I-League 2nd Division 2019: Round-up of gameweek 1
With a goalless draw and a seven-goal thriller, the first round had it all ...
The second division of I-League kicked off on 12th January and here is a quick briefing about the tournament format and teams that are participating.
There is a total of 16 teams, divided into three groups, with Group C containing six teams
GROUP A
GROUP B
GROUP C
Bengaluru reserves
Ozone FC
ATK Reserves
ARA FC
Chennaiyin reserves
TRAU
Goa reserves
Kerala Blasters reserves
Chhinga Veng
Hindustan
South United
NBP Rainbow SC
Lonestar Kashmir
Fateh Hyderabad
Jamshedpur reserves
Mohammedan
The first placed team from each group and the best second placed team will qualify to the final round. In the scenario where the reserve team of an Indian Super League (ISL) club tops the group or is the best second placed team, the next best team from the same group will qualify instead.
The final round will be a league format tournament between the four clubs in a neutral venue and the winner will be promoted to the first division of I-League.
Kolkata-based Mohammedan Sporting Club lost 2-0 at home to ATK reserves in the opener. Goals from Thomyo Shimray and S K Azaruddin on either side of half-time secured victory for ATK.
The next day, Jamshedpur hosted Manipur-based TRAU (Tiddim Road Athletic Union) Football Club. Princewill Emeka scored the only goal of the game as the visitors emerged victorious.
Three games were played on the 14th across two groups. Rainbow and Chhinga Veng split points after a goalless stalemate in the last game Group C.
Ozone edged South United in the Bengaluru Derby, with Manvir Singh scoring in the second half to seal all three points. Kerala Blasters reserves and Chennaiyin reserves played out a goalless draw in Kochi.
The final two games of the first round of fixtures were played on the 16th and they were quite the goal-fest. Ahmedabad-based ARA FC prevailed in a seven-goal thriller against Hindustan with Syed Shoaib Ahmed scoring a hat-trick, which included an 87th minute winner.
Bengaluru FC reserves recorded a massive 4-1 win over FC Goa reserves in Nagoa, Goa. Roshan Singh opened the scoring in the 51st minute, only for Aaren D’Silva to equalise 15 minutes later. A quickfire brace by Altamash Sayed gave the visitors the advantage. Leon Augustine sealed the game for Bengaluru by scoring their fourth goal of the game in the 84th minute.
Bengaluru FC reserves are on top of Group A, courtesy of a superior Goal Difference (GD). Ozone and ATK reserves are on top of Groups B and C respectively.
Wtf no proper coverage of 2nd Division How ridiculous is this....if there's coverage we can find talented players even in 2nd Division also..sahal Abdul samad comes from there and many more can come
This ATK (R) team is good actually. I heard they poached players from all good academies and now keeping them together in the Aditya ATK academy together. In any case these are nice bunch of players.
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ATK (R) 2-3 TRAU FC
Jamshedpur FC (R) 0-1 Chhinga Veng FC
I-League 2nd Division 2019: Round-up of gameweek 1
The second division of I-League kicked off on 12th January and here is a quick briefing about the tournament format and teams that are participating.
There is a total of 16 teams, divided into three groups, with Group C containing six teams
The final round will be a league format tournament between the four clubs in a neutral venue and the winner will be promoted to the first division of I-League.
Kolkata-based Mohammedan Sporting Club lost 2-0 at home to ATK reserves in the opener. Goals from Thomyo Shimray and S K Azaruddin on either side of half-time secured victory for ATK.
The next day, Jamshedpur hosted Manipur-based TRAU (Tiddim Road Athletic Union) Football Club. Princewill Emeka scored the only goal of the game as the visitors emerged victorious.
Three games were played on the 14th across two groups. Rainbow and Chhinga Veng split points after a goalless stalemate in the last game Group C.
Ozone edged South United in the Bengaluru Derby, with Manvir Singh scoring in the second half to seal all three points. Kerala Blasters reserves and Chennaiyin reserves played out a goalless draw in Kochi.
The final two games of the first round of fixtures were played on the 16th and they were quite the goal-fest. Ahmedabad-based ARA FC prevailed in a seven-goal thriller against Hindustan with Syed Shoaib Ahmed scoring a hat-trick, which included an 87th minute winner.
Bengaluru FC reserves recorded a massive 4-1 win over FC Goa reserves in Nagoa, Goa. Roshan Singh opened the scoring in the 51st minute, only for Aaren D’Silva to equalise 15 minutes later. A quickfire brace by Altamash Sayed gave the visitors the advantage. Leon Augustine sealed the game for Bengaluru by scoring their fourth goal of the game in the 84th minute.
Bengaluru FC reserves are on top of Group A, courtesy of a superior Goal Difference (GD). Ozone and ATK reserves are on top of Groups B and C respectively.
How ridiculous is this....if there's coverage we can find talented players even in 2nd Division also..sahal Abdul samad comes from there and many more can come
Liston scored hat trick, Hindustan played with 3 foreigners
New Barrackpore Rainbow AC 3-2 TRAU FC