Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu 1 (Nikhil Nayak 32’)
lost to
Andhra Pradesh 4 (Marappa Gowda Sethu Madhav 8, B Bharat Kumar Reddy 37’, B Veera Sai Harsha Vardhan 43’, Badri Surendra Babu 72’)

AIFF Media Team

NARAINPUR, CHHATTISGARH: Andhra Pradesh registered a 4-1 win against Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu in Group F of the Swami Vivekananda U-20 Men's National Football Championship 2025, at the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama Ground in Narainpur, Chhattisgarh, on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

The winners led 3-1 at half time. Marappa Gowda Sethu Madhav (8’), B Bharat Kumar Reddy (37’), B Veera Sai Harsha Vardhan (43’), and Badri Surendra Babu (72’) scored for Andhra Pradesh. Nikhil Nayak (32’) was the lone scorer for the losing side.

While Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu are eliminated from the competition after suffering back-to-back defeats in the three-team group, Andhra Pradesh, despite the victory, are left with a rather challenging task ahead in order to qualify for the quarter-finals.

Defending champions Delhi are the other team in the group, who, too, have bagged three points after a whopping 14-0 win over Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. While all Delhi need now is a draw in their last group league outing to make the last eight, only an outright victory can clear Andhra Pradesh’s path to the next level.

Andhra Pradesh struck early. In the eighth minute, Sethu Madhav found the target through a jungle of legs in the rival box. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu equalised in the 32nd minute through Nikhil Nayak off a free kick. Their joy, however, was short-lived as Bharat Kumar Reddy and Harsha Vardhan scored twice before half time to take charge of the proceedings.

Substitute Surendra Babu increased the lead in the second half to virtually put the game to bed.

Monday, April 14, 2025, Group E Fixtures:
Telangana vs Chandigarh (7.30 am)
Pondicherry vs Uttarakhand (4.15 pm)