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The Battle is on for a place in the 2016 I-League. Eight teams have arrived in Siliguri, Assam for the 1st round of the 2nd Division I-League whereas the 2nd round would be played in Golaghat, Assam. The team to bag the highest points will be crowned champions. Out of the 8 teams present, we have 2 teams representing Maharashtra in the league. They are PIFA Sports and Kenkre Sports. This will be the 5th season that both teams will be fielding a team in the League. Both teams are Mumbai-based academies currently playing in the Elite Division of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA). They have been doing their part in developing players in various age groups and also had teams in the U-19 I-League which was held in Mumbai since December, 2014. Average age the players in PIFA Sports is 22.5 years.
Kenkre FC Squad
Goalkeepers: Harpreet Singh, Syed Hasan Nawaz, Thokchom Roshan
Defenders: Nitesh Aswani, Aniket Admane, Shivakumar M, Deepak, Ritesh Perambra, Arshdeep Singh, Othallo Tabia, Harpreet Bedi, Shaun Fernandes, Ryesh Venkatraman, Pramod Shankaran
Midfielders: Taha Kachwala, Shailesh Jadhav, Arvindraj Rajan, Derrick Joseph, Subhas Chakraborty, Rugved Yeole, Mohammed Saleemuddin, Faizan Thange
Strikers: Yash Mhatre, Arish Sutaria, Yao Kouassi Bernard (Cote D’Ivoire), Yogesh Kadam, Kamran Siddiqui, Manash Sarkar
Kenkre Sports
Head Coach: S. Ekendra Singh
Asst. Coach: L. Kamlakanta Singh
Manager: Joshua Lewis
Team Physiotherapist: Dr. Sumedh Desai
PIFA Sports Squad
Goalkeepers: James Swamy, Pritam Jadhav, Kishor Nair, Rahul Yadav
Defenders: Roshan Karmaran, Sujit Pandey, Pramod Pandey, Ajil D’Almeida, Jaydeep Panarkar, Agyemang Opoku (Ghana), Pushkar Banger, Bharat Thapa, Hemant Patil, Yogesh Rawat
Midfielders: Shadab Shaikh, Pranay Daniell, Ganesh Kamath, Lester Creado, Dashyanng Kachru, Raunakjay Killinger, Arvind Kanojiya, Sumit Sarkar, Yarmipei Shangh, Neel Shah
Forwards: Arjun Mehra, Ozowara Elvis (Nigeria), Deep Moorjani, Zeeshan Shaikh, Mithilesh Patil, Sandesh Gadkari
PIFA Sports FC
Head Coach: Nirvan Shah
Asst. Coach: Zakir Hussain
Manager: Sudhakar Rane
Team Physiotherapist: Ashish Panda.
| Round 1 | |||
| Date | Team | Team | Time/Result |
| 29th March, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | Chanmari FC | 01-04 |
| 30th March, 2015 | Hindustan FC | PIFA Sports | 02-02 |
| Round 2 | |||
| 1st April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | Aizawl FC | 01-04 |
| 2nd April, 2015 | United SC | PIFA Sports | 01-00 |
| Round 3 | |||
| 4th April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | Hindustan FC | 00-03 |
| 4th April, 2015 | Lone Star Kashmir FC | PIFA Sports | 01-00 |
| Round 4 | |||
| 7th April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | United SC | 03-05 |
| 7th April, 2015 | Mohammedan Sporting | PIFA Sports | 05-00 |
| Round 5 | |||
| 10th April, 2015 | Aizawl FC | PIFA Sports | 06-01 |
| 10th April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | Lone Star Kashmir FC | 00-01 |
| Round 6 | |||
| 13th April, 2015 | Chanmari FC | PIFA Sports | 03-03 |
| 13th April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | Mohammedan Sporting | 00-04 |
| Round 7 | |||
| 16th April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | PIFA Sports | 03-00 |
| Round 8 | |||
| 21st April, 2015 | Hindustan FC | PIFA Sports | 03.00pm |
| 21st April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | Chanmari FC | 03.00pm |
| Round 9 | |||
| 24th April, 2015 | Mohammedan Sporting | Kenkre Sports | 03.00pm |
| 24th April, 2015 | PIFA Sports | Chanmari FC | 03.00pm |
| Round 10 | |||
| 27th April, 2015 | PIFA Sports | Aizawl FC | 03.00pm |
| 27th April, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | United SC | 06.00pm |
| Round 11 | |||
| 30th April, 2015 | Mohammedan Sporting | PIFA Sports | 03.00pm |
| 30th April, 2015 | Hindustan FC | Kenkre Sports | 06.00pm |
| Round 12 | |||
| 3rd May, 2015 | PIFA Sports | Lone Star Kashmir FC | 03.00pm |
| 3rd May, 2015 | Aizawl FC | Kenkre Sports | 03.00pm |
| Round 13 | |||
| 6th May, 2015 | United SC | PIFA Sports | 03.00pm |
| 6th May, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | Lone Star Kashmir FC | 03.00pm |
| Round 14 | |||
| 9th May, 2015 | Kenkre Sports | PIFA Sports | 03.00pm |
