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"
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(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 -------------------- Champions: Karnataka State Police Calcutta Super Division League (IFA) ------------------------------------ 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 -------------- Champions: Indian Bank Delhi SAIL Senior Division Group A (DSA) ---------------------------------------- Champions: City Club Goa League (GFA) ---------------- Champions: Churchill Brothers Mumbai Super Division League (WIFA) ---------------------------------- Champions: Air India Orissa State ------------ Champions: Jorba Durga Club Shillong League --------------- 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): ------------- [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 Railwaylist of calcutta league champions.
list of delhi league champions.
list of federation cup finals.
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