Guwahati F.C.

Guwahati FC
Full name Guwahati Football Club
Founded December 2014 (2014)[1]
Ground Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
Ground Capacity 15,000
Owners Sanjive Narain
Head Coach SpainManuel Retamero Fraile
League I-League 2nd Division
Assam State Premier League
2015–16
(I-League 2nd Div.)
2015
(ASPL)		 Eastern Conference, 4th
Regular season: 4th; Lower Zone
Finals: Quarter-finals

Guwahati Football Club are a professional Indian football team based in Guwahati, Assam, that compete in the I-League 2nd Division and Assam State Premier League. The team was launched in December 2014.[1]

History

After breaking away from his stake in the Indian Super League franchise, NorthEast United, Sanjive Narain founded Guwahati Football Club in December 2014.[1] The team was formerly launched on 27 May 2015 with Spanish coach, Anxo Valcarcel, signed as the teams' first head coach.[1] Upon launching the team, Narain said that the main goal of the team was not earn promotion to the I-League and thus give Assam a club in India's top football competition.[1]

The team played their first competition in May 2015 when they participated in the revamped Assam State Premier League. Their first match was against Tezpur United in which the match ended 0–0.[2] Guwahati barely qualified for the finals as they ended their regular season campaign in fourth place in the Lower Assam Zone.[3] They were knocked-out in the first-round of the finals by Baarhoongkha on away goals, 3–3.[4]

On 1 October 2015, it was confirmed that Guwahati would participate in the I-League 2nd Division.[5]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Remarks
2015 Vamos None For Assam State Premier League
2015 Nivia Tata Motors For I-League 2nd Division

Senior team squad

As of 14 November 2015.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 India GK Jhantu Mondal
2 India GK Subhas Singh
3 India MF Pranit Lama Tamang
4 India DF Arjun Das
5 India DF Khelemba Meitei
6 India MF Snehashish Dutta
7 India MF Kallol Pal
8 India MF James Singh
9 India MF Khaidem Vicky Meitei
10 India FW Durga Boro
11 India DF Elminhao Kilong
12 Chad FW Esaïe Djikoloum
No. Position Player
13 India DF Prosenjit Chakroborty
14 India MF Kaushik Biswas
15 India DF Jeanga Rongmei
16 Chad DF Constant Madtoingué
17 India DF Saurav Dasgupta
18 India DF Heman Singh
19 Nigeria FW Oluwaunmi Somide
22 Rwanda FW Ernest Sugira
23 India MF Lalrin Fela
24 India GK Suvam Sen
26 Nigeria DF U. Ugochukwu Godswill
27 India MF Prayashu Halder
31 India FW Royal Basumatary

Current technical staff

As of 1 April 2015
Zoran Janković,Guwahati F.C's head coach
Position Name
Manager BulgariaZoran Janković
Coach Spain Anxo Valcarcel
Assistant coach
Club physio

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Guwahati FC launched today". The NorthEast Today. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tezpur United 0–0 Guwahati". Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Quarters decided". Telegraph India. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Baarhoongkha in semis". Telegraph India. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "11-team 2nd division I-League to begin on Nov 14". Zee News. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Results & Fixtures: 2nd Division I-League

External links

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