4 more players have signed for Bagan – namely Odafa Onyeka Okolie, Stanley Okoroigwe, Celestine Echezona Anyichie, Khelemba Meetei. Meanwhile Bagan has skipped their second official match on the season. Earlier on Saturday, 25th August – Bagan playes a practice game against Janbajar and won the game 5-0. Sabeeth, Odafa, Snehasish and Anil (2) scored for Bagan.

Mohun Bagan will play Churchill Brothers in their Fed Cup opener at Siliguri. Bagan is in Group B along with Churchill Brothers, Air India and qualifier. The group topper will qualify for the semifinal.

The distribution of Groups is as follows –

Group A (Ranchi) : Dempo Sc, , Pailan Arrows, Shillong Lajong, Mumbai FC
Group B (Siliguri) : Mohun Bagan, Churchill Brothers, Air India, Qualifier- 1
Group C (Siliguri) : Kingfisher East Bengal, Sporting Clube de Goa, ONGC, Qualifier-2
Group D (Ranchi) : Prayag United, Pune FC, Sikkim United, Salgaocar SC(Holders)

Semifinal 1(Ranchi) – Group A winner vs Group D winner – September 26th

Semifinal 2 (Siliguri) – Group B winner vs Group C winner – September 27th

Final – 30th September

While Bagan has teams like Churchill Brothers and Air India with them, the tougher situation is that of the ground. the stadium’s ground is a bit hard. Moreover, due to high altitude there would be some difficulties for the players. But most importantly – the crowd seem to be a bit rowdy (one has to remember that a Kolkata based club , not best known for gamemanship within the ground,  has high number of members from this town and many of the supporters were in the ground last time Bagan played there- and misbehaved with the players)

Arun Sinha, ex-coach Mohun Bagan during the 50s and 60s, and also led Mohun Bagan to success, passed away on 18th August. He played for Mohun Bagan in 1947 as well.