મંગળવાર, 23 મે, 2017

Football Club Mohun Bagan had won Federation Cup


On 21st May, 2017, the Bengaluru Football Club Mohun Bagan had won with 2-0 the Federation Cup. The final event was held in Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha

Federation Cup is India’s first major football competition involving the clubs,it was established by the All India Football Federation in 1977.

Popular football tournaments of India :

·         Durand Cup
·         Santosh Trophy
·         Indian Super League(ISL)
·         Subroto Cup
·         IFA Shield
·         I-League(Hero I-League) etc.

Important facts about these tournaments are given below:

----The Durand Football Tournament or Durand Cup 

is a football competition in India which was first held in 1888. The Tournament is named after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary in charge of India from 1884 to 1894. Durand Cup is India’s oldest football tournament and is among the oldest in the world.


----Subroto Cup Football Tournament 

is one of the famous inter-school football tournament in India, named after the Indian Air Force Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee. It started in 1960 and has been conducted every year annually since then.



----The Santosh Trophy
is an association football knock-out competition contested by the regional state associations and government institutions under the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the sport's governing body in India. Before the start of the first national club league, the National Football League, in 1996, the Santosh Trophy was considered the top domestic championship in India. Many players who have represented India internationally played and gained notoriety while playing in the Santosh Trophy.The tournament is held every year with 31 teams who are divided into groups and who must qualify for the tournament proper through the preliminary round.The current champions are West Bengal, who won their 32nd title during the 2016–17 edition.



----The Indian Super League (ISL)

is a men's professional football league in India. The league is officially named the Hero Indian Super League for sponsorship reasons.Currently not a part of the Indian football pyramid, the league serves as one of the top tournaments in India, along with the domestic I-League. The league runs from October to early December, with a finals series determining the champion in mid-December.The league however is neither licensed by FIFA nor AFC.The Indian Super League was founded in 2013 in an effort to

----The IFA Shield

is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The Indian Football Association is the association governing football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the Association, the IFA Shield Tournament was started in the same year. It is one of the oldest football tournaments in India and the fourth oldest Cup in the world.
----The I-League,

officially known as the Hero I League due to sponsorship reasons, is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 10 clubs (currently), it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the I-League 2nd Division as well as a system of direct-entry. Seasons run from January to May, with teams playing 18 matches each, totalling 90 matches in the season. Most games are usually played in the afternoons during the weekends or midweeks.

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