North Imphal Sporting Association, commonly known as NISA Manipur, is a Football Club based at Thangmeiband in Manipur

Manipur

Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. NISA is the current champion in the Manipur State League which is a project under the Vision Asia Program by the AFC

Asian Football Confederation

The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...

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NISA won the Manipur state League 3 times since its inauguration in 2006. After winning the state league in the 2009-10 season, they qualified for playing in the 2nd Division of the Indian I-League

I-League

The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...

. In the I-League 2nd Division 2010, NISA started by winning 4 matches out of 5 and secured a berth to the I-league qualification playoffs. However, they failed to qualify for the I-League 1st Division.

2011 Season

The team is again participating in I-league 2nd division of 2011 season.They are in group A along United Sikkim FC

United Sikkim FC

United Sikkim Football Club is an Indian football club based in Sikkim in northeast India. The club is currently participating in the I-League 2nd Division...

, Gauhati Town Club

Gauhati Town Club

Gauhati Town Club is a sports club based in Guwahati, Assam, which has a long history of excelling in football by winning the prestigious Bordoloi Trophy and numerous front ranking tournaments of Assam and had the distinction of participating in several first class tournaments such as the IFA...

,Southern Samity,Langsing SC,Simla Youngs,Golden Threads.

"North Imphal Sporting Association" opened 2011 i-league division 2 with a 3-1 win over golden threads FC in opening round with NabaChnadra scored 2 goals and N rakesh scored 1. NISA beat Shimla Youngs 3-0 .They finished their group A qualifying with 9 points and didn't qualify for final round.

The defending Champion North Imphal Sporting Association (NISA) Thangmeiband will retain the prestigious champion title of the 6th Manipur State League .

Current squad

As of 30 April 2010.

External links

• http://www.goal.com/en-india/teams/india/1913/nisa-manipur
• http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport1..270410.apr10