May 7: MB has defeated
CCFC in a 5 a side exhibition match held today in CCFC ground by 5-2.
For MohunBagan, Kartick Kisku scored twice while Lalkamal, Lalamrua and
Habibur scored 1 each.
ROY BARRETO APPOINTED
NEW COACH OF MOHUN BAGAN ACADEMY
May 6: Portugese coach Roy Barreto has been appointed as coach of Mohun
Bagan Academy. He was previously the coach of Zimbabwe national team.
www.mohunbaganclub.com played a crucial role in roping in this
Portugese coach. He had various successful stints with the top clubs in
South Africa and was also associated with Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern
Leverkusen, Aston Villa and other famous clubs.
Full Name: Roy Maicol Barreto
Date of Birth: July 16, 1955
Nationality: Portuguese
Languages: English, Portuguese
Status: Married
Football Qualifications
1981: Diploma of Football Instructor, FIFA and CAF
1992: (English) FA Preliminary Award
1992: (German) DFB Diploma
1996: FA Refresher Course, and Attachments
1984: Tottenham Hotspur (England) - 2 months
1992: Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
1993: Football Academy, Lightning Camps (USA)
1993: Aston Villa (England)
During these attachments, Roy observed and studied different training
methods.
National Record (Zimbabwe)
1991: Head Coach, Under-23's
1992: Head Coach, Senior National Team
1993-94: Assistant to Dutch coach Reinhard Fabisch, Senior National Team
1995-96: Technical Advisor, All National Teams
1997-98: Head Coach, Senior National Team (1997: dual role as National
Coach and Black Rhinos FC Head Coach)
Club Record
1978: Head Coach, Florida United (Mutare, Zimbabwe) - Manicaland League
2nd Division
1979-80: Head Coach, Red Seal Rovers (Mutare, Zimbabwe ) - Manicaland
League 2nd Division
1980: Junior and Senior Regional Coach (Mutare, Zimbabwe) - Coca-Cola
Tournament Semi-Finalists (Under-18)
1981-83: Head Coach, Cosmos FC (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) - National League
1st Division
1983 - Division 1 Runners-Up and Castle Cup Semi-Finalists
1984-89: Head Coach, Zimbabwe Saints FC (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) – National
League Premier Division
1987: League Champions, BAT Rose Bowl Runners-up, Rothman's Shield
Runners-Up
1988: League Champions, BAT Rose Bowl Runners-Up, Chibuku Trophy
Winners,
Rothman Shield Runners Up, African Club Cup of Champions, 2nd Round
1989: African Club Cup of Champions, Quarter Finalists, Independence
Trophy Winners
1989-94: Head Coach, Highlanders FC (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) - National
League Premier Division
1990: League Champions, ZIFA Trophy Winners, Africa Day Trophy Winners,
1991: ZIFA Trophy Winners, Africa Day Trophy Runners-Up, Independence
Trophy Runners-Up, Heroes' Trophy Winners, Castle Cup Runners-Up,
African
Club Cup of Champions, 2nd Round
1992: Heroes' Trophy Winners, Castle Cup Runners-Up
1993: League Champions, Africa Day Trophy Winners, Independence Trophy
Runners-Up
1994: Family Planning Trophy Runners-Up
1995-97: Head Coach, Black Rhinos FC (Harare, Zimbabwe) - National
Leaguen Premier Division
1996: Defence Force Leyland Trophy Winners
1997: League Champions (Dual role as National Coach and Rhinos Head
Coach)
1997: Departed on Government to Government agreement to Namibia for 6
months as Technical Advisor to Namibian Defence Forces)
1998: Head Coach, Amazulu FC (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) - National League
Premier Division
1999: Head Coach, Gunners FC (Lobatse, Botswana) - Premier Division
2000-02: Head Coach, Free State Stars (QwaQwa, South Africa) – Premier
Soccer League (http://www.psl.co.za/)
2000: BP Top Eight, 6th Place in League
2002-03: Head Coach, Orlando Pirates (Johannesburg, South Africa) –
Premier Soccer League
2003 - League Champions in his first season (http://www.orlandopirates.co.za/)
2003/4: Head Coach / Technical Director, Manning Rangers (Durban, South
Africa) -Premier Soccer League
2004-6: Head Coach / Technical Director of Free State Stars (http://www.freestatestars.co.za/)
(South African PSL club) Won promotion from First Division to Premier
League
2006 to present: Head Coach of Bay United (South African First
Division), and then promoted to Technical Director
* Was short-listed by AIFF for national team coaching position
Mar 19: Speculations were
on for about a month that he will take over from Carlos as new coach but
the official procedure was still left and it took place today in Delhi.
He will take charge from June 1, thus his presence during the Bayern
Munich match on May 27th looks uncertain. It is reported that he will
get 36 lakhs along with well furnished flat, car etc. It is to be noted
that under Kareem churchill performed quite well this year with lot of
youngsters. It is to be seen whether he can perform the same for Mohun
Bagan, the National Club of India with quite a few talented TFA players
already recruited by Bagan officials.
MARINERS DEFEAT EAST
BENGAL 2-0 AND MAKES IN FIVE IN A ROW IN KOLKATA
January 21: Mohun Bagan today defeated East Bengal five times in a row
in Kolkata. Today, the Mariners beat East Bengal by 2 goals to nil. Both
the goals was scored by skipper, Baichung Bhutia. After the lemon break,
by a controversial decision, referee Dinesh Nair sent off Douglas and
the Mariners were reduced to 10 men. But despite the numerical
inferiority, Mariners scored another goal and won the match. Baichung,
who scored the goals at 29th and 63rd minutes was declared the Man of
the Match. Mohun Bagan missed many chances to score and could have won
the match by at least 5-1. Dharamjit, James, Barreto missed easy chances
to score. First goal was scored off a pass from Barreto off left flank
when his swerving left footed pass went to Baichung who scored on the
first attempt with his right foot and the ball went in like a bullet by
the first post, goalkeeper was standing in first post only but could not
move because of the speed with which the shot was taken. After the goal,
Barreto missed a easy chance when Subrata mispassed the ball and it went
straight to him but Barreto instead of shooting home just made a mistake
by passing the ball. In 2nd half, off a pass from Dharamjit inside the
box, Baichung got a easy ball to score and was running fast and just
when he was about to score, he slept and fell down and Mehraj and
Surkumar pounced to clear, but Mehraj while trying to clear the ball hit
the ball in Baichung's foot which ballooned up and was going inside the
goal when Subrata saved the ball and it came to Dharamjit who
unfortunately hit the bar and the ball came to Baichung in rebound who
again was waiting for the opportunity and dived and pushed the ball
inside the goal. A brilliant striker's goal indeed. After the goal,
Baichung got a chance to score hattrick when ball rebounded off Subrata
and Baichung took a left foot shot which unfortunately hit a EB
defender. Just after lemon break, Douglas was sent off and Bagan played
2nd half with 10 men but apart from last 10-15 minutes, the remaining
half was dominated by Mariners. James also missed an easy chance when he
had only goalkeeper to beat but took some time to take the shot thus
missing an easy chance. EB got the only chance of the match just few
minutes before final whistle when they missed an easy head to score.
Baichung got Man of the Match. For Mohun Bagan, Sangram, Odafa, Manju,
Barreto, Dharamjit and Baichung played brilliant football.
BAICHUNG FIRST GOAL
BAICHUNG 2ND GOAL
COURTESY ZEE SPORTS
MARINERS DEFEAT VIVA
KERALA 2-0
Jan 13: Mohun Bagan
played an attacking football today throughout and though they won by
2-0, could have scored many more goals today. Baichung Barreto missed
few chances to score and one head of Baichung was saved from goalline by
Viva Defence. Baichung and Ishfaq scored for Bagan. Baichung goal came
in 36th minute off Dharamjit cross which Barreto deflected off head and
Baichung shot the ball in via his right foot in first half. Ishfaq came
as substitute and score late in the match in 87th minute off a 1:1
situation from a Baichung pass. In 2nd half Viva played attacking
football and Sangram played very well today and made few good saves and
did not concede any silly goal today. Odafa was shown yellow card today.
Douglas was outstanding today and received Man of the Match award today.
Baichung played very well today and was well supported by Barreto and
Lalampuia. TEAM: Sangram, Subhashish, Odafa, Manju, Habibur, Douglas,
Venkatesh, Dharamjit (James), Lalampuia (Ishfaq), Baichung, Barreto (Lalkamal)
Jan 13: Mariners lock their horns against Viva Kerala, a team which shocked them in the tournament opener at Salt Lake. And now its payback time at Kerala! The mood in the camp is upbeat though they will be missing the services of the young and agile Mohanraj (out with a double booking). Douglas is all set to return after missing out the earlier match against Sporting Clube (which they eventually lost 0-1 thanks to an unpardonable mistake by Sangram Mukherjee, on 9th Jan at Goa), in place of Bobo. According to the reports available, Habibur might be shifted to the left back position (usually taken by Mohanraj), and James will handle the right flank. Lalampuia might be added up front to bolster the scoring guns. Though the race for the title is getting bleaker with every lost point, Mariners will look to stuff their points kitty with as many as they can, and leave the rest to the great game !
Photos Courtesy: Jafar Khan from Kerala
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS
MAHINDRA 1-0
Jan 5: Mohun Bagan played
their best match of the season to beat Mahindra 1-0. Mariners attacked
from first to last and played attacking football. Due to Sandeep Nandy,
Mohun Bagan could not score more goals. MB also missed 2 easy chances to
score. Barreto was outstanding today and again missed out on the Man of
Match award as it went to Odafa who also played quite well today.
Actually it was a team game from Mariners and no one can be singled out
for better performance. Mohun Bagan scored the goal in 2nd half from an
attack from the right in which James and Habibur combined quite
beautifully and Habibur centered towards goal and Barreto leaped and
headed the ball to perfection with goalkeeper having no chance. Unlike
other days, defence today was rock steady and Mohanraj, Manju Odafa had
a great match today. Mohun Bagan will next play Sporting de Goa on 9th
in Goa, match will start at 3.30 pm, we will be providing live update.
KAUSTUV AND SOPAN CHEERING WHILE ARABINDA DANCING AND INFORMING
TRINANJAN OF THE GOAL
ODAFA GETTING MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD
MARINERS DEFEATS EAST
BENGAL AGAIN
Nov 30: Mariners won
the first derby of the I-League. Baichung Bhutia scored the solitary
goal at 61st minute. Mohun Bagan missed 3 and played very well in 1st
half while East Bengal mounted pressure in 2nd half but Bagan defence
and Shilton played really well and did not concede any goal. Douglas got
Man of the Match award; however, the decision should have been given to
either Barreto, Mohanraj or Odafa. In first half, Mohun Bagan had
relentless pressure on opponent defence and got 2 chances, one missed by
Baichung when he could not connect a head off a Dharamjit head but
Baichung leaped quite nicely to connect but just failed to connect the
ball. In another chance, Baichung heeled the ball beautifully to Barreto
who got the ball in an open position, unfortunately his first stride
went too long and the ball went out of control and he shot wide. Just
after lemon break, Baichung missed a very easy chance when from
Dharamjit's head Baichung had to tap the ball in but he tried hard but
just could not connect the ball. Then East Bengal started attacking more
and was mounting more pressure in Bagan defence. In 61 minutes, Bagan
scored the goal. From James corner, ball came to Douglas who centered
the ball beautifully and Barreto headed the ball to perfection towards
Habibur and Baichung who were standing unmarked in EB box. Baichung
leaped and headed the ball and the ball went in with Subrata Pal
completely out of position. Lalampuia had come in just before the goal
in place of Venkatesh who otherwise had an outstanding match but had to
be replaced as he was not fit completely. After the goal, Edmilson
missed one easy chance and one half chance, in both cases he shot wide.
Otherwise, Mariners defence was rock steady. Bagan missed one more
chance when center from left found Lalampuia and Baichung but both tried
to reach for the ball and as a result they could not trap the ball
properly. For Bagan, Shilton was confident and played well. In defence
Mohanraj was outstanding and he made quite a few timely tackles. Odafa
and Manju were much better than previous match. Habibur made few
mistakes but overall was quite good. He was later replaced by Lalkamal
and James went to side back. James had a poor 1st half but in 2nd half
he defended well. Venkatesh was superb in midfield and snatched the ball
quite well and was marshalling the attacks. Dharamjit was also quite
good in midfield. Barreto was outstanding and in our view he should have
been the Man of the Match. His understanding with Baichung was superb
and the goal came out of this combination only. Douglas as defensive
medio was not bad but sometimes he fouled in a dangerous position, in
2nd half he played better. Baichung tried hard, missed few chances but
scored the all important goal and gave Mariners 3 points. As a
replacement, Lalampuia created havoc in his usual style with his pacy
run but Lalkamal was not up to the mark, Subhashish came as late
replacement in place of Dharamjit and he was quite good. Bagan now has
11 points and has a very important match against Mahindra on 5th in Salt
Lake.
Dec 22: Mohun Bagan
upfront were at its very best but unfortunately defense line and
goalkeeper performed very poorly and allowed opponent to score 4 goals.
Coach made few mistakes while selecting first team, keeping Lalkamal and
Sangram in first team was a huge mistake. Mohun Bagan went ahead within
2 minutes, it a beautiful move where Bobo gave to Baichung who passed to
Barreto inside box and Barreto gave a wall pass to Baichung who scored
the first goal, a good move inside the box indeed. Within 10 minutes
Salgaokar equalized due to a costly mistake by Sangram. A long ball from
midfield was going towards Ambani, Odafe was marking him but suddenly
Sangram unnecessarily came charging at the edge of the box and could not
clear the ball, Ambani pushed the ball past Sangram and placed it inside
empty net, a complete goalkeeping error. Then after few minutes, Felix
was attacking via right flank and when he just moved inside the box,
Rauf again needlessly tackled him and missed the ball and hit Felix's
leg and rightly penalty was given and Felix converted the penalty,
Sangram didn't even dive, just was standing still. Within 25 minutes,
Salgaokar was leading 2-1. Then good sense prevailed in Carlos and he
fielded Lalamapuia in place of Lalkamal and within 10 minutes Bagan
scored 2 goals and went ahead by 3-2. First goal was a pass from Bobo
which Lalampuia centered via his left foot, Barreto pushed the ball in
goal past goalkeeper and the second one from a Lalampuia center Barreto
took a well-measured head, this was the best goal of the match indeed.
In second half from a superb Dharamjit corner, Bobo headed the ball in
to make it 4-2. Then again a costly goalkeeping error. Felix took a
freekick from outside the box and Sangram missed the flight and ball
went straight into goal. Goalkeeper is supposed to be the last man of
defence, but the way Sangram played coach might think of keeping one
player behind Sangram to amend for his errors. Then Salgaokar made it
4-4 due to defensive error. The center which was made from left found
unmarked Felix inside the box who scored with ease, his hattrick and he
was adjudged man of the match. Another bad decision was keeping
Venkatesh as defensive medio, he was extremely slow and was not playing
to his potential and basically he is an attacking player. He was then
replaced by James and within minutes after he came Mohun Bagan got a
free kick from just outside the box and James bend it like Beckham to
make it 5-4 and thus giving Bagan three points. The last few minutes
Peter Siddiqui came as a substitute for Bobo to strengthen the defence
and to see that Bagan does not concede any more goals. Before the
Kolkata derby which will be on 30th, this 3 point will act as a moral
booster for the team indeed.
For Mohun Bagan, Sangram performed very poorly and he is to be blamed
for two goals. Odafa in last match was outstanding against Churchill but
today he lacked confidence and there was lack of combination between he
and Manju. Habibur was better than Rauf Khan in side back but both of
them made many mistakes. The penalty which Bagan conceded was due to
needless tackle by Rauf whereas the 4th goal was partially due to
Habibur. Venkatesh played a little deep in halfline in an unusual
position for him and could not play that well. Bobo was so-so but better
than Douglas though in case of 2 goals the first pass came from him but
Bobo lacks defensive quality and hardly makes any tackle. Dharamjit was
best in midfield and played quite well. James was also very good from
the time he came as replacement and James should be there in first team.
Lalkamal was as usual horrible and rightly replaced by Lalampuia and he
played superbly. Barreto Baichung upfront was combining quite well and
again proved that they are the best forward line in India but with such
dismal performance from defence and goalkeeper, coach will have many
unsleeping nights before the match versus East Bengal on 30th.
Nov 18: Mohun Bagan
defeated MSc 1-0 to make it all-win title in Kolkata league. MB finished
the league 10 points ahead of 2nd position EB. Lalampuia scored for
Mohun Bagan. Mohun Bagan missed 3-4 easy chances to score with Barreto,
Lalam, James missing. Lalam scored in 87th minute off a Lalkamal pass
which deflected off a MSc defender and Lalam pounced on the opportunity
and his right foot shot went to goal beating goalkeeper. Shilton saved
one penalty in dying minutes of the match and he was adjudged Man of the
Match. Lalampuia finished with 8 goals. Barreto became highest scorer
with 14 goals.
MOHUN BAGAN KOLKATA
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FOR 27TH TIME
Nov 14: Mohun Bagan
defeated Peerless 2-0 to win Kolkata League for 27th time. Lalampuia and
Barreto scored for Mohun Bagan today. Mohun Bagan completely dominated
the match and could have won by a bigger margin. Baichung was
outstanding today. In first half Baichung and Lalampuia played as
strikers with Barreto as attacking medio and midway in 2nd half
Venkatesh came in place of Lalmpuia and Barreto moved into striker
position with Baichung. Both combinations worked wonders for Mariners.
Mohun Bagan's last match is against Mohammedan on 18th. Mohun Bagan will
start NFL campaign on 26th versus JCT in Kolkata. Ex Mohun Bagan players - Leonardo congratulated the team, while sitting far in Brazil Heres what he said: " Congratulations Bagan!!!!!!!! Hope we win the NFL now !!!!!!Go Bagan!!!! YOU ARE IN MY HEART!!! "
SOME
CELEBRATION PICTURES:
GAFFARI AND EMEKA IN
TRIAL
Aug 24: Currently, two
midfielders are in trial in Mohun Bagan, Gaffari and Emeka. Gaffari had
played three years back in Dempo and last year played in Indonesia.
Emeka played in Bangladesh. Coach will select one of them who will be
the 3rd foreigner for Fed cup apart from Odofa and Barreto. Gaffari told
our correspondent that he is very willing to play for Mohun Bagan and
that he wanted to play in Kolkata, Indonesia football is good but not so
intellectual as in India, especially Kolkata. Meanwhile Mohun Bagan gets
quite easy fixture in Fed cup this time. They will play ONGC Mumbai on
September 6.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS
PEERLESS 3-2
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Aug
21: For
Mohun Bagan, Peter Siddiqui, Barreto and Venkatesh scored the goals.
Mohun Bagan completely dominated the first half and scored 2 goals in
this half but could have scored at least two more. The first goal came
off a well measured corner from James Singh which Peter Siddiqui headed
beautifully and the ball went into the net in the 26th minute. Then in
44th minute, Lalampuia send a through pass to Barreto who got the ball
at the edge of the box and when he about to shoot, he was brought down
by a defender and Mariners got a penalty. Barreto scored from the
penalty with goalkeeper going in different direction. In 2nd half,
Peerless started attacking more and Mohun Bagan defence was under
pressure and was making few bad mistakes. Shilton also started making
errors. In 63rd minute, needlessly Shilton went out of his position to
collect a ball which George striker Muritala scored beautifully lobbing
the ball past goalkeeper. Then in 70th minute, Odafa could not clear the
ball properly and Bagan defence was not in position and Kartik Kisku
scored off a right footer which Shilton again could not save. After
score became 2-2, Mohun Bagan again started playing well, a clear goal
was not given as Lalampuia and Dharamjit exchanged pass among themselves
and Lalampuia scored nicely but referee disallowed due to offside. TV
replay showed it was a clear goal. Then Barreto missed a easy chance to
score from a Venkatesh pass with only goalkeeper to beat. Barreto tried
to lobb the ball above the goalkeeper but could not do it properly.
Mariners scored the winning goal in 88th minute when a center from James
found Barreto who headed the ball down for Venkatesh and the latter made
no mistake in scoring off a thumping left footer. Venkatesh was adjudged
Man of the Match. Peter Siddiqui will miss next match after receiving
two yellow cards.
MOHUN BAGAN MAKES IT 5
IN A ROW AGAINST EAST BENGAL IN KPL
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Aug
17: Mohun Bagan played gem of a football to defeat
arch rivals by 4-3. MB were leading by 4-1 after half time, but due to
complacency they conceded 2 more goals. For Mohun Bagan Barreto,
Venkatesh, Lalampuia and Odofa was outstanding. Opponent coach had
challenged yesterday to Mariners that they do not have courage to win
the match, today's result was a tight slap in his face. Keeping Mohun
Bagan President's words that MB will make it 4 in 4 vs EB this year,
Mariners have made 1 up with three minimum matches to go against arch
rivals. Meanwhile, this is Mohun Bagan's straight 5th win in a row
versus East Bengal in KPL. Mariners completely dominated the match today
and could have scored many more goals but could not due to missed
chances. Barreto and Lalampuia scored 1 goal while Venkatesh scored 2
goals. Mohun Bagan now are 1 point ahead of EB in league table.
GOAL OF VENKATESH
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS
EASTERN RAILWAY 3-0
Aug
11: Mohun Bagan played brilliant football in the first
half to crush Eastern Rail by 3 goals. Barreto, who
continued his superb form, started and ended the scoring
with strikes in the 5th and 31st mins, while Venkatesh
scored a scorcher in the 26th min. Venkatesh, who
marshaled the midfield with supreme class was awarded
the Man of The Match.
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MOHUN BAGAN PUMP 7 PAST
PORT
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Aug
8: Mohun Bagan today showed attacking football at its
best and destroyed Port Trust 7-0. Barreto scored two
goals while Lalampuia, Venkatesh, Lalkamal, Dharamjit
scored the other goals, the last goal was a same side
one. Lalkamal got Man of the Match award which could
have been won by Barreto or James Singh also. Mohun
Bagan completely dominated the match.
BARRETO EXCELS IN BAGAN
WIN VERSUS CHIRAG
Aug
5: Mohun Bagan played great football today especially in
2nd half to beat Chirag 4-3. Barreto scored a world
class goal via back volley and helped Venkatesh and
Lalampuia score 2 more goals via his inch-perfect center
and diving head which paved the way for them to score
the goals. The last goal was scored by Peter Siddiqui
from a free kick of Dharamjit. Mohun Bagan conceded 1st
two goals due to mistakes made by Sangram and Lalkamal.
The last goal that MB conceded was due to mistake made
by referee who gave 2 penalties against MB, both of them
being converted. Barreto got MoM award.
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MOHUN BAGAN FAILS TO
DEFEAT GEORGE TELEGRAPH
August 1, 2007
Aug
1: Mohun Bagan failed to defeat George Telegraph and match ended 1-1.
Mohun Bagan conceded goal due to an error by Sangram. After that
Mariners attacked with flare but could not convert. In 2nd half, James
came as substitute and scored one brilliant goal via a right footed shot
from about 30 yards distance. Mohun Bagan missed many chances in the
match. Barreto missed one easy chance via head off a Venkatesh cross.
Ishfaq and Barreto tried few shots but were saved by George goalie who
received Man of the Match award. In 2nd half, Lalampuia and James came
in as substitute and Mohun Bagan played much more pressing football in
this half. Lalampuia missed two easy chance to score, both via left
foot, one was saved by goalie and the other the ball went way above the
post. Barreto also muffed up one easy chance when he had just goalie to
beat, he lobbed the ball but ball heat post and came back. Just before
end of match, Barreto took a lovely header off a cross by Dharamjit
which hit the post. James delivered an inch perfect cross from the right
which Ishfaq could not head properly and goalkeeper was out of position
and Subhashish failed to nod the ball in with open goal in front of him.
Overall performance by Mohun Bagan was satisfactory as far as the
chances which were created but could not finish. Coach made blunder by
not fielding James and Lalam in first team. For Mariners, Venkatesh,
Ishfaq, Barreto played well. Mohun Bagan plays next match on 5th against
Chirag.
July
30:
Sewram
Gobin became the first ever Player of Indian Origin to sign for the
National Club of India when he signed the contract papers today evening
at the club tent. Gobin is a striker/attacking medio who was playing for
Savanne FC (3rd in the Mauritius League; Mauritius is much higher than
India in the FIFA ratings). Sewram will be playing for Bagan
from the Federation Cup. Till then, he will have to continue impressing
the coach and satisfy a few other modalities.
Mr.
Jay Bhunjun - Vice President of Savanne FC and chief mentor for Gobin ,
who had been working tirelessly, hand in hand with the
MohunBaganClub.com
team to
bring Gobin down to India said: " This is a historic moment for us.
Mohun Bagan is a huge phenomenon in Mauritius. We have a whole block in
our major stadium in Mauritius dedicated to Mohun Bagan!The last few
days were mesmerising for us! It feels great to be a part of a legend in
the form of Mohun Bagan."
It now remains to be seen whether Gobin can live up to the expectations
of the club in the long run. Incidentally, a few other PIOs had turned
out for a couple of teams last season without making any significant
impact. It's now Gobins turn to deliver !
MB DAY CELEBRATION
- 29th July '07
Mohun Bagan Athletic
Club – The National Club of India, showed their spirit to the sports
sorority of Bengal. Like the previous seven occasions, the members and
the supporters were there to celebrate the Mohun Bagan Day as usual. The
dimension of festival was dignified with the introduction of some noble
aspect of rejuvenation. For the first time in India, a club put the
concept of mascot in reality - Mohun Bagan Athletic Club of Kolkata.
29th July 1911 will always be a part of pride for every single Mohun
Bagan fan , not only due to its victory in IFA Shield but also for its
pronounced patriotism which evoked the subservient society to fight
against the British rule. Even today people are paying their tributes to
those eleven bare footed soldiers for their impeccable achievement which
made the history to its height.
The function started in the cloudy afternoon but the cloud was not heavy
enough to wash out the festive mood of Mohun Baganies. U 13 Mohun Bagan
squad had a friendly encounter with the Avenue Sanmiloni to register a
2-0 victory over the latter. There were notable attendances of crowd
although there was a non stop threatening of monsoon rain. Some may have
thought that the monsoon cloud halted for a moment over the ground to
salute the spirit of Mohun Bagan.
Much of the enjoyment elongated with the ambient drum beaters playing
the drum around the ground. Then came the turn of Royal Bengal Tiger,
the official mascot of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, which started
entertaining the crowd. Even the ex players were quite excited to have
the mascot with them in the photo session.
The ex players participated in a friendly football match. Former great
players like Pranab Ganguly, Ashoke Chatterjee, Bidesh Bose, Prasun
Mukherjee and others were using their skills to mesmerize the mariner
crowd. Mohun Bagan coach Carlos Pereira was there and even he was
thrilled to see the acrobatic effort of Tridib Talukdar to put the ball
inside the nylon net. That time coach Carlos Perreira was found sharing
a few funny moments with the mascot. P.K Bannerjee, Badru Banerjee was
also there to add the fragrance of festive to its perfection.
None could stop himself from getting the glamour of Mohun Bagan Day .How
could the tollywood stars remain an exception? They came forward with
the Sports Journalists to entertain everybody, Chinmoy Roy executed some
dribbling skill with the football. ! However the match ended at a 3-0
score sheet in favor of the tollywood stars, the function was not ended
rather just began.
The Mohun Bagan Ratna was awarded to Late Dhiren Dey for his
contribution as administrative body. It was during his time the concrete
gallery was made for the members. The flood lights were also introduced
in his time.
Anjan Mitra announced the official name of the mascot, it was Baggu. The
cultural program was lifted to a high with the presence of Arati
Mukherjee and Raghab Chhaterjee. The lightning fire crackers made the
moon to escape behind monsoon cloud. At the close of the function the
members gathered at the dinning space for dinner. It was all about a
pure taste of Mohun Bagan culture which not only told about the story of
old heroism but to engage the youth of today to shift the baton to the
youth of tomorrow. That was all about the experience of past to ensure
the expectation of future.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATED
MBSFA
July
27: Mohun Bagan defeated MBSFA 4-1 today in a practice
match. For Mariners, Dharamjit scored 2 goals and Ishfaq
and Sewram Gobin scored 1 goal each. Mohun Bagan's first
team was:
Sangram, Mohanraj, Peter, Habibur, Suman, Dharamjit,
Venkatesh, Lalkamal, James, Ishfaq and Sewram Gobin.
www.mohunbaganclub.com has helped the club in bringing
Sewram Gobin in trial as PIO (Player of Indian origin).
Mohun Bagan is currently holding the residential camp in Durgapur
since 16th July 2007. The team is expected to have the
camp till 27th July 2007. The Coach Carlos Roberto
Pereira and his deputy the Bagan boy Satyajit
Chatterjee are working closely with the team here. The
veteran coach, who is happy with the infrastructure at
Durgapur, is conducting sessions twice a day - 8 am in
the morning and 4 pm in the afternoon.Bagan
is having Dipak, Maria, Manju, and Baichung in
the national camp.
May 27: Mohun
Bagan today demolished Dempo 4-0 and lifted Super Cup. Mohun Bagan
could have won by 2 more goals if Barreto would not have missed easy
chance. Baichung scored hat trick and Lalampuia 1 goal.
This was a mixed year for Mohun Bagan. This is
their 2nd trophy after winning Fed Cup. In AFC
Cup, they have performed quite well just missing
berth for quarter finals by a whisker. They
finished runners in IFA Shield and IFA league
and reached Semi Final of Durand. However, the
most dismal part was performance in NFL. Overall
MB performance was the best among the Kolkata
teams.
MOHUN BAGAN BEAT PAHANG BY 2 GOALS TO 1
Mar 20:
Mohun Bagan defeated Pahang FC, Malaysia by 2
goals to 1 in AFC Cup Group F away match at Stadium Darul Makmur,
Malaysia on Tuesday. This is the 2nd match for Bagan in AFC 2007.
While Baichung scored the winning goal, it was Lalawmpuia who initially
got the lead for Bagan. The Bagan defense under the leadership of
Douglas
made it difficult for the Malays to score. In the 30th minute a through
from Sushil found Lalawmpuia, who made no mistake in converting the
opportunity into the goal. Bagan could have increased the margin
but Pahang defenders did well to restrict the visitors. Later midfielder
Tarik Al-Janaby, scored for the homers by a header. On 74th minute,
Baichung scored from an opportunity created from a mis-pass from
Mohammed Iqbal, Pahang goalie.
Mar
10:
Again Mariners excelled this time in Goa in
absence of 6-7 players of dream team but still
MB created huge number of chances and
could have won the match 4-1, but matche ended
0-0 against Sporting club de Goa. Continuing with
his top form, Deepak was chosen MoM but
it could have been Dulal also. He was at his
career best form today. He took two thundering
shots from outside box, one was saved
brilliantly by goalie but the other one was
denied by post. Both the shots were world class.
He also created an open net chance for
Lalawmpuia who missed yet again today. It is
high time Sushil and Lalawmpuia grow up and
utilize the chances they are getting in National
Club of India. Overall, great effort by Mariners
under Chima but like last 2 matches luck factor
and missed chances denied full points.
Just before end, Surajit missed a easy header
from a inch perfect corner of Lalkamal.
MOHUN BAGAN HOLDS TAMPINES ROVERS 0-0
Mar 6:
Under Chima Okerie, Mohun Bagan excelled once
again. Without the presence of Baichung, Barreto,
Du, Dharamjit, Tomba, Maria, Mehraj Mohun Bagan
still managed to hold the fancied opponents from
Singapore by 0-0. Lalawmpuia like EB match
played inspiring football. If nurtured properly,
he will be the next superstar of Indian
football. Playing his first match for MB,
Douglas got Man of the Match today. He really
played terrific football and HE WAS RIGHTLY
SELECTED MOM. However, it could have been given
to Deepak, Anit or Mehtab also. Deepak is
continuing with his supreme form.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATED BY
EAST BENGAL
Mohun Bagan was defeated by
East Bengal 1-0. Mohun Bagan played dazzling
football in 2nd half but could not score due to
missed chances. Lalawmpuia though excelled today
but missed quite a few easy chances to score.
MOHUN BAGAN FACE ARCH RIVALS
Feb 26: It is Sangram
Mukherjee, Deepak Mandal, Mehtab Hussain, Lalkamal Bhawmick, Dipendu
Biswas, Chinmoy Sarkar, Suman Dutta, Manas Das on one side and Vincent
Peres,Bibiano Fernandes, Alvito D'Cunha on the other side. No its not
Bengal vs Goa - its Mohun Bagan AC facing the City giant Kingfisher East
Bengal.
Last year Bagan won two consecutive matches against KEB but went down to
the arch rivals and had a bad show in the National Football League and
they failed to win the Cup. Mariners had to remain satisfied with the
third spot.
The Fed Cup champion did not start the ONGC CUP well and could only
secure 7 points from 5 matches, while the rivals have secured 11 points
from equal number of matches.
Bagan players namely
Sanjeev Maria, Favio Vidal, Dharamjit Singh, Baichung Bhutia are nursing
injuries and Subrata Pal, Sushil Singh, D. Ravanan are in the national
squad. Bagan had released Du for injuries. Bagan's probable 14 - Sangram,
Mehraj, Deepak, Maria, Manas, Mehtab, Lalkamal, Favio, Chinmoy, Barreto,
Baichung, Lalawmpuia, Suman and Dipendu.
Kingfisher would miss the service of Rajat Ghosh Dastidar, Rahim Nabi,
Alvito D'Kunha and Covan Lawrence for various reasons. The probable team
- Ayan, Vincent Peres, Christiano, M. Suresh, Soumik Dey, Bibiano
Fernandes, Izumi Arata, Mama, Edmilson, Ambani, Jayanta Sen, Dipankar
Roy, Asim Biswas
Players to watch :
Bagan - Baichung Bhutia, Jose Barreto, Lalkamal Bhawmick, Mehrajuddin.
KEB - Soumik Dey, Ambani, Mama, M. Suresh
It would be an interesting match to watch.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATED BY
DEMPO
Feb
18: Mohun Bagan was defeated by Dempo 2-1.
Mariners scored the first goal in first half via
Baichung Bhutia off a Barreto header which the
former flicked to perfection. Dempo scored
equalizer via defensive lapse, Ranty score. The
winner came in 2nd half via Climax Lawrence.
Mohun Bagan has now 4 points from 5 matches.
MOHUN BAGAN MATCH SHIFTED TO SALT LAKE
Feb 14: MB excecutive committee had taken a
decision of not playing the Dempo match anywhere
other than Salt Lake. Today WB Sports Minister
wilted under pressure and the match will be held
in YBK on Sunday. Final decision will be taken
in a meeting tomorrow at 1:30 pm. MB-MSC match
on Feb 23 may also be held in Salt Lake.
Congrats Anjan MItra and his team. This is
indeed the joy of Kolkata football.
In another decision taken regarding transfer of
players from next season, now players of the two
big teams in Kolkata can join the other team,
but for that the team have to pay 25% of the
players fee to the player's last club (earlier
they had to pay 10 lakh as transfer money). This
is also indeed a healthy decision taken.
10-MAN MOHUN BAGAN
BATTLES HARD BUT CONCEDES TWO GOALS AGAINST SAO PAOLO, BRAZIL
Feb 4: Sao Paolo from Brazil scored 9 goals
against the other two Kolkata teams before they
met Mohun Bagan. Mariners selected this match
to see the three new boys they have registered
from MBSFA, and wanted to test the defense as
well. It was a busy day for Deepak with Maria
and Mehraj on two sides. Manas , Anit , Favio,
Dulal and Lalkamal were the midfielders and
Barreto & Baichung were the forwards. Bagan
initially created some panic in SPFC defense.
But from the 4th minute Baichung was trapped by
SPFC play acting and he started loosing his
temper. Baichung was booked in the 35th minute
and got the marching order in the 40th minute.
Bagan conceded the first goal in the 24th
minute, when a swerving shot from the freekick
dropped just before the far post and went in.
The second goal took place in the 76th
min. Bagan had fielded 3 players of MBSFA today.
The players seemed to be promising. This match
will be remembered for brilliant performance by
Barreto, Maria, Mehraj and Deepak. Young Lalkamal would have to keep
his cool in the opponent penalty area. Favio was
also not at his best today. Dulal was
disappointing.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS AIR INDIA 2-1
Jan 20: Mohun Bagan showed class in 2nd
half and defeated Air India 2-1, Fabio and
Barreto scored for Bagan. Surprisingly, coach
Robson did not include Dharamjit and Lalkamal in
first team but on their inclusion in 2nd half
team performance changed and Mariners played
dazzling football. In this period Bagan scored
one via Barreto, an opportunistic goal which he
finished cool headed, but could have scored many
more. Air India keeper was continously holding
the ball in his hand and kicking from outside
the box (four times he did in first half) and in
2nd half he was penalized and Bagan got
free-kick. Fabio scored from a thundering
free-kick. Dharamjit was later in 2nd half
replaced by Chinmoy as the former got slight
injury and coach did not want to take any risk,
but instead of Chinmoy inclusion of Lalawmpuia
would have been a better option. Last 10 minutes
Air India completely dominated and scored once.
For Bagan, Mehraj, Fabio, Mehtab, Dharamjit and
Baichung were the main heroes. Gautam, Suman,
Dulal and Manas were disappointing.
MOHUN BAGAN LOST BOTH
AWAY MATCHES TO MAHINDRA AND JCT
Jan
10: Mohun Bagan today suffered 2-0
defeat on the hands of JCT. Sunil Chetry scored
both goals. Barreto again could not leave up to
the potential. He missed quite a few easy
chance. Baichung tried a lot but could not
score. Dipendu also was fielded only for 5
minutes before end of play. Maria got red card
after receiving two yellow cards. Strategy of
coach is also to be questioned. He continues
playing with 3-man defence even in absence of Du.
Jan 14: In an unimpressive display of
football, Bagan surrendered hands down to
Mahindra United after th\aking an early lead.
Baichung scored a magnifiicent goal in the early
minutes. But later on, it was only Mahindra all
over as Bagan succumbed timidly to the Mahindra
pressure , a lot of flak will have to be taken
by the Bagan defenders whose childish follies
cost the team a couple of silly goals. Barreto,
too, wasted an easy to reduce the margin.
Yakubu struck twice, and Pomeyie and Abhisek
Yadav struck one a piece to make it 4-1 in
favour of the Mumbai Jeepmen.
MOHUN BAGAN HELD BY HAL 0-0
Jan 6: Mohun Bagan could not beat HAL in
their first match of NFL today. They got quite a
few chances to score but could not. Just before
end of the match, Baichung's shot hit the post
and went away. However, HAL also got few chances
of defensive lapse, which luckily was saved by
Sangram. Overall, this is an unimpressive start
but keeping in mind this is an away match, 1
point is not bad. Ayan was injured 10 minutes
before end of match.
TEAM: Sangram, Maria, Deepak, Dulal, Fabio,
Dharamjit, Bijoy, Lalkamal (Mehtab), Chinmoy (Ayan, Sushil), Barreto,
Baichung.
BERNARD BECOMES
ASSISTANT COACH OF MOHUN BAGAN
Jan 2: Bernard Operanozie has been
appointed assistant coach of Mohun Bagan and he
will assist Robson during NFL. When the team
will be in action in away matches, he will here
in Kolkata with other players of the team and
will train them.
It has been reported that Tomba, Mehraj and
Subhash who missed Fed cup due to injury will
play in NFL. Mohun Bagan will play their
first match against HAL in Bangalore on January
6.
A member of Mohun Bagan club, Mr. Gautam Manna
has prepared an unique greetings card for
winning Fed cup as well as New year.
MOHUN BAGAN BECOMES CHAMPION CLUB OF INDIA FOR 12TH TIME
Dec
30: Mohun Bagan defeated Sporting club de
Goa 4-2 in tie breaker to win Fed Cup for record
12th time. The match ended 1-1 after 120
minutes. Fabio scored via a thumping head
off a Mehtab free-kick. The players are so much
fit is proved by the fact that Mariners had
played 120 minutes in the last three matches.
Robson has indeed done a great job as a phyio
but as a coach he had made few mistakes today by
withdrawing Dharamjit, Mehtab, and Lalkamal and
replacing by 3 strikers. Anyway, credit should
be given to him. As a stop-gap coach Mohun Bagan
is runners in IFA Shield and Champions in Fed
Cup. Baichung got Man of the Tournament and
Highest scorer award for scoring 4 goals in the
tournament. Today, apart from Baichung, Maria,
Deepak and Fabio had a great game. Sangram saved
2 penalties in shoot-out. Barreto, DIpendu and
Fabio scored for Mariners. Mohun Bagan has
qualified to play in AFC Cup 2007.
MOHUN BAGAN REACHES
FINAL OF FED CUP
Dec
27: It was a brilliance of one Indian striker,
was a sheer strength of commitment from
Bhaichung Bhutia which helped the Bagans to bag
the ticket for the final of 28th “Peerless”
Federation Cup 2006 here in Salt Lake stadium,
Kolkata. Even being doubtful to make it in the
first eleven before 24 hour of the crucial
encounter against Dempo, Bhaichung couldn’t stop
himself to take the boots and he came back in
style against the stalwart Dempo defence.
It has been an eventful occasion since the 2004
Fedration Cup. This time also a high voltage
encounter has been executed by few players
including Ranty Martins of Dempo and Lalampuia
of Mohun Bagan who were sent off the ground
showing off the ball agitation. It was Dempo who
took the lead in the 27th minute of play through
their Nigerian recruit Ranty Martins. Mariners
after conceding the goal started to mount
pressure but couldn’t get to the top till the
lemon break.
MOHUN BAGAN REACHES SEMI-FINAL OF FED CUP
Dec
24: Baichung-Barreto combination showed its
excellence in 26th minute when Barreto got a
brilliant pass from Baichung and scored one of
the best goals of the tournament so far after
turning 180 degrees and placing the ball
beautifully past the goalkeeper. After Churchill
went ahead 2-1, Dipendu scored an equalizer in
86th minute off a head from a well-measured
Dharamjit free-kick. Mohun Bagan missed quite a
few very easy chances to score today. Baichung
played ecstatic football.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS
VIVA KERALA 4-1 TO REACH QUARTER FINAL OF FEDERATION CUP
Dec
21: Beware opponents! Baichung-Barreto
combination showed magic today as Mariners
trounced Viva Kerala 4-1. Baichung and Mehtab
scored 2 goals each. Barreto missed two very
easy chances to score but last two goals came
off his pass. The goal by Mehtab by thundering
head off a Baichung center was the best of the
lot. It reminded us of Sisir Ghosh. Mohun Bagan
completely dominated the match. The only goal
they conceded was a "referee" gifted one as the
shot from Babatunde went straight into goal
though the free-kick was an indirect one.
MOHUN BAGAN LOSES TO MAHINDRA IN SHIELD FINAL
Dec 15: Mohun Bagan missed quite a few easy chances and lost the final
of IFA shield. Mahindra won by 1-0. Two shots of Barreto and Lalawmpuia
hit the post. Baichung really tried hard but did not get adequate
support from midfield. By his individual effort, he came close to
scoring twice. Like semifinal, Barreto was not in his prime form in
final also. Defence looked shattered in absence of Du. Few strategies of
coach are to be questioned like not including Dharamjit in starting
lineup or continuing with Dulal for full 90 minutes. Performance of new
Brazilian, Fabio is very poor.
13th December : Mohun Bagan reaches final of IFA Shield:
Dec 13: Mohun Bagan
reached final of IFA Shield by beating Sporting
de Goa 1-0 via a left footer shot by Lalkamal
Bhowmick which beat the goalkeeper hands down.
Barreto and Baichung missed three easy chances
to score. In the 2nd half after the goal was
scored, Mariners played great attacking
football. Sangram, Du, Mehtab, Lalkamal and
Baichung was brilliant today but Dharamjit and
Deepak was best. Du did not allow Dudu any space
throughout the match and thus he fouled Du many
times which referee overlooked. Once Dudu came
and hit Gautam and pushed him to the ground.
After the match, Dudu came and hit badly at Du
and Du to save himself pushed him but
unfortunately Du was also shown red card along
with Dudu. After the match, Barreto clearly said
that it was the fault of Dudu and not Du. A
decision on whether Du will play final will be
taken in a meeting to be held on December
15 at 10 am. MB management has already send
video evidence along with a letter to the match
commissioner
MOHUN BAGAN PLAYED BRILLIANT FOOTBALL BUT COULD NOT SCORE ANY GOALS
Dec
10: Mohun Bagan again complicated dominated
the match but could not score any goals and
match ended in 0-0. Mohun Bagan completely
dazzled everyone in the last half an hour of the
match after introduction of Baichung and Mehtab
in second half. Baichung-Barreto combination
showed signs that this time they will click and
really combined well in 2nd half. Fabio in his
first match got pass mark but is slightly slow
and may improve in coming matches. Again,
Barreto was tripped inside opponent box, and
going with recent tradition, MB did not get
penalty. It is to be remembered that in both the
matches in KPL where MB had drubbed EB, the
former did not get two clear penalties. Mohun
Bagan will play semifinal on Dec 13.
Below are some pictures
from today's match:
Barreto tripped inside
Shenzen box but no penalty given
Dipendu missed the easiest chance off a Barreto pass
Du missed an easy chance
to score and shot wide
Barreto tries to score but could not get past goalkeeper
Mehtab run from midfield
blocked by two defenders
Deepak clears a Shenzen move
A terrific center from
Subhash cleared by defence
Another Barreto-Baichung deadly move
December 8: Fabio signs
for Mohun Bagan:
Dec 8: Fabio Cortez, the Brazilian midfielder
signed for Mariners today. He will be playing
the next match on Sunday against Shenzen. The
players will be back tomorrow from Indian team
and they will also play in the next match.
Dharamjit is more or less fit and he might also
be registered in IFA Shield team. The 17 players
registered so far for IFA Shield is Sangram,
Shilton, Du, Dipak, Rabhanan, Gautam, Manas,
Dulal, Suman, Chinmoy, Mehtab, Lalkamal, Dipendu,
Barreto, Surajit, Lalawmpuia and Fabio. 3 places
are left which will likely be filled by Baichung,
Subhash and Dharamjit.
MOHUN BAGAN HELD BY MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING BY 0-0
Dec
4: Mohun Bagan failed to defeat MSC and the
score remained 0-0. Mariners missed a number of
easy chances, the easiest by Surajit in first
half. In the last half an hour, Du, Dipendu
could not score and they were denied a clear
penalty as a cross from right was cleared off
hand by MSC defence. MSC got a penalty that was
saved by Sangram. Mehtab was outstanding today.
Du, Barreto, Dipak, Lalkamal had a good match
but Dipendu and Surajit were completely out of
form. However, it is quite surprising that
Bijay Basfore and Ayan is not included in IFA
Shield team while Surajit and Manas got chance.
28th November : Team
Physio Robson to act as Coach temporarily : After the startling resignation of Biswajit Bhattachariya, Mohun
Bagan officials today named Brazilian physio Robson as their temporary
coach. Mohun Bagan general secretary Mr. Anjan Mitra today told the
media person that they are running in crisis for a qualified coach and
at this moment they would not afford any inconsiderate decision that may
lead to tumult the fate of the team for the rest of the season.
Addressing the press meet Mr. Mitra added that four senior players will
be in cooperation with Robson. These players are Barreto, Deepak Mondal,
Dulal Biswas and Mehtab Hussain.
“We were having a good relationship beginning together and still I have
all my feelings towards parting coach Biswajit Bhattachariya” Mr. Mitra
said. He strongly put his aversion against few media for spreading
baseless stories. He ended all the allegations raised against Robson
regarding his activities during the Durand Cup. Anjan Mitra was there in
the Neh Delhi during the mariners encounter in Durand, had all the
happenings under his evidence. He was quite shocked to know the fact
that Biswajit Bhattachariya was carrying his resignation from Kolkata.
He opposed the fact of being defaulter of payment for last two months.
In front of the media he showed the contract paper which showed a
contract of Rs.5.5 Lakhs for eleven months. Mr. Mitra said that
Bhattachariya was in charge for five and half months and thus would be
liable for remuneration of Rs.2.75 Lakhs. According to Mr.Mitra Mohun
Bagan club management had already paid Rs.3.5 Lakhs to Biswajit
Bhattachariya, which means Rs.75, 000 in excess. Obviously Mr.Mitra
affirmed his uncertainty of the news. Finally when Robson was asked for
his qualification as a coach, Robson showed his professionalism by
mentioning the fact that he had been appointed as a temporary coach
apart from his role of being physio and would surely make the hot chair
empty for some one else whoever will be appointed by the club
management.
Meanwhile the club officials will have a press conference tomorrow in
the club premises regarding the participation of Mohun Bagan SAIL
Football Academy in the SSSP Championship to be held in Singapore.
Mehtab Hussien - Once a
Mariner , Always a Mariner ...
Mehtab
Hussien and Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, took an long stride towards
professionalism when Mehtab signed in for Bagan for 3 years. This was a
rare instance for Indian football, when Mehtab resigned from a GOI - PSU
for to pursue his football career.
Mehtab who sent his resignation on 20th of this month to ONGC, waited
for his clearance, and as soon as the clearance came Mehtab went to the
IFA office along with the Mohun Bagan officials to confirm all the
formalities which is not only came as a relief to all the Mohun Bagan fans for the
coming three seasons, but also rolled down the curtains over the dilemmas
and the baseless rumours which were sparked by a certain website. That
particular website tried out various tricks to strain the relationship
between Mehtab and the club. They repeatedly posted totally baseless and
flase reports concerning the two parties. Mohun Bagan fans too should
think at least thrice before visiting that website.
This 3 year contract between our club and our loyal Mehtab, should serve
as a warning to that website. Similar baseless rumors if floated again
by that website, will be dealt with pretty severely.
Speaking to the media persons Mehtab expressed to continue his football
career with the National soccer club. He also added that Mohun Bagan
officials would allow him to go for trials in foreign lands.
Ending the long layoff, Mehtab donned the prestigious club colors
again, when he turned out in todays encounter versus Air India (23rd
November 2006), which Bagan won by a solitary goal in the
injury time scored by Surojit Bose. Bagan will be meeting either Dempo
or JCT in the semi finals of the Durand Cup.
21st November 2006:
Mohun Bagan’s drew with Mahindra United here in New Delhi today. It was
Barreto who scored with a 26th minute strike - a powerful righter footer
to put his side ahead.
But in the second half it was Barreto again who came into the rescue for
his former side when he tried to clear the ball off a corner from James
Singh, another ex Mohun Bagan game-maker. The ball took an extra curve
when it swung into the Bagan net.
It was probably the most significant fact of the match that Barreto
alone scored both the goals only to make clear cut evidence that how
much difference was there between him with the rest of the guys. After
today’s match both the teams are in the same position earning 4 points
from 2 matches. The goal difference is also equal. If things will not go
in a wrong direction it will be the same two teams who will qualify for
the last four from this group.
Teams:
Sangram, Manas, Dulal, Goutam, Bijoy, Du, Chinmoy, Suman, Ndem, Barreto,
Dipendu(Ayan)
19th
November 2006: MB 2-1 SCG Mohun Bagan started their campaign in 119th
“Osian’s” Durand Cup with a 2-1 victory over Sporting Clube de Goa. Dula
Biswas and Jose Ramirez Barreto scored for the mariners in the 74th and
76th minute of the play respectively where as MacPherlin Dudu Omagbemi
reduced the margin for the Champion side from Goa.
The Mariners started their game on a cautious note, as expected from a
side sans its top 6 players. Keeping Anit Ghosh in the blocker position,
coach Biswajit Bhattacharya pushed Guy Ndem in the upfront with
promising prodigy Lalkamal in the midfield. In the early hours of the
match, Eduardo Chacon, popularly known as Du, headed the ball only to
see it ricochet of the side post. An intense midfield battle ensued.
Mariners earned few corners, one of which came close to give them the
lead when Barreto’s header was swept away from the goal line by the
Sporting defender. (pic1 : Du's header hits the SCG Goal post) After the lemon break Biswajit Bhattacharyia brought in Ayan
Chowdhury to replace Anit Ghosh; Ndem was shuffled in the midfield to
pair Ayan with Brazilian Barreto. The first blood of the match was drawn
by veteran Dulal Biswas in the 74th
minute - Barreto passed the ball to Ndem who took a booming right footer
which the Sporting keeper parried away with a great effort only to see
it land infront of Dulal, who calmly put his side ahead by placing it on
the other side of the keeper. Just two minutes later Mohun Bagan earned
a free kick from which Barreto nicely headed past the ball in the net.
During this patch of the match, Barreto was looking in awesome touch as
he was trying to rewind the magic of his self created golden past. Mean
while Dudu reduced the margin for the Sporting to console the Goan side
with a solitary goal.
Despite of the fact of not having the full strength, mariners coach
tried his all possible combinations to check the strength of his side
bench. He brought Dipendu in the 85th minute of (pic2: Goal Line save
by a SCG defender) play to replace Lalkamal. From today’s match it
was quite vivid that Biswajit Bhattachariya wouldn’t let things on the
hands of fortune, rather he would put his all possible efforts which he
used to in his early short spanned football career.
Mohun Bagan played great football and
defeated Railway FC 2-0, Ayan and Dipendu
scored. Dipendu has become joint highest score
with 7 goals in Premier League. Bagan could have won the match by 7 goals
with Endem, Satyajit, Ayan, Dipendu, Du missing
lots of chances. Certainly the fitness of the
players have improved a lot and unlike first few
matches, team is really playing well in 2nd half
also. Full credit goes to Biswajit and Robson.
Endem had a great match, especially in the 2nd
half and was rightly awarded Man of the Match.
Dharamjit, Du, Maria, and Endem played superbly.
Satyajit and Ayan has improved a lot.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEAT EASTERN RAILWAY
2-0
Oct
30: Mohun Bagan downs Eastern Rail by a margin
of 2 goals. The first goal was scored by Ayan
while Satyajit scored the second one. Ayan was
awarded Man of the Match. Bagan would have won
by a bigger margin.
MB completely dominated the match. Ayan himself
missed 3 chances to score. Rabhanan played
exceptionally well as central midfielder. Du and
Maria were rock solid in defence. Satyajit,
Subhash and Endem as change also played quite
effectively. Dipendu was excellent and gave
quite a few through pass to Ayan who should have
done better.
LALAWPUIA TO JOIN PRACTICE
Oct
27: Mohun Bagan has been placed in Quarter Final
group with Mahindra, Sporting de Goa and a
qualifier from pre quarter final.
Mohun Bagan matches are on November 19th, 21st
and 23rd.
Today, there was NO PRACTICE and NO EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING in the club . Tomorrow practice will be held at 8
am in morning. Today officials met with Imran
and Lalawmpuia and the matter has been resolved
and latter will start practicing from tomorrow.
Gen Secy. Anjan Mitra specifically told that
they had
NO MEETING OR DISCUSSION WITH ANY OTHER PLAYER
REGARDING ANY OTHER ISSUES.
Oct
18: The Ace striker of Mohun Bagan Dipendu
Biswas helped Bengal to reach Semi finals of
this year's Santosh Trophy. It was an individual
brilliance of Dipendu which helped Bengal sail
through.
The goal came in the 2nd half via a direct
free-kick from outside the box which curved and
beat goalkeeper hands down in the 1st post.
Dipendu has scored both goals for Bengal in
quarter final league in this year's edition.
Dipendu told that this is one of the best goals
of his career. Mahindra United management and
last year coach of Mariners Amal Dutta wanted to
ruin his career and labeled him as "finished"
but to his determination and zeal with help from
Mohun Bagan management and coach Biswajit, he
has again come back to form. Congrats Dipendu.
BAICHUNG TO MISS THREE
MATCHES IN KFL
12th October, 2006
Baichung Bhutia will miss the last 3 matches
of KPL this year as in addition to the 2 match
suspension due to red card, he has been
suspended for 1 more match plus Rs. 50000 fine.
Debasish Dutta and Robson will sit out of the
technical area for 1 match. For Baichung, this
is a blessing in disguise as he will get good
rest.
Continuing with FALSE reporting, the ONLY BIASED
site of Indian football reported that Baichung
has been "banned for assault on referee" which
is a complete LIE. We completely condemn
this kind of purposeful biased reporting.
HE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR NOT LEAVING THE GROUND
FOR REMAINING 5 MINUTES OF THE MATCH AFTER
RECEIVING RED CARD.
SUDIP CHATTERJEE PASSES
AWAY
Sep
18: Ex-Mohun Bagan player and Indian captain
Sudip Chatterjee passed away today. We express
condolence to his family on the loss of "the
complete footballer" of Indian football.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS EAST BENGAL 1-0
ENDEM SCORING GOAL OFF LALKAMAL PASS
26th September, 2006
Sep
26: Referee again tried to stop MB but could
not. Like 1st league, again a penalty has not
been awarded to Mohun Bagan after Rajat tripped
Baichung inside the box. Few minutes before the
end, for a yellow card offence, Baichung was
shown red card. Though at the end of the day,
biased refereeing could not stop Mohun Bagan win
1-0. This is fourth consecutive win of Mohun
Bagan over arch rivals in Premier League.
Congrats Bishuda and team.
Mohun Bagan could have won the match 4-0. Apart from the clear penalty,
Dulal's center hit the post and went away, Lalkamal tried to shot
himself inside the box but it would have been a sure goal if he would
have passed to Dipendu. Sangram, Du, Maria, Dipak, Dulal, Lalkamal,
Endem, Baichung and Dipendu had a great match with Sangram, Lalkamal,
Endem and Maria standing out.
Some other pictures from today's match.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS
MOHAMMEDAN SPORTING 1-0
Sep 10: Baichung
brilliance does it again for Mariners. This time
the goal came via his left footer shot off a
Dharamjit cross which left goalkeeper Gopal Das
fully stranded. Overall performance was quite
satisfactory with lot of chances being missed.
Lalkamal was adjudged man of the match.
Ayan missed an easy
chance to score in the 2nd half with only goalkeeper to beat but he
hit straight to the latter. Just before end of match, Ndem took a
shot which swerved a lot and was going inside goal but was
brilliantly saved by the goalkeeper. One header of Du off a
Dharamjit corner was saved from goal line by the opponent defender.
Team :
Sangram, Manas, Du, Dipak, Maria, Lalkamal, Dharamjit, Ndem, Chinmoy
(Dulal), Dipendu (Ayan), Baichung
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS PORT TRUST 2-1
Baichung direct free kick
10th September, 2006
Sep 10: Baichung came as a change in 2nd half.
It was enough time for him to show his
brilliance. He scored the winning goal of a
world class free kick (see picture below). Earlier Lalkamal scored
off a penalty (see picture below). Port had earlier taken the lead
before break. Dipendu missed few easy chances
today and missed a penalty. Baichung was the man
of the match today. Lalkamal was also brilliant
today playing his first match for Mariners. MB
has now 14 points out of 8 matches.
Some other pictures from today's match.
Lalkamal Penaty goal
Dipendu missed penalty
Port goal (Du in ground and Dipak
did not man mark)
Ball striking hand of Port defender
for 2nd penalty
Baichung among supporters
Baichung Man of the Match
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS CHIRAG UNITED 4-1
31st August, 2006
Aug
31: Mohun Bagan played their best match of the
season so far and defeated Chirag Sporting by
4-1. Dipendu scored hattrick (see his 3rd and
2nd goal in pic above). Du scored the other
goal. Dipendu was adjudged Man of the Match. He
was in excellent touch today and gave two
excellent pass to Chinmoy and Ayan who missed
easy chances. One individual run by Lalan almost
created the Maradona 86 magic but his shot just
went wide.
Overall it was a great team effort, perhaps the first seen this season
and we hope that more of this comes in the coming tournaments.
MOHUN BAGAN DEFEATS
EASTERN RAILWAY 2-1
Mohun Bagan got full 3 points today by defeating Eastern Railway
2-1. MB took the lead in the very first minute when they got penalty
when Baichung was fouled inside the box. Mehraj converted from a
well taken penalty which went inside goal from the right of Eastern
Railway goalkeeper. The first half overall was dominated by Eastern
Railway, who after conceding the early goal played quite well and
piled up pressure on Bagan defence. Subrata made few errors in
judgment. For the equalizer of Eastern Railway, Dipak and Subrata
(like last match) is to be blamed. Dipak again slipped while
tackling and Subrata could have done better as the ball went past
him inside the net.
After the equalizer,
Mohun Bagan played well and came close to scoring few times in
second half. The winning goal came via Dipak Mandal after the ball
came off the goal post. Mehraj was the star of the match. He really
had a great match but the performance of the others in the midfield
were not satisfactory. Baichung though tried hard and gave few good
balls to Ayon
Sewram
Gobin became the first ever Player of Indian Origin to sign for the
National Club of India when he signed the contract papers today evening
at the club tent. Gobin is a striker/attacking medio who was playing for
Savanne FC (3rd in the Mauritius League; Mauritius is much higher than
India in the FIFA ratings). Sewram will be playing for Bagan 
Mr.
Jay Bhunjun - Vice President of Savanne FC and chief mentor for Gobin ,
who had been working tirelessly, hand in hand with the
MohunBaganClub.com
team to
bring Gobin down to India said: " This is a historic moment for us.
Mohun Bagan is a huge phenomenon in Mauritius. We have a whole block in
our major stadium in Mauritius dedicated to Mohun Bagan!The last few
days were mesmerising for us! It feels great to be a part of a legend in
the form of Mohun Bagan."
After the startling resignation of Biswajit Bhattachariya, Mohun
Bagan officials today named Brazilian physio Robson as their temporary
coach. Mohun Bagan general secretary Mr. Anjan Mitra today told the
media person that they are running in crisis for a qualified coach and
at this moment they would not afford any inconsiderate decision that may
lead to tumult the fate of the team for the rest of the season.
Addressing the press meet Mr. Mitra added that four senior players will
be in cooperation with Robson. These players are Barreto, Deepak Mondal,
Dulal Biswas and Mehtab Hussain. 
