Madan Maharaj FC

Madan Maharaj

Full name	Madan Maharaj Football Club
Short name	MMFC
Founded	1992; 33 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

Madan Maharaj Football Club 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]

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 nominated by the Madhya Pradesh Football Association, but couldn't participate in the I-League 2.[2] Madan Maharaj became champions of Madhya Pradesh Premier League inaugural 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, teams for the qualifiers were announced, and the club secured a spot.[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]

Players (2022)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 — FW  IND Manvendra singh Sisodiya — FW  IND Akash solanki(Akashsolankioffical) — 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]

Youth section

Madan Maharaj has its youth men's football team, while club's U17 team took part in the group stages of 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup.[13]

See also

• Lakecity FC

References

1. "Madhya Pradesh gets their first "Professional Football Club"". Voice Of Indian Sports. 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
2. Scroll Staff. "Football: State associations nominate 23 teams for second division of I-League". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
3. Marcus Mergulhao (7 August 2021). "I-League Qualifiers: AIFF to use financial criteria as tie-breaker to select teams | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
4. "States nominate 29 teams for I-League Qualifiers, AIFF to select 10 | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
5. Correspondent (15 September 2010). "Salbagan thrash MP team to enter final". The Assam Tribune. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
6. "Madhya Pradesh Premier League". The Away End. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
7. "Madhya Pradesh Sports News: मदन महाराज एफसी भोपाल ने जीता भेल एमपी प्रीमियर लीग फुटबॉल". Nai Dunia (in Hindi). 28 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
8. Sportstar, Team. "Hero I-League Qualifiers 2021 to begin on October 4, complete fixtures announced". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
9. IANS (30 August 2021). "10 teams to compete in I-League Qualifiers 2021 in Bengaluru". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
11. "Football tourney: Blue Line, Madan Maharaj in semis". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
12. "फुटबाल गोल्ड कप का मदन महाराज भोपाल बना सिरमौर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
13. "49 teams to participate in AIFF Elite Youth League 2022–23". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

External links

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