Indian Super League - 2018-19

Rank(#)	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
01	Bengaluru FC	11	8	3	0	18	8	+10	27
02	Mumbai City FC	12	7	3	2	20	12	+08	24
03	FC Goa	11	6	2	3	27	17	+10	20
04	NorthEast United FC	12	5	5	2	16	14	+02	20
05	Jamshedpur FC	12	4	7	1	21	14	+07	19
06	ATK	12	4	4	4	10	11	-01	16
07	FC Pune City	12	3	2	7	12	21	-09	11
08	Kerala Blasters	12	1	6	5	12	20	-08	09
09	Delhi Dynamos	12	1	4	7	13	20	-07	07
10	Chennaiyin FC	12	1	2	9	13	24	-11	05

Matches

Mumbai City 6-1 Kerala Blasters
Chennaiyin FC 1-3 Delhi Dynamos
FC Goa 5-1 NorthEast United
Bengaluru FC 1-0 ATK

Jamshedpur FC 2-1 Delhi Dynamos
FC Pune City 2-0 FC Goa
Bengaluru FC 1-1 Mumbai City

NorthEast United 0-0 ATK
Kerala Blasters 0-1 FC Pune City
Mumbai City 2-0 Chennaiyin FC

NorthEast United 1-1 Bengaluru FC
Kerala Blasters 1-1 Jamshedpur FC
Delhi Dynamos 2-4 Mumbai City
Chennaiyin FC 2-3 ATK

Jamshedpur FC 0-0 NorthEast United
Bengaluru FC 2-1 FC Pune City
Chennaiyin FC 0-0 Kerala Blasters

ATK 0-0 FC Goa
FC Pune City 0-2 NorthEast United
Bengaluru FC 1-0 Delhi Dynamos
Jamshedpur FC 3-1 Chennaiyin FC

FC Pune City 2-1 Jamshedpur FC
FC Goa 1-2 Bengaluru FC
NorthEast United 2-1 Kerala Blasters
Mumbai City 0-0 ATK

ATK 1-0 FC Pune City
Kerala Blasters 1-3 FC Goa

Kerala Blasters 1-2 Bengaluru FC
FC Pune City 2-4 Chennaiyin FC
FC Goa 3-2 Delhi Dynamos
NorthEast United 0-1 Mumbai City

Jamshedpur FC 4-1 FC Goa
FC Pune City 1-1 Kerala Blasters
Chennaiyin FC 0-1 Mumbai City
Delhi Dynamos 2-2 Jamshedpur FC

Jamshedpur FC 2-2 Kerala Blasters
Delhi Dynamos 0-2 NorthEast United
ATK 1-2 Bengaluru FC

NorthEast United 1-1 Jamshedpur FC
ATK 2-1 Chennaiyin FC
Mumbai City 2-0 Delhi Dynamos
FC Goa 4-2 FC Pune City

Jamshedpur FC 1-1 ATK
FC Pune City 0-3 Bengaluru FC
Delhi Dynamos 0-0 Chennaiyin FC
FC Goa 5-0 Mumbai City FC

Delhi Dynamos 1-2 ATK
Chennaiyin 3-4 NorthEast United
Mumbai City 2-0 FC Pune City
Kerala Blasters 1-1 Delhi Dynamos

ATK 0-1 NorthEast United
Kerala Blasters 1-1 Mumbai City
Chennaiyin 1-3 FC Goa
Bengaluru FC 2-2 Jamshedpur FC

ATK 0-2 Kerala Blasters
Bengaluru FC 1-0 Chennaiyin FC
NorthEast United 2-2 FC Goa
Mumbai City FC 0-2 Jamshedpur FC
Delhi Dynamos 1-1 FC Pune City

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017

In my childhood I used to dream that one day the Indian football team will play in the football World Cup. India never played in the World Cup football at any level. In 1950, we were invited to play in the World Cup in Brazil but we declined. That has been our only chance till date. Our best football success have come at the Asian level and the Olympics. We won Gold in the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games and silver in the 1964 Asia Cup. We were 4th in the 1956 Olympics. But these all are long back achievements which have faded from our memories. In recent years, we have been unable to qualify for the 2nd or 3rd round of the World cup qualification. Our rank is 130. But thanks to FIFA we are playing in U-17 World cup by virtue of hosting it.

Whatever the way, we will be seeing The Blue Tigers playing for the first time in the world cup at  any level. I hope this is going to be a starting step for our future football success. One day this team will qualify in the 48 team football world cup. This doesn't mean I have great hopes on India U-17 team to do well in this tournament. I am not expecting them to put up an excellent show but hoping that they put up a decent show. If they qualify as one of the best third team to last 16 (however remote that chance!) it will be more than enough.

FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 is going to be hosted by India from 6th Oct to 28th October this year. The draw for the tournament will be held on July 7, 2017. “Kheleo”, the leopard, is the tournament’s mascot. It was unveiled at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi by organisers of the 2017 Fifa Under-17 World Cup with Sports Minister Vijay Goel and All India Football President Praful Patel.

The tournament will be played in six venues which are: 

Kochi (Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium)

Goa (Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)

Guwahati (Indira Gandhi Athletic International Stadium)

Kolkata (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan)

New Delhi (Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)

The FIFA U-17 World Cup was originally started as the FIFA U-16 World Championship in 1985. The first team to win the tournament was Nigeria. The tournament was renamed as FIFA U-17 World Championship in 1991 and was won by Ghana. From 2007 the tournament was renamed as FIFA U-17 World Cup. Nigeria is the most successful team. They were champion 5 times (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, 2015) and runner-up 3 times (1987, 2001, 2009). Nigeria never lost in the semifinal. Unfortunately we will not see Nigeria this time as they failed to qualify for 2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations. 

Brazil is the second most successful team after Nigeria. They won the championship 3 times (1997, 1999, 2003) and where runner-up twice (1995, 2005). You will be very surprised to know that some of the football superpower failed to win the tournament. Spain runner-up 3 times (1991, 2003, 2007), Germany runner-up once (1985), Argentina finished 3rd thrice (1991, 1995, 2003) and fourth twice (2001, 2013), Italy was fourth in 1987 and Uruguay were runner-up once (2011).

Africa is the most successful continent. Beside Nigeria winning 5 times, Ghana won twice (1991, 1995). From Europe, Soviet Union won it in 1987, France in 2001 and Switzerland in 2009. Saudi Arabia from Asia won it in 1989. Among the CONCACAF countries Mexico won it twice (2005, 2011).

Who will win the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017? Before that who will qualify? 24 teams will qualify for this tournament. The break-ups are:

AFC (Asia)	Host	India
	2016 AFC U-16 Championship	Iran Iraq Japan North Korea
CAF (Africa)	2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations	Ghana Guinea Mali Niger
CONCACAF (Central, North America & Caribbean)	2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship	Honduras Costa Rica Mexico USA
CONMEBOL (South America)	2017 South American Under-17 Championship	Brazil Chile Paraguay Columbia
OFC (Oceania)	2017 OFC U-17 Championship	New Caledonia New Zealand
UEFA (Europe)	2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship	Turkey Spain England Germany France

Indian Women's League 2017

Champion

Eastern Sporting Union FC

Final

Eastern Sporting Union FC defeated Rising Student FC 3-0

Semifinal

Rising Student FC defeated FC Pune City 2-0

Eastern Sporting Union FC defeated Alakhpura FC 4-1

League Table

Teams	Games Played	Win	Draw	Lost	Goal			Points
					For	Agnst	Diff
Rising Student FC	5	4	0	1	20	3	+17	12
Eastern Sporting Union FC	5	4	0	1	15	4	+11	12
Alakhpura FC	5	2	2	1	8	4	+4	8
FC Pune City	5	2	1	2	6	8	-2	7
Jeppiyar Institute FC	5	1	1	3	5	18	-13	4
Aizawl FC	5	0	0	5	5	22	-17	0

Results 

Eastern Sporting Union FC defeated Alakhpura FC 1-0

FC Pune City defeated Aizawl FC 4-0

Rising Student FC defeated Jeppiyar Institute FC 7-0

Eastern Sporting Union FC defeated Aizawl FC 3-0

Alakhpura FC drew Jeppiyar Institute FC 1-1

Rising Student FC defeated FC Pune City 5-0

Jeppiyar Institute FC defeated Aizawl FC 3-2 

Alakhpura FC defeated Rising Student FC 1-0 

Eastern Sporting Union FC defeated FC Pune City 3-1

Alakhpura FC defeated Aizawl FC 6-2

FC Pune City defeated Jeppiyar Institute FC 1-0

Rising Student FC defeated Eastern Sporting Union FC 2-1

FC Pune City drew Alakhpura FC 0-0

Rising Student FC defeated Aizawl FC 6-1

Eastern Sporting Union FC defeated Jeppiyar Institute FC 7-1