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Indian Arrows
Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football talents. After disbanding in 2013, the project was revived as ''Indian Arrows'' in 2017. In September 2022, the technical committee of All India Football Federation decided to discontinue the participation of the Indian Arrows in the I-League because of the difficulty in fulfilling the AFC Licensing criteria. Instead, the funding was decided to invest in creating a new Elite Youth League in the country . History AIFF XI (2010–2011) 2010–11 season The club was founded as the AIFF XI in 2010 under the recommendation of then India head coach Bob Houghton and All India Football Federation president Praful Patel after Bob noticed that almost all the India U19 and India U23 players were on the bench during the I-League season and were never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalinga Stadium
The Kalinga Stadium is a multi-purpose International stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Its foundation stone was laid by former chief minister of Odisha Late Biju Patnaik in 1978. It is the home ground of the I League Club Indian Arrows since 2018 & the Indian Super League Club Odisha FC since its inception in 2019. It is situated in the heart of Bhubaneswar near Nayapalli area. It has facilities for athletics, football, field hockey, tennis, table tennis, basketball, volleyball, Wall climbing and swimming. Other features of the stadium includes an 8-lane synthetic athletics track, high performance centres, and India's first Olympic standard pink and blue water-based AstroTurf. History The Govt of Odisha gained widespread reputation for the successful execution of the "90 Days Challenge" for hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships when the former venue Ranchi backed off from hosting the event 3 months prior. The city of Bhubaneswar has been termed as the 'Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONGC F
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India. It is headquartered in New Delhi. ONGC was founded on 14 August 1956 by the Government of India. It is the largest government-owned-oil and gas explorer and producer in the country, and produces around 70% of India's crude oil (equivalent to around 57% of the country's total demand) and around 84% of its natural gas. In November 2010, the Government of India conferred the '' Maharatna'' status to ONGC. In a survey by the Government of India for fiscal year 2019–20, it was ranked as the largest profit making Central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) in India. It is ranked 25th among the Top 250 Global Energy Companies by Platts. ONGC is involved in exploring for and exploiting hydrocarbons in 26 sedimentary basins of India, and owns and operates over 11,000 kilometers of pipelines in the country. Its internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujit Chakravarty
Sujit Chakravarty (born 13 February 1959) is an Indian association football manager. Managing career For the 2011–12 I-League season, Sujit was hired as assistant manager of Pailan Arrows but soon after the resignation of Sukhwinder Singh Sukhwinder Singh (born 18 July 1971) is an internationally acclaimed Indian playback singer who primarily sings Bollywood songs. He is famous internationally for singing " Jai Ho" from the film '' Slumdog Millionaire'' which won an Academy Awa ... Sujit was hired to become caretaker of Pailan for the rest of the season. Statistics Manager . References Living people I-League managers Pailan Arrows managers Indian football managers 1959 births Indian Arrows FC managers {{India-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalrozama Fanai
Lalrozama Fanai (born 30 November 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who most recently played as a defender for East Bengal FC in the I-League. Career Youth Born in Aizawl, Mizoram, Fanai started playing football as a school-team player before joining Mizo club, Bawngkawn, where he played in the local leagues till 2004. In 2005, Fanai joined the Mohun Bagan-SAIL Academy where he stayed till 2007. While with the Mohun Bagan Academy, Fanai was a part of the side that won the Indian zone of the Manchester United Premier Cup before qualifying for the final rounds in Manchester. In 2007, Fanai signed for Pune in which he was a youth player for them from 2007 to 2010. Pailan Arrows In 2010, Fanai signed with newly created Pailan Arrows (then ''AIFF XI'') of the I-League. On 3 December 2010 Fanai played in his first professional match in the league against Chirag United which was also the first league match Pailan Arrows history as the club lost 2–1. On 23 October 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohun Bagan
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, its football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final. This victory made Mohun Bagan the first all-Indian side to win a championship over a British side and was a major moment during India's push for independence. Although Mohun Bagan is a multi-sport club, the primary sport since its foundation had been football. They have won the top-flight football league a record five times – the National Football League three times, and the I-League twice. They were the most successful team of India in the history of the Federation Cup, having won the championship a record 14 times. The club had also won several other trophies, including the Durand Cup (16 times), IFA Shield (22 times), Rovers Cup (14 times), and the Calcutta Football League (30 times). The club won var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 I-League
The 2011–12 I-League was the fifth season of the I-League. The season began in October 2011 and ended in May 2012. Salgaocar are the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season. The current edition has a total of 14 teams contesting for the honors. These include the top twelve teams from the 2010–11 season along with the two promoted sides, Shillong Lajong and Sporting Clube de Goa, who had been the winner and the runner-up in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division respectively. Teams According to the AIFF's rules, the two bottom-most teams from the 2010–11 season-ending points table were supposed to be relegated to the second tier, but in actuality, only ONGC FC were relegated after their second to last place finish, while the team finishing the last, JCT FC decided to disband their senior football team at the close of the session. Shillong Lajong FC and Sporting Clube de Goa, the Champions & Runner-up respectively, of the 2011 I-League 2n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Indian Federation Cup
The 2011 Indian Federation Cup was the 33rd season of the knock-out competition. On 13 August 2011 the AIFF announced that 21 clubs had been accepted to the tournament. The tournament Qualifiers commence from 8 September to 13 September and Final Group Round quarterfinals start from 17 September. The winner of this prestigious tournament will book their place in 2012 AFC Cup. East Bengal qualifies for 2012 AFC Cup because Salgaocar S.C. already qualified via them being I-League champions. Teams Qualifying round Group A * 8 September 2011: Mohammedan SC 1 – 0 Ar-Hima * 10 September 2011: Ar-Hima 0 – 0 Vasco * 12 September 2011: Vasco 0 – 1 Mohammedan SC Group B * 9 September 2011: Southern Samity 0 – 1 Royal Wahingdoh * 9 September 2011: United Sikkim 3 – 2 ONGC * 11 September 2011: Royal Wahingdoh 1 – 0 United Sikkim * 11 September 2011: ONGC 1 – 2 Southern Samity * 13 September 2011: Royal Wahingdoh 3 – 1 ONGC * 13 September 2011: Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (born 3 February 1992) is an Indian professional association football, footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC, Bengaluru and the India national football team, India national team. Sandhu was named Captain (association football), captain of the India national team for the first time in friendly match against Puerto Rico national football team, Puerto Rico on 3 September 2016, a match India won 4–1. He has achieved several distinctions: the inaugural Indian to play a competitive match for the first team of a top-division European club; fifth Indian to play professionally in Europe succeeding Mohammed Salim (footballer), Mohammed Salim, Bhaichung Bhutia, Sunil Chhetri and Subrata Pal; and the first Indian to play in the UEFA Europa League. He is making the most of his time in the Australian harbour city training under Sydney United coach and former AC Milan goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manandeep Singh
Manandeep Singh (born 3 November 1992, in Hisar, Haryana) is an indian ex footballer, model and actor who played as a striker for Minerva Punjab in the I-League. Career Pailan Arrows and Air India Singh started his professional career in 2010 with Pailan Arrows (then known as Indian Arrows) of the I-League. While with Arrows Singh scored only one goal which came against Air India on 13 March 2011 in which Singh scored the equaliser for Arrows in a match that Arrows eventually won 5–2. Singh then left Pailan Arrows after one season and signed for Air India for the 2011–12 I-League season. Singh scored his first two goals for Air India on 1 November 2011 when he scored a brace against Salgaocar in the I-League in a match that Air India won 3–1. Singh then scored again in his next match for Air India against Chirag United Kerala on 6 November 2011 when he scored from a penalty in the 45th minute as Air India won 2–1. Singh continued his good form for Air India by scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeje Lalpekhlua
Jeje Lalpekhlua Fanai (born 7 January 1991) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker, and last appeared with Indian Super League club East Bengal. Between 2011 and 2019, he scored 23 goals in 56 international matches representing India. He is the second-highest Indian goalscorer in Indian Super League history and the record highest scorer for Chennaiyin. Jeje won the 2014–15 I-League with Mohun Bagan and the 2015 Indian Super League with Chennaiyin, subsequently winning the 2015–16 FPAI Indian Player of the Year and the AIFF Men's Player of the Year Award. Club career Youth career Born in the small village of Hnahthial in Mizoram, Lalpekhlua was born in a football fanatic family. His father and elder brother played for a local Mizoram club – The Model Sporting Club, while his uncle represented Mizoram in the Santosh Trophy. Lalpekhlua made his debut for the Model Sporting Club four months after his father had retired from the club. Despite ini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sukhwinder Singh (football Coach)
Sukhwinder Singh is a former Indian footballer and football manager. He was the manager of the Cuttack based Indian Women's League side, Rising Students for the 2013–14 season and was also the coach of the India U-23 side and formerly of the Pailan Arrows of the I-League. After completing his coaching course from National Institute of Sports in Patiala, Singh was appointed chief coach of JCT on 1 July 1992. He also served as deputy general manager and joint secretary of the Phagwara-based club. Playing career Singh represented Punjab at the Santosh Trophy and won first title in 1974–75 season, when the team was managed by legendary footballer Jarnail Singh. They finished the tournament having scored 46 goals. Managerial career Singh managed the Indian senior team from 1999 to 2001 alongside managing JCT FC from 1995 to 2001. He joined JCT as head coach during the managership of Inder Singh. The club at that time became one of the most successful clubs in the country, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Bulpin
Desmond Donaldson Bulpin is a Scottish football coach and current first-team coach at EFL Championship side Millwall. He managed the Philippines national team between 2009 and 2010. He holds a UEFA A Licence, the last qualification before the UEFA Pro Licence, and has extensive coaching experience with senior and youth teams through his involvement at several professional clubs and national teams. Coaching career Des Bulpin did his prelim badge in 1980 with Roy Hodgson. After that, he was invited by Bob Houghton to work with the schoolboys at Bristol City. Des was then employed by Bobby Gould at Bristol Rovers as youth team coach, later as first team coach and reserve team manager. Other managers who have employed Bulpin are Gerry Francis, Ian Holloway, Andy Kilner, and David Burnside. Des Bulpin has a solid record of identifying and developing young players such as Peter Crouch, Danny Dichio, Dougie Freedman, Kevin Gallen, Ledley King, Marcus Stewart, Steve Yates and many mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
