Kenkre FC

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Kenkre
Logo
Full nameKenkre Football Club
Founded2000
GroundCooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity5,000
ChairmanSir Adib Kenkre
CoachEkendra Singh
LeagueI-League 2nd Division
Current season

Kenkre Football Club, is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 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 April 4–17, 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 16 December 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
2 DF India IND Francisco Dominic
3 DF India IND Nitesh Aswani (Captain)
4 DF Ivory Coast CIV Lassine Karamoko
5 DF India IND Rojen Singh
6 FW India IND Prathamesh Rokade
7 FW India IND Yash Mhatre
8 MF United States USA Samuel Bradley
9 MF India IND Taha Kachwala
10 FW Ivory Coast CIV Yao Kouassi Bernard
11 MF India IND Deepak Prakash
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW India IND Arish Sutaria
14 DF India IND Shivakumar M
15 MF India IND Shaun Fernandes
16 FW India IND Egypsio Noronha
18 DF India IND Ritesh Perambra
22 MF India IND Aravindraj Rajan
23 MF India IND Loukik Jadhav
25 GK India IND Siyas Purakkottakath
27 MF India IND Abuzar Beg
30 FW India IND Narinder Singh

Current technical staff

As of 6 Feb 2014
Position Name
Manager Joshua Lewis
Coach Ekendra Singh
Assistant coach Kamlakanta Singh
Club physio Sumedh Desai

References