The 2021 Manipur State League is the 14th season of the Manipur State League, the top-division football league in the Indian state of Manipur.The league began on 22 March 2021 and was postponed on 19 April 2021 due to Corona virus pandemic.[1][2]

Manipur State League
Season2020–21
Dates22 March 2021 – 29 April 2021
24 January 2022 - 3 February 2022
ChampionsKLASA (1st title)
Matches played40
Longest winning runNISA
(3 games)
2016-17
All statistics correct as of August 2021.

A total number of 17 teams participated in the league. Teams were divided into two groups A and B.[3] The remaining matches were first postponed by the AMFA amidst the pandemic following the guidelines. All the remaining matches will be resumed in the first week of October.[4][5][6]

Teams

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Group A

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Club City/Town
DM Rao Sekmai
Ganggam SC
KIYC Kshetri
KLASA Keinou
NEROCA FC Imphal
Sagolband United
Southern Sporting Union Singjamei
TRAU FC Imphal
Yarkhok United FC Ukhrul

Group B

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Club City/Town
AFC Thoubal
AIM Khabm Lamkhai
NACO Nambul Mapal
NISA Thangmeiband
Manipur Police SC
Muvanlai Athletics
United Khawzim Brothers
Young Physique’s Union (YPHU)

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 KLASA 8 6 1 1 18 6 +12 19
2 Sagolband United 8 4 3 1 19 5 +14 15
3 SSU 8 3 5 0 14 8 +6 14
4 KIYC 8 4 2 2 13 11 +2 14
5 Gunggam SC 8 4 1 3 18 18 0 13
6 NEROCA 8 3 1 4 14 14 0 10
7 TRAU 8 2 1 5 8 14 -6 7
8 Yarkhok United 8 1 2 5 15 16 -1 5
9 DM Rao 8 1 0 7 7 34 -27 3

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AFC Thoubal 7 5 0 2 19 12 +7 15
2 United Khawzim Brothers 7 4 1 2 18 14 +4 13
3 Muvanlai Athletics 7 4 0 3 11 9 +2 12
4 AIM 7 4 0 3 12 15 -3 12
5 YPHU 7 3 0 4 12 8 +4 9
6 NISA 7 3 0 4 10 8 2 9
7 Manipur Police SC 7 3 0 4 13 14 -1 9
8 NACO 7 1 1 5 3 18 -15 4

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
KLASA 2
Muvanlai 0
KLASA 2
Sagolband United 1
Sagolband United 6
AIM 0
KLASA 1
SSU 0
AFC 1 (5)
SSU (p) 1 (6)
SSU 1
United Khawzim 0
United Khawzim 2
KIYC 0

Quarter-finals

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24 January 2022 KLASA, Keinou 2–0 Muvanlai Athletics
24 January 2022 AFC, Thoubal 1–1
(5–6 p)
SSU, Singjamei
25 January 2022 Sagolband United 6–0 AIM, Khabam Lamkhai
25 January 2022 United Khawzim Brothers 2–0 KIYC, Kshetri

Semi-finals

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28 January 2022 KLASA, Keinou 2–1 Sagolband United
28 January 2022 SSU, Singjamei 1–0 United Khawzim Brothers

Final

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3 February 2022 KLASA, Keinou 1–0 SSU, Singjamei

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Manipur State League (MSL)". The Away End. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  2. ^ Manipur, Super league. "Manipur Super League suspended". Archived from the original on 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ "17 teams in fray for 14th Manipur State League". www.thesangaiexpress.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ^ "India Manipur State League". bsportsfan.com. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Manipur State League 2021: Sagolband United win, TRAU and SSU share points". ifp.co.in. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Many sporting events in Manipur postponed due to COVID-19 : 20th apr21 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". e-pao.net. Retrieved 7 August 2021.