Jamshedpur FC
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Full name | Jamshedpur Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Men of Steel |
Founded | 12 June 2017 |
Owner | Tata Steel |
Head Coach | Steve Coppell |
Jamshedpur Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. The club will compete as a member of the Indian Super League, one of the top leagues of Indian football, starting with the 2017–18 season. The club was established on 12 May 2017 when Tata Steel won the bidding rights for one of two expansion spots in the Indian Super League.
The club will be owned by Tata Steel, a subsidiary of the Tata Group. Steve Coppell will be Jamshedpur FC's first head coach.
History
Formation
On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season.[1] The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvanathapuram.[1]
On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[2] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru FC (for Bengaluru) and Tata Steel (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.[3]
After winning the expansion bid to enter the Indian Super League, Tata announced on 14 July 2017 that the inaugural head coach for the Jamshedpur franchise would be Steve Coppell.[4] Coppell, the previous ISL season, had lead the Kerala Blasters to the league final.[5] Nine days later, on 23 July, before the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft, the team's official name and logo were revealed. The club was officially named Jamshedpur FC.[6] During the players draft, due to being a brand new club, Jamshedpur FC had the very first pick. India international Anas Edathodika was the first draft pick selected by the club and thus the first player in Jamshedpur FC history.[7]
Players
First-team squad
- As of 29 July 2017.[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Management team
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Steve Coppell |
Assistant coach | Ishfaq Ahmed |
Statistics and records
Season-by-season
- As of 29 July 2017
Season | Indian Super League | Finals | Top Scorer | |||||||||
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P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Position | Player | Goals | |||
2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Head Coaches record
- As of 29 July 2017
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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Steve Coppell | England | 14 July 2017 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
References
- ^ a b "Indian Super League to invite bids for new teams". Times of India. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Bengaluru FC submit bid as ITB submission deadline ends". Times of India. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ "ISL expanded to 10 teams, Bengaluru FC one of them". Times of India. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Steve Coppell joins Jamshedpur ISL team". Tata Steel (Twitter).
- ^ Shukla, Kaushal (19 December 2016). "Kerala Blasters manager Steve Coppell laments cramped schedule after loss". FirstPost. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Jamshedpur FC reveal name and logo". Indian Super League.
- ^ "Jamshedpur FC in ISL 2017 Draft: Anas Edathodika, Subrata Paul, Mehtab Hossain signed". Goal.com. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
- ^ "Squad". Retrieved 29 July 2017.
External links
- Jamshedpur FC at the Indian Super League official website