Ambernath United Atlanta FC

Ambernath United Atlanta

Full name	Ambernath United Atlanta Football Club
Founded	2011;14 years ago (2011)
Ground	Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Deepu K.
Head coach	Steven Dias
League	MFA Elite Division
2022–23	MFA Elite Division, Champions
Home colours Away colours

Departments of Ambernath United Atlanta FC
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)

Ambernath United-Atlanta Football Club was an Indian professional football club created from a merger of Ambernath United FC and Atlanta FC. Based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, they competed in the MFA Elite Division. ^{[1] [2]} The club was promoted to the I-League 2. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]} In 2023, Maharashtra Oranje FC took over Atlanta Football Club and earned the I-League 2 spot. Ambernath United FC joined hands with Bombay Muslims FC to form Ambernath United-Bombay Muslims FC and last competed in Mumbai Premier League ^[8]

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

Title	Name
Owner	Deepu K.
Co-Owner	Allen 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Manoj Gupta 2 DF   IND Bipin Rawat 4 DF   IND Tejas Raut 5 DF   IND Nishant Sunder Shetty 6 DF   IND Dhruwesh Nijap 7 FW   IND Aaron Dcosta 8 FW   IND Tanmay Dayanand Talgaonkar 9 MF   IND Johnson Joseph Mathews 10 MF   IND Allan Joseph Dias 11 FW   IND Himanshu Patil(captain) 14 MF   IND Alok Singh 17 FW   IND Sunny Vishnu Thakur 19 MF   IND Kaustubh Ravindra 20 MF   IND Abhijit Tawhare 21 DF   IND Shravan Shetty 23 MF   IND Nitesh Monde 24 MF   IND Ronil Francisco Azavedo 30 DF   IND Umesh Perambra

No. Pos. Nation Player 32 FW   IND Arif Shaikh 44 DF   IND Vishnu Menon 46 FW   IND Mandeep Singh Multani 48 DF   IND Bersal Oswin Viegas 55 DF   IND Jayraj Ghelani 56 MF   IND Adil Khan 91 GK   IND Rahul Murali 97 GK   IND Yasheel Shah — DF   IND Kamlesh Sathanathan Nadar — MF   IND Ritesh Somnath Choudhari — MF   IND Pankaj — FW   IND Sameer Kashyap — FW   IND Shebin Siraj

Women's team

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

Honours

Domestic league

• MFA Elite Division
  • Champions (2): 2021–22, ^[24] 2022–23 ^[25]

• Harwood Champions League
  • Champions (1): 2021–22 ^[26]

Domestic cup

• Nadkarni Cup
  • Champions (1): 2023 ^[27]

References

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Further reading

• Mathew, Alen Philip (21 May 2023). "Shillong Lajong secure promotion to I-League 2023–24". khelnow.com. New Delhi: Khel Now. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.

External links

• Ambernath United Atlanta FC on Facebook
• Ambernath United Atlanta FC on Instagram
• Ambernath United Atlanta FC at Sofascore
• Ambernath United Atlanta FC at Flashscore
• Ambernath United Atlanta FC at Global Sports Archive