Two city-based referees qualify for National level

In a record of sorts, for the first time two women referees from the state have qualified as national referee.

Harsha Saini and Pooja have successfully cleared the written examination for category two upgradation held in Gwalior on January 11, 2022 according to an AIFF letter. Among men, Thobias Mervin and Bhagavat Sunder passed as Referee and Abhilash M Suresh qualified as Assistant Referee.

Harsha Saini and Pooja started their refereeing career in 2017. They cleared Project Future India course for referees in 2019 and attended Women's MA course for referees in 2020 and 2021. 

Both officiated in the Indian Women's League Qualifiers, I-League matches within state, Women's Super Division, A Division, Men's A, B, and C Division matches, and KSFA Youth League.

 

Boca lift U14 KSFA Youth Premier League title, Bengaluru FC boys complete sweep with U12 title

Bengaluru FC U12 side bagged the KSFA Youth Premier League title with a 3-0 win against Roots Football Schools, joining the U8s and U10s as Champions of their respective age groups in the competition, at the Bengaluru Football Stadium, on Sunday. 

Earlier, Boca (Yellow) Juniors India convoncingly beat FAB 3-0 to win the U14 KSFA Youth Premier League title. 

Yesterday, in the U17 age category final, Stadium FC defeated Bangalore Soccer Galaxy with a same margin of 3-0. 

The U8 and U10 age category got completed few weeks back with Bengaluru FC grabbing both the caregory. 

U17

 - Bangalore Soccer Galaxy 0 vs Stadium FC 3 (Konalis-15', Birsha-37', 75')

U14

 - Boca Yellows 3 (Phonllong-1', 6, Aryan-30') Vs FAB 0

U12

 - Roots FS 0 Vs BFC Academy 3 (Newton -8' [P], Varun-43', Kangjan-69')

    

Bangalore Soccer Galaxy and Stadium FC make it to the final of U17 KSFA Youth League

With the completion of BDFA Super Division League and Karnataka Women’s League Super Division early this week, the KSFA Youth Premier League too is coming to the business end. 

Knockout action took place yesterday with the one U14 and both U17 semifinals played at the Bangalore Football Stadium. The other U14 semifinal game and both U12 semifinals will be played today at the same venue. 

U10 final too took place yesterday at the FSV Arena where in a hard-fought match Bengaluru FC Academy boy defeated BCFC Magic 1-0. 

U17

• 20/3/2021: Bangalore Soccer Galaxy 3 Vs FC Bengaluru United 0 
  As many as three red cards (two - FCBU and one – FAB) were flashed by the match official.
• 20/3/2021: Stadium FC 1 (3) Vs Kickstart Academy 1 (1)
  Kickstart boys did well enough to hold much fancied Stadium FC, however they lost in 1-3 tie-breaker. 

U14 

• 20/3/2021: FAB 3 Vs FC Bengaluru United 1 
• 21/3/2021: Boca Yellows Vs Roots Football School 

U12 

• 21/3/2021: Bangalore Soccer Galaxy Vs Roots Football School 
• 21/3/2021: Bengaluru FC Academy Vs Raman Sports Academy

Youth Premier League - First week roundup

FC Bengaluru United under-14 boys fought back from a goal down to defeat Roots Football School 2-1 while in a under-17 game Sanjeev netted four in Raman Sports Academy’s 10-0 win over MRUFC in the opening weekend of the KSFA’S Youth Premier League football that began on Saturday at the Bangalore Football Stadium.

Eight games were played over the two days and following are the results:

Under-14

• Bengaluru FC Soccer Schools 2  (Nikhil Tanish 25th, Kshitij Kadam 51st) Vs Boca Blues 0
• FC Bengaluru United 2 (Sahiuddin Vaj 25th, Lian Lijo 32nd) Roots FS 1 (Madan Kumar 8th)
• Mahesh Raj United FC 0 Vs Raman Sports Academy 10 (Henry 6th, Sanjeev 14th,18th, 29th & 32nd,Ishaan 34th, 71st, Daniel 36th, 37th, Adam 63rd)
• Bangalore Soccer Galaxy 0 Vs Football Academy of Bangalore 6 (Vishak 1st, 20th, Pushkar 6th, Prasanna 10th, 40th, Ishan 78th)

Under-17

• Boca Juniors 0 Vs Roots Football School 0
• Stadium FC 3 (Lhunminien 21th, 43rd, Wantmankghun 86th) Vs Football Academy of Bangalore 0 
• William Soccer Academy 2 (Nishan 33rd, 53rd) Vs Bangalore Soccer Galaxy 4 (Abishek 24th, 58th, Mohammed 45th, James 74th)
• IOT La Liga 2 (Abhay  20th, Maahit 22nd) Vs Mahesh Raj United FC 2 (Intajon 28th, 51st)

KSFA Youth League kicks off today

The Karnataka State football Association's Youth Premier League kicks off today with competitions in the Under-17 and Under-14 categories. While In last year's Inaugural edition ten academies took part in the Under-13 and Under-15 category, this year KSFA have provided five categories for the kids to play In - Under- 17, Under-14, Under-12, Under-10, and Under 8.

KSFA have organized COVID 19 RT-PCR tests free of cost at the Bangalore Football Stadium for the players, coaches and have made It mandatory before the competition. 

The Under-12, Under-10 and Under-8 competitions will be held two weeks later.

Participating teams 

Under 17

Group A	Group B
Roots Football School	Raman Sports Academy
Belgaum United Football Academy	Bhaichung Bhutia football Schools
Boca Juniors Football School	Bangalore Soccer Galaxy
Boyka Academy	Bangalore Youth Football League
Football Academy of Bangalore	IOT La Liga Football Schools
FC Bengaluru United	Kickstart Academy
Football School of Karnataka	Mahesh Raj United FC
Rebels Football Academy	William Soccer Academy
Stadium FC

Under 14

Group A	Group B
Boca Blues (Boca Juniors Football School)	Football Academy of Bangalore
Bengaluru FC Soccer Schools	Bangalore Soccer Galaxy
Boyka Academy	Bangalore Youth Football League
Bengaluru United Academy	Boca Yellows (Boca Juniors Football School)
Kickstart Academy	IOT La Liga Football Schools
Roots Football School	Mahesh Raj United FC
	Raman Sports Academy

Roots Football School lift KSFA Youth Premier League 2019 U15, FAB win U13 category

Roots Football School became champions of the inaugural season of Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) organized Youth Premier League Under 15 category, meanwhile Football Academy Of Bangalore – FAB, after winning all their league matches won the Under 13 category. 

At the end of the 3 month long league, Roots Football School remained unbeaten to finish top with 23 points from 9 matches, with 7 wins and 2 draws. 

It was a must win last round match against a strong Boca Juniors side at the Bangalore Football Stadium on last Sunday. Boca went ahead by a goal from Elvis in the 39th minute of the game. Yohan Victor quickly squared up for Roots in 42nd minute. Finally, Vishal R scored the winning goal for Roots in the 67th minute.  

Fixture & Points Table - KSFA Youth League U15

Updated 8/11/2019

Round 1 

1. Sat, 03-08-2019, 10:30 AM - Bangalore Youth Football League 1 Vs Raman Sports Academy 1
2. Sun, 04-08-2019, 2.30 PM - Boca Juniors 4 Vs JASE 2
3. Thu, 08-08-2019, 7.00 pm - FC Bengaluru United 3 Vs Kickstart FC 2  
4. Fri, 09-08-2019, 7.00 pm - Bengaluru FC 0 Vs Roots Football Academy 8
5. Sun, 11-08-2019, 7.30 pm - Football Academy of Bangalore 9 Vs IFF 0

Round 2

1. Sat, 10-08-2019, 10:30 AM – JASE 4 Vs Bengaluru FC 1
2. Sat, 10-08-2019, 2:30 PM – Kickstart FC 0 Vs Bangalore Youth Football League 3
3. Thu, 15-08-2019, 10:30 AM – Raman Sports Academy 0 Vs Roots Football Academy 0
4. Thu, 15-08-2019, 2:30 PM – IFF 1 Vs FC Bengaluru United 1 
5. Thu, 15-08-2019, 5:45 PM – Football Academy of Bangalore 2 Vs Boca Jr. Football School 2

Round 3

1. Sat, 17-08-2019, 10:30 AM - Roots Football Academy 8 Vs Kickstart FC 0
2. Sat, 17-08-2019, 2:30 PM - Bangalore Youth Football League 2 Vs JASE 0
3. Sun, 18-08-2019, 10:30 AM - IFF 5 Vs Bengaluru FC 0 
4. Sun, 18-08-2019, 2:30 PM - Football Academy of Bangalore 3 (W/O) Vs FC Bengaluru United 0
5. Sun, 18-08-2019, 5:45 PM - Boca Jr. Football School 3 Vs Raman Sports Academy 3 

Round 4

1. Sat, 24-08-2019, 10:30 AM - Roots Football Academy 7 Vs JASE 1 
2. Sat, 24-08-2019, 2:30 PM – IFF 0 Vs Bangalore Youth Football League 5 
3. Wed, 2-10-2019, 10:30 AM – Boca Jr. Football School Vs FC Bengaluru United *
4. Wed, 2-10-2019, 2:30 PM – Raman Sports Academy Vs Kickstart FC *
5. Wed, 2-10-2019, 5:45 PM – Bengaluru FC Vs Football Academy of Bangalore *
   * Matches scheduled for 25-08-2019 were not played owing to KSFA AGM.

Round 5

1. Sat, 31-08-2019, 10:30 AM - Roots Football Academy 6 Vs FC Bengaluru United 0
2. Sat, 31-08-2019, 2:30 PM - Kickstart FC 0 Vs Boca Jr. Football School 8 
3. Sun, 1-09-2019, 10:30 AM - Bengaluru FC 1 Vs Bangalore Youth Football League 4
4. Sun, 1-09-2019, 2:30 PM – JASE 0 Vs Football Academy of Bangalore 4 
5. Sun, 1-09-2019, 5:45 PM – Raman Sports Academy 5 Vs IFF 0

Round 6

1. Sat, 7-09-2019, 10:30 AM - Bangalore Youth Football League 0 Vs Boca Jr. Football School 1
2. Wed, 18-09-2019, 2:30 PM - FC Bengaluru United Vs Bengaluru FC
3. Sun, 8-09-2019, 10:30 AM – JASE 1 Vs Raman Sports Academy 9
4. Wed, 25-09-2019, 2:30 PM – Kickstart FC Vs IFF
5. Thu, 3-10-2019, 5:45 PM – Football Academy of Bangalore 1 Vs Roots Football Academy 1

Round 7

1. Sat, 5-10-2019, 7:00 PM - FC Bengaluru United Vs Bangalore Youth Football League
2. Sat, 5-10-2019, 12:30 PM – Raman Sports Academy Vs Bengaluru FC
3. Sun, 6-10-2019, 9:00 AM – JASE Vs IFF
4. Sun, 6-10-2019, 12:30 PM – Kickstart FC Vs Football Academy of Bangalore
5. Sun, 6-10-2019, 5:45 PM – Roots Football Academy Vs Boca Jr. Football School

Round 8

1. Sat, 21-09-2019, 10:30 AM - FC Bengaluru United Vs JASE 
2. Sat, 21-09-2019, 2:30 PM - Bengaluru FC Vs Kickstart FC
3. Sun, 22-09-2019, 10:30 AM – Bangalore Youth Football League Vs Roots Football Academy
4. Sun, 22-09-2019, 2:30 PM – Football Academy of Bangalore Vs Raman Sports Academy
5. Sun, 22-09-2019, 5:45 PM – IFF Vs Boca Jr. Football School

Round 9

1. Sat, 28-09-2019, 10:30 AM – Kickstart FC Vs JASE
2. Sat, 28-09-2019, 2:30 PM – Raman Sports Academy 5 Vs FC Bengaluru United 0
3. Sun, 29-09-2019, 10:30 AM – Bangalore Youth Football League Vs Football Academy of Bangalore
4. Sun, 29-09-2019, 2:30 PM – Boca Jr. Football School 10 Vs Bengaluru FC 0
5. Sun, 29-09-2019, 4:45 PM – IFF 0 Vs Roots Football Academy 3 

Fixture & Points Table - KSFA Youth League U13

Updated: 8/11/2019

Round 1

1. Sat, 03-08-2019, 9:00 AM - Bangalore Youth Football League 3 Vs Raman Sports Academy 0
2. Sun, 04-08-2019, 12.30 PM - Boca Jr. Football School 1 Vs JASE 2
3. Thu, 08-08-2019, 5.30 pm - FC Bengaluru United 4 Vs Kickstart FC 2
4. Fri, 09-08-2019, 5.30 pm - Bengaluru FC 0 Vs Roots Football Academy 11
5. Sun, 11-08-2019, 5.30 pm - Football Academy of Bangalore 14 Vs IFF 0 

Round 2

1. Sat, 10-08-2019, 9:00 AM - JASE 9 Vs Bengaluru FC 0
2. Sat, 10-08-2019, 12:30 PM – Kickstart FC 1 Vs Bangalore Youth Football League 2
3. Thu, 15-08-2019, 9:00 AM – Raman Sports Academy 0 Vs Roots Football Academy 0
4. Thu, 15-08-2019, 12:30 PM – IFF 0 Vs FC Bengaluru United 12
5. Thu, 15-08-2019, 4:20 PM – Football Academy of Bangalore 1 Vs Boca Jr. Football School 0

Round 3

1. Sat, 17-08-2019, 9:00 AM - Roots Football Academy 1 Vs Kickstart FC 0
2. Sat, 17-08-2019, 2:30 PM - Bangalore Youth Football League 3 Vs JASE 2
3. Sun, 18-08-2019, 9:00 AM - IFF 1 Vs Bengaluru FC 1
4. Sun, 18-08-2019, 12:30 PM - Football Academy of Bangalore 3 Vs FC Bengaluru United 0 
5. Sun, 18-08-2019, 4:20 PM - Boca Jr. Football School 5 Vs Raman Sports Academy 0 

Round 4

1. Sat, 24-08-2019, 9:00 AM - Roots Football Academy 0 Vs JASE 2 
2. Sat, 24-08-2019, 12:30 PM – IFF 0 Vs Bangalore Youth Football League 10  
3. Wed, 02-10-2019, 9:00 AM – Boca Jr. Football School Vs FC Bengaluru United *
4. Wed, 02-10-2019, 12:30 PM – Raman Sports Academy Vs Kickstart FC *
5. Wed, 02-10-2019, 4:20 PM – Bengaluru FC Vs Football Academy of Bangalore *
   
   *  matches dated 25-08-2019 were postponed owing to KSFA AGM.

Round 5 

1. Sat, 31-08-2019, 9:00 AM - Roots Football Academy 5 Vs FC Bengaluru United 0
2. Sat, 31-08-2019, 12:30 PM - Kickstart FC 0 Vs Boca Jr. Football School 13
3. Sun, 1-09-2019, 9:00 AM - Bengaluru FC 0 Vs Bangalore Youth Football League 6  
4. Sun, 1-09-2019, 12:30 PM – JASE 0 Vs Football Academy of Bangalore 5 
5. Sun, 1-09-2019, 4:20 PM – Raman Sports Academy 8 Vs IFF 0 

Round 6

1. Sat, 7-09-2019, 9:00 AM - Bangalore Youth Football League 0 Vs Boca Jr. Football School 5
2. Sat, 18-09-2019, 12:30 PM - FC Bengaluru United Vs Bengaluru FC
3. Sun, 8-09-2019, 9:00 AM – JASE 0 Vs Raman Sports Academy 1 
4. Sun, 25-09-2019, 12:30 PM – Kickstart FC Vs IFF
1. Sun, 03-10-2019, 4:20 PM – Football Academy of Bangalore Vs Roots Football Academy 

Round 7 

1. Sat, 19-10-2019, 12:30 PM – Raman Sports Academy Vs Bengaluru FC
2. Sun, 19-10-2019, 5:30 PM - FC Bengaluru United Vs Bangalore Youth Football League
3. Sun, 20-10-2019, 9:00 AM – JASE Vs IFF
4. Sun, 20-10-2019, 12:30 PM – Kickstart FC Vs Football Academy of Bangalore
5. Sun, 20-10-2019, 4:20 PM – Roots Football Academy Vs Boca Jr. Football School

Round 8 

1. Sat, 12-10-2019, 9:00 AM - FC Bengaluru United Vs JASE 
2. Sat, 12-10-2019, 12:30 PM - Bengaluru FC Vs Kickstart FC
3. Sun, 13-10-2019, 9:00 AM – Bangalore Youth Football League 2 Vs Roots Football Academy 2
4. Sun, 13-10-2019, 12:30 PM – Football Academy of Bangalore Vs Raman Sports Academy
1. Sun, 13-10-2019, 4:20 PM – IFF Vs Boca Jr. Football School

Round 9 

1. Sat, 28-09-2019, 9:00 AM – Kickstart FC Vs JASE
2. Sat, 28-09-2019, 12:30 PM – Raman Sports Academy 4 Vs FC Bengaluru United 0
3. Sun, 29-09-2019, 9:00 AM – Bangalore Youth Football League Vs Football Academy of Bangalore
4. Sun, 29-09-2019, 12:30 PM – Boca Jr. Football School 14 Vs Bengaluru FC 0
5. Sun, 29-09-2019, 2:30 PM – IFF 0 Vs Roots Football Academy 3*
   * walk over given by IFF

KSFA Youth Premier League 2019

Karnataka State Football Association (KSFA) kicked off the inaugural KSFA Youth Premier League, an inter-academy football tournament for under 13 and 15 age group, last Saturday, August 3, 2019, at Bangalore Football Stadium. 

With Bengaluru being a hub of youth development and the city-based youth teams doing reasonably well at national level, a proper city/state league was much needed. 

This league is approved by AIFF and consists of 10 teams playing in two categories played on weekends and public holidays, and will go on till September. This league will be played in Round Robin format, where each team would be playing 9 round of games. 


Here’re the participating teams: 

1. Bangalore Youth Football League
2. Raman Sports Academy 
3. Boca Juniors 
4. Jain Academy for Sporting Excellence (JASE)
5. FC Bengaluru United
6. Kickstart FC
7. Bengaluru FC 
8. Roots Football School
9. Football Academy of Bangalore
10. IFF