Football tourney Uttarakhand Super league (USl) would kick start on July 9 and the finals would be held at Pavilion ground on August 9, said the Chairman of league, Virendra Rawat while addressing newsmen here on Wednesday.
He said that the process of player bidding was completed recently. “In bidding the players were divided into three groups—Grade A, B and C. Each team was supposed to have a total of 25 players. Out of these 25
players, 6 players were provided free of cost to each district. Of the remaining 19 players, team owners were obligated to choose 15 from the bidding process,” he explained.
The Managing Director Uttarakhand Super league, Sachin Upadhaya said, “Our aim is to promote opportunity, energy and enthusiasm in Uttarakhand by football. USl is also a platform to raise drug awareness and strives to inform the youth that they do not need drugs to perform well.”
In the process of bidding a minimum base price of Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 was fixed for the players belonging to grade A, B and C with each bid was a multiple of Rs 5000.
The matches of the event would be held at Pithoragarh, Haldwani, Dehradun, Haridwar and Kotdwar. USl has one each from all 13 districts of the State. The name of Dehradun team is Dehradun rangers while some other teams are Haridwar ganges, Uttarkashi Glaciers, Tehri lions, Pauri Platoon, Almora Burans, Corbett Tigers and Udham Singh Nagar warriors.
The winning team would receive prize money of Rs 15 lakh while the team standing second would receive a cheque worth Rs 10 lakh. Individual awards like Player of the match/Tournament, Golden Boot and others will also be presented.
The board of directors and franchisee owners were present on the occasion.