Runners in State-level Football

Seen are (standing from left) M. Surya (Coach), H.R. Praveen, Dewan, Keerthan S. Gowda, S. Sachidananda, T.V. Irfan, Swaroop M. Jacob, Rahul Singh, M.S. Preetham, B. Sumukh, Sharath Singh and Pradyumna Bopaiah (Strength and Conditioning Coach); Sitting from left: C. Rishab Cariappa, Jishnu H. Das (Coach), D.V. Praveen Raju, M. Sukumar (Founder), M.J. Harish (Ex-Senior Player), K. Mohit Kariappa and Gagan Patel (not in pic).

Vijayanagar Football Club (VFC) finished runners-up in the 4th year ‘Hindu Cup’ Open Football Tournament organised as part of Ugadi celebrations by Hindu Geleyara Balaga, Gowdalli, Somwarpet, recently.

In the finals of the State-level 11-a-side Tournament, VFC lost to Malnad FC, which had mixture of ex-India players and current Super Division players, in penalties (2-3) after the match ended in a 0-0 draw.

Earlier in the semi finals, VFC defeated Reddy Brothers FC with the scoreline reading 2-0. In the quarter finals, VFC won by a margin of 1-0 against Shreeram Sunti FC which consisted of players from Bengaluru. In the first match of the Tournament, VFC beat Tumkur FC 4-1.

Praveen Raju was awarded ‘Gentleman Player of the Tournament.’ Sachin received ‘Best Striker Trophy.’ VFC also got a cash prize of Rs. 50,000 and an attractive trophy.

This post was published on April 19, 2022 5:01 pm