Bhupati Chandra of Football School of India and Jedan Irani of Kenkre FC were declared as the ‘Best Strikers’ in the boys’ under-16 and boys’ under-14 categories respectively in the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) Youth League 2017-2018. Both Bhupati and Jedan received their awards during the MDFA Awards Night 2017-2018 function at the Cooperage Football Stadium. In the boys’ under-12 division, Nehal Gamre odf Mumbai Rush walked away with the ‘Best Striker’ award.
Second Division champions, JMJ Sports Club had more reasons to rejoice as two of their players, Christopher Sequeira and Scott Moraes won the ‘Best Midfielder’ and ‘Best Goalkeeper’ awards.
Individual Award Winners
Boys’ Under-12 – Best Striker: Nehal Gamre (Mumbai Rush); Best Midfielder: Shuhaam Shaikh (MSSA); Best Defender: Jeden Jimmy (Mumbai Rush); Best Goalkeeper: Kaustubh Negi (Dadar XI).
Boys’ Under-14 – Best Striker: Jedan Irani (Kenkre FC); Best Midfielder: Leron Miranda (Brave Heart FC); Best Defender: Shriharsh Surepalli (MSSA); Best Goalkeeper: Piyush Gupta (MSSA).
Boys’ Under-16 – Best Striker: Bhupati Chandra (FSI); Best Midfielder: Ahaan Bedi (CFCI Hedgewar Boys); Best Defender: Miraan Malani (CFCI Hedgewar Boys); Best Goalkeeper: Rohan More (Kenkre FC).
First Div – Best Striker: Michael Denninele (ICL Payyade); Best Midfielder: Shervin Pereira (Community FC India);
Best Defender: Juventus D’Mello (Atlanta FC); Best Goalkeeper: Yash Trimbalkar (Community Fc India).
Second Div – Best Striker: Deepak Pal (Silver Innings); Best Midfielder: Christopher Sequeira (JMJ Sports Club); Best Defender: Akhil Shetty (Maurya Youngstars FC); Best Goalkeeper: Scott Moraes (JMJ Sports Club).
Third Div – Best Striker: Prakash Singh (Judean United); Best Midfielder: Shervin Sooren (O’sheish FC); Best Defender: Amit Raj (O’sheish FC); Best Goalkeeper: Shubham Nishad (Future Star FC).
Championship Awards
First Div – Winners: ICL Payyade, Runners-up: Atlanta FC, Third Place: Community FC of India.
Second Div – Winners: JMJ Sports Club, Runners-up: Mother Theresa Foundation Football Club, Third Place: Silver Innings.
Third Div – Winners: O’sheish FC, Runners-up: Future Stars Football Club, Third Place: Judean United Football Club.
Boys’ Youth Under-16 – Winners: Hegdewar Boys, Runners-up: Milan FA.
Boys’ Youth Under-14 – Winners: MSSA, Runners-up: Kenkre FC.
Boys’ Youth Under-12 – Winners: Kenkre FC, Runners-up: Mumbai Rush.