Two city footballers in the U-19 National squad

Rookies from the Garden City, Anto Xavier and Edwin have been included in the U-19 Indian squad. The juniors will represent their country in the U-19 Weifang Cup in Shandong, China.

Anto Xavier

Defender Edwin is a product of the DYSS, Bangalore. Anto Xavier hails from Austin Town and plays in the midfield position. Anto has represented BDFA B Division team Southern Blues.

Exactly a year ago, Anto represented India U-16 team in an exposure trip, Coca-Cola International 2010 football camp in Tuks village, Pretoria, South Africa.

The team leaves for Shanghai on July 10 for the preparatory camp and will then travel to Shandong for the U-19 Weifang Cup, which kicks-off on August 1.

FC Benfica, FC Guadalajara Chivas, China’s U-19 National Team, and FC Chunna Dragons have already confirmed their participation in the tourney.

Squad

Goalkeeper: Kamaljit Singh, Albino Gomes, Nitin Meel
 
Defender: Bikramjit Singh, Sonu, Arijeet Singh, Pawan Kumar, Akashdeep Singh, Pritam Kotal, Edwin, Narayan Das
 
Midfielder: Sehnaj Singh, Prabir Das, Pronoy Halder, Brandon Fernandes, Johny Chand Singh, Sunny, Anto Xavier
 
Striker: Holicharan Narzary, Sumit Passi, Rajinder Kumar, Malswamfela, Pankaj Sona, Lalnunmawia
 
Coach: Colm Toal
 
Assistant Coach: Francisco Bruto da Costa, Shabir Pasha, Feroze Sheriff (Goalkeeping)
 
Physio: Vijayan Inian Lenin

The U-19 squad defeated Sesa Football Academy 10-0 in their last practice match today. Rajinder Kumar scored a hat trick, Sumit Passi scored a brace while Pronoy Halder, Yumnam Meetei, Malswamfela, Brandon Fernandes and Souvik Das scored one apiece.

A R Khaleel re-elected as KSFA President

A R Khaleel re-elected as KSFA President

A R Khaleel was elected again as the President of KSFA at the AGM today, at Bangalore Football Stadium. Khaleel has been the office bearer of KSFA for 6 decades in various capacities.

Also, Khaleel saab as he is popularly known doubles up as the Vice President of AIFF Executive Committee for the 2009-12 period.

Post AGM, the Governing Board (GB) assembled at the KSFA board room to elect the KSFA office bearers for term of 2 years. The KSFA bodies stressed on running the state-level football in a professional way and uplift the grass-root level.

The following individuals are elected as GB Members from Life Members to KSFA

• Abdul Jabbar
• Govindraj K
• Jayarajan N K
• Kantharaj (former National and ITI player)
• Muniraj BK (former State player)
• Puttaswamy T (Ground Curator and former footballer)
• Dr.Rahmanj SA. (former Chairman of the Referee committee)
• Rasheed SA
• Sadat Ali Khan (former MLA )
• Sampangiramaiah
• Sreedhar SR
• Suryanarana K (former councilor)

The following office bearers are re-elected unanimously:

• A R Khaleel - President
• Sadat Ali Khan - Vice President
• M MohanRaj - Vice President
• Shri.Govindaraj K - Vice President
• P Nagaraj - Vice President, Mysore
• E Krishna Narayana – Honorary General Secretary
• Amjad Khan - Honorary Deputy General Secretary
• S Krishnaji Rao - Deputy General Secretary
• S A Basheer – Honorary Deputy Secretary
• Nagendran A D
• Samuel Appaji, IAS (Retd.) – Patron
• Roshan Baig, MLA – Patron
• N A Haris, MLA – Patron

Fixtures and Results 2011

2011 BDFA B Division fixtures and results

Group A	Group B
RBI Bosch Bangalore Kickers Jawahar Union Sri Gajanana Tilak Memorial	Jupiters BUFC Minerva Universal Queens Star Young Muslims

The top team of each group will be promoted to A Division.

Group A 

1. Wednesday, July 06, 2011, 9:00 AM: RBI 3 (Francis-22' and 60' and Prathab-26') Vs Bosch 1 (Babu-74')
2. Friday, July 08, 2011, 9:00 AM: Tilak Memorial 2 (Darshan-14' and Jay Vandan-62') Vs Bangalore Kickers 3 (Mani-17, Suraj-25' and 54')
3. Sunday, July 10, 2011, 8:30 AM: Jawahar Union 5 (Hriday-7', Robin-22', Nirav-43', Raghav-53', and Akhilesh-57') Vs Sri Gajanana 0
4. Monday, July 11, 2011, 9:00 AM: Bosch 2 (Arun-28' and 36') Vs Tilak Memorial 4 (Thyaga-3' and Darshan-15', 26', and 57')
5. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 9:00 AM: Jawahar Union 1 (Niraj-56') Vs Bangalore Kickers 1 (Suraj-44')  
6. Thursday, July 14, 2011, 9:00 AM: RBI 7 (Francis-9' and 23', Ranjith-16', Prathab-28', 30', and 32', and Jayaseelan-74') Vs Sri Gajanana 0
7. Friday, July 15, 2011, 9:00 AM: Bosch 1 (Naresh-13') Vs Jawahar Union 8 (Desai-14', 15', 32', 44', and 64', Nirav Parikh-35' and 70', Robin-43')
8. Saturday, July 16, 2011, 2:00 PM: RBI 3 (Sanath-40', Prathab-68' and 81') Vs Tilak Memorial 0
9. Sunday, July 17, 2011, 8:30 AM: Sri Gajanana 2 (Anthony-46' and Sharath-68') Vs Bangalore Kickers 1 (Sandeep-48')
10. Monday, July 18, 2011, 9:00 AM: Tilak Memorial 1 (Darshan-2') Vs Jawahar Union 1 (Karthick-77')
11. Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 9:00 AM: RBI 0 Vs Bangalore Kickers 0
12. Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 2:00 PM: Sri Gajanana 4 (Salim-4' and 22', Sharma-11', and Sharath-44') Vs Bosch 2 (Arun-29' and 41')
13. Friday, July 22, 2011, 9:00 AM: RBI 1 (Bheem Rao-58') Vs Jawahar Union 0
14. Saturday, July 23, 2011, 9:00 AM: Bosch 1 (Vinay-70') Vs Bangalore Kickers 3 (Ravi-51' and 55', Sandeep-53')
15. Sunday, July 24, 2011, 8:30 AM: Tilak Memorial Vs Sri Gajanana

Group B

1. Thursday, July 07, 2011, 9:00 AM: BUFC 2 (8' and 55') Vs Jupiters 1 (Prabhakar-15')
2. Saturday, July 09, 2011, 9:00 AM: Young Muslims 4 (Arun-19' and 70', Nixon-43', and Ravibabu-66') Vs Universal 2 (Velu-7' and Madesh-10')
3. Sunday, July 10, 2011, 9:45 AM: Queens Star 2 (Chethan-9', Manju-15') Vs Minerva 1 (Rohit Tripathi-24)
4. Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 9:00 AM: Jupiters 2 (A Vinod-5' and M Vinod-34') Vs Minerva 4 (Saravanan-25' and 67', Sonu-32', and Sridhar-70')
5. Wednesday, July 13, 2011, 2:00 PM: Young Muslims 5 (Antony Santosh-4', Santosh-6', 27', and 67', and Nixon-64') Vs Queens Star 4 (Chandru-5, Manju-29', Naveen-31', and Puneet-58')
6. Thursday, July 14, 2011, 2:00 PM: BUFC 5 (Akbarali-16', 46', and 57', Suvarna-58', and Kamal-77') Vs Universal 1 (Madhesh-53')
7. Friday, July 15, 2011, 2:00 PM: Minerva 1 (Rohit-35') Vs BUFC 4 (Chandru-10' and 75', Anand-11', Abid-73')
8. Saturday, July 16, 2011, 9:00 AM: Young Muslims 3 (Nixon-20', Arun-66', and Ravi Babu-68') Vs Jupiters 2 (Sanath-46' and 55')
9. Sunday, July 17, 2011, 9:45 AM: Queens Star 2 (Punith-49' and Manju-71') Vs Universal 4 (Pradeep Paul-2', Velu-35', Arun-74', and Mahendra-79')
10. Monday, July 18, 2011, 2:00 PM: BUFC 5 (Akbar-13', 15', and 70', Chandru-29', Anand-45') Vs Queens Star 1 (Punith-36')
11. Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 2:00 PM: Young Muslims 1 (Angelo-14') Vs Minerva 3 (Amar-9', Haldar-40', and Dinesh-65')
12. Wednesday, July 20, 2011, 9:00 AM: Universal 0 Vs Jupiters 4 (Sanath-20', 39', 41', and 44)
13. Thursday, July 21, 2011, 9:00 AM: Young Muslims 1 (Ravi Babu-37') Vs BUFC 1 (Achyutha-6')
14. Sunday, July 24, 2011, 9:45 AM: Queens Star 0 Vs 0 Jupiters
15. Monday, July 25, 2011, 9:00 AM: Minerva 1 (Rohit Tripathi-23) Vs 3 Universal (Velu-42', 47' and Madesh 79)