2012–13 in Indian football

Football in India
Season	2012–13
Men's football
I-League	Churchill Brothers
I-League 2nd Division	Rangdajied United
Federation Cup	East Bengal
Durand Cup	Air India

The 2012–13 season is the 125th competitive association football season in India.

Promotion and relegation

Teams relegated from the I-League:

Teams promoted to the I-League:

India national football team

Men

2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Myanmar	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
India	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4	6
Guam	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
Chinese Taipei	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

Source: RSSSF

2 March 2013 Match 1	India	2 – 1	Chinese Taipei	Yangon, Myanmar
	Raja 40' Singh 90'	Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

4 March 2013 Match 2	India	4 – 0	Guam	Yangon, Myanmar
	Sunil Chhetri 49', 90+1' Miranda 68' Raja 79'	Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

6 March 2013 Match 3	Myanmar	1 – 0	India	Yangon, Myanmar
	Oo 75'	Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium

Friendlies

16 October 2012 Friendly	Singapore	2 – 0	India	Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
	Amri 42' Nawaz 49'	Report		Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

6 February 2013 Friendly	India	2 – 4	Palestine	Kochi, Kerala
	Miranda 17' Nabi 39'	Report	Nu'man 30', 48', 65' Saleh 46'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

2012 Nehru Cup

22 August 2012 MD 1	India	2 – 1	Syria	Delhi, India
	Chhetri 45+2' Pereira 82'	Report	Al Shbli 89'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

25 August 2012 MD2	India	3 – 0	Maldives	Delhi, India
	Chhetri 45+2' (70) Nabi 54'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

28 August 2012 MD 3	India	0 – 0	Nepal	Delhi, India
		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

31 August 2012 MD4	India	0 – 1	Cameroon B	Delhi, India
		Report	Bite 2'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

2 September 2012 Final	India	2 – 2 (5–4 p)	Cameroon B	Delhi, India
	G. Singh 19' Chhetri 78'	Report	Thierry 29' Mpondo 54'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
	Penalties
	R. Singh Chhetri Franco Hossain Miranda		Tambe Baba Bebey Mpondo Makon

India U16

2012 AFC U-16 Championship

23 September 2012 Group	Uzbekistan	3 – 2	India	Tehran, Iran
15:00	Odilov 8' Abdullaev 53' (pen.) Abdiganiyev 79'	Report	Rai 47', 71'	Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

25 September 2012 Group	India	0 – 0	Syria	Tehran, Iran
15:00		Report		Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Strebre Delovski (Australia)

27 September 2012 Group	China	2 – 2	India	Tehran, Iran
13:00	Wang Jinxian 21' Zhang Yuning 33'	Report	Lalhlimpuia 19' Mendes 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Rah Ahan Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Naser Al Ghafari (Jordan)

Women

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar	3	2	1	0	11	0	+11	7	2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	0	8	1	+7	7
3	India	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1
4	Palestine (H)	3	0	1	2	1	16	−15	1

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

21 May 2013 MD1	India	0–2	Myanmar	Al-Ram, Palestine
		Report	Phaw 6' Wai 26'	Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium

23 May 2013 MD2	India	1–2	Chinese Taipei	Al-Ram, Palestine
	Malik 54'	Report	Hsiu-chin 42' Li-chin 82'	Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium

25 May 2013 MD3	India	1–1	Palestine	Al-Ram, Palestine
	Malik 35'	Report	Caro 46' (pen.)	Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium

2012 SAFF Women's Championship

7 September 2012 MD1	India	3–0	Bangladesh	Columbo, Sri Lanka
	Yumnam Kamala Devi 64' Oinam Bembem Devi 76' Alochana Senapati 89'	Report		Stadium: CR & FC Grounds

9 September 2012 MD2	India	5–0	Sri Lanka	Columbo, Sri Lanka
	Samal 17' Salam Rinaroy Devi 32', 51' Pinky Bompal Magar 53' Irom Prameshwori Devi 56'	Report		Stadium: CR & FC Grounds

11 September 2012 MD3	India	11–0	Bhutan	Columbo, Sri Lanka
	Tuli Goon 13' Yumnam Kamala Devi 23', 30' Malik 27' (pen.) Pinky Bompal Magar 38', 49', 65' Irom Prameshwori Devi 42', 64' Nameirakpam Montesori Chanu 63' Routray 73'	Report		Stadium: CR & FC Grounds

14 September 2012 Semis	India	11–0	Afghanistan	Columbo, Sri Lanka
	Yumnam Kamala Devi 5', 57', 90' Irom Prameshwori Devi 31' Oinam Bembem Devi 40', 61', 70' Malik 43', 78' Ashem Romi Devi 59' Pinky Bompal Magar 81'	Report		Stadium: CR & FC Grounds

16 September 2012 Final	India	3–1	Nepal	Columbo, Sri Lanka
	Routray 8' Oinam Bembem Devi 66' Yumnam Kamala Devi 83'	Report	Adhikari 3'	Stadium: CR & FC Grounds

Friendlies

14 May 2013 Friendly	Bahrain	1–2	India	Riffa, Bahrain
	Yusif 42'	Report	Magar 8' Malik 36'	Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium

16 May 2013 Friendly	Bahrain	0–2	India	Riffa, Bahrain
		Report	Irom Prameshwori Devi 56' Yumnam Kamala Devi 71'	Stadium: Bahrain National Stadium

I-League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Churchill Brothers (C)	26	16	7	3	56	22	+34	55	Qualification for 2014 AFC Cup group stage
2	Pune	26	16	4	6	53	26	+27	52	Qualification for 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off^[a]
3	East Bengal	26	13	8	5	44	18	+26	47
4	Prayag United	26	13	5	8	55	35	+20	44
5	Dempo	26	11	7	8	45	33	+12	40
6	Sporting Goa	26	9	8	9	36	41	−5	35
7	Salgaocar	26	9	6	11	34	29	+5	33
8	Mumbai	26	8	8	10	36	42	−6	32
9	ONGC (R)	26	7	10	9	30	40	−10	31	Excluded^[b]
10	Mohun Bagan	26	11	8	7	40	34	+6	29^[c]
11	Shillong Lajong	26	6	10	10	26	40	−14	28
12	Pailan Arrows	26	6	5	15	25	45	−20	23
13	Air India (R)	26	4	7	15	28	63	−35	19	Excluded^[b]
14	United Sikkim (R)	26	2	9	15	23	63	−40	15	Relegation to 2014 I-League 2nd Division

Source: IndiaFooty.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Pune were chosen to represent India in the AFC Champions League as they passed the club licensing requirements.^[1]
^ ^a ^b ONGC and Air India were expelled from I-League because they failed to meet Asian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.^[2]
^ On 29 December 2012, Mohun Bagan failed to turn up in the second half of the match against East Bengal due to crowd trouble; their record was expunged, with their remaining fixtures scratched, and they were banned from the I-League for until 2015 by the I-League core committee.^[3] On 15 January 2013, Mohun Bagan appealed the decision to ban them from the league and were reinstated, but would start on 0 points.^[4]

Federation Cup

30 September 2012

18:30 IST

East Bengal	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Dempo
Mondal 60' Singh 100' Edeh 109'	Report	Lawrence 51' Gawli 111'

Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri

Attendance: 35,000 (est)

Referee: Vishnu Chawhan (Gujarat)

Durand Cup

1 September 2012

18:30 IST

Air India	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Dodsal
	Report
Penalties
Mohanraj Shetty Meher Chaudhari R. Singh	3–2	Pradeep Kumar Diakhate Ghosh Rafi

Ambedkar Stadium, Delhi

Attendance: 10,000

Santosh Trophy

3 March 2013

Kerala	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Services
	Report
Penalties
Anto Basid Sarath	3 – 4	Singh Kumar Dileep Varghese

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi, Kerala

Attendance: 35,000

References

^ "Pune FC to play AFC Champions League play-off". Goal.com. 26 November 2013.
^ "I-League: ONGC, AI hoping against hope". The Times of India. 17 Jan 2013.
^ "Century-old Mohun Bagan banned from I-League". Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ "AIFF revoke two-year ban on Mohun Bagan". Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[table_note_res_QPO0.28157177673726-2] Pune were chosen to represent India in the AFC Champions League as they passed the club licensing requirements.^[1]

[table_note_res_EX0.28157177673726-4] ONGC and Air India were expelled from I-League because they failed to meet Asian Football Confederation's licensing criteria.^[2]

[table_hth_MB0.28157177673726-7] On 29 December 2012, Mohun Bagan failed to turn up in the second half of the match against East Bengal due to crowd trouble; their record was expunged, with their remaining fixtures scratched, and they were banned from the I-League for until 2015 by the I-League core committee.^[3] On 15 January 2013, Mohun Bagan appealed the decision to ban them from the league and were reinstated, but would start on 0 points.^[4]

[1] "Pune FC to play AFC Champions League play-off". Goal.com. 26 November 2013.

[3] "I-League: ONGC, AI hoping against hope". The Times of India. 17 Jan 2013.

[5] "Century-old Mohun Bagan banned from I-League". Retrieved 29 December 2012.

[6] "AIFF revoke two-year ban on Mohun Bagan". Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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