2012 Nagaland Premier League

The 2012 Nagaland Premier League was the inaugural season of the Nagaland Premier League, a state league in the Indian state of Nagaland. The league kicked off on 10 March 2012.

Nagaland Premier League
Season2012
ChampionsBarak Flamingoz
Matches played90
Goals scored271 (3.01 per match)
Top goalscorerThangtinlen Haokip (25 goals)
Longest unbeaten runNaga Tornados (18 games)
2013 Nagaland Premier League →

Overview

The Nagaland Premier League was started in 2012 as a new top state league for the state of Nagaland which is located in India. The league is considered to be the 3rd tier of the Indian football league system. The league has been started with the aim of giving the youth of Nagaland a stepping stone to become professional in the game of association football and is run by Four Four Two management.[1] The league started the 2012 season with 10 teams based in 6 different districts. On 17 October 2011 it was announced that the Nagaland Premier League champions would be promoted to the I-League 2nd Division.

Exhibition Match

The NPL kicked off on 2 March with an exhibition match between Life Sports FC and I-League side Shillong Lajong F.C.[2] at the Kohima football ground.[3][4] .[5] Shillong Lajong won 4-0 over Life Sports FC.

Venues

Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung were selected as venues for opening season.[6]

Teams

[7]

Club District
Dimapur UnitedDimapur
DoyangWokha
DynamicDimapur
FlamingozPeren
Kohima KometsKohima
Life SportsKohima
Naga TornadosZunheboto
New MarketKohima
SangpangMokokchung
ZonipangMokokchung

League table

[8]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Champion
Barak Flamingoz 181422459+3644Champion
Naga Tornados 1812605010+4042
Dimapur United 1813143810+2840
Life Sports 1810443824+1434
Dynamic 1862102336-1320
Kohima Komets 185582023-320
Doyang 1853101830-1218
Sangpang 1844101524-916
Zonipang 1844101541-2616
New Market 181116962-534

Top scorers

[9]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 T. Haokip Life Sports FC 25
2 David Kuki Dimapur United 12
3 Amir Lama Dimapur United 11
4 Asian Kamei Barak Flamingoz 11
5 Bungthot Barak Flamingoz 11

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Rio to attend NPL soccer meet". The Telegraph. India. 25 February 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. NPL Champions to have shot at I-League Archived 7 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Morung Times, 11 November 2011
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Teams". nagalandpremierleague.com. Nagaland Premier League. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  8. "League Table". nagalandpremierleague.com. Nagaland Premier League. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  9. "League Table". nagalandpremierleague.com. Nagaland Premier League. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
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