Mumbai Knights FC

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Mumbai Knights
Full nameMumbai Knights Football Club
Founded2011;13 years ago (2011)
Ground Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity5,000
OwnerDeepu K.
Head coachPreetam Mahadik
League Indian Women's League 2
WIFA Women's Football League
MFA Women's Premier League
Departments of Ambernath United Atlanta FC
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Football (Men's) Football (Women's)

Mumbai Knights Football Club is an Indian professional football club from Mumbai. It forms the women's section of the club Ambernath United Atlanta FC and participates in the Indian Women's League 2. [1]

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History

The Ambernath United women's team has been participating in the MFA Women's League, under the name Mumbai Knights FC. [2] They made their top tier debut in Indian Women's League in the 2022–23 season. They got promoted to the inaugural edition of the second tier Indian Women's League 2, by winning the 2023–24 edition of WIFA Women's Football League. [3]

Technical staff

As of March 2024
PositionName
Head coach Flag of India.svg Preetam Mahadik

Current squad

As of 24 April 2023 [4]

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 Kashmira Pednekar
3 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Riya D'Souza
5 DF Flag of India.svg  IND V. K. Srutilakshmi Ranjish
6 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Nidhi Bhupendra Shetty
7 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Valencia Lourdina D'Mello(Captain)
8 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Jahnavi Shetty
11 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Bhumika Mane
15 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Surbhi Manjrekar
16 DF Flag of India.svg  IND Pranita Nimkar
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Mmehak Lobo
18 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Riya
19 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Sonali Salvi
20 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Priyanka
26 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alexandra Marie Eccard
27 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Velanie Fernandes
29 FW Flag of India.svg  IND Namrata Thakur
30 GK Flag of India.svg  IND Babitha Thangaraj Nadar
31 MF Flag of India.svg  IND Anjitha M.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ "MFA ELITE CORPORATE LEAGUE 2023". theaway.co. The Away End. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Mumbai Knights Women's Team football trials". Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Mumbai Knights Clinches WIFA Women's Football League Championships 2023-24". WIFA. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Hero Indian Women's League Squad". AIFF. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Shetty, Chittu (30 September 2022). "Priyanka strikes brace as Mumbai Knights lift WIFA Women's League title". Football Counter. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "MFA Women's Premier League". theaway.co. The Away End. Retrieved 17 March 2024.


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