PIFA Colaba beat Prayag United to lift Abhijit Kadam Memorial Cup 2012

Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) Colaba FC registered a solitary goal win over i league team Prayag United SC 1-0 and lift the 7th Abhijit Kadam Memorial Football Cup, at the Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex Ground, here on Sunday.

The victory for the Mumbai side meant bettering their record in the tournament. Earlier, PIFA had finished runners-up in the state-level Abhijit Kadam Memorial Football Shield, which entitled them to play in the all-India tournament and eventually end on a high. A first-half goal from striker Nagesh Swamy (39th minute) was enough to separate the two sides at the end of regulation time.

PIFA pocketed Rs Winners Rs 3.0 lakh for their effort, while runners-up Prayag United SC had to be content with Rs 2 lakh. The winners and runners up received their spoils from Mr. Patangrao Kadam, Founder & Chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University and Minister of Forest, Rehabilitation & Help, Maharashtra State. The Best Player award was handed over by Mr. Vishwajeet Kadam and Secretary, Bharati Vidyapeeth and Managing Trustee Abhijit Kadam Memorial Foundation, while the Best Goalkeeper award had Mr. SF Patil, Ex- Vice Chancellor Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University give away the prize. Both individual winners was handed a cash award of Rs 15,000 respectively.

TEAMS PIFA Colaba: Kishan Sulegai, Clifford Garrett, Vincent Bassey, Vinay Jadhav, Dheeraj Meher, Hantoba Singh, Jackie Singh, Sushil Kawde, George Wamou, Nagesh Swamy, Dashanng Kachru, Godpower Canopy, Gautam Kanojia, Mohsin Khan, Jeevan Nalge, Ravindra Tamatar, Ganesh kamat, Subhash Mondal

Man of the Match: Nagesh Swamy  (PIFA Colaba)

 Best Player of the Tournament : Vincent Bassey (PIFA Colaba)

PIFA Colaba U-19 Runner Up of the BFRA FairPlay Tournament.

The annual BFRA Fairplay tournament was organised on the 26th of January at the St. Xaviers ground Parel. The 9 a-side tournament which is held annually on the Republic Day is an excellent opportunity for youngsters to showcase their talent and the PIFA Colaba FC U-19 team did just that. The team showed excellent character throughout the tournament which is a feature of all PIFA teams. The all day tournament was a real test of the strength and resolve of the boys as the team comprised of young and promising footballers of the future.


The first game saw PIFA up against the big guns; Air India U-19. The boys gave their best and won the game 3-4 in a dramatic penalty shootout. PIFA goalkeeper Pritam Jadhav pulled some excellent saves to help the team progress to the next round. The second game was against 'Mumbai Muslims' which PIFA won comfortably by 2 goals to nil. This result saw PIFA Colaba U-19 progress to the semi finals. The semi final was a close call with the game ending up with the game ending up 1-0. PIFA Colaba U-19 was through to the 2nd consecutive final of the BFRA Fairplay tournament.

PIFA faced 'Intellinet' in the finals. Unfortunately the PIFA Colaba U-19 boys lost by a seldom goal. To be fair to the U-19 team, the final was immediately after the semi final giving the boys very little time to recoup from the hard fought semi final.

It was a great result for a very young side that brought the 'BFRA Fairplay Runner-up trophy' back to PIFA. There were a lot of individual laurels by PIFA players as Pritam Jadhav bagged the "Best Goalkeeper Trophy' and Noel Rodrigues won the 'Upcoming Player' award. This young PIFA side has a lot of potential and a long way to go

PIFA Colaba FC to play AIFF i league 2nd division 2012

23 teams have been selected to play in AIFF's 2nd division of the I-League, which will start in the first week of February 2012. 23 teams divided into three groups. The matches will be played in Cuttack (Odhisa), New Delhi and Silchar (Assam)


Two teams from each group will qualify for the final rounds. The venue for the final round will be decided later.



Top two teams from final rounds will play in the I-League 2012-13 season.


Group 1 : Venue: Silchar, Assam


Teams: Green Valley SC (Guwahati), Eagles FC (Kochi), Southern Samity (Kolkata), Bhowanipore Club (Kolkata), United Sikkim FC (Gangtok), Ar-Hima FC (Shillong), Aizawl FC (Mizoram)


Group 2 : Venue: Cuttack, Orissa


Teams: Royal Wahingdoh SC (Shillong), Sesa Football Academy (Goa), Quartz SC (Kozhikode), Kalighat Milan Sangha (Kolkata), Techno Aryan Club (Kolkata), Guwahati Town Club (Assam), Kenkre FC (Mumbai), Samaleshwari FC (Orissa)


Group 3 : Venue: Delhi


Teams: Mohammedan Sporting Club (Kolkata), Vasco SC (Goa), Golden Threads FC (Kerala), Luangmual FC (Mizoram), Simla Youngs FC (Delhi), Langsning FC (Shillong), PIFA-Colaba FC (Mumbai), KGF Academy (Bangalore)


PIFA Colaba FC match schedule For 2nd division at Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi
1 Feb - Vasco SC
5 Feb - Golden Threads
8 Feb - Luangmual FC
10 Feb - Simla Youngs FC
14 Feb - Langsing FC
16 Feb - KGF Academy
20 Feb - Mohammedan SC