FC Bengaluru United beat Rebels in BDFA Super Division

FCBU Media  

FC Bengaluru United put on a commanding performances to beat Rebels FC 3-1, the goalscorers for FCBU were Mohamed Kdouh (14, 30) and Shibil Muhammed (56).

FC Bengaluru United started off strongly, creating chances from the very first minute. The trend continued; in the 8th minute a smart free-kick from Lalramzua Khiangte was headed towards the goal by Mohamed Kdouh, only to see it miss the bar by inches. FCBU continued to create chances and the deadlock was finally broken in the 14th minute. Ashok drove the ball into the box where Kdouh was waiting to smartly tap it into the goal.

FCBU continued to press on and soon enough a defensive lapse from Rebel FC saw the ball land at Shajan Franklin’s feet. He passed it on to Kdouh who made no mistake, netting the ball into the net. Against the run of play, Rebels FC scored on the brink of halftime.

FCBU continued to dominate the second half – after a series of great chances, FCBU got their third goal on the scoreboard courtesy Shibil Muhammed, to seal an emphatic 3-1 victory.

Rebels surprise Bengaluru with 2-1 win, Students Union beat Independents

Bengaluru FC Media  

Bengaluru colts went down 2-1 to Rebels FC in the BDFA Super Division League in a tightly contested encounter at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Wednesday. Amay Morajkar (19’) was on target for BFC, while goals from Carlos Challam (34’) and Muheeb (84’) secured the points for Rebels. 

In the other two games played later at the same venue, Young Challengers drew with Bangalore Eagles and Students Union won their second game in a row defeating Bangalore Independents 2-1.  

Bengaluru started the game brightly and pushed the Rebels FC backline deep into their own half in the opening stages. Thoi Singh made all the right noise on the wings and led the attack along with Akashdeep Singh and Kamalesh Palanisamy. 

Twenty minutes into the game, Thoi was brought down just outside the 18-yard-box, handing the Blue Colts a free-kick in a dangerous area. Amay stepped up and curled the ball into the far corner beyond the reach of Sanfeer K in goal to give Bengaluru the lead.

Rebels FC clawed their way back into the game against the run of play and scored the equaliser just past the half hour mark when Challam picked up a stray pass and smashed a half volley beyond Sharon from distance. 

Into the second half, Bengaluru took the lead back through Kamalesh, but his shot from close range went just wide of the post. 

Van Loon brought on Lalpekhlua, Sudheer Kotikala, Damaitphang Lyngdoh and Monirul Molla to boost the Blue Colts’ attack but against the run of play, it was the hosts that found the net. Having won a free-kick close to the corner flag, Sanjib Singh put in a cross for Muheeb, who nodded it beyond Sharon to give Rebels a lead they would protect until the final whistle.

The Blue Colts next face FC Agniputhra, on 12th September, at the same venue. 

Parikrma, Kickstart FC win big in KWL

Playing with domination, superpowers Kickstart FC defeated Roots FC 9-0 at the second round of 5th KWL (Super Division) played at the Bangalore Football Stadium today. In the other two games played at the same venue, Parikrma girls thrashed Rebels Women's FC by 11 goals and Maatru Pratisthana overcame Pink Panthers late challenge with a 4-3 win. 

Kickstart FC versus Roots FC game saw the former taking lead in the 5th minute from an Aarushi goal. Attacking from both flanks, Kickstart girls kept Roots’ defence under pressure; kept scoring regularly in the first half. Roots girls just could not keep with the pace of Kickstart forwards and conceded few easy goals. 

Star striker Kaviya completed hattrick in the first half itself with Aarushi scoring her second. On the half time, score-line read 5-0 in favour of Kickstart FC. 

After changing ends, Roots FC combined well in defence, though the attacks were still coming from the Kickstart end, but Roots girls were resilient to thwart Kickstart assault. This was going well for Roots with occasional counters, however striker Sanjita was easily apprehended by Kickstart defence. 

Kickstart again came to scoring thanks to opponent’s silly defending. Roots defence crumbled further conceding 3 goals in last 8 minute. 

 

Students Union earn full points, Rebels FC loose to Sporting Club in a tight contest

Rebels FC, newly promoted Super Division team after winning A Division title last season lost out to another newcomer, Sporting Club Bengaluru in a keenly contested game at the Bangalore Football Stadium, on Wednesday. Sporting Club, asserts of having majority local boys in their rooster, were up by two goals in the first half. Rebels made 2-2 in second half, within a span of 4 minutes. When the game was likely going for a draw, Appu pulled one for Sporting Club in the 90th minute. 

Friends United FC, runner up of A Division title last season, played 1-1 game against ASC. Meitei gave a lead to the army team in 56th minute, which was negated by Friends’ striker, Karnataka Santoth Trophy player Magesh Selva. 

Thanco's Students Union pocketed 3-full points by defeating ADE 2-1 in the first game of the day. 

 

Kemp FC start KWL campaign with a big win, Misaka too off to a perfect start

Kemp FC, coached by former Modern Girls FC, Sudhakar made a rousing start scoring a dozen over Rebels Women’s FC on Day 1 of KWL Super Division played at the Bangalore Football Stadium.

Kemp girls scored the first goal in the 3rd minute of the game and kept scoring at regular intervals. They were leading by seven goals in the first half. Rebels girls reduced margin in the later end of second half. 

In the second game of the day, which was often interrupted by downpour, Misaka United beat newcomers Roots FC 5-0. Misaka girls were leading a goal in the first half and scored four more after changing ends. 

In day two of KWL 22-23 Super Division, Pink Panthers will play against Modern Girls FC, both teams qualified from A to Super Division last season and -while Kickstart FC will begin defending their KWL title against Matru Pratishtana FC.

 

KWL Super Division 5th edition kicks-off tomorrow

Karnataka State Football Association will kick-off its fifth edition of the Karnataka Women's League (KWL) Super Division 2022-23 season tomorrow, August 21. Three-time champs, Kickstart FC Karnataka will be looking to clinch the title for the 4th time in a row. 

Kickstart FC Karnataka, Misaka United FC, Kemp FC, Maatrupratishtana FC, Parikrma FC, Rebels Women's FC, Modern Girls FC, Pink Panthers FC, and Roots FC are the nine teams participating in this edition.

The best player for every match will receive a Rs 2000 voucher from Plaeto and Rs 1000 voucher from Barley & Grapes Cafe.

The league will be played in a single-leg round-robin format hence giving each team a minimum of 8 games. The tournament is scheduled to go on till October 10.

This season, all teams will be donning the #NoFoulPlay logo on the right hand sleeve of their jersey in support of indiscrimination, anti-sexism, and equality. The #NoFoulPlay campaign was launched recently under the aegis of KSFA.

In Sunday's opening matches Kemp FC will face Rebels Women's FC at 2:00 pm while Roots FC will face Misaka United FC at 4.00 pm.

 

Rebels lift BDFA A Division title, South India FC secure B Division title

Rebels FC (30 pts) won the BDFA A Division League 2021-22 and took the Mirza Sher Ali Baig rolling trophy. Friends United FC being the second-best team (27pts) took the Habibulla Khan rolling trophy. 

Both teams are promoted to Super Division for the next season 2022-23.

With CIL having withdrawn from the League and Postal securing lowest spot in the table are relegated to B Division for the 2022-23 Season.

B Division Winners 

South India FC securing the top position and Sri Gajanana ending as runners-up won the Bangalore Blues rolling cup.

1. South India FC (24 pts)
2. Tilak Memorial (21 pts)
3. DYES (19 pts)
4. Sri Gajanana (19 pts) 

All four teams are promoted to A Division for the 2022-23 season. Sunrise FC and Bangalore Mars are relegated to C Division for the 2022-23 season.

 

Two late strike from Amoolya give BUFC a winning start in Intimacy Women’s League

When it just looked like the game between BUFC and newcomers Rebels FC in the Intimacy Women’s Super Division Football League will end sharing spoils, evergreen Amoolya Kamal came up with a match-winning display. 

Captaining the Bangalore United FC squad against Rebels FC, the 2019 winners and last year’s runners up, Amoolya struck in the 87th minute.

The large band of Rebels FC  fans were vocal throughout the game but seizing a chance inside the box, Amoolya beat Tanvi Mavani with an angled drive that went in off the far post.

While that strike broke the hearts of the Rebels’ supporters, the BUFC star turned on the magic again during injury time to slot home and with two goals in six minutes it was a sad end to Rebels’ opener in the Super Division.

Earlier in the first game, Parikrma FC proved too good for Slamzers FC from Belgaum winning by a 3-0 margin. Priyanka seemed to have a poor day under the bar for the visitors as in the very 7th minute Shobana scored and then two more goals within the first quarter ended Belgaum’s hopes. Nadiya and Vaishnavi scored in the 13th and 24th minutes respectively.

The matches are being streamed live on ‘thebridge.in’

Wednesday’s matches:

- 9.00 am: Misaka United FC vs Bengaluru Braves

- 11.00 am: Kickstart FC vs Bengaluru Soccer Galaxy

HAL emerge 2018-19 BDFA C Division champions

Favorite HAL defeated FRIENDS UNITED 1-0 in the final of the C Division league championship. The only goal of the final match was scored goal in the added time of the first half. 

The four semifinalists – HAL, Mohammedan Sporting, Friends United, and Rebels FC are promoted to B Division for the 2019-20 season. 

Awards 

• Best Goalkeeper: Rakesh (Friends United)
• Best Defender: Noel (Koramangala)
• Best Midfielder: Rupesh (HAL) 
• Best Forward: Thomas Koshy (Rebels FC) 
• Upcoming team: Rebels FC