National Football League (India)
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The Indian National Football League (NFL) is a football league system in India run by the All India Football Federation.
The NFL has 3 divisions - the Premier Division (created in the 1996/1997 season), the Second Division (created in the 1997/1998 season), and the newly created Third Division (created in the 2006/2007 season). Each year, two teams are relegated and replaced by promoted teams.
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[edit] Current clubs 2006/2007
[edit] Premier Division NFL
- Mahindra United - Mumbai, Maharashtra
- East Bengal Club - Kolkata, West Bengal
- Dempo Sports Club - Goa
- Sporting Clube de Goa - Goa
- JCT FC - Phagwara, Punjab
- Mohun Bagan Athletic Club - Kolkata, West Bengal
- Mohammedan Sporting Club - Kolkata, West Bengal
- Air India - Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Churchill Brothers Sports Club - Goa
- Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Sports Club - Bangalore, Karnataka
This seasons format was left unchanged with 10 teams playing each other on a home-&-away format, but promoted Tata Football Academy's place was given to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC as TFA weren't willing professionalise to be part of the NFL.
Churchill Brothers SC was also promoted to NFL Premer Division.
[edit] 2nd Division NFL
[edit] Cluster I - Duler ground, Goa
- Vasco Sports Club - Goa
- Punjab Police - Jalandhar, Punjab
- State Bank of Travancore - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- ONGC - Mumbai, Maharashtra
- South-East-Central Railway (Football Club) - Chattisgarh
- Chirag United - Kolkata, West Bengal
[edit] Cluster II - Kerala
- Indian Bank - Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Army XI - Bangalore, Karnataka
- Salgaocar Sports Club - Goa
- Jammu & Kashmir Bank - Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir
- Lajong Sports Club - Shillong, Meghalaya
- Viva Kerala - Kochi, Kerala
[edit] Mahindra United ONGC CUP Winners
With the conclusion of the 10th NFL Premier Division, Mahindra United have won their first ever National League title. East Bengal were the runners up. In the Super Cup, played in Mumbai, East Bengal came out on top over Mahindra, 2-1.
[edit] Champions
- 1996/97 : JCT FC
- 1997/98 : Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
- 1998/99 : Salgaocar Sports Club
- 1999/00 : Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
- 2000/01 : East Bengal Club
- 2001/02 : Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
- 2002/03 : East Bengal Club
- 2003/04 : East Bengal Club
- 2004/05 : Dempo Sports Club
- 2005/06 : Mahindra United
[edit] All Time (1996/97-2005/06) India NFL Records By Clubs
| Rank (by Points) |
Club [1] |
Seasons | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | Points | PPG | Rank (by PPG) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Bengal Club | 10 (1996/97-2005/06) | 191 | 104 | 49 | 38 | 361 | 1.890 | 1 |
| 2 | Mohun Bagan Athletic Club | 9 (1997/98-2005/06) | 177 | 79 | 53 | 45 | 290 | 1.638 | 2 |
| 3 | Salgaocar Sports Club | 10 (1996/97-2005/06) | 191 | 76 | 54 | 61 | 282 | 1.476 | 6 |
| 4 | Churchill Brothers Sports Club | 9 (1996/97-2004/05) | 174 | 75 | 53 | 46 | 278 | 1.598 | 3 |
| 5 | JCT FC | 10 (1996/97-2005/06) | 191 | 63 | 68 | 60 | 257 | 1.346 | 8 |
| 6 | Mahindra United | 9 (1996/97-2005/06) | 181 | 63 | 48 | 70 | 237 | 1.309 | 9 |
| 7 | Dempo Sports Club | 8 (1996/97-1999/00, 2002/03-2005/06) | 137 | 52 | 47 | 38 | 203 | 1.482 | 5 |
| 8 | Vasco Sports Club | 5 (2000/01-2004/05) | 110 | 40 | 38 | 32 | 158 | 1.436 | 7 |
| 9 | Tollygunge Agragami | 6 (1999/00-2004/05) | 132 | 29 | 46 | 57 | 133 | 1.008 | 13 |
| 10 | FC Kochin | 5 (1997/98-2001/02) | 94 | 30 | 27 | 37 | 117 | 1.247 | 10 |
| 11 | Sporting Clube de Goa | 3 (2003/04-2005/06) | 61 | 27 | 16 | 18 | 97 | 1.590 | 4 |
| 12 | Air India | 5 (1996/97-1998/99,2000/01,2005/06) | 71 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 82 | 1.155 | 11 |
| 13 | Indian Telephone Industries | 4 (1999/00-2002/03) | 88 | 16 | 30 | 42 | 78 | 0.886 | 16 |
| 14 | Indian Bank | 4 (1996/97-1997/98,2002/03-2003/04) | 76 | 16 | 16 | 44 | 64 | 0.842 | 18 |
| 15 | State Bank of Travancore | 3 (1999/00-2000/01,2004/05) | 66 | 15 | 17 | 34 | 62 | 0.939 | 14 |
| 16 | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Sports Club | 2 (2001/02-2002/03) | 44 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 39 | 0.886 | 17 |
| 17 | Mohammedan Sporting Club | 2 (2003/04,2005/06) | 39 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 0.923 | 15 |
| 18 | Fransa Pax FC | 2 (2004/05-2005/06) | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 1.098 | 12 |
| 19 | Border Security Force | 1 (1999/00) | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 0.773 | 19 |
| 20 | Punjab Police | 1 (2001/02) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 0.545 | 20 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ The latest names are used for clubs who had name changes, e.g. Mahindra United was formerly known as Mahindra & Mahindra.
[edit] References
- 11th "ONGC Cup" National Football League 2006/07
- 2.Division National Football League 2006/07
- 3.Division National Football League 2006/07
[edit] External links
- the-aiff.com - Official website of the All India Football Federation
- indianfootball.com - Indian football site
- kolkatafootball.com - Bengali football site
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