TRAU F.C.

Aciesta Tiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club[1] is an Indian professional association football club based in Imphal, Manipur, India. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2017–18 season.[2] It was promoted to the I-League in the 2018-19 season, after winning the 2nd Division.[3]

TRAU F.C.
Full nameTiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club
Nickname(s)The Red Pythons
Founded2 October 1954 (1954-10-02)
GroundKhuman Lampak Main Stadium
Capacity45,000
ManagerL.Nandakumar Singh
LeagueI-League
2018–19I-League 2nd Division, champions (Promoted)

History

TRAU, which was instituted on October 2 1954, has been a pioneering organisation in the field of Sports and other activities and have lifted the title of CC Meet, State League of Manipur, six times and finished runners up nine times.[4] TRAU was runners up in 1998 Bordoloi Trophy, losing 10–1 to Narbakhar FC, club from Uzbekistan in the final.[5] On 8 May 2018 they qualified for final round in I-League 2nd Division in their debut season.

In 2018–19 season they won I-League 2nd division, their first ever professional league trophy, and gain the promotion to I-League.

On 25 August 2019 TRAU announced Aciesta Sports Alliance Private Limited as its title sponsor. The deal with Aciesta will help the Manipur-based team finance its first-team and development activities and further expand its presence in the top tier of Indian football.

Prior to the announcement, TRAU FC signed an agreement with SportiFan Ventures Limited, a sports business management firm based in the United Kingdom, which played a pivotal role in the negotiation process for the aforementioned deal.

Stadium
Main article: Khuman Lampak Main Stadium

Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal, Manipur is used as the home ground of TRAU.

Fans

A club recognised Imphal fan club by the name Green Bridge has been in support since 2017. The Khuman Lampak Main Stadium has seen an average attendance of 35,000. The players and the coach have often acknowledged the fans' support in the success and called them The 12th Man.

Rivalry
See also: Imphal derby and Northeast Derby (I-League)

NEROCA have participated in the Imphal derby with city rivals TRAU. The two clubs are the only two from Imphal to have played professional league football.

Senior team squad
As of 1 December 2019

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Gurpreet Singh Chabhal
2 DF Shahbaaz Khan
3 MF Gerard Williams
5 DF Isaac Isinde
7 FW Khundongbam Krishnananda Singh
8 MF Wahengbam Angousana Luwang
10 FW Princewill Emeka
14 DF Abhishek Das
15 DF Soraisham Dinesh Singh
16 DF Tanmoy Ghosh
17 FW Bedashwor Singh
18 MF Robinson Singh
11 FW Joel Sunday
36 FW Joseph Olaleye
No. Position Player
25 DF Oguchi Uche
29 MF Loken Meitei
30 FW Laishram Premjit Singh
31 GK Mithun Samanta
34 MF Abhinas Ruidas
38 MF Meitalkeishangbam Roger
42 GK Shayan Roy
37 FW Ngangbam Naocha
– DF Ramandeep Singh
– DF Rahul Das

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2017—2018 Nike HVS
2018—2019 Vector X HVS
2019—present Nivia Aciesta

Current technical staff
As of 3 February 2020.
Position Name
Head Coach L.Nandakumar Singh
Technical Director
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach KH Surmani[4]
Goalkeeping Coach Siddiqui Abdul Aziz
Assistant Manager Bigyanjit Huidrom

Team records

Record
Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Federation Cup/Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2017–18 IL2D 18 4th 2,060 DNP DNP DNP DNP
2018–19 IL2D 16 1 1,044 DNP DNP DNP DNP
2019–20 IL 11 - – Group Stage DNP DNP
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Past and present internationals

Names in bold indicate players who had international appearances for their countries while playing for TRAU.

Head coach's record

updated on 16 February 2020

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
L Nandakumar Singh  India 2017 2019 32 17 7 8 59 42 053.13
Dimitris Dimitriou  Cyprus 2019 2019 3 0 1 2 1 5 000.00
Douglas Silva  Brazil 2019 2019 3 0 0 3 1 7 000.00
L Nandakumar Singh  India 2019 2020 1 0 1 0 2 2 000.00
Dimitris Dimitriou  Cyprus 2020 2020 5 4 1 0 8 3 080.00
L. Ibomcha Singh  India 2020 2020 4 0 2 2 2 9 000.00
  • Caretaker Manager

Season
As of 30 May 2018
Year Division League Federation
Cup
Pos. P W D L GF GA Pts
2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 4th 13742281225 —

Top scorer

updated on 30 May 2018

Season Player Goals
2017–18 Princewill Emeka 7

Honours

National

Leagues
Winners (1): 2018–19

Cup
Runner-Up (1): 1998

References
  1. "I-League: Newly promoted TRAU FC announces Aciesta Sports as title sponsor". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. "Eighteen Teams Will Contest in Second Division League 2017-18". Aiff.com. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "TRAU FC wins Second Division League, qualifies for I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. "TRAU to play in Second Division League". Thesangaiexpress.com. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. "How Bordoloi Trophy Became Just Another Tournament!". Feverpitch.in. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

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