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ONGC FC
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club, also known as ONGC FC, was an Indian professional football club from Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The club was affiliated with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. It has competed in the National Football League (India), later I-League, alongside the MDFA Elite League. History 2006–2010: I-League 2nd Division In 2006, the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation revived its football section and renamed it as ''ONGC F.C.'', in hope of expanding their involvement in Indian football, which included title sponsoring the old National Football League, Durand Cup and Nehru Cup. In their inaugural season in the I-League 2nd Division, the club finished on 6th place. After their first season, the club offered their players full-time contracts and higher salaries, as well as inducting youth sections. These changes helped the club finish on 5th place in the final round of the 2009 I-League 2nd Division, after topping the group stage. The next se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooperage Ground
The Cooperage Football Ground is a football stadium located in Nariman Point, Mumbai, India. It is currently home to multiple Mumbai Football League clubs. The Western India Football Association has operated from the Cooperage Ground since 1969, and the Mumbai District Football Association holds a small office. It was a venue for one of India's premier national leagues, the I-League. I-League club Kenkre is currently using the stadium as their home ground since their inception in 2000. History Cooperage Ground was the primary venue of the Rovers Cup, the third oldest football tournament in India after Durand and Trades Cup. The stadium was occupied by the British Indian Army during the World War I. In April 2011, plans were announced for the Cooperage Football Ground to be renovated when FIFA announced that they would give the Western India Football Association US$ 2 million in order to renovate that stadium. On 12 June 2011, it was announced in the Bombay High Court that th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 I-League 2nd Division
The 2010 I-League 2nd division was the third season of the second tier of the I-League, the highest football league in India. It commenced on 26 March 2010 with the first matches of the first round and ended in early May 2010 with the last matches of the promotion round. All matches are played in three venues at Delhi, Bangalore and Tripura. Team summaries The first round was competed by 21 teams, which have been divided into three groups with seven teams each. First round Each team competed a single match against every other team of its group. The best two teams from each group advanced to the final round. Group A Group table Results Group B Group table Results Group C Group table Results Final round Malabar United and Hindustan Aeronautics from Group A, SESA and ONGC from Group B and NISA and Oil India FC from Group C qualified for the final round. They will be joined by the sides having been relegated from the 2008–09 I-League, Mohammedan Sporting Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siliguri
Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian states and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Known as the ''"Gateway of Northeast India"'', Siliguri is popular for three Ts - tea, timber and tourism. It is located on the banks of the Mahananda River and the Teesta River at the foothills of the Himalayas. Siliguri is the List of metropolitan area in West Bengal, third largest urban agglomeration in West Bengal, after Kolkata and Asansol. Siliguri has great strategic importance in West Bengal. It is located conveniently, connecting four international borders i.e. China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. It also connects the North-East with mainland India. Located at the foothills of Eastern Himalayas, Siliguri is a significant trading and transportation hub. History file:BAYLEY(1838) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 I-League 2nd Division
The 2012 I-League 2nd Division was the fifth season of the league. The league serves as the second top tier of Indian Football, using promotion and relegation with the I-League, which is top tier league of India. Stadiums The 2012 I-League 2nd Division will be played in 4 stadiums. Three of the Stadiums will be used for the Group Stage and one for the Final Stage. The stadiums that will be used in the group stage are the Barabati Stadium (Orissa), Ambedkar Stadium (New Delhi) and the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium (Assam). Team overview Teams and locations Personnel and sponsoring Managerial Changes Group stage Group A Group A will take place at the Barabati Stadium in Orissa. Group B Group B will take place at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi. Group C Group C will take place at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Assam. Final round The Final Round of the 2012 I-League 2nd Division will take place between six teams from the group stage in a single table format i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chirag United Club Kerala
Viva Kerala Football Club (also known as Chirag United Club Kerala) was an Indian professional association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ... club based in the city of Kochi, Kerala, India. The club was originally formed in 2004, as ''Viva Kerala''. They participated in the National Football League (India), National Football League, and I-League, then top tiers of Indian football league system, alongside Kerala Premier League. The club was dissolved in 2012. Chirag United Kerala was one of the most talented and the youngest sides in the I-League, but were referred as one of the unluckiest sides in the league. History Formation and journey Chirag United Club Kerala was formed on 8 August 2004 in Kochi. The club officially took off on 19 August in a ceremon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Lake Stadium
The Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK; ), commonly known as the Salt Lake Stadium, is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium located in Bidhannagar, with current capacity of 85,000 spectators. Named after Swami Vivekananda, the stadium forms the home ground for multiple football clubs, most notably ATK Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and Mohammedan. It is the fifth largest sports stadium in Asia by seating capacity. Before its renovation in 2011, it was the largest football stadium in the world, having a seating capacity of 120,000. Prior to the construction and opening of Rungrado May Day Stadium in 1989, it was the largest football stadium in the world. The stadium hosted the final match of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, alongside hosting other matches of the tournament. As part of security measures for the 2017 U-17 World Cup, the stadium was only open for 66,687 viewers. The stadium's record attendance was recorded in 1997 when 131,781 spectators watched the Federation Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Bengal F
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fact that east is the direction where the Sun rises: ''east'' comes from Middle English ''est'', from Old English ''ēast'', which itself comes from the Proto-Germanic *''aus-to-'' or *''austra-'' "east, toward the sunrise", from Proto-Indo-European *aus- "to shine," or "dawn", cognate with Old High German ''*ōstar'' "to the east", Latin ''aurora'' 'dawn', and Greek ''ēōs'' 'dawn, east'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin oriens 'east, sunrise' from orior 'to rise, to originate', Greek ανατολή anatolé 'east' from ἀνατέλλω 'to rise' and Hebrew מִזְרָח mizraḥ 'east' from זָרַח zaraḥ 'to rise, to shine'. ''Ēostre'', a Germanic goddess of dawn, might have been a personification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India National Football Team
The India national football team represents India in international football and is governed by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). The team is affiliated to FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Indian team, which was once considered one of the best teams in Asia, had its golden era during the 1950s and early 1960s. During this period, India won gold at the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games, while finishing fourth at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Thus, India became the first Asian nation to reach the semi-final of a FIFA organised major tournament. India has never participated in the FIFA World Cup, although they did qualify by default for the 1950 FIFA World Cup of Brazil after all other nations in their qualification group withdrew. However, India withdrew prior to the beginning of the tournament due to unspecified reasons. The India national football team is one of the strongest teams in South Asia, it has appeared four times in the AFC Asian Cup, Asia's top football cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badmus Babatunde
Ayomide Babatunde Badmus (28 February 1986) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a forward. Babatunde has played for ONGC F.C. in 2010–11 I-League in which he scored 11 goals before his club was relegated. Career ONGC F.C. Badmus Babatunde was a star scorer, as he guided ONGC F.C. to promotion after finishing undefeated in the Final Round of the 2010 I-League 2nd Division. They finished runners-up to the Sanquelim-based SESA Football Academy in the Group-B, but in the Final Round, ONGC's unbeaten run meant they won the 2010 I-League 2nd Division and were promoted to the 2010-11 I-League. Babatunde had scored against Vasco S.C. in the 1-0 win, then against Malabar United in the 3-1 win, against Oil India in the 4-1 win, against HAL in 2-1 win, once in these consecutive matches. In the 2010-11 I-League, he scored a brace in the 2-5 loss against Dempo S.C. in September 2010. In December, he scored against AIFF XI at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in the 1-1 draw. He scored a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Opara
Nbusiyu David Opara (born 14 December 1985) is a Nigerian football player, who plays for Laxmi Prasad S.C. in the Goa Professional League The Goa Professional League (abbreviated as GPL, also known as the Selvel Goa Pro League for sponsorship reasons) is the premier state-level football league in Goa, India. It is organised by the Goa Football Association. History The official l .... References External links goal.com* 1985 births Living people Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate footballers in India I-League players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players Air India FC players ONGC FC players Mumbai FC players Association football forwards {{Nigeria-footy-forward-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea to the south in the Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of , and with a population of over 225 million, it is the most populous country in Africa, and the world's sixth-most populous country. Nigeria borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Nigeria is a federal republic comprising of 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, where the capital, Abuja, is located. The largest city in Nigeria is Lagos, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world and the second-largest in Africa. Nigeria has been home to several indigenous pre-colonial states and kingdoms since the second millennium BC, with the Nok civilization in the 15th century BC, marking the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
