Madan Maharaj FC

Madan Maharaj FC is an Indian professional football club based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It is also first professional football club from the state.^[1] They currently compete in Madhya Pradesh Premier League and were part of 2021 I-League Qualifiers.^[2][3][4]

Madan Maharaj

Full name	Madan Maharaj Football Club
Short name	MMFC
Founded	1992; 31 years ago (1992)
Ground	TT Nagar Stadium
Capacity	20,000
Head coach	Amit Kumar Jaiswal
League	Madhya Pradesh Premier League
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Formation and journey

The club was founded in 1992. They participated in the 24th Bodofa Upen Brahma All India Gold Cup football tournament and reached the semi-finals.^[5]

Present years

In 2018, Madan Maharaj FC was keen to participate in the 2nd Division and was nominated by Madhya Pradesh Football Association, but couldn't participate in the league.^[2] Madan Maharaj became champions of Madhya Pradesh Premier League onaugural season in 2021, by defeating Lions Club FC of Jabalpur in the final match,^[6] by a margin of 2–0. They scored first goal in 34th minute and increased the lead in 88th minute.^[7] In July, the club was nominated for 2021–22 I-League 2nd division or 2021 I-League Qualifiers, by Madhya Pradesh Football Association.^[2] In August, the teams for the qualifiers were announced, and the club secured a spot in it.^[8][9]

Stadium

Madam Maharaj played their MP Premier League matches at Barkatullah Khan University's ground in Bhopal.^[10] They also play some home matches at Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex.^[11]

Ownership

MMFC is owned by Madan Maharaj College, a private college in Bhopal.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2021—present	Rocky Sports	-

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   IND Sayan Roy — GK   IND Calvin Abhishek — GK   IND Kaushik Das — GK   IND Sumit Haldar — DF   IND Achal Raj Mishra — DF   IND Abhishek Das — DF   IND Vivek Kumar — DF   NGA Loveday Enyinnaya — DF   IND Shorayav Bharadwaj — DF   IND Sourav Das — MF   IND N Mikel Singh — MF   IND Harsh Safique — MF   IND Dolendra Singh — MF   IND Ganesh Beshra — MF   IND Bishnu Bordoloi — MF   IND Hitendra Singh Thakur

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   IND Mehtab Hossain — MF   IND Siam Hanghal — MF   IND Abhinas Ruidas — MF   IND Omahang Limboo — MF   IND Longjam Swami — MF   IND Hirak Mondal — MF   IND C.Rabi Kumar — MF   IND Mehtab Mehtab — MF   IND Samson Singh — MF   IND Rupesh Kaushal — MF   IND Srinjoy Chatterjee — FW   IND Akash solanki — FW   IND Jiten Murmu — FW   RSA William Twala

Personnel

As of 27 July 2021^{[citation needed]}

Position	Name
Head coach	Amit Kumar Jaiswal
Team director	Subrata Jha
Physiotherapist	Sayed Anvar

Honours

League

• I-League 2nd Division
  • Fourth place (1): 2021
• Madhya Pradesh Premier League
  • Champions (1): 2021

Cup

• State Gold Cup (Madhya Pradesh)
  • Champions (1): 2018^[12]

References

1. "Madhya Pradesh gets their first "Professional Football Club"". Voice Of Indian Sports. 2021-07-20. from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
2. Scroll Staff. "Football: State associations nominate 23 teams for second division of I-League". Scroll.in. from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
3. Marcus Mergulhao (Aug 7, 2021). "I-League Qualifiers: AIFF to use financial criteria as tie-breaker to select teams | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
4. "States nominate 29 teams for I-League Qualifiers, AIFF to select 10 | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Aug 4, 2021. from the original on 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
5. Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Salbagan thrash MP team to enter final". The Assam Tribune. from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
6. "Madhya Pradesh Premier League". The Away End. from the original on 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
7. "Madhya Pradesh Sports News: मदन महाराज एफसी भोपाल ने जीता भेल एमपी प्रीमियर लीग फुटबॉल". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 2021-01-28. from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
8. Sportstar, Team. "Hero I-League Qualifiers 2021 to begin on October 4, complete fixtures announced". Sportstar. from the original on 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
9. IANS (2021-08-30). "10 teams to compete in I-League Qualifiers 2021 in Bengaluru". Business Standard India. from the original on 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
10. "Arera Football Club lifted the trophy of the district football league organised at Barkatullah University. In the final, Arera defeated team of Madan Maharaj Club 4-1". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 26 July 2021. from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
11. "Football tourney: Blue Line, Madan Maharaj in semis". Free Press Journal. from the original on 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
12. "फुटबाल गोल्ड कप का मदन महाराज भोपाल बना सिरमौर". Patrika News (in Hindi). from the original on 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2021-07-27.

External links

• Team profile at the-aiff.com
• Team info at Global Sports Archive