Bagan 2nd Best 2nd Time

Bagan looses yet another final to Churchill Brothers. Mohun Bagan looses the 2nd Final of the year, the 114th Durand Cup also goes to Goa. The Mariners drew first blood in the 95th minute. A swerving freekick by Subhojit was headed home by Eddeh Chiddi. From the beginning Churchill was dominating, whereas Bagan midfield failed […]

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Mohun Bagan trash Mahindra

Mohun Bagan produced a scintillating display, sweeping Mahindra United off the pitch, reassuring them a place in the back to back final in the season. Should it be a repeat of IFA Shield final or a Trophy winning final against Churchill Brothers will be determined on Tuesday, September 22. Karim Bencharifa’s side were well on […]

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Mohun Bagan looking to capsize Mahindra

IFA Shied runners Mohun Bagan will face the Mahindra United at Ambedkar Stadium on Sunday evening in the 114th Durand Cup Semifinal. Mohun Bagan will be looking to build on their unconvincing victory against ONGC and JCT successively in group matches at Ambedkar Stadium on Sunday, and will be hoping that the side begins to […]

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Bagan in Semi Final, will play against Mahindra

Mohun Bagan defeated JCT 2 – 0 today at Ambedkar Stadium, New Delhi in a group-B match and marched into the Semifinal of the 114th Durand Cup, where they will meet Mahindra United on Sunday 20th September. It was enough a draw for Bagan to book the semi final berth, but the double strike of […]

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Impressive start by Bagan

Bagan won by 5-1 against ONGC in their opening match in Durand Cup. It is one of Chief Coach Karim Bencharifa’s favourite mantras: if you lose, it’s how you react that counts. What happened at IFA Shield final last week must have made Kareem and his boys’ teeth hurt, but it is difficult to imagine […]

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Mariners in Durand Cup after 2 years

Kolkata giant Mohun Bagan will appear in Durand Cup after a gap of two years as the qualifiers for the more-than-a-century-old football tournament starting from September 2 at the Ambedkar Stadium. The main round of the tournament, which starts from September 11, will see participation of nine I-League sides. Besides Mohun Bagan, East Bengal and […]

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Mohun Bagan moves into Final

Mohun Bagan wins against Chirag United 5-4 in tie-breakers and moves into the finals of 114th IFA Shield. Mohun Bagan will now face Churchill Brothers. Mariners showed nerves of steel even after being reduced to 10 men from the ninth minute onwards to edge out Chirag United SC 5-4 in penalty shootout and set up […]

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BAGAN MOVES INTO THE SEMIS; WILL FACE CHIRAG

The group C 114th IFA Shield match between Mohun Bagan and Mahindra United ends in a draw. Both the teams have earned a point each and finished with 4 points. But Bagan has the goal advantage (+2) and hence moves into the semifinal. They will meet Chirag on 9th September. Snehasish scored for Bagan in […]

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Bagan starts the season with a bang

Mohun Bagan started the season with a bang. Mariners won the first match of IFA Shield 4-0. Chiddi scored a brace while James and Subho scored a goal each. Subho’s goal was from a 40 yards long ranger – gem of a goal   I-League runners-up Mohun Bagan opened their season in style, thrashing George […]

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SAILEN MANNA TURNS 86

Padma Shree recipient, ex player of Mohun Bagan, Sailen Manna turns 85 today. He is the former Indian captain of Asian Games gold medal winning team in 1951 who played his entire career for Mariners from 1942 to 1960, he became  captain of Mohun Bagan team for six years from 1950 to 1955. India won […]

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