on Friday.

In the first match, YWC blanked Nagaland Police with goal in each half.

Kh Ronald put YWC on the best possible start with a first minute goal while L Indramani consolidated the lead in the third minute of the second half.

The policemen had a solid chance to equalise in the 13th minute, but Vileibeizo's attempt was thwarted by YWC goalkeeper Kh Sushil Kumar.

The Nagaland striker was given the yellow card in the 83rd minute of play.

On the other hand, NISA's Charan Rai's 59th minute penalty strike earned them full points against ESU, Wangkhei.

Th Surjit and Th Pravin Kumar of ESU and Y Raju Mangang of NISA were cautioned with yellow cards.

In tomorrow's fixture at 12.05 noon, NEROCA, Sangakpham meet AMOFA, Moirang in the first match while at 1.45 pm, SSU meet City Club, Heirok in the second match.

Source: The Sangai Express

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Sir Churachand Football Meet

NISA, YWC in CC Meet Quarter-finals:

Imphal, Nov 27: NISA, Thangmeiband and YWC, Thambalkhong recorded identical 3-0 victories over their respective group opponents to storm into the quarter-finals of the 51st CC Meet at Mapal Kangjeibung on Tuesday.

While NISA outplayed YPO, Sora, today to top Group B with an-all win record including 6-1 thrashing of Citizens' Club, Soibam Leikai, in its campaign opener, the Thambalkhong side, having defeated XI Star Sporting Union by a solitary goal in an earlier Group D tie, sealed their last eight berth after humbling TRUGPU, Nambol in the day's second match.

After O Pritam provided the NISA breakthrough only three minutes into play the same player doubled the lead in the 63rd minute and set up the team's third scored by M Abhiraj five minutes from end of normal period.

In YWC's comprehensive win, S Herojit struck the opener in the 41st minute before adding his second five minutes later.

Th Santosh finished off the game with an 85th minute strike.

Source: The Sangai Express

Monday, October 29, 2007

Manipur Sports News

2nd Manipur State League:
Oct. 27 Results:

1. AMOFA, Moirang vs ESU, Wangkhei (at Moirang) 2-0
Scorers: Lokesh (44th), Ashajit (91st)
2. NISA, Thangmeiband vs Manipur Police (at Sekmai Kangjeibung which served as former's home turf) 1-1
Scorers: S Manimohan (NISA; 15th), I Nillakumar (34th)
3. United Sports Association (USA), Khurai vs NEROCA, Laipham Khunou (at Khundrakpam) 1-0
Scorer: Th Inaomacha (59th)
4. Tiddim Road Athletics Union (TRAU) vs Kakching FC (at Kakching) 2-0
Scorers: Hemkhothang (67th), Lunminlal Khongsai (78th)
5. Southern Sporting Union (SSU), Singjamei vs Phoudel Youth Club (at Phoudel) 1-1
Scorers: Md Riyas Khan (PYC; 33rd), Rocky Philem (72nd)


Girls’ U-13 football

Oct. 27: Lhingneikim scored a hat-trick against Orissa to help Manipur record its second consecutive win in the Format-II AIFF Under-13 Girls Football Festival at Bhubaneswar.

Lhingneikim has scored in all the games Manipur had played and won so far in the competition.

Source: The Sangai Express