Maharashtra announced their squad for the Santosh trophy last week which included eleven players from Mumbai, five players from Nagpur, two from Pune and one each from Aurangabad and Kolhapur.

The Maharashtra team will be coached by ONGC coach Caetino Pinho from Mumbai, while he will be assisted by Sameer Shaikh of Pune. Nagpur’s Iqbal Kashmiri is the team manager who will have Mumbai’s Dharmesh Patel for assistance.’
Maharashtra’s side reflects the coach’s confidence in his side as there six players from ONGC, including goalkeeper Ubaid C.K, striker Kailash Patil and Sachin Gawas. The team is led by Air India’s Vijit Shetty. He is accompanied by his team mated Siddharth Nayak and Praveen Sharma of Air India.

Today’s game with Goa will go a long way in deciding who will top the West Zone Qualifying charts, giving these two heavyweights an opportunity to set an early marker.

Maharashtra has won the Santosh trophy four times in their history while they are second only to West Bengal in terms of appearances in the final round with 15 appearances.

Maharashtra’s credentials will be put to a stern test when they face Goa later today at Rajkot.

Team: Ubaid C.K., Chetan Dawdhariya, Sachin Gawas, Omkar Singh, Vivek Kaira, Floyd Dharmai, Nitesh Munde, Vijith Shetty, Siddarth Nayak, Kailash Patil, Praveen Sharma (Mumbai); Mohd. Shafique, Shahbaz Pathan, Shakti Singh Thakur, Karan Atwal, Amol Yadav (Nagpur); Raviraj Kurne, Sandesh Gadkari (Pune); Mohd. Arif (Aurangabad); Jay Kumar Patil (Kolhapur).
Coach: Caitano Pinho (Mumbai), Asst. Coach: Mr. Sameer Shaikh (Pune), Manager: Iqbal Kashmiri (Nagpur), Asst. Manager: Dharmesh Patel (Mumbai).

Fixtures (West Zone qualifying round)
Jan 10: Gujarat vs Daman & Diu
Jan 11: Maharashtra vs Goa
Jan 12: Gujarat vs Madhya Pradesh
Jan 13: Daman & Diu vs Goa
Jan 15: Maharashtra vs Madhya Pradesh
Jan 16: Gujarat vs Goa
Jan 17: Madhya Pradesh vs Daman & Diu
Jan 18: Maharashtra vs Gujarat
Jan 19: Goa vs Madhya Pradesh
Jan 20: Daman & Diu vs Maharashtra
The top 2 teams from the group will qualify for the final round.

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Mumbai FC recently registered their twenty member squad for the Federation Cup 2014-15 that is to be held in Goa. The team have been pooled into Group A and will be playing at the PJN Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa.

Following is the list of players registered alongwith their kit numbers for the Federation Cup:

#1 Kunal Sawant (GK)
#3 Chika Wali (DF)
#4 Justine Stephen (DF)
#5 Collin Abrranches (DF)
#6 Ashutosh Mehta (MF)
#7 Reisangmei Vashum (MF)
#8 Climax Lawrence (MF)
#9 Sampath Kutty Mani (FW)
#10 Josimar da Silva Martin (FW)
#11 Taisuke Matsugae (MF)
#12 Mohammed Rafi (FW)
#13 Nidhin Lal A.C. (GK)
#14 Pradeep Mohanraj (MF)
#15 Rahul Bheke (DF)
#16 Jayesh Rane (FW)
#18 Kali Alaudeen (DF)
#21 Amoes (MF)
#23 Dane Pereira (MF)
#28 Rohit Mirza (MF)
#30 Cletus Paul (FW)

*GK – Goalkeeper
DF – Defender
MF – Midfielder
FW – Forward

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I am very satisfied with how the team performed today. According to me the team played really well. They created many opportunities to score. We had very good control over the game. They ran really very fast and well. They fought a good fight. The other team had opportunities, and they scored two goals. So that’s the thing with football. I think the important thing is that the players fought until the last minute. It was not the result what we wanted, but we carry on and try our best and overcome this loss. Losing a game at home is never good.

According to you what went wrong?

We had two mistakes. First our side was always look towards the defense to maintain our structure and Prabir was out of position hence the goal was scored.

The second goal was scored by Elano. I know Elano from the age of 16 and I told Jan Seda that he will always take the freekick from the goalkeeper’s side. If you ever have to take a freekick you have to always take it over the wall.

What is your message to fans?

Thank you to the fans. Thank you for your support. The team gave them it all they had. But in football sometimes these things happen. We started with a defeat but in football these things happen. We started with a defeat but it was great football.

Thank you for all the support and believing in us. I think they saw that the team has fought till the last minute and this is how football is. I think we played played very good football.

What did you think of Pires’ play?

He was great. He played the whole 90 minutes. No doubt he will help a lot.  He played well in his position. He played with rigour. He has very good balance on the field. He showed great professionalism on the field and he helped the players a lot.

What did you think of the opposing team?

They are an experienced team no doubt. They faked injuries, they made hard tackles. They showed their experience in the way they played. Our team played football. Their team didn’t.

What was the atmosphere like?

It was the first match and fans has turned up in large numbers to see FC goa play. I hope they continue to come and support their team. the first step was good. Hope everyone comes together for football.

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Panaji, 14, Oct 2014: FC Goa will take on Chennaiyans FC at its opening match on 15th October 2014 at 7pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Goa, FC Goa’s home ground. The traffic arrangement plan is as below.

Traffic Arrangement for FC Goa’s opening match

FLOW OF TRAFFIC

1. The entire Padre Pedro Ferrao Road from Ambaji Junction to Fatorda Junction will be closed for General Traffic and only VVIP/ VIP pass holder/ vehicles of Match Referee / Match Commissioner, vehicle of Owners of Team, Player Coaches and local Residents will be allowed to proceed via this road.
2. The VVIP/ VIP pass holder cars will be allowed to proceed via Ambaji Junction towards Fatorda PJN Stadium and their vehicle will enter through Gate No. 1. Their car will park inside stadium at VVIP/VIP parking slot.
3. The vehicle of Match Referee, Match Commissioner, vehicles of Owners of Teams and Senior Officials vehicles of Indian Super League will be allowed to proceed via Ambaji Junction toward FatordaPJN Stadiumand their vehicle will enter through Gate No. 1. Their car will park inside stadium at VVIP/VIP parking slot.
4. The Players coach will be allowed to proceed proceed via Ambaji Junction toward Fatorda PJN Stadium and their vehicle will enter through Gate No. 1 inside stadium and the Coach will be parked at Players Coach Parking Slot behind West Stand of the Stadium.
5. The General Public Ticket Holders from North side i.e. from Vasco/ Panaji/ Mapusa side (NH 17) will be diverted at Ambaji Junction toward RavindraBhavan via Old Market Circle and will be allowed to Pickup Stand, SAG Football Ground and Joggers Park.
6. The General Public Ticket Holders from South side i.e.Quepem/ Cuncolim/ Colva/ Margao City (South side) will enter through AbadeFaria Road, Old Market Circle and proceed toward SGPDA Market will park their vehicle at SGPDA Football Ground and RavindraBhavanMargao.
7. The General Public Ticket Holders from South side i.e from Ponda/ Raia, will enter through Arlem Circle toward Fatorda by SH-5  and proceed toward Swimming Pool Circle and will park their vehicles on Joggers Park, SGPDA Pickup Stand, SAG Football Ground and RavindraBhavan, Margao.

The arrangements for entrance at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Margao are as under:

Gate 1: Teams, Officials, VVIPs

Gate 2: Closed

Gate 3: Media and press

Gate 4: West stand ticket holders

Gate 5: North stand ticket holders

Gate 6, 7: East stand ticket holders

Gate 8, 9: South stand ticket holders

Gate 10: Service gate

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FC Goa will take on Chennaiyans FC at its opening match on 15^th October 2014 at 7pm at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Fatorda, Goa

Panaji, 12 Oct 2014: Tickets to the much awaited opening game between FC Goa and Chennaiyans FC to be held at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa on October 15, 2014 are selling like hot cakes. 70 per cent of the tickets have been sold out so far

FC Goa had partnered with online ticketing portal BookMyShow.com for ticket sales. Tickets to the opening match as well as other home matches are live on the portal.

The Hero Indian Super League, India’s unrivalled football championship kicked off on 12th October 2014 with a match against Atletico de Kolkata and Mumbai City FC at Salt Lake City stadium in Kolkata.

FC Goa will play its first match against Chennaiyans FC at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa on October 15, 2014 at 7pm.

Tickets to the matches are priced at Rs 100 (North and South Stand), Rs 200 (East Stand) and Rs 300 (West Stand). Tickets at corporate boxes will be available at Rs 2500. Season Passes for home matches are also available. For every six home matches you buy, you would get one free

In addition to Book My Show, tickets can also be bought from a number of venues across the state, including Cafe Coffee Day outlets, The Mobile Shop stores and select Videocon outlets. Ticketing booths have also been set up at the PJN Stadium Fatorda, FC Goa’s home ground from where tickets can be bought.

Fans can also buy tickets for FC Goa matches at Cafe Coffee Day outlets starting from 10^th October at outlets located at, Bambolim (Kenkre Centre, NH 17); Colva (inside Silver Sand Resort, Colva Beach Road); Margao (inside Vasant Arcade, Comba); Margao (inside HPCL Kundre Service Station, Padre Miranda Road); Panjim (Arthur Viegas Building, next to Hotel Law Capital); Porvorim (143, NH 17, Porvorim, Bardez); Calangute (Inside Sunshine Beach Resort, Baga and Inside Vanessa Theatre Shopping Complex); Candolim (Fort Aguada Road), Mapusa (Feira Alta, Bardez, Near Mapusa Court Circle) and Palolem (inside Hotel Rishi Exotica, Palolem Beach Road).

Tickets will also be available at The Mobile Store outlets located at Bardez (Shop no 19&20, below hotel Orionnova, Cidade complex, opp Dominos, Porvorim,Bardez – 403521); Vasco (Shop no. 9,  ground floor, “Hotel Gladstone”Opposite Civil Court, Vasco Da Gama Goa, Vasco – 403802) and Panjim (Shop no 2, Ground Floor, Navelkar Trade Center, M.G road, Panjim – 403001).

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