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Revision as of 05:13, 3 March 2013
Season | 2012-13 |
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Champions | NA |
← 2011–12 |
The 2012 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League (known as the Martyrs' Memorial Red Bull 'A' Division League Football Tournament 2012 for sponsorship reasons) was the 40th season of the A-Division League since its establishment in 1954/55. A total of 16 teams are competing in the league. The season began on 20 November 2012.[1] Nepal Police Club are the defending champions, having bought their fourth A division Champions title the previous season.
Participating Teams
A total of 16 teams are participating for the title.
- Nepal Police Club
- Manang Marshyangdi Club
- Three Star Club
- New Road Team
- Nepal Army Club
- Himalayan Sherpa Club
- Machhindra Football Club
- Jawalakhel Youth Club
- Friends Club
- Ranipokhari Corner Team
- APF Club
- Boudha FC
- Mahindra Bansbari FC
- Saraswati Youth Club
- Sankata Club
- Madhyapur Youth Academy
Major Changes
All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has changed the league structure again but has increased the prize money to almost double for the new league season this year. ANFA has scrapped the National league concept and has brought the same old Kathmandu based A Division league. The A Division league Champions, after Super league, will get Rs 75 Lakhs. (Earlier it was Rs 40 Lakhs.)
- The ticket price of the league matches is Rs 200 & Rs 100.
- There will be two matches every day. Total 120 matches will be played. Each team will play 15 matches.
- The total budget of the tournament is Rs 2 Crore 65 Lakhs
- The team will get Rs 3 Lakhs each as the preparation money.
- Top Eight teams will be selected for Super league.
- Gorkha Brewery Limited provides Rs 1 Crore To ANFA as the main sponsor.
- The winning team will receive Rs 75 Lakhs. The second placed team will get Rs 35 Lakhs. Third placed team will get Rs 15 Lakhs, Fourth placed team will get Rs 7 Lakhs, Fifth placed team will get Rs 1 Lakhs 50 Thousand, Sixth placed team will get Rs 1 Lakhs 50 Thousand, Seventh placed and eight placed team will get Rs 1 lakh each. The fair play team will get Rs 1 Lakh.
- The super League Champions will get a chance to play in AFC Presidents Cup qualifiers 2013. Head-To-Head system will be applied. Three Yellow cards is equal to one match suspension. Five yellow cards or two red cards in a match for any team will be liable to pay Rs 10,000 as a fine.
- Seventh & Eight placed team in the first round should have a point difference of 21 to the first placed team. If the points is higher than 21, the teams cant go to super league. Participation fee for all Club is Rs 10,000. If any team abandon the match during the play, ANFA will demote the club and slap a fine of Rs 3 Lakhs.[1]
Results
The league is divided into 15 rounds where the total teams play 8 games in a pre-organized fixture. Unlike other top leagues, the Nepalese league is based on a single game played between two teams on the neutral venue.
Round 1
The 1st round was played between the following clubs :
Sn Playing clubs Result Match Date 1 Nepal Police Club – Iceberg MYA 1 : 1 2012-11-20 2 LH Manang Marsyangdi Club – Sankata Club 1 : 1 2012-11-20 3 Jawalakhel Youth Club – Machhindra FC 1 : 5 2012-11-21 4 Three Star Club – Saraswati Youth Club 1 : 2 2012-11-21 5 Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club – Armed Police Force 3 : 0 2012-11-22 6 RCT – Boudha FC 2 : 0 2012-11-22 7 New Road Team – Mahindra Bansbari FC 5 : 3 2012-11-23 8 Nepal Army Club – Friends Club 0 : 0 2012-11-23
The round 1 was an interesting and exciting one where the both Newly promoted clubs from the B Division Madhyapur Youth Academy and Sankata Club tied with Defending Champion Nepal Police Club and the Runner up Manang Marshyangdi Club respectively.
The first round of Red Bull A Division League concluded on Friday with Machhindra FC topping the group with three points and better goal difference. Total 8 matches were played in which total 28 goals were scored in a ratio of 3.5 goals in every match.
- Big Guns Fail To Deliver
- After winning two major knockout titles; Ncell Cup & 2nd Safal Pokhara Cup, Laxmi Hyundai MMC locked horns with fighting CMG Sankata Club while defending champions, Nepal Police Club were stopped at 1–1 draw by newbie Iceberg Madhyapur Youth Association.
- Three Star club suffered a major set back as they surprisingly went down 1–2 to Simrik Saraswati Youth Club.
- Underdogs shine
- CMG Sankata Club, Iceberg Madhyapur and Simrik Saraswati Youth Club are notable clubs who performed well in the first round.
- Sankata and IMYA are the newly promoted clubs to top flight.
Sankata club didn't give up quickly as they restored parity with their hard work against LH MMC. Iceberg MYA looked spirited and also took a playful lead in the very first minute but they conceded the levelling goal right after the break and they played too deep down in the second half.
Simrik SYC stunned Three Star club 2–1 thanks to fragile defense line of Lalitpur based club.
The winners; New Road Team, Machhindra FC, Yeti Himalayan Sherpa, McDowells RCT played an average game but they must be happy with a winning note. Nepal Army were left completely frustrated with a draw that they played against NIBL Friends.
The losers – Mahindra Bansbari FC, Samsung JYC, Boudha FC and Armed Police Force need a reality check and they must act quickly as to strengthen their squad to avoid relegation battle. However, there are still 14 rounds matches to be played and nothing can be said until we go to the last round matches.
Highest Goal Scorer: Segun Akindae – 3 Goals (NRT) Own Goals – 3 Goals
First Goal – Jeevan Sinkeman (1') [2]
Round 2
The second round of on-going Red Bull A Division League football tournament concluded on Tuesday with a stunning win of NRT against Nepal Army at Dasrath Stadium. New Road Team and McDowells RCT became the only teams who could make 2-in-2. Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club, LH MMC and Sankata Club have four points each from two matches.
- Stunning Win
The stunning win of CMG Club Sankata over defending league champions was the buzz of the week. The head injury to Jumanu Rai and Suraj BK proved costly as Cops went down to Sankata Club after 34 odd years!
- Bounce Back
Bigwigs; LH MMC and Three Star Club have bounced back. Manange toiled hard to beat Simrik Saraswati Youth Club 3–1 while Stars easily defeated Boudha FC 4–0. Manange had played stalemate against Sankata Club in their first match. Star had faced a stunning defeat at the hands of Simrik Sraswati in their opener.
- Fail To Move Up
Machhindra FC & Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club failed to move up after playing draw in their respective matches. White Lions drew with spirited Iceberg MYA while Mountaineers played a frustrating draw against neighbors Mahindra Bansbari FC
- African Dominance
Most of the clubs have recruited African recruits for the team. The foreign recruits dominated Nepalese exploits this round.
Samsung JYC fielded four Africans to beat APF in which John Duke scored a hat trick to register 3–1 win for Zoo Keepers.
- Total Goals
Just 18 goals were scored in the second round whereas 28 goals were scored in the first round. [3]
Round 3
Round 4
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Three Star Club | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 7 | +24 | 35 |
2 | Nepal Army Club | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 6 | +13 | 28 |
3 | Machhindra Football Club | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 27 |
4 | Ranipokhari Corner Team | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 26 |
5 | Manang Marshyangdi Club | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 26 |
6 | New Road Team | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 26 |
7 | Friends Club | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 8 | +12 | 25 |
8 | Nepal Police Club | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 23 |
9 | Saraswoti Club | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 23 |
10 | Yeti Himalayan Sherpa Club | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 22 |
11 | Sankata Club | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 20 |
12 | Nepal Armed Police Force | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -14 | 16 |
13 | Jawalakhel Youth Club | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 14 |
14 | Iceberg MYA | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 13 |
15 | Mahindra Bransbari Club | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 42 | -29 | 6 |
16 | Boudha Football Club | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 38 | -27 | 4 |
References
- ^ a b Tournament Details at Goal Nepal on-line.
- ^ News at Goal Nepal on-line.
- ^ Mor Tournament News at Goal Nepal on-line