AFC Cup 2012: East Bengal defeated by Kazma

AFC Cup 2012

9.05.2012

East Bengal 1-2 Kazma

EB: Edmilson Pardal(18')

Kazma: Ismail Al Ajmi(7',90')

AFC Cup: East Bengal again thrashed

Al-Orouba 4-1 East Bengal

AO: Shaaban Naggar(6'), Fatai Adisa Alao(33'), Abdellah Sharyan(58'), Yaser Al Gabr(70')

EB: Edmilson Pardal(79')

East Bengal continued their dismal show in the AFC Cup 2012 after getting hammered by Yemen's Al-Orouba 4-1. The only consolation for the Kolkata side was that they managed to register a goal in the tournament thanks to Edmilson's goal in the 79th minute.

AFC Cup: Salgaocar SC defeated Al Arouba

AFC Cup 2012
Salgaocar SC 3-1 Al Arouba
SSC: Francis Fernandes(45'), Milarges Gonsalves(49),  Gilbert Olivera(63')
AA: Danilo Teixera(P 81')

                                                        

Salgaocar SC defeated Al-Arouba 3-1 in the AFC Cup tie played at Pandit Jawahlal Nehru Stadium, Goa. Despite missing many key players Salgaocar SC handed a huge surprise to the Oman Champions who came here with a chance to qualify for the next stage but saw their hopes shattered by a resilient Salgaocar side. Francis Fernandes(45th), Milagres Gonsalves(49th) and Gilbert Olivera(63rd) were the scorers for the Goan side whereas Danilo Teixera(81st) scored the lone goal for the visitors.

AFC Cup 2012: Indian Clubs continue to disappoint as East Bengal and Salgaocar loose again

Indian clubs continue to disappoint in the AFC Cup

Salgaocar and East Bengal both lost their respective matches in their AFC Cup matches played today. East Bengal lost 0-2 to Arbil in the away match at Jordan while Salgaocar fought hard but eventually had to loose against much dominant Al-Wahedat in their home tie.

Arbil 2-0 East Bengal
Arbil: Al Hussain (P 44'), Abdul Razzack (P 46')

Salgaocar SC 1-2 Al-Wahedat
SAL: Ishfaq Ahmed (69')
AW: Amer Abu-Hwata(9'),M. Shelbaieh (82')  

AFC Cup 2012: Arbil host East Bengal while Salgaocar host Al-Wahedat

Arbil vs East Bengal
Francouse Al Hareeri Stadium
8:30 PM IST

Salgaocar vs Al-Wahedat
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

                                                       
East Bengal rocked by three successive defeats in the AFC Cup and thus are still unable to grab any points, visits Iraqi opponent Arbil on Tuesday. To add to the miseries, they will be without their highest goal scorer in the i-League, Aussie forward Tolgay Ozbey and their head coach Trevor Morgan due to security concerns imposed by the Australian Government. Meanwhile Arbil who defeated East Bengal few days ago in the Red and Golds home turf at the Yuba Bharati Krirangan, are boosted by the return of forward Luay Salah and Syrian midfielder Nadim Sabag.

Salgaocar host Al-Wahedat of Jordan today at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Salgaocar last match saw them getting thrashed by Neftchi 5-0 in their home turf. Al-Wahedat will be missing their suspended midfielder Ahmad Elias who was the scorer in their last match. Salgaocar will be missing suspended Brazilian defender Luciano Sobrosa, Japanese striker Ryuji Sueoka and Nigerian frontman Chidi Edeh.

East Bengal to take Permission from AFC for their match at Iraq

Worries for East Bengal increase

                                                     
East Bengal are going to take permision from AFC about their AFC Cup game against Iraqi club Arbil on April 10th 2012 at the Francouse Al-Hareeri Stadium, Iraq.

In their permision they are goong to ask AFC whether they can have their assistant coach Mr.Ranjan Chaudhary to take charge of the team for that game because their Aussie coach Mr.Trevor James Morgan and striker Tolgay Ozbey cannot travel to Iraq due to the rules imposed by the Australian Government rules..
Mr.Ranjan is a AFC "C" license holder and according to AFC only AFC "A" License holder can take charge for the match.

AFC Cup 2012: East Bengal and Salgaocar loose their respective matches

East Bengal and Salgaocar lost their matches 

4th April 2012

Indian clubs continue to disappoint at the Asian stage as East Bengal and Salgaocar SC both lost their respective matches on 4th April, Wednesday. East Bengal went down to Arbil of Iraq 0-2 while Salgaocar SC were thrashed by Al-Wahedat of Jordan.

East Bengal 0-2 Arbil
Arbil: Amzed(75'), Abdul(90+3')

Salgaocar SC 0-5 Al-Wahedat
Abdallah Deeb 25' (Penalty), Ahmad Elias 47', Mahnmoud 88', Hwata 90+2' 

AFC Cup 2012: Fixtures 4th April

04.04.2012 Fixtures

                                                         

East Bengal vs Arbil (Iraq)

Al-Wehdat (Jordan) vs Salgaocar SC

AFC Cup 2012: Salgaocar earn a point against Neftchi

21.03.2012
Salgaocar 2-2 Neftchi
SAL: Ryuji Sueoka(45+2'), Gilbert Olivera(82')
NEF: Atabek Isroilov(25'), Aziz Alijonov(59′)

                                                            

Salgaocar SC earned a hard fought point in the AFC Cup match played today at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Goa against Uzbeki side Neftchi. Salgaocar came back twice with a goal each from Ryuiji Sueoka and Gilbert Oliviera. Atabek Isroilov(25') and Aziz Alijonov(59′) found the net for the visitors.

AFC Cup 2012: East Bengal loose to Kazma SC

                                            

   20.03.2012

AFC Cup 2012

Kazma SC 3-0 East Bengal

KSC: Al Salma Naser(39'), Al Wohaid(44'), Abdou Gammeh(59') 

AFC Cup 2012: East Bengal face Kazma SC

Kazma SC host East Bengal
Kazma SC vs East Bengal
AFC Cup 2012
Venue: Friendship and Peace Stadium Kuwait
Time: 9:00 PM IST

                                                         


East Bengal after loosing their first match against Al-Arouba in their home will be facing a stern test against Kuwaiti side Kazma SC on Tuesday when the two sides meet in the AFC Cup 2012 group stage match. East Bengal will be without the services of Mehtab Hussain, Sushant Mathews and R. Vashum. On the other hand, Kazma SC might have to start without the presence of their Ivory Coast midfielder Mouhoube Somain as he suffered a muscle strain during Karma's 1-1 draw against Arbil. Kazma SC reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 edition of AFC Cup. 

AFC Cup 2012: Al-Arouba defeat Salgaocar

                                                                  

            Al-Arouba 1-0 Salgaocar (FT)

            AA: Darwish(68')

Salgaocar lost their first match in AFC Cup 2012 against Al-Arouba by a solitary goal which came in the 68th minute through Darwish in the 68th minute of the game. Salgaocar's newly recruited French midfielder Maxime Belouet was badly injured.

AFC Cup 2012: East Bengal loose to Al-Oruba

East Bengal 0-1 Al-Oruba (YBK)

East Bengal lost 0-1 against Yemen club Al-Oruba with the lone goal coming through a penalty goal awarded in the stoppage time of first half. The referring standard were questionable in the match as several decisions were unsatisfactory which were clearly visible through the East Bengal players reactions. East Bengal were led down by their front line as they failed to grab to numerous chances that came there way.

AFC 2012 Slots Announced: Indian Clubs wont feature in AFC Champions League Play-Offs

The AFC Executive committee has confirmed the number of places participating Member Associations will have in the upcoming AFC Champions League 2012. Indian clubs wont get a chance to try their luck in the AFC Champions League Play-offs and hence will have two entries to the AFC Cup.

This is how the slots have been divided:


West Zone - Direct Entrants

Qatar                            4
Saudi Arabia                 3
UAE                             3
Uzbekistan                    2
Iran                               2

West Zone - Playoff Entrants

Iran                               2
Saudi Arabia                 1
UAE                             1
Uzbekistan                    1



East Zone - Direct Entrants

Japan                            4
Korea Republic             3
China                            3
Australia                        2
Thailand                        1
Uzbekistan                    1


East Zone - Playoff Entrants

Korea Republic             1
China                            1
Australia                       1
Thailand                        1
Indonesia                      1