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2012 Indian Federation Cup
The 2012 Indian Federation Cup was the 34th season of the top knock-out competition in India. The qualifiers started in August while the final round took place from 19 September 2012 to 30 September 2012. Salgaocar were the defending champions, having beaten East Bengal 3–1 in the 2011 Final. DD Sports Friday agreed to telecast live the semifinals and final of the tournament. The cup was eventually won by East Bengal after they defeated Dempo in the final on 30 September 2012. Teams Calendar The calendar for the 2012 Indian Federation Cup, as announced by the All India Football Federation: Qualifying rounds All of the teams entering the competition that are not members of the I-League and have to compete in the qualifying rounds. Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Semi-finals Final Goalscorers 5 goals: * Chidi Edeh (East Bengal) 4 goals: * Manandeep Singh (East Bengal) * Koko Sakibo (Dempo) 3 goals: * Anthony D'Souza (Salgao ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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East 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 of both da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill Brothers S
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament (MP) and represented a total of five Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924. Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire into the wealthy, aristocratic Spencer family. He joined the British Army in 1895 and saw action in British R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Miranda
Clifford Rayes Miranda (born 11 July 1982) is an Indian professional football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of Indian Super League club Mumbai City and the head coach of the India national under-23 team. Miranda was an attacking midfielder who spent most of his career with Dempo in the National Football League and the I-League from 2000 to 2015. During his time with the Goan side, he won five league titles and four domestic cup honours. He was capped 45 times for the India national team from 2005 to 2014. He was a part of 2008 AFC Challenge Cup winning Indian team, thus qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup after 27 years. He also won two the SAFF Championship twice. After retiring as a player, Miranda coached Goa Reserves and won the Goa Professional League title. He joined Goa an assistant coach in 2019, later took over the first-team as an in interim head coach in 2020 and won the league title. In 2022, Miranda was appointed as an assistant coach at Odi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akram Moghrabi
Akram Omar Moghrabi (; born 19 October 1985) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Tripoli. Club career Moghrabi signed for Nejmeh's youth sector on 11 September 2002. On 23 July 2012 I-League club Churchill Brothers signed Moghrabi on a one-year deal. On 11 October 2012, he scored a hat-trick against ONGC. On 4 January 2013, he scored a brace against Shillong Lajong in a 6–0 win. On 5 September 2020, Moghrabi joined Lebanese Premier League club Safa. He scored a hat-trick on 3 January 2021, in a 5–0 win over Salam Zgharta in the league. On 22 May 2021, Moghrabi moved to Bourj. On 4 July 2022, Moghrabi moved to Sagesse, alongside Bourj teammate Abou Bakr Al-Mel. Personal life Akram's brother, Ahmad, is also a footballer. Career statistics International :''Scores and results list Lebanon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moghrabi goal''. Honours Nejmeh * Lebanese Premier League: 2008–09 Lebanese Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony D'Souza
Anthony D'Souza (born 2 March 1987) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Goa. Career Early career Born in Siolim, Goa, D'Souza started his football career at the SESA Football Academy before joining the youth team of Sporting Clube de Goa in 2006. During the 2007–08 season he was loaned out to Velsao Pale. D'Souza then made his I-League debut with Sporting Goa on the last day of the 2009–10 I-League season against Chirag United on 28 May 2010 in which he also managed to score his first professional goal as Sporting Goa won 1–0 but were still relegated to the I-League 2nd Division. However, despite relegation, D'Souza stayed on with the club and helped them back to the I-League for the 2011–12 season in which he scored five goals. D'Souza then signed for Salgaocar in 2012 and during the 2012 Indian Federation Cup scored in all three of the clubs group stage matches to end the tournament as the second top scorer among Indians that year. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Gawli
Mahesh Gawli (born 23 January 1980) is an Indian football coach and former footballer who played as a centre-back and represented the India national football team on 68 occasions between 2000 and 2011. Club career Gawli was born in Goa and began playing football at 8. Gawli’s talent was immediately spotted by the coaches at all age groups. He was a member of the Goa U-12 team that lost against Japan U-12 in 1991–92. He then joined the famed Tata Football Academy. Gawli started his career at FC Kochin where he joined in 1998 after graduating from Tata Football Academy and won the Kerala League with them before moving on to Churchill Brothers. He stayed there at Churchill for three consecutive seasons from 2000–2002 and won the Goa Professional League thrice with them. He also helped them secure the Runners-up medals in the 2001–02 season of National Football League (India) before moving on to Kolkata biggies East Bengal. Gawli first tasted the National League success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Climax Lawrence
Climax Lourenco Lawrence (born 16 January 1979) is a retired Indian professional football midfielder. He last played for FC Bardez in the Goa Professional League in 2017. National team In 2002, he was called to the India national football team by coach Stephen Constantine and has since been a part. In the AFC Challenge Cup, he scored the winning goal in the 91st minute against Afghanistan to help India to a 1–0 victory. He retired from national team on 1 February 2012. International statistics International Goals As member of AIFF On 2 September 2022, Lawrence was elected as a co-opted member of the technical committee of the All India Football Federation. Managerial career Lawrence became assistant manager of Goan club Sporting CG in 2023, helped the team winning inaugural edition of the I-League 3, and securing promotion to I-League 2. Honours India * AFC Challenge Cup: 2008 * SAFF Championship: 2005, 2011; runner-up: 2008; third place: 2003 * Nehru Cup: 2007, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manandeep Singh
Manandeep Singh (born 3 November 1992, in Hisar, Haryana) is an ex Indian football team player turned model and actor. He 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 Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnab Mondal
Arnab Kumar Mondal (born 25 September 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre back. Career Born in Garden Reach, a neighborhood based in Kolkata, West Bengal, Mondal joined the youth team of Mohammedan at the age of 17. In 2010, he signed for Prayag United of the I-League and played for the club for two seasons. For the 2011–12 season, Mondal created a partnership in the center of defense Bello Razaq and was also taken under the wing of India international Deepak Mondal. During the summer of 2012, Mondal left Prayag United and joined Kolkata rivals East Bengal. He was quick to become a part of the club's history as he was a goalscorer during the club's 2012 Federation Cup Final match against Dempo. Mondal scored the equalizing goal for East Bengal in the 60th minute that lead to East Bengal winning 3–2 and the Federation Cup. Mondal soon became a mainstay for East Bengal in their backline, partnering with Uga Okpara, as East Bengal held the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koko Sakibo
Koko Sakibo (born 10 December 1987) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Career Koko Sakibo started his football career back in Nigeria with local teams before moving to Egypt. There he spent three months with a second division club and returned to Nigeria. Sakibo's move to India was due to the recommendation of Pune FC defender Chika Wali. Both Sakibo and Wali played together in their home country. After being unsuccessful with his trials at Pune F.C., Sakibo eventually landed at Vasco S.C. after impressing the Goan club. Sakibo scored six goals in seven matches in the final round of the second division, as well another 12 in the Goa Professional League. Dempo S.C. Dempo Sports Club is an Indian professional football club based in Panaji, Goa. The club currently competes in the I-League, the second tier of the Indian football league system, and the Goa Professional League. Dempo is owned and sponsored b ... had captured the 2011-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquim Abranches
Joaquim Abranches (born 28 October 1985) is an Indian professional football player who last played as a winger for Dempo S.C. in the Goa Professional League. Club career Dempo Hailing from Verna, Goa, Abranches was only 19 years old when he signed for Dempo S.C. For the next three years he was used in the Goa Professional League where he made a name for himself scoring some vital goals. He was one of Dempo’s top scorers in the Goa League and also helped Dempo to two Goa League crowns during that period. The exposure he gained playing in the Goa League helped him develop as a player. His first big break came in the 2009-10 I-League season, the year Dempo became the national champions for a record equaling fourth time. That year saw India’s top marksman, Sunil Chhetri, donning colours for Dempo and initially Abranches had to settle for a place on the bench. But mid-way into the season, a tempting offer from Sporting Kansas City Wizards, a team from Major League Soccer, saw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salgaocar F
Salgaocar Football Club (formerly Salgaocar Sporting Club) is an Indian professional football club based in Vasco, Goa. Being one of the country's most successful clubs, it is currently operating youth teams. Until the disfunction of its senior team in June 2023, Salgaocar competed in the Goa Professional League. Salgaocar previously competed in the I-League, then top-flight of the Indian football league system. Founded in 1956, and nicknamed "The Greens", the club is owned by V. M. Salgaocar Group of Companies. Salgaocar has won 21 Goa championships, 4 Federation Cups, 3 Durand Cups, 3 Rovers Cups, 2 Indian Super Cups and the National Football League in 1999, and the I-League in 2011. They became the first Goan side to win the National Football League, under the guidance of coach Shabbir Ali. It is also the first Goan club to win the following: Goa Super Division, Federation Cup, Goa Professional League, Durand Cup and the former Indian Super Cup. Salgaocar pulled ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
