Bengaluru FC wallop MEG

Bengaluru FC Media 

Beikhokhei and Siam scored a brace each as Bengaluru Football Club ran out 6-1 winners over MEG in a BDFA Super Division game at the Bangalore Football Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Wednesday. Kim Song Yong and Alwyn George scored the other goals for the Blues, who have now won all three games in the Division, scoring 18 goals in total. 

Ashley Westwood handed starts to Hanghal and Malsawmzuala as CK Vineeth and Beikhokhei were rested. And it didn’t take long for the Blues to take the lead with Kim unleashing a peach of a strike from over 25 yards out, leaving ’keeper Amith wrong footed in the MEG goal.

Bengaluru’s second came in similar fashion when, after exchanging passes with Nishu Kumar, Alwyn George curled one in for Hanghal to direct home past Amith. The midfielder scored his second in the 40th minute when he lobbed home from a tight angle after a quick one-two with Udanta to make it 3-0.

With a comfortable lead going into the break, the gaffer rung in two changes, sending on Keegan Pereira and Beikhokhei in place of Nishu and Kim. It didn’t take long for the Blues to extend their lead with Alwyn scoring his second of the day, tapping home Rino Anto’s cross from close range.
Beikhokhei peeled off the MEG defense to meet Udanta’s cut back and get his name on the scoresheet for the second time as a substitute in the tournament to make it 5-0, before scoring another with a lobbed finish past Amith.

MEG claimed a consolation goal in the dying moments of the game when skipper Ajiraj K’s perfectly placed free-kick found the net off the crossbar beyond a hapless Srijit S. in the Blues goal. Bengaluru next face Students Union on Monday. 

FIFA Live Your Goals - girls grassroots football festival at Bangalore

In an attempt to pull in more young female players across a greater diversity of regions and cultures to football, FIFA has introduced the Live Your Goals program. Over the past few week’s nations as diverse as Dominican Republic, Cameroon and Malta all conducted events, thus providing just a small sample of the program’s broad reach.

A similar grassroots football program was conducted at the Bangalore Football Stadium today morning. Nearly 60 girls of 6 to 12 years of age from various corner of the Bangalore including the rural fringes took part in the program. 

ASC suffer their second successive defeat

In the Super Division match played at the Bangalore Football Stadium, last year’s Super Division champion, ASC, faltered yet again by going down to South United 2-3. Meanwhile, South United registered their second win from as many matches. 

South’s Solai Malai opened the account in the 26th minute after he received the ball from the left flank from Magesh and coolly placed the ball behind the net. Just two minutes later, Manivanan’s powerful shot from a thru ball from Subash gave them their second goal. The third goal for South United came in 51st minute from a header from Magesh. 

ASC struggled throughout to penetrate deep into the South United’s territory. It was only when last year’s top scorer Jotin Singh who scored one from a goal-mouth melee in the 60th minute. Deepak scored the second goal for ASC in the 71st minute. In spite several attempts, ASC failed to score the equalizer. 

Bengaluru score eleven past Income Tax

Bengaluru FC Media 

Four goals from second-half substitute CK Vineeth gave Bengaluru FC a mammoth 11-0 win over a hapless Income Tax side in a BDFA Super Division game at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Sunday.

With the I-League less than two weeks away, Ashley Westwood decided to give as many boys a look in, heavily tweaking the side that beat ASC 1-0 in the campaign opener. John Johnson and Kim Song-Yong were rested as were Udanta Singh, Nishu Kumar and Lalthuammawia Ralte.

The Blues went into half-time with a 2-0 lead after Keegan Pereira opened the scoring with a peach of a finish in the 25th minute. Daniel Lalhlimpuia made it 2-0 from the spot after Income Tax ’keeper Nicolas brought down Len Doungel in the box.

Bengaluru rung in all of their three changes at halftime with CK Vineeth, Alwyn George and NS Manju replacing Lalhlimpuia,Doungel and Curtis Osano. Vineeth’s thumping header in the 59th minute off a Beikhokhei Beingaichho cross made it 3-0 before Bengaluru smashed home three more  - Vineeth, Manju and an own goal - in a space of four minutes, as Income Tax were clueless at what had hit them.

Vineeth completed his hat-trick in the 75th minute when, after smartly exchanging a one-two with Beikho, he shot home with ease.

Alwyn got into the act only five minutes later to ensure all substitutes were on the scoresheet when he picked up a rebound of his own shot at goal to put Bengaluru’s eighth goal away.

Having clocked a brilliant shift down the right all game, Beikho got a reward of his own when he finished off a string of passes with a deft placement beyond Nicolas six minutes to time. But at 10-0, Bengaluru weren’t done yet, this time Siam Hanghal scoring in the 90th before the referee called a halt to IT’s misery with the full-time whistle. Bengaluru FC next take on MEG on Wednesday. 

BDFA Super Division - Bengaluru register 1-0 win over ASC

Bengaluru FC Media

A second half strike from CK Vineeth secured three points as Bengaluru FC started their BDFA Super Division League campaign with a 1-0 win over ASC at the Bangalore Football Stadium, in Bengaluru, on Thursday.

Blues gaffer Ashley Westwood handed starts to summer signings Alwyn George, Nishu Kumar and Salam Ranjan Singh as the Blues started well, dominating possession. Alwyn was in the thick of the action from the start, linking up with Udanta, who did well to pick out Kim in the 36th minute, but his header went inches wide of the far post.

Blues striker CK Vineeth had the best chance of the first half, connecting well with Udanta’s cross to send a rasping strike on target but ASC ’keeper AK Balwant was at hand to make the save. Despite consistent spurts at the opposition defence, it was all square the break as both teams headed into the tunnel.

Bengaluru started the second half with the gaffer making three changes, sending on Seiminlen Doungel, Daniel Lalhlimpuia and Curtis Osano for Udanta, Kim Song Yong and John Johnson. The Blues found the net on the hour mark with Alwyn setting Nishu free down the right, the India U19 international picking out CK Vineeth to smash home past Balwant.

ASC had a rare chance in the 77th minute when midfielder Dawa found himself at the end of a cross from Deepak, but Blues’ ’keeper Lalthuammawia Ralte came off his line to deny the equalizer. Bengaluru had a chance to double their lead when Nishu’s lobbed pass found Daniel through on goal, but the striker’s shot was inches high of Balwant’s crossbar.

Balwant was in the thick of the action once again, after Daniel did well to find Doungel free inside the box. Bengaluru face Income Tax in their second clash of the BDFA Super Division League on Sunday.

Fixture - BDFA Super Division League 2015-16

• December 21, 2015, 3.30 pm: SAI 1 (Rajkiran-45') Vs DYES 1 (Annappa–7')
• December 22, 2015, 3.30 pm: CIL 0 Vs Income Tax 0 
• December 23, 2015, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 1 (CK Vineeth-65') Vs ASC 0 
• December 24, 2015, 3.30 pm: Students Union 0 Vs South United 1 (SunilKumar-68')
• December 25, 2015, 3.30 pm: RWF Vs DYES
  Due to unavoidable circumstance, BDFA have postponed December 25 matches to later date.
• December 26, 2015, 3.30 pm: MEG 3 (Ajiraj Philip-1', 5', Ramu-80') Vs SAI 1 (Rajkiran- 38')
• December 27, 2015, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 11 (Keegan Pereira-25'. Daniel Lahlimpuia-45'. CK Vineeth-59', 64', 75', 83', NS Manju-67', Alwyn George-68', 80', Beikhokmei Beingakhho-84', Siam Hanghal-90') Vs Income Tax 0   
• December 28, 2015, 3.30 pm: Ozone FC 4 (Vivekananda-14', Anto Xavier-29', Don Bosco-58', Dinesh-89') Vs CIL 2 (Satish- 59', RC Prakash-75' [Pen])
• December 29, 2015, 3.30 pm: ASC 2 (Jotin Singh-60', Deepak-71') Vs South United 3 (Solai Malai- 26', Manivanan-28', Magesh-51')
• December 30, 2015, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 6 (Kim Yong Song-2', Alwyn George – 21', 50', Siam Hanghal-40', Beikho Beingaichho-59', 67') Vs MEG 1 (Ajiraj-92')
• December 31, 2015, 3.30 pm: Income Tax 2 (AD Kumar-62', 88') Vs DYES 1 (Annappa-15')
• January 1, 2016, 3.30 pm: South United 0 Vs MEG 0 
• January 2, 2016, 3.30 pm: SAI 1 (Sridhar-57') Vs ASC 4 (Ramachandran-8', 48', 65', 86') 
• January 3, 2016, 3.30 pm: CIL 1 (Pradeep-24') Vs MEG 3 (N Hmar-21', Charanjit Singh-79', 90')
• January 4, 2016, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 2 (Pawan-2', 25') Vs Students Union 0 
• January 5, 2016, 3.30 pm: South United 0 Vs Ozone FC 1 (Akshaya Kumar-90'+2') 
• January 6, 2016, 3.30 pm: CIL 2 (RC Prakash-35', Sathish-83') Vs SAI 0   
• January 7, 2016, 3.30 pm: ASC 7 (Jotin Singh-24', 32', 53', Thiagarajan-45+1', 73', Bobi-77) Vs RWF 1 (Shamanth-36') 
• January 8, 2016, 3.30 pm: CIL 0 Vs Students Union 1 (Xavier Vijaykumar-75') 
• January 9, 2016, 3.30 pm: MEG 0 Vs DYSS 0 
• January 12, 2016, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 1 (Rishab-90'+4' [P]) Vs Ozone FC 1 (Anto Xavier-45'1')
• January 13, 2016, 3.30 pm: RWF 2 (John-12', Regin-53') Vs DYES 0 
• January 14, 2016, 3.30 pm: South United 1 (Sunil K umar-40') Vs SAI 0  
• January 16, 2016, 3.30 pm: Students Union 1 Vs DYES 2
• January 17, 2016, 3.30 pm: Ozone FC  4 (Anto Xaver-23', 78', Amoes-46', Akshay Kumar-68') Vs Income Tax 2 (AD Kumar-39', Amal Deepak Pai-88' [P])
• January 18, 2016, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 0 Vs RWF 1
• January 19, 2016, 3.30 pm: MEG 1 (N Hmar-12') vs ASC 0
• January 20, 2016, 3.30 pm: South United 1 (Subash-39') Vs DYES 1 (Santhosh-29') 
• January 21, 2016, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 0 Vs CIL 1 (Vignesh Srinivas-34') 
• February 22, 2016, 3.30 pm: SAI 4 (Vignesh D-30', Sridhar-39', Azar [OG]-75', Stephen Raj-82') Vs RWF 3 (NandaKumar-21', 76',  Mani-24')
• February 23, 2016, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 1 (Vishal Kumar–80') Vs DYES 1 (Harish–40')
• February 24, 2016, 3.30 pm: Income Tax 1 (AD Kumar-20') Vs SAI 1 (Vijay-62')  
• February 25, 2016, 3.30 pm: SAI 0 Vs Students Union 1 (Nanda–30')
• February 26, 2016, 3.30 pm: RWF Vs South United
• February 28, 2016, 3.30 pm: Ozone 1 (Sanju Kumar-90'+1') Vs SAI 0  
• February 29, 2016, 3.30 pm: SAI 3 (Vignesh D-10', Raj Kiran-60', Vijay-79') Vs Bengaluru FC 2 (Mayank -80', Manju-89') 
• March 1, 2016, 1.30 pm: DYES 3 (Santhosh-12', 41', Annappa-54') Vs CIL 2 (RC Praksh-3', Carlton-29' )
• March 1, 2016, 3.30 pm: Ozone 3 (Anto Xavier-58', 63', Sanjukumar-90') Vs Students Union 0 
• March 2, 2016, 1.30 pm: MEG 4 (Christopher-31', Lijin-40', 70', Ramu-51') Vs RWF 1 (Prakash-55')
• March 2, 2016, 3.30 pm: Bengaluru FC 0 Vs South United 2 (Manju [OG]-7', Santhosh-33')
• March 3, 2016, 1.30 pm: Students Union 3 (C Moumadou-27', 28, Madan-59') Vs Income Tax 1 (AD Kumar-9')
• March 3, 2016, 3.30 pm: Ozone 3 (Anto Xavier-8', 79', Akshay kumar-81') Vs ASC 0 
• March 4, 2016, 1.30 pm: MEG 4 (Christopher-14', Nugrilal Hamar- 58', 86', Ramu-70') Vs Income Tax 1 (AD Kumar-46') 
• March 4, 2016, 3.30 pm: South United 2 (Manivanan-41', Subash-50'[P]) Vs CIL 0 
• March 5, 2016, 1.30 pm: ASC 5 (Jotin Singh-5', 41', 46', Saroj Roy-61', 82') Vs DYES 0 
• March 5, 2016, 3.30 pm: Ozone 7 (Amoes-26', 66', Anto Xavier-29', 45'+1', Sukesh Leon-32', 44', Karthick-38') Vs RWF 2 (Prakash-18', Regin-57[p])
• March 6, 2016, 1.30 pm: MEG 0 Vs Students Union 0 
• March 6, 2016, 3.30 pm: ASC 4 (Thiruvanakarasu-27', 57', Deepak-45'+1', Kiran-78'[OG]) Vs Income Tax 1 (Ramesh-30') 
• March 13, 2016, 1.30 pm: Ozone 3 (Don Bosco-4', Anup Raj-8', Anto Xavier-55') Vs DYES 0 
  * No matches held on March 7, played on March 13.  
• March 15, 2016, 3.30 pm: RWF 1 (Surya-56') Vs CIL 1 (Stalin D-52')
  * No matches held on March 7, played on March 15 
• March 9, 2016, 1.30 pm: Income Tax 1 (Kirna -17' [OG]) Vs RWF 0 
• March 9, 2016, 3.30 pm: ASC 1 (Bobichand-13') Vs CIL 1 (RC Prakash-54')
• March 10, 2016, 1.30 pm: Students Union 0 Vs RWF 1 (Rajesh-60')
• March 10, 2016, 3.30 pm: South United 7 (Senthil-6', Santhosh-8', 62', Mahesh-31', 76', Pravaruth-82', Manivanan-85') Vs Income Tax 0 
• March 13, 2016: South United 1 (Subhash-56') Vs RWF 0  
• March 14, 2016, 1.30 pm: Students Union 0 Vs ASC 2 (Saroj Rai-45', Jotin Singh-56') 
• March ??, 2016, 3.30 pm: MEG 2 (Hamar-58', Asif-83') Vs Ozone 3 (Brojendro 46'-[OG], Sanju Kumar-53', Anto Xavier-64') 

Fixture - BDFA A Division League 2015-16

1. 21-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: Jawahar Union 0 Vs Bangalore Eagles 1 (Kiran R-81') 
2. 22-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: ADE 0 Vs AGORC 0 
3. 23-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: Postal 2 (Wesley-19', Subba-59') Vs Young Challengers 0 
4. 24-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Independents 2 (Zabi-56', 58') Vs BUFC 0  
5. 25-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: ADE Vs Bangalore Eagles
   
   Due to unavoidable circumstance, BDFA have postponed December 25 matches to later date.  
6. 26-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: AGORC 4 (Dada Nabeel-20', 72', 80'+2', Muralidharan-68') Vs Jawahar Union 1 (Rushil-34')
7. 27-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Independents 5 (Nadeem-22', Aron-47', Karthick-57', 60', Shivakumr-63') Vs Young Challengers 1 (Sathyaraj-72')
8. 28-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: Postal 2 (Suhas-36', Irfan-43') Vs BUFC 1 (Sharath – 20')
9. 29-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: LRDE 0 Vs Bangalore Eagles 3 (Arunkumar-27', Satish- 61', Dinesh-80')
10. 30-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: Jawahar Union 0 Vs ADE 1 (Prem-35')
11. 31-Dec, 2015, 1:30 PM: AGORC 2 (Dada Nabeel-4, Praveen-60') Vs Young Challengers 1 (Sudhakar-1')
12. 1-Jan, 2015, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Independents 0 Vs Postal 0
13. 2-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: AGORC 1 (Dada Nabeel-57') Vs BUFC 0 
14. 3-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Eagles 2 (Sunil-20', Sathishkumar-39' [P]) Vs Postal 0 
15. 4-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Young Challengers 0 Vs Jawahar Union 1 (Hriday-69')
16. 5-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: AGORC 1 (Dada Nabeel-26') Vs Bangalore Independents 0 
17. 6-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Postal 1 (Wesley-52') Vs Jawahar Union 2 (Athul-20', 24')
18. 7-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Eagles 6 (Arunkumar-5', 22', 25', 75', Satishkumar-51', 53') Vs Young Challengers 3 (Sathi- 46', 73', Arujun-70') 
19. 8-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Jawahar Union 0 Vs BUFC 0 
20. 9-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Independents 2 (Raghu-36', Raghu-36') Vs Bangalore Eagles 1 (Dinesh-50')  
21. 12-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: ADE 4 (Prem-52, Richard-57', 63', Antony-69') Vs LRDE 1 (Ravi-58') 
22. 13-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: AGORC 2 (Dada Nabeel-2', Naresh-16') Vs Posal 0 
23. 14-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: BUFC 4 (Clivert-15', 20', Ganesh-36', Siddarth-74') Vs Young Challengers 1 (Arjun-6')
24. 15-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: ADE 3 (Richards-5, Kapilan-70', Kapilan-70') Vs Bangalore Eagles 2 (Raghu-31', 38')
25. 17-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Eagles 0 Vs BUFC 1 (Emmanuel-25')
26. 18-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Postal 3 Vs LRDE 1  
27. 19-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: ADE 4 (Prem-58', 63', Nickey-68', Kapilan-79') Vs Young Challengers 0
28. 20-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: AGORC 1 (Muralidharen-32') Vs LRDE 0
29. 21-Jan, 2016, 12 PM: ADE 1 (Kapilan–51') Vs Bangalore Eagles 0 
30. 21-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Independents 0 Vs Jawahar Union 1 (Vignesh Srinivas-34') 
31. 22-Jan, 2016, 1:30 PM: LRDE 3 (Edwin George–3', Hemanth-19', Stalin-57') Vs Young Challengers 0 
32. 23-Feb, 2016, 1:30 PM: BUFC 0 Vs ADE 1 (Prem-10') 
33. 24-Feb, 2016, 1:30 PM: Jawahar Union 2 (Saarang-13', Zaib-30') Vs LRDE 3 (Saravana Lokesh-11', 22', Nigil-31') 
34. 25-Feb, 2016, 1:30 PM: AGORC 6 (Naresh-11', Dada Nabeel -18', 25', 35', 38', Jaikumar-40') Vs Bangalore Eagles 1 (Satish Kumar-8')
35. 28-Feb, 2016, 1:30 PM: ADE 2 (Sarath-9', Steve Hanson-10') Vs Postal 1 (Naveen Kumar-31') 
36. 29-Feb, 2016, 1:30 PM: BUFC 2  Vs LRDE 1  
37. 14-March, 2016, 1:30 PM: Bangalore Independents 0 Vs LRDE 1 (Hemanatha–12')

[NOTICE] Referees Committee to conduct entrance and promotional exam

Referees Committee of Karnataka will be conducting an entrance and promotional examination at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Sunday, December 20.

Interested candidates can walk in to attend the examination with original 10th Grade (SSLC) marks card and photograph.

Here’s the examination schedule:

• 7 am - physical fitness (Bangalore Football Stadium)
• 12 pm - theory written examination (West Wing, Bangalore Football Stadium)

State women's football team to play in Senior National South Zone qualifier

The Karnataka state women's football team will be participating in the South Zone qualifier 21st Senior National Football Championship 2015-16. The zonal qualification matches will be held at Trichy, Tamil Nadu from December 19 to 27. 

The championship is divided in five zone - North, South, East, West, and North-East. South zone comprises of five states - Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Karnataka, and Telengana. The top two teams from each zone will succeed to the final stage. 

The State team, consisting players mostly from Bangalore, is coached by Chitra Gangadharan start their campaign against Telengana tomorrow. 

Team
Cristal Ann Pinto, Nischita Kaverappa, Sadhana S Holla, Ashwitha Shetty, Kavya V, Roopa G, Geetha R, Riddhi R, Radhika E, Aishwarya Vijayakumar, Amoolya Kamal, Paromita Sit, Trupthi Gangamma, Sagarika, Geethika Basapa, Carol Coutinho, Lilly Mary Thomas, Srushti Bhaskar, Srushti B R, Roopa V 
Chitra Gangadhran (Coach), Josephine Freeda (Manager) 


Schedule 

• 19-12-2015: Karnataka 3 (Amoolya Kamal-41', 69', 89') Vs Telngana 1 (Roja-78')
• 21-12-2015: Karnataka 0 Vs Pondicherry 4 (K Indumathi-15', S Pradeepa-31', Sandhiya-40', N Amsavalli-48') 
• 23-12-2015: Karnataka Vs Kerala 
• 27-12-2015: Karnataka Vs Tamil Nadu 

Source: The Hindu 

Bengaluru U-18 team go down to Minerva Academy

Bengaluru FC Media  

Bengaluru FC under 18 team faced Minerva Academy FC from Punjab in the opening match of Rest of  
India A of the U-18 I-League at the Guru Nanak Stadium, in Ludhiana today. 

The lads went down 2-0 to Minerva Academy- a goal from Rohit Jamat in the 24th minute gave Minerva the lead going into the break before Amarjit doubled the advantage in the 82nd minute to settle the tie in favour of the home side. 

Fateh Hyderabad FC (Hyderabad) and Lonestar Kashmir FC (Kashmir) are the other two teams in the Blue Colts’ group, from which only one team will qualify for the final round alongside another from Rest of India B.

Divided into five zones based on their geographical location, 29 teams in this year’s U18 I-League would play on home-and-away basis against each other within the groups. Two teams from each zone will advance to the next stage. With two groups within the Rest of India zone, only one team from the Blues Colts’ group will move forward to the next round. 

The Blue Colts will next face Lonestar Kashmir FC in their second group game on Wednesday.

Squad 

Srijit S., Anthony Thomas, Bill Clinton, Jonathan Piers, Joshua Nallapalli, Prashanth Kalinga, Niraad Bose, Pradeep Ramesh, Nishant Bhatt, Rishabh Agarwal, Pavan S, Shelton Paul, Anto Rushi, Kapil Tyagi, Mayank Hebbar, Kuldeep Singh, Deepak Kumar, Sasurya S, Gaurav Jhangiani and Glenn Sanjay.

Coach/Team Manager: Richard Hood 
Physiotherapist: Illahi Zahoor

Bengaluru to play against clubs from Malaysia, Laos, and Myanmar in AFC Cup

Bengaluru FC Media 

Bengaluru FC have been grouped alongside Lao Toyota FC, Ayeyawady FC and one of Johor Darul Ta’zim or Pahang FC in Group H of the 2016 AFC Cup, at the draw conducted here at the Asian Football Confederations’ Club Workshop, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Thursday. Having qualified as cup winners after securing the Federation Cup last season, Head Coach Ashley Westwood is confident of his side putting on a good show in Asia once again.

“I’m happy and excited that the draw has finally taken place as it’s been a long wait since we experienced the AFC Cup last season. We enjoyed our time in the competition last year and we gave a good account of ourselves. We’re looking to do the same again this season,” said Westwood.

With the Blues travelling to previously unchartered territory in Laos and Myanmar, Westwood is confident that the trips will help broaden his side’s experience on the Asian circuit.

“You can’t really say whether the draw has been favorable or not, because all the teams are in it by virtue of being champions or cup winners from their own countries. What stands out is two countries we’ve not played in before with Myanmar and Laos. It’s an opportunity for the side to broaden their experience and we’re looking to go out there and put on good performances,” he said.

While Lao Toyota and Ayeyawady FC’s positions in the group are certain, Johor Darul Ta’zim, who won the competition last season will play in the AFC Champions League playoff. Should Johor fail to qualify to the group stages of the Champions League, the Blues would meet familiar foes in this season’s AFC Cup.

“We played Johor last season and put on a really good performance against them, so if it is to be them, it would be nice to face a side that we’re familiar with. Pahang recently had a good cup run in Malaysia and they have a good blend of foreigners and Malaysians, as does Johor,” Westwood opined.

The Blues begin their AFC Cup campaign with an away fixture against Lao Toyota FC on 24 February 2016.  

Schedule

• February 24, 2016: Lao Toyota FC Vs Bengaluru FC
• March 9, 2016: Bengaluru FC Vs Johor Darul Tazim/Pahang FC
• March 16, 2016: Ayeyawady FC Vs Bengaluru FC
• April 13, 2016: Bengaluru FC Vs Ayeyawady FC
• 27 APR, 2016: Bengaluru FC Vs Lao Toyota FC
• 11 MAY, 2016: Johor Darul Tazim/Pahang FC Vs Bengaluru FC 

Christ College lift President Cup

In a well fought final of the Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar Inter Collegiate President Cup, Christ College defeated Jain University 3-0. Both teams failed to break the deadlock in the regulation time. 

In the penalty shootout, Jain University boys failed to score against Christ’s three. S Arjun, Alex, and Majuhid were the goal scorers for Christ College.  

• Winner - Christ College
• Runners up - Jain University
• 3rd position - St. Josephs Commerce College

Individual awards  

• Best Goal Keeper - Calvin (St.Joseph Commerce College)
• Best Defender - Shanon (Christ College)
• Best Mid fielder - Pradeep Kumar (Jain university)
• Best Forward - Jhon Gilbert (St.Joseph College, Shantinagar) 
• Player of the Tournament – Namman (Christ College)