The likes of Former India International Steven Dias, Father Meji, Cornel Gonsalves, Dr. Sheryl Misquitta and Tony D. (Football Enthusiast) were felicitated by the Sellebrity Family prior to the trophy presentations.

Here is how final day folded:

Open Category

Semis: Azzure 0-0 Carmelites (Azzure won 5-3 via penalties) and Millat FC 0-0 St. Jude (Millat FC won 4-2 via penalties)

Both the men’s semi-final had to be decided on penalties after the match ended goalless in normal time. Azzure superbly kept their cool in the penalties where Goalkeeper Manish Shetty denied Carmelites in the process to book their place in the final. Meanwhile, Millat FC’s Goalkeeper Aatif saved twice in the penalties to help his side to set up a date with Azzure in the final of Sellebrity Premier League (SPL) 2018 Open Category final.

Final: Azzure 0-0 Millat FC (Azzure won 4-2 via penalties)

In the normal time, both the energetic outfits had enough opportunities to break the deadlock but it seemed that the pressure of the final was too much for both these sides to take. The final went into the penalties where Azzure edged Millat FC 4-2 to clinch the Open Category’s title. Once again it was Manish Shetty’s brilliance in the penalty shootout as he stood firm and composed to save twice.

Best Player: David D’Souza (Azzure)

U-16 Boys (Final): Amigos 0-0 KNFC (KNFC won 4-2 via penalties)

The U-16 Boys final was a lively encounter where Amigos and KNFC played their hearts out to display one of the best matches of the tournament. The dedication and grit showed by both the set of players were astonishing. KNFC’s Goalkeeper Amaan saved two penalties to help his side lift the U-16 Boys title.

Best Player: Kunal Jagtap (KNFC)

Best Promising Player: AJ Furtado

Girls (Final): Baze 0-0 Companeroes (Baze won via toss after the match ended 4-4 in penalties)

An end-to-end match which concluded in a fascinating manner. With both the sides locked at 0-0 in normal time, the final went to penalties where once again they were not able to get separated. After confronting both the teams, the final was decided on a toss where Baze was adjudged as the winner of Girls category.

Best Player: Jhanvi Shetty (Baze)

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Open Category: Celtic, Companeroes, Game Kings, Azzure, Chimbai and Millat FC has stormed into the pre-quarters, finishing as either group winners or runners-up in their respective groups. Elsewhere, the likes of Sellebrity (Hosts), Baze, Rennaisance, Carmelites still have a good opportunity to go through to the pre-quarters, provided they win their games tomorrow.

Tomorrow’s open category fixtures: Ground 1 – Mumbai Marines vs Carmelites, Chimbai SC vs St. Jude, Geostanne United vs Parel Packers. Ground 2 – Renaissance vs Sporting Sensation, Bandra Blues vs Bandra FC, Sellebrity FC vs MK Boys, Mumbai Marines vs Millat FC.

Women’s Category: The likes of Bodyline SC, Baze, Companeroes and Bandra Packers have already booked their place in the semis. KNFC, Mumbai Warriors, GIFA and Rudra, unfortunately, bowed out of the tournament.

Tomorrow’s Women category fixtures: Ground 1 – GIFA vs Rudra and Bodyline SC vs Companeroes SC. Ground 2 – Bandra Packers vs Baze FC.

Women’s Semi-Final fixtures (4th February): Bandra Packers vs Companeroes SC and Bodyline SC vs Baze FC.

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In Mumbai, there are number of academies who keep organising regular tournaments for school and clubs for certain age. This is making sure that the future generation of footballers have started playing competitively early. One of the Mumbai’s top clubs Kenkre Football Club arranges four such tournaments every year with as many as 32 teams from around the city participating. Likewise PIFA also conduct such tournament popularly known as PIFA Football league (PFL) while SSE United carry out SSE Champions League.

Now another Mumbai club joins the line and is set to launch their own tournament which would aim at giving young players more competitive matches to showcase their skills. Sellebrity Football Academy, established in the year 2006, the Club was started with the aim of providing a launching pad for young footballing careers. With the Motto of “Football is our way of life”, the Club currently ply their trade in MDFA Super Division – the 2nd tier of Mumbai Football, while also fielding a youth side in MDFA Youth Leagues.

Sellebrity Premier League is launched with an aim to promote Women’s and Youth football along with giving these footballers, a platform to play football and prepare themselves for the highest level. The tournament will be hosted over two weekends with 16 teams divided across four groups participating in U16 League while the womens League had eight entries divided across two groups.

Over the last few years, there is no doubt that the interest in football has grown all over the country with even AIFF shifting its focus and concentrating more on grassroots football. While the board has started age group leagues for the likes of U13, U15, U18, the regional associations like WIFA too have come up with their own version of age group leagues. After starting the inter-district football tournament for Girls and boys, they also started a newly launched Baby league with a fine idea to play competitive matches at the primary age.

With the city clubs taking up responsibilities of giving opportunities and nurturing young footballers for the future, Mumbai football looks to be headed into the right direction.

The following are the teams playing in the competitions:

SPL: Category: U-16

GROUP ‘A’

1. RR Boys
2. Scorpians
3. M United
4. Dummy

Group ‘B’

1. Lemon Break FC
2. KNFC
3. Sellebrity FC
4. FCI ‘B’

GROUP ‘C’

1. FCI ‘A’
2. CARMELITES SC
3. MOUNT MARY SC
4. PALAKAYA

GROUP ‘D’

1. All-Stars
2. Amigos
3. GIFA
4. Our Lady of Fatima

SPL: Womens’ Edition

Group ‘A’

1. Bandra Packers
2. BAZE FC
3. KNFC
4. Mumbai Warriors SC

Group ‘B’

1. Bodyline
2. Companeroes
3. Rudra Soccer Star Academy
4. GIFA

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