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FC Air India, found in 1952, is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. They are sponsored by Air India under the management of T.K. Singh and have enjoyed some success in the Maharashtrian Football and the NFL India. They play in the NFL Premier Division and Mumbai Super Division.
Recently, FC Air India has seen a much better outcome in their game play and they have bagged a good amount of trophies under their belt with two recent trophies - Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup and Nadkarni Cup. They used to play in NFL 2nd Division but got promoted to Premier Division and have maintained their position there till now.
[edit] Players
[edit] Current Roster
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 21 |
 |
GK |
Raju Ekka |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Haobijam Napoleon Singh |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Benoy Kuruvilla |
| 28 |
 |
DF |
A.K.Martins |
| 19 |
|
DF |
Santosh Koli |
| 9 |
|
MF |
Noel Fernandes |
| 23 |
|
MF |
Sanju Pradhan |
| 11 |
|
MF |
Hringsolal Thomte |
| 20 |
|
MF |
Paresh Shivalkar |
| 27 |
|
FW |
Bashiru M. Abass |
| 8 |
|
FW |
Samson Singh |
| 31 |
|
GK |
Ehthesham Ahmed |
| 14 |
|
MF |
Javed Ansari |
| 6 |
|
DF |
Uttam Leishangthem Singh |
| 25 |
|
DF |
Nirmal Chettri |
| 10 |
|
FW |
T. Narendra Meetei |
| 18 |
|
MF |
Hamza Zaheer Abbas |
| 16 |
|
FW |
Bimal Minz |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 3 |
 |
DF |
Suley Musah |
| 5 |
|
MF |
Vijith Shetty |
| 7 |
|
FW |
Anthony Fernandes |
| 12 |
|
FW |
Alex Mario Ambrose |
| 13 |
|
DF |
Hirohito Elangbam |
| 17 |
|
DF |
Goutam Debnath |
| 24 |
|
DF |
Sumit Thapa |
| 1 |
|
|
Subhas Mondal |
| 15 |
|
|
Neil Gaikwad |
| 16 |
|
|
Prakash Koley |
| 22 |
|
|
Amar Deb |
| 26 |
|
|
Kumar Samson Singh |
| 29 |
|
|
Subhashish Banerjee |
| 30 |
|
|
Femi Joseph Adeola |
| 32 |
|
|
Sanju Pradhan |
|
[edit] Team Management
Team Management Table
| Name |
Position |
| T.K. Singh |
Manager |
| Singh T. Khambiton |
Assistant Manager |
| Bimal Ghosh |
Coach |
| Picardo Henry |
Sports Official |
| Pinge Dilip |
Senior Manager |
| Dr. Erani Ali |
Physio |
[edit] Transfers
[edit] Retained
Raju Ekka, Ethesham Ahmed, Haobijam Napoleon Singh, Santosh Koli, Subhas Mondal, Uttam Leishangthem Singh, Abiodun Kolawole Martins, Vijith Shetty, Benoy Kuruvilla, Hamza Zaheer Abbas, Hringsolal Thomte, Javed Ansari, Noel Fernandes, Paresh Shivalkar, Sumit Thapa, Bashiree Mohammed Abbas, T Narender Meetei, Anthony Fernandes, Neil Gaikwad
Prakash Koley, Goutam Debnath (both Mohammedan Sporting Club), Amar Deb (East Bengal Club), Kumar Samson Singh (Salgaocar SC), Alex Mario Ambrose (Fransa-Pax FC), Subhashish Banerjee (Wari AC, Calcutta), Femi Joseph Adeola (Dragons FC, NIGERIA), Bimal Minz, Nirmal Chetri in the season: Suley Musah 2nd Transfer Period: Sanju Pradhan (Sikkim Sports Academy) on loan: Hirohito Elangbam (Tata Football Academy), Swarup Das (George Telegraph SC, Calcutta)
Appa Rao Chiman (Mahindra United), Sheikh Sanjib (George Telegraph SC, Calcutta), Henry Picardo (Western Railway, Mumbai), Lawrence Dias (Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers, Mumbai), Sagolsem Santa Singh (USA, Manipur), F Stephen Hmar (All-Moirang FA, Manipur), Mohammed Yousuf Ansari (retired, Air-India assistant coach), Suprith Jathanna (retired), Sunder Raj Rajan, Eldin Bothello, Diago Fernandes in the season: Femi Joseph Adeola (Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC), Anup Baria (London Tigers), David Selby (London Tigers)
[edit] Honours
1999/2000 2nd Division National League
4x Mumbai Super Division
1994, 1996, 1997, 1999
4x Air-India Millennium Cup
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
2xSikkim Governor's Gold Cup
1996, 2006
2xNadkarni Cup
2005, 2006
[edit] References
Haroon Jamakra
