Renaissance showed resilience while IIT Bombay (B) also snatched up a win, whereas, Om Sai Dham Seva and O’sheish had to settle for draws.

Group A: Renaissance (Lordson Soares) 2-1 Youth Soccer Academy

In the Group A match of play-offs, Renaissance picked up their first win after breezing past Youth Soccer Academy (Bandra) 2-1. They are currently at the top of Group A with four points in two games while Youth Soccer Academy is second with three points.

Lordson Soares bagged a fantastic brace which turned out to be the difference between both the sides at St. Xavier’s Ground, Parel.

Group B: IIT Bombay (B) (Divine Pullokaran 13′) 1-0 Tarun Mitra Mandal

In Group B game, a lone goal by Divine Pullokaran proved decisive as IIT Bombay (B) picked up their second win in as many games. Their counterpart Tarun Mitra Mandal is third with one point in two games.

Group C: Om Sai Dham Seva (Tejas Borkar 23′) 1-1 KSA U-17 (Shubham Shukla 45′)

In Group C, KSA U-17 and Om Sai Dham Seva are fighting to dethrone United Villagers who is sitting at the top of Group C. Both the sides played out a 1-1 draw in an eventful match.

Tejas Borkar’s 23rd-minute goal was cancelled out by KSA’s Shubham Shukla’s 45th-minute strike. This was KSA’s second draw in as many games.

Group D: O’sheish FC (Faizan Shaikh 5′) 1-1 Judean United (Prakash Singh 23′)

O’sheish FC is yet to win in playoffs as they were held by Judean United SC 1-1 at Parel. Faizan Shaikh’s goal in the 5th minute was later levelled by Prakash Singh’s beautiful goal in the 23rd minute. O’sheish is second with two points while Judean United is lying at the bottom of Group D with one point.

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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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19^th January: 3^rd Division Play-Off:

After a run of six games on a winning note, O’Sheish FC were finally given a run for their money as they had to dug deep and earn a point against a determined Koli Samaj. A defensive lapses midway through the first half meant O’sheish conceded for the first time this season. However an inspired second half display rescued the group F leaders, a point courtesy of Shervin Sooren’s strike that came after some good work in the midfield.

In the other game, Brijal Possa’s strike around the half hour mark gave United Villagers Welfare 1-0 win over Om Sai Dham. The win takes United Villagers to the top of Play-off group C table while O’sheish and Koli Samaj’s stalemate meant both sides will have to buckle up for their coming two games.

Game 1: United Villagers Welfare 1 (Brijal Possa 28’) – 0 Om Sai Dham

Game 2: O’Sheish FC 1 (Shervin Sooren 35’) – 1 Koli Samaj Hsg. Soc. (20’)

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18^th January: 3^rd Division Play-Off:

An injury time goal from Royston Fernandes gave Youth Soccer Academy a late win against Bassiem United to secure all three points. In the other game, IIT Bombay secured a close 1-0 over Holy Cross United, who were reduced to ten man for latter stages of the game. Diamary Montu struck the winning goal in the 20^th minute before Ruark D’souza was sent off in the 40^th minute of the game.

Game 1: Youth Soccer Academy 1 (Royston Fernandes 50+1’) – 0 Bassiem United

Game 2: Holy Cross United 0 – 1 IIT Bombay (B) (Diamary Montu 20’)

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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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After receiving a record more than 100 teams for third division of MDFA, the organisation had to draw out 14 groups (A-N) with top two of each entering play-off round. While a lot of teams started out for the first time, a lot of other clubs decided to field their B team in the group thus giving a lot of players playing time.

After the completion of the playoff round, the top two teams from each group and two third best teams will be promoted to the second division for the next Season. Points secured and goals scored and conceded in the preliminary league will not be carried forward for the playoff league. These 16 qualified teams from Play-Off will also go on to play knockout games to determine the eventual winner of third division of 2017-18 Season.

Play-Off Group A:

The group consist of two of the unbeaten teams of the division: Bassiem United and Renaissance. While Bassiem United only points to be dropped came up against Group leader South Mumbai FC, which ended in a 2-2 draw, Renaissance was a team that steamrolled all its opponent to register a clean sweep in group C. The group also has Youth Soccer Academy and Ruffians (A) with the latter side tipping VipulGorai FC in group D table on head-to-head basis.

Play-Off Group B:

Group B has Holy Cross United, a side with one of the meanest defence of the division; the team did not concede a single goal on their way to the group D top spot. They are joined with Group A and Group B leaders in South Mumbai FC and Tarun Mitra Mandal respectively with latter coming on the back of six wins and 1 draw. IIT Powai (B) is the fourth team in the Play-off group B.

Play-Off Group C:

The U-17 KSA side will be a team to beat in the division after they finished group E unbeaten and on top. They are joined by United Villagers Welfare Association, a side with one of the lethal strike force as they have shipped in 22 goals in 7 games. Om Saidham Seva Mandal and Future SA are the sides to join the group after finishing at second spot in group F and H respectively.

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Play-Off Group D:

In group D of Play-Off stage, Judean United SC and Koli Samaj are joined by group favourites O’sheish Football Club, who like its 2^nd division counterpart are yet to concede a goal in the division. Alpresco FC, who topped group H unbeaten with five wins and two draws are the fourth side in the group.

Play-Off Group E:

Sirf Keval and Kapadia Nagar, group leaders of group I & J respectively are joined by Group J side Kapadia Nagar. None of the three side faced any loss during their group stage while playing out just one draw and winning all others. However, The Soccer Academy, who edged Alpha FA in group L on head-to-head basis qualified to the Play-off round with four wins, 1 draws and 2 losses. Although inconsistent sometimes shown by their just 1 goal difference so far, the team is known to grind out their opponent often winning in closely contested low scoring affairs.

Play-Off Group F:

In group F, Maurya Youngstar FA (B) are joined by United Football Club both sides coming second in Group I and J respectively. Despite not conceding even once in the league, Khiladi Connect fell short of one point to top Group K behind Pioneer Residency to join Play-off as the third team, while the fourth side Los Galacticos entered play-off group after topping group L unbeaten.

Play-Off Group G:

Another side to clean sweep its group, Anushakti Nagar will be joined by runner-up RCF Colony for the play-off round. Both sides played in group M of the initial round with the former yet to concede even once while the latter’s only points to be dropped coming after a loss to Anushakti Nagar. The other two teams to join them are group N sides, Adarsh FC and India EX-Service Man SA with the former leading the group N table of initial rounds

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Holy Cross United made a great start when Keith Fernandes scored in the 5th minute with a sublime finish past Ummat-A-Milan’s goalkeeper. Right from the kick-off, it was quite evident that Holy Cross won’t settle for a low margin score. Their attack was way too superior to their counterparts.

After Keith’s opening goal, Holy Cross scored four quick goals within the space of twelve minutes. Albert Gogai doubled the lead in the 10th minute which was followed by Lara Gonsalves’ strike a minute later. Gogai scored his second in the 20th minute before Lara once again got on the scoresheet to bag Holy Cross’ fifth and final goal.

Other results: Group H: Brilliant Sports Academy 0-0 Eleven Star

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Over six matches will be played on Saturday, 23rd December 2017 at MSSA’s Azad Ground. The first match which is between Koli Samaj Housing Society and Athletic Club Mumbai will kick-off at 10:00 am in an anticipating Group G encounter.

Below are rest of the 3rd Division fixtures:

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2^nd Division:

In a group C fixture, Jolly Boys moved to a 2^nd spot after a 1-1 draw against Mumbai Rush Soccer Club. Tanuj Shankarwar scored a 14^th minute goal to put Mumbai rush in lead. However around the hour mark Lawrence Dias pulled things back for Jolly Boys as the match proceeded to end at 1-1.

Game 1: Jolly Boys 1 (Lawrence Dias 59’) – 1 Mumbai Rush Soccer Club (Tanuj Shankarwar 14’)

In another 2^nd division fixture, FC Mithagar faced Maurya Youngstars FA with the latter coming out triumphs. Pranit Nair opened the scoring for Maurya Youngstars FA in the first half before Akash Indulkar and Akshay Aggarwal slotted home two more in the second half to complete a 3-0 routing of their opponent.

Game 2: FC Mithagar 0 – 3 Maurya Youngstars FA (Pranit Nair 17’, Akash Indulkar 41’, Akshay Aggarwal 56’)

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3^rd Division:

In a third division fixture, Renaissance blanked their opponent Western India United FC 5-0 to make it six wins in a row. Sylester Chunekar scored a brace while Omkar Godre, Abu Shaikh and Bjoy Varghese slotted one each for Renaissance. While Western India have leaked in 13 goals in 6 games this season, Renaissance defence have held a fortress conceding just one goal in six games.

Game 3: Renaissance (Omkar Godre 13’, Sylester Chunekar 15’, 25’, Abu Shaikh 18’, Bjoy Varghese 21’) 5 – 0 Western India United FC

In group G table toppers fixture, United Villagers welfare edged Yeshua FC 2-1 in a close affair extending the gap at the top to eight points. After an even first half, Royden Pila’s early brace sent United Villagers Welfare to a quick 2-0 lead before Nimesh Shetty pulled one back for Yeshua FC. Despite late attempts from Yeshua FC the game ended at 2-1 score line as United Villagers made it 6 wins in a row.

Game 4: United Villagers welfare (Royden Pila 36’, 41’) 2 – 1 Yeshua FC (Nimesh Shetty 49’)

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