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Pune Football Club also known as Pune FC is an Indian Football Club from Pune in Maharastra, India. The club, established in 2007, currently plays in the 2nd Division of the Indian Football League.[1]
[edit] The Club
Pune FC Players & Staff at the practice ground
Pune FC is one of the new generation of Indian Football clubs which are being promoted by different corporate groups. The Ashok Piramal Group, which has diverse business interests, established Pune FC in August 2007.[2] The club was named after the city of its origin in keeping with the tradition of many international football clubs which are highly successful in drawing the crowds. Pune FC is the only Indian club at present to have a former world cupper in the form of Bernard McNally as its coach.[3]
[edit] The Logo
The Logo of the club is a shield with a Ghorpad (Monitor Lizard) engulfing a football. During the Battle of Sinhagad, Chhatrapati Shivaji's general, Tanaji Malusare, used Yeshwanti (Shivaji's pet ghorpad) to scale the steep walls of Sinhagad Fort. Similarly, the ghorpad on the logo is meant to serve as an inspiration to the club, to overcome all obstacles and be successful in India and Asia. The colours used in the logo are red and gold. The red sybolises aggression, danger and passion and the gold sybolises success and victory.
[edit] Stadium
Pune FC uses Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex Ground as its venue in I-League matches.[4] The club uses the Bombay Engineering Group (BEG) Ground, Khadki for practice purposes.[5]
[edit] Leagues
Pune FC Players with the Management at a promotional photo-shoot
Pune FC is currently playing in the second tier of the Indian Football League system, the 2nd Division I-League. It also plays in the Pune Super Division Football League.
[edit] Current Squad
As of 30 April 2008 [1]
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 20 |
 |
DF |
Bounougou Edoa |
| 1 |
 |
GK |
Balaji Narasimhan |
| 2 |
|
DF |
Mohammed Bin Hassan |
| 3 |
|
DF |
Gift Raikhan |
|
|
DF |
K. Rahul |
| 4 |
|
DF |
Rakesh Babu R. |
| 7 |
 |
MF |
James Effiong |
| 9 |
|
FW |
Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus |
| 8 |
|
MF |
Sylvester Inyang |
| 10 |
|
MF |
Th. Bungo Singh |
| 11 |
|
MF |
L. Raman Singh |
| 12 |
|
GK |
Amit Naharkar |
| 13 |
|
DF |
Lal Rozama |
| 14 |
|
MF |
Javed Akhtar Ansari |
| 4 |
|
MF |
E. Mahendra Mani |
| 17 |
|
DF |
Aditya Chatterjee |
| 19 |
|
MF |
Nitin Kumar Ghosh |
| 24 |
|
MF |
Javed Pathan |
|
|
| No. |
|
Position |
Player |
| 20 |
|
FW |
Umesh Sharma |
| 21 |
|
DF |
M. Suman |
| 22 |
|
FW |
Abhishek A Yadav |
| 15 |
|
DF |
Jeje |
| 30 |
|
DF |
Syed Khaleel |
|
[edit] Sponsors
Promoters: Ashok Piramal Group
Principal Sponsors: Peninsula Land Limited
Co-sponsors: Morarjee Textiles Limited
Co-sponsors: Solaris
[edit] Manager history
Team managers of Pune FC and the dates they took over.
| Name |
Nat |
From |
To |
Record |
| P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
W% |
| Stewart Hall |
 |
Sep 07 |
Feb 08 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50.00% |
| Bernard McNally |
 |
Feb 08 |
May 08 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
12 |
9 |
30.00% |
[edit] Top Goalscorers
List of Pune FC's highest ever goalscorers.
| Goal Scored |
Games Played |
Player Name |
| 5 |
10 |
Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus |
| 3 |
10 |
Jeje |
| 3 |
9 |
Th. Bungo Singh |
| 2 |
9 |
Lal Rozama |
| 1 |
10 |
K. Rahul |
| 1 |
4 |
Abhishek Yadav |
| 1 |
2 |
L. Raman Singh |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
