Delhi United FC

Not to be confused with Delhi FC.

Delhi United

Full name	Delhi United Football Club [1]
Nickname(s)	Delhi-Red
Founded	1995;29 years ago (1995)
Ground	Ambedkar Stadium
Capacity	35,000
Owner	United Soccer Pvt. Ltd.
Chairman	Krishna Nand Tripathi
Head coach	Ayush Bhuttan
League	FD A-Division
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Delhi United FC (formerly Delhi United Soccer Club) ^[2] is an Indian professional football club based in New Delhi, ^[3] that competes in the FD A-Division. ^[4] They play most of their home games at Ambedkar Stadium. ^[5]

The club also operate a youth football academy, headquartered in Dwarka. ^[6]

History

Delhi United Football Club, earlier named as Gorkha Heroes, was founded in 1995 by Lal Bahadur Basnet. The club is affiliated with Football Delhi (also known as Delhi Soccer Association). ^[7] Gorkha Heroes were playing in lower division of DSA League till 2007, until B. S. Mehra took over the club management. In 2007, Gorkha Heroes became champions of B Division without losing a single match, and got promoted to A Division. Their superb form continued as they were crowned overall champions in 2008–09, keeping unbeaten record intact.

In 2009, the name was changed to Delhi United FC. In Senior Division 2009–10 season, they defeated City FC with a score of 13–0 in a match which is still the highest scoring game in Delhi's top flight. In 2010–11, the club focused its attention to I-League 2nd Division and strengthened their squad by signing some top Delhi players. Their hard work finally paid off and they became champions of the Senior Division by defeating Shahdara FC in final with a score of 3–2. Delhi United gave the best performance in Durand Cup 2012, qualifying for quarterfinals by defeating Indian Navy and Army Green in qualifying rounds. Winning the Senior Division finally confirmed their participation in I-League 2nd Division for the 2012–13 campaign. They performed well in the I-League's second tier and were the best team from North India.

Delhi United again participated in I-League 2nd Division in 2016–17 season, and secured third spot in the final round. In April 2017, Shaji Prabhakaran was appointed president, also serving as director of the club. ^{[8] [9]} Ahead of the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division season, they roped in Portuguese manager Hugo Martins. ^[10] Their campaign ended in the Group stages after finishing fourth with 9 points. ^[11] In 2018, the club took part in J&K Invitational Cup in Srinagar. ^{[12] [13]}

I-League

On 21 September 2018, it was revealed that both Mumbai FC and Delhi United FC had submitted documents for direct-entry into the I-League. On 27 January 2020, a Delhi based fan club of former Indian Super League outfit Delhi Dynamos, Dynamos Ultras were handed over operational activities of the club. ^[14] Aditya Raghav was appointed as the new team manager, and Ayush Bhuttan was appointed as the new head coach. Under the new management, club played 3 matches, before season was put on hold due to coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

Stadium

Ambedkar Stadium

Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi used to be the clubs' home ground for the DSA Senior Division. It has also hosted I-League 2nd Division matches for the club. ^[15] It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators.

Players

First team squad

As of 1 March 2020 ^[16]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   IND Varun Bisht 2 DF   IND Ayush Tiwari 3 DF   IND Rounak Jadhav 4 DF   IND Prince Kumar Singh 5 DF   IND Satyam Vivek 6 MF   IND Satriya Bakshi 7 DF   IND Ayush Bhuttan 8 MF   IND Rohit Patwal 9 FW   IND Jatin Vashisht 10 MF   IND Dishant Negi 11 MF   IND Milind Negi 12 FW   IND Yashvardhan 13 DF   IND Abhay Singh Dalpatia 14 MF   IND Rahul Rawat(Captain) 15 MF   IND Pema Chering 17 MF   IND Rohit Gusain 18 MF   IND Snehal Chhetri 19 DF   IND Anupam Thakur 20 FW   IND Hitesh Bisht 22 GK   IND Vishesh Upreti 23 FW   IND Asif Khan

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 MF   IND Aditya Rampal 29 FW   IND Pratham 31 MF   IND Aditya Rawat 42 MF   IND Dhananjay 43 FW   IND Lenjing Panyang 44 MF   IND Jagdishwar Reddy 45 MF   IND Prince Kujur 46 DF   IND Seivanglen Mate 47 MF   IND Shantanu Sindhu 48 DF   IND Sidhant Mishra 49 FW   IND Stanzin Nyantak 50 DF   IND Vrind Bhardwaj 51 DF   IND Thangmoitelien 61 DF   IND Promil 70 FW   IND Abhishek 77 GK   IND Vishu Kashyap 80 FW   IND Angeluis 88 DF   IND Jatin Singh 90 MF   IND Mayank Rawat 99 GK   IND Dinesh Choudhary 200 FW   IND K.S. Shikhar

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2020—2021	Astro	Dynamos Ultras

Current staff

As of 9 February 2020 ^[17]

Position	Name
Owner	Krishnanand Tripathi
Head coach	Ayush Bhuttan
Team manager	Aditya Raghav
Technical director	Varun Batra

Managerial record

updated on 7 April 2020

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Clebson Duarte Da Silva	Brazil	2016	2017	15	5	6	4	17	20	033.33
Hugo Martins [18]	Portugal	2018	2019 {{WDL|15	India	2020	present	3	1	1	1	7	5	033.33

Honours

• I-League 2nd Division
  • Third place (1): 2016–17 ^[19]
• Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2007 ^[20]

See also

• List of football clubs in Delhi

References

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External links

• Official website