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Shaher Shaheen
Shaher Shaheen ( ar, شاهر شاهين; born January 2, 1990, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender. Born in Saudi Arabia, he has represented Syria at youth level. Club career Earlier career Shaher Shaheen signed for Al-Karamah SC as a youth team player on 2009 and rose through the club's youth sides before moving to Jordan League Division 1 side Al-Asalah in 2013. Mohammedan In June 2021, Shaheen moved to India and signed with Mohammedan SC, that competes in the I-League. He was part of the team's 2021 Durand Cup campaign, in which he appeared in all the matches, and reached to the final, defeating FC Bengaluru United 4–2. On 3 October 2021, they lost the title winning match 1–0 to ISL side FC Goa. He also appeared in the 2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division league, in which Mohammedan reached to the final, defeating United SC 1–0. On 18 November, Mohammedan clinched their 12th Calcutta Football League title after forty long ...
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Jeddah
Jeddah ( ), also spelled Jedda, Jiddah or Jidda ( ; ar, , Jidda, ), is a city in the Hejaz region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and the country's commercial center. Established in the 6th century BC as a fishing village, Jeddah's prominence grew in 647 when the Caliph Osman made it a major port for Indian Ocean trade routes, channelling goods to Mecca, and to serve Muslim travelers for Islamic pilgrimage. Since those times, Jeddah has served as the gateway for millions of pilgrims who have arrived in Saudi Arabia, traditionally by sea and recently by air. With a population of about 4,697,000 people as of 2021, Jeddah is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest city in Hejaz, the second-largest city in the Saudi Arabia (after the capital Riyadh), and the ninth-largest in the Middle East. It also serves as the administrative centre of the OIC. Jeddah Islamic Port, on the Red Sea, is the thirty-sixth largest seaport in the world and the second-largest and s ...
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FC Goa
Football Club Goa is an Indian professional football club based in Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was established on 26 August 2014. Nicknamed as '' Gaurs'', the club plays their home matches at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao. Brazilian coach Zico was the first manager of the club. Its marquee players for its first two seasons have been French winger Robert Pires and Brazilian defender Lúcio respectively. The team finished the league stage in the second position in their first season. In the end-of-season play-offs, they lost via a penalty shootout against Atlético de Kolkata in the semi-finals after a goalless draw. The next year, the team came first in the league stage, then lost the final 3–2 to Chennaiyin FC at home. In the 2018–19 season, they reached their second final in the league where they lost 1–0 to Bengaluru FC. In the same season, they beat Chennaiyin FC 2–1 in the 2019 Indian Super Cup to ...
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2021 Calcutta Premier Division
The 2021 Calcutta Football League Premier Division A was the 123rd season of the top state-level football league of West Bengal. It was held between mid-August and November of 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was decided to cancel Calcutta League last season, but was played this year. Changes from last season Rules and regulations *Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic in West Bengal, the tournament format is shortened by adopting a league-cum-knockout format. The 14 participating teams would be divided into two groups and each team would play against all the other teams in their respective groups once. The top three teams from each group would earn a direct quarter final berth. The remaining four teams from each group would play against each other once for the last two quarter final spots. The eight qualified teams would then play knockout matches to reach the final of Premier Division A. From similar reasons ATK Mohun Bagan and East Bengal have not participated. *The IFA ...
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Rajasthan United FC
Rajasthan United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Founded in 2018 as ''JECRC CF'', the club academy participated in R-League A Division 2019, and was the inaugural winner. In 2020, ''JECRC CF'' was rebranded as Rajasthan United FC. The club currently competes in I-League. Rajasthan United won the 2021 I-League Qualifiers and thus became the first ever club from the state to qualify for the then top flight of Indian football. History Rajasthan United FC is the premier professional football club based in Jaipur. The club was founded in 2018 by an engineering student Kamal Singh Saroha, with his colleagues and friends as JECRC CF (''Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre''), and re-branded as Rajasthan United in 2020, after the introduction of Rajat Mishra and Swapnil Dhaka as the co-founders. In its first year of inception, they managed to win the R-League A Division. In the second season, United came out as runners-up a ...
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2023–24 I-League
The 2023–24 I-League is the 17th season of the I-League and the second season as the second tier of Indian football league system. Changes from last season Teams ;Promoted to Indian Super League *RoundGlass Punjab ;Promoted to I-League *Delhi FC * Shillong Lajong ;Relegated to I-League 2 * Mumbai Kenkre * Sudeva Delhi ;Corporate entries The AIFF accepted five bids for direct entry to I-League. * Inter Kashi *Namdhari Bunkerhill Pvt Ltd (Ambala) withdrew its bid after inking a majority shareholding in Mohammedan. Nimida United Sports Development Pvt Ltd ( Bengaluru United) and Concatenate Advest Advisory Pvt Ltd (Delhi) were unable to fulfill the bid conditions. Inter Kashi, from a tier-2 city (Varanasi), will have relegation immunity for two seasons; while Namdhari FC, from a tier-3 city ( Bhaini Ala), will be free from relegation for one season. Rules After the clubs requested to increase the maximum number of players allowed in a squad, the Committee decid ...
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Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commercial, and financial hub of Eastern India and the main port of communication for North-East India. According to the 2011 Indian census, Kolkata is the seventh-most populous city in India, with a population of 45  lakh (4.5 million) residents within the city limits, and a population of over 1.41  crore (14.1 million) residents in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. In 2021, the Kolkata metropolitan area crossed 1.5 crore (15 million) registered voters. The Port of Kolkata is India's oldest operating port and its sole major riverine port. Kolkata is regarded as the cultural capital of India. Kolkata is the second largest Bengali-speaking city after Dhaka ...
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Sportstar
''Sportstar'' is an Indian monthly Sports magazine, sports magazine published in India by the publishers of ''The Hindu''. Its headquarters is in Chennai. History and profile ''Sportstar'' was established in 1978. The magazine covers international sports, including the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, UEFA Euro and the Summer Olympic Games, Olympics. It covers sports in India, including coverage of cricket, a widely popular sport in India. Additional coverage of sports includes football, tennis and Formula One Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix. From the 28 January 2006 issue, the magazine changed its name from ''The Sportstar'' to ''Sportstar'' and moved from magazine to tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid format. In 2012 the magazine was redesigned. The new online avatar of ''Sportstar'' was launched on 26 October 2015 at the Madras Cricket Club. It has its own mobile app named Sportstar - Live Sports & News. References

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Gokulam Kerala FC
Gokulam Kerala Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Calicut, Kerala. Founded in 2017, the club competes in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. They won the 2020–21 I-League to become the first ever club from Kerala to win an I-League title, and became the first team to defend the I-League title in 2021–22 season. Gokulam is also the first club from Kerala to qualify for a continental competition, the AFC Cup. Nicknamed ''Malabarians'', Gokulam Kerala represents the state of Kerala, predominantly its Malabar region. Affiliated with Kerala Football Association (KFA), the club also competes in Kerala Premier League, and clinched titles in 2017–18, and 2020–21. History Formation and early years (2017–2020) Gokulam Kerala was founded in January 2017. On 20 September, after the second round of bidding invitations, the bid evaluation committee decided to award Sree Gokulam Group the right to field their team in the Her ...
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2021–22 I-League
The 2021–22 I-League (also known as Hero I-League for sponsorship reasons) is the 15th season of I-League, last as the top tier of Indian football league system, since its establishment in 2007. All the matches are hosted in a bio-secure bubble in West Bengal due to COVID-19 pandemic in India. After the commencement of the first match-week of the league on 27 December, the tournament got suspended on 29 December for an uncertain period due to reports of numerous COVID-19 cases among the players and staff. Changes from last season Number of clubs The total number of clubs participating increased from 11 in the previous season to 13 in this season. In 2020 the All India Football Federation (AIFF) issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs from non I-League cities, like Delhi, Gangtok, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Mangalore, Bhopal, Lucknow, Kanpur, Ahmedabad and Calicut among many others, to join the league from 2020 onwards. The invitation mentioned that the entity which w ...
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Nikola Stojanović (footballer, Born 1995)
Nikola Stojanović (Никола Стојановић; born 17 February 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Gokulam Kerala. Playing career Mohammedan Sporting In June 2021, Stojanović moved to India and signed with Mohammedan Sporting that competes in the I-League. On 18 August, he debuted for the club in 2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division, with a 3–0 win against Southern Samity. He scored a goal in that match. He was part of the team's 2021 Durand Cup campaign, in which he captained all their matches, and reached to the final, defeating FC Bengaluru United 4–2. On 3 October 2021, they lost the title winning match 1–0 to ISL side FC Goa. He also appeared in the 2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division league, in which Mohammedan reached to the final, defeating United SC 1–0. On 18 November, Mohammedan clinched their 12th Calcutta Football League title after forty long years, defeating Railway FC 1–0 under his captaincy. Under Stoj ...
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Sudeva Delhi FC
Sudeva Delhi Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Delhi, that competes in I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. Founded as ''Sudeva Moonlight FC'' in 2014, the club is affiliated with Football Delhi, and also participate in Delhi Premier League. Sudeva joined I-League in the 2020–21 season and became the first club from the capital to do so. History The beginning Sudeva is an organization which was started in 2014 by two young entrepreneurs, Anuj Gupta, a solicitor in England and Vijay Hakari, an environmentalist, sharing a common passion for raising the standards of football training in the country. The organization runs grassroots programs for potential talent, starting from the age of 9, right up to the senior level. As Sudeva Moonlight In 2016, Sudeva acquired ''Moonlight FC'', a Delhi-based club playing in the ''DSA Senior Division'' (now known as ''Football Delhi Senior Division League''), and having won the league twic ...
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Eastern Railway FC
Eastern Railway Football Club (formerly known as both the East Bengal Railway FC and Eastern Bengal Railway FC) is an Indian institutional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1882, the club currently competes in the CFL Premier Division B. It previously participated and enjoyed success in the highest division of Calcutta Football League. History Founded as "East Bengal Railway Sports Club" in 1882, Eastern Railway has played in many top tournaments in India like the IFA Shield – where they won the then top tournament in 1944. The club later won All-India Railway Championship thrice. They clinched Calcutta Football League title in 1958, and became the first team outside the ''Big Three'' of Calcutta to win it. The club used to also be a force in the Durand Cup, making it into the finals of the 1927 tournament. They also won the Bordoloi Trophy in 1967. Eastern Railway was relegated from the CFL super division in 1985 after gaining thirteenth position. In ...
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