Jamshedpur FC

Jamshedpur FC
Full name Jamshedpur Football Club
Nickname(s) Men of Steel
Founded 12 June 2017 (2017-06-12)
Ground JRD Tata Sports Complex
Capacity 24,424[1]
Owner Tata Steel
CEO Mukul Choudhari
Head Coach César Ferrando
League Indian Super League
2017–18 Regular season: 5th of 10
Finals: Did not qualify
Website Club website

Jamshedpur Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. The club has competed as a member of the Indian Super League since the 2017–18 season. The club was established on 12 June 2017, when Tata Steel won the bidding rights for one of two expansion spots in the Indian Super League.

The club is owned by Tata Steel, a subsidiary of the Tata Group.

History

Jamshedpur and Bengaluru before their match at the Kalinga Stadium

Formation

On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season.[2] The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, and Siliguri.[2]

On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[3] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru FC (for Bengaluru) and Tata Steel (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.[4]

After winning the expansion bid to enter the Indian Super League, Tata announced on 14 July 2017 that the inaugural head coach for the Jamshedpur franchise would be Steve Coppell.[5] Coppell, the previous ISL season, had led the Kerala Blasters to the league final.[6] Nine days later, on 23 July, before the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft, the team's official name and logo were revealed. The club was officially named Jamshedpur FC.[7] During the players draft, due to being a brand new club, Jamshedpur FC had the very first pick. India international Anas Edathodika was the first draft pick selected by the club and thus the first player in Jamshedpur history.[8]

Inaugural season

Jamshedpur began play in November 2017. The team played their first ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Despite being disadvantaged through defender André Bikey being sent off, Jamshedpur managed to hold on for a 0–0 draw.[9] After another goalless draw in their next match, Jamshedpur played their first official home match on 1 December against the reigning champions ATK. Over 23,000 fans came to support the side at the JRD Tata Sports Complex but once again, the team failed to do more than draw 0–0.[10] Finally, in their fourth match, away at Delhi Dynamos, Jamshedpur managed to earn their first victory. The club won 1–0 with Izu Azuka becoming the first ever Jamshedpur goal scorer.[11]

By the halfway point of the season, Jamshedpur had only managed two victories on the season including four draws and three defeats. The meant the team was in seventh place, six points off the playoff spots.[12] Fortunes changed for Jamshedpur during the second half of the season and on 4 March 2018, the club played their final match of the Super League season at home against Goa with Jamshedpur needing a victory in order to qualify for the finals.[13] Unfortunately, despite having home advantage, Jamshedpur fell 3–0 and thus failed to qualify for the finals in their first season.[14]

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Kit Manufacturers and Shirt Sponsors

Period Kit Manufacturer Shirt Sponsor
2017–2018 Nivia Tata
2018–present Tata Steel

In 2017, Jamshedpur signed a deal with Nivia Sports as their official kit sponsors from the 2017–18 season.Nivia Sports is the official kit sponsor of Jamshedpur FC.

Support

The club has quickly built a reputation for one of the most vocal fan-bases in India. The fans are officially known as The Red Miners when playing in the JRD Tata Sports Complex, and the travelling fans as the Red Army (or the Red Fans). The players and the coach have often acknowledged the fans' support in the success by calling them The 12th Man.

Players

Current Squad

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 Subrata Pal
2 India DF Sanjay Balmuchu
3 India DF Raju Gaikwad
4 Spain DF Tiri (captain)
5 India DF Pratik Chaudhari
6 Spain MF Mario Arqués
7 Spain MF Pablo Morgado
8 India MF Vishal Das
10 India MF Jerry Mawihmingthanga
11 India FW Farukh Choudhary
12 India FW Sumeet Passi
13 India GK Rafique Ali Sardar
15 India MF Mobashir Rahman
16 India DF Robin Gurung
No. Position Player
17 Australia FW Tim Cahill
19 Spain MF Carlos Calvo
20 Spain FW Sergio Cidoncha
21 India MF Bikash Jairu
22 Brazil MF Memo
23 India MF Michael Soosairaj
25 India DF Dhanachandra Singh
26 India DF Yumnam Raju
27 India DF Karan Amin
28 India FW Gourav Mukhi
29 India GK Subhasish Roy Chowdhury

Personnel

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Current Technical Staff

Position Name[17]
Head Coach Spain César Ferrando
Assistant Coach Spain Guillermo Fernandez Gonzalez
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach Spain Ezequiel Gomez Leon

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Management

Position Name[17]
President India Sunil Bhaskaran
CEO India Mukul Choudhari
Head - Marketing & Operations India Prashant Godbole
Senior Manager - Media & Communications India Souptikk Daas
Senior Manager - Marketing & Operations India Raja Bhattacharjee
Assistant Manager - Logistics India Vikas Anthony

Former Players

The following former Jamshedpur players have also represented their respective countries at the highest international level.

Country Name
HaitiHaiti Kervens Belfort
CameroonCameroon André Bikey
NigeriaNigeria Izu Azuka

Jamshedpur FC 'B'

As of 23 March 2018.

Jamshedpur FC Reserves is the reserve side of Indian Super League side Jamshedpur

[19] 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 Praveen
2 India DF Naresh Singh
3 India DF Rakesh Yadav
4 India DF Vijay Kumar
5 India DF Karandeep Singh
6 India DF Subham Singh
9 India MF Firoz Khan
10 India FW Prakash Naik
12 India DF Baset Hansdah
No. Position Player
14 India MF Billu Telli
15 India MF Swarup Das
16 India FW Srinjoy Dutta
17 India FW Gorachand Mardi
18 India MF Ravi Bhumij
19 India DF Harsha Pauri
21 India GK Amrit Gope
23 India DF Raisen Hansdah
24 India GK Harpreet Singh

Records and Statistics

Season-by-season

As of match played 12 April 2018
Season Indian Super League Finals Super Cup Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2017–18[20] 18 7 5 6 16 18 26 5th DNQ Quarter-finals Brazil Matheus Gonçalves[21] 4

Head Coaches record

As of 21 July 2018
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Steve Coppell[22]  England 14 July 2017 18 June 2018 20 8 5 7 17 23 040.00
César Ferrando  Spain 21 July 2018 Present 2 1 1 0 4 2 050.00

References

  1. ↑ "JRD Tata Sports Complex". Indian Super League.
  2. 1 2 "Indian Super League to invite bids for new teams". Times of India. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bengaluru FC submit bid as ITB submission deadline ends". Times of India. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "ISL expanded to 10 teams, Bengaluru FC one of them". Times of India. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Steve Coppell joins Jamshedpur ISL team". Tata Steel (Twitter).
  6. ↑ Shukla, Kaushal (19 December 2016). "Kerala Blasters manager Steve Coppell laments cramped schedule after loss". FirstPost. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "Jamshedpur FC reveal name and logo". Indian Super League.
  8. ↑ "Jamshedpur FC in ISL 2017 Draft: Anas Edathodika, Subrata Paul, Mehtab Hossain signed". Goal.com. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Another goalless draw". Telegraph India. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Jamshedpur 0-0 ATK". Soccerway.
  11. ↑ Bhattacharya, Aditya (6 December 2017). "Azuka strike gives Jamshedpur maiden goal, Dynamos slip to third straight loss". Times of India. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Manuel Lanzarote's double strike powers FC Goa to win over Jamshedpur FC". FirstPost. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "FC Goa and Jamshedpur FC face each other in play-off spot decider". Scroll.in. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Goa books playoff spot". The Hindu. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  15. ↑ https://thefangarage.com/articles/11622-isl-2017-jamshedpur-fc-unveil-their-logo
  16. ↑ https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/players
  17. 1 2 "Squad". Jamshedpur FC. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  18. ↑ https://www.fcjamshedpur.com/players
  19. ↑ "Players". I-League.org. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "Jamshedpur FC 2017-18 season". worldfootball.net.
  21. ↑ "ISL 2017-18 Top Scorer". worldfootball.net.
  22. ↑ "Steve Coppell Managerial and Player Statistics". footballdatabase.eu.
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