U-20 I-league 2012
shankar
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The U-20 Tournament for I-League teams kick-off on April 17, 2012. The preliminary phase would be played in three different venues – Kalyani, Mumbai and Goa. The top teams from the three groups would qualify for the final phase which is slated to be held in Kalyani.
Teams participating - Pailan Arrows , East Bengal , Dempo SC , Lajong FC ,Sporting Clube De Goa , Chirag United , Mumbai FC,Pune FC,Salgaocar FC , Air India , Prayag United , Churchill Brothers , HAL Bangalore , Mohun Bagan.
http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/tournament/index.php?tournamentdetail=91
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Churchill Brothers SC
Dempo SC Pvt. Ltd.
Sporting Clube de Goa
Salgaocar S.C
Group B (Mumbai) :
Pune FC
Air India
Mumbai FC
HAL Bangalore
Chirag United Kerala
Group C (Kalyani):
McDowell Mohun Bagan
Kingfisher East Bengal
Prayag United SC
Shillong Lajong FC
Pailan Arrows
The Goan Youth League is almost professional. Pune FC is an Academy who have been playing professionally and Pune FC is playing them in the state league (or city league here).
Pailan is a u23 squad, doesn't mean they won't have u20 guys...most of the Indian u19 guys are with Pailan squad, in fact they will have a pretty decent squad with guys having experience
Cosidering they have like 30 players on the roster I bet Robert Baan will force them to use the kids who dont get game time for the u20 league.
Also I think on the forum we should keep more attention on the league because these kids are real u20 players and future I-League players. Its like following your Premier League team and also following there Academy team.
It was great for me to say to my friends "Ya I knew Jack Wilshere sense he was with the u14s"
We can all say soon "Ya I knew that I-League star when he was in the u20 league".
Even in the final 4, EB and MB made it, although the popular perception is that they don't have any youth setup
http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/forum/discussion/204/u-19-football-tournament/p4
Viva and HAL will make random youth teams. JCT was fine. Pune only started there Academy last season with brand new players. Mumbai was practically a youth team last season, even at senior level. Shillong had an okay youth team, Sporting same. Dempo surprisingly did bad. Churchill and Salgaocar were average. The rest was okay.