Bharat FC

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Bharat FC
Bharat FC Logo.png
Full name Bharat FC
Founded 26 August 2014[1]
Ground Balewadi Sports Complex
Pune, Maharashtra
Ground Capacity 12,000[2]
Owner Kalyani Group
Managing Director Amit Kalyani[3]
Head Coach Stuart Watkiss
League I-League
2014–15 I-League, 11th
Website Club home page
Current season

Bharat FC is an Indian professional football team based in Pune, Maharashtra that competes in the I-League. The team was founded on 26 August 2014 by Kalyani Group as a direct-entry team into the I-League, making them the second direct-entry side in league history after Bengaluru FC.[1] The name of the team, as well as their home stadium, the Balewadi Sports Complex, were officially announced on 23 November 2014.[4] But after a disappointing season in I-league the franchise withdrew from 2015-16 season of the tournament.

History

In 2013, in a bid to increase the popularity of the I-League – India's top football league – the All India Football Federation approved the addition of teams into the league via bidding for a direct-entry slot.[5] The first two teams to be allowed into the I-League via direct-entry were Bengaluru FC and Mumbai Tigers but only Bengaluru FC played in the 2013–14 season.[6] Despite the failure of Mumbai Tigers, Bengaluru FC proved to be an amazing success for the I-League as the Bangalore club managed to bring in full-houses to all their matches as well as even win the league in their very first season.[7] This thus made the AIFF announce that they would be accepting bids for new direct-entry teams for the 2014–15 season.[8] On 26 August 2014, after the AIFF reviewed the bidders, they announced that Kalyani Group had won the right to start a direct-entry club for the 2014–15 season.[1]

After winning the bid for the team, in November 2014, Kalyani Group signed their first ever head coach for the football team in former Wolverhampton Wanderers player Stuart Watkiss.[9] Kalyani Group then signed their first ever player on 10 November 2014 when New Zealand international Kris Bright signed for the club.[10] After making their first signings, the Kalyani Group officially announced the name of the club on 23 November 2014 as Bharat FC.[4]

Colours and kits

During the clubs first ever kit launch event on 2 January 2015, it was announced that the clubs colours would be based on the teams motto, "Together, Forever and Triumphant", which are blue, red, and white.[11] The home kit was coloured in dark blue which stands for the "Peoples Football" while the away kit is predominantly red.[11] The clubs third kit was coloured completely white with the colours blue and red running horizontally across the shirt. The red denotes "passion and vitality" while blue stands for "truth and loyalty".[11]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2015– Nivia[12] Kalyani Group[12]

Stadium

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Main article: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

When Bharat FC's name was announced, the Balewadi Sports Complex was also announced as the first ever stadium to be used by the club.[4] The stadium has a capacity of 12,000.[2] The team has stated their intention to eventually construct their own football stadium with Manjri being the initial looked at location for the stadium.[12]

Currently, the team has their training group located in Manjri.[12]

Players

First-team squad

As of 30 May 2015[13]

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

No. Position Player
2 State of Palestine DF Omar Jarun
3 India DF Nallappan Mohanraj
4 India MF Tomba Singh
6 India MF Dipendu Dowary
7 India MF Adil Khan
8 England DF Bobby Hassell
9 India MF Aditya Bhatia
11 India MF Simranjit Singh
14 India MF Steven Dias
15 India FW Manjit Singh
16 India MF Gunashekar Vignesh
17 India FW Surojit Bose
18 India MF Jayashelan Prasad
No. Position Player
20 India DF Sabas Saleel
21 India GK Shahinlal Meloly
22 India MF Lester Fernandez
23 India DF Naorem James Singh
24 India FW Rajinder Kumar
25 India GK Harshad Meher
28 India DF Syed Nabi
29 India MF Asif Kottayil
30 India MF Tapan Maity
- India MF Sampath Kuttymani
- India MF Ashutosh Mehta
- India DF Chinta Chandrashekar Rao

Team management

As of 5 January 2015[13]
Position Name
Head coach England Stuart Watkiss
Assistant coach India Stanley Rozario
Goalkeeping coach Montenegro Zoran Lemajić
Fitness and conditioning coach England Lindsay Davis
Physiotherapist England Ian Farmery
Player–coach England Bobby Hassell
Head of Youth Development England Barry Knowles

Team records

Overall records

As of 5 January 2015
Season I-League Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC Top Scorer
P W L D GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2014–15 20 4 6 10 13 28 18 11th — — — Kris Bright 6

Head Coach's Record

As of 6 January 2015
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Stuart Watkiss  England 4 November 2014 Present 20 4 6 10 13 28 20.00

References

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External links

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