North Imphal Sporting Association

North Imphal Sporting Association, commonly known as NISA Manipur, is an Indian semi-professional association football club based at Thangmeiband, Manipur. NISA is the champion in the Manipur State League which is a project under the Vision Asia Program by the AFC.

NISA
Full nameNorth Imphal Sporting Association
Nickname(s)NISA
GroundThangmeiband Athletic Union Ground (THAU Ground)
Capacity10,000
CoachShyam (Chief Coach), Laxmichand (Assistant Coach)
LeagueManipur State League

NISA won the Manipur state League three times since its inauguration in 2006.[1] After winning the state league in the 2009–10 season, they qualified for the 2nd Division of the Indian I-League. In the 2010, NISA started by winning four of five matches and secured a berth to the I-league qualification playoffs. However, they failed to qualify for the I-League 2010-11.

2011 season

The team again participated in the I-league 2nd division of the 2011 season. They were in group A with United Sikkim FC, Gauhati Town Club, Southern Samity, Langsning FC, Simla Youngs FC, and Golden Threads FC.

"North Imphal Sporting Association" opened the 2011 I-league division 2 with a 3–1 win over Golden Threads FC. NabaChnadra scored 2 goals and N Rakesh scored one.[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 Thangmeiband will retain the prestigious champion title of the 6th Manipur State League.[4]

Honours

Domestic
Winners (5): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013

See also

References
  1. http://ifp.co.in/shownews.php?newsid=8503
  2. "访问错误". www.isikkim.com.
  3. Press, Imphal Free. "NISA win in I league tournament – KanglaOnline".
  4. "NISA Will be the Champion again : 26th sep11 ~ E-Pao! Headlines". www.e-pao.net.
  5. "Manipur State League - An Asian success Story!". Arunava About Football. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2011.


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