Mohun Bagan has been placed in Group D, along with Syria’s Al Karama, who were the AFC Champions League runners-up in 2006 and another former ACL side Kuwait SC of Kuwait, and Jordan’s Al Wihdat. The group stage kicks off on March 10 and culminates on May 19. The Round of 16 will be played on May 26 for the teams from the West, while the teams from the East will clash on June 23. The two-legged quarter-finals take place on September 15 and September 30. The semi-finals will be held on October 15 and 21, followed by the finals on October 27 and November 3.

Following are the schedules of Mohun Bagan matches:

10th March> Al Karama, Syria (Away)
17th March> Al Wihdat, Jordan (Home)
7th April> Kuwait SC (Home)
21st April> Kuwait SC (Away)
5th May> Al Karama, Syria (Home)
19th May> Al Wihdat, Jordan (Away)

Mohun Bagan will play its home matches in Howrah Stadium

www.mohunbaganclub.com donated Rs. 74,600 to the bereaved family of Sanjib Jana. As you know, he died after he fell down from middle tier of Salt Lake Stadium before the start of Federation Cup final of 2008.

 

 www.mohunbaganclub.com donated Rs. 74,600 to  the bereaved family of Sanjib Jana. As you know, he died after he fell down from middle tier of Salt Lake Stadium before the start of Federation Cup final of 2008. The amount was distributed equally among the family members of Sanjib Jana during an occasion held at Jadavpur University. Our member Mr. Haridas Ghosh gave the cheque of Rs. 37300 to Chuni Jana, mother of late Sanjib Jana and Mr. Subir Mukherjee gave the cheque of Rs. 37300 to Sunita Jana, wife of late Sanjib Jana. We collected funds from members of the yahoo group http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/mohunbaganclub. MB supporters from all over the world came forward and lend their helping hand towards us.

We would like to extend our thanks to all members of the Mohun Bagan family who extended their hand of help.

The amount of Rs. 74,600/- may not be very substantial to help the family’s cause, what is important is that all of us joined together and ensured that we contribute in our small way and stand beside this bereaved family in the hour of their need.  A special word of praise and gratitude for our football coach, Mr. Karim Bencherifa who also participated in this noble cause by personally contacting us.  It shows that he is not only a good football coach but also a good human being.

 

 

 

 

The persons who have contributed are:

Kareem Bencherifa (coach, Mohun Bagan Athletic Club)
Dr. Rajshankar Ghosh
Haridas Ghosh
Krishna Ghosh
Subir Mukherjee
Somnath Atta
Sankar Chatterjee
Sidhartha Dey
Devadeep Ghosh
Tridip Sheet
Shiladitya Mitra
Arabinda Bhar
Rajat Subhra Banerjee
Anirudha Mitra
Pratik Mitra
Kaushik Dutta
Arindam Das (collected from his colleagues and friends)
Somak Ghosh
Gourab Goswami (collected from his colleagues and friends)
Debayan Mitra
Sumit Roy
Soumyadeb Sinha
Amitabha Banerjee
Shayan Bhattacharya (along with his father and brother)
Debabrata Chatterjee
Rana Bose
Kallol Kolay
Sudhashil Ghosh
Arnab Dey
Goutam Das
Ramprasad Mitra
Pradip Mukherjee
Samar Roy
Sourav Roy Chowdhury
Srijan
Tathagata Roy
Subrata Kundu
Sabyasachi
Abhik Ray
Nirmalya Maity
Sumit Ghosh
Suman
Joydip
Arindam Roy
Arunabha
Somnath
Arijit Basu
Sambuddha and Sandipan
Apurba Sarkar
Pinaki Bag
Dibyendu Chatterjee
Sobhanmoy Chowdhury,Ananta Ray  & Pavan EVSR
Debraj Chakraborty
Supratim
Somnath Mitra

 

Thanks to Valerian Soccer Foundation for giving us the platform. Valerian Soccer Foundation also donated Rs. 5000, Rs. 2500 each to late Sanjib Jana’s mother and wife.

Meanwhile, Valerian Soccer Foundation launched their bi-lingual Journal “90 Minutes” on different aspects of soccer today in Jadavpur University’s Anita Banerjee Memorial Hall.  Kshiti Goswami(Minister In charge,PWD & Roads,Govt.of West Bengal),Abani Roy (MP,Rajya Sabha),Subrata Dutta(Vice-President,AIFF & IFA), Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran (Director,Vision India & In- charge National Teams,Grass roots,Youth,All India Football Federation),G.C.Das (Football Historian),Debasish Dutta ( Eminent Sports Journalist),Kalyan Majumdar(General Secretary, East Bengal) and Novy Kapadia,renowned football commentator & journalist were also present in this ocassion.  

Thanks to Mr. Angshuman Roy for writing a special article on our effort, for details read http://epaper.timesofindia.com//? and also to other print and electronic media who have highlighted the event.

 

To join our forum, http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/mohunbaganclub

 

 

 

 

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