Start Feb 25 http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=reu-indialeague I see some problems with I league, AIFF and FIFA ? National team prepares for AFC Challenge Cup at same time as start of the league.
My Face When people say that MLS is a retirement league. Anyway I am okey with this league, but they need maradona around to make even more noise.
This league is all about the Soccer crazy State West Bengal nothing for rest of India. I-League is improving but at really slow pace and AIFF is set to increase I-league budget next season by Rs 2 crores( Roughly $ 377893)
really good to see this kind of investment, not sure if it will be long term though. plus, that is a ridiculously short season, how are the domestic players going to get better?
Did the I-League get booted from the AFC CL? I don't see any slots for them. Will this new IPL get AFC CL slots? Or is it independent of the AFC? Can't the Indian FA block renegade leagues from emerging? This can only cannibalize the I-League's audience.
Hello Ashindia, I don't have any answer about indian football federation about I'League's games. Do you know someone in India who have access to I League ?
Holy Crap! Wtf is soccer? I was very interested in indian football till now, this shit-league is only about investment and money-sports get the i-league done and everything would be okay. but what the hell do you want with an operette-league with retired old men... holly-bolly - shit!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Champions_League#Current_Regulations India does not meet the AFC CL regulations; they can only qualify to the AFC Cup. (Second tier tournament). They are like say Belize in Concacaf. In the AFC very few countries meet the CL qualifications.
This new league is ridiculous. It won't have any good effect on Indian football. I don't see how crippled Cannavaro or Fowler can boost it.
Yep. Its getting very hard to gain a spot into the Champions League now. Looks like the AFC wants only proper leagues in the AFC Champions League. The AIFF need to do a lot this off season. Also I give the PLS a season. Bad fields and amateurs will ruin it.
also look like they gonna use that awful word that start with "so" and en with "ccer", more info in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League_Soccer
Yep I created that article (click view history). I mean the game is still called football there. Why Soccer? I would not be surprised if some Bengali's think that this soccer is a new sport
fuuuuuuuuuu can not quote the table like this must be quoted, anyway there is the link http://www.goal.com/en/news/14/asia...eague-soccer-argentine-hernan-crespo-with-the
AIFF Confirms U-17 World Cup Bid BANGALORE: Football in India has seen a positive surge in recent months - whether it was Lionel Messi and the La Albiceleste who played an international friendly in Kolkata or the Bayern Munich squad taking part in Bhaichung Bhutia's farewell match in New Delhi early this month. Now with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) deciding to bid for the 2017 U-17 World Cup, the future of the sport is set for a meteoric rise. Confirming this decision, AIFF vice-president AR Khaleel told TOI that India will be 100% ready in terms of infrastructure and as a host, five years from now. "We have good stadiums in New Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Kochi and Kolkata. We also have the Sree Kanteerava Stadium and the Bangalore Football Stadium, the latter being one of India's finest. Five years from now, I am 100% sure we will be ready to host the event. It will be a big fillip for Indian football," Khaleel said. AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said the bidding documents and hosting agreements have to be prepared and submitted to FIFA within a couple of months. "FIFA's executive committee will meet in Zurich on March 31 and we have to submit our bid in time. By the first week of April, we are sure to know if we have won the bid to host the event," Das told TOI. Jamaica and Guatemala have also expressed interest as hosts but Das said he was confident India will secure the bid. As far as Bangalore is concerned, Khaleel - who is also the Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) president - assured the city will not be found wanting on the infrastructure front. "The artificial grass at the stadium is better than the one at Salt Lake (Kolkata). The work on the FIFA International Academy is 50% complete - only the interior work needs to be done and we are sure it would be ready by May or June this year. The three wings of the stadium will also be renovated in time, so I see no impending issues," he said. The U-17 World Cup, which began in 1985, is a 24-team and 52-match tournament held every two years. The 2013 edition will be hosted by UAE while Chile has been granted the 2015 edition
Dubai training camp for Indian NT Goalkeepers: Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar), Subhasish Roychowdhury (Dempo SC), Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Kingfisher East Bengal). Defenders: Nirmal Chhetri, Raju Gaikwad (both Kingfisher East Bengal), Sameer Naik (Dempo SC), Gourmangi Singh (Churchill Brothers), Anwar Ali, Kinsukh Debnath, Syed Rahim Nabi (all McDowell Mohun Bagan), Arnab Mondal (Prayag United), Gurjinder Singh (Pune FC). Midfielders: Adil Khan (Sporting Clube de Goa), Anthony Pereira, Clifford Miranda (both Dempo), Reisangmi Vashum (Kingfisher East Bengal), Baldeep Singh, Lester Fernandes (both Pune FC), Rocus Lamare, Francis Fernandes (both Salgaocar SC), Jewel Raja, Manish Mathani (McDowell Mohun Bagan), Lenny Rodrigues, Lalrindika Ralte (both Churchill Brothers). Forwards: Sunil Chhetri (McDowell Mohun Bagan), Sushil Singh (Shillong Lajong FC – on loan), CS Sabeeth (Pailan Arrows), Manandeep Singh (Air India), Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC). http://www.the-aiff.com/pages/news/index.php?N_Id=2983
Why's that? Because everyone is talking of this old timers 10 week league or because they are talking of tomorrows I.Leagie matches?
They have picked the goalkeepers of the best teams, which to myself sometimes aren't the best goalkeeprs. Pal plays for Pune who are mid table, probably more to do than the choosen keepers.