Praful Kumar to lead Karnataka in the Khelo India Youth Games

Praful Kumar will lead an 18-member Karnataka State U-18 Team for the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 to be held in Panchkula, Haryana from 4th June to 13th June 2022.

The squad left Bengaluru for Chandigarh on 30th May. 

The following players and officials will be representing Karnataka in the event:

Praful Kumar YV (C), Sujay S (VC, GK), Harshit Gowda (GK), Suman S Dev, Yukesh D, Harshit CS, Himadeep Gowda, Madhan TM, Macarton Louis Nickson, Alan Sanjay Xavier, Parishudh Brise, S A Abhiram, Jasir Syed Kazhi, Ajay S Kadam, Ashish Beckham, Sarath Rajkumar, Vishal R, Amogh Gachhi

Shiva Gajendran - Coach

Chandrashekar Rao Chinta - Coach

FC Bengaluru United appoints Khalid Ahmed Jamil as Head Coach

FCBU Media 

Khalid Ahmed Jamil has been appointed as FC Bengaluru United Head Coach for the upcoming season. Jamil was previously associated with Indian Super League (ISL) club NorthEast United FC. He holds the distinction of being the first Indian Head Coach of an ISL team and the first Indian coach to qualify for the ISL playoffs. He has also worked with East Bengal and Mohun Bagan in a managerial capacity and was instrumental in leading Aizawl FC to their first I-League title in the 2016-17 season.

 

"Khalid has been one of the most sought-after coaches in Indian football," said Gaurav Manchanda, Owner, FC Bengaluru United, welcoming Khalid Jamil to the club. "He brings with him nuanced leadership and technical skills that stem for his decade-long management and coaching experience. FC Bengaluru United is on an upward growth trajectory; we are excited to be working with Khalid and are confident that we will see the club reach even greater heights under him," he added.

 

Speaking on his appointment, Khalid Jamil expressed excitement on his new role, "I am delighted to be joining FC Bengaluru United and am looking forward to helping the club grow stronger and add to their trophy cupboard. The FCBU squad is a blend of youth and experience, and I am eager to work with them and sharing all my learnings. I am confident we can work together and see the club reach its greatest potential – both from an individual player perspective as well as a team.”

 

Jamil, who was born in Kuwait to Indian parents, played as a midfielder for clubs such as Mahindra United, Air India, and Mumbai FC. He has represented the Indian national team in more than 10 games including playing in the 2002 World Cup Qualifiers. He began his coaching career with Mumbai FC in 2009 after which he joined Aizawl FC and led them to the I-League title in the 2016-17 season. 

Kickstart score a perfect 10 against Mata Rukmani in IWL

AIFF Media

Kickstart FC bounced back to winning ways with a splendid 10-0 victory over Mata Rukmani in the Hero Indian Women’s League 2022.

Yangoijam Kiranbala Chanu opened the scoring for the Karnataka-based club in the 11th minute. The forward turned the ball in from the left hand side of the goal to make it 1-0. From then onwards, Kickstart never looked back.

In fact, they added five more goals in the span of the next half hour. Kiranbala Chanu added her second only two minutes after her first strike with a perfectly-placed header from the left side off a Yumlembam Pakpi Devi cross.

Another couple of minutes passed and Kickstart made it 3-0 via an Asem Roja Devi stunner. The forward took her chance from long range and struck well to beat the goalkeeper from outside the box. Roja Devi went on to score her second in the 37th minute. The in-form attacker tapped in a perfectly delivered cross from the left flank by Kaviya Pakkirisamy.

With the game completely in their hands, Kickstart showed the hunger to score more. In the 42nd minute, Babysana produced a moment of brilliance with a long range screamer to make it 5-0. Before half time, Kiranbala Chanu completed her hat-trick with a strike from close range to beat the Mata Rukmani goalkeeper.

Despite confirming the three points with a dominant first half display, Kickstart went on to add more to their goal tally on the day. Thingbaijam Babysana Devi, scored her brace in the 49th minute, after a massive effort from Kiranbala Devi in the attacking third. 

In the 83rd minute, Pakpi Devi showed pure pace and quality on the ball. The forward beat the Mata Rukmani goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation and slid the ball into the bottom right corner. Minutes later, Kiranbala Devi completed her quadruple in the 87th minute with an easy tap-in off a Pakpi Devi assist. Before the referee blew the full-time whistle, substitute Laishram Bibicha Devi scored Kickstart’s 10th goal and marked a solid end to the game.

Gokulam Kerala FC face stern test against Kickstart

 AIFF Media 

It’s time for a cracker of a clash between Kickstart FC and Gokulam Kerala FC in the Hero Indian Women’s League 2022. The two in-form sides face each other at the Capital Ground in Bhubaneswar on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Ahead of the game, Kickstart FC Head Coach Amrutha spoke about her side’s preparations and the approach they will take. “Next match is against Gokulam kerala FC, the defending champions who are an experienced side,” she began.

“We need to focus more for better results. We also need these three points to continue our winning momentum. Accordingly, we are ready to perform against them,” she added, before confirming that she has a fully fit squad at her disposal.

Gokulam Kerala are on a seven-match winning streak and will be going up in a tough challenge against Kickstart. Head Coach Anthony Andrews passed his remarks on the opposition and how his side has prepared for the game. “Kickstart has a good team with experienced players. They have quality in the attacking unit with pace and creativity. We have to be focused throughout the 90 minutes and pick our chances early.”

“Our approach and intent will be to progress from our last game and minimize our mistakes and make better decisions in the final third,” he added in the end.

The match will be streamed live on Indian Football YouTube Channel at 3:30 PM (IST).

Kickstart earns dominating win against Hans Women FC

AIFF Media

Kickstart maintained their winning run after beating Hans Women FC 0-4 tonight in the Hero Indian Women's League at the Kalinga Stadium. Hans suffered another loss as they are yet to find winning ways in the competition this season.

Kickstart made a quick start to the game as they bagged the lead as soon as the 7th minute in the game when Roja got herself one on one with the Hans custodian and did no mistake to slot it home.

Thereafter the Karnataka-based side took the momentum of the game but failed to increase their lead as they were unable to capitalize on the chances created. 

Before the lemon break, Kickstart got their best chance to double the lead when they were awarded a spot-kick but the former failed to turn into fruit. 

After the breather Kickstart seemed to be with a better composure as they doubled the lead within the 48th minute. Babysana struck a screamer from yards away to make it 0-2 for her side.

Just at the edge of the hour mark Kiranbala Chanu made it 0-3 for Kickstart as she rightly utilized a howler from Hans custodian Tanvi Mavani. Minutes after the lead increased to 0-4 as substitute Lawmching found the net from distance in the 60th minute.

The high press from Kickstart rattled the porous Hans defense forcing too many mistakes inside the box. Hans made a change in their custodian side and this turned out to be a saviour for the losing side as they refrained from conceding more.

After this loss, Hans continues to remain at the bottom of the points table as Kickstart maintains the third spot with 6 wins in 7 games.

NOTICE: FC Agniputhra trials

FC Agniputhra, a newly launched Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) affiliated and BDFA Super Division football club will be organizing selection trials for the coming 22-23 season on May 26 and 27, 2022 at the HAL Sports Club grounds from 8 AM to 12 PM. 

Interested Players who have played at the top-level may appear for trials. They have to register their names with a registration fee of Rs.500/. For registration and further details, you may reach out to the following numbers - 9900578916 and 9900008288. 

 

BDFA League A Division 2021-22 - Schedule & Fixtures

1. Fri, April 29, 2022: Rebels FC 2 (Dinesh Singh Soub-23', Donboklang Lyndong-45') Vs Parikrma 0
2. Fri, April 29, 2022: BTM FC 1 (Ashely Grant Cleary-46') Vs HAL 1 (Ramesh Durga Prakash-18'[OG])
3. Sat, April 30, 2022: Friends United FC 4 (Pradeepkumar-32’[P]-55’, Dhanushkumar-62’, Sudarshan-69’) Vs Postal 0 
4. Sat, April 30, 2022: AGORC 3 (James-33’, Nishanth-40’, Hemanth-48’) Vs RWF 1 (Rajesh-13’)
5. Sun, May 1, 2022: South United  FC 2 (Shamsheer Singh-39', Leynold Carlo Mark-73') Vs Blitz FC 1 (Mithun-53') 
6. Tue, May 3, 2022: Parikrma 0 Vs HAL 0
7. Wed, May 4, 2022: Rebels FC 5 (Fazal Zafa Konan-2’, 59’, Zonunmawa-18’, 39’, Donboklang Lyngobh-60’) Vs Postal 0 
8. Wed, May 4, 2022: AGORC 3 (Jayakumar-31’, Jones Antony Belhsalel-48’, Sudarshan V Lokur-67’) Vs BTM FC 2 (Akshay Kumar Dosapati-23’, 73’)
9. Wed, May 4, 2022: Friends United 5 (Lalmuanzova Khawalhring-2’, 10’, 48’, 61’, Shivakumar-62’) Vs South United FC 1 (Leynold Carol Mark-80’)
10. Wed, May 4, 2022: Bangalore Gunners 1 (Sanjeev N-80’+1’) Vs RWF 0
11. Thu, May 5, 2022: Blitz FC 2 (BU Mithun-21', Aksha N-80') Vs Income Tax 0 
12. Sat, May 7, 2022: HAL 3 (Sanjai Rai -5', 10', Johny Kom-79') Vs Postal 0
13. Sat, May 7, 2022: AGORC 2 (JaiKumar-5', Jones Antony-79') Vs Parikrma 0
14. Sat, May 7, 2022: Rebels FC 2 (Zonunmawia-32', Zobo Emmanuel Ebenezer-43') Vs South United FC 0
15. Sat, May 7, 2022: BTM FC 2 (Akshay Kumar Dosapati-21’, Chirag Chinnappa Pandanda-80’+5’) Vs Bangalore Gunners 1 (Sanjeevi-56’)
16. Sun, May 8, 2022: Friends United 4 (Don Bosco-14', Lalmuanzoua-38', 59', Sudarshan-55') Vs Income Tax 1 (Kapil-65')   
17. Tue, May 10, 2022: AGORC 2 (Jones Antony Belhsalel- 24’, Pradeep Kumar-36’) Vs Postal 0  
18. Tue, May 10, 2022: HAL 2 (Santhosh Kumar-5’, 34’) Vs South United FC 0 
19. Tue, May 10, 2022: Parikrma 1 (Shirwin-29’) Vs Bangalore Gunners 0 
20. Wed, May 11, 2022: Rebels FC 4 (Donboklang Lyngdoh-4', Faizal -26', Ebenezer-34', Md. Rameef-40+1') Vs Income Tax 1 (Amal Deepak-29')  
21. Wed, May 11, 2022: Friends United 4 (Lalmuanzova Khawalhring-14', Dhanush Kumar-19', Bharath -77'[OG], Pavithran R-78') Vs Blitz FC 0 
22. Fri, May 13, 2022: South United 0 Vs AGORC 0 
23. Fri, May 13, 2022: Bangalore Gunners 4 (Cyril Thiraviyan-13', 35', P Tamilarasu-42', 63') Vs Postal 0 
24. Sat, May 14, 2022: Income Tax  0 Vs HAL 8 (V Surendra Prasad-16', 45', 78', Narendra -38', Rihit Atkan-40'+2', Monish-42', 66', Andrew Gurung-50')  
25. Sat, May 14, 2022: Rebels FC 6 (Zonumawia-31', Muhammed Rameef-39', Donboklang Lyngdoh-51', Aakash Dave-65', 69', Dinesh Singh Soubam-77') Vs Blitz FC 0  
26. Sat, May 14, 2022: BTM FC 1 (AkshyaKumar-26') Vs RWF 0 
27. Sat, May 21, 2022: South United 2 (Leynold Carlo Mark-2', Manigandan G-4') Vs Income Tax 1 (Premkumar V-10')
28. Sat, May 21, 2022: Blitz FC 3 (Chetan-8', Ajay-19', BU Mithun-65') Vs Postal 0  
29. Sat, May 21, 2022: RWF 0 Vs HAL 0 
30. Sun, May 22, 2022: Parikrma 1 (Praveenkumar S-1') Vs Friends United 3 (Jones Muthuraj-18', Pradeep Kumar-40'+4', Sudarshan-75') 
31. Mon, May 23, 2022: Rebels FC 3 (Faizal Zafa Konan-1', 65', Mebtei Kuper-27') Vs BTM FC 0 
32. Mon, May 23, 2022: AGORC 5 (Jones Antony Bethsalal-4'. 39', Sudharshan Lokur-8', 16', Surya VanithaLingam-7') Vs Bangalore Gunners 0 
33. Wed, May 25, 2022: HAL 3 (S Johny Kom-25', Sathish Kumar-40'+2', Rohit Atkan-51') Vs Friends United FC 1 (Don Bosco-71') 
34. Thu, May 26, 2022: Blitz FC 4 (BU Mithun-6', 49', M Mahesh Kumar-21', Chetan Bhadra-54') Vs Bangalore Gunners 1 (Sanjeevi-25') 
35. Thu, May 26, 2022: South United FC 7 (Bilal Shamshuddin-8', 24', Jayasurya MR-12', 27', Karthigeyan S-58', Leynold Carol Marks-58', Manigandan S-80'+1') Vs Postal 0 
36. Thu, May 26, 2022: Rebels FC 4 (Faizal Zafa Konan-2', 39', 40'+1', Donboklang Lyngdoh-41') Vs RWF 0  
37. Thu, May 26, 2022: Income Tax 1 (Kapil Bhat -54) Vs Parikrma FC 0   
38. Sun, May 29, 2022: Rebels FC 2 (Faisal Zafa Konan-10', Bibin Boban-22'[P]) Vs Friends United FC 0 
39. Sun, May 29, 2022: RWF 5 (Ramesh S-15'[P], 34'[P], 51', 68', Dinesh D-60') Vs Parikrma FC 1 (Madan-48')    
40. Sun, May 29, 2022: Bangalore Gunners 2 (Cyril Justin Thiraviyam-61', 74') Vs South United FC 0 
41. Sun, May 29, 2022: AGORC 2 (Hemanthkumar-49', Nishanth-62') Vs Income Tax 1 (Premkumar V-8') 
42. Sun, May 29, 2022: BTM FC 1 (Nishad Nagaraj-46') Vs Blitz FC 0  
43. Wed, Jun 1, 2022: HAL 4 (S Jonny Kom-27', 64', Ramana Singh-3', Tushar Biswakarma-72') Vs Blitz FC 0 
44. Wed, Jun 1, 2022: Parikrma 3 (Haris Rahman-31', 36', Amit Kumar-40+1') Vs Postal 0 
45. Wed, Jun 1, 2022: Rebels FC 1 (Muhaab-11') Vs AGORC 0 
46. Wed, Jun 1, 2022: BTM FC 1 (Ashley Grant Clearly-40'+1') Vs South United FC 0 
47. Thu, Jun 2, 2022: Friends United 4 (Lalmuan-3', Jones Muthuraj-50', Don Bosco-62', PradeepKumar-64') Vs Bangalore Gunners 0  
48. Thu, Jun 2, 2022: Income Tax 1 (Akheel Razak-38') Vs RWF 1 (Regin M-1')  
49. Sat, Jun 4, 2022: AGORC 1 (Jai Kumar-59') Vs HAL 1 (Sathishkumar-26')  
50. Sat, Jun 4, 2022: Parikram FC 3 (Harsha-17', 59', 75') Vs Blitz FC 0 
51. Sun, Jun 5, 2022: Rebels FC 3 (Fazal Zafa Konan-38', 43', 61') Vs Bangalore Gunners 0 
52. Sun, Jun 5, 2022: Friends United 4 (Rony C Lalenkina-26' Dhanush Kumar-32', Pradeepkumar-54', Jones Muthuraj-90'+3') Vs RWF 1 (Ramesh-39')
53. Sun, Jun 5, 2022: BTM FC 2 (Narendra Choudhary-18', 23') Vs Income Tax 0 
54. Tue, Jun 7, 2022: Parikrma 1 (J Rithath-53') Vs South United FC 0 
55. Tue, Jun 7, 2022: AGORC 1 (Rithvik Kumar-77'[OG]) Vs Blitz FC 0 
56. Wed, Jun 8, 2022: Postal 0 Vs RWF 1 (Aghin TS- 51')  
57. Wed, Jun 8, 2022: BTM FC 0 Vs Friends United FC 2 (Don Bosco-49', Sudarshan-75') 
58. Wed, Jun 8, 2022: Income Tax 3 (Ilence Sharma-74', Kapil Bhat-76', Sagar Sharma-78') Vs Bangalore Gunners 3 (Cyril Justin Thiraviyam-37', 58', Krishna Shankar-67')
59. Wed, Jun 8, 2022: HAL 1 (Tushar Biswakarma -19') Vs Rebels FC 0 
60. Sat, Jun 11, 2022: South United FC 2 (Leynold Carl Marks-7', 24') Vs RWF 1 (Aneesh-53')  
61. Sat, Jun 11, 2022: HAL 4 (Narendra-1', Hritik-7', Sanjai-80', Sathishkumar-80'+2') Bangalore Gunners 0 
62. Sat, Jun 11, 2022: Parikrma 5 (Haris Rhaman-13', 17', Rifhath-49', 52', 63') Vs BTM FC 0 
63. Sat, Jun 11, 2022: Income Tax 2 (Ilence Sharma-48', Kapil Bhat-80'+3') Vs Postal 2 (Dheeran Singh-7', 65') 
64. Tue, Jun 14, 2022: RWF 3 (Afhin TS-9', Ajo A-75', 80'+3') Vs Blitz FC 1 (Naveen Kumar-52')
65. Tue, Jun 14, 2022: BTM FC 4 (Rohan Jonathan-13', Ashley Grant-18', Chirag-34', Anirudh-35') Vs Postal 0 
66. Tue, Jun 14, 2022: Friends United 2 (Dhanush K-7', Pradeepkumar-80') Vs AGORC 0 

BDFA League B Division 2021-22 - Schedule & Fixtures

1. Sun, May 1, 2022: South India FC 1 (Aushal-35’+1’) Vs Tilak Memorial 0
2. Sun, May 1, 2022: DYES 1 (Omprakash Hadapad-46') Vs Sunrise FC 1 (Karthick-70')
    - abandoned due to heavy rain, the game was 36 minutes old with a 0-0 score line 
    ^ game replayed on June 14, 2022  
3. Mon, May 2, 2022: Vehicles 1 (Carlton Joel-11’) Vs Royals FC 0
4. Mon, May 2, 2022: Mohammedan Sporting 4 (Sabeel Ahamed-8’, 53’, 69’, Rahul R-25’) Vs RS Sports 0
5. Tue, May 3, 2022: Sri Gajanana 3 (Kalavanan-21’, Gopinath B-52’, Alagaraswamy-59’) Vs Bangalore Mars 1 (R Robinson-32’)
6. Fri, May 6, 2022: RS Sports 3 (Joseph-16', Pandiyan-21', 70') Vs Royals FC 1 (Arvind-30’) 
7. Fri, May 6, 2022: South India FC 1 (Sabari M-70'+5'[OG]) Vs Sunrise FC 0
8. Fri, May 6, 2022: Tilak Memorial 1 (Anil Shankar-40') Vs Goans FC 1 (Pradeum Subba-35')
9. Fri, May 6, 2022: Mohammedan Sporting 2 (Sabeel Ahmed-7', Avinash V-51') Vs Bangalore Mars 1 (Rakesh-24') 
10. Sun, May 8, 2022: Sri Gajanana Vs Vehicles 
    result held up Sri Gajanana FC took lead in 69th minute but Vehicles argued for off-side. Meanwhile, match could not resume. Vehicles lodged a complaint against the decision of referee. 
11. Mon, May 9, 2022: Mohammedan Sporting 5 (Immanuel Fernando-10’, Fabino Anto-18’, Rahul-21’, Sabeel Ahmed-44’, Gowthama P-70’) Vs Sunrise FC 0 
12. Mon, May 9, 2022: Goans FC 0 Vs DYES 0 
13. Mon, May 9, 2022: RS Sports 3 (Shivakumar-4’, Joseph-45’, Solaman Ahamed-70’+2’) Vs Bangalore Mars 0 
14. Mon, May 9, 2022: Tilak Memorial  2 (Praveen PP-15’, Shashank C-17’) Vs Royals FC 0   
15. Thu, May 12, 2022: Goans FC 0 Vs South India FC 0 
16. Thu, May 12, 2022: Sri Gajanana 4 (Jay Shanker-28', Jonna -33', Alagaraswamy-60', Harish K-63') Vs RS Sports 0 
17. Thu, May 12, 2022: Royals FC 2 (K Edison-30', Bima Reddy-54') Vs Sunrise FC 0 
18. Fri, May 13, 2022: DYES 1 (Chandan-59) Vs Tilak Memorial 0   
19. Sun, May 15, 2022: Mohammedan Sporting 4 (Rahul-11’, 23’, 25, 65’[P]) Vs Goans FC 3 (Rajib Oran-20’, Pradeum Subba-58’, Aryan Subba-70’+2’)
20. Sun, May 15, 2022: South India FC 4 (Shapam Yaiphaba Meitei-11’, 55’, Shekar Bahadur Thapa-12’, Ajit Daulat Ram-14’) Vs Royals FC 0 
21. Sun, May 15, 2022: Bangalore Mars 3 (Sunilkumar V-22’, Saravana S-43’, Mani P-63’) Sunrise FC 0 
22. Mon, May 23, 2022: Royals FC 2 (Mohamned Anas VM-40. Seenu S-52'[P]) Vs Bangalore Mars 2 (R Robinson-9', Sunil Kumar-61') 
23. Tue, May 24, 2022: South India FC 3 (Shekar Bahadur Thapa-11', Yeshwanth-56'[OG], Srikanth-70') Vs Vehicles 0 
24. Tue, May 24, 2022: Mohammedan Sporting 0 Vs Sri Gajanana 1 (Gobinath B-55')  
25. Tue, May 24, 2022: DYES 6 (Madhan-7', Dileep-34', Cyril Jones-6', Bharath Gowda-6', Salman Ahamed-69'[OG], Ajay Shankar-70'+1') Vs RS Sports 1 (Shivakumar -70'+2') 
26. Wed, May 25, 2022: Goans FC 4 (Pradeum Subba-10', 38', Aryan Subba-26', Satish Singh Gurjar-14'[OG]) Vs Sunrise FC 1 (Raunak Wilfred Jaichandra-43'[OG])   
27. Fri, May 27, 2022: Tilak Memorial 1 (Anil Shankar-3') Vs Vehicles 0  
28. Fri, May 27, 2022: South Indian FC 3 (Ajith Dault Ram-17', Sasurya -56'[OG], Shekar Bahadur Thapa-66') Vs Bangalore Mars 1 (Prabin Mandengbam-60'[OG])   
29. Fri, May 27, 2022: Royals FC 1 (K Edison-50') Vs Mohammedan Sporting 1 (K Pugalendhi-54') 
30. Sat, May 28, 2022: Goans FC 3 (Pradeum Subba-7', Abhinay Chhetri-14', Karan Tamang-23') RS Sports 2 (Sandeep C-34', 46') 
31. Sat, May 28, 2022: DYES 2 (Santhosh Tamata-9', 20') Sri Gajanana 2 (Johnson Babu-25', Gobinath B-39')  
32. Mon, May 30, 2022: Tilak Memorial 2 (Praveen PP-24', Anil Shankar-50') Vs Sunrise FC 0 
33. Tue, May 31, 2022: South India FC 6 (Ajit Ram-2', Shekar -3', 51', Bapi Paul-17', Luckey Soren-31', Abhay Raj-57') Vs RS Sports 3 (Sandeep -7', 45', 70'+1') 
34. Tue, May 31, 2022: Sri Gajanana 5 (Alagsrswamy -6', 55', Joshua-26', Gobinath-28', Vijay-29') Vs Royals FC 3 (Md. Anas-44', 50', Vikram-49')
35. Tue, May 31, 2022: DYES 3 (Sharanappa-43', 64', Santosh Tamata-70') Vs Bangalore Mars 1 (Sunilkumar-49') 
36. Tue, May 31, 2022: Goans FC 2 (Karan Tamang-40', Aryan Subba-51') Vs Vehicles 1 (Latesh-15') 
37. Fri, Jun 3, 2022: RS Sports 3 (Sandeep Krishnan-41', 60', Domnic Raj-52') Vs Sunrise FC 1 (Melwin Emmuneal-8') 
38. Fri, Jun 3, 2022: Goans FC 1 (Aryan Subba-43') Vs Sri Gajanana 0  
39. Fri, Jun 3, 2022: Tilak Memorial 5 (Yathi Vishwanth-16', 70'+1', Anil Shankar- 57', 69', 70'+3') Vs Bangalore Mars 1 (Wasim A-65') 
40. Fri, Jun 3, 2022: Royals FC 1 (Mohammed Anas-5') Vs DYES 0 
41. Sat, Jun 4, 2022: South India FC 1 (Konjengbam Singh-58') Vs Mohhamedan Sporting 0    
42. Sunrise FC 2 (Sherwin Dsouza-35', Melwin Emmanuel-47') Sri Gajanana 2 (Johnson Babu-28', Joshua GP-23')
43. Mon, Jun 6, 2022: Tilak Memorial 6 (Anil Shankar-11', 21', 27', Praveen P-12', Nutan P-35'+1', Yathi Vishwanathan-70'+1') Vs RS Sports 2 (Sandeep Krishnan-8', 30')
44. Mon, Jun 6, 2022: South India FC 1 (Abhay Raj-70') Vs DYES 1 (Omprakash Hadapad-31')
45. Mon, Jun 6, 2022: Bangalore Mars 6 (Wasim A-11', 21', 31', R Robinson-46', 51', John Gilberd-61') Vs Vehicles 0 
46. Tue, Jun 7, 2022: Royals FC 1 (Md. Anas VM-34') Vs Goans FC 0 
47. Thu, Jun 9, 2022: Tilak Memorial 4 (Anil Shankar-3', 30', 70', Shashank-47') Vs Mohammedan Sporting 0
48. Thu, Jun 9, 2022: Sri Gajanana 2 (Alagaraswamy-21', Periyaswamy-70'+2') Vs South India FC 2 (TonTobba Singh-9', 17') 
49. Thu, Jun 9, 2022: DYES 3 (Omprakash -50', 56', 64') Vs Vehicles 1 (Ravikiran-61'[P]) 
50. Sun, Jun 12, 2022: Sri Gajanana 1 (Gobinath-35') Vs Tilak Memorial 0  
51. Sun, Jun 12, 2022: Goans FC 4 (Ashok Chetry-4', Robin Chettry-35', 37', Pradeum Subba-58') Vs Bangalore Mars 1 (Sunil-7'[P])
52. Sun, Jun 12, 2022: Vehicles 2 (Sathish-15', 30') Vs Sunrise FC 1 (Sherwin Dsouza-59') 
53. Sun, Jun 12, 2022: DYES 3 (Cyril Jones -20', 41', 70'+1') Vs Mohammedan Sporting 1 (K Pugalendhi-6') 
54. Wed, Jun 15, 2022: Vehicles 3 (Satish R-15', 58', Murali-22') Vs Mohammedan Sporting 2 (Sheldon Magnol-66', Gowtham-70'+1') 
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Prameshwori score in Kickstart's win against SSB

 AIFF Media 

Kickstart created wave after wave of attacks but were yet to break the deadlock till the half an hour mark. The SSB side showed a great defensive character doing well to keep their opponents at bay.

Finally, in the 34th minute, Kickstart broke the deadlock. Babysana Devi sent in a cross that was equally contested by both Prameshwori and SSB goalkeeper Manju. While both slid in towards the ball, Prameshowri managed to get to it a fraction of a second earlier and slipped it under the SSB keeper, to put her side in the lead.

After the breather, Sandhya Kashyap came up with some good chances for SSB but failed to find the net.

The side from West Bengal looked determined and mounted a number of attacks in the second half, in their search for an equaliser. However, some brilliant goalkeeping from Linthoingambi Devi, and some last ditch tackles from Hero of the Match Sweety Devi kept SSB out.

After this second consecutive loss, SSB remain 6th on the Hero IWL table, whereas Kickstart maintain their position on third with 15 points from 6 matches.

Kickstart FC face SSB this evening, look to maintain winning momentum

AIFF Media  

Kickstart FC will look to maintain their winning momentum when they face SSB on Friday, May 6, 2022, at the Kalinga Stadium in the Hero Indian Women’s League.

Ahead of the clash, Kickstart head coach Amrutha Aravind sounded pumped as she said, “It is a vital match for us, and we have to continue our rhythm of winning.”

The gaffer has high regards for her opponents. She said, “SSB is one of the best women's teams in India, and they are a very good and balanced side. So, we have to put some extra effort to win against them.”

Amrutha believes her side is yet to improve, “We were lacking in some areas in our last match, especially when it came to finishing, we were not at the level where we want to be. We are focusing much more on that in the preparatory sessions.”

“I am fully confident in the qualities of my team and my girls will be doing better in the next match,” she added.

SSB suffered a narrow loss in their last match against Arrows and gaffer Juliet Miranda is determined to bounce back. She said, “Our next opponents are very tough, as they have all good experienced players. Will try to give them a good fight and come out with a positive mind-set.”

Juliet opined, “The last game's result was unacceptable for us. We have to improve a lot as a team. Especially we have to refrain from making silly errors.” SSB will face Kickstart FC on Friday May 6, 2022 at the Kalinga Stadium at 19:30pm (IST). The match will be telecast live on Eurosport and streamed on the Indian Football YouTube channel.

Kickstart back to winning ways against Odisha Police

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Kickstart FC picked up a convincing 2-0 win over Odisha Police in the Hero Indian Women’s League 2022 on Monday, May 2,2022 at the 7th Battalion Stadium.

The Karnataka based club were on the front foot right from the beginning. They came twice close to scoring but Phanjoubam Nirmala Devi and Thingbaijam Babysana Devi could not capitalize on the opportunities.

In the 29th minute, Asem Roja Devi found a breakthrough and pulled the trigger from close range. However, the referee blew her whistle for offside and the scoreline remained unchanged. 

Before the half-time whistle, Roja Devi, Babysana Devi and Lochana Munda all came close to scoring, but missed their target by a whisker. Following the restart, Kickstart finally took the lead via Irom Prameshwori Devi in the 54th minute. The forward drove a shot from close range and found the back of the net to make it 1-0.

In quick fire succession, substitute Yangoijam Kiranbala Chanu made it 2-0 for Kickstart FC. The forward low shot from inside the box could not be saved by Odisha Police goalkeeper Rajeswari Das. At the hour mark, however, Das went on to make a wonderful save off Yumlembam Pakpi Devi’s close range shot.

Odisha Police could not come back with any goals before full time and the game ended 2-0 in Kickstart’s favour.

 

Kickstart FC take on Odisha Police today

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The Karnataka side Kickstart FC is all set to take on Odisha Police tomorrow (May 02, 2022) in the Hero Indian Women’s League at the 7th Battalion Stadium. Both the teams will eye full points as they come from the loss in their last matches.

Kickstart head coach Amrutha said, “Odisha Police also have a better side with experienced players and an experienced coach. So we have to give our 100% and we have prepared to do the same.”

The Kickstart gaffer is satisfied with the team’s campaign as she said, “Yes, our team has performed well and we had a little mistake while defending in the last matçh. Now we are working on that and ready to solve that area also.”

Odisha Police head coach Shradhanjali Samantaray urges her team to come up with a winning mentality while facing Kickstart FC. She said, “We will be playing against Kickstart which is one of the balanced team and we have to keep the possession and keep the winning mentality.”

Odisha will go all out to snatch full points as their gaffer echoed, “The approach will be to get full points from the game.”

Quizzed about her team’s campaign so far in the HIWL coach Samantaray seemed quite unsatisfied. She said, “No, we are not happy with our performance and lots of injuries have affected the team. Injury is the biggest concern in our team.”