The trial is scheduled for 27th November 2024 at the iconic St. Sebastian Ground in Chembur, kicking off at 4:30 PM.

This is an exclusive opportunity for Super Division, Elite Division, and National-level players to showcase their skills and earn a spot in the Bank of India Football team. The league promises to be a competitive platform where the best corporate football teams in Mumbai come together to display their passion and prowess on the field.

Trial Details:

Date: 27th November 2024
Time: 4:30 PM
Venue: St. Sebastian Ground, Chembur (Check Direction here)

Eligibility: Open to Super Division, Elite Division, and National-level players only.

For inquiries or further information, interested players can contact:
+91 8519000777
+91 9172631808

Gear up for an exciting journey with Bank of India as they aim to shine in this season’s Mumbai Corporate League. Don’t miss your chance to be a part of this elite squad!

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In an inspiring performance, MSP shrugged off a brave late challenge from Air India to register their maiden victory of the MFA Corporate League campaign on Wednesday, 8 June 2022.

Air India started out brightly with Anup Nair attempting a long-range shot that just whisked past the post in the very first minute. The heavy pressure early on by Air India forced a foul off the MSP keeper just outside the box and going to the referee books. The resulting free-kick came off the wall. This was followed by another Air India attack that saw Sandesh putting Anup through on goal only for the latter’s strike to be straight to Keeper.

It wasn’t until the 25th minute when MSP took advantage of a Goalkeeping mistake to take the lead against the run of play. A long ball behind the Air India Defense looked to be in Keeper’s safe hands after a poor touch from the MSP striker only for the keeper to spill the ball that Himket took advantage of to strike home the opener.

With a goal down, Air India continued to attack while MSP looked to attack on the counter. In the 37th minute, one such counter proved to be decisive as MSP managed to double the lead. A long clearance was chased down hard by MSP’s no 11 Moin forcing the keeper to come off his line and head the ball away from outside the box. However, the clearance was just not good enough as fellow MSP striker Himket latched on to the mistake to head home his second of the day

At the other end, Siddhu Pawar had an opportunity to pull things back for Air India after finding himself in a one-on-one situation but the striker’s shot was parried away by the keeper.

At the closing stage of the first half, Anup sent in a low cross inside the MSP defense which Abhinav failed to tap in as Air India were left to rue their missed chances.

Early in the second half, Air India were given a lifeline when MSP defender Narender Katkar was shown the 2nd yellow card game for a reckless tackle as MSP went down to 10 men.

Thereafter Air India pushed men forward in search of goals but the MSP defense stood strong and continue to look for the opening through the counter.

In the dying minutes, Hikmet took advantage with a shot from outside the box in a counter-attack situation. The ball deflected off a player to nestle into the net as the striker completed his hattrick.

The goal seemed to have put the game into the bed however in the 2nd minute of injury time, Air India won a penalty that Sebastian converted to pull a goal back.

However, a minute later, a ball through the middle cut through MSP defense to find Asad Munshi who slotted it past the keeper into the net to make it 2-3.

However, the fight back came a bit too late as the referee soon blew the final whistle for full-time.

FULL-TIME: MSP (Hikmat 25′, 37′, 89′) 3-2 Air India (Abhinav 90+2′, Asad 90+4′)

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Bank of Baroda made a quick start to the game and opened the scoring in just the 9th minute. Sanket Humbe opened up Air India’s defense and passed the ball to Denzil Mascarenhas who took a shot and found the back of the net.

A few moments after the opening goal, Bank of Baroda earned a free kick. Hardik took it, lobbed the ball in and Anas put his head to it but his effort went wide.

After going down, Air India pressed on in search of the leveler as Asad Munshi volleyed a shot in but it went wide.

Midway through the first half, the Bank of Baroda attackers were giving Air India’s defense no breathing room as they created multiple scoring opportunities. Bank of Baroda forwards Sanket and Ishant missed two golden opportunities to extend their side’s advantage.

Air India managed to level the score in the 31st minute after being on the back foot for the first half an hour of the game. The Simon D’Souza-coached side won a corner and Nathan de Rozaria put a cross into the box from a short pass. Anup Nair headed home the equalizer.

Just before the break, Bank of Baroda had another chance to take lead. Rakshit Pillai put a cross into the box but Denzil failed to put the ball into the net.

Both the teams went into the tunnel after a vigorous first half which ended with a score of 1-1.

Air India started the second half in an aggressive manner. Just after the restart, Abhinav Sebastian took a shot but it was deflected by a Bank of Baroda defender and went away. A couple of minutes later, Sandesh Malpote tested the Bank of Baroda goalkeeper, but the latter came out strong and saved it confidently.

Bank of Baroda doubled their lead in the 55th minute. The Bank of Baroda forwards, on a counter-attack, managed to went past Air India’s defense and Hardik Bhatt beat the goalkeeper to score his team’s second.

Seven minutes later, Hardik scored his brace and his team’s third goal of the game. Dikshant Kottary played a pass into the box and Hardik found the back of the net by beating the keeper in a 1v1 position.

Denzil scored his second of the game in the 68th minute with a cross from the right flank and made it 4-1.

Bank of Baroda’s 5th goal was scored by Mohammed Kaatib in the 70th minute. A cross from the left-hand channel flew into the box and Mohammad was there to tap it in.

2 minutes before the end of the regulation time, Rakshit registered his name on the scoresheet and scored the sixth goal of the game for Bank of Baroda.

The referee blew the final whistle as Bank of Baroda secured a massive 6-1 win over Air India with the help of a great second half.

FULL-TIME: Bank of Baroda (Denzil 9′ & 68′, Hardik 55′ & 62′, , Mohammed 70′, Rakshit 88′) 6-1 Air India (Anup 31′)

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After winning their previous bankers’ derby match against UBI by 5-2, CBOI blanked their reckoning opponent Income Tax by 4-0 at the Cooperage Stadium yesterday.

CBOI dominated the entire game and scored 4 goals to win the match against the Taxmen. The goal scorer for CBOI and the hero of the match was young striker Kamran Ansari who scored all 4 goals in a row including a hat-trick. Hafiz Khan, Mustafa Shaikh, and Sreeraj Nair performed extremely well and were instrumental in helping Kamran.

The CBOI players with great determination played their hearts out and gained all 3 points at the end of the match. CBOI has played 3 games in the tournament so far and has collected 6 points.

Full Time: Central Bank Of India 4-0 Income Tax

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The game started with much anticipation from both sides. In the opening quarter of the game, the defenses of both teams were thwarting each other’s attacks.

Mumbai Customs’ resistance was finally broken in the 24th minute when Karsten D’Souza broke the deadlock and gave HDFC Bank the lead. Shivam Yadav With a brilliant assist, Karsten finished it off near the first post and made it 1-0.

Mumbai Customs had a golden opportunity to level the scoring after HDFC took the lead. Pramod Galave put a lofty ball into the final third, Hekmat Singh put his head to it but it went wide.

Mumbai Customs couldn’t find the equaliser as HDFC Bank went to the dressing room with a slender 1-0 lead at the break.

After the breather, the Cedric Fernandes-coached side looked more lethal in the final third and gave their all to level the score.

In the 61st minute, Mumbai Customs made their pressure count as Dhaval Waghela pulled his side level. From the left flank, Ajinkya Birajdar put a cross into the box and Dhaval tapped it home to make it 1-1.

After the score leveled, HDFC started putting a lot of pressure but Mumbai Customs deny them taking the lead. Moments before the end of regulation time, HDFC had a huge chance to take the lead. Pragnesh Solanki put a good ball in but Titus Uttankar missed a sitter from close range.

In extra time, the game temperature was skyrocketing. Niyajahamad Patel was shown a red card (second yellow) for a double-footed challenge on an opposition player.

In the dying moments, Pragnesh tested the Mumbai Customs goalkeeper, but the latter made a good save to keep the score at 1-1.

The referee blew the final whistle as Mumbai Customs held HDFC Bank to salvage a point.

FULL-TIME: Mumbai Customs (Dhaval Waghela 61′) 1-1 HDFC Bank (Karsten D’Souza 24′)

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The motive of the entire event is to uplift fitness and a sense of healthy living in a busy corporate life. Keeping aside the fitness concerns, the tournament looks forward to strengthening the bonding of the employees and their families. The vision is to make this tournament an annual event, providing a carnival-like feel for the office-goers of Mumbai. 

Corporate Kick-off will be operated by an experienced team of event managers working in the sports vertical. The likes of an Indian International Player (Tournament Director), Current ISL Operations Manager (Technical Director), and Event Sponsorship Head & Event Operations Manager will be present to make the tournament an exuberant experience for the participants. 

However, all the participating players need to produce a scanned copy of their company ID or a company letterhead undertaking that they are an employee of the respective organisation. Teams will be guaranteed 3 group games and an additional qualification game. Post the group stages, all the fixtures will in knockout format. 

Each team can have 8 players registered, of which 5 will take the field at the start of the game. Winning teams will earn 3 points per match and 1 point for a draw. If 2 teams are tied at the end of the group stage, the winner will be decided on goal difference, and if that too fails, then the winner of the head to head match gets the ticket to the next round. 

Winners & Runners Up will receive cash prizes, trophy and individual medals. The 2nd tier winner will receive a trophy as well. Registration is currently open, and if you’re interested, please connect with Rahul Sequeira on +91 9619 601 602 or [email protected]. Limited entry slots available and entry to be provided on 1st come basis.

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6 Cities including Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and New Delhi will host the city qualifiers. Winning Team from Each City will travel to Mumbai for the National Finals in July. The winner of national finals will travel to Morocco to play alongside Corporate from 15 other countries at the World Finals.

World Corporate Champions Cup (WC3) tournament is an effort to bring corporate players from all corners of the world together to celebrate their passion and love for the game. This will help the corporate employees to maintain a healthy lifestyle, Team building activities and Social connect amidst their hectic work life.

The tournament is a major platform for corporate employees across India to show case their talent and get recognized at the grand stage. The International body along with its 60 member countries will be keeping a close eye on the Indian qualifiers. National winner will get an all paid trip to Morocco for the World Finals and will get chance to compete against the best corporate sides in world.

WC3 India Qualifiers is being organized by TurfsnMeals (TNM) whose core business is into Corporate Sporting tournaments in various cities across India from past 2 years. TNM is the India member of FIFCO and owns the exclusive rights to organize and pick the Indian team for the world largest Corporate Soccer Tournament ” WORLD CORPORATE CHAMPIONS CUP India Qualifiers 2019″ The sole purpose to get this tournament in India is to Promote Corporate Football at the highest level in all tier 1 and tier 2 cities. India director of the tournament Mr. Sandeep Shetty wishes to take this tournament to 10 cities in 2020 qualifiers. He has also proposed a Women Championship for the 2020 edition with FIFCO and its member countries.

World Corporate Champions Cup (WC3) is the flagship property of FIFCO (International Federation of Corporate Football) which is the world governing body of Corporate Football and is located in 60 countries with over 2.5 million registered players worldwide. 2018 edition of WC3 saw Corporates from 16 countries participating in the championship which was held in Montreal, Canada from June 29 to July 1, 2018. (Gambeta) Mexico won the Championship, whereas (Petroleum Development Oman) Oman came close second.

Dates for the City Qualifiers

Pune – 27 – 28 April

Bengaluru – 04 – 05 May

Hyderabad – 11 – 12 May

Mumbai – 01 – 02 June

Kolkata – TBA

New Delhi – TBA

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Held at Astro Arena, Marathalli Bengaluru, Cerner A edged passed Oracle A by 1-0 in a closely fought contest to lift the Corporate Masters Cup 2018 Gold Category, while the HDFC Bank side turned out the Winners of ‘Silver Category’ beating MU Sigma in Penalties. The Third and Final category of the tournament ‘The Bronze Cup’ was won by Infosys beating Ocwen in Penalties.

Gold Category:

Teams Oracle A, Accenture, Cerner and Oracle B were the Semi Finalist of the Gold Cup. Riding on brilliant performances throughout the day, Team ‘Cerner A’ reached the finals of the 1st edition of Corporate Masters Cup 2018 where they faced an equally consistent side in Oracle A. In a closely contested final, both teams displayed some competitive football but Team Cerner edged past Team Oracle, which can easily be termed as the match of the tournament to lift the Gold Cup. The Winner and Runners up team of Gold Category also won Cash prize of 20K and 10K Respectively.

Silver Category:

Team ABB, HDFC bank, ANZ and MU Sigma were the Semi Finalists of Silver Cup. After a stuttering start of a loss in their very first game of the day, HDFC Bank came out with some scintillating performance to reach the finals where they faced an equally consistent side in MU Sigma. In a closely contested final, both teams displayed end to end football but failed to come out with a win as the game were tied to Nil all at full time. In Penalty Shootout, HDFC bank beat MU Sigma 3 – 2 to lift the Silver Cup Corporate Masters Cup 2018

Bronze Category: 

Team Juniper Networks, Ernst & Young, Ocwen and Infosys were the Semi Finalists of Bronze Cup 2018. Football can be sometimes cruel and Team Ocwen were the ones to experience it on Saturday as their amazing run to final came to a disappointing end, with a loss to Team Infosys in penalty shootout. Team Infosys played some exceptional football throughout the tournament and deservingly lifted the Corporate

As per most of participating teams, this was one of the best corporate tournaments they had played in recent times in Bengaluru and are looking forward to participating in more such tournaments organized by TurfsnMeals in future.

Below are the views of some Captains from participating teams.

Clivert Martis, Captian Oracle – We had an amazing experience throughout the tournament. Both our teams enjoyed playing in the event and looking forward to many such events in Bangalore.

Rajoshri Sarkar, Captian Cerner – We would like to play this kind of tournament in future. It was well organized and well managed. Each and every team showed their skill and sporting mentality in the ground.

Suhail Ali – Captain SourceBits – .It was a great experience for rookies like us and we look forward to play many more such tournaments in near future.

The event was Sponsored by Optimum Nutrition and partnered by Enerzal, Spectrum Trading and Footballcounter

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The day began with the four semi-finalists facing each other for a spot in the finals. While Astonia Tech 2 faced off against Afcons, Astonia Tech 1 faced 63 Moons for a spot in final.

Riding on Tyson’s impressive four goal exploits, Astonia Tech 2 made a short work of Afcons as they defeated them by 8-0. Meanwhile in the other semi-final, 63 Moons had managed to weathered the storm in the first half creating some goal scoring chances, however a hat-trick from Nickinson alongside braces from Conrad and Jefferson led Astonia Tech 1 to whopping 10-1 win.

Semi-final 1: 63 Moons (Own Goal) 1 – 10 Astonia Tech 1 (Nickinson – 3 goals, Conrad – 2 goals, Jefferson – 2 goals, Joe, Glenn, Stephen)

Semi-final 2: Afcons 0 – 8 Astonia Tech 2 (Tyson – 4 goals, Rayyan – 2 goals, Nickel, Jaydeep)

After an early scare, in which Astonia Tech 2 conceded within minutes of kick-off, the pre-tournament favourites raised their intensity on attack to make an immediate comeback. Braces from Joy and Nickel and a goal from Joywin was enough as Astonia Tech 2 outclassed their opponents 5-2. An own goal alongside a goal from Jefferson kept Astonia Tech 1 in the game; however the defence eventually broke under sustained pressure from their opponents.

Final: Astonia Tech 1 (Own Goal, Jefferson) 2 – 5 Astonia Tech 2 (Nickel – 2 goals, Joy – 2 goals, Joywin)

Player of the tournament: Tyson

Man of the Final: Rayyan

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Both Astonia Tech teams and 63 Moons qualified on the basis of topping the table. Group A side Afcons and Group C side Aasaan Jobs both had 3 points in total with the former going through to next round having better goal difference.

In the first semi-final game two unbeaten sides, 63 Moons and Astonia Tech 1 will face off against each other. Meanwhile in the other semi-final, Afcon’s are faced with task challenge of facing an in-form Astonia Tech 2, a side that has scored 24 goals in two games.

The winners of both semi-finals will face each other later on the same day for the coveted Nashi Argan Pneuma Corporate Cup.

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