Sreenidi Deccan FC

Sreenidi Deccan

Full name	Sreenidi Deccan Football Club [1]
Nickname(s)	The Deccan Warriors
Short name	SDFC
Founded	1 January 2015;9 years ago (2015-01-01) (as Sreenidhi FC)
Ground	Deccan Arena
Capacity	1,500
Owner	Sreenidhi Group
Head coach	Rui Amorim
League	I-League
2023–24	I-League, 2nd of 13
Website	sreenidideccanfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Sreenidi Deccan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Hyderabad, Telangana. ^{[2] [3] [4]} It was established on 1 January 2015 as a football academy in Hyderabad, and later was launched from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 2021. ^[5] The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

On 5 June 2020, All India Football Federation (AIFF) issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the I-League ^[9] and on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan FC was granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

History

Formation and journey

Sreenidi football academy was founded in January 2015 in Aziznagar. It received the first accreditation from the AIFF in June 2019 and in its initial years the club played in the football leagues for the age groups of U13, U15 & U18. ^{[13] [14]}

On 5 June 2020, the AIFF issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the league, ^[15] and on 12 August Sreenidi Deccan were granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League. ^{[16] [17]} Sreenidi Deccan Football Club was formally launched on 7 July 2021 in Visakhapatnam by state sports minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao. ^[18] In 2021, they participated in the IFA Shield and reached the final, losing to Real Kashmir by 2–1 and finished as runners-up. ^{[19] [20]}

The club began its league campaign on 27 December against NEROCA with a 3–2 defeat. ^[21] In the next game, they defeated TRAU by 3–1 with a brace from Colombian striker David Castañeda, and later lost 3–1 to Mohammedan. ^[22] After finishing fourth in group stage with six wins in twelve matches, they moved to the championship stage. At the end, the club finished their maiden league campaign in third place with 32 points in 18 matches, and won the last match against Churchill Brothers on 14 May. ^{[23] [24]} Later in November, the club participated in Baji Rout Cup in Odisha and reached semi-finals. ^[25]

In August 2022, Portuguese manager Carlos Vaz Pinto was appointed head coach. ^{[26] [27]} The club retained their key players including Colombian striker David Castañeda Muñoz. ^[28] In 2022–23 I-League season, Sreenidi Deccan achieved second position. ^{[29] [30] [31]} After winning qualifying matches, they entered into the 2023 Indian Super Cup, ^{[32] [33]} and began their journey with a 1–1 draw with Bengaluru. ^{[34] [35] [36]} The club later thrashed Kerala Blasters by 2–0. ^{[37] [38]} In the last group stage match against RoundGlass Punjab, Sreenidi lost 1–0 and failed to progress to the semi-finals. ^{[39] [40]}

Sreenidi Deccan players celebrating their home match win in I-League in 2024

On 29 October 2023, Sreenidi Deccan entered into a strategic partnership with Portuguese giant S.L. Benfica; primary focuses brought on strength and conditioning, nutrition and psychology, alongside youth developments in coming years. ^[41] On that day, the club began their 2023–24 league season with style, thrashing NEROCA 4–0. ^[42] They ended their league campaign as runners-up, narrowly missing the opportunity to secure promotion to the Indian Super League. ^{[43] [44]}

Stadium

Sreenidi Deccan uses Deccan Arena as their home ground, which is located in Sreenidi Football Villa, Aziznagar, Hyderabad, and was inaugurated in November 2022. ^[45]

The club when entered into I-League, proposed to use the DYSSR Stadium in Visakhapatnam for home matches, a multi-purpose stadium having capacity of 27,500. ^[46] Due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, all league games were played in few centralized venues in West Bengal, and the club never used DYSSR Stadium. ^[47]

Crest, colours & kits

Sreenidi Deccan players in kit (in orange and green), in action against Shillong Lajong, in 2023–24 I-League season.

The primary club colours are orange and green. The primary colours, along with the secondary white colour can be seen on the crest ^[48] as well as the jerseys. Club's kits were launched by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust chairman K Ramamohana Rao. ^[46]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Back sponsor	Chest sponsor
2021–2022	Nivia [49]	Sreenidhi Group [50]	Sreenidhi Sports Academy [51]	-
2022-2023			Sreenidhi University	Sreenidhi Sports Academy
2023–2024	Vallion Sports [52]
2024–	Hummel	Sreenidhi Group & Apollo Hospitals [53]		Sreenidhi Sports Academy & Apollo Hospitals

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 June 2024

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 Ubaid CK 2 DF   IND Shahabaaz Khan 5 DF   IND Pawan Kumar 6 MF   IND Lalnuntluanga Bawitlung 7 FW   BRA William Alves 8 MF   IND Kean Lewis 10 MF   AFG Faysal Shayesteh 11 FW   COL David Castañeda (captain) 12 DF   IND Mohammad Sajid Dhot 14 MF   IND Arun Kumar D 15 DF   IND Asraf Ali Mondal 17 FW   IND Rosenberg Gabriel 19 FW   IND Songpu Singsit

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   IND Lalromawia 22 DF   BRA Eli Sabiá 23 GK   IND Jaspreet Singh 24 DF   IND Arijit Bagui 25 DF   IND Subhankar Adhikari 27 DF   IND Abhishek Ambekar 30 MF   IND Brandon Vanlalremdika 32 GK   IND Albino Gomes 33 DF   IND Jagdeep Singh 41 GK   IND Aryan Niraj Lamba 42 MF   IND R Lawmnasangzuala 48 MF   IND R Lalbiakliana 55 DF   IND Gurmukh Singh — MF   PAN Ángel Orelien — FW   IND Lalchungnunga Chhangte

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of December 2024

Role	Name	Refs.
Head coach	Rui Amorim
Assistant coach		[54] [55]
Goalkeeping coach	Rafael Gracio
Conditioning coach	Jorge Ovando Toledo
Team manager	Subhabrata Dey
Performance analyst	Alemso Tawsik
Physiotherapist	Prabhakaran Nataraj
Reserve team coach	Subam Rabha

Management

Position	Name	Refs.
Chairman	Dr. K. T. Mahhe	[56]
Executive director	Abhijit Rao Katikaneni	[57]
Technical director	Fabio Nunes Ferreira	[58]

Records and statistics

Season by season

As of 5 December 2024

Season	League									Finals	Super Cup	Other competitions	Top scorer(s)
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos			Durand Cup	Player(s)	Goals
2021–22	I-League	18	9	5	4	27	19	32	3rd	—	—	—	David Castañeda	10
2022–23		22	13	3	6	44	29	42	2nd	—	GS	—	David Castañeda	17
2023-24		24	14	6	4	54	26	48	2nd	—	GS	—	David Castañeda William	11

Managers and statistics

As of 27 September 2024

Only competitive matches are taken into account.

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%	Ref.
Fernando Varela	Spain	9 June 2021	31 May 2022	18	9	5	4	27	19	050.00	[59]
Carlos Vaz Pinto	Portugal	3 August 2022	3 August 2024	26	15	4	7	51	33	057.69	[26]
Domingo Oramas	Spain	3 August 2024	26 September 2024	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—	[60] [61] [62]
Rui Amorim	Portugal	26 September 2024	till date	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—	[63]

Notable players

See also: Category:Sreenidi Deccan FC players

The following foreign players of Sreenidi Deccan have been capped at senior/youth international level . Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club. ^[64]

• Mohamed Awal (2021–2023) ^{[65] [66]}
• Faysal Shayesteh (2022–) ^{[67] [68]}
• Stanislas Dua Ankira (2023) ^{[69] [70]}
• Ibrahim Sissoko (2023–2024) ^{[71] [72] [73]}
• Ángel Orelien (2024–) ^{[74] [75]}
• Roly Bonevacia (2024–) ^{[76] [77]}

Affiliated clubs

The following club is affiliated with Sreenidi Deccan FC:

• S.L. Benfica (2023–present) ^{[78] [79]}

Honours

League

• I-League
  • Runners-up (2): 2022–23, 2023–24 ^[80]
  • Third place (1): 2021–22 ^[81]

Cup

• IFA Shield ^{[note 1]}
  • Runners-up (1): 2021 ^[19]

Other department

Sreenidi Deccan youth and academy

Sreenidi Deccan have their youth men's football section that participates in various nationwide tournaments. Club's leading football academy is based in Hyderabad. ^[46] Their U17 team took part in the inaugural 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup in January 2023. ^{[82] [83]} Reserve team of the club also took part in prestigious Stafford Challenge Cup in Bangalore. ^{[84] [85]} Club's U21 team participated in the "south zone" qualifiers of 2023 Reliance Foundation Development League. ^[86] In December 2023, club's academy gained an 'elite category' accreditation by the All India Football Federation. ^[87]

Club's academy and international football school are based in Deccan Arena in Hyderabad, and grassroots development programme is headed by Portuguese manager Fabio Ferreira. ^[88]

Honours

• TFA C-Division Championship
  • Champions (1): 2022 ^[89]
• Apollo Tyres Hotfut Youth League (U-14)
  • Champions (1): 2022 ^[90]

See also

• List of football clubs in India

Footnotes

1. Fourth oldest football tournament, organized by the IFA (W.B.), and played between the local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

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Further reading

• Guha, Sayantan (8 June 2022). ""Wanted to show India that even a 28-year-old could coach a team at this level" — Rajasthan United boss Francesc Bonet opens up about the ups and downs of the I-League season". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
• Thoyakkat, Harigovind (27 June 2021). "I-League entrants Sreenidi Deccan FC rope in defender Lalchungnunga". khelnow.com. Khel Now News. Archived from the original on 1 September 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
• "I-League: Sergio Mendi hat-trick leads NEROCA 3–2 win over Sreenidi Deccan". The Times of India . Kolkata. PTI. 27 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
• "RoundGlass Punjab clinch historic I-League title". Rediff.com. Press Trust of India. 4 March 2023. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
• "Mohammedan SC beats Shillong Lajong to win maiden I-League title, joins Mohun Bagan SG, East Bengal in ISL". sportstar.thehindu.com. Shillong: Sportstar. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
• "Mohammedan SC clinch maiden I-League title". onmanorama.com. Shillong: Manorama News Online. PTI. 6 April 2024. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

External links

• Club profile at AIFF (the-aiff.com)
• Sreenidi Deccan FC at Sofascore
• Sreenidi Deccan FC at Flashscore
• Team info at Global Sports Archive
• Sreenidi Deccan FC at WorldFootball.net