Hindustan FC

Hindustan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Delhi. Founded in 1948, the club usually played in the I-League 2nd Division, the third tier of Indian football[2] alongside DSA Senior Division League.

Hindustan FC
Full nameHindustan Football Club
Nickname(s)Hindustan
Founded1948 (1948)
GroundAmbedkar Stadium,[1] (For DSA Senior Division matches)
Capacity35,000
ChairmanD.K. Bose
ManagerAbhijoy Basu
LeagueI-League 2nd Division, DSA Senior Division
WebsiteClub website

History

Hindustan FC was founded in 1948 in Delhi. Thus it became the oldest association football club from the capital city of India. Hindustan Football Academy has taken Spanish professional coach Óscar Bruzón on board for a period of two years. He is to train Delhi's budding footballers in the age group of Under-12 and Under-16 .[3]

Hindustan FC, founded just after the independence of India, have been the flag bearers from the capital in the second tier of Indian football, having participated for a record 14 times. Though their biggest achievement is finishing as the Runners-up in the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division under the coaching of Vikrant Sharma.[4][5]

Stadium
Main article: Ambedkar Stadium

Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi is the home ground of Hindustan FC for the DSA Senior Division matches. It has the capacity of 25,000 spectators.

Dr. Ambedkar Stadium
Dr. Ambedkar Stadium, home of Hindustan FC

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1996—1998 None Phoenix Shoes
1998—2000 LML
2000—2003 Electrolux
2003—2005 Coca-Cola India
2005—2006 None
2006—2008 Group 4 Securicor
2008—2010 ONGC
2010—2012 SAIL
2012—2014 Lotto Solutrean
2014—present Cosco Hero

Source : Official Website

Players

First Team squad
As of 21 January 2019

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 MF  IND C Lalthazuala
4 DF  IND Mridul Mehra
5 DF  IND Kartik Bisht
6 DF  IND Yarmi Woleng
7 MF  IND Franko Paul
9 FW  IND Arjun Bisht
10 FW  IND Raja Musharaf Dar (Captain)
11 FW  IND Mrityunjai kotiyal
14 DF  IND Khamung Siro
15 MF  IND Jaskaran Singh
16 MF  IND Amit Kumar
17 DF  IND Anupam Thakur
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  IND Ayush Nath Goswami
19 MF  IND Rishabh Adhikari
20 DF  GHA Arafat Haruna
21 MF  IND Kuivao Ruiuah
22 DF  IND Mohammad Azharuddin
23 GK  IND Lukhomang Haokip
24 DF  IND Ayush Tiwari
26 DF  IND Mohd. Shakir Chaudhary
27 DF  IND Mashungmi Mungleng
30 MF  IND Tanveer Singh
31 GK  IND Arup Debnath
32 MF  IND M Abungcha
33 MF  GHA Oscar Ahinampong
41 GK  IND David Chauhan

Current technical staff
As of 6 Nov 2019
Position Name
Manager Mohd Aslam
Head Coach Miljan Radović
Coach Vikrant Sharma
Assistant coach Rajat Guaha
Club physio Md Ziauddin

Honours

Domestic
Runners-Up (1): 2017–18

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "5 city teams in the 2nd Division". Calcutta, India: Calcutta Telegraph. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. "HFA ropes in Spanish coach for football enthusiasts of Delhi". The Times of India. 5 July 2012.
  4. "I-League 2nd Division: Hindustan FC stuns TRAU".
  5. "2nd Division I-League: Real Kashmir promoted to I-League". goal.com. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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