FC Pune City Reserves and Academy

FC Pune City (R) was FC Pune City's reserve team that participanted in the I-League 2nd Division. FC Pune City Academy was the youth setup of FC Pune City. They participated in Youth League U18 and U15, as well as Pune Football League.

FC Pune City Reserves and Academy

Nickname(s)	The Stallions
Founded	26 August 2016
Dissolved	27 August 2019
Last CEO	Gaurav Modwel
League	I-League 2nd Division (Reserves) Youth League U18 (U18)
Home colours Away colours

History

Formation

On 26 August 2016, it was announced that FC Pune City had purchased the Pune F.C. Academy and rebranded it under their name. At the same time, the team unveiled their youth development plans which included fielding teams in Youth League U18 and U15, as well as Subroto Cup and Pune Football League.^[1]

Shut down

FC Pune City Reserves and Academy got dissolved in 2019, soon after their first team FC Pune City shut down its operations due financial and technical difficulties. The club's ownership was sold. The franchise rights was bought by Hyderabad-based IT entrepreneur Vijay Madduri and former Kerala Blasters FC CEO Varun Tripuneni. They subsequently launched a new club, Hyderabad FC.

Last squad

As of 13 May 2018:^[2]

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 Anuj Kumar 2 DF   IND Harpreet Singh (Captain) 3 FW   IND [] 4 DF   IND Nitish Aswani 5 DF   IND Thomas Lalengkima 6 MF   IND Abhishek Halder 7 DF   IND Lalramzauva Khiangte 8 MF   IND Wungngayam Muirang 9 FW   IND Gani Ahmmed Nigam 10 MF   IND Yadav Rahul 11 MF   IND Ashish Rai 12 DF   IND Karan Gurung 13 GK   IND Depopriya Das

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF   IND Nuruddin 15 FW   IND Baller Singh 16 MF   IND Ningombam Sana Singh 17 FW   IND Ishan V Dey 18 FW   IND Jakob Vanlalhimpuia 20 MF   IND Omega Vanlalhruaitluanga 21 DF   IND Amritpal Singh 22 MF   IND Buanthunglun Samte 23 MF   IND Sajid Hossain 24 FW   IND Omkar More 35 MF   IND Gaurav Bora 45 FW   IND Sebastian Thangmuansang

Honours

• IFA Shield
  • Winners (1): 2017
• Bandodkar Gold Trophy
  • Winners (1): 2016^[3]

References

1. "FC Pune City takes over Pune FC's academy and outlines its plans for Football development". Indian Super League. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
2. "Squad". I-league.org.
3. "Pune Football Club wins Bandodkar Gold Trophy Football Tourney". www.freepressjournal.in. Panaji, Goa: The Free Press Journal. Press Trust of India. 31 May 2019. from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links

• Official Website 21 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine