I would have preferred more clubs from Delhi region and some clubs from Chennai, Ahmadabad and Hyderabad. BTW, aren’t there any football clubs in Nagpur, Indore, Raipur and Vizag? Too many clubs from Kolkata, I would have liked some from rest of Bengal (if there are any).
Plus I am not sure about PIFA, Kenkre, and the Bangalore academy (never heard of it). WTH, AIFF can’t find some decent clubs to take to the fields for the second most important league of the country! Why don’t they rear (incubate) some clubs?
i can help you with the mumbai clubs .
kenkre fc is probably one of the best in youth structure in mumbai and have a decent following in local level too....but they lack in funding to get any big players(you could say that they are jct of mumbai when it comes to player making) and pifa is basically a academy team and i dont think they will be having an average age more than 23...
i dont expect either of team to make to even final round may be kenkre can just pull out to finals but not good enough for promotion to main division though
23 teams have been selected to play in the 2nd division of the I-League, which will start in the first week of February 2012. 23 teams divided into three groups. The matches will be played in Nagpur (Maharashtra), New Delhi (Delhi) and Silchar (Assam). Two teams from each group will qualify for the final rounds. The venue for the final round will be decided later, Top two teams from final rounds will play in the I-League 2012-13 season.
Group A (Nagpur): Golden Threads (Kerala), PIFA Colaba (Mumbai), Vasco (Goa), Ar-Hima (Meghalaya), Luangmual (Mizoram), Aryan Club (Kolkata),Bhawanipore FC (Kolkata), Samaleswari (Orissa).
Group B (Delhi): Mohammedan Sporting (Kolkata),Eagles FC (Kerala), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Aizwal FC ( Mizoram), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Royal Wahingdoh FC (Meghalaya), Shimla Youngs (Delhi), KGF Academy (Bangalore).
Group C (Silchar): Kalighat (Kolkata), Southern Samity (Kolkata), United Sikkim (Sikkim), Sesa Academy (Goa), Green Valley (Assam), Quartz SC (Kerala), Langsing FC (Meghalaya).
SOURCE:- footballage.
After doing my research on all 23 teams for wikpedia I can now tell you which teams fulfill the criteria of a proper team. My criteria is that they have a site, state/city names (this is not mandetory), and they have some sponsors.
So here they are. Vasco SC, Luangmaul FC, Aryan Club, Eagles FC, Guwahati Town Club, Aizwal FC, Kenkre FC, Royal Wahingdoh, Shimla Youngs, United Sikkim FC, Quartz SC.
Some good clubs and I bet both teams promoted will be from the 11 teams I metioned.
23 teams have been selected to play in the 2nd division of the I-League, which will start in the first week of February 2012. 23 teams divided into three groups. The matches will be played in Nagpur (Maharashtra), New Delhi (Delhi) and Silchar (Assam). Two teams from each group will qualify for the final rounds. The venue for the final round will be decided later, Top two teams from final rounds will play in the I-League 2012-13 season.
Group A (Nagpur): Golden Threads (Kerala), PIFA Colaba (Mumbai), Vasco (Goa), Ar-Hima (Meghalaya), Luangmual (Mizoram), Aryan Club (Kolkata),Bhawanipore FC (Kolkata), Samaleswari (Orissa).
Group B (Delhi): Mohammedan Sporting (Kolkata),Eagles FC (Kerala), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Aizwal FC ( Mizoram), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Royal Wahingdoh FC (Meghalaya), Shimla Youngs (Delhi), KGF Academy (Bangalore).
Group C (Silchar): Kalighat (Kolkata), Southern Samity (Kolkata), United Sikkim (Sikkim), Sesa Academy (Goa), Green Valley (Assam), Quartz SC (Kerala), Langsing FC (Meghalaya).
SOURCE:- footballage.
MY LEAGUE PREDICTIONS!
Group A: 1) Ar-Hima, 2) Vasco, 3) PIFA, 4) Aryan Club, 5) Luangmual, 6) Bhawanipore, 7) Golden Threads, 8) Samaleswari
Group B: 1) Royal Wahingdoh. 2) Mohammedan, 3) Aizwal FC, 4) Eagles FC, 5) Kenkre FC, 6) Shimla Youngs FC 7) Guwahati Town Club, 8) KGF Academy
Group C: 1) United Sikkim 2) Southern Samity, 3) Quartz SC, 4) SESA, 5) Langsing, 6) Green Valley, Kalighat
Final Round: 1) United Sikkim FC, 2) Royal Wahingdoh FC, 3) Vasco SC, 4) Mohammedan, 5) Ar-Hima, 6) Southern Samity
BTW It looks like ONGC FC did not make the cut. From I-League to amateur. Hahaha.
23 teams have been selected to play in the 2nd division of the I-League, which will start in the first week of February 2012. 23 teams divided into three groups. The matches will be played in Nagpur (Maharashtra), New Delhi (Delhi) and Silchar (Assam). Two teams from each group will qualify for the final rounds. The venue for the final round will be decided later, Top two teams from final rounds will play in the I-League 2012-13 season.
Group A (Nagpur): Golden Threads (Kerala), PIFA Colaba (Mumbai), Vasco (Goa), Ar-Hima (Meghalaya), Luangmual (Mizoram), Aryan Club (Kolkata),Bhawanipore FC (Kolkata), Samaleswari (Orissa).
Group B (Delhi): Mohammedan Sporting (Kolkata),Eagles FC (Kerala), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Aizwal FC ( Mizoram), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Royal Wahingdoh FC (Meghalaya), Shimla Youngs (Delhi), KGF Academy (Bangalore).
Group C (Silchar): Kalighat (Kolkata), Southern Samity (Kolkata), United Sikkim (Sikkim), Sesa Academy (Goa), Green Valley (Assam), Quartz SC (Kerala), Langsing FC (Meghalaya).
SOURCE:- footballage.
MY LEAGUE PREDICTIONS!
Group A: 1) Ar-Hima, 2) Vasco, 3) PIFA, 4) Aryan Club, 5) Luangmual, 6) Bhawanipore, 7) Golden Threads, 8) Samaleswari
Group B: 1) Royal Wahingdoh. 2) Mohammedan, 3) Aizwal FC, 4) Eagles FC, 5) Kenkre FC, 6) Shimla Youngs FC 7) Guwahati Town Club, 8) KGF Academy
Group C: 1) United Sikkim 2) Southern Samity, 3) Quartz SC, 4) SESA, 5) Langsing, 6) Green Valley, Kalighat
Final Round: 1) United Sikkim FC, 2) Royal Wahingdoh FC, 3) Vasco SC, 4) Mohammedan, 5) Ar-Hima, 6) Southern Samity
BTW It looks like ONGC FC did not make the cut. From I-League to amateur. Hahaha.
ONGC has announced last year after relegation that they will be releasing all their players and will form a team only after fulfilling criteria i.e will comeback only when they turn professional....so i doubt their return.....
and i guess southern samity could pull up a surprise this season given that they getting some impressive signing for their route to top division.....and in place of mohd. sporting, shimla youngs or eagles should make it i feel
This just leads me to thinking. AIFF could have done better with deciding which teams should be in the league. Like how did they come up with 23 teams? What criteria did they set up. Like how did KGF Academy make the league. They should of done 18 teams. (6 teams per group) and take out 5 clubs like KGF Academy (really an academy team), Bhawanipore (another random Kolkata club who no one knows about), Green Valley (what the fuck is Green Valley and also they will not get promotion), Techno Aryan (another Kolkata club + they need a revamp in management), Luangmaul (same as Green Valley). Take these clubs out and you have a good 18 team league with equal groups and good representation (6 from NE, 3 from WE, 3 from Kolkata, 1 from North, 2 from Goa, 2 from Maha, 1 from Orissa)
As for next season AIFF should look more into getting rid of a few more Kolkata clubs like Kalighat and Southern Samity and bring in a club from Chennai and the North while in Goa get rid of SESA and get a club from the GPL like Margao FC or some other club from the Goa League. Also in the NE get rid of a Shillong club as Shillong is turing into another Kolkata as they have to many clubs and promote the champions of the Nagaland Premier League to the I-League 2nd Division.
New representation for 2013 (or 2012-13):(NOTE: I am predicting that Chirag and HAL get relegated and that HAL dissolve while Chirag play in the league. Due to this the AIFF allow another team from Hyderabad in the league.)
2 from Kolkata, 2 from Goa, 2 from Maha, 4 from Kerala, 2 from East Coast, 6 from NE, 2 from North (20 clubs)
Divide into 2 groups of 10 so each team can play 9 games and allow the top 4 each group in the Final Round so at the end those 8 teams would play 16 games.
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This just leads me to thinking. AIFF could have done better with deciding which teams should be in the league. Like how did they come up with 23 teams? What criteria did they set up. Like how did KGF Academy make the league. They should of done 18 teams. (6 teams per group) and take out 5 clubs like KGF Academy (really an academy team), Bhawanipore (another random Kolkata club who no one knows about), Green Valley (what the F*** is Green Valley and also they will not get promotion), Techno Aryan (another Kolkata club + they need a revamp in management), Luangmaul (same as Green Valley). Take these clubs out and you have a good 18 team league with equal groups and good representation (6 from NE, 3 from WE, 3 from Kolkata, 1 from North, 2 from Goa, 2 from Maha, 1 from Orissa)
As for next season AIFF should look more into getting rid of a few more Kolkata clubs like Kalighat and Southern Samity and bring in a club from Chennai and the North while in Goa get rid of SESA and get a club from the GPL like Margao FC or some other club from the Goa League. Also in the NE get rid of a Shillong club as Shillong is turing into another Kolkata as they have to many clubs and promote the champions of the Nagaland Premier League to the I-League 2nd Division.
New representation for 2013 (or 2012-13):(NOTE: I am predicting that Chirag and HAL get relegated and that HAL dissolve while Chirag play in the league. Due to this the AIFF allow another team from Hyderabad in the league.)
2 from Kolkata, 2 from Goa, 2 from Maha, 4 from Kerala, 2 from East Coast, 6 from NE, 2 from North (20 clubs)
Divide into 2 groups of 10 so each team can play 9 games and allow the top 4 each group in the Final Round so at the end those 8 teams would play 16 games.
Hey arsenalkid this got me thinking...... We know AIFF is not strong enough to implement the AFC criteria by force in I-League.... so the best way to implement the criteria is via implementing it on div 2 and this would indirctly create a pressure on the top division clubs
23 teams have been selected to play in the 2nd division of the I-League, which will start in the first week of February 2012. 23 teams divided into three groups. The matches will be played in Nagpur (Maharashtra), New Delhi (Delhi) and Silchar (Assam). Two teams from each group will qualify for the final rounds. The venue for the final round will be decided later, Top two teams from final rounds will play in the I-League 2012-13 season.
Group A (Nagpur): Golden Threads (Kerala), PIFA Colaba (Mumbai), Vasco (Goa), Ar-Hima (Meghalaya), Luangmual (Mizoram), Aryan Club (Kolkata),Bhawanipore FC (Kolkata), Samaleswari (Orissa).
Group B (Delhi): Mohammedan Sporting (Kolkata),Eagles FC (Kerala), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Aizwal FC ( Mizoram), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Royal Wahingdoh FC (Meghalaya), Shimla Youngs (Delhi), KGF Academy (Bangalore).
Group C (Silchar): Kalighat (Kolkata), Southern Samity (Kolkata), United Sikkim (Sikkim), Sesa Academy (Goa), Green Valley (Assam), Quartz SC (Kerala), Langsing FC (Meghalaya).
This is the easiest chance for any team to qualify since 2009 version of the 2nd Division when 4 from 6 teams qualified in final stage.
Vasco, Ar-Hima , Aryan & Bhawanipore would be the favorites from GROUP A , on current form Ar-Hima & Aryan would be front runners
Group B is the most straightforward, with Mohd Sporting & Royal Wahingdoh firm favorites to qualify, as teams like Guwahati, Aizawl, Kenkre, Simla Youngs and KGF ( formerly BEML) are just making up the numbers in this group
United Sikkim & Langsning should be the favorites, but Southern Samity , Kalighat & Sesa are all capable of causing an upset, while Quartz and Green Valley will do well to avoid heavy losses.
The final round will be in either Sikkim or Siliguri, this should favor the NE teams.
from the final 6
Arhima
Sikkim Utd
Royal Wahingdoh
Mohd. Sporting
Langsning
Aryan/Vasco
Almost certain that 1 more team from the north east will be in the I-League next season
Aryan has shown professionalism. One of the few clubs in 2nd div to have a proper website and a sponsor.
Website : <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://technoaryanclub.com/aryan/index.php?id=1"; onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://technoaryanclub.com/aryan/index.php?id=1</a><!-- m -->
Sponsor : Techno Group
History : One of the old Kolkata clubs.
Team : Lots of local lads
Coach : Raghu Nandi, highly rated. Won junior league for Mohun Bagan
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kenkre fc is probably one of the best in youth structure in mumbai and have a decent following in local level too....but they lack in funding to get any big players(you could say that they are jct of mumbai when it comes to player making) and pifa is basically a academy team and i dont think they will be having an average age more than 23...
i dont expect either of team to make to even final round may be kenkre can just pull out to finals but not good enough for promotion to main division though
After doing my research on all 23 teams for wikpedia I can now tell you which teams fulfill the criteria of a proper team. My criteria is that they have a site, state/city names (this is not mandetory), and they have some sponsors.
So here they are. Vasco SC, Luangmaul FC, Aryan Club, Eagles FC, Guwahati Town Club, Aizwal FC, Kenkre FC, Royal Wahingdoh, Shimla Youngs, United Sikkim FC, Quartz SC.
Some good clubs and I bet both teams promoted will be from the 11 teams I metioned.
MY LEAGUE PREDICTIONS!
Group A: 1) Ar-Hima, 2) Vasco, 3) PIFA, 4) Aryan Club, 5) Luangmual, 6) Bhawanipore, 7) Golden Threads, 8) Samaleswari
Group B: 1) Royal Wahingdoh. 2) Mohammedan, 3) Aizwal FC, 4) Eagles FC, 5) Kenkre FC, 6) Shimla Youngs FC 7) Guwahati Town Club, 8) KGF Academy
Group C: 1) United Sikkim 2) Southern Samity, 3) Quartz SC, 4) SESA, 5) Langsing, 6) Green Valley, Kalighat
Final Round: 1) United Sikkim FC, 2) Royal Wahingdoh FC, 3) Vasco SC, 4) Mohammedan, 5) Ar-Hima, 6) Southern Samity
BTW It looks like ONGC FC did not make the cut. From I-League to amateur. Hahaha.
and i guess southern samity could pull up a surprise this season given that they getting some impressive signing for their route to top division.....and in place of mohd. sporting, shimla youngs or eagles should make it i feel
Same. In fact just making it to the 2nd Division Final Round is an achievement for them
This just leads me to thinking. AIFF could have done better with deciding which teams should be in the league. Like how did they come up with 23 teams? What criteria did they set up. Like how did KGF Academy make the league. They should of done 18 teams. (6 teams per group) and take out 5 clubs like KGF Academy (really an academy team), Bhawanipore (another random Kolkata club who no one knows about), Green Valley (what the fuck is Green Valley and also they will not get promotion), Techno Aryan (another Kolkata club + they need a revamp in management), Luangmaul (same as Green Valley). Take these clubs out and you have a good 18 team league with equal groups and good representation (6 from NE, 3 from WE, 3 from Kolkata, 1 from North, 2 from Goa, 2 from Maha, 1 from Orissa)
As for next season AIFF should look more into getting rid of a few more Kolkata clubs like Kalighat and Southern Samity and bring in a club from Chennai and the North while in Goa get rid of SESA and get a club from the GPL like Margao FC or some other club from the Goa League. Also in the NE get rid of a Shillong club as Shillong is turing into another Kolkata as they have to many clubs and promote the champions of the Nagaland Premier League to the I-League 2nd Division.
New representation for 2013 (or 2012-13):(NOTE: I am predicting that Chirag and HAL get relegated and that HAL dissolve while Chirag play in the league. Due to this the AIFF allow another team from Hyderabad in the league.)
2 from Kolkata, 2 from Goa, 2 from Maha, 4 from Kerala, 2 from East Coast, 6 from NE, 2 from North (20 clubs)
Divide into 2 groups of 10 so each team can play 9 games and allow the top 4 each group in the Final Round so at the end those 8 teams would play 16 games.
Hey arsenalkid this got me thinking...... We know AIFF is not strong enough to implement the AFC criteria by force in I-League.... so the best way to implement the criteria is via implementing it on div 2 and this would indirctly create a pressure on the top division clubs
This is the easiest chance for any team to qualify since 2009 version of the 2nd Division when 4 from 6 teams qualified in final stage.
Vasco, Ar-Hima , Aryan & Bhawanipore would be the favorites from GROUP A , on current form Ar-Hima & Aryan would be front runners
Group B is the most straightforward, with Mohd Sporting & Royal Wahingdoh firm favorites to qualify, as teams like Guwahati, Aizawl, Kenkre, Simla Youngs and KGF ( formerly BEML) are just making up the numbers in this group
United Sikkim & Langsning should be the favorites, but Southern Samity , Kalighat & Sesa are all capable of causing an upset, while Quartz and Green Valley will do well to avoid heavy losses.
The final round will be in either Sikkim or Siliguri, this should favor the NE teams.
from the final 6
Arhima
Sikkim Utd
Royal Wahingdoh
Mohd. Sporting
Langsning
Aryan/Vasco
Almost certain that 1 more team from the north east will be in the I-League next season
Aryan has shown professionalism. One of the few clubs in 2nd div to have a proper website and a sponsor.
Website : <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://technoaryanclub.com/aryan/index.php?id=1"; onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://technoaryanclub.com/aryan/index.php?id=1</a><!-- m -->
Sponsor : Techno Group
History : One of the old Kolkata clubs.
Team : Lots of local lads
Coach : Raghu Nandi, highly rated. Won junior league for Mohun Bagan