North Imphal Sporting Association

NISA

Full name	North Imphal Sporting Association
Ground	Thangmeiband Athletic Union Ground (THAU Ground) (Capacity: 10,000)
Coach	Shyam (Chief Coach), Laxmichand (Assistant Coach)
League	2011 I-League 2nd Division
Home colours Away colours

North Imphal Sporting Association, commonly known as NISA Manipur, is a Football Club based at Thangmeiband in Manipur, India. NISA is the current champion in the Manipur State League which is a project under the Vision Asia Program by the AFC.

NISA won the Manipur state League 3 times since its inauguration in 2006.^[1] After winning the state league in the 2009-10 season, they qualified for playing in the 2nd Division of the Indian I-League. In the I-League 2nd Division 2010, NISA started by winning 4 matches out of 5 and secured a berth to the I-league qualification playoffs. However, they failed to qualify for the I-League 1st Division.

2011 Season

The team is again participating in I-league 2nd division of 2011 season.They are in group A along United Sikkim FC, Gauhati Town Club,Southern Samity,Langsing SC,Simla Youngs,Golden Threads.

"North Imphal Sporting Association" opened 2011 i-league division 2 with a 3-1 win over golden threads FC in opening round with NabaChnadra scored 2 goals and N rakesh scored 1^[2]. NISA beat Shimla Youngs 3-0 ^[3].They finished their group A qualifying with 9 points and didn't qualify for final round.

The defending Champion North Imphal Sporting Association (NISA) Thangmeiband will retain the prestigious champion title of the 6th Manipur State League ^[4].

Current squad

As of 30 April 2010.^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK L Premkumar Singh 2 DF T Ajit Kumar Singh 3 DF S.Thomas Singh 4 DF Th. Surjit Singh 5 DF M Abhiraj Singh 6 MF Nabachandra Singh 7 MF Th. Santosh Singh 8 MF Rajesh Metei 9 MF L Ibotomba Singh 10 FW Jimmy Singh 11 FW Ksh Makemnganba Meetei 32 MF Sébastien Carole 12 DF S Bikram Singh 13 DF S Johnson Singh

No. Position Player 14 MF M Bidyasagar Singh 15 MF Manimohan Singh 16 DF K Reagan 17 DF M Meikinlung 18 DF K Sanjeev Singh 19 DF K Benjamin 20 FW W Daniel Meetei 27 FW Marcus Julien 21 MF P Somendro Singh 22 GK S Basant Singh 23 FW L Dewan Singh 24 MF A Ananda Singh 25 GK L Ashok Singh 26 FW I Nilakumar Singh

References

1. ^ http://ifp.co.in/shownews.php?newsid=8503
2. ^ http://isikkim.com/2011-04-northeas-start-positively-in-i-league-div-ii-010/
3. ^ http://kanglaonline.com/2011/04/nisa-win-in-i-league-tournament/
4. ^ http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport3..260911.sep11
5. ^ [1]

External links

• http://www.goal.com/en-india/teams/india/1913/nisa-manipur
• http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport1..270410.apr10