Second Division I-league 2015 : NEROCA FC to take on Hyderabad FC at Khuman Lampak, Imphal
Source: Hueiyen News Service
New Delhi, October 10 2015 :
Second Division I-League will kick-off on November 14 at the Khuman Lampak Main Stadium.
Manipur's NEROCA FC is making its debut and will take on Hyderabad FC.
NEROCA FC's second match will be played on November 28 in Guwahati against another debutant Guwahati FC.
After this, NEROCA FC will face Gangtok Himalayan SC in Gangtok on December 5 .
The league match will come back to Kuman Lampak Imphal on December 12 and NEROCA FC will clash with veterans of Mohammedan SC.
On December 12, NEROCA FC will face Guwahati again in home ground.
NEROCA FC will meet Gangtok Himalayan SC again in Khuman Lampak on January 2, 2015.Thereafter, Manipur's NEROCA FC will have two more encounters in Hyderabad and Kolkatta against Fateh Hyderabad and Mohammedan SC on January 9 and 16 respectively.
This time round the Second Division League had five debutants.
Second Division League 2015-16 will see major change in the format as it is going to be played home and away basis unlike last season.
Eleven teams are divided in two conferences according to their geographical location; three teams from each conference would qualify to the final stage which would decide the eventual winner of Second Division League 2015-16 .
Gangtok Himalayan SC (Sikkim), Mohammedan SC (West Bengal), Guwahati FC (Assam), NEROCA FC (Manipur) and Fateh Hyderabad (Telangana) will scuffle off in the Eastern Conference while Lonestar Kashmir FC (Jammu & Kashmir), Minerva AFC (Chandigarh), PIFA, Kenkre FC, DSK Shivajians (Maharashtra) and Dempo SC (Goa) would ply their trade from Western Conference.
Gangtok Himalayan SC, Guwahati FC, Neroca FC, Fateh Hyderabad and Minerva AFC are going to debut in this season and rubbing their shoulders along with Mohammedan SC and other veteran football clubs.