India 1997/98


National Football League 1997/98 | Second Level

Regional Leagues 1997
Bangalore | Calcutta | Chennai | Delhi | Goa | Mumbai | Orissa | Shillong

Cup Tournaments 1997/98
Federation Cup | Super Cup | Santosh Trophy
Durand Cup | IFA Shield | Rovers Cup | Other Tournaments


"Philips National League"
=========================
(second edition)

First Division
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Table:

 1.Mohun Bagan        18  9  6  2 20-10 34  [Calcutta]
 2.East Bengal        18  8  7  3 18-10 31  [Calcutta]
 3.Salgaocar SC       18  8  6  4 19-13 30  [Goa]
 4.FC Kochin          18  8  5  5 26-20 29  [Kochi]
 5.Air India          18  6  8  4 18-16 26  [Mumbai]
 6.Dempo SC           18  5  7  6 20-22 22  [Goa]
 7.JCT Mills          18  4  9  5 19-15 21  [Phagwara]
 8.Indian Bank        18  5  6  7 20-23 21  [Chennai]
 9.Churchill Brothers 18  4  7  7 20-26 19  [Goa]
10.Mahindra&Mahindra  18  1  2 15  5-30  5  [Mumbai]

Round 1
JCT Mills   3-0 Churchill
  [Hardip Singh 60, Bhupinder Singh 85,88]
Salgaocar   0-0 Mahindra      [Dec 19]
Air India   1-0 Mohun Bagan   [Dec 20]
  [Anthony Fernandes 25]
Kochin      2-1 East Bengal   [Dec 23]
  [K:Mohammed Salissu, I M Vijayan EB: Bhaichang Bhutia]
Indian Bank 1-0 Dempo         [Mar 15]
  [Karunakur Raj 2]

Round 2
Air India   1-0 Salgaocar     [Dec 21]
  [P J Jose 88]
JCT Mills   0-0 East Bengal   [Dec 27]
Mohun Bagan 2-1 Churchill     [Dec 28]
  [MB: Dipendu Biswa 16, Chima Okiere 61 CB:Rashit Jamal 44]
Kochin      4-0 Indian Bank   [Dec 28]
  [Jo Paul Ancheri, Mohammed Salissu, Raman Vijayan, I M Vijayan]
Mahindra    0-1 Dempo         [Dec 29]
  [Francis Silviera 24]

Round 3
East Bengal awd Churchill     [Jan 2; awarded 3-0 to East Bengal; Churchill refused
Dempo       0-0 Air India     [Jan 3]     to play due to dispute on ball to be used]
Mohun Bagan 1-0 Indian Bank   [Jan 3]
  [Satyajit Chatterjee 13min]
Mahindra    1-0 JCT Mills     [Jan 4]
  [Herbert Philip 43 min]
Salgaocar   2-1 Kochin        [Jan 5]
  [Bruno Coutinho 30, Jules Alberto 81 K:own goal(Francis Coelho)35]

Round 4
Mohun Bagan 2-1 East Bengal   [Jan 6]
  [MB: Chima Okiere 38, Dipendu Biswa 60 EB: Felix Ijabandenyi 59]
Air India   1-1 Churchill     [Jan 6]
  [AI: Khenteng Paite 14 CB: Kasif Jamal 28]
Indian Bank 2-0 JCT Mills     [Jan 7]
  [Sabir Pasha 49,60]
Kochin      1-0 Mahindra      [Jan 8]
  [Jo Paul Ancheri 29]
Salgaocar   2-1 Dempo         [Jan 8]
  [S: Jude Odegah 16, Bruno Coutinho 37 D: Camilo Gonsalves 90]

Round 5
Air India   2-1 Indian Bank   [Jan 10]
  [AI: Khambiton Singh 18, Jenanpen Subir Sinha 38 IB: Amul Raj 33]
Kochin      1-1 JCT Mills     [Jan 11]
  [K.Hohammed Salissu 20 J: Abdul Lateef 45]
Mahindra    0-1 East Bengal   [Jan 11]
  [Renedy Singh 73]
Churchill   1-1 Salgaocar     [Jan 11]
  [C: Chibuzor Nwakanma 68 S: Jude Odegah 13]
Mohun Bagan 1-1 Dempo         [Jan 12]
  [MB: Ranjan Dey 82 D: Franco Silveira 35]

Round 6
East Bengal 3-1 Dempo         [Jan 14]
  [EB: Bhaichung Bhutia 10,40 Renedy Singh 12 D: Marcelo Antonio 44]
Mahindra    2-2 Air India     [Jan 14]
  [M:Herbert Philip 23,55 AI:Anthony Fernandes 14, Abbas Ali Rivzi 75]
Kochin      3-2 Churchill     [Jan 14]
  [K: Anit Gosh 21,35 Raman Vijayan 60 C: Chibuzor 23,Samuel Harinkiy 54]
JCT Mills   0-0 Mohun Bagan   [Jan 15]
Salgaocar   3-0 Indian Bank   [Jan 16]
  [Bruno Coutinho 4, S Venkatesh 33,60]

Round 7
Air India   1-1 East Bengal   [Jan 17]
  [AI: PJ Jose 67 EB: Bhaichung Bhutia 79]
Dempo       5-3 Kochin        [Jan 17]
  [D:Francis Silveira 36 Gautam Ghosh 42,65,77 Mauricio Alfonso 80 
   K:Raman Vijayan 11, Mohammed Salissu 34, Carlton Vijayan 67]
JCT Mills   1-0 Salgaocar     [Jan 18]
  [Bhupinder Singh 43]
Mahindra    0-1 Mohun Bagan   [Jan 18]
  [Dipendu Biswa 27]
Churchill   1-0 Indian Bank   [Jan 19]
  [Chibuzor Nwakanma 53]

Round 8
Mohun Bagan 1-0 Kochin        [Jan 20]
  [Chima Okiere 61]
Salgaocar   1-0 East Bengal   [Jan 21]
  [Francis Coleho 90]
Churchill   2-1 Dempo         [Jan 22]
  [C:Samuel Harneiki 22, Khasit Jamal 83 D: Matthew Rodrigues 62]
Air India   1-0 JCT Mills     [Jan 22]
  []Jacinto da Silva 45penalty
Indian Bank 2-0 Mahindra      [Jan 23]
  [J Kumareshan 17, Selva Kumar 37]

Round 9
Kochin      0-0 Air India     [Jan 25]
Salgaocar   0-2 Mohun Bagan   [Jan 25]
  [Dipendu Biswa 60, Chima Okiere 90]
JCT Mills   3-1 Dempo         [Jan 26]
  [J: Bhupinder Singh 1, Hardip Singh 66, DeSouza 72pen D: Antonio 5]
Churchill   3-0 Mahindra      [Jan 8]
  [Samuel Harineki 15, own goal (George Fernandes) 53 Bibian Fernandes 84]
Indian Bank 0-1 East Bengal   [Jan 30]
  [Somatai Shaiza 43]

Round 10
Mahindra    0-1 Kochin        [Jan 30]
  [Raman Vijayan 57]
Air India   2-0 Churchill     [Feb 7]
  [Khenthang Paite 38, Nitin Shetty 79]
Indian Bank 2-2 JCT Mills     [Feb 8]
  [IB:Syed Sabir Pasha 64,75, JCT:Emeka Achilefu 9, Stephen Abrowei 89]
Salgaocar   0-0 Dempo         [Feb 8]
East Bengal 0-0 Mohun Bagan   [Mar 4]

Round 11 
Dempo       1-1 Churchill     [Feb 11]
  [D: Joao Soares 75 C: Chibuzor Nwakanma 45]
Air India   1-1 JCT Mills     [Feb 11]
  [AI: P J Jose 14 J: Sukhder Singh 83]
Indian Bank 2-0 Mahindra      [Feb 11]
  [Akham Mahesh Singh 51,D C Nathaniel 70]
East Bengal 2-1 Salgaocar     [Feb 12]
  [EB Bhaichung Bhutia 58, A Felix 63 S: Samir Abbas 63]
Kochin      0-1 Mohun Bagan   [Feb 12]
  [Chima Okiere 61]

Round 12
Churchill   2-0 Mahindra      [Feb 14]
  [Marcus Carvalho 5, Chibuzor 65]
JCT Mills   1-1 Dempo         [Feb 15]
  [J: Harjinder Singh 47 D: Marcelo Antonio 63]
Air India   0-2 Kochin        [Feb 16]
Mohun Bagan 0-1 Salgaocar     [Feb 17]
  [Omolaja Olaleklan 22]
East Bengal 0-0 Indian Bank   [Feb 18]

Round 13
Salgaocar   3-1 Mahindra      [Feb 19]
  [S:Robert Fernandes 4, Amir Abbas 17, Omolaja Olalekan 58, M: Khalid Jamil 90]
Dempo       2-1 Indian Bank   [Feb 21]
  [D:Francis Silveira 10, Marcelo Antonio 62 IB: Amal Raj 34pen]
JCT Mills   1-1 Churchill     [Feb 22]
  [J:Stephen Abarowei 63 C: Marcus Carvalho 35]
East Bengal 1-1 Kochin        [Mar 15]
  [Bhaichung Bhutia 68 K: Raman Vijayan 31]
Air India   2-2 Mohun Bagan   [Mar 16]
  [AI: Lolendra Singh 45, Subir Sinha 88pen MB: P J Jose 43, Roshan Pereira 66]

Round 14
Dempo       1-0 Mahindra      [Feb 23]
  [Francis Silveira 32]
Indian Bank 3-1 Kochin        [Feb 25]
Churchill   1-1 Mohun Bagan   [Feb 25]
  []C:Chibuzor Nwakama 55 MB: David Dako 45]
Salgaocar   1-0 Air India     [Feb 26]
  [Olalekan Omolaja 87]
JCT Mills   0-1 East Bengal   [Feb 26]
  [Somatai Shaiza 78pen]

Round 15
Mohun Bagan 0-0 Indian Bank   [Mar 1]
Dempo       1-0 Air India     [Mar 5]
  [Marcelo Antonio 53]
Salgaocar   0-0 Kochin        [Mar 6]
JCT Mills   4-0 Mahindra      [Mar 6]
  [Stephan Abarowei 29,36 Emeka Achilefu 32,45]
Churchill   0-0 East Bengal   [Mar 7]

Round 16
Indian Bank 2-2 Salgaocar     [Mar 9]
  [Karunakar Raj 20, Sabir PAsha 39 S: Jude Odegah 11,Omolaja Oleklan 65]
Mohun Bagan 1-0 JCT Mills     [Mar 9]
  [Chima Okiere 9]
Air India   2-1 Mahindra      [Mar 10]
  [AI:Abbas Ali-Rivzi 57, P J Jose 80 M:Khalid Jamal 45]
Kochin      3-1 Churchill     [Mar 11]
  [K:IM Vijayan , Raman Vijayan, Mohammed Salissu C:Khasif Jamal]
Dempo       0-0 East Bengal   [Mar 11]

Round 17
JCT Mills   1-1 Kochin        [Mar 1]
  [J:Hardip Singh 28 K: Jo Paul Ancheri 90]
Air India   1-1 Indian Bank   [Mar 13]
  [AI: P J Jose IB: Mahesh Singh]
Salgaocar   1-0 Churchill     [Mar 15]
  [Omolaja Olalekan 50pen]
East Bengal 1-0 Mahindra      [Mar 18]
  [Bhaichung Bhutia 90]
Dempo       2-2 Mohun Bagan   [Mar 19]
  [Francis Silveira 25, Gautam Ghosh 40 MB: Satayjit Chatterjee 63, RP Singh 87]

Round 18
Air India   1-2 East Bengal   [Mar 22]
  [AI: Nitan Shetty 85 EB: Bhaichung Bhutia 13, Abayomi Telix 67]
Mohun Bagan 3-0 Mahindra      [Mar 22]
  [Chima OKiere 45pen, 77, 89]
Salgaocar   1-1 JCT Mills     [Mar 22]
  [S. Omalaju Olalekan 60 J: Emeka Achilefu 59]
Indian Bank 3-3 Churchill     [Mar 22]
  [IB: Bobby Hamilton 2, Anandu Rajan 60, Akham Mahesh Singh 61 
   C:Kasif Jamal 34, Raton Singh 41, Chibuzor 79]
Kochin      2-1 Dempo         [Mar 22]
  [K. Raman Vijayan 2 gls D: joao Soares]

Table:

 1.Mohun Bagan        18  9  6  2 20-10 34  [Calcutta]
 2.East Bengal        18  8  7  3 18-10 31  [Calcutta]
 3.Salgaocar SC       18  8  6  4 19-13 30  [Goa]
 4.FC Kochin          18  8  5  5 26-20 29  [Kochi]
 5.Air India          18  6  8  4 18-16 26  [Mumbai]
 6.Dempo SC           18  5  7  6 20-22 22  [Goa]
 7.JCT Mills          18  4  9  5 19-15 21  [Phagwara]
 8.Indian Bank        18  5  6  7 20-23 21  [Chennai]
 9.Churchill Brothers 18  4  7  7 20-26 19  [Goa]
10.Mahindra&Mahindra  18  1  2 15  5-30  5  [Mumbai]

Mohun Bagan champions of India 1997/98.

[JCT Mills is an abbreviation for Jagatjit Cotton Textile Mills]

Promoted: Tollygunge Agragami (Calcutta) and ITI (Bangalore).
Relegated: no teams were relegated.


Second Division
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Preliminary Stage (in 3 groups of 6 teams; all played 5 matches).

Group A (Jabalpur): qualified: 1.Kerala Police (Tiruvananthapuram)
        and 2.Tollygunge Agragami (Calcutta); other teams now known.

Group B (Guwahati): 1.Border Security Force (Jalandhar) and 2.Mohammedan
        Sporting (Calcutta); other teams: Tisco (Bihar), TBL FC (Mizoram),
        City Club (Delhi) and Assam Special Reserve Force (Guwahati).

Group C (Bangalore): qualified: 1.ITI (Bangalore) 5 4 1 0 13 and 2.Sesa
        Sports Club (Goa) 5 3 2 0 11; other teams: 3.State Bank of Travancore 
        (Kerala), 4.Central Railway (Mumbia), 5.South Central Railway
        (Secundarabad), 6.Southern Railway (Chennai).

Final Stage (Bangalore)

Table:

 1.Tollygunge Agragami 5                    [Calcutta]   Promoted
 2.ITI                 5                    [Bangalore]  Promoted
 3.Sesa SC             5                    [Goa]
 4.Border SF           5  1  2  2  5- 6  5  [Jalandhar]
 5.Mohammedan Sporting 5                    [Calcutta]
 6.Kerala Police       5  0  2  3        2  [Tiruvananthapuram]


Regional Leagues 1997
=====================

Bangalore A Division   
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Champions: Karnataka State Police

Calcutta Super Division League (IFA)
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Final Table:

 1.Mohun Bagan AC                18  16  2  0  43- 5   50  Champions
 2.East Bengal Club              18  14  3  1  28- 4   45
 3.Tollygunge Agragami           18  10  2  6  26-19   32
 4.Mohammedan Sporting Club      18   9  5  4  20-13   32
 5.Peerless Sports Club          18   5  5  8  11-20   20
 6.Food Corporation of India     18   4  7  7   9-17   19
 7.Aryan Club                    18   4  5  9  14-24   17
 8.Eastern Railway SC            18   3  7  8   7-16   16
 9.Sonali Shibir                 18   2  6 10  10-24   12  Relegated
10.West Bengal Police            18   0  4 14   1-27    4  Relegated

Promoted: Calcutta Port Trust and Milan Bithee

Chennai League
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Champions: Indian Bank

Delhi SAIL Senior Division Group A (DSA)
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Champions: City Club

Goa League (GFA)
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Champions: Churchill Brothers

Mumbai Super Division League (WIFA)
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Champions: Air India

Orissa State
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Champions: Jorba Durga Club

Shillong League
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Champions: Langsning FC

Cup Tournaments 1997/98
=======================

20th Federation Cup 1997 (in Calcutta, Guwahati and Bangalore)

[Official name: Kalyani Black Label Federation Cup.]

[No data on regional qualifiers.  Qualified from northern
 section: Punjab Police; from eastern section: Mizo Islanders,
 Mohammedan Sporting, Eastern Railway; from southern section:
 Integral Coach Factory, State Bank Travancore; western section:
 Marmagao Port Trust, Churchill Brothers.  India's first professional
 club, FC Kochin, were refused participation as the AIFF was against
 participation of a club not having played in a local league before.]

1/8 Finals
[Jun 14]
Mohammedan Sporting   1-1 Kerala Police           [aet, 6-5 pen]
  (Calcutta)                (Thiruvananthapuram)
East Bengal           3-0 Integral Coach Factory
  (Calcutta)                (Chennai)
[Jun 15]
Salgaocar             6-0 Mizo Highlanders  
  (Goa)                     (Manipur)
Border Security Force 2-0 Marmagao Port Trust
  (Jalandhar)               (Goa)
[Jun 17]
Mohun Bagan           1-1 Punjab Police           [aet, 4-3 pen]
  (Calcutta)
[Jun 18]
ITI                   2-0 Eastern Railway
  (Bangalore)               (Calcutta)
[Jun 21]
Dempo SC              2-0 State Bank Travancore
  (Goa)                     (Travancore)
[Jun 22]
JCT Mills             1-1 Churchill Brothers      [aet, 1-3 pen]
  (Phagwara)                (Goa)

Quarterfinals
[Jun 29]
Mohun Bagan           6-0 Churchill Brothers
[Jul 5]
Salgaocar             1-1 Border Security Force   [aet, 4-3 pen]
[Jul 6]
East Bengal           4-0 Mohammedan Sporting
[Jul 9]
ITI                   1-2 Dempo SC

Semifinals
[Jul 12]
Salgaocar             1-0 Dempo SC
[Jul 13]
East Bengal           4-1 Mohun Bagan

Final [Jul 20, Calcutta]
East Bengal           1-2 Salgaocar               [asdet]
 [23' 0-1 Bruno Coutinho,  83' 1-1 Samuel Omollo,  92' 1-2 Bruno Coutinho]


2nd Super Cup (between champions and Federation Cup winners):
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[Calcutta, Salt Lake Stadium, Mar 29]
Salgaocar   1-0 Mohun Bagan


54th Santosh Trophy 1998 [Apr 16-27, Guwahati, Assam]
------------------------

Cup competition for district (state) or army teams.

Preliminary Round

Group 1
[Apr 18]
Punjab        2-1 Assam
Goa           1-0 Services
[Apr 20]
Services      2-4 Punjab
Goa           2-2 Assam
[Apr 22]
Assam         2-0 Services
Goa           2-2 Punjab

 1.Punjab         3  2  1  0  8- 5  7
 2.Goa            3  1  2  0  5- 4  5
 3.Assam          3  1  1  1  5- 4  4
 4.Services       3  0  0  3  2- 7  0

Group 2
[Apr 16]
Kerala        0-0 Railways
[Apr 17]
Bengal        2-1 Maharashtra
[Apr 19]
Railways      0-3 Maharashtra
Bengal        0-0 Kerala
[Apr 21]
Kerala        0-3 Maharashtra
Bengal        0-0 Railways

 1.Maharashtra    3  2  0  1  7- 2  6
 2.Bengal         3  1  2  0  2- 1  5
 3.Kerala         3  0  2  1  0- 3  2
   Railways       3  0  2  1  0- 3  2

Semifinals
[Apr 24]
Goa           1-0 Maharashtra         [aet]
  [115' Franics Silveira]
[Apr 25]
Bengal        2-1 Punjab
  [2' Baichung Bhutia, 55' Srikanta Datta; 87' Harjinder Singh; att: 2,000]

Final [Apr 27]
Bengal        1-0 Goa
  [40' Srikanta Datta; att: 5,000]

Bengal's 5th consecutive win; for the 3rd consecutive time against Goa.


Durand Cup 1997

Semifinals:
FC Kochin             4-3 JCT Phagwara
Mohun Bagan           3-1 Air India Mumbai
Final in New Delhi:
FC Kochin             3-1 Mohun Bagan


103rd IFA Shield Cup 1997

Final in Calcutta:  
East Bengal           3-2 Kochin FC               [aet]

97th Rovers Cup 1997

Final in Mumbai:
JCT Mills Phagwara    1-0 Churchill Brothers


Other Tournaments

McDowells Cup 1997
Final in Calcutta:  
East Bengal           3-1 FC Kochin

DCM Trophy 1997
Final in New Delhi:
Mohun Bagan           2-0 Tata Football Academy Jamshedpur

6th Scissors Cup
Final in Khozikode:
West Riffa (Bahrain)  0-0 FC Kochin               [West Riffa won on coin toss]

Airlines Gold Cup 1998
Final in Midnapore(Bengal):
East Bengal           bt  Aryan FC

54th Inter-Railway Cup 1998: 
Winners: Central Railway 


1996/97.

1998/99.

list of champions.

list of topscorers.

list of calcutta league champions.

list of delhi league champions.

list of goa league champions.

list of federation cup finals.

list of santosh trophy finals.

list of durand cup finals.

list of ifa shield finals.

list of rovers cup finals.


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