Kenkre FC

Kenkre

Full name	Kenkre Football Club
Founded	2000
Ground	Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity	5,000
Chairman	Sir Adib Kenkre
Coach	Ekendra Singh
League	I-League 2nd Division
Home colours Away colours

Kenkre Football Club, is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. They have been one of the famous football clubs in Mumbai. They participate in the I-League 2nd Division.

The club is one of the popular football clubs in Mumbai and is known for nurturing young players into skillful and mature players.

History

The Club was founded in 2000 as Kenkre FC under the patronage of former footballer and football coach Sir Adib Kenkre and the CEO of the club Joshua Lewis.

Kenkre FC were crowned champions of the Maha League 2010 for the first time in the club's history after defeating Bengal Mumbai FC 3-0 thanks to goals from Nigerian striker Mathew Odje, Francisco Salin and Charanjeet Singh. After achieving this result, Kenkre FC were granted admission into the second-tier of the I-League called the I-League 2nd Division.

Kenkre FC made its debut on this national stage by playing in Group B of the I-League 2nd Division in Jamshedpur, between 4–17 April 2011. The club marked its debut by finishing a creditable third on goal difference. The group of seven teams was topped by Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kolkata and Ar-Hima, Meghalaya.

Players

Senior Team Squad

As of 4 March 2017

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	IND	Melroy Fernandes
2	DF	IND	Sandeep Upadhyay
3	DF	IND	Aditya Gole
4	DF	IND	Nitesh Aswani (Captain)
6	DF	GUI	Boubacar Keita
7	MF	IND	Bilal Mohammad
8	MF	IND	Rajib Ghorui
9	FW	IND	Yash Mhatre
10	FW	CIV	Yao Kouassi Bernard
11	MF	IND	Jayesh Kadam
12	MF	IND	Shunhan Pheiray

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	IND	Siddhart Colaco
16	DF	IND	Assumption Soares
17	MF	IND	Deepak Tirkey
18	GK	IND	Joe Paul
20	DF	IND	Arish Sutaria
22	MF	IND	Aravindraj Rajan (Captain)
23	MF	IND	Kenneth Fernandes
27	MF	IND	Abuzar Beg
29	MF	IND	Yogesh Kadam

Current technical staff

As of 6 February 2014

Position	Name
Manager	Joshua Lewis
Coach	Sanjay Singh
Assistant coach	Oscar Alva
Club physio	Sumedh Desai