Football Club Pune City is an Indian Super League football franchise based in Pune, Maharashtra, the western Indian state.
Owner of Football Club Pune City
Football Club Pune City is owned and operated by Rajesh Wadhawan Group, Hrithik Roshan and ACF Fiorentina.
Home Ground of Football Club Pune City
Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex is the home ground of Football Club Pune City. Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex is located in Belewadi of Pune. The Sports Complex was built in the year 1994 for the National Games 1994, which was hosted by Pune. The 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games were hosted here. In the year 2008, World Junior Table Tennis Circuit was successfully held here. The 2009 FIVB Men`s Junior World Championship was held here. It was won by Brazil. The city is also the host of FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women 2009.
Bidding of Football Club Pune City in 2014
In the early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the National Federation for Football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the Indian Super League. Indian Super League is an eight-team franchise league modelled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament, English Premier League and Pro Kabaddi League. On 13th April 2014, it was announced that the Bollywood actor Salman Khan and the Wadhawan Group had won the bidding for the Pune franchise. After that this football team gained its name Football Club Pune City. The Italian football club ACF Fiorentina owns a 15 percent stake in the franchise of Pune football Club.
Players of Football Club Pune City in 2014
The players of Football Club Pune City are Emanuele Belardi, Arindam Bhattacharya, Lalit Thapa, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Pritam Kotal, Anupam Sarkar Kostas Katsouranis, Deepak Devrani, Andres Gonzalez, Bruno Cirillo, Daniele Magliocchetti, Saidou Panandetiguiri, Pratik Shinde, Lenny Rodrigues, Manish Maithani, Israil Gurung, Tapan Maity, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Davide Colomba, Park Kwang-il, Omar Andres Rodriguez, Ashutosh Mehta, Joaquim Abranches, Dudu Omagbemi, David Trezeguet and Ivan Bolado.
Players of Football Club Pune City in 2015
No. |
Countries |
Position |
Player |
2 |
India |
DF |
Govin Singh |
3 |
Argentina |
DF |
Diego Colotto |
4 |
Ivory Coast |
MF |
Didier Zokora (Captain) |
5 |
England |
DF |
Roger Johnson |
6 |
India |
MF |
Manish Maithani |
7 |
Costa Rica |
FW |
Yendrick Ruiz (on loan from Herediano) |
8 |
England |
MF |
James Bailey |
9 |
Nigeria |
FW |
Kalu Uche |
10 |
Romania |
FW |
Adrian Mutu |
11 |
India |
FW |
Jackichand Singh (on loan from Royal Wahingdoh) |
12 |
India |
DF |
Pritam Kotal (on loan from Mohun Bagan) |
13 |
India |
DF |
Dharmaraj Ravanan |
14 |
India |
MF |
Israil Gurung |
15 |
India |
DF |
Gurjinder Kumar (on loan from Salgaocar) |
16 |
India |
MF |
Eugeneson Lyngdoh (on loan from Bengaluru FC) |
17 |
Turkey |
MF |
Tuncay Sanli |
19 |
India |
DF |
Gouramangi Singh |
20 |
India |
MF |
Sushanth Mathew |
22 |
England |
DF |
Nicky Shorey |
23 |
India |
MF |
Bikash Jairu (on loan from East Bengal) |
24 |
India |
MF |
Lenny Rodrigues |
25 |
England |
GK |
Steve Simonsen |
26 |
Netherlands |
FW |
Wesley Verhoek |
27 |
India |
GK |
Arindam Bhattacharya |
29 |
India |
GK |
Lalit Thapa |
45 |
India |
MF |
Fanai Lalrempuia (on loan from Pune) |
Players of Football Club Pune City in 2016
No. |
|
Position |
Player |
1 |
India |
GK |
Vishal Kaith |
2 |
India |
DF |
Rahul Bheke |
3 |
India |
DF |
Augustin Fernandes |
4 |
Mali |
FW |
Dramane Traore |
5 |
Spain |
MF |
Bruno Arias |
6 |
Equatorial Guinea |
DF |
Eduardo Ferreira |
7 |
Brazil |
MF |
Jonatan Lucca |
8 |
Spain |
MF |
Pitu |
9 |
Mexico |
FW |
Anibal Zurdo |
10 |
Spain |
FW |
Jesus Tato |
11 |
Senegal |
MF |
Momar Ndoye |
12 |
India |
MF |
Francis Fernandes |
13 |
India |
GK |
Arindam Bhattacharya |
14 |
India |
MF |
Eugeneson Lyngdoh |
15 |
India |
MF |
Sanju Pradhan |
16 |
India |
DF |
Zodingliana Ralte |
17 |
India |
DF |
Yumnam Raju |
18 |
India |
DF |
Dharmaraj Ravanan |
19 |
India |
DF |
Gouramangi Singh |
20 |
Argentina |
FW |
Gustavo Oberman |
21 |
India |
MF |
Arata Izumi |
22 |
Mali |
MF |
Mohamed Sissoko (captain) |
23 |
Armenia |
GK |
Apoula Edel |
24 |
India |
MF |
Lenny Rodrigues |
25 |
India |
DF |
Narayan Das |
26 |
India |
MF |
Manish Maithani |
27 |
India |
FW |
Ashique Kuruniyan |
Staffs of Football Club Pune City in 2016
Position |
Name |
Head Coach |
Antonio Lopez Habas |
Assistant Coach |
Renedy Singh |
Goalkeeping Coach |
Angel Pindado |
Technical Director |
David Moliner |
Team Physiotherapist 1 |
Alvaro Ramos Astolfi |
Team Physiotherapist 2 |
Santiago Rodrigues Calleja |
Team Doctor |
Ajit Mapari |
Youth Team - Head Coach |
Roger Lamesa |
Youth Team - Assistant Coach |
Mohan Dass and Steve Charles |