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IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking April 10, 2005

IndianFootball.Com (IFC), India’s Premier Football Site, celebrates its 7th anniversary today. India's oldest football website was launched on April 10, 1998 and today completes seven years in service. Since it's start IndianFootball.Com has been the only real source for Indian football information on the web, not only focussing on a club or state but trying to bring as much as possible of football from across India to the footballing world.

On the occasion of the 7th anniversary IFC would like to release the first-ever "IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking”. The "IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking" will be a new and regular addition to IFC's coverage of Indian club football.

The ranking is based on a newly worked out 'Rules & Regulations' by the IndianFootball.Com team. The ranking will be released on a monthly basis and any club participating in the National Football League, 2nd Division National Football League, Federation Cup, Major All-India Tournaments and local leagues, will enter the rankings. Clubs participating in official international tournaments (AFC and FIFA) will also be awarded points.

IFC Editors-in-Chief Arunava Chaudhuri and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and the rest of the team are delighted to see the huge interest shown in the rankings in the past weeks since IFC announced the launch right in time for the anniversary.

Chaudhuri: “I’m delighted to see our ‘IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking’ finally being launched. It has been a year since we have had the idea and have been working to put the statistical data together for the rankings. I hope that everyone likes this new feature on IndianFootball.Com.”

Punnakkattu Daniel: “We hope the ‘IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking’ will be a good addition to our coverage of Indian football. It is based on a carefully worked out system and we hope it will be a useful service for all fans, officials and journalists around the globe.”

Calcutta giants East Bengal Club tops the first edition of the "IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking", followed by local rivals Mohun Bagan AC and Mahindra United of Mumbai.

Further information on the "IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking" and the complete April ranking (Top 75) can be found at:

http://specials.indianfootball.com/ifcclubranking/

The "IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking" Top 20 can be found on Page 2. Please feel free to contact us, if further information is needed.

IndianFootball.Com Contacts Arunava Chaudhuri; Markt 1; 42853 Remscheid; Germany | Mobile: +49 160 4819749 Chris Punnakkattu Daniel; Knetterhauser Str. 4; 33775 Versmold; Germany | Mobile: +49 174 8987246

The "IndianFootball.Com Club Ranking" Top 20:

No. TEAM CITY, STATE Pts

01 East Bengal Club Calcutta, West Bengal 522,0 02 Mohun Bagan AC Calcutta, West Bengal 345,0 03 Mahindra United Mumbai, Maharashtra 328,0 04 Salgaocar SC Goa 324,0 05 Dempo SC Goa 313,5 06 Vasco SC Goa 282,5 07 JCT Mills Phagwara, Punjab 279,0 08 Churchill Brothers SC Goa 274,0 09 Sporting Clube de Goa Goa 230,5 10 Tollygunge Agragami Calcutta, West Bengal 207,5 11 Mohammedan Sporting Club Calcutta, West Bengal 188,5 12 Fransa FC Goa 186,0 13 Assam State Electricity Board Guwahati, Assam 168,5 14 Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. SC Bangalore, Karnataka 154,5 15 EverReady Sports Association Calcutta, West Bengal 144,5 16 Air-India Mumbai, Maharashtra 134,0 17 Border Security Force Jalandhar, Punjab 126,0 18 State Bank of Travancore Trivandrum, Kerala 112,0 19 Punjab Police Jalandhar, Punjab 104,5 20 Hindustan Club Delhi 93,0

The complete April ranking (Top 75) can be found at:

http://specials.indianfootball.com/ifcclubranking/