| Full name | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Ground | Cooperage Ground (Capacity: 12,000) |
| Owner | Oil and Natural Gas Corporation |
| Manager | Irinio Vaz |
| League | I-League 2nd Division |
| 2010–11 | I-League, 13th (Relegated) |
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ONGC Football Club also known as ONGC F.C. is an Indian Football club from Mumbai in Maharashtra, India. The ONGC stands for "Oil and Natural Gas Corporation". The club, established by the public sector undertaking ONGC Ltd, currently plays in the I-League 2nd Division.
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ONGC FC is promoted by the public sector giant ONGC Ltd. Incidentally, ONGC is also the title sponsor of the Indian Football League. The club is registered with The Western India Football Association (WIFA) which is also under the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
ONGC FC has access to Mumbai Port Sports Council’s BPT Ground for practice purposes. The club's home ground for comepetitive matches is Cooperage Ground.
ONGC FC took part in the second tier of the Indian Football League system, the 2nd Division NFL I-League in 2006-07 and secured the 6th place. For the 2007-08 season, it took part in the I-League 2nd Division, but failed to move beyond the Group stages. However after the 2010 I-League 2nd Division it has managed to qualify for the I-League.
ONGC FC won the 2010 I-League 2nd Division and qualified for 2010–11 I-League. [1] On Fedruary 12th 2011 they shocked league leaders East Bengal F.C. with a 1-0 win. That win could not help them though as at the end of the season ONGC FC finished in 13th place and were relegated to the I-League 2nd Division again.
After relegation from the I-League another relegated club JCT FC disbanded themselves due to financial reasons which then brought up rumors that ONGC would also disband there football club because they released most of the 2010-11 players and told them to find new clubs but ONGC confirmed that ONGC FC would not be disbanding its football club in July 2011 and even said that they will participate in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup.
2010-11 Season [1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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The coaching staff of the team is headed by Chief Coach Irinio Vaz. He is supported by Assistant Coaches S Chakraborty & CT Joseph. BK Bhowmik is the manager of the team.
Promoters: ONGC Ltd.
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