"Dialog Premier League" 2003
Round 1
[Jun 28]
Negombo Youth 3-0 Java Lane
Blue Star 1-0 Police
Jupiter 0-0 Navy
Saunders 1-1 Hyline
Army 1-1 Ratnam
Matara 1-1 Renown [or 2-2?]
[Sep 14]
Victory 0-3 Air Force
Old Bens bye
Round 2 [Jul 2]
Negombo Youth 2-1 Renown
[protest Renown claiming that Negombo had 12 players in the pitch
and that the game was halted with 12 minutes left to play]
Air Force 3-0 Matara
Army 4-1 Hyline
Java Lane 1-1 Ratnam
Old Bens 2-0 Jupiter
Blue Star 1-0 Navy
Saunders 1-0 Police
Victory bye
Round 3
[Jul 5,6]
Army 1-1 Negombo Youth
Blue Star 4-2 Old Bens
Police 3-0 Matara
Ratnam 2-0 Renown
[Jul 16?]
Java Lane 2-0 Victory
[played later?]
Air Force 3-0 Hyline [inferred]
[Sep 14]
Jupiter 2-2 Saunders
Navy bye
Round 4
[Jul 12,13]
Ratnam 0-1 Blue Star
Saunders 1-1 Navy
Army 3-1 Matara
Police 1-0 Victory
Java Lane 3-4 Old Bens
Negombo Youth 1-0 Air Force
[Sep 14]
Hyline 3-4 Renown [2-4?]
Jupiter bye
Round 5 [Jul 19]
Air Force 2-1 Ratnam
Renown 0-0 Victory [1-1?]
Army 1-1 Old Bens
Navy 5-1 Matara
Police 3-0 Jupiter [inferred; 2-0?]
Negombo Youth 5-2 Blue Star [abandoned at 5-2 in 73'; result stood]
Java Lane 3-1 Hyline
Saunders bye
Round 6
[Jul 22]
Matara 0-4 Negombo Youth
Police 0-2 Army
Ratnam awd Hyline [abandoned at 2-1 in 82' after Hyline
Victory 1-0 Old Bens walked off; awarded 2-1 to Ratnam]
Java Lane 1-0 Navy
Jupiter 2-2 Renown
[Sep 10]
Saunders 1-2 Blue Star
Air Force bye
Round 7 [Jul 26,27]
Blue Star 2-4 Renown
Hyline 1-1 Matara
Victory 0-3 Ratnam
Air Force 1-0 Old Bens
Saunders 1-3 Java Lane
Army 0-0 Navy
Jupiter 2-0 Negombo Youth
Police bye
Round 8 [Aug 2,3]
Jupiter 0-1 Blue Star
Ratnam 2-1 Negombo Youth
Police 7-0 Hyline [inferred]
Navy 0-0 Air Force [abandoned in 85' at 1-1 when Air Force
Renown 0-1 Army player K. K. Sanjeeva was attacked by
Saunders 2-1 Victory spectators; awarded 0-0?!]
Old Bens 1-1 Matara [inferred]
Java Lane bye
Round 9 [Aug 6,7]
Negombo Youth 0-1 Navy
Army 2-0 Saunders
Victory 1-2 Jupiter
Police 1-1 Air Force
Ratnam 0-0 Old Bens [inferred]
Java Lane 1-1 Renown [inferred]
Blue Star 1-0 Matara [inferred]
Hyline bye
Round 10 [Aug 8-11]
Blue Star 0-2 Hyline
Army 1-1 Air Force
Saunders 0-0 Negombo Youth
Navy 0-1 Old Bens
Matara 2-0 Victory
Renown 0-2 Police [inferred]
Jupiter 1-1 Java Lane
Ratnam bye
Round 11 [Aug 16,17]
Saunders 1-0 Renown
Police 1-0 Old Bens
Navy 1-0 Ratnam
Hyline 0-1 Victory
Army 0-1 Jupiter
Blue Star 1-1 Air Force
Java Lane 1-1 Matara
Negombo Youth bye
Round 12 [inferred]
Blue Star 4-2 Java Lane
Navy 0-1 Police
Saunders 1-2 Old Bens
Jupiter 1-2 Ratnam
Army 1-0 Victory
Negombo Youth 6-0 Hyline
Renown 0-0 Air Force
Matara bye
Round 13
[Aug 30]
Police 2-1 Negombo Youth
Hyline 0-1 Navy
Air Force 2-0 Java Lane
[Aug 31]
Matara 0-1 Jupiter
Victory 1-1 Blue Star
Ratnam 1-1 Saunders
[Aug 31?]
Old Bens 2-0 Renown
Army bye
Round 14
[Sep 8]
Jupiter 1-0 Air Force
Matara 2-1 Saunders
Negombo Youth 2-0 Victory
Police 1-0 Ratnam
Army 1-0 Java Lane
[Sep 10]
Hyline - Old Bens
[date?]
Navy - Renown
Blue Star bye
Round 15
[Sep 16]
Blue Star - Army
[date?]
Ratnam - Matara
Old Bens - Negombo Youth
Java Lane - Police
Victory - Navy
Hyline - Jupiter
Saunders - Air Force
Renown bye
Round 16
[Sep 20]
Police 0-0 Blue Star
Navy 2-0 Jupiter
Renown 5-1 Matara
Ratnam 1-1 Army
[Sep 21]
Air Force 3-0 Victory
Saunders 3-1 Hyline
Negombo Youth 1-1 Java Lane
Old Bens bye
Round 17
Renown - Negombo Youth
Matara - Air Force
Hyline - Army
Ratnam - Java Lane
Jupiter - Old Bens
Navy - Blue Star
Police - Saunders
Victory bye
Round 18
[Sep 29]
Java Lane 3-1 Victory
Jupiter awd Saunders [originally 4-1; awarded to Saunders due to
[Sep 30] ineligible player (M.N. A. Naleem) Jupiter]
Matara 0-0 Police
Ratnam 1-0 Renown
Hyline 0-5 Air Force
Negombo Youth ppd Army
Old Bens ppd Blue Star
Navy bye
Table (rounds 15 and 17 missing):
1.Police SC 15 9 3 3 22- 6 30
2.Air Force SC 15 8 5 2 25- 6 29
3.Army SC 14 7 6 1 19- 8 27 [19- 9?]
4.Blue Star SC (Kalutara) 14 8 3 3 21-18 27
5.Negombo Youth SC 14 7 3 4 27-12 24
6.Ratnam SC 15 6 5 4 17-12 23
7.Java Lane SC 15 5 5 5 22-22 20
8.Saunders SC 15 5 5 5 15-17 20 [*] [16-17?]
9.Navy SC 13 5 4 4 11- 6 19 [10- 5?]
10.Jupiters SC (Negombo) 15 5 4 6 13-16 19 [*] [13-15?]
11.Old Bens SC 12 5 3 4 15-13 18
12.Renown SC 15 3 5 7 18-21 14 [18-22?]
13.Matara SC 15 2 5 8 11-30 11
14.Victory SC 15 2 2 11 6-25 8
15.Hyline SC (Dangolla) 14 1 2 11 11-41 5
-.Pettah United SC withdrew for financial reasons
[*] w/o goals awarded match round 17
NB: between square brackets reported goal differences (the deviation
occurred in rounds 1-7)
Round 19
Blue Star - Ratnam
Navy - Saunders
Matara - Army
Victory - Police
Old Bens - Java Lane
Air Force - Negombo
[Oct 5?]
Renown 7-0 Hyline
Jupiter bye
Round 20 [Oct 8?]
Ratnam - Air Force
Victory - Renown
Old Bens - Army
Matara - Navy
Jupiter - Police
Blue Star - Negombo Youth
Hyline 3-4 Java Lane
Saunders bye
Round 21 [Oct 12?]
Negombo Youth - Matara
Army - Police
Hyline 2-4 Ratnam
Old Bens - Victory
Navy - Java Lane
Renown - Jupiter
Blue Star - Saunders
Air Force bye
Round 22 [Oct 19?]
Renown - Blue Star
Matara - Hyline
Ratnam - Victory
Old Bens - Air Force
Java Lane - Saunders
Navy - Army
Negombo Youth - Jupiter
Police bye
Round 23 [Oct 22?]
Blue Star - Jupiter
Negombo Youth - Ratnam
Hyline 0-0 Police
Air Force - Navy
Army - Renown
Victory - Saunders
Matara - Old Bens
Java Lane bye
Round 24
[Oct 25]
Air Force 0-1 Police
Jupiter 2-0 Victory
[Oct 26]
Saunders 0-1 Army
Old Bens 0-3 Ratnam
Renown 6-0 Java Lane
Matara 2-2 Blue Star
[date?]
Navy - Negombo Youth
Hyline bye
Round 25 [oct 29?]
Hyline - Blue Star
Air Force - Army
Negombo Youth - Saunders
Old Bens - Navy
Victory - Matara
Police - Renown
Java Lane - Jupiter
Ratnam bye
Round 26 [Nov 1,2]
Renown ppd Saunders
Old Bens ppd Police
Ratnam 3-2 Navy
Victory ppd Hyline
Jupiter ppd Army
Air Force drw Blue Star
Matara 0-2 Java Lane
Negombo Youth bye
Top of Table:
1.Blue Stars 45
2.Ratnam 42
3.Police 42
4.Air Force 39
5.Army 36
Round 27 [Nov 8,9]
Negombo Youth 9-0 Hyline
Jupiter 4-2 Ratnam
Saunders 1-0 Old Bens
Army 1-1 Victory
Renown 1-1 Air Force
Police - Navy
Java Lane - Blue Star
Matara bye
Round 30?
[Nov 15]
Old Bens - Negombo Youth
Victory - Navy
Blue Star - Army
Hyline - Jupiter
[Nov 16]
Police - Java Lane
Saunders - Air Force
Matara - Ratnam
Renown bye
[Nov 29]
Blue Star 1-0 Negombo Youth
Ratnam ppd Air Force
Victory ppd Renown
1.Blue Star SC (Kalutara) 25 14 8 3 - 50
2.Police SC 24 13 5 6 - 44 ?
3.Ratnam SC 45 ?
8.Negombo Youth SC 21 11 4 6 - 37
9.Saunders SC 26 10
.Java Lane SC 24 8 6 10 - 30
11.Renown SC
Victory SC and Hyline SC are 14 and 15
[Dec 5]
Police 1-1 Ratnam
[Dec 6]
Negombo Youth 2-1 Jupiter
Victory 8-1 Hyline
[Dec 7]
Blue Star 4-0 Army [also reported 4-1]
Renown 3-3 Saunders
1.Blue Star SC (Kalutara) 26 15 8 3 - 53
2.Ratnam SC 26 49
3.Negombo Youth SC 24 14 4 6 - 46
Moved Matches
[Dec 13]
Victory - Renown
Navy - Negombo Youth
[Dec 14]
Matara 0-2 Ratnam
Air Force - Jupiter
Old Bens - Hyline
Java Lane - Army
[Dec 20,21]
Java Lane 1-1 Blue Stars
Navy 1-0 Police
Air Force 2-1 Negombo Youth
Renown 3-0 Old Bens
[Dec 28]
Blue Stars 2-0 Victory
[later; last match]
Ratnam drw Saunders
Final Table:
1.Blue Star SC (Kalutara) 28 16 9 3 44-25 57 Champions
2.Ratnam SC 28 53
3.Negombo Youth SC 28 15 5 8 - 50
4.Air Force SC 28 50
5.Police SC
6.Army SC
7.Navy SC
8.Jupiters SC (Negombo)
9.Saunders SC
10-13.Java Lane SC, Old Bens SC, Renown SC and Victory SC
14.Matara SC 28 21 Relegated
15.Hyline SC (Dangolla) 28 21 Relegated
Topscorer: M.A.M. Farzeen (Blue Stars) 19
Cup Tournaments 2003/04
Sharp FA Cup
Start: Feb 2004, 125 participating teams
1/8 Finals
[May 12, Sugathadasa Stadium]
Blue Star SC 2-0 Saunders SC
Jupiters SC 1-0 Java Lane SC
[May 13, Sugathadasa Stadium]
Ratnam 2-1 Army
Renown 3-0 Sri Lanka Transport Board
Quarterfinals
Renown 1-0 Negombo Youth
Ratnam 2-1 Hyline
Semifinals [May 20]
Renown 2-0 Blue Stars
Ratnam 1-1 Jupiters [4-2 pen]
Final [May 29]
Renown 2-2 Ratnam [2-4 pen]
"D.K.W. Trophy" (annual tournament organised by Hatton Football League)
Played at Dunbar grounds in November 2003
Group White
1.Small Drayton SC (unbeaten)
2.Manahara SC
Sripadians SC
Young Brothers SC
Group Blue:
1.Udayasooriyan SC
2.Young Mates SC
DKW Sports Club
Renown SC
Semifinals
Udayasooriyan SC - Manahara SC
Small Drayton SC - Young Mates SC
Colombo Mayor's Cup (at Reid Avenue Playground, Dec 13-20)
Participants:
Ratnam SC
Maligawatta Youth SC
Cooray SC
Old Bens SC
Colpetty SC
Movers SC
Vaeni SC
Soccer Promoters SC
Silver Cup (Colombo)
Quarterfinals
Saunders 1-0 Maligawatte Youth
Yonex SC 4-0 Old Joes
Black Square bt [?]
Aluthkade U. bt [?]
Semifinals
Saunders 4-2 Black Square SC
Yonex SC 2-0 Aluthkade United
Final [Feb 5]
Saunders - Yonex SC
Dialog Champion of Champions Trophy (inaurugal ed.)
Third Place Playoff [Feb 29]
Negombo Youth 2-2 Air Force [3-2 pen]
Final [Feb 29]
Ratnams 1-1 Blue Stars [4-2 pen]
Kandy Association Football League
KAFL 'A' Division Knockout Tournament 2003/04
Participants (12):
Kandy York SC (holders)
Hylines SC (winners of 2002 champions trophy)
Golden Stars SC
Katukelle United SC
Kennedy SC
Unicorn SC
Sunrise F & AC
Reliance SC
Green Park SC
Gold Wings SC
Kandy Municipal SC
Sissu SC
NB: 3 teams were announced as entrants earlier but
appear to have withdrawn:
Mahaweli SC
Senkadagala Youths SC
University of Peradeniy
Start: May 7
Final [Jun 20?]
York SC 1-1 Municipal SC [4-3 pen]
Second Level
Division One 2003
[Aug ?]
Group A
New Youngs 5-0 Soccer Promoters
Tri Star 1-0 Youngsters
Maligawatte Youth 1-0 Thotawatte SC
Super Beach SC 1-1 Cooray SC
Group B
Pelicans 3-1 Red Sun
Old Dutians 4-1 Maya SC
Kandy York 3-1 New Stars
Round 3
Group A
Borella Youth SC 1-0 Cooray SC
Maligawatte Youth SC 0-0 Soccer Promoters SC
Tri Star SC 3-1 Thotawatte SC
New Young SC 2-1 Super Beach SC
Group B
Kandy York SC 4-3 Manchester SC
Old Dutians SC 2-1 Pelicans SC
Olympic SC 4-2 New Star SC
Round ? [Sep 8]
Group A
Thotawatte SC 1-1 Borella Youth
Tri Star SC 0-0 New Youngs SC
Maligawatte Youth SC 1-0 Super Beach SC
Youngsters SC 3-2 Cooray SC
Group B
Kandy Youth SC 4-0 Maya SC
Pelicans SC 1-0 Manchester SC
Olympic SC 2-0 Old Dhutians SC
Red Sun SC 6-2 New Stars SC
Group B [Sep 14]
York SC 1-0 Red Sun SC
Final [Dec 20]
York SC (Kandy) 1-0 New Youngsters SC (Wennapuwa)
Both teams promoted to Premier League.
Third Level 2003/04 (Division Two)
Participants (68):
Flying Horse SC (Ampara)
Olympics SC (Ampara)
Hatton Youth SC
Young Mates SC (Hatton)
Eastern Youth SC (Ampara)
Old Dutians SC (Badulla)
Taj Mahal SC (Bandarawela)
Neseby Lake Side SC (N'Eliya)
Young Birds SC (N'Eliya)
Red Wins SC (N'Eliya)
Green Field SC (Kalutara)
Moratu Katukurunda SC (Deh/Mt.)
Colpetty United SC (Colombo)
Ratmalana United SC (Deh/Mt.)
Young Silver SC (Colombo)
Veani SC (Colombo)
New Sunrise SC (Colombo)
Sunny Mount SC (Colombo)
Flying Arrows SC (Galle)
Galle Youth SC
Don Bosco SC (Negombo)
Western SC (Negombo)
Bolawatte SC (Wennappuwa)
St. Annes SC (Wennappuwa)
Red Rose SC (Negombo)
Martians SC (Wennappuwa)
Liver Pool SC (Puttalam)
Chilaw United SC
Bolton SC (Puttalam)
Three Star SC (Puttalam)
Mahajana SC (Kurunegala)
Kandy Municipal SC (G.S.S.A)
SLTB SC (N.S.S.A)
Soccer Fan SC (Colombo)
Kegalle Youth SC
Mawanella Youth SC
Old Anurudhians SC (N'pitiya)
Young Marians SC (N'pitiya)
Golden Star SC (Kandy)
Cameroon SC (Matale)
Green Park SC (Kandy)
Evershine SC (Gampola)
Young United SC (Gampola)
Greenland SC (N'pitiya)
Balangoda Youth SC
Samagipura Youth SC (Ratnapura)
Sunrise SC (Beruwela)
Young Mens SC (Beruwela)
Matara Youth SC
Galle United SC
Eahaliyagoda United SC (Ratnapura)
Zavia SC (Beruwela)
Super Sun SC (Beruwela)
Big Foot SC (Trincomalee)
Eastern Eagle SC (Trincomalee)
Olympic SC (Trincomalee)
St. Lucias SC (Mannar)
St. Joseph SC (Mannar)
Ovo SC (Negombo)
Winners SC (Negombo)
Old Mazedonian SC (Wattala)
FC Fortuna SC (Wattala)
Jet Liners SC (Gampaha)
Mahara Youth SC (Wattala)
Vistwyake PG SC (Playgrounds)
Sun Rise SC (Colombo)
Soccer Promoters SC (Colombo)
Qualifying Round
played in 8 groups, group winners qualify
Known Results
Kandy Municipal Council bt Tajmahal SC
Kandy Municipal Council bt Young Mates SC
[Nov 9?]
Kandy Municipal Council - Comrades SC
Final-8
Group 1
1.Samagipura Youth SC (Ratnapura) 3 3 0 0 6- 1 9
2.Sun Rise SC (Colombo) 3 1 1 1 2- 1 4
3.Ovo SC (Negombo) 3 1 1 1 4- 6 4
4.Chilaw Youth SC 3 0 0 3 2- 6 0
Group 2
1.St. Lucias SC (Mannar) 3 2 1 0 7- 3 7
2.Golden Star SC (Kandy) 3 2 0 1 12- 4 6
3.Comrades SC 3 1 1 1 4- 8 4
4.Matians SC 3 0 0 3 2-10 0
Semifinals
St. Lucias SC (Mannar) bt Sun Rise SC (Colombo)
Samagipura YSC (Ratnapura) lt Golden Star SC (Kandy)
Final [Mar 20, Mannar]
St Lucia SC (Mannar) 4-0 Golden Star SC (Kandy)
NB: both teams promoted to Division 1.
Source: The Island
With thanks to Malik Riaz Hai Naveed
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