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Revision as of 14:36, 28 July 2023

Sreenidi Deccan FC
File:Sreenidi Deccan FC logo.png
Full nameSreenidi Deccan Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)The Deccan Warriors
FoundedJanuary 1, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-01-01) (as Sreenidhi FC)
GroundDeccan Arena
Capacity1,500
OwnerSreenidhi Group
Head coachCarlos Vaz Pinto
LeagueI-League
2023–24I-League, 2nd of 13
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Sreenidi Deccan FC is an Indian professional football club based in Hyderabad, Telangana.[2][3][4] It was established on 1 January 2015 as a football academy in Hyderabad, and later was launched from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in 2021.[5] The club is currently competing in I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system.[6][7][8]

On 5 June 2020, All India Football Federation (AIFF) issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the I-League[9] and on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan FC was granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League.[10][11][12]

History

Formation and journey

Sreenidi football academy was founded in January 2015 in Aziznagar. It received the first accreditation from the AIFF in June 2019 and in its initial years the club played in the football leagues for the age groups of U13, U15 & U18.[13][14]

On 5 June 2020, the AIFF issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the league,[15] and on 12 August Sreenidi Deccan were granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League.[16][17] Sreenidi Deccan Football Club was formally launched on 7 July 2021 in Visakhapatnam by state sports minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao.[18] In 2021, they participated in the IFA Shield and reached the final, losing to Real Kashmir FC by 2–1 and finished as runners-up.[19][20]

The club began its league campaign on 27 December against NEROCA with a 3–2 defeat.[21] In the next game, they defeated TRAU by 3–1 with a brace from Colombian striker David Castañeda, and later lost 3–1 to Mohammedan Sporting.[22] After finishing fourth in group stage with six wins in twelve matches, they moved to the championship stage. At the end, the club finished their maiden league campaign in third place with 32 points in 18 matches, and won the last match against Churchill Brothers on 14 May.[23][24] Later in November, the club participated in Baji Rout Cup in Odisha and reached semi-finals.[25]

In August 2022, Portuguese manager Carlos Vaz Pinto was appointed head coach.[26][27] The club retained their key players including Colombian striker David Castañeda Muñoz.[28] In 2022–23 I-League season, Sreenidi Deccan achieved second position.[29][30][31][32] After winning qualifying matches, they entered into the 2023 Indian Super Cup,[33] and began their journey with a 1–1 draw with Bengaluru.[34][35][36] The club later thrashed Kerala Blasters by 2–0.[37][38] In the last group stage match against RoundGlass Punjab, Sreenidi lost 1–0 and failed to progress to the semi-finals.[39][40]

Stadium

Sreenidi Deccan use Deccan Arena as their home ground, which is located in Sreenidi Football Villa, Aziznagar, Hyderabad, and was inaugurated in November 2022.[41]

The club when entered into I-League, proposed to use the DYSSR Stadium in Visakhapatnam for home matches, a multi-purpose stadium having capacity of 27,500.[42] Due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, all league games were played in few centralized venues in West Bengal, and the club never used DYSSR Stadium.[43]

Crest, colours & kits

The primary club colours are orange and green. The primary colours, along with the secondary white colour can be seen on the crest[44] as well as the jerseys. Club's kits were launched by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust chairman K Ramamohana Rao.[42]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2020–present Nivia[45] Sreenidhi Group

Players

First-team squad

As of 1 November 2022

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 Ubaid CK
2 DF India IND Shahabaaz Khan
4 DF India IND Md Abdul Salam
7 FW India IND Vanlalbiaa Chhangte
8 MF India IND Umashankar Marimuthu
10 MF Afghanistan AFG Faysal Shayesteh
11 FW Colombia COL David Castañeda (captain)
12 DF India IND Asheer Akhtar
13 MF India IND Mayakkannan
15 DF India IND Asraf Ali Mondal
16 FW India IND Vineeth Velmurugan
17 FW India IND Rosenberg Gabriel
19 FW India IND Songpu Singsit
21 FW India IND Lalromawia
22 MF India IND Sriram Boopathi
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK India IND Jaspreet Singh
25 GK India IND Harsh Patil
26 DF India IND Sunil Bathala
27 FW India IND Mayosing Khongreiwoshi
36 MF India IND Suraj Rawat
41 GK India IND Aryan Niraj Lamba
49 DF Ghana GHA Mohamed Awal
53 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Dua Stanislas Ankira
77 MF Nigeria NGA Rilwan Hassan
99 FW Nigeria NGA Ogana Louis
DF India IND Subhankar Adhikari
DF India IND Pawan Kumar
DF India IND Abhishek Ambekar
MF India IND Kean Lewis
DF Brazil BRA Eli Sabiá

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 13 June 2022
Role Name Refs.
Head coach Portugal Carlos Vaz Pinto [28]
Assistant coach India Birendra Thapa
Goalkeeping coach Portugal Rafael Gracio
Conditioning coach Mexico Jorge Ovando Toledo
Team manager India Subhabrata Dey
Performance analyst India Chaitanya Kulkarni
Physiotherapist India Prabhakaran Nataraj

Management

Position Name Refs.
Chairman India Dr. K. T. Mahhe [46]
Executive director India Abhijit Rao Katikaneni [47]
Technical director Portugal Fabio Nunes Ferreira [48]

Records and statistics

Season by season

As of 16 April 2023
Season League Finals Super Cup Other competitions Top scorer(s)
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Durand Cup Player(s) Goals
2021–22 I-League 18 9 5 4 27 19 32 3rd Colombia David Castañeda 10
2022–23 22 13 3 6 44 29 42 2nd GS Colombia David Castañeda 17

Managers and statistics

As of 16 April 2023

Only competitive matches are taken into account.

Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Fernando Varela  Spain 9 June 2021 31 May 2022 18 9 5 4 27 19 050.00
Carlos Vaz Pinto  Portugal 3 August 2022 Till date 26 15 4 7 51 33 057.69

Notable players

The following Sreenidi Deccan players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.[49]

Honours

League

Cup

Other department

Sreenidi Deccan youth

Sreenidi Deccan have their youth men's football section that participates in various nationwide tournaments. Club's leading football academy is based in Hyderabad.[42] Their U17 team took part in the inaugural 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup in January 2023.[55][56] Reserve team of the club also took part in prestigious Stafford Challenge Cup in Bangalore.[57][58] Club's U21 team participated in the "south zone" qualifiers of 2023 Reliance Foundation Development League.[59]

Honours

  • TFA C-Division Championship
    • Champions (1): 2022[60]
  • Apollo Tyres Hotfut Youth League (U-14)
    • Champions (1): 2022[61]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Fourth oldest football tournament, organized by the IFA (W.B.), and played between the local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

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