Bengaluru FC part ways with Gaffer Westwood

Bengaluru FC, on Tuesday, announced that the club would be parting ways with coach Ashley Westwood by mutual consent, bringing to end a successful three-year association during which the Blues won two I-League titles and one Federation Cup crown. The Blues have also made the quarterfinals of the AFC Cup this season under Westwood and will look to go a step further when the continental competition resumes in September. 

The Englishman was at the helm of affairs since the club’s inception in 2013 where the Blues went on to stun Indian football by winning the I-League in its debut season. 2014 too was a successful season where Bengaluru won the Federation Cup, finished second in the League and made the knock-out stages in the AFC Cup. 

In his parting note Ashley said, "I am extremely proud of my time and achievements during my tenure at BFC. I came to the country with a blank canvas, tasked with helping to build a club from scratch, improve Indian football and to try to produce some players to go on to represent the country. I feel with 3 major trophies, multiple ‘Coach of the Year’ awards and developing as many as 10 players to go on to represent India across different ages, I have achieved all of my objectives. I would like to thank the players, staff and management team for their efforts and support and I also want to thank the most important and fundamental part of this club, the fans." 

Gaffer further added, "My time with BFC has been a memorable one and I'll never forget all that we achieved. I'm saddened to leave but I know I have left the club in a very strong position as Champions of India once again and safely through to the quarter finals in the AFC Cup. I wish the club all the best for the future."

From the club, their CEO Parth Jindal stated, "It's been an extremely difficult time for the management of the club to part ways with Ashley Westwood. The decision hasn’t been the easiest to take but like always, it is one made in the best interests of Bengaluru FC."

Former junior national and LRDE footballer Edwin passes away

Former Karnataka state junior and LRDE footballer S Babu, popularly known as Edwin, passed away today 6:30 am at the Bowring Hospital. Edwin was only 49 years old and was suffering from severe asthma for last 15 days. 

Hailing from the breeding ground of football, Gouthampuram, Edwin represented State in Junior Nationals in 1988. He used in play in mid-field position with outstanding knowledge about ball distribution. Edwin joined LRDE in 1992. 

He left behind his wife, a son, and a daughter.

His body was kept in Gouthamapuram, later taken to Ulsoor, LakshmiPuram Burial Ground. The burial took place at 5 pm.  

KSFA and BDFA  condoled the untimely death of the footballer. BDFA observed a minute of silence in today's C Division match between NP Kempe Gowda and Young Muslims. 

Bengaluru FC march into Last-8 of AFC Cup

Bengaluru FC Media 

Bengaluru FC carved history for themselves as the Blues marched into the quarterfinals of the AFC Cup beating Kitchee SC 3-2 in a pulsating game at the Mong Kok Stadium, in Hong Kong, on Wednesday. A brace from skipper Sunil Chhetri (31^st and 33^rd minute) and a winner from young Daniel Lalhlimpuia (51^st) sent Ashley Westwood’s boys through to the last-eight making them the only Indian club left in the competition.

The Blues bowed out at the same stage in the same stadium last season when they went down 2-0 to South China AA. But Bengaluru did more than just exorcise the ghosts rolling out a fantastic performance in every department on the pitch.

Kitchee shot into a 7^th minute lead when Rufino sneaked into the box and nodded home skipper Lo Kwan Yee’s cross from the right, on the bounce. Bengaluru got to work without much ado, passing the ball around and forcing freekicks and corners out of the hosts.

The Blues got really close from one such chance when Eugeneson Lyngdoh chose to smartly roll a freekick in the box, catching the Kitchee defence by surprise. But ’keeper Wang Zhenpeng charged out to keep attempts from Curtis Osano and Daniel Lalhlimpuia at bay.

However, the equalizer came just a minute later when Lyngdoh was brought down by Huang Yang in the box, prompting referee Fu Ming to point to the spot. Skipper Chhetri stepped up and sent an audacious chip over Zhenpeng who already committed to make it 1-1.

Chhetri’s second came only two minutes later and just like his first, it wasn’t short on class. A beautifully stitched move saw Rino send in a cross that was headed away by a Kitchee defender only to reach as far as Chhetri who smashed it home on the volley after picking his corner and silencing the Mong Kok.

But a moment of weakness in defence three minutes from half-time saw Kitchee capitalize to make it 2-2. Christian Kwesi slid one in the box as Paramo Jorge sneaked ahead of the Blues defence line, got past Osano and fired past Amrinder.

The tie being a knock-out meant that the away goals rule would not come into play and Bengaluru would need only a win to progress and Lalhlimpuia responded with what would eventually be enough. The youngster made the most to pounce on a poor back-pass by Kwesi, intercepting the ball and putting it past Zhenpeng to make it 3-2.

After the third it was the Blues’ show who kept the attacks constant but were let down by some wayward finishing.

Daniel had probably the best chance of the game in the 88^th minute when, after being sent through on goal and getting past Kitchee’s high line, the striker skipped past Zhenpeng only to shoot wide as the Blues bench watched in disbelief.

The misses however didn’t come back to haunt Bengaluru as the defence kept things tight to see the Indian champions past the line.

Bengaluru FC take on Kitchee in AFC Cup pre-quarter finals

Bengaluru FC Media

Bengaluru FC will eye the big chance to make the quarterfinal of the AFC Cup when they take on Kitchee SC in a vital one-off Round-of-16 fixture at the Mong Kok Stadium, in Hong Kong, on Wednesday.

The Blues put behind a slow start to string together wins and finish second behind Cup holders Johor Darul Ta’zim in Group H, earning them a spot in the knock-out stages of the competition for the second season running. And Technical Analyst Mathew Holland, who will be at the Bengaluru touchline as coach Ashley Westwood serves the third of his four-game suspension, hoped the team would rise to the occasion. “We’re up against a very tough team in Kitchee who have done well in the group stages. But so have we, getting wins in the middle. It’s a Round-of-16 game which is always going to be tricky but we are confident because we always prepare well. It’s going to be an exciting game,” said 

Holland while addressing the media on Tuesday.

Interestingly, the Blues are no strangers to the Mong Kok turf, having played South China AA at the same stage of the competition last season. The game ended 2-0 in favour of the Hong Kong side on a heavy surface but Blues midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh was confident of the team putting together a performance that would pull them across the line this time around.

“The mood in the dressing room is that of confidence. There’s a desire among the squad to go one better this season and we hope to be able to translate that desire on the pitch. When we played South China we had one eye on the I-League title decider against Mohun Bagan which we had to play three days later. This time around there’s no sharing of focus which is a good thing,” said Lyngdoh who was named midfielder of the I-League for a second season running.

Westwood has rolled out a unique playing XI in almost every game this season and it will be interesting to see how the gaffer approaches this one.

Kitchee finished top of Group F with four wins, one draw and a loss and conceded just once in the group stages and Bengaluru’s attack will have to be on top of their game if they are to take the game to the hosts. The Blues will however be without CK Vineeth who sits out with a sore shoulder while Kim Song Yong missed the trip owing to visa issues.

The game kicks off at 5.30 pm IST and will be televised live on Star Sports 4.

Fixture - BDFA C Division League 2015-16

A total of 82 teams are given entries in the BDFA C Division. Teams are divided in 16 Groups - A to P. The top team from each group will qualify for the knock-out stage. 4 semi-finalists will be promoted to the B Div for the 2016-17 season.

Group A	Group B	Group C
1. Bentex 2. Sporting Youths 3. Veterans 4. JJ Sports 5. Town SC, Hoskote	1. Tornados 2. Queens Stars 3. South India 4. Bangalore Wanderers 5. Netaji	1. Maharaja Socials 2. Nationals 3. Rovers 4. Navarathna 5. Sarvagna Nagar
Group D 1. Bosch 2. JS Sports  3. Rebels FC 4. ITC 5. Crescent	Group E 1. Vehicles 2. United FA  3. Hampinagar 4. Chinnappa Garden 5. Vinayaka	Group F 1. LA Masia 2. Indiranagar 3. C2 FC 4. Triveni 5. Bangalore Gunners
Group G 1. Blitz  2. Excelsior 3. Vijayanagar 4. Rabbani 5. Vel Social	Group H 1 East West  2 Indian Institute of Science 3 Young Muslims  4 NP Kempe Gowda 5 Sunrise	Group I 1 Bangalore Yellows 2 Binny 3 Young Gems 4. South Western Railway 5 Rangers
Group J 1. Koramangala  2. Muslim Heroes 3. Phantom 4. ECD 5. Reds United	Group K 1. Young Boys 2. Devanahalli 3. 515 Army Base Workshop 4. XLR8 5. Gorkha Boys	Group L 1. Shinning Stars  2. Hindu Socials  3. Goans 4. Afgan 5. Bangalore Youngstars
Group M 1. Ambedkar 2. Thamarai Kannan 3. Bangalore Blues 4. Sunesa 5. Bharath Matha	Group N 1. Mohammedan Sporting 2. Bagalakunte 3. Bangalore Warriors 4. Active Union 5. Konkan	Group O 1. Bangalore Boys 2. Indian Knights 3. Bangalore Reds 4. Vivekananda 5. Young Blues
Group P 1. Bangalore Kickers 2. Dharmaraja Union 3. Misaka 4. New Lucky Star 5. Bangalore Muslims  6. City Club

Final 

• 12-07-2016, 4 PM: Bangalore Gunners 3 (Ruban-30'+1', Pragadeshwaran-53', Pravin-60'+3') Vs Misaka 0 

Third Place Match 

• 12-07-2016, 2 PM: Bosch 0 vs Blitz 5 (Multan-4', 39', Sonu-22', Ranjan-28', 33') 

Semi Final 

• 09-07-2016, 2 PM: Bangalore Gunners 4 (Bravin-7’, 56’, 59’, Bharath-26’) Vs Bosch 1 (Bobin-51’) 
• 09-07-2016, 4 PM: Misaka 1 (Hencha-3’) Vs Blitz 0 

Quarter Final 

• 07-07-2016, 2 PM: United FA 2 (Tinzen-38’, Charan-51) Vs Bangalore Gunners 3 (’Karthikeyan-11’, Praveen-36’, 43’)
• 07-07-2016, 4 PM: Sunesa 2 (Rakesh-11’, 58’) Vs BOSCH 3 (Arun Roy-1’, 18’, 46’)
• 08-07-2016, 2 PM: Blitz 0 (4) (Tie-breaker - Kanyappa, Ranjan, Hemanth, Multhan) Vs Bangalore Warriors 0 (3) (Tie-breaker - Arvind, Sham, Bharti Dasan)  
• 08-07-2016, 3:30 PM: Misaka 2 (Joseph-2', Akash-56') Vs Binny 0 

Pre-Quarter Final 

• 01-07-2016, 2 PM: United FA 8 (Gango-2', 6', 16', 45', Hanshiba-8', Arun-37', Vinodh Ringo-50', Ganbh-56') Vs Young Muslims 2 (Suresh Kumar-42', 49') 
• 01-07-2016, 3.30 PM: 515 Army Base Workshop 0 Vs Bangalore Gunners 1 (Pragadesh-10') 
• 02-07-2016, 2 PM: ECD 0 Vs SUNE SA 1 (Nishanth-5’)
• 02-07-2016, 3.30 PM: Bosch 2 (Tsring-17’, Orul-34’) Vs Tornados 0 
• 03-07-2016, 2 PM: Blitz 2 (Ranjan-60’+2’, Mithun -60’+3’) Vs Bangalore Youngsters 0 
• 03-07-2016, 4 PM: Bangalore Warriors 3 (Aravind-29’, Daksunamurthy-32’, 60’+2’, Rajendra Prasad-56’) Vs Bangalore Boys 1 (Kunal-44’) 
• 04-07-2016, 2 PM: Veterans 0 Vs Misaka 3 (Hencha-20’, Akash-22’, Mathew-60’+3’)
• 04-07-2016, 4 PM: Maharaja Socials 1 (Johnson-31’) Vs Binny 2 (Deepak-14’, Jeswin-46’)  

Group P 

Misaka enters the knockout stage from this group

• 17-06-2016: Bangalore Kickers 0 Vs Dharmaraja Union 3 (Vinod-19', Akshit-34', Nihal-50') 
• 17-06-2016: Misaka 6 (Md. Shoaib-12', Akash-14', 33', Clade-16', Joseph-41', 53') Vs New Lucky Star 0 
• 17-06-2016: Bangalore Muslims 0 Vs City Club 2 (Umashankar 46', Regin 48') 
• 20-06-2016: Misaka 4 (Jordan-18', 31', Akash-40', Zeeshan-60'+2') Vs Bangalore Kickers 0 
• 20-06-2016: Dharmaraja Union 5 (Nihal-2', 6', 30'+1', Ayush-12', Vimal Raj-41') Vs Bangalore Muslims 1 (Akash V-4')
• 22-06-2016: City Club 2 (Uma Shankar – 25'+1', 36') Vs Bangalore Kickers 0  
• 24-06-2016: New Lucky Stars 0 Vs City Club 10 (Regan-5', 59', Keshav-8', 57', Bapu-14', Samson-26', 32', 48', Razz-41', Rahul-50')
• 24-06-2016: Bangalore Muslims 1 (Srinand-58') Vs Bangalore Kickers 2 (Girish-12, Aiven-46') 
• 24-06-2016: Misaka 2 (Joseph-29', Joyous-32') Vs Dharmaraja Union 
• 30-06-2016: Misaka 1 (Hencha-4') Vs City Club 1 (Umashankar-41') 
• 28-06-2016: Dharmaraja Union 2 (Nihal-16', Arvind-34') Vs City Club 2 (Sanjay-6, Regan-58')

Group O 

Bangalore Boy enters the knockout stage from this group

• 16-06-2016: Bangalore Boys 2 (Kaushik-4', Manju-17') Vs Indian Knights 1 (Jacob-40') 
• 16-06-2016: Vivekananda Vs Bangalore Reds
  Vivekananda got walk over as Bangalore Reds did not turn up  
• 19-06-2016: Young Blues 2 (Mintu-5', Jerin-60'+1') Vs Bangalore Boys 2 (Nrupatunga-23', Kaushik-25') 
• 19-06-2016: Vivekananda 2 (Shivakumar-8' Edwin-16') Vs Indian Knights 1 (Das-39') 
• 21-06-2016: Vivekananda 0 Vs Young Blues 2 (Ravi-19', Karthik-59')
• 23-06-2016: Young Blues 0 Vs Indian Knights 3 (Antony Raj-14', Prasanna-16', Arokia Raj-52') 
• 28-06-2016: Bangalore Boys 1 (Viru-38') Vs Vivekananda 1 (Shivakumar-13')

Group N 

Bangalore Warriors enters the know out stage from this group

• 15-06-2016: Mohammedan Sporting 2 (Raghavendra-23', 50') Vs Bagalakunte 0 
• 16-06-2016: Active Union 1 (Pruthvi-52') Vs Bangalore Warriors 4 (Arvind-19', 20', 22', Shaym-62') 
• 18-06-2016: Mohammedan Sporting 1 (Raghavendra-32') Vs Konkan 0 
• 20-06-2016: Mohammedan Sporting 0 Vs Bangalore Warriors 5 (Srinivas-3', Arvind D-9', 21', 34', 60'+2')
• 21-06-2016: Konkan W/O Active Union
  Konkan got walk over as Active Union did not turn up  
• 25-06-2016: Konkan 0 Vs Bangalore Warriors 1 (Rajesh–1')

Group M 

SUNE SA enters the know out stage from this group

• 15-06-2016: Ambedkar 1 (Rahul-22') Vs Thamarai Kannan 0  
• 15-06-2016: Bangalore Blues 0 Vs Sunesa 3 (Nishanth-10', Saif-17', Ahamed-14') 
• 18-06-2016: Bharath Matha 1 (Upendra-18') Vs Bangalore Blues 2 (Pradeep-15', Thomas-41')  
• 18-06-2016: Sunesa 1 (Ahamed-10') Vs Ambedkar 1 (Rahul-7) 
• 19-06-2016: Bangalore Warriors W/O Bagalkunte
  Bangalore Warriors got walk over as  Bagalkunte did not turn up 
• 21-06-2016: Bharath Matha 0 Vs Thamarai Kannan 4 (Arvind-27', 39', Kaneyan-42', Suresh Kumar-48') 
• 22-06-2016: Ambedkar 5 (Rahul-15', 58', Mikhil-39', Prakash–43', Shyam-52'[OG] Vs Bangalore Blues 0  
• 23-06-2016: Sunesa 7 (Rakesh-6', Nishanth-8', 20', Ahmed-20', 47', Saifulla-23', 42') Vs Bharath Matha 0 
• 25-06-2016: Sunesa 2 (Ganesh-24' Ahmed-32') Vs Thamarai Kannan 1 (Kishhakaran-55')
• 25-06-2016: Ambedkar 5 (Nikhil-22', 28', 33', 41', Bhaskaran-58') Vs Bharath Matha 0 
• 27-06-2016: Thamarai Kannan W/O Bangalore Blues 

Group L 

• 4-06-2016: Hindu Socials 3 (Inderjith-39', 60'+1', Sukruth-60') Vs Shinning Stars 2 (Jamil-19', Sandeep-41') 
• 4-06-2016: Goans Vs Afgan 
  Afgan got walk over as Goans did not turn up 
• 6-06-2016: Shinning Stars 0 Vs Bangalore Youngstars 3 (David-12', Suniol-18', 60')
• 6-06-2016: Afgan 2 (Satish-15', 54') Vs Hindu Socials 0 
• 8-06-2016: Afgan 1 (Karthick-49') Vs Bangalore Youngstars 2 (Tulasi Ram-10', Vinod-45') 
• 13-06-2016: Hindu Socials Vs Bangalore Youngstars
  Bangalore Youngstars got walk over as Hindu Socials did not turn up 

Group K 

• 3-06-2016: Young Boys 2 (Hemanth-9', Norbu-41') Vs Devanahalli 0 
• 4-06-2016: 515ABWS 5 (SriKumar-14', 54', Mahendrakumar-19', Ramesh Babu-32', Sreejith-43') Vs XLR8 0 
• 5-06-2016: 515ABWS 3 (Sreejeith-20', Nitesh-23', 35') Vs Gorkha Boys 1 (Thongkmojem Gangte-58') 
• 6-06-2016: Young Boys 0 Vs XLR8 5 (Ashwin-7', 11', 38', 43', Sultan-35') 
• 7-06-2016: Devanahalli 1 (Nadeem Pasha -37') Vs Gorkha Boys 3 (Donol Son-27', Ango Meto-46', 50') 
• 8-06-2016: Gorkha Boys 5 (Donalson-15', 17', 21', 30'+1', Ango Meto-25') Vs Young Boys 
• 8-06-2016: XLR8 0 Vs Devanahalli 0 
• 13-06-2016: 515ABWS 2 (Sajal Mallick-10', 16') Vs Devanahalli 0  
• 13-06-2016: Gorkha Boys 3 (Ango Meto-25'+1', Donalson-30', Danny-48') Vs XLR8 1 (Aswin-44') 

Group J 

• 3-06-2016: Koramangala 3 (Chiranjan Singh-13', Rueepsh-38', 50') Vs Muslim Heroes 0 
• 3-06-2016: ECD 1 (Abhijith-50'+1') Vs Phantom 0 
• 5-06-2016: Phantom 6 (Buluram-4', Kinley-21', 50', Jevin-31', 43', Harshith-54') Vs Reds United 0 
• 5-06-2016: Koramangala 2 (Satvir Singh-24', Sanatomba-36') Vs ECD 3 (Hasim-30'+1', Abhijith-42', Ben-57') 
• 7-06-2016: Reds United 4 (Sourabh-13', 47', Darshan-41', 50') Vs Muslim Heroes 0 
• 7-06-2016: Koramangala 2 (Kapil Bhat-31', Md. Namil-50') Vs Phantom 1 (Sang-17') 
• 9-06-2016: ECD 2 (Sreekumar-50', Skiffin K Jose-60'+2') Vs Muslim Heroes 1 (Mark-30'+1')
• 9-06-2016: Koramangala 4 (Chiranjan-27', 57, Alex-30', Rupesh-51') Vs Reds United 1 (Darshan-3') 
• 14-06-2016: ECD 5 (Jencil-9' [OG, Arun-14', 30'+1', Ashwin-29', 32') Vs Reds United 1 (Prajwal-49') 
• 14-06-2016: Phantom 9 (Alex-12', Sang-13', 38', Sam-19', 23', 40', 43', 50', Bulu Ram-24') Vs Muslim Heroes 0 

Group I 

• 27-05-2016: Bangalore Yellows 0 Vs Binny 3 (Deepan-45', 49', Jeswin-46') 
• 29-05-2016: Rangers 5 (Akasay-1', 30'+1' Jayanth-30', Nicoloas-39', Charles-46') Vs Bangalore Yellows 1 (Avinaash-43') 
• 29-05-2016: Binny 4 (Deepan-19', 55', Jeswin-31', Harish-50') Vs Young Gems 0 
• 31-05-2016: Young Gems 2 (Nithin-15', 55') Vs Rangers 1 (Akshay-27' [P]) 
• 2-06-2016: Rangers 0 Vs Binny 0 

Group H 

• 26-05-2016: Indian Institute of Science Vs East West
  East West did not turn up, match awarded to Indian Institute of Science  
• 27-05-2016: NP Kempe Gowda 0 Vs Young Muslims 3 (Nitesh-40', 51, Vishnu-55')  
• 28-05-2016: Indian Institute of Science 2 (Kiran-12' [OG], Nishank-45') Vs Sunrise 1 (James-29') 
• 30-05-2016: Sunrise 2 (Inder Kumar 50', Arun 60'+) Vs Young Mulslims 5 (Rinod-25', Nitesh-39', Morwin-40', 47', Devendra-54) 
• 31-05-2016: Indian Institute of Science 1 (Boppanna-18') Vs NP Kempe Gowda 0  
• 1-06-2016: NP Kempe Gowda 7 (Deepanjan- 2', 37', Manjunath-28', 60', 60'+1', Andrew.Jr.-50', Prajwal-60'+2') Vs  Sunrise 1 (Inder Kumar) 
• 2-06-2016: Indian Institute of Science 2 (Bopanna-3', 42') Vs Young Mulslims 4 (Nitesh-15', Rajesh-41', Srinath-60', Kumar-60'+2')

Group G 

• 26-05-2016: Blitz 7 (Rajan-2', 4', 11', Mithun-43', 45', 46', Kishore-52') Vs Excelsior 0 
• 26-05-2016: Rabbani Vs Vijayanagar 
  Vijayanagar did not turn up, match awarded to Rabbani 
• 28-05-2016: Excelsior 0 Vs Vel Social 1 (Mario-43') 
• 28-05-2016: Blitz 4 (Ranjan-8', 20', Sachin-11', Mithun-46') Vs Rabbani 0 
• 30-05-2016: Rabbani 6 (Naveen-11', Pinto-37', 45', Arvind-41, 49, Dev Kumar-42') Vs Excelsior 0 
• 30-05-2016: Vel Social 0 Vs Blitz 11 (Multan-10', 32', 40', Ashwin-15', 18', 23', 26', Ranjan-31', 51', Mithun-37', 58') 
• 1-06-2016: Vel Social 0 Vs Rabbani 6 (Arvind-11', 13', 42', Mark Stephen-20', Mahendra-36', Sathish-59')

Group F 

• 16-05-2016: La Masia 2 (Sunil-3', Samuel-4') Vs Indira Nagar 1 (Pruthvi-45')
• 16-05-2016: C2 FC 4 (Vivek Menzel-11', Yashwanth-30'+1', Aashish-57', Abhijeet-60'+1') Vs Triveni 0 
• 18-05-2016: Triveni 3 (Naveen-12', Murgan-22', Shiva-49') Vs Indiranagar 2 (Abhishek-9', Premkumar-54')
• 18-05-2016: Bangalore Gunners 3 (Praveen-9', Ruban-20', Ribin-38') Vs C2 FC 1 (Manoj-60') 
• 20-05-2016: Bangalore Gunners 2 (Ruban-30'+1', Bravin-40') Vs LA Masia 1 (Rayan-60'+1') 
• 21-05-2016: C2 FC 5 (Vivek Menzel-14', Prayag Sunder-18', Hemanth-24', Aashish Paul-30', 57') Vs Indiranagar 0 
• 23-05-2016: Bangalore Gunners 2 (Ruban-33', Sukinder-16') Vs Triveni 1 (Shivakumar-18')
• 23-05-2016: La Masia 1 Vs C2 FC 5 (Ricardo-3', 11', 23', Aashish-40', Manoj-51') 
• 24-05-2016: Triveni 1 (Murugan-35') Vs La Masia 3 (Shasidhran-18, Derrick-29', Geoffery-50')
• 24-05-2016: Indiranagar 1 (Dharshan-46') Vs Bangalore Gunners 2 (Barvin-58, Suginderan-60'+3')

Group E 

• 15-05-2016: United FA 8 (Tenzin-11', Renchin Sanpo-29', 30'+1', Hansibi-35', 38', 49', Tenzin Jugney-37', Gonpo-51') Vs Vehicles 2 (Shiva-24', 35')
• 16-05-2016: Chinnnappa Garden 1 (Harishith-54') Vs Hampi Nagar 2 (Kunal-36' [OG], Govindaraj-2')
• 17-05-2016: Vinayaka 1 (Riyazuddin-32') Vs Hampi Nagar 1 (Harshith-17') 
• 18-05-2016: Chinnappa Garden 0 Vs Vehicles 4 (Vinod-10', Shiva-19', Anbu-59', Stephen-60') 
• 19-05-2016: Hampi Nagar 2 (Vinayaka-39', 54') Vs United FA 2 (Tenzin-3', 27', 30. Hanshiba-36', Tenzin Sherab-42', 52', Tenzin Tashi-58') 
• 20-05-2016: Vinayaka 1 (Amogh-16') Vs Vehicles 8 (Shiva-27, 37, 42, Prem-39', Dhanush', 44', 45', Anbu-57', 59') 
• 21-05-2016: Chinnnappa Garden 0 Vs United FA 7 (Tenzin-11', Gonpo Dhondup-14', 31', 34', 57', 58', Hanshiba-56') 
• 23-05-2016: Hampi Nagar 0 Vs Vehicles 5 (Prem-4', Dinesh-17', 43', Shiva-58', 60')

Group D 
+ ITC have withdrawn their team from the league

• 15-05-2016: Bosch 2 (Obul Reddy-30'+1', 55') Vs JS Sports 1 (Monesh-24')
• 15-05-2016: Rebels Vs ITC
  * Rebels got walkover from ITC, as the later did not turn up, Rebels will get 3 pts + 2 goals 
• 17-05-2016: Rebels 4 (Dhanush-58', Rahul-59', Ranjan-60'+1', 60'+2') Vs Crescent 0 
• 19-05-2016: Crescent 0 Vs Bosch 6 (Aron Roy-3', 10', 39', Obul Reddy-6', 23', Vinay-40') 
• 20-05-2016: Rebels FC 1 (Ajey-13') Vs JS Sports 2 (Muan-26', Kanteerava-60'+1')
• 22-05-2016: Bosch Vs Rebels 
• 22-05-2016: Crescent 0 Vs JS Sports 4 (Sunil-18', Monish-32', 54', Ashok-52')

Group C 

• 04-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Maharaja Socials Vs Nationals
  Maharaja Socials got walk-over as Nationals did not turn up
• 04-05-2016, 4 pm, Navarathna Vs Rovers
  Rovers got walk-over as Navarathna did not turn up
• 08-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Sarvagna Nagar 1 (Rakesh-41') Vs Maharaja Socials 3 (Manju-16', Johnson-32', Omprakash-56')
• 08-05-2016, 4 pm, Rovers Vs Nationals 
• 10-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Sarvagna Nagar 1 (Yogith-14') Vs Rovers 3 (Lokesh-27', 29', Simon-44')
• 11-05-2016, 4 pm, Rovers 1 (Satish-50') Vs Maharaja Socials 1 (Johnson-18') 
• 12-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Sarvagna Nagar Vs Nationals 
• 13-05-2016, 4 pm, Nationals Vs Navarathna 13-05-2016 Fri
• 14-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Navarathna Vs Maharaja Socials 
• 14-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Rovers Vs Sarvagna Nagar

Group B 

• 03-05-2016, 4 pm, Tornados 4 (Jabbar-14', Siraj-16', 26', Junaid-30') vs Queens Stars 2 (Sachin-28', 48')  
• 04-05-2016, 1:30 pm, South India 3 (Karthick-10', Anand-25', 37') Vs Bangalore Wanderers 2 (Ravi-8', Avinash-10')
• 07-05-2016, 4 pm, Netaji 0 Vs Bangalore Wanderers 6 (Prajwal-2', 18, 4, Arun [OG-10'], Akshay-22', Mario-57')
• 08-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Queens Stars 2 (Abhishek-27', Sachin G-48') Vs South India 5 (Anand-10', 15', 16', Preetham-41', Kavi Mani-51')
• 09-05-2016, 4 pm, South India 5 (Karthick-7', Preetham-10', Anand-40', 46, Mohan-60'+1') Vs Netaji 0 
• 10-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Tornados 1 (Junaid 47') Vs Bangalore Wanderers 0 
• 11-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Netaji Vs Queens Stars
  Netaji got walk-over as Queens Stars did not turn up
• 13-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Bangalore Wanderers Vs Queens Stars 
• 13-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Tornados Vs Netaji 
• 14-05-2016, 4 pm, South India 0 Vs Tornados 4 (Shabir-22', 38', Kasim-46', 47')

 Group A 

• 03-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Sporting Youths 3 (Shivu-2', 50', Prasad-49') vs Bentex 0 
• 03-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Veterans 4 (Avinash-29', 45', Lawrence-22', Ramesh-35') Vs JJ Sports 0 
• 07-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Veterans 2 (Avinash-1', Satish Kumar-41') Vs Town SC, Hoskote 0 
• 07-05-2016, 2:45 pm, JJ Sports 3 (Silverster Steven-27', 52', Akshay-30'+2') Vs Sporting Youths 3 (Dhandu-2', Sanjay-30', Muniraj-44')
• 09-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Bentex Vs JJ Sports
  Bentex got walk-over as JJ Sports did not turn up 
• 09-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Sporting Youths 1 (Sanjay-55') Vs Town SC, Hoskote 2 (Sai Kumar-13', 60'+3')
• 10-05-2016, 4 pm, Bentex 1 (Shiva-51') Vs Veterans 4 (Mohan-11'Avinarh-29', Satishkumar-30', Ronoldo-60') 
• 11-05-2016, 1:30 pm, Town SC, Hoskote vs JJ Sports
• 12-05-2016, 2:45 pm, Veterans 5 (Satishkumar-24', 31', Avinash-35', 58', Nagaraj-59') Vs Sporting Youths 0 
• 12-05-2016, 4 pm, Bentex 2 (Shivu-5', Rahul-32') Vs Town SC, Hoskote 2 (Nagaraj-34' Gnanesh-46')

Bengaluru FC bow out of Hero Federation Cup

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Bengaluru FC Media 

Relegated from Hero I-League, Aizawl FC, gave a reality check to the I-League Champion Bengaluru FC by defeating 3-2 at their fortress at Sree Kanteerava Stadium today, hereby ending Bengaluru’s Hero Federation Cup mission. Aizawl FC with an aggregate score of 5-3 moves to the Semi-final spot. 

A late kick-off ensured low turnout today, the crowd was nowhere close to the horde that turned up during the Aizawl FC’s Hero I-League away match against Bengaluru in late February. The overcast conditions ensured a pleasant weather to watch the match.  

Bengaluru showed confidence in fielding young mid-fielder Nishu Kumar again for today’s match. 

Nothing noticeable happened in the first quarter of the game other than exchanging few shots on both ends with one noticeable in the 15th minute - a good long ranger by Aizawl striker Joel Sunday, however Amrinder Singh was in the right position to collect the ball. Aizawl FC forced their first corner in the 25th minute of the game. 

Much to the surprise of the spectators, visitors took lead in the 26th minute of the game. An important away goal via Joel Sunday. The Nigerian, also the scorer of the 90th minute winning goal in their match at home took a pass from his striking partner Alfred Jayran, dribbled Nishu Kumar and blasts the ball to the goal. 

Bengaluru got an opportunity to equalize within a minute, but Kim Song’s shot failed to aim at the goal, the Korean was only few yards away from the keeper. 

The anguish of a missed opportunity barely lasted for a minute. CK Vineeth equalized for the host from a Keegan Perreira pass in middle of the box, a nice turn, and then he places the ball to the back of the net. 

It was the delightful combination of Sunday and Alfred, then Sunday’s scorcher gave the lead to the Mizoram team again, and probably taking Aizawl closer to the Semi-final spot. Jewel in the 38th minute. 

Luck seemed to stay away for the Blues even after changing ends. Central defender Curtis Osano quite innocuously brought down the Sunday at the top of the penalty box, referee Ramaswamy Srikrishna awarded a free kick from the dangerous position. An extremely neat chip from the captain David Lalrinmuana left Amrinder Singh stranded at the goal. 

That was that for Bengaluru as coming back with a 2-goal deficit looked impossible. They reduced the margin in the 74th minute from a penalty. Udanta Singh was brought down by an AFC defender and Chhetri making no mistake in placing the ball to the back of the net. 

Aizawl custodian, Soram Poirei Angamba, doing a tremendous job under the bar keep his opponents at bay. Also, the opponent of the Manupuri happens to be his former club, Poirei was in the Bengaluru’s roster for two seasons. 

Scoring a brace, Joel Sunday was adjudged the Hero of the Match.