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{{Short description|Former Indian association football club}}
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| clubname = Dodsal
| clubname = Mumbai Tigers
| current = 2012 Durand Cup
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| fullname = Dodsal Football Club
| fullname = Mumbai Tigers Football Club
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| owner = [[Dodsal Group]]<ref name=10K>{{cite web|title=About Dodsal|url=http://dodsal.com/aboutus/the-dodsal-group.shtml|publisher=Dodsal Group|accessdate=29 February 2012|archive-date=26 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626002318/http://www.dodsal.com/aboutus/the-dodsal-group.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
| owner = [[Dodsal Group]]
| chairman = [[Mohammad Omar (footballer)|Mohammad Omar]]
| chairman = [[Rajen A. Kilachand|Rajen Kilachand]]
| manager = [[Bimal Ghosh]]
| manager = [[Bimal Ghosh]]
| league = [[I-League 2nd Division]]<ref name=aiff1>{{cite web|title=Mumbai Tigers not to take part in I-League 2013-14|url=http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5187|publisher=AIFF|accessdate=4 September 2013|archive-date=7 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907014132/http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5187|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| season = 2012–13
| season = 2013
| position = ''First Season''
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'''Mumbai Tigers Football Club''' (formerly known as '''Dodsal FC''')<ref>{{cite news|first=Rahul|last=Bhutani|title=I-League Division 2 : Mohammedan Sporting, Mumbai Tigers Start As Favorites|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/i-league-division-2-mohammedan-sporting-mumbai-tigers-start-as-favorites/|date=29 March 2013|access-date=30 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522073914/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/i-league-division-2-mohammedan-sporting-mumbai-tigers-start-as-favorites/|archive-date=22 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/indian-football-transfer-season-201213-updated|title=Indian Football: Transfer Season 2012/13 Updated|date=3 December 2012|access-date=15 July 2022|website=sportskeeda.com|publisher=Sportskeeda|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321155010/https://www.sportskeeda.com/indian-football/indian-football-transfer-season-201213-updated}}</ref> was an Indian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=DodsalFounding>{{cite web|last=Majgaonkar|first=Kunaal|title=Multi-crore Dodsal Group to kick-start team in Mumbai|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Multi-crore-Dodsal-Group-to-kick-start-team-in-Mumbai/articleshow/13547883.cms|work=Times of India|access-date=19 August 2012|archive-date=30 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530042707/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Multi-crore-Dodsal-Group-to-kick-start-team-in-Mumbai/articleshow/13547883.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The club were formed in May 2012 as ''Dodsal Football Club'' with the aim of becoming the biggest football club in India and one of the biggest in Asia.<ref name=DodsalFounding/> They have completed in the [[I-League 2nd Division]] alongside [[Mumbai Football League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ileague_2nd_2013/index.html|title=ileague 2nd divn -2013 &#124; LIVE Indian Football News &#124; LIVE kolkatafootball.com &#124; Indian Football &#124; I-LEAGUE LIVe SCORE &#124; Live Indian Football News &#124; Live Indian Soccer News &#124; Football in India &#124; Soccer of India. &#124; KOLKATA FOOTBALL NEWS|website=www.kolkatafootball.com|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203527/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ileague_2nd_2013/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''Dodsal Football Club''' is an [[India]]n [[association football|football]] club located in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=DodsalFounding>{{cite web|last=Majgaonkar|first=Kunaal|title=Multi-crore Dodsal Group to kick-start team in Mumbai|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Multi-crore-Dodsal-Group-to-kick-start-team-in-Mumbai/articleshow/13547883.cms|work=Times of India|accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref> They will compete in the [[Mumbai Football League]].<ref name=DodsalFounding/> The club is owned by [[Dodsal Group]] which is headquartered in the [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref name=DodsalFounding/>


==History==
==History==
Towards the end of May 2012 it was announced that Indian owned company [[Dodsal Group]] wanted to start a football club in the city of Mumbai and name it Dodsal Football Club.<ref name=DodsalFounding/> The club registered with the [[Mumbai District Football Association]] and quickly outlined that their main goal would be to qualify for the [[I-League]], which is India's top football competition, by 2013.<ref name=DodsalFounding/> The club is supposed to be run in the same way [[Manchester City F.C.]] of the [[Premier League]] is run, as company chairman [[Rajen A. Kilachand|Rajen Kilachand]] is in touch with City owner [[Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan|Sheikh Mansour]].<ref name=ManCityWay>{{cite web|author=Puneet|title=Dodsal FC – Rumoured to be going the Manchester City way|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/06/13/dodsal-fc-rumoured-to-be-going-the-manchester-city-way/|work=SportsKeeda|accessdate=19 August 2012|date=13 June 2012|archive-date=22 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822005657/http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/06/13/dodsal-fc-rumoured-to-be-going-the-manchester-city-way/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Dodsal FC, funded by the Dodsal Group -- a company owned by the Kilachand family, that deals with trading , distribution, engineering and construction among a host of other businesses -- had got themselves registered with the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) and wasted no time in getting their act together.
The buzz is not just about the new entrant that promises to give Mumbai and Indian football a major fillip financially and professionally alone. It also signals the return of the exiled, former Air India coach Bimal Ghosh.
Known for his vision and being a maverick, it is said that Ghosh who will be at the helm has already managed to get his scouts ink the signatures of some of the big names in Indian football.
their base being the Fr Agnel's artificial turf and the Reliance complex where the players will be housed
'''Former French international''' '''Mikaël Samy Silvestre''', who in his illustrious club career has played for Stade Rennes, Inter Milan, Manchester United, FC Arsenal and Werder Bremen will be joining newly founded Dodsal FC from Mumbai in January 2013 to help the club gain promotion from the I-League Division 2 to the top tier of Indian club football.
“I have had the offer (from Dodsal FC) since the summer and now I have decided to accept it. At the end of October I will sign the contract. Until christmas we will stay at our old house (in Manchester), then we will sell it. In January 2013 I will join my new club,” an elated Silvestre told the ‘Syker Kreiszeitung’.
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On 18 August 2012, it was announced that Dodsal would play in the [[2012 Durand Cup]] and thus their first ever professional tournament at the national stage.<ref name=DodsalDurandCup2012>{{cite web|title=Durand Cup will be a success even sans sponsor: Organiers|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-18/top-stories/33260819_1_quarter-final-league-durand-cup-pune-fc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127035804/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-18/top-stories/33260819_1_quarter-final-league-durand-cup-pune-fc|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref> The club played their first ever official game on 25 August 2012 against Army Red at the [[Ambedkar Stadium]] in [[Delhi]] in which the club won the match 3–0 with [[Thoi Singh]] becoming the first player to ever score for the club in the 66th minute.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andrew is Sesa Goa's hero|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/article3821593.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=7 March 2013|date=26 August 2012|archive-date=28 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828020522/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/article3821593.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The club then went on to the [[2012 Durand Cup Final]] in which they lost 3–2 on penalties to then-current [[I-League]] club [[Air India FC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Air India win Durand Cup|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103124019/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref>


In January 2013, it was officially announced that the club would participate in the [[2013 I-League 2nd Division]] with the goal of winning and gaining promotion to the I-League and while doing so the club also changed their name to the Mumbai Tigers Football Club so they could potentially form a connection between them and the city of Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dodsal-are-now-mumbai-tigers/1084365/|title=Dodsal are now Mumbai Tigers|work=Indian Express|accessdate=7 March 2013|archive-date=13 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013082938/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/dodsal-are-now-mumbai-tigers/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tigers gained direct entry to the I-League by bidding for a spot but a week before the 2013-14 season began they pulled out of the league and shut their senior team operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Mumbai-Tigers-football-club-shut-shop/articleshow/28567100.cms|title=Mumbai Tigers football club shut shop - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-02-12|archive-date=13 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213065739/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Mumbai-Tigers-football-club-shut-shop/articleshow/28567100.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
Read more: http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/10/13/ex-man-utd-defender-mikael-silvestre-to-join-dodsal-fc-in-january-2013/#ixzz29AhPgaFd


==Stadium==
==Stadium==
{{Main|Fr. Agnel Stadium}}
The club do not have an official stadium as of yet as the [[Mumbai Football League]] and the [[Durand Cup]] are played at neutral venues but the club has already set up a training ground at the [[Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Junior College|Fr. Angel High School]] sports complex.
The club do not have an official stadium yet as the [[Mumbai Football League]] and the [[Durand Cup]] are played at neutral venues but the club has already set up a training ground at the [[Fr. Agnel Stadium|Fr. Angel High School sports complex]].<ref name=TrainingGround>{{cite web|last=Madaan|first=Sachin|title=Dodsal FC – Money Is Finally Getting Pumped Into Indian Football|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/dodsal-fc-money-is-finally-getting-pumped-into-indian-football/|work=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=19 August 2012|date=3 August 2012|archive-date=7 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807050233/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/dodsal-fc-money-is-finally-getting-pumped-into-indian-football/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sports Complex is well known for its [[artificial turf]] field.<ref name=TrainingGround/> The Sports Complex is also known for its fitness gym and swimming pool.<ref name=DodsalFounding/>


==Last registered squad==
==Players==
{{updated|26 Dec 2013.}}<ref name=Squad>{{cite web

| title = Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, July 18th
===First Squad===
| url = http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-transfers-live-updates-july-18th/

| publisher = The Hard Tackle

| access-date = 19 August 2012

| date = 18 July 2012

| archive-date = 22 August 2012

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120822075752/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-transfers-live-updates-july-18th/

| url-status = live

}}</ref>

| accessdate = 19 August 2012}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=GK|name=[[Arup Debnath]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Henry Gangte]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=GK|name=Avijit Ghosh}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Rahul Kumar (footballer)|Rahul Kumar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Irungbam Surkumar Singh|Surkumar Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Senegal|pos=FW|name=Demba Diakhaté}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Kali Alaudeen]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Rabindra Ghosh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Loukik Jadhav]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Loukik Jadhav]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=Rabindra Ghosh}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=India|pos=DF|name=Sunil Kumar}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=Sunil Kumar}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=Vinay Kumar}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=Rahul Kumar}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=Anthony Fernandes}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Henry Gangte]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=GK|name=[[Prasenjit Ghosh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Pappachen Pradeep]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Ningthoujam Samananda]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Paresh Shivalkar]]|other=[[captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Anthony Fernandes (footballer)|Anthony Fernandes]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=Suman Dutta}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Royston Dsouza]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=Bikash Jairu}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Chhangte Malsawmkima]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=Jishaan Ahmed}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Pradeep Mohanraj]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=FW|name=[[Mohammed Rafi (footballer)|Mohammed Rafi]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Abhishek Ambedkar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=FW|name=[[Durga Boro]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=GK|name=[[Arnab Das Sharma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=FW|name=[[Surojit Bose]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=FW|name=[[Pritam Singh (footballer)|Pritam Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=FW|name=[[Thoi Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[S Sanju Kumar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Senegal|pos=FW|name=Demba Diakhaté}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Raju Sohail Haque]]}}
{{Fs end}}


==Honours==
===Cup tournaments===
*'''[[Durand Cup]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup|access-date=22 February 2021|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=Indianfootball.de|archive-date=27 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627235237/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/durandcup.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html List of Durand Cup tournament winners and runner-ups] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142839/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indiadurandcuphist.html |date=29 July 2014}}. ''rsssf.com''. [[RSSSF|Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]. Retrieved 7 May 2021.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Choudhury|first=Arunava|title=125th Durand Cup: Problems at the start of India's oldest tournament|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/08/16/125th-durand-cup-problems-at-the-start-of-indias-oldest-tournament/|work=Sportskeeda|date=16 August 2012|access-date=16 August 2012|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416055818/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/125th-durand-cup-problems-at-the-start-of-indias-oldest-tournament}}</ref>
**Runners-up (1): [[2012 Durand Cup|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dodsal FC enters Durand Cup final|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/dodsal-fc-enters-durand-cup-final-130449988.html|work=Yahoo|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416055753/https://in.search.yahoo.com/?fr2=inr|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''[[Western India Football Association|Nadkarni Cup]]'''
**Champions (2): 2012, 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=India - List of Nadkarni Cup Finals|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indianadkarnicuphist.html|access-date=1 August 2021|website=Rsssf.com|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129033202/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indianadkarnicuphist.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''Kalina MLA Cup'''
**Runners-up (1): 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=Air India beat Mumbai Tigers in tie-breaker to lift the 1st Kalina MLA Cup|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/sports/air-india-beat-mumbai-tigers-in-tie-breaker-to-lift-the-1st-kalina-mla-cup/article_99222|access-date=1 December 2015|work=Afternoon DC|date=24 December 2013|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095755/http://www.afternoondc.in/sports/air-india-beat-mumbai-tigers-in-tie-breaker-to-lift-the-1st-kalina-mla-cup/article_99222|url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
* [[List of football clubs in India]]
* [[Sports in Maharashtra]]


==References==
{{Fs end}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==Current technical staff==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130930232751/https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/3348906595/c1d846fc2631f3fa4c05c150bbc1ba5c.jpeg 2013 logo]
:''As of 19 August 2012''<ref name=Squad/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Head Coach
| [[Bimal Ghosh]]
|-
| Assistant Coach
| Mahesh Lotlikar
|-
| Manager
| Chandrakant Naik
|-
| Physio
| Nivedita Vishwanathan
|-
| Youth team coach
| Abdul Azim Siddique
|}
{{clear}}


{{I-League}}
===Administration Staff===
{{Football in Maharashtra}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{Maharashtra Sports}}
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
| Chairman of Company
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Rajen A. Kilachand|Rajen Kilachand]]
|-
| CEO
| {{flagicon|United Arab Emirates}} [[Mohammad Omar (footballer)|Mohammad Omar]]<ref name=IFN>{{cite web|last=Upadhyay|first=Somesh|title=Dodsal FC Gearing Up To Enter Indian Football In Style|url=http://www.indianfootballnetwork.com/blog/2012/05/26/dodsal-fc-gearing-up-to-enter-indian-football-in-style/|work=Indian Football Network|accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref>
|}
{{clear}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}


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Mumbai Tigers
Full nameMumbai Tigers Football Club
Founded2012; 12 years ago (2012) (as Dodsal FC)[1]
Dissolved2014; 10 years ago (2014)
OwnerDodsal Group[2]
ChairmanRajen Kilachand
ManagerBimal Ghosh
LeagueI-League 2nd Division[3]
2013First Season

Mumbai Tigers Football Club (formerly known as Dodsal FC)[4][5] was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[6] The club were formed in May 2012 as Dodsal Football Club with the aim of becoming the biggest football club in India and one of the biggest in Asia.[6] They have completed in the I-League 2nd Division alongside Mumbai Football League.[7]

History

Towards the end of May 2012 it was announced that Indian owned company Dodsal Group wanted to start a football club in the city of Mumbai and name it Dodsal Football Club.[6] The club registered with the Mumbai District Football Association and quickly outlined that their main goal would be to qualify for the I-League, which is India's top football competition, by 2013.[6] The club is supposed to be run in the same way Manchester City F.C. of the Premier League is run, as company chairman Rajen Kilachand is in touch with City owner Sheikh Mansour.[8]

On 18 August 2012, it was announced that Dodsal would play in the 2012 Durand Cup and thus their first ever professional tournament at the national stage.[9] The club played their first ever official game on 25 August 2012 against Army Red at the Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi in which the club won the match 3–0 with Thoi Singh becoming the first player to ever score for the club in the 66th minute.[10] The club then went on to the 2012 Durand Cup Final in which they lost 3–2 on penalties to then-current I-League club Air India FC.[11]

In January 2013, it was officially announced that the club would participate in the 2013 I-League 2nd Division with the goal of winning and gaining promotion to the I-League and while doing so the club also changed their name to the Mumbai Tigers Football Club so they could potentially form a connection between them and the city of Mumbai.[12] Tigers gained direct entry to the I-League by bidding for a spot but a week before the 2013-14 season began they pulled out of the league and shut their senior team operations.[13]

Stadium

Main article: Fr. Agnel Stadium

The club do not have an official stadium yet as the Mumbai Football League and the Durand Cup are played at neutral venues but the club has already set up a training ground at the Fr. Angel High School sports complex.[14] The Sports Complex is well known for its artificial turf field.[14] The Sports Complex is also known for its fitness gym and swimming pool.[6]

Last registered squad

As of 26 Dec 2013.[15]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF India IND Henry Gangte
5 DF India IND Rahul Kumar
7 FW Senegal SEN Demba Diakhaté
8 DF India IND Rabindra Ghosh
12 DF India IND Loukik Jadhav
16 DF India IND Sunil Kumar
No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Prasenjit Ghosh
— DF India IND Ningthoujam Samananda
— DF India IND Anthony Fernandes
— MF India IND Royston Dsouza
— MF India IND Chhangte Malsawmkima
— MF India IND Pradeep Mohanraj
— MF India IND Abhishek Ambedkar
— GK India IND Arnab Das Sharma
— FW India IND Pritam Singh
— MF India IND S Sanju Kumar
— MF India IND Raju Sohail Haque

Honours

Cup tournaments

See also

References

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