Indian Football : I-League 2010 fixtures out early

Indian Football : I League

The AIFF on Friday, October 15 released the 26 Round fixtures of the 14 team I-League. And such an early release of the complete fixtures was a first for the AIFF in the 14 year history of the National Football League/I-League and a sign that things are moving in the right direction in Indian club football. A little to slow for my own liking, but at least things are moving in the right direction which is good as the I-League is now an own entity within the framework of the AIFF under its own CEO Sunando Dhar. And I know that Sunando and his team are working overtime to take the I-League forward with all the hurdles which are in its way.

The 4th edition of the I-League will see defending champions Dempo SC face the challenge of local Goan rivals Churchill Brothers SC and Salgaocar SC; the Kolkata trio of Mohun Bagan AC, East Bengal Club and Chirag United SC; Mumbai trio of Air India, Mumbai FC and promoted ONGC; Pune FC; Punjab’s JCT; Viva Kerala from the south; promoted HAL from Bangalore; and new entrants the AIFF XI (India Under-20) who have replaced disbanded Mahindra United.

The I-League is set to kick-off on November 26 with the league set to finish in May 2011. The league is set to have only a two week break in March 2011 for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers. The league start had to be delayed for a couple of months due to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, the India vs Australia cricket series which blocked the Nehru Stadium in Goa and the 2010 Asian Games in November.

FIXTURES

Round 126-Nov-2010: Churchill Brothers SC – Dempo SC26-Nov-2010: East Bengal Club – ONGC26-Nov-2010: HAL, Bangalore – JCT26-Nov-2010: Mumbai FC – Air India26-Nov-2010: Viva Kerala – Salgaocar SC27-Nov-2010: Pune FC – Mohun Bagan AC27-Nov-2010: Chirag United SC – AIFF XI

Round 230-Nov-2010: Dempo SC – East Bengal Club30-Nov-2010: JCT – Churchill Brothers SC01-Dec-2010: Mohun Bagan AC – HAL, Bangalore01-Dec-2010: Air India – Viva Kerala01-Dec-2010: AIFF XI – ONGC01-Dec-2010: Salgaocar SC – Chirag United SC01-Dec-2010: Mumbai FC – Pune FC

Round 304-Dec-2010: East Bengal Club – AIFF XI04-Dec-2010: Dempo SC – JCT05-Dec-2010: ONGC – Salgaocar SC05-Dec-2010: Churchill Brothers SC – Mohun Bagan05-Dec-2010: Chirag United SC – Air India05-Dec-2010: HAL, Bangalore – Mumbai FC05-Dec-2010: Viva Kerala – Pune FC

Round 410-Dec-2010: JCT – East Bengal Club10-Dec-2010: Air India – ONGC10-Dec-2010: Mohun Bagan AC – Dempo SC11-Dec-2010: Salgaocar SC – AIFF XI11-Dec-2010: Mumbai FC – Churchill Brothers SC11-Dec-2010: Pune FC – Chirag United SC11-Dec-2010: Viva Kerala – HAL, Bangalore

Round 514-Dec-2010: East Bengal Club – Salgaocar SC14-Dec-2010: AIFF XI – Air India14-Dec-2010: Dempo SC – Mumbai FC15-Dec-2010: JCT – Mohun Bagan AC15-Dec-2010: ONGC – Pune FC15-Dec-2010: Churchill Brothers SC – Viva Kerala15-Dec-2010: Chirag United SC – HAL, Bangalore

Round 618-Dec-2010: Viva Kerala – East Bengal Club18-Dec-2010: ONGC – Mohun Bagan AC18-Dec-2010: Chirag United SC – Mumbai FC19-Dec-2010: Churchill Brothers SC – Air India19-Dec-2010: HAL, Bangalore – Pune FC19-Dec-2010: Dempo SC – Salgaocar SC19-Dec-2010: AIFF XI – JCT

Round 723-Dec-2010: East Bengal Club – Air India23-Dec-2010: Salgaocar SC – Pune FC23-Dec-2010: ONGC – Churchill Brothers SC23-Dec-2010: JCT – Viva Kerala23-Dec-2010: AIFF XI – HAL, Bangalore24-Dec-2010: Dempo SC – Chirag United SC24-Dec-2010: Mohun Bagan AC – Mumbai FC

Round 829-Dec-2010: Pune FC – Air India29-Dec-2010: HAL, Bangalore – Salgaocar SC29-Dec-2010: Chirag United SC – JCT29-Dec-2010: Churchill Brothers SC – AIFF XI30-Dec-2010: Dempo SC – ONGC30-Dec-2010: Mumbai FC – East Bengal Club30-Dec-2010: Viva Kerala – Mohun Bagan AC

Round 903-Jan-2011: East Bengal Club – Pune FC03-Jan-2011: Mumbai FC – Viva Kerala03-Jan-2011: Salgaocar SC – Churchill Brothers SC04-Jan-2011: Air India – Dempo SC04-Jan-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – Chirag United SC04-Jan-2011: JCT – ONGC04-Jan-2011: Air India – HAL, Bangalore

Round 1008-Jan-2011: Churchill Brothers SC – HAL, Bangalore08-Jan-2011: Chirag United SC – East Bengal Club08-Jan-2011: ONGC – Viva Kerala08-Jan-2011: Dempo SC – Pune FC09-Jan-2011: AIFF XI – Mumbai FC09-Jan-2011: JCT – Air India09-Jan-2011: Salgaocar SC – Mohun Bagan AC

Round 1114-Jan-2011: East Bengal Club – HAL, Bangalore15-Jan-2011: Viva Kerala – Chirag United SC15-Jan-2011: Pune FC – Churchill Brothers SC15-Jan-2011: Mumbai FC – ONGC16-Jan-2011: Air India – Dempo SC16-Jan-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – AIFF XI16-Jan-2011: Salgaocar SC – JCT

Round 1222-Jan-2011: East Bengal Club – Churchill Brothers SC22-Jan-2011: Viva Kerala – AIFF XI22-Jan-2011: Pune FC – JCT22-Jan-2011: Air India – Mohun Bagan AC23-Jan-2011: Chirag United SC – ONGC23-Jan-2011: HAL, Bangalore – Dempo SC23-Jan-2011: Mumbai FC – Salgaocar SC

Round 1329-Jan-2011: Air India – Salgaocar SC29-Jan-2011: Pune FC – AIFF XI29-Jan-2011: Chirag United SC – Churchill Brothers SC30-Jan-2011: Mumbai FC – JCT30-Jan-2011: Viva Kerala – Dempo SC30-Jan-2011: HAL, Bangalore – ONGC30-Jan-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – East Bengal Club

Round 1405-Feb-2011: ONGC – East Bengal Club05-Feb-2011: Dempo SC – Churchill Brothers SC05-Feb-2011: AIFF XI – Chirag United SC06-Feb-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – Pune FC06-Feb-2011: Salgaocar SC – Viva Kerala06-Feb-2011: JCT – HAL, Bangalore06-Feb-2011: Air India – Mumbai FC

Round 1512-Feb-2011: East Bengal Club – Dempo SC12-Feb-2011: Pune FC – Mumbai FC12-Feb-2011: Churchill Brothers SC – JCT12-Feb-2011: Chirag United SC – Salgaocar SC13-Feb-2011: HAL, Bangalore – Mohun Bagan AC13-Feb-2011: Viva Kerala – Air India13-Feb-2011: ONGC – AIFF XI

Round 1619-Feb-2011: AIFF XI – East Bengal Club19-Feb-2011: Air India – Chirag United SC19-Feb-2011: Pune FC – Viva Kerala19-Feb-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – Churchill Brothers20-Feb-2011: JCT – Dempo SC20-Feb-2011: Mumbai FC – HAL, Bangalore20-Feb-2011: Salgaocar SC – ONGC

Round 1726-Feb-2011: East Bengal Club – JCT26-Feb-2011: AIFF XI – Salgaocar SC26-Feb-2011: HAL, Bangalore – Viva Kerala27-Feb-2011: Churchill Brothers SC – Mumbai FC27-Feb-2011: Dempo SC – Mohun Bagan AC27-Feb-2011: ONGC – Air India27-Feb-2011: Chirag United SC – Pune FC

Round 1804-Mar-2011: ONGC – HAL, Bangalore04-Mar-2011: Dempo SC – Viva Kerala04-Mar-2011: JCT – Mumbai FC04-Mar-2011: AIFF XI – Pune FC05-Mar-2011: Churchill Brothers SC – Chirag United SC05-Mar-2011: East Bengal Club – Mohun Bagan AC06-Mar-2011: Salgaocar SC – Air India

Round 1908-Mar-2011: Pune FC – ONGC08-Mar-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – JCT09-Mar-2011: Air India – AIFF XI09-Mar-2011: Mumbai FC – Dempo SC09-Mar-2011: Salgaocar SC – East Bengal09-Mar-2011: Viva Kerala – Churchill Brothers SC09-Mar-2011: HAL, Bangalore – Chirag United SC

Round 2012-Mar-2011: Air India – East Bengal Club13-Mar-2011: HAL, Bangalore – AIFF XI13-Mar-2011: Pune FC – Salgaocar S.C13-Mar-2011: Viva Kerala – JCT13-Mar-2011: Mumbai FC – Mohun Bagan AC13-Mar-2011: Chirag United SC – Dempo SC13-Mar-2011: Churchill Brothers SC – ONGC

Round 2102-Apr-2011: East Bengal Club – Mumbai FC02-Apr-2011: Air India – Pune FC02-Apr-2011: Salgaocar SC – HAL, Bangalore02-Apr-2011: AIFF XI – Churchill Brothers SC03-Apr-2011: JCT – Chirag United SC03-Apr-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – Viva Kerala03-Apr-2011: ONGC – Dempo SC

Round 2209-Apr-2011: Dempo SC – AIFF XI09-Apr-2011: Pune FC – East Bengal Club09-Apr-2011: Viva Kerala – Mumbai FC09-Apr-2011: Chirag United SC – Mohun Bagan AC10-Apr-2011: Churchill Brothers SC – Salgaocar SC10-Apr-2011: ONGC – JCT10-Apr-2011: HAL, Bangalore – Air India

Round 2315-Apr-2011: East Bengal Club – Viva Kerala16-Apr-2011: Pune FC – HAL, Bangalore16-Apr-2011: Mumbai FC – Chirag United SC16-Apr-2011: JCT – AIFF XI17-Apr-2011: Air India – Churchill Brothers SC17-Apr-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – ONGC17-Apr-2011: Salgaocar SC – Dempo SC

Round 2423-Apr-2011: Dempo SC – HAL, Bangalore23-Apr-2011: Churchill Brothers SC – East Bengal Club23-Apr-2011: AIFF XI – Viva Kerala24-Apr-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – AIFF XI24-Apr-2011: JCT – Pune FC24-Apr-2011: Salgaocar SC – Mumbai FC24-Apr-2011: ONGC – Chirag United SC

Round 2530-Apr-2011: East Bengal Club – Chirag United30-Apr-2011: Mumbai FC – AIFF XI30-Apr-2011: Viva Kerala – ONGC01-May-2011: Pune FC – Dempo SC01-May-2011: HAL, Bangalore – Churchill Brothers01-May-2011: Air India – JCT01-May-2011: Mohun Bagan AC – Salgaocar SC

Round 26to be finalised later…