Guwahati F.C.

Guwahati FC

Full name	Guwahati Football Club
Nickname(s)	Sunrise FC
Founded	December 2014;6 years ago (2014) [1]
Ground	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owners	Sanjive Narain
General Manager	sir Denizino
Head Coach	Manuel Retamero Fraile
League	I-League 2nd Division, Assam State Premier League
2015–16 (I-League 2nd Div.) 2015 (ASPL)	Eastern Conference, 4th Regular season: 4th; Lower Zone Finals: Quarter-finals
Home colours Away colours

Guwahati Football Club is a professional Indian football team based in Guwahati, Assam, that competed in the I-League 2nd Division and Assam State Premier League. The team was launched in December 2014. ^[1]

History

After breaking away from his stake in the Indian Super League franchise, NorthEast United, Sanjive Narain Co-founded Guwahati Football Club in December 2014. ^[1] The team was formerly launched on 27 May 2015 with Spanish coach, Anxo Valcarcel, signed as the teams' first head coach. ^[1] Upon launching the team, Narain said that the main goal of the team was not earn promotion to the I-League and thus give Assam a club in India's top football competition. ^{[1] [2]}

The Team is jointly owned by Sanjive Naraine, Jayanta Barua, Bipul Saikia, Casper Investment (Assam) Private Limited, Dadul Chodhury, Kamal Chandra Das, Pulak Goswami ^[2]

The team played their first competition in May 2015 when they participated in the revamped Assam State Premier League. Their first match was against Tezpur United in which the match ended 0–0. ^[3] Guwahati barely qualified for the finals as they ended their regular season campaign in fourth place in the Lower Assam Zone. ^[4] They were knocked-out in the first-round of the finals by Baarhoongkha on away goals, 3–3. ^[5]

On 1 October 2015, it was confirmed that Guwahati would participate in the I-League 2nd Division Eastern Conference. ^{[6] [7]}

Guwahati Fc started off with their I-league 2nd Div Eastern Conference campaign on 14 November in Barasat Stadium against Mohammedan Club. Their group comprised with Mohammedan, Gangtok Himalayan, NEROCA FC & Fateh Hyderabad. Guwahati Fc finished 4th in the group ahead of Fateh Hyderabad and failed to Qualify to the next round. Guwahati Fc did not participate in the 2016–17 season of I-League 2nd Division. Guwahati Fc did not even participate in Guwahati Sports Association's League in 2016–2017 season

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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Remarks
2015	Vamos	None	For Assam State Premier League
2015	Nivia	Tata Motors	For I-League 2nd Division

References

1. "Guwahati FC launched today". The NorthEast Today. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
3. ৰণদীপ [@TheGhyGuy] (30 May 2015). "#GuwahatiFC played a 0–0 draw against Tezpur in their opening match of the #Assam State Premier League earlier today" (Tweet). Retrieved 1 October 2015– via Twitter.
4. "Quarters decided". Telegraph India. 4 July 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
5. "Baarhoongkha in semis". Telegraph India. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
6. "11-team 2nd division I-League to begin on Nov 14". Zee News. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
7. "Guwahati FC launches team". www.telegraphindia.com.
8. "India - Guwahati FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
9. "Mohammedan vs. Guwahati - 14 November 2015 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.

External links

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• Twitter account