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PIFA Colaba
File:PIFA Sports FC Logo.jpg
Full namePremier India Football Academy
Nickname(s)The Lions
Founded2005
GroundCooperage Stadium
Capacity5000
OwnerPIFA Sports Private Limited
ChairmanAnjali Shah
ManagerSudhakar Rane
LeagueMumbai Football League
2014I-League 2nd Division
Group A, 5th

'PIFA Colaba FC are an Indian Mumbai District Football Association - League football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Founded by Premier India Football Academy in 2005.

History

The Club was founded by Nirvan Shah, Sudhakar Rane and Anjali Shah. The team mainly compromised of players from Colaba community and students from the Premier India Football Academy (PIFA).

The club team is coached by co founder Nirvan Shah (UEFA B) played the Senior division MDFA league in 2005-06 having finished runners up, it got promoted to Super division.

In 2006-07, they once again finished runners up and got promoted to Elite Division. Ever since then they have remained in the MDFA Elite division. The highest position they achieved was 3rd place in the MDFA Elite division in 2010-11.

In 2010-11, they qualified to play the AIFF 2nd Division i league tournament. They have been playing all the editions of the AIFF 2nd Division i league since then.

The club also has the following teams :

U19 - AIFF U19 i league, MDFA 1st Division.

U17 - MDFA 2nd Division.

U15 - AIFF MUPC.

WOMENS - MDFA Womens Division

First-team squad

As of 25 January 2015[1]

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 India IND Kunal Sawant
3 DF Nigeria NGA Chika Wali
4 DF India IND Justin Stephen
5 MF India IND Collin Abranches
6 MF India IND Ashutosh Mehta
7 MF India IND Reisangmei Vashum
8 MF India IND Climax Lawrence (Captain)
9 MF India IND Sampath Kuttymani
10 FW Brazil BRA Josimar
11 MF Japan JPN Taisuke Matsugae
12 FW India IND Mohammed Rafi
13 GK India IND Nidhin Lal
14 DF India IND Pradeep Mohanraj
15 DF India IND Rahul Bheke
16 FW India IND Jayesh Rane
17 DF India IND Kamaljeet Kumar
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF India IND Kali Alaudeen
19 DF India IND Allan Dias
20 MF India IND Paresh Shivalkar
21 MF India IND Amoes
22 MF India IND John Coutinho
23 MF India IND Dane Pereira
24 MF India IND Manuel D'Souza
27 DF India IND Ritesh Perambra
28 MF India IND Rohit Mirza
30 FW India IND Cletus Paul
33 GK India IND Sanjiban Ghosh
36 DF India IND Nihal Chandran
44 FW India IND Milagres Gonsalves
- DF India IND Meldon D'Silva
- DF India IND Clyde Fernandes
- FW India IND Abhishek Yadav
  1. ^ "The Team". Mumbai F.C. Retrieved 29 September 2012.