BFC Corporate Football Rumble - Day 1

Bengaluru FC Media 

Hewlett Packard registered a thumping 7-0 victory over Arbor Brewing Company while defending champions Thompson Reuters beat ITC Infotech 6-1 in Groups B and D respectively on day one of the BFC Corporate Football Rumble 2015 at the Bangalore Football Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Saturday. The goals for HP came from Strukt (2), Paul (2), Solomon (2), and Arjun. Thompson Reuters’ goal scorers were Kalai, Surender, Dario (2), Nikhil and Reynold. The loan goal for ITC was netted by Prince.

In other matches, KPMG blanked ITC 6-0 with prolific goal scorer Umashankar finding the net four times and Bharath twice.  There was more grief for Arbor as they suffered a 5-0 defeat to SIEMENS in another Group B encounter. Raju (3), Harshit, and Odneil found the net for SIEMENS.  In Group C, Amazon beat Ernst and Young 4-2 and lost to ANZ 2-0, while EYFC beat ANZ 2-0.

The final round of group games take place tomorrow, with the knock-out rounds scheduled for later in the day.

Shivajians stops fine Bengaluru run in DSK Cup

BFC Media 

An extra-time goal from Cameroonian striker Aser Pierrick Dipanda consigned Bengaluru FC to a 1-0 defeat at the hands of home side DSK Shivajians A, ending the Blues’ run at the semifinal stage of the DSK Cup at the DSK Dream City football ground, in Pune, on Friday. The Blues side, comprising five academy players in the starting XI, showed tremendous levels of fitness to put on an impressive display but a goal on the counter secured progress for the hosts, who will play one of Dempo SC or Gangtok Himalayan SC in the final.

Bengaluru started on the attack, building up from midfield and recycling possession well to create a few chances down the flanks. Accompanied by a 16-year-old Shelton Paul in attack, North Korean striker Kim Song Yong came close to breaking the deadlock with a header that skimmed off the DSK woodwork in the 16^th minute.

Dipanda seemed to be at the end of every Shivajians move, with a first chance blocked by Blues’ defender Joshua Nallapalli before another attempt going high and wide of the frame at the stroke of half time.

Chances from both sides went wide in the second half as another goalless 45 minutes ensued. Bengaluru sent on U19 players Jonathan Piers and Akshay Kumar as a midfield battle ensued. Substitute Beikhokhei Beingaichho and Alwyn George combined well at the death but little changed as the first semifinal of the tournament went into extra time.

Bengaluru started on the offense in the added thirty but crosses from Beingaichho and Alwyn did little to trouble Shivajians ’keeper Abhishek Das, who did well to collect. Minutes into the second half of extra time, a long clearance from Shivajians defender Don Bosco found Dipanda in the Bengaluru third. The 26-year-old made no mistake as he placed his shot past a hapless Sharath K in the Bengaluru goal.

Bengaluru  gave it their all in search of an equalizer and almost found one when Kim headed Beingaichho’s free-kick inches wide of the target with five minutes left to play. Despite frequent forays into the DSK box, it wasn’t to be a night of comebacks.

Bengaluru down Salgaocar 3-1 to enter DSK Cup semis

Bengaluru FC Media  

Bengaluru FC booked a spot in the semifinals of the DSK Cup with a 3-1 win over Salgaocar FC at the DSK Dream City football ground, in Pune, on Wednesday. Beikhokhei Beingaichho and Alwyn George sent the Blues into a 2-0 first half lead before James Fernandes pulled one back for the Goa side. Kim Song Yong scored his fifth goal of the tournament to secure victory for the Blues, who will face DSK Shivajians A in the semifinals on Friday.

The Blues shot into an early lead with Beingaichho scoring his second goal of the tournament with a curling effort from the edge of the area that bulged the net past a diving Bruno Colaco in the Salgaocar goal.

A midfield battle ensued with both sides fighting hard for possession but it was the Blues who made the most of it with Alwyn heading home after some good work down the right flank by Blues defender NS Manju. Dribbling past two Salgaocar players, Manju sent in a curler that found the head of Alwyn, who made no mistake to double Bengaluru’s advantage at the stroke of half-time.

Salgaocar halved the deficit early in the second half with James Fernandes’ cross beating everyone in the box to sneak its way into the far post past a hapless Sharath in the BFC goal. Bengaluru, however, responded well, with shots from Manju and Alwyn inches off target.

Kim Song Yong restored Bengaluru’s two-goal lead in the 68th minute, collecting a through pass from Alwyn before slotting past a charging Colaco to make it 3-1. Clifton Dias came close to scoring Salgaocar’s second with an effort that rattled the Bengaluru woodwork but the Blues defence stood solid as they protected the lead and advanced to the last four of the tournament. 

Fixture: Bengaluru FC Inter School Soccer Shield - U12

Group A	Group B	Group B	Group D
Mallya Aditi Intl	Jain Heritage	Greenwood High School	DPS, South
Vibgyor High School	Ryan Intl Bannerghatta, CBSE	Ryan Intl, Yellahanka	Jain International Res School
DPS, North	Deens Academy	DPS, East	Ryan Intl Bannerghatta ICSE
FAPS	Inventure Academy	Head Start Academy	Indus Intl School

Fixture

1. October 7, 2015, 8 am: Mallya Aditi 1 Vs FAPS 3 
2. October 7, 2015, 9 am: VIBGYOR HS 1 vs DPS, North 0
3. October 7, 2015, 10 am: Jain Heritage 0 Vs Inventure Academy 5
4. October 7, 2015, 11 am: Ryan Intl Bannerghatta CBSE 0 Vs Deens Academy 7
5. October 7, 2015, 12 pm: Ryan Intl Yellahanka 0 Vs DPS, East 6
6. October 7, 2015, 1 pm: DPS, South 2 Vs Indus Intl 3 
7. October 7, 2015, 2 pm: Jain Intl Res School 1 Vs Ryan Intl ICSE 4
8. October 7, 2015, 3 pm: Mallya Aditi 1 Vs Vibgyor HS 2
9. October 7, 2015, 4 pm: DPS, North 1 Vs FAPS 0
10. October 7, 2015, 5 pm: Greenwood High 3 Vs Head Start Academy 1
11. October 8, 2015, 8 am: Jain Heritage 6 Vs Ryan Intl Bannerghatta CBSE 0
12. October 8, 2015, 9 am: Deens Academy 1 Vs Inventure Academy 5
13. October 8, 2015, 10 am: DPS, East 3 Vs Head Start Academy 1
14. October 8, 2015, 11 am: DPS, South 3 Vs Jain Intl Res School 1
15. October 8, 2015, 12 pm: Ryan Intl Bannerghatta ICSE 0 Vs Indus Intl 1
16. October 8, 2015, 1 pm: Mallya Aditi 6 Vs DPS, North 2
17. October 8, 2015, 2 pm: Vibgyor HS 0 Vs FAPS 2
18. October 8, 2015, 3 pm: Jain Heritage 1 Vs Deens Academy 3
19. October 8, 2015, 4 pm: Ryan Intl Bannerghatta CBSE 0 Vs Inveture Academy 12
20. October 8, 2015, 5 pm: Greenwood High 3 Vs Ryan Intl Yellahanka 0
21. October 9, 2015, 8 am: Ryan Intl Yellahanka Vs Head Start Academy 
22. October 9, 2015, 9 am: DPS, South Vs Ryan Intl Bannerghatta, ICSE
23. October 9, 2015, 10 am: Jain Intl Res School Vs Indus Intl
24. October 9, 2015, 11 am: Greenwood High Vs DPS, East
25. October 9, 2015, 1 pm - Quarter Final 1: (Group A Winner) FAPS 0 vs (Group B Runner) Deens Academy 0 (3-1 penalties); 
26. October 9, 2015, 2 pm - Quarter Final 2: (Group B Winners) Inventure 2 (Harsha, Shyam) vs (Group A Runners) Vibgyor 1 (Aditya) 
27. October 9, 2015, 3 pm - Quarter Final 3: (Group C Winners) Greenwood 3 (Siddharth 2, Suman) vs (Group D Runners) Indus International 0
28. October 9, 2015, 4 pm - Quarter Final 4: (Group D Winners) DPS East 6 (Shreyas 3, Mohull, Amogh, Siddharth) vs (Group C Runners) DPS South 0 
29. October 10, 2015, 9 am - Semi Final 1: (QF1) FAPS vs (QF2) Inventure
30. October 10, 2015, 10 am - Semi Final 2: (QF3) Greenwood vs (QF4) DPS East
31. October 10, 2015, 4.15 am - Final: SF1 vs SF2

Fixture: Bengaluru FC Inter School Soccer Shield - U10

Group A	Group B
Head Start Educational Academy	Inventure Academy
FAPS	Vidhyashilp Academy
Jain Heritage School	Greenwood International
Deens Academy	Mallya Aditi International
DPS, North	DPS, East

Fixture

1. October 7, 2015, 10 am: Head Start 6 Vs DPS, North 0
2. October 7, 2015, 10 am: FAPS 0 Vs Deens Academy 1
3. October 7, 2015, 11 am: Inventure Academy 0 Vs DPS, East 2
4. October 7, 2015, 11 am: Vidhyashilp Academy 0 Vs Mallya Aditi 0
5. October 7, 2015, 12 pm: Head Start 5 Vs Jain Heritage 0
6. October 7, 2015, 12 pm: FAPS 1 Vs DPS, North 4
7. October 7, 2015, 1 pm: Vidhyashilp Academy 1 Vs DPS, East 1
8. October 7, 2015, 1 pm: Jain Heritage 2 Vs Deens Academy 0
9. October 7, 2015, 2 pm: Greenwood 5 Vs Malya Aditi 1
10. October 7, 2015, 3.30 pm: Inventure Academy 0 Vs Greenwood 2
11. October 8, 2015, 10 am: Head Start 7 Vs Deens Academy 0
12. October 8, 2015, 10 am: FAPS 0 vs Jain Heritage 0
13. October 8, 2015, 11 am: Inventure Academy 0 Vs Mallya Aditi 0
14. October 8, 2015, 12 pm: Head Start 4 vs FAPS 0
15. October 8, 2015, 12 pm: Jain Heritage 1 Vs DPS, North 2
16. October 8, 2015, 1.30 pm: Inventure Academy 0 Vs Vidhyashilp 0
17. October 8, 2015, 2 pm: Greenwood 1 Vs DPS, East 1
18. October 8, 2015, 3.30 pm: Vidhya Shilp 0 Vs Greenwood 4
19. October 9, 2015, 10 am: Deens Academy 0 Vs DPS, North 3
20. October 9, 2015, 10 am: Mallya Aditi Vs DPS, East
21. October 9, 2015, 3 pm Semifinal 1: DPS East 0 Head Start 3 (Aryan, Yodhin-2)
22. October 9, 2015, 4 pm Semifinal 2: Greenwood 1 (Avaneesh) DPS North 0
23. October 10, 2015, 3 pm Final: Head Start vs Greenwood

[NOTICE] 6-a-side M@B Champions Trophy 2015

• Venue: Soccer City, Marathalli
• Date: Saturday, October 10 
• Time: 9.30 AM - 4.30 PM 
• 5+1 on the field with 3 rolling subs
• League-cum-knock out

Bengaluru FC to organize inter-school, college, and corporate tournaments

Bengaluru FC today announced the launch of the club's foray into various tournaments. Addressing the media at the Bangalore Football Stadium, the club also introduced various partners associated in this endeavor. 

BFC COO, Mustafa Ghouse announced that the Blues would be organizing three city-based tournaments in coming few months – Schools Shield - a school-level tournament for different age group, then College Face-off - inter-college tourney, and Corporate Rumble - a corporate challenge. 

The initiative will kick start with Schools Shield from October 7, followed by College Face-off from October 31. All the matches will be played in league-cum knockout format at the Bangalore Football Stadium. 

Club’s CTO, Mandar Tamhane, who is also the tournament director explained the various age categories applied in the school tournament. In U-10 age group will be played by 10 schools in 7-a-side format. U-12 category will be played by 16 schools in 9-a-side format, and U-14 category will be played by 16 schools in 11-a-side format. 

Home grown talent defender Vishal Kumar instated the importance of such tournament, which he was deprived in his days, “The interschool tournament should provide a good platform for aspiring kids. Talented wards can be selected to BFC soccer academy.” 

The press conference was also attended by the representatives from Karnataka State Football Association and Bangalore District Football Association. 

The following brands are partnering BFC: 

• Enerzal, a balanced energy drink 
• Radiocity 91.1   
• Sportz Arena, sports goods store in Bangalore
• SoccerTrac, track scores of local soccer league