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Revision as of 15:53, 26 May 2023

For Indian Super League club, see Roundglass Punjab FC.
Minerva Academy F.C. C.C.
File:Minerva Academy FC.png
Full nameMinerva Academy Football and Cricket Club
Nickname(s)The Warriors
The Factory
Founded2005; 20 years ago (2005) (as Minerva Academy)
OwnerRanjit Bajaj
Websitehttps://minervaacademyfc.com/

Minerva Academy Football and Cricket Club (known officially as Minerva Academy F.C. C.C.; often referred to as Minerva Punjab) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Mohali, Punjab, best known for its football and cricket academies, and futsal team. Club's football section usually competed in the Punjab State Super Football League.[1][2] Minerva previously participated in the I-League,[3] then highest division of Indian football league system.[4]

After giving Punjab FC to Roundglass Sports, owner Ranjit Bajaj bought stakes in Delhi FC. However, Minerva Academy remained since its inception.[5] After being promoted into the I-League in 2016,[6] the academy based club was rebranded as Minerva Punjab FC, and in 2019 football section was relabeled as Punjab FC. The club has won I-League title once, in 2017–18. Nicknamed The Warriors, Minerva has been known as one of the most successful youth sport academies in the country.[7]

History and overview

The club was established in 2005 as Minerva Academy.[8][9][10] It was founded as a purpose of reviving the glory of Minerva Club, an association football team of Minerva Public School in Mohali, that emerged as one of the most formidable football teams in the state of Punjab.[11]

Minerva Academy initially took part in various regional competitions. Club's first major tournament at the national level, was I-League 2nd Division,[12][13] and finished as runners-up in 2015–16.[14] They lost to five-time I-League champions Dempo SC in the final.[15] They were promoted to the I-League after an impressive stint at the 2nd Division.[16][17] They finished their first-ever 2016–17 I-League season at the second last position. They also participated in the 2016 Durand Cup.[18] They came last in the group stage and hence couldn't qualify for the semi-finals.

Kareem Omolaja and Sehijpal Singh in training with Minerva Punjab in 2016.

Next season, surprising everyone, they won the I-League title, which was their first ever top division title.[19] They became first ones from North India to win the league since 1996. This title made the team qualify for their first-ever Asian stint. The club qualified for Group stage of the 2019 AFC Cup, along with Indian Super League side Chennaiyin, starting from Preliminary round 2. However, they lost to Iranian side Saipa in the preliminary round of 2019 AFC Champions League and therefore couldn't make it to the play-offs.[20] But, in their AFC Cup stint, they impressed with unbeaten run of five games until the last group fixture, which they lost against Abahani Limited Dhaka.[21] Minerva were also placed in the round of 16 bracket of 2018 Indian Super Cup,[22][23][24] in which they lost to Jamshedpur 4–5 on penalties.

File:Arashpreet Singh .jpg
Arashpreet Singh in Minerva kit in 2017

In 2018–19 I-League, the club managed to win four of their twenty fixtures and finished ninth in the league table. They were placed in 2019 Indian Super Cup qualifying round, but refused to play protesting against uncertainty of I-League clubs' future in Indian football. Thereafter, they were also not invited to play 2019 Durand Cup.

On 30 October 2019, announcement was made that after a partnership agreement with RoundGlass Sports Private Ltd., the club has been renamed as Punjab Football Club.[25][26] RoundGlass Sports bought 50% of Minerva Academy's share earlier; In 2020, they bought remaining 50% from owners Ranjit Bajaj and Heena Bajaj to take 100% charge of the club to form "RoundGlass Punjab FC".[27]

After loosing I-League spot Minerva started playing football again in Punjab football league system with its youth age groups.[28] It is the only Indian club to win all age group national titles in the same year, in 2017–18 season wining U13, U15, U18 and senior I-League.[29]

In 2022, Minerva Academy took part in international tournament Mina Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in U12 category and won the title with a dominant performance.[30]

Stadiums

Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, former home ground of the club.

The official home ground of Minerva Academy is Tau Devi Lal Stadium of Panchkula, which was also used in the I-League.[31] It has a seating capacity of 12,000 spectators.[32] The club previously used Guru Nanak Stadium, but only for one season.[33][34]

During I-League Second Division, Minerva used Sector 17 Ground in Chandigarh as home venue.[35] When the club entered into continental tourney AFC Cup, they used various stadiums which could fit the competitions standards. During the group stage, club played two matches at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati,[36] and remaining at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2015–2017 T10 Sports —
2017–2019 Astro[37] Apollo Tyres[38][39]
2019–present Spartan[40]

Records and statistics

Overall records

As of 16 April 2023
Season Division Teams Position Avg. attendance Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
As Minerva Punjab
2015–16 I-League 2nd Division 10 2nd (promoted, Dempo pulled out) — Did not exist

▼

Did not participate Did not qualify

▼

Did not qualify

▼

2016–17 I-League 10 9th 2,153 GS
2017–18 10 1st 5,803 RO16 Did not participate

▼

2018–19 11 9th 5,624 WO PreR 2 GS
As Punjab FC
2019–20 11 3rd 3,848 Did not participate

▼

Did not participate

▼

Did not qualify

▼

Did not qualify

▼

Overall records

As of 12 March 2023
Season Division Continental Top scorer
Division P W D L GF GA P W D L GF GA Player Goals
As Minerva Punjab
2015–16 I-League 2nd Division 18 11 4 3 30 14 Not qualified Nigeria Kareem Nurain 4
2016–17 I-League 18 2 7 9 17 33 Not qualified Nigeria Kareem Nurain
Nigeria Loveday Enyinnaya 		3
2017–18 18 11 2 5 24 16 Not qualified Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen 7
2018–19 20 4 6 10 10 19 7 0 5 2 6 11 Nigeria Philip Njoku
Ghana William Opoku
Ivory Coast Lancine Touré 		2
As Punjab
2019–20 16 5 8 3 23 11 Not qualified Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda 12

Continental records

As of 27 June 2019
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
AFC Champions League 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
AFC Cup 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1
Total 7 0 5 2 6 11 –5

Performance in AFC competitions

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2019[41] AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 Iran Saipa 0–4 Preliminary Round
AFC Cup Group E India Chennaiyin 0–0 1–1 3rd
Bangladesh Dhaka Abahani 2–2 0–1
Nepal Manang Marshyangdi 2–2 1–1

Managerial record

Surinder Singh managed the club in I-League Second Division, during their first domestic league season.
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win% Ref.
Surinder Singh  India 1 July 2015 31 May 2017 28 7 10 11 31 44 025.00 [42]
Khogen Singh  India 1 September 2017 31 May 2018 18 11 2 5 24 16 061.11 [43]
Sachin Badadhe  India 31 May 2018 7 August 2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— [44]
Paul Munster  Northern Ireland 8 August 2018 12 February 2019 16 3 5 8 8 15 018.75 [45]
Sachin Badadhe  India 12 February 2019 30 June 2019 3 1 0 2 2 4 033.33 [46]
Yan Law  India 1 July 2019 31 May 2020 16 5 8 3 23 21 031.25 [47]

Minerva youth

Youth men's

Youth players of Minerva Punjab in training, in 2020.
Minerva Punjab players (in black) at the 59th Edition of Subroto Cup, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium, in New Delhi, October 2018.

Since the foundation in 2005, the club has more than hundred residential academies in the country.[11] Minerva's youth men's section has been participating in various age-group domestic competitions, including U13, U15, and U18 Hero Youth Leagues,[48][49][50] in which they clinched multiple titles.[51][52]

Minerva futsal

The futsal section was included within Minerva Academy in later years, and the team participated in Futsal Club Championship, organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).[53][54][55][56] The club emerged champions in 2022–23 edition and qualified for AFC Futsal Club Championship.[57][58]

Honours

Senior

Domestic league

Domestic cup

  • J&K Invitational Cup
  • Harbhajan Singh Memorial All-India Football Tournament
    • Champions (1): 2018[65]
  • Bodousa Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 2019[66]

Youth

Club's U13 players in celebration after clinching the 2017–18 Youth I-league
  • Youth League U18
  • Punjab State Youth League
    • Champions (1): 2021–22[68]
  • All India Balachur Open Cup
    • Champions (1): 2018[65]
  • Principal Harbhajan Singh Memorial Tournament (U17)
    • Champions (1): 2022[69]
  • Youth League U15[70][71]
    • Champions (4): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Youth I-league U13
    • Champions (1): 2017–18[72]
  • Chandigarh U17 Youth Championship
    • Champions (1): 2015[73]
  • RFYS National Championship
    • Champions (1): 2018[74]
  • Administrator's U17 Challenge Cup
    • Champions (1): 2018[75]

Invitational

  • United Arab Emirates Mina Cup (U12)

Futsal

Notable players

The following Minerva Academy/Minerva Punjab players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.[79]

India

Asia (AFC)

Africa (CAF)

North America (CONCACAF)

Affiliated entities

The following clubs/academies are/were affiliated with Minerva Academy FC:

Club

Academy

  • India Kick Football Academy (2019–present)[109]

Footnotes

  1. ^ From 2017–18 season until 2021–22 season, I-League and Indian Super League shared joint top flight status in Indian Football. Following the Indian football roadmap, Indian Super League become the sole top-tier league in the country from 2022–23 season and I-League become second tier.
  2. ^ Title shared with Real Kashmir

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