Making their MFA 2nd Division debut last season, Tiwana immediately made an impact by winning the title and earning promotion. They have now repeated that success in the 1st Division, ensuring another step up the Mumbai football pyramid.

The final was settled in the 27th minute when Sheron Joseph rose highest to score a header, giving Tiwana the lead. The side then defended brilliantly to hold on for a 1-0 victory and lift the championship.

The achievement is a major milestone for owner Tajinder Tiwana, corporator from Malad West, who himself has played the game for his school St Joseph’s Malad & whose vision has been to promote football and create opportunities for local players.

“This achievement is a proud moment for everyone at Tiwana FC. We started with the aim of giving local players a platform, and back-to-back promotions show what can be achieved with the right commitment and belief. Now we want to take this journey forward and continue developing local talent in the Super Division,” said Tiwana.

“It was an amazing experience since it was a debut for the team & myself also as a coach . A big thank you to Mr. Ronnie Dsouza of UK united for trusting in me & suggesting and giving me an opportunity to Coach team Tiwana FC. Our team owner Mr. Tajinder has stood by me like a rock”, said Coach Ritesh Perambara

From 2nd Division newcomers to MFA Super Division contenders in just two seasons, Tiwana FC’s rapid rise has been nothing short of remarkable.

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Atlanta FC’s unbeaten streak throughout the season came to a disappointing end as ICL Payyde edged the Atlanta via penalties in the most important game of the season – 1^st division play-off finals, to lift the trophy. Despite the result both sides have already confirmed their promotion to the Super Division.

Nico Gonsalves strike around the half hour mark had sent ICL Payyde in to the lead at half time, however Karan Prajapati 2^nd half strike levelled things up as the game ended at 1-1 draw after the end of normal time.

In the tie breaker, Atlanta FC failed to convert their chances as Roystein Veigas, Juventus D’mello and Riane D’souza failed to hit the net with only Aashish Chavan’s attempt striking the net. At the other end, Prateek Thakur, Prasad Adka and Dhrumil Kakkad hit the net as ICL Payyde made it 3 goals in 3 attempts to end the tie-breaker at 3-1 score line.

Full Time: I.C.L Payyde S.C. 1 (Nico Gonsalves 30’) – 1 Atlanta FC (Karan Prajapati)

Tie Breaker: I.C.L. Payyde (1) 3 (Prateek Thakur, Prasad Adka and Dhrumil Kakkad) – 1 (1) Atlanta FC (Aashish Chavan)

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In the opening game of the day Jupiter Sports club faced off against Spartans Sports Academy for a group b fixture. The game started disastrously for Spartans as they conceded an early goal in the unexpected fashion through an own goal from lovepreet Saini. Six minutes later Sanket Ahire doubled the lead as Jupiter SC looked in complete control of the game at break. However second half turned completely upside down, Jupiter SC were reduced to ten men after Prathamesh Rokade was given the marching order this helped Spartans to comeback to the game as they took advantage of the extra man scoring two goals through Varun Sastry and Aniket Patil to take a point from the game.

In other fixture, two teams placed at the bottom of Group A table faced each other with bottom placed Vintage Dahisar securing their first win of the season. A late flurry of goals from Vintage meant Rizvi Ceramics failed to secure the fourth spot in the group table instead ending the campaign at penultimate position. After a goal less first half, goal fest ensued in the second starting from Vaibhav Nair’s 35^th minute goal that gave Vintage Dahisar FC the lead however two quick goals from Akshay Chavan and Deelam Gonsalves in the space of 4 minutes sent Rizvi back in lead. However in the last ten minutes Vintage Dahisar smashed three goals to take home their first win the campaign. Nehal Shetty and Vaibhav Nair both contributed with brace in Vintage’s win.

In the final game of the day, Veniza virar outclassed Mumbai United to top group E table with 18 points. An early goal from Abhishek Vyas looked to dent VVFC top spot hopes however  they came back in style with a complete professional performances scoring 4 goals and ending the game at 4-1. After Nidhin Joseph’s immediate equaliser, Manu Rana struck a brace before Nilesh Chavan finished the game with another goal.

Group B: Jupiter SC 2 (Sanketh Ahire 22’) – 2 Spartans FC (lovepreet Saini 16’{Own Goal}, Varun Shetty 51’, Aniket Patil 57’)

Group A: Vintage Dahisar FC 4 (Vaibhav Nair 35’ 58’, Nehal Shetty 51’, 57’) – 2 Rizvi Ceramics (Akshay Chavan 40’, Deelan Gonsalves 44’)

Group E: Veniza Virar FC 4 (Nidhin Joseph 8’, Manu Rana 31’, 49’, Nitesh Chavan 79’) – 1 Mumbai United (Abhishek Vyas 7’)

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21^st January: 3^rd Division:

With the cramped window of dates for conducting three of the five divisions in MDFA with one of the factors being the record 100+ teams in 3^rd division, the associations went ahead with the play-off schedule once the top two teams of each group were confirmed keeping the others games scheduled appropriately to time slot available on later dates. One such date was yesterday where three games were scheduled to continue finishing up the available league games. While the result of these games had no effect on play-off standing it was important for teams to finish off their campaign on higher note.

In the opening game of the day, Alpesh Ghanariya’s fourth minute strike had put Mangesh SA into the lead only to be denied by Nimesh Pawar’s 2^nd half strike as the former ended its 3^rd division campaign without a win, after registering just two points in seven games. At the other end 7B Star ended at the fifth spot after securing 8 points in seven games. In the next match, O’sheish FC faced Om Sai Dham, both sides has already qualified for their play-off, playing their last league game it was former who came out with a dominant performance to finish 2-0 with Rahil Damani and Zainuddin Shaikh scoring late in the game.

In the mid-afternoon fixture, India on track were held to a 1-1 draw against SDKT. Maaz Hasmi opened the scoring in the fourth minute which was cancelled out by Jason Fernandes seven minutes later.

Game 1: Mangesh SA (Alpesh Ghanariya 4’) 1 – 1 7B Star Sports Club (Nimesh Pawar 39’)

Game 2: O’sheish FC 2 (Rahil Damani 48’, Zainuddin Shaikh 49’) – 0 Om Sai Dham

Game 3: India on Track (Maaz Hasmi 4’) 1 – 1 S.D.K.T (Mumbai Marines) (Jason Fernandes 11’)

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1^st division:

19^th January:

Kenkre U17 blanked six past a hapless Soccer A to Z with Ninglum Chahongnao scoring four goals. After a quite first twenty minutes, Kenkre exploded with Ninglum scoring two quick goals. Mehul Solanki slotted the third before Ninglum finished off his hat-trick. Minutes after the hour mark, Somishon Shira striked the fifth before Ninglum finished the game off with the sixth strike deep in the injury time.

Game 1: Soccer A to Z 0 – 6 Kenkre U17 (Ninglum Chahongnao 25’, 30’, 56’, 70+5’, Mehul Solanki 43’, Somishon Shira 63’)

20^th January:

Aditya Rawal’s brace alongside Dharmendra Tripathi’s sole goal in the first half gave Young Guns a comfortable 3-0 win. Despite improved second half display by Goregaon SC, they failed to reduce the deficit as the game ended at 3-0.

Game 1: Young Guns FC 3 (Aditya Rawal 8’ 17’, Dharmendra Tripathi 11’ – 0 Goregaon SC

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17^th January, 3^rd Division Play-Off:

In a group E of Play-off fixture, Sirf Keval FC’s late fight back was not enough as The Soccer Academy came out with all three points courtesy of Ajay Morris first half brace. Morris Varghese pulled one back for Sirf Keval in the 35^th minute but TSA defence held on for rest of the game as the score read 2-1 at full time in favour of TSA. In group F fixture, Maurya Youngstars FA played out a goalless draw against Los Galacticos FC to share the spoils.

Game 1: Sirf Keval FC 1 (Morris Varghese 19’) – 2 The Soccer Academy (Ajay More 8’, 21’)

Game 2: Maurya Youngstars FC 0 – 0 Los Galacticos FC

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18^th January, 3^rd Division League:

While the Play-Off teams have been confirmed and schedules are drawn out with couple of games already played out there are few teams that are yet to complete their league fixtures and are way below in their respective tables. Few such teams played out their last league games one of which had SSE United edging Stark Football Club courtesy of Abhishek Bhosle’s 45^th minute solitary strike. In the other game, Subjit Singh’s 19^th minute goal proved to be the winner as Vignesh Naicker FC defeated Black Panther 1-0.

Game 1: Vignesh Naicker FC (Subhjit Singh 19’) 1 – 0 Black Panther

Game 2: SSE United (Abhishek Bhosle 45’) 1 – 0 Stark FC

1^st Division:

In a highly entertaining game, DK Pharma came from two goals down to end the game with a draw and scorer Jagjeet Reens being sent off. In a group A fixture, Somaiya Sports Academy took the lead around the half hour mark after Sanket Mayekar found the net. Somaiya would have probably imagined their third win of the campaign when Ayush Malviya doubled the lead in the 64^th minute. However Jagjeet Reen’s twin strike within three minutes brought the game back to level terms. However drama ensued when Jagjeet was sent off few minutes later after picking up a second booking of the day,. Despite reduced to 10 men, DK Pharma held on to the lead till the full time to earn a point.

Game 1: DK Pharma 2 (Jagjeet Reen 72’, 74’) – 2 Somaiya Sports Academy (Sanket Mayekar 28’, Ayush Malviya 64’)

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1^st Division:

16 January:

Three goals in the space of six minutes was enough for Mumbai Warriors to be pegged back as (MFC) FC India made it four wins in a row in group D of 1st Division Mumbai district football. After being goalless for first forty minutes, Jaspreet struck one of the fastest hat-tricks of MDFA (40’, 43’ and 46’) to put FC India in a commanding position in the game. Sanath Valladares struck the fourth, two minutes from full time to complete an impressive 4-0 routing.

Group D: Mumbai Warriors U19 0 – 4 (MFC) FC India (Jaspreet Singh 40’, 43’, 46’, Sanath Valladares 78’)

17^th January:

Wellingdon Cath. Gym twice came back from a goal down to pull off a draw from the jaws of defeat courtesy of an impressive performance from Lionel Fernandes who scored the two equalisers. After Aman Gaikwad’s 14^th minute strike put PIFA into lead, Lionel Fernandes scored the equaliser around the break to make it 1-1. However PIFA once again took the lead around the hour mark when Omkar Shinde found the net making it 2-1. But once again Lionel Fernandes denied PIFA three points as he scored a late equaliser to make it 2-2 and sharing of points.

In another game, Keval Pagdhare’s 17^th minute strike turned out to be winner for Colaba FA as they defeated Steadfast 1-0 in a group B fixture. Colaba FA currently sits at fourth position and is just a win away from group B top spot with a game in hand.

Group C: Willingdon Cath. Gym 2 – 2 PIFA Colaba U19

3^rd Division Play-OFF:

In 3^rd division play-off fixture, KSA played out a drab goalless draw with Future Star FC to share a point apiece in Group C. In other game, a late goal from Arfa Vadgana ensured South Mumbai FC secure a point against Tarun Mitra Mandal, cancelling out Anurag Surve’s 28^th minute strike.

Game 1: KSA 0 – 0 Future Star FC

Game 2: South Mumbai FC (Arfa Vadgana 48’) 1 – 1 Tarun Mitra Mandal (Anurag Surve 28’)

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1^st Division:

In the afternoon group C fixture, Tarun Sporting played out their fourth win of the campaign to beat Catholic Gym and hold their top spot in group table. Kaushal Meher opened the scoring for Tarun Sporting with his 15^th minute strike which was doubled by Oliver Aitolya moments before the break. The second half began with some cagey stuff but as the game neared to its end, goal scoring spree ensued as four goals were scored in the space of nine minutes.

Somnath Naskar added the third goal in the 71^st minute before Ajijul Goyen added another one minute later. Avesh Shaikh scored the consolation goal for Catholic Gym in the 76^th minute before Olivar completed his brace in the final moments to finish off the game. In the other first division fixture, Desperados SC coasted to a comfortable 2-0 win over Blitz Kriez FC courtesy of goals from Sagar Gawde and Ivan Reddy on either side of the break.

Game 1: Tarun Sporting Club 5 (Kaushal Meher 15’, Olivar Aitolya 39’, 79’, Ajijul Goyen 72’, Somnath Naskar 71’) – 1 The Catholic Gym. (Avesh Shaikh 76’)

Game 2: Desperados SC 2 (Sagar Gawde 19’, Ivan Reddy 40’) – 0 Blitz Kriez FC

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3^rd Division Play-Off:

Meanwhile in the 1^st game of the 3^rd division Play-off Group A, Ruffians FC (A) played out a goal less draw against Renaissance. In the Group D game, Alfresco FC edged Judean 2-1 to pick all three points. Amir Sayed came up with a brace with goals on either side of the half-time break, to give his side the first win of the play-off campaign.

Game 1: Ruffians FC(A) 0 – 0 Renaissance

Game 2: Judean United SC (VarunDey 23’) 1 – 2 Alfresco FC (Amir Sayed 12’, 50’)

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13^th Jan, 1^st Division:

In a group D fixture, two sides that are around the bottom parts of the group table played out a goalless draw after neither side managed to break the shackles. The draw enabled IDBI to jump a place above PIFA Colaba U17, while (BBC) Dias United remained rooted at penultimate spot.

In the other 1^st division game of the day, Atlanta FC hammered seven goals past a hapless Vidyavikasini defence as the former jumped to the top spot in the group F table. Juventus Dmello’s brace alongside Royston and Agnelo George goals meant Atlanta FC raced to 4-0 lead around the half hour mark. Orlando Pinto’s own goal in the first half injury time meant Vidyavikasini entered the break conceding five goals. Aaruni Jha and Riane Disouza struck one each to pound more misery to their opponents already miserable defence as the game ended at 7-0.

Game 1: IDBI 0 – 0 (BBC) Dias United

Game 2: Vidyavikasini 0 (Orlando Pinto (Own Goal 40+1’)) – 7 Atlanta FC (Juventus D’mello 15’, 29’, Royston Veigas 32’, Aaruni Jha 52’, Riane D’souza 80’)

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2^nd division:

KNFC – Naseeb continued their unbeaten run with another win as they defeated FC Mithagar side 2-0 to register their fifth victory in six games. Sharique Khan’s second minute strike gave KNFC an early lead, which was followed by some end to end football but neither side managed to find the net for most part of the game. In the dying moments of the game, Mithagar put men forward in search of an equaliser however they ended conceding the second as Shoaib Shah doubled the lead to finish off the game.

In other 2^nd division fixture, Castle Boys moved to top position in Group G after a comfortable 2-0 win over Bombay YMCA. Wayne Trindade’s 4^th minute strike was doubled by Brendon D’mello 2^nd half strike as Castle boys extended their unbeaten streak to six games.

Game 1: FC Mithagar 0 – 2 KNFC – Reloaded (Sharique Khan 2’, Shoaib Shah 70’)

Game 2: Bombay YMCA 0 – 2 Castle Boys FC (Wayne Trindade 4’, Brendon D’Mello 65’)

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Group D – PIFA Colaba U-17 (Kartik Chavan 24′) 1-0 Madanpura SC

PIFA Colaba U-17 registered their first win of the season with a narrow 1-0 victory against a struggling Madanpura SC side at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel. This was PIFA Colaba’s first triumph in five attempts while Madanpura is still winless in five games, losing four of them.

The decisive goal was scored in the 24th minute through Kartik Chavan’s sublime strike past Madanpura’s goalkeeper. This was a much-needed victory for PIFA Colaba U-17 and as well as it might turn out to be the turning point of the season.

Group E – Sahyadri Krida Mandal (Nishad Govindan 20′) 1-0 Mumbai United FC

In the other game on Wednesday, just like PIFA Colaba U-17, Sahyadri Krida Mandal won their first match of the season after an impressive performance against Mumbai United FC. Sahyadri Krida Mandal narrowly edged past their counterpart 1-0 to win their first match in five attempts.

Nishad Govindan scored the lone goal in the 20th minute which secured an important win for Sahyadri Krida Mandal.

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8th January 2018, Mumbai: On Sunday, MDFA 1st Division witness two matches at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel. In Group F, Vidya Vikasini Theresians played against Juhu Beach United while Tarun Sporting Club met Xavier’s Boys in Group C encounter. Here is the Round-up of both the matches:

Group F – Vidya Vikasini Theresians (Lygel D’Mello 30′) 1-1 Juhu Beach United (Mohammad Shafiq Khan 36′)

Vidya Vikasini Theresians’ poor run of form continues as Juhu Beach United held them to a 1-1 draw in the First Division encounter at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel. After this result, Theresians is seventh in Group F with two points in five games while Juhu Beach United is just a place above them at sixth with four points in five games.

Theresians took the lead, against the run of play, in the 30th minute when Lygel D’Mello scored with a delicate goal. Six minutes later, Juhu Beach United responded with the equalizing goal when Mohammad Shafiq Khan bagged a fantastic goal. Both the sides had enough chances to snatch a win but poor finishing at either side of the goal only helped them to secure a point.

Other results: Group C – Tarun Sporting Club 0-0 Xaviers Boys

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