U-23 wins RFDL 2024-25

Mohun Bagan’s Under 23 team has won the Reliance Development Youth League by routing Class FA 3-0 today.

 

Mohun Bagan qualified at the National level after being second in the Kolkata-  North Region, and became second in the National Group stage, Group B. Mohun Bagan routed Jamshedpur in the semifinal and Classic FA in the final.

Here’s how the Juniors went for winning the title-

  Opponent Score
Final Classic FA 3-0
Semifinal Jamshedpur 5-1
  Opponent Score
National Group Stage Sreenidhi Deccan 2-0
Mumbai City 2-1
Muthoot  2-1
Dempo 0-2
Classic 0-0

 

There were 54 teams, divided into 9 regions, and Mohun Bagan emerged as champions and as a result qualified for the Next Gen Cup to play the Premier League and South African Premier League teams.

ISL CUP 2425 MB BFC

FT 2-1 (49’Alberto OG, 72′ Jason (P). 96′ Jamie)

MOHUN BAGAN IS THE ISL CUP CHAMPION

120+1′ Apuia fouled

120′ 1 min added

119′ Gurpreet faux pas continues 

118′ Sivashakti hits Alberto – gets booked

116′ Greg fouled by Sana – no card

114′ Goal kick for Bagan

112′ Gurpreet heads a Bagan attack away – Manvir fails to use the opportunity

111′ Ashique booked

Greg booked

110′ Dimitri shot off target

109′ Apuia fouled

108′ Sahal shot goes wide

107′ Sahal tries for a back volley and ends up committing a foul

106′ Deepak booked

1 min added

104′ Pereyra  offside

102′ Dimitri in for Jamie

Dimitri getting ready

100′ Jamie fouled , referee ignores

99′ Corner for BFC – ball cleared. Corner

96′  Jamie it is. Greg through – Jamie snatches the ball from BFC defense and scores

94′ Alberto committed almost a second own goal – Vishal saves the ball

93′ Greg offside

92′ Deepak blocks BFC attack

91′ Greg fouled

Deepak in for Bose

90+4′ – There goes the long whistle , match into extra time

90+3′ Greg through for Jamie – BFC defense does well to foil the attack

90+2′ BFC attack foiled by Bagan defense

90+1′ Corner for Bagan

4 mins added

90′ Ashique earns a corner

89′ Capo booked for foul on Sahal

85′ Pereyra booked for foul on Tom

84′ Tom offside

83′ Jamie header cleared by Sana. Corner

81′ Greg in for Jason

80′ Sana foils Manvir attack

Greg is getting ready

78′ Sahal shot off target

74′ Jamie header  goes wide

73′ Jason converts the penalty – it’s 1-1

71′ Penalty for Bagan – Jason cross- Sana handles the ball

70′ Foul against Tom

Mendez substituted- without seeing a card- that shows standard of Indian referring 

67′ Ashish foils BFC attack

66′ BFC defense does well in blocking Bagan attack

65′ Sahal attempt foiled

64′ Williams fouls Apuia

63′ Ashique  tries to create panic but ball goes out

62′ Sahal, Ashique in for Thapa, Liston

Sahal getting ready 

59′ Absolute poor refereeing – Mendez play acting earns him a free kick

58′ Foul against Thapa

57′ Jason shot saved. Corner for Bagan

55′ Jason elbowed – referee ignores

52′ Noguera fouls Apuia

51′ Jamie offside

49′ – Alberto own goal – he tries to clear the ball but ball gets into the net

47′ Jason cross from left- Manvir header goes wide

46′ Excellent save by Vishal

45:01′ Match resumes

Mendez continues to misbehave after the long whistle- referee needs to show some spine.

45+2′ BFC attack foiled

45+1′ – Liston fouled

2 mins added

45′ Chettry fouls Tom

44′ Mendez shot goes wide

41′ Bagan attack foiled yet again

40′ Williams fouls Liston

40′ Bagan attack foiled

38′ Mendez play acting impressed referee- earns him a freekick

37′ Corner for BFC

36′ Jason fouled – referee ignores

33′ Foul against Alberto on Mendez

30′ Jason cross too ahead of Jamie – attack foiled. BFC earns a corner from counter attack

29′ Chettry in wresting mode- pulls Liston down – no card!

27′ BFC demands penalty as ball hits Bose’s hand. Referee ignores. Corner for BFC

26′ Tom faux pas could have been costly – but ball cleared. 

25′ Jamie offside

23′ Corner for BFC – Vishal collect the ball

22′ Liston long ranger goes wide

20′ Chettry long cross – goes wide. Goal kick

19′ Corner for BFC – no damage done

18′ Manvir cross from right- could not find Jamie

17′ Chettry freekick straight to the wall

16′ Bose commits a foul outside the box

14′ Liston cross- Bheke clears- ball goes to Thapa- but he hits the ball into Bheke

12′ 4th foul in 12 minutes by Mendez

11′ Chettry hand ball

10′ Liston attack foiled

9′ Brilliant attempt by Jamie – Gurpreet could not clear properly – but Jason fails to convert

7′ Alberto foils BFC attack

4′ Jason cross for Jamie – Jamie takes control- passes it to Manvir – ball cleared

3′ Is Mendez on dope ? He is continuously misbehaving on the ground

2′ Another foul by Mendez, referee ignores

1′ Nasty foul on Alberto by Mendez – no card

0′ – Kick off

Squad –

Vishal(1) , Bose (15),  Alberto(21),  Tom (5) , Rai (44), Thapa(6) , Apuia(45),  Liston(17), Jason(35), Manvir(11), Jamie(29)

Mohun Bagan wins Hockey league

The 2024-25 season saw Mohun Bagan win the Calcutta Premier Hockey League to win the title back after a gap of one year. 

Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal by 3-1 in the final to regain the title.

Mohun Bagan’s journey to the title –

27-2-25 7-0 vs FCI(E.Z.)

2-3-25 9-1 vs CESC

6-3-25 6-2 vs Naval Tata Hockey Academy

9-3-25 2-2 vs East Bengal

13-3-25 5-2 vs Calcutta Customs

17-3-25 4-0 vs Mohammedan Sporting

19-3-25 4-2 vs BNR

23-3-25 Final 3-1 vs East Bengal

 

MOHUN BAGAN FIRST TO EARN 1000 POINTS

Mohun Bagan achieves another milestone to become first football team of the country to achieve 1000 points.

 

Here’s how –

 

Season Games played Points earned
1996-97 5 6
1997-98 (C) 18 34
1998-99 20 27
1999-2000 (C) 22 47
2000-01 22 45
2001-02 (C) 22 44
2002-03 22 33
2003-04 22 24
2004-05 22 23
2005-06 17 30
2006-07 18 21
2007-08 18 30
2008-09 22 43
2009-10 26 36
2010-11 26 34
2011-12 26 47
2012-13 26 29
2013-14 24 28
2014-15 (C) 20 39
2015-16 16 30
2016-17 18 36
2017-18 18 31
2018-19 20 29
2019-20 (C) 16 39
2020-21 20 40
2021-22 20 37
2022-23 20 34
2023-24 (C) 22 48
2024-25 (C) 24 56

ISL 2425 MB FCGOA

FT 2-0 (Boris OG 62′ , Greg 90+4′)

There goes the long whistle – Mohun Bagan achieves another milestone – becomes the first Indian club to achieve 1000 points from the Top football leagues of the country.

90+5′ Suhail in for Greg

90+4′ Greg. Jason blocks Sandesh and pushes the ball, and Greg gets control of the ball and puts it inside the net

90+2′ – Poor clearance by Dheeraj – however ball cleared by Ashique for a corner

5 mins added

89′ Iker commits a foul on Ashique

87′ Jason attempt blocked by Sandesh

Bose, Jamie, Deepak, Abhishek , Sahal are at the sideline now

85′ Nemil shot goes wide

84′ Thapa shot off target

82′ Sandesh commits foul on Tom as Tom tries to head from corner- referee ignores

81′ Manvir cross foiled- corner

79′ Nim, Dejan in for Yasir, Odei

78′ Jason replaces Dimitri

76′ Borja fouls Thapa and mocks the referee – no card yet

75′ Corner for Bagan- ball cleared by Goa defense

Time for Jason to come in

Boris, Sangwan out. Sheriton, Nemil in

72′ Liston shot off target

71′ Greg through for Dimitri but Hrithik collects the ball well

69′ Extremely poor refereeing by Gupta- Thapa was fouled and he was just 2 yards away watching it – he decided to ignore the foul committed on Thapa

66′ Greg fails to get past Goa defense

65′ Borja misbehaves – no card shown

64′ Alberto, Ashique. Comedy of errors by referee Gupta as the foul was committed by Iker

62′ Boris own goal. He heads the ball back from a Tom long ranger but Hrithik was in position

61′ Boris. He commits a foul on Liston

58′ Dippendu in for Rai

57′ Boris fouls Ashique – Ashique loses his control but Iker blocks him

57′ Alberto covers Sadiku well 

55′ Good cross by Liston from left- but ball straight to Hrithik 

Rai injured – Dippendu warming up

51′ Ashish booked for foul on Udanta

50′ Liston fouled – handball given in favour of Goa

47′ Anirudh blocks a Goa attack

45.01′ – Match resumes. Sadiku in for Carl

45′ Manvir goal cancelled. Dimitri was fouled by Odei – he fell down- and handles the ball – Manvir takes control of the ball and scores- but goal cancelled due to handball. 

44′ Foul against Liston

Heated arguments between Boris and Ashique

41′ Yasir commits a foul on Liston

40′ Liston cross from left goes out

39′ Greg cross from right out out

38′ Freekick taken by Borja – good save by Dheeraj

37′ Foul against Liston as he blocks Boris

35′ Borja commits a foul upon Liston

34′ Greg was very slow and loses control of the ball near Goa box

31′ Borja long ranger – Dheeraj fists it out

30′ Tom foils Goa attack – scolds Dheeraj for his position

29′ Unnecessary ball holding by Liston – he loses the possession 

27′ Dimitri fails to get past Boris – goal kick for Goa

25′ Another Bagan attempt blocked – this time by Sandesh

Bagan players are creating lot of chances – but failing to convert!

22′ Anirudh attempt blocked. Corner

21′ Carl commits a foul

19′ Udanta attempt foiled by Tom. Corner for Goa – no damage done

17′ Iker gets a through from Borja – but his shot goes out

16′ Manvir offside

15′ Yasir attempt from right- ball straight to Dheeraj

14′ Yasir commits foul on Liston

12′ Dimitri gets into the box – but then could not find empty space- loses control of the ball

9′ Another Bagan attack from right- but ball goes out

FC GOA trying to intimidate the referee with some play actings.

7′ Dimitri shot goes wide

6′ Sangwan. He pulls jersey of Manvir who was trying to sprint through the right flank 

5′ Foul against Manvir

3′ Another Bagan attempt blocked on the edge of Goa box

2′ Goa defense foils Bagan attack. Corner

1′ Goal kick for Mohun Bagan

0′ – Kick off

Referee – Rahul Gupta

Dimitri with Captain’s arm band today!

SQUAD – Dheeraj(12) , Ashique (19), Alberto (21), Tom (5) , Rai(44), Apuia(45) , Anirudh(06),  Liston(17), Greg(10), Manvir(11), Dimitri(09)

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FT 2-2 (MCFC Toral 56′, Nathan 88′- MB – Jamie 32′, Dimitri 41′ , Red cards Vikram (MCFC))

There goes the long whistle. Van Nieff is the player of the match

90+5′ Deepak booked. For first time this season he missed next match

90+4′ – Greg shot straight to Phurba

90+3′ Bagan attempt foiled 

6 mins added

88′ Nathan.  Freekick earned by Mumbai as Tom pulls the jersey of a Mumbai player- ball cleared – ball hits Natha’s head and gets past Vishal

87′ Corner for Mumbai.

84′ Greg in for Jamie

84′ Van Nieff for foul on Liston

80′ Rane booked for foul on Deepak

79′ Anirudh in for Abhishek

74′ Deepak fouled

73′ Dimitri attempt from left- his cross could not find any Bagan player

71′ Deepak cross for Liston- too far

69′ Mumbai attempt – ball in Vishal’s gloves

67′ Abhishek booked

66′ Liston fouled by Valpuia

65′ Tiri header goes out

64′ Ashish, Ashique in for Sourabh, Bose

61′ Bose booked. Misses next match.

59′ Dimitri demands a penalty as the ball hit Krouma’s hand

57′ Red cardsVikram – gets second yellow for hitting Liston and gets marching order

56′ Toral. Corner taken. Ball cleared- second attempt by Mumbai – ball hit’s Toral’s thigh and kisses the net

56′ Corner for Mumbai

52′ Manvir fouled- free kick – Phurba clears the ball – Liston swerves the ball towards goal, Phurba clears it again. Referee stops the game as two players are lying on the ground.

51′ Mumbai manager demands a penalty as ball hits Dippendu’s chest

47′ Liston shot narrowly off target

46′ Mumbai attack foiled

45:01′ Match resumes

45+4′ Dippendu booked for holding Chhangte

45+2′ Liston elbowed- referee ignores

45+1′ Dimitri cross for Manvir intercepted

4 mins added

43′ Vikram booked for foul on Vishal

41′ Dimitri. Liston dribbles into Mumbai box – feeble clearance from Phurba – Dimitri converts into a goal

37′ Brandon long ranger straight to Vishal 

32′ Jamie. Tom header cleared by Van Nieff – ball goes to Mumbai box – Jamie controls the ball well and places it to the far post. Bagan up 1-0

28′ Chhangte offside

27′ Bagan attack foiled

26′ Sourah fouled by Bipin

22′ Tom booked

18′ Deepak fouled – referee ignores- it was Mumbai City players who stopped the game.

16′ Dimitri fouled

13′ Manvir fouled again – this time referee blows the whistle

12′ Manvir fouled – referee ignores

9′ Another foul committed by Bose

4′ Bose commits a foul

3′ Bagan attack from right – Dimitri falls down-  the quality of the ground is pathetic.

0′ Kick off

Squad –

Vishal(1) , Bose (15),  Tom (5) , Dippendu(32), Sourabh (63), Abhishek(16) , Deepak(22),  Liston(17), Dimitri(09), Manvir(11), Jamie(29)

 

MOHUN BAGAN RETAINS THE TITLE

It was 93rd minute – every Mohun Bagan supporter was tensed as the clock ticks and only 6 minutes were left in the game. Then cam e the magic moment. An Ashique Kuruniyan cross from left- found Manvir Singh – he passed the ball to Dimitri Petratos who turned and his grounder went towards the far post. Amrinder Singh, who saved at least 7 Bagan attempts by that time – watches the ball gets into the net.

 

Mohun Bagan secured 52 points from 22 games and Dimitri’s grounder ensured no other team would be able to meet the points Mohun Bagan earned this season. Dimitri earned the title “back to back” for Mohun Bagan!

 

Mohun Bagan becomes the first team in ISL history to 

  • Earn the League Shield title back to back
  • Secure 52 points so far , with two more games to go , highest ever in ISL history
  • Not losing a single game in the home games 
  • 6 continuous clean sheets
  • Substitutes earning Player of the match status
  • First to win an ISL title (2 league shields and a cup) for consecutive 3 seasons

JOY MOHUN BAGAN

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FT’ 1-0 ( Dimitri 93′ Red cards Fall 84′)

MOHUN BAGAN RETAINS THE ISL LEAGUE SHIELD

90+8′ Croner earned- ball cleared by OFC

90+4′ Jason booked- misses next game

90+3′ Dimitri. Ashique cross finds Manvir – ball goes to Dimitri and Dimitri long grounder to the far post and Bagan ahead by 1-0

90+2′ Amrinder foils Bagan attack

9 mins added

90′ Jason earns a corner – Alberto header goes out

87′ Jason in for Greg, Ashique for Liston

86′ Dimitri hits the wall – and later hits the ball out

84′ Red cardsFall. Fall fouls Jamie and gets marching order

83′ Amrinder fists Dimitri attempt off

82′ Liston fouled

80′ Delgado foils Liston move-  Corner  – Manvir header goes wide

78′ Deependu, Dimitri and Anirudh in for Deepak, Tom, Rai

77′ Amrinder fists an Ashish attack

75′ Hugo fouls Alberto

73′ Delgado foils Bagan attempt. Corner – Tom attempt off target

72′ OFC attempt off target

68′ Deepak shot foiled by Fall

67′ Apuia attempt foiled

65′ Good counter attack by OFC- Vishal was alert though

64′ Liston shot straight to Amrinder

62′ Tom fouls Hugo

59′ Unbelievable miss by Manvir- Greg gets past OFC defense from right – finds Manvir- Manvir turns and hits the ball that goes out 

58′ Manvir long ranger did not find any Bagan boy

57′ Liston shot blocked

56′ Rahim fouls Liston

54′ Manvir header goes wide

53′ Deepak long ranger too wide for Manvir

51′ Apuia long ball straight to Amrinder

49′ Liston clears a Rahul attempt –  corner – Fall header goes out

47′ Liston attempt foiled

46′ Apuia shot off target

45:01′ – Match resumes

45+1′ Two back to back saves by Amrinder

44′ Fall foils a Greg attempt

43′ Manvir move foiled. Corner – taken by Greg. Tom header goes out

41′ Bagan attempt foiled

40′ Rahul fouls Liston

39′ Greg commits a foul on Hugo

38′ Apuia fouled

37′ Manvir cross for Jamie from left- Jamie was guarded by 2 OFC defenders

34′ Bose pass too long for Greg

31′ Jamie shot saved by Amrinder

28′ Jamie fouled by Fall inside OFC box- was it a penalty ? Referee ignores though

27′ Liston cross for Manvir- too wide. Goal kick for OFC

25′ Rai fouled- referee ignores

24′ Alberto solo foiled by OFC

22′ Liston fouled by Rahim -referee ignores but later gives it a foul

20′ Another good move by OFC from right – Rahul cross did not find any OFC player though

18′ Good cross by Rahul – ball goes straight to Vishal

17′ Ball goes out of goal line – Asst Referee ignores

16′ Amrinder foils Manvir attempt

15′ Major faux pas by Vishal – Liston back pass finds him – he held the ball and hits it to Rahul KP, ball goes out

14′ Bose blocks Hugo attempt. Corner for OFC. Hugo shot finds Fall – his attempt goes wide

14′ Liston fouled – referee ignores

8′ Liston shot goes out

7′ Liston snatches the ball well – but his final cross was intercepted by OFC defense. Corner for Bagan

6′ Fall cross for Hugo but ball goes out. Goal kick for Bagan

5′ Foul against Manvir

4′ Manvir blocks an OFC move

3′ Alberto shot off target

3′ Manvir attempt blocked

0′ Kick off by OFC

Squad:  Vishal(1) , Bose (15), Alberto (21), Tom (5) , Rai(44), Apuia(45) , Deepak(22),  Liston(17), Greg(10), Manvir(11), Jamie(29)

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FT – 0-3 (Jamie 28′, 40′ , Alberto 66′)

There goes the long whistle.  Very important 3 points earned! 

Interesting view in the gallery – while Mohun Bagan fans cheer- Kerala Blusters fans leaving the stadium in a hurry

90+2′ Suhail fouled

4 mins added

89′ Suhail cross- almost found Jamie but Suresh did well to fist the ball away

88′ Dimitri fouled

87′ Liston, Deepak out, Suhail, Abhishek in

86′ Dimitri shot off target

83′ KB attack foiled by Bose

82′ Ashique move from right- but he fails to control the ball

80′ Tom header off target

79′ Excellent move by Dimitri – Jamie was offside – he passed the pall to Liston instead- Liston cross foiled. Corner

78′ Luna shot off target

77′Dimitri in for Jason

74′ KB attempt off target

73′ Apuia shot off target

72′ Luna fouls Bose

71′ Liston cross cleared- corner. Liston could have done better as Jason was in a better position

70′ Ashique in for injured Manvir who was limping

66′ Alberto. Jason freekick – hits wall – Deepak shot blocked- Alberto’s first attempt blocked, second attempt and it’s 3-0 for Bagan

65′ Manvir fouled

62′ KB attack foiled

57′ Jason move from left foiled

56′ KB attack but ball went off the goal line

54′ Manvir slides to clear the ball – KB  player hits his rib

48′ Apuia allows the ball to go out of the goal line- assistant referee judges it as corner

47′ Corner for KBFC

46′ Tom commits a foul

45:01′ Match resumes

45+3′ – LEMON BREAK

45+2′ Liston long ranger goes out of the sideline

45+1′ Jamie goal cancelled as he was in offside position

3 mins added

40′ Jamie  brilliance- collects the ball well from a Jason pass- puts it over Suresh 

39′ Foul given against Apuia

38′ Liston fouled

37′ KB attack foiled. Corner.

35′ Liston shot goes out

34′ Corner for Bagan

33′ It was a corner for Bagan- but referee awards a throw in

31′ Corner again. Liston shot straight to Suresh

30′ Bagan attack foiled. Corner

28′ Jamie. Liston manages to control the ball well into KB box and his pass finds Jamie in first post who nets the ball well

25′ Jason. Jason was fouled by foul given against him – he was unhappy and got booked

22′ Liston faux pas could have been costly, Bagan defense was alert to foil KB attack

20′ Jimenez shot off target

16′ Another KB attack  but Bagan defense was alert

14′ Apuia fouled

12′ Dippendu fouled

9′ Good attack by Kerala , blocked by Bose

8′ Liston messes up outside the box 

7′ Bose foils KB attack

6′ Liston move foiled by Kerala defense

5′ Jason cross from left cleared

4′ Peprah header off target

2′ Apuia lob for Manvir- but ball in Suresh comes out and collects the ball

0′ Kick off

Squad:  Vishal(1) , Bose (15), Alberto (21), Tom (5) , Dippendu(32), Apuia(45) , Deepak(22),  Liston(17), Jason(35), Manvir(11), Jamie(29)

 

 

ISL 2425 MB PFC

FT’ 3-0 (Jamie 56′, 90′, Liston 63′)

FT – it’s 3-0

90′ Jason cross find Jamie and Jamie converts

82′ Dippendu injured

77′ Abhishek booked

76′ Jason in for Greg

66′ Greg booked

63′ Liston long ranger- Greg leaves it and ball kisses the net.

56′ – Dippendu through, find Jamie – Jamie turns and hits the ball to the right of the goalie – it’s 1-0

46′ Asique in for Ashish

38′ Abhishek in for Sahal

37′ Sahal injured. Meanwhile Manvir  is elbowed and he is furious

32′ Jamie fouled inside box – referee ignores

14′ Bagan fails to get past PFC defense

12′ Greg fouled

10′ Corner for Bagan – wasted

6′ Corner for Bagan. Ravi collects the ball well

0′ Kick off

Squad:  Vishal(1) , Bose (15), Alberto(21), Dippendu(32),  Rai(44), Deepak(22) ,  Liston(17), Sahal(18),   Manvir(11), Jamie(29), Greg (10)