Don Bosco heading for Champions Trophy

Bernard Perera

Don Bosco Sports Club from Negombo has taken a firm grip of the Dialog Champions League with a total of 40 points from eighteen games played so far.

They are followed by Sri Lanka Police with 36 points from the same number of matches.

Police were leading the early stages of the Championship, but the team from Negombo made a strong challenge to all leading Clubs in the tournament and came forward to take the top spot in the early part of the second round maintained it up to now.

Few leading Clubs from Colombo Ratnam SC Saunders SC and Renown SC had failed to live up to expectations and are lowly placed at the moment. The Club from Kotahena Ratnam SC at present is placed at the fifth position while Saunders and Renown are positioned at number eight and nine respectively.

Meanwhile New Youngs SC and Sri Lanka Army are lying in the third and fourth positions and are looking forward to reach the semi finals. Jupiters SC the other Club from Negombo and Kalutara Park SC the new comers to the Champions League right at the bottom of the points table. According to the FFSL all remaining Dialog Champions League matches have been postponed indefinitely due to the inclement weather prevailing at the moment.

Name of Club	Played	Win	Draw	Lost	Goals 	Goals	Points
					For	Against	

Don Bosco SC	18	12	4	2	31	9	40
SL Police SC	18	10	6	2	36	15	36
SL Army SC	16	7	7	2	29	12	28
New Youngs SC	16	8	3	5	26	22	27
Ratnam SC	15	7	5	3	27	21	26
Blue Star SC	16	7	5	4	16	9	26
SL Air Force SC	15	5	6	4	17	15	21
Saunders SC	18	4	4	8	12	19	16
Renown SC	14	4	3	7	24	27	15
Java Lane SC	16	2	5	9	19	30	11
Jupiters SC	18	2	3	13	13	62	9
Kalutara Park SC16	1	5	10	14	33	8