Defending champions East Bengal will take on former winners Mohun Bagan, who finished a lowly ninth in the last edition, in the opening match of the ninth National Football League beginning in Kolkata on January 12.
On the next day Vasco Sports Club, one of the six Goan teams in the fray, will begin their campaign against state rivals Fransa Pax Football Club.
There will be two matches at Goa and Mumbai respectively on the third day of the first round on January 14 with runners-up Salgaocar Sports Club taking on promotees State Bank of Travancore and Mahindra United locking horns with Churchill Brothers.
The sixth and last match in round one will pit JCT Mills, Phagwara against Dempo SC at Goa.
Kerala, returning to the NFL map after a while, will host its first match on February 1 when SBT meets the defending champions.
The Fixtures
Round I
Match No. Date Venue
1 12.1.05 KEB v MB Kolkata
2 13.1.05 Vasco v Fransa Goa
3 14.1.05 SAL v SBT Goa
4 14.1.05 MU v CCB Mumbai
5 15.1.05 SCG v DTDCTA Goa
6 16.1.05 Dempo v JCT Goa
Round II
7 17.1.05 Vasco v SAL Goa
8 18.1.05 CCB v DTDCTA Goa
9 18.1.05 MB v MU Kolkata
10 19.1.05 Dempo v SBT Goa
11 20.1.05 Fransa v KEB Goa
12 21.1.05 SCG v JCT Goa.
Round III
13 22.1.05 SAL v DTDCTA Goa
14 23.1.05 CCB v KEB Goa
15 24.1.05 MU v Dempo Mumbai
16 24.1.05 Vasco v SBT Goa
17 25.1.05 Fransa v JCT Goa
18 25.1.05 MB v SCG Kolkata
Round IV
19 27.1.05 Vasco v KEB Goa
20 28.1.05 DTDCTA v Dempo Kolkata
21 28.1.05 Fransa v SBT Goa
22 29.1.05 CCB v MB Goa
23 29.1.05 MU v SCG Mumbai
24 30.1.05 JCT v SAL Punjab
Round V
25 01.2.05 SBT v KEB Kerala
26 01.2.05 DTDCTA v Fransa Kolkata
27 01.2.05 Dempo v MB Goa
28 02.2.05 JCT v Vasco Punjab
29 02.2.05 SCG v CCB Goa
30 03.2.05 MU v SAL Mumbai.
Round VI
31 05-2-05 Dempo v SCG Goa
32 05-2-05 MB v Fransa Kolkata
33 05-2-05 KEB v JCT Kolkata
34 06-2-05 SBT v DTDCTA Kerala
35 07-2-05 Vasco v MU Goa
36 08-2-05 CCB v SAL Goa
Round VII
37 09-2-05 MB v JCT Kolkata
38 09-2-05 Dempo v Fransa Goa
39 10-2-05 Vasco v SCG Goa
40 11-2-05 MU v DTDCTA Mumbai
41 12-2-05 SBT v CCB Kerala
42 12-2-05 KEB v SAL Kolkata
Round VIII
43 13-2-05 Fransa v SCG Goa
44 14-2-05 MU v JCT Mumbai
45 15-2-05 KEB v DTDCTA Kolkata
46 16-2-05 CCB v Vasco Goa
47 16-2-05 MB v SBT Kolkata
48 17-2-05 Dempo v SAL Goa
Round IX
49 18-2-05 KEB v MU Kolkata
50 19-2-05 MB v DTDCTA Kolkata
51 20-2-05 SCG v SBT Goa
52 20-2-05 JCT v CCB Punjab
53 21-2-05 Vasco v Dempo Goa
54 22-2-05 SAL v Fransa Goa.
Round X
55 23-2-05 JCT v DTDCTA Punjab
56 24-2-05 MU v SBT Mumbai
57 24-2-05 Dempo v KEB Goa
58 25-2-05 MB v Vasco Kolkata
59 25-2-05 CCB v Fransa Goa
60 26-2-05 SAL v SCG Goa
Round XI
61 28-2-05 DTDCTA v Vasco Kolkata
62 28-2-05 JCT v SBT Punjab
63 28-2-05 Fransa v MU Goa
64 01-3-05 SCG v KEB Goa
65 02-3-05 MB v SAL Kolkata
66 02-3-05 Dempo v CCB Goa.
Please note: KEB - Kingfisher East Bengal (Kolkata), MB - Mohun Bagan (Kolkata), DTDCTA - DTDC Tollygunge Agragami (Kolkata), Dempo - Dempo Sports Club (Goa), SAL - Salgaocar Sports Club (Goa), CCB - Coca Cola Churchill Brothers (Goa), SCG - Sporting Clube de Goa, Vasco - Vasco Soorts Club (Goa), Fransa - Fransa Pax Football Club (Goa), SBT - State Bank of Travancore (Thiruvananthapuram), JCT - JCT Phagwara (Punjab), MU - Mahindra United (Mumbai).
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