KATHMANDU, Oct 2: Chyasal Youth Club became the first team to earn promotion to top-tire domestic football on Saturday while Samajik Youth Club was relegated from the Martyrs Memorial B Division League football tournament.
Chyasal’s promotion was confirmed after it overcame Ranipokhari Corner Team 2-1 during the penultimate round of the tournament played at the ANFA ground in Satdobato, Lalitpur. Chyasal Youth Club confirmed promotion to A Division after it overcame a goal deficit to beat Ranipokhari Corner Team (RCT) 2-1.
Saraswati demoted to B division
RCT opened the score in the 16th minute through Bike Gurung but Binod KC leveled the scores during half an hour mark. Madhav Bhandari netted the second goal for Chyasal in the 60th minute which turned out to be the decisive goal and also secured promotion for the Lalitpur-based team.
With only one match remaining, Chyasal has 25 points along with New Road Team (NRT) while Satdobato Youth Club is third with 22 points. NRT, Chysal and Satdobato all have one match to play before the league wraps up.
At the APF ground in Halchowk, Satdobato Youth Club’s 2-1 win over Samajik confirmed the latter’s relegation from the second-tier football competition. Ripu Balan put Satdobato ahead in the 37th minute and Kailsah Basnet doubled the advantage in the 57th minute. Yuman Chochhe pulled one back for Samajik in the 89th minute but it was too late.
Samajik became the second and last team to drop from B Division after Mahabir Club. Samajik has eight points and stands second from the bottom with one match left to play. Its closest opponent Madhyapur has 13 points.
