2012 Nagaland Premier League

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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)

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.

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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]

ClubDistrict
Dimapur United Dimapur
Doyang Wokha
Dynamic Dimapur
Flamingoz Peren
Kohima Komets Kohima
Life Sports Kohima
Naga Tornados Zunheboto
New Market Kohima
Sangpang Mokokchung
Zonipang Mokokchung

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]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1T. HaokipLife Sports FC25
2David KukiDimapur United12
3Amir LamaDimapur United11
4Asian KameiBarak Flamingoz11
5BungthotBarak Flamingoz11

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