Mohammedan SC Futsal
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| Full name | Mohammedan Sporting Club Futsal | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Black Panthers | ||
| Founded | 2021 | ||
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| President | Gulam Ashraf | ||
| Head coach | Joshuah Vaz | ||
| League | Futsal Club Championship | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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Mohammedan Sporting Club is a futsal club based in Kolkata, India. It is the section of Mohammedan SC.
Originally Mohammedan begun to play futsal in 2005 for an exhibition tournament organised by IFA (W.B.). Later, the club's separated section was formally founded in 2021 and now plays in Futsal Club Championship, India's top tier futsal league.[1]
History
2005
The IFA had organised Kolkata Futsal Championship in 2005 with 320 teams participating to introduce the sport in West Bengal. Mohammedan SC decided to create a futsal club to participate in the tournament.[2] After the end of the tournament, the club was dissolved.
2016
The IFA organised another futsal competition in 2016, Kolkata Futsal League, in order to promote the sport in the state. Mohammedan SC decided to field a team representing the club. The league was played among 8 clubs as a single-elimination tournament. Mohammedan got knocked-out from the tournament in its first match against Southern Samity.[2] The club was once again discontinued due to lack of competitions to participate in.
2020–present
After the announcement of the inauguration of a national level official futsal league by AIFF, Mohammedan SC came forward to re-establish its futsal club and participate in the tournament, with the goal of winning the tournament and eventually participate in the AFC Futsal Club Championship. The Futsal Club Championship was supposed to commence in 2020, but due to COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled in 2021.[3][4] The club signed former footballers, Joshuah Vaz and Mihir Sawant, to play along with being the head coach and the goalkeeping coach respectively. Led by Mihir Sawant, Mohammedan played its first official futsal match on November 5 against Baroda FC at KD Jadhav Hall in New Delhi.[5] They won the match by 9 goals to nil, with Sandesh Malpote, Sachin Patil, Rui Carlo, Hilton Fernandes, Filbert Pereira and Joshuah Vaz scoring a goal each. Rui Carlo at 15 years of age, was the youngest player in the tournament.[5]
Recent seasons
- As of November 2021
| Season | Tier | Division | Result |
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| 2021 | 1 | FCC | [to be determined] |
Current squad
- As of November 2021
| No. | Position | Name | Nationality |
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| 1 | Goalkeeper | Augustine D'Mello | 
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| 12 | Goalkeeper | Mihir Sawant (c) |
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| 5 | Defender | Nihal Ujre |
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| 10 | Defender | Joshuah Vaz |
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| 13 | Defender | Sachin Patil |
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| 3 | Winger | Raghubendra Vishwakarma |
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| 6 | Winger | Altamash Noor |
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| 8 | Winger | Filbert Pereira |
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| 11 | Winger | Hilton Fernandes |
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| 15 | Winger | Rui Carlo |
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| 16 | Winger | Sandesh Malpote |
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| 17 | Winger | Avdhoot Gawali |
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| 4 | Pivot | Sherman Vaz |
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| 7 | Pivot | Snedden Medeira |
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| 9 | Pivot | Jayesh Sutar |
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| 14 | Pivot | Eshaan Shiledar |
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Honours
References
- ^ "Draw for Futsal Club Championship 2021-22 announced". ANI News. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b www.KolkataFootball.Com. "kolkatafootball.com|kolkata futsal league 2016|kolkata futsal league 2016 result|indian football live score". www.kolkatafootball.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Futsal". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Futsal club championship to kick-off from 2020 season". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Futsal Club C'ship: Mohammedan SC defeats Baroda FC in inaugural match". ANI News. Retrieved 6 November 2021.