Madan Maharaj FC

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Madan Maharaj
Madan Maharaj FC.svg
Full nameMadan Maharaj Football Club
Short nameMMFC
Founded1992;32 years ago (1992)
Ground TT Nagar Stadium
Capacity20,000
Head coachAmit Kumar Jaiswal
League Madhya Pradesh Premier League

Madan Maharaj Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It is also first professional football club from the state. [1] They currently compete in Madhya Pradesh Premier League and were part of 2021 I-League Qualifiers. [2] [3] [4]

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History

Formation and journey

The club was founded in 1992. They participated in the 24th Bodofa Upen Brahma All India Gold Cup football tournament and reached the semi-finals. [5]

Present years

In 2018, Madan Maharaj FC was nominated by the Madhya Pradesh Football Association, but couldn't participate in the I-League 2. [2] Madan Maharaj became champions of Madhya Pradesh Premier League inaugural season in 2021, by defeating Lions Club FC of Jabalpur in the final match, [6] by a margin of 2–0. They scored first goal in 34th minute and increased the lead in 88th minute. [7] In July, the club was nominated for 2021–22 I-League 2nd division or 2021 I-League Qualifiers, by Madhya Pradesh Football Association. [2] In August, teams for the qualifiers were announced, and the club secured a spot. [8] [9]

Stadium

Madam Maharaj played their MP Premier League matches at Barkatullah Khan University's ground in Bhopal. [10] They also play some home matches at Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex. [11]

Players (2022)

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of India.svg  IND Sayan Roy
GK Flag of India.svg  IND Calvin Abhishek
GK Flag of India.svg  IND Kaushik Das
GK Flag of India.svg  IND Sumit Haldar
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Achal Raj Mishra
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Abhishek Das
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Vivek Kumar
DF Flag of Nigeria.svg  NGA Loveday Enyinnaya
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Shorayav Bharadwaj
DF Flag of India.svg  IND Sourav Das
MF Flag of India.svg  IND N Mikel Singh
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Harsh Safique
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Dolendra Singh
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Ganesh Beshra
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Bishnu Bordoloi
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Hitendra Singh Thakur
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Mehtab Hossain
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Siam Hanghal
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Abhinas Ruidas
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Omahang Limboo
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Longjam Swami
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Hirak Mondal
MF Flag of India.svg  IND C.Rabi Kumar
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Mehtab Mehtab
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Samson Singh
MF Flag of India.svg  IND Rupesh Kaushal
FW Flag of India.svg  IND Manvendra singh Sisodiya
FW Flag of India.svg  IND Akash solanki(Akashsolankioffical)
FW Flag of India.svg  IND Jiten Murmu
FW Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA William Twala

Personnel

As of 27 July 2021[ citation needed ]
PositionName
Head coach Flag of India.svg Amit Kumar Jaiswal
Team director Flag of India.svg Subrata Jha
Physiotherapist Flag of India.svg Sayed Anvar

Honours

League

Cup

Youth section

Madan Maharaj has its youth men's football team, while club's U17 team took part in the group stages of 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup. [13]

See also

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