Ambernath United Atlanta FC

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Ambernath United Atlanta
Full nameAmbernath United Atlanta Football Club
Founded2011;13 years ago (2011)
Ground Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity5,000
OwnerDeepu K.
Head coach Steven Dias
League MFA Elite Division
2022–23 MFA Elite Division, Champions
Departments of Ambernath United Atlanta FC
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Ambernath United-Atlanta Football Club, was a merger of two clubs Ambernath United FC & Atlanta FC based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competed in the MFA Elite Division. [1] [2] The club was promoted to the I-League 2. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] In 2023, the merger between both the clubs broke. Maharashtra Oranje FC took over Atlanta Football Club & earned I-League 2 spot. Ambernath United FC joined hands with Bombay Muslims FC to form Ambernath United Bombay Muslims FC that compete in MFA Premier League. [8]

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History

Ambernath United Atlanta FC was created by a merger between Deepu K.'s Ambernath United and Allen Contractor's Atlanta FC in 2022. [9] Atlanta FC Mumbai [10] was playing in Elite Division before the merger, while Ambernath United was playing in local tournaments. [11] Ambernath United Atlanta won the MFA Elite Division in their first year with a very dominant performance under coach Steven Dias, who was assistant coach of Odisha FC and interim coach of Jamshedpur FC, among others. [12]

In 2022–23 I-League 2, the club moved to championship round. [13] [14] [15] They achieved third place, and failed to secure I-League promotion. [16] [17] [18] [19]

In September 2023, Atlanta FC, which was 50% of Ambernath United Atlanta, was completely taken over by Oranje FC and renamed Maharashtra Oranje FC. [20]

Ambernath United later formed a union with Bombay Muslims to participate in the 2023–24 Mumbai Premier League. [21]

Technical staff

TitleName
OwnerDeepu K.
Co-OwnerAllen Contractor
Head coach Steven Dias

Players

First-team squad

As of 16 May 2023

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Manoj Gupta
2 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Bipin Rawat
4 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Tejas Raut
5 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Nishant Sunder Shetty
6 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Dhruwesh Nijap
7 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Aaron Dcosta
8 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Tanmay Dayanand Talgaonkar
9 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Johnson Joseph Mathews
10 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Allan Joseph Dias
11 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Himanshu Patil(captain)
14 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Alok Singh
17 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Sunny Vishnu Thakur
19 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Kaustubh Ravindra
20 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Abhijit Tawhare
21 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Shravan Shetty
23 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Nitesh Monde
24 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Ronil Francisco Azavedo
30 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Umesh Perambra
No.Pos.NationPlayer
32 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Arif Shaikh
44 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Vishnu Menon
46 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Mandeep Singh Multani
48 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Bersal Oswin Viegas
55 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Jayraj Ghelani
56 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Adil Khan
91 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Rahul Murali
97 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Yasheel Shah
— DF Flag of India.svg  IND Kamlesh Sathanathan Nadar
— MF Flag of India.svg  IND Ritesh Somnath Choudhari
— MF Flag of India.svg  IND Pankaj
— FW Flag of India.svg  IND Sameer Kashyap
— FW Flag of India.svg  IND Shebin Siraj

Women's team

Ambernath United women's team has been participateing in the MDFA Women's League, under the name Mumbai Knights FC. [22] [23]

Honours

Domestic league

Domestic cup

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