After two weeks in the Premier League Division I Cooray SC, Golden Star,SLTB and Serendib sits atop their four respective groups undefeated.
Group A
Cooray SC heads group A with 9 points after getting three wins from three. They had a nervy first match with Badovita United scrapping through for a 1-0 win. However their next two wins were convincing as they defeated last year’s FA Cup Pre-Quarter Finalists New Star 2-0 and Old Bens 4-0.
Red Star SC who looks like they are the main threat to the Wellawatta based Cooray SC, have 2 wins against Old Bens & Maligawatta Youth, scores of 3-0 and 5-0 respectively. New Star who were billed as the next to be promoted the Champions League after the heroics last year in the FA Cup has got off to a not so ideal start winning only one of the two matches and in fourth in the group. The win was over Colpetty United.
Group A |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Points |
Cooray SC |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
Red Star SC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
6 |
Old Bens SC |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
-5 |
3 |
New Star SC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
Badovita United |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
Maligawatte YSC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
-5 |
0 |
Colpetty United SC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
-4 |
0 |
Badovita |
Old Bens |
Cooray |
Maligawatte |
Red Star |
New Star |
Colpetty Utd |
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Badovita Utd |
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0-1 |
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Old Bens SC |
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0-4 |
0-3 |
3-1 |
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Cooray SC |
1-0 |
4-0 |
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2-0 |
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Maligawatte |
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0-5 |
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Red Star SC |
3-0 |
5-0 |
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New Star SC |
0-2 |
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2-0 |
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Colpetty Utd |
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1-3 |
0-2 |
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Group B
Golden Star SC with 6 points takes top spot in group B. They defeated Young Marians 3-0 and survived a thrilling 3-2 win over Eastern Youth. Renown SC from Hatton takes second place in the group with a win from their only game against Comrades SC winning 3-1.
Group B |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Points |
Golden Star SC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
Renown SC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Red Sun SC |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Young Marians SC |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
Hy Line SC |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Comrades SC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
Eastern Youth SC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
Red Sun |
Young Marians |
Hy Line |
Comrades |
Eastern Y |
Golden Star |
Renown SC |
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Red Sun SC |
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0-0 |
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Young M |
0-0 |
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0-3 |
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Hy Line SC |
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Comrades SC |
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1-3 |
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Eastern Yth |
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2-3 |
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Golden Star |
3-0 |
3-2 |
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Renown SC |
3-1 |
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Group C
Group C is led by another one of last year’s Pre Quarter Finalists, SLTB SC (Sri Lanka Transportation Board). They were a formidable side in the 80’s and has now started to show the class they possess. SLTB has 6 points from the two matches defeating Dharga Twon 4-1 and Green Field SC 2-0. Moragasmulla is behind SLTB with four points – oone win and one draw – with the draw coming in a ding dong 2-2 against Highlanders .
Group C |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Points |
SLTB SC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
Moragasmulla SC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
Keteriyans SC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
High Landers SC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
Dharga Town Utd |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
-3 |
0 |
Green Field SC |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
-3 |
0 |
Super Beach SC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
Dharga |
Green F |
SLTB |
Moragasmulla |
Highlanders |
Keteriyans |
Super Beach |
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Dharga Town |
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1-4 |
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Green Field |
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0-2 |
3-4 |
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SLTB SC |
4-1 |
2-0 |
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Moragasmulla |
4-3 |
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2-2 |
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High Landers |
2-2 |
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1-1 |
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Keteriyans SC |
1-1 |
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2-1 |
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Super Beach |
1-2 |
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Group D
Group D saw last year’s Division II winners Maroons SC, former heavyweight in the Champions League – Jupiters SC and newly relegated from the Champions League Thihariya Youth locking horns making it an exciting group. However all three have failed to make a mark sitting in the bottom three while Serendib SC & Old Mazenodians leads with four points each. Serendib drew 0 all with Jupiters while Old Mazenodians defeated Jupiters 1-0.
Group D |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Points |
Serendib SC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
Old Mazenodians |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Kandy York SC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
3 |
Jet Liners SC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Thihariya YSC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Jupiter SC |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
Maroons SC |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
Jupiter |
Maroons |
Jet Liners |
Serendib |
Old Mazenod |
Kandy York |
Thihariya Yth |
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Jupiter SC |
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0-0 |
0-1 |
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Maroons SC |
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1-2 |
2-2 |
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Jet Liners SC |
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1-1 |
0-0 |
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Serendib SC |
0-0 |
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2-0 |
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Old Mazenod |
1-0 |
1-1 |
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Kandy York |
2-1 |
0-2 |
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Thihariya YSC |
2-2 |
0-0 |
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