Minerva Punjab F.C.
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Full name | Minerva Punjab Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Warriors | ||
Founded | 2005 as Minerva Academy | ||
Ground |
Tau Devi Lal Stadium (I-League) The Arena(AFC Cup) | ||
Capacity | 7000 | ||
Owner | Ranjit Bajaj | ||
Head Coach | Vacant | ||
League | I-League | ||
2017–18 | Champions 1st | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Minerva Punjab Football Club, also known as Minerva Academy, are an Indian professional football club based in Chandigarh. Minerva Punjab compete as a member of the I-League, the top-tier league for Indian football.
The club's majority owner, founder, and executive director is Ranjit Bajaj. Minerva Punjab play their I-League home matches at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana.[1]
History
The team was established in 2005 as Minerva Academy and has a football and cricket club. The team first played at the national level during the 2015–16 season when they played in the I-League 2nd Division. They finished that season as runners-up behind champions Dempo. On 11 December 2016 the team was awarded a direct-entry spot in the I-League for the 2016–17 season.
The team took part in its first major tournament at the national level, I-League 2nd Division and had an impressive run and were the runners up losing to 5 time I-League Champions Dempo SC.
They won I-League 1st Division during the 2017-18 season. This being their first league win ever and it was also the first time a North Indian team won the league since 1996.
First-team squad
- As of 2 October 2018[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Record
Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Federation Cup/Super Cup | Durand Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup |
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2015–16 | I-League 2nd | 10 | 2 | – | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
2016–17 | I-League | 10 | 9 | 2,757 | DNP | Group stage | DNP | DNP |
2017-18 | I-League | 10 | 1 | 5,736 | Round of 16 | DNP | DNP | DNP |
2018-19 | I-League | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
Seasons
- As of 2 November 2017
Year | I-League | Federation Cup |
AFC Champions League | Top Scorer(s) | |||||||||||
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Div | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos. | Player(s) | Goals | |||||
2015–16 | IL2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 37 | 2nd | DNP | DNP | 4 | |||
2016–17 | IL | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 13 | 9th | DNP | DNP | 3 | |||
2017–18 | IL | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 35 | 1st | DNP | DNP | 7 |
Team management
- As of 9th August 2018.
Position | Name |
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Technical Director | |
Head Coach | Vacant |
Assistant Coach | Vacant |
Team Manager | |
Physiotherapist |
Head coach's record
updated on 28 May 2017
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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Surinder Singh | 2016 | 2017 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 11.11 | |
Khogen Singh | 2017 | 2018 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 57.89 |
Honours
Domestic
- Champions (1): 2017-18
- Runner Up (1): 2015–16
- champions (1):2018[3]
References
- ↑ "Minerva Academy FC: All You Need To Know". Khel Now. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ "Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ↑ "Minerva Punjab clinch 32nd Punjab Super League title". khelnow.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.