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'''Minerva Punjab Football Club''', also known as Minerva Academy, are an Indian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Chandigarh]]. Minerva Punjab compete as a member of the [[I-League]], one of two top-tier leagues in [[Football in India|Indian football]] along with the [[Indian Super League]]. |
'''Minerva Punjab Football Club''', also known as Minerva Academy, are an Indian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Chandigarh]]. Minerva Punjab compete as a member of the plain-Jane [[I-League]], one of two top-tier leagues in [[Football in India|Indian football]] along with the cash-rich [[Indian Super League]]. |
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The club's majority owner, founder, and executive director is Ranjit Bajaj. Minerva Punjab play their I-League home matches at the [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium (Panchkula)|Tau Devi Lal Stadium]] in [[Panchkula]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Minerva Academy FC: All You Need To Know|url=https://khelnow.com/news/article/minerva_academy_fc_all_you_need_to_know|accessdate=12 December 2016|work=Khel Now|date=22 November 2016}}</ref> |
The club's majority owner, founder, and executive director is Ranjit Bajaj, the 'spoiled brat' of the high- profile senior Punjab IAS bureaucrat couple, Mr. B. R. Bajaj and Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj. Minerva Punjab play their I-League home matches at the [[Tau Devi Lal Stadium (Panchkula)|Tau Devi Lal Stadium]] in [[Panchkula]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Minerva Academy FC: All You Need To Know|url=https://khelnow.com/news/article/minerva_academy_fc_all_you_need_to_know|accessdate=12 December 2016|work=Khel Now|date=22 November 2016}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 09:00, 16 January 2019
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| Full name | Minerva Punjab Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Warriors | ||
| Founded | 2005 as Minerva Academy | ||
| Ground | Tau Devi Lal Stadium (I-League) The Arena (AFC Cup) | ||
| Capacity | 7000 | ||
| Owner | Ranjit Bajaj | ||
| Head Coach | Sachin Badadhe[1] | ||
| League | I-League | ||
| 2017–18 | I-League, 1st (Champions) | ||
| Website | http://minervapunjabfc.com/ | ||
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Minerva Punjab Football Club, also known as Minerva Academy, are an Indian professional football club based in Chandigarh. Minerva Punjab compete as a member of the plain-Jane I-League, one of two top-tier leagues in Indian football along with the cash-rich Indian Super League.
The club's majority owner, founder, and executive director is Ranjit Bajaj, the 'spoiled brat' of the high- profile senior Punjab IAS bureaucrat couple, Mr. B. R. Bajaj and Mrs. Rupan Deol Bajaj. Minerva Punjab play their I-League home matches at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula.[2]
History
The team was established in 2005 as Minerva Academy and has a football and cricket club. The team first played at the national level during the 2015–16 season when they played in the I-League 2nd Division. They finished that season as runners-up behind champions Dempo. On 11 December 2016 the team was awarded a direct-entry spot in the I-League for the 2016–17 season.
The team took part in its first major tournament at the national level, I-League 2nd Division and had an impressive run and were the runners up losing to 5 time I-League Champions Dempo SC.
They won I-League 1st Division during the 2017-18 season under technical director Joel Richard Williams. This being their first league win ever and it was also the first time a North Indian team won the league since 1996.
Stadium
The Guru Nanak Stadium has a capacity of 15,000 and has a provision of an 8-lane synthetic track along with the field. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2001 National Games and has also hosted matches of the Kabbadi World Cup.
First-team squad
- As of 7 December 2018[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team records
Record
| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Federation Cup/Super Cup | Durand Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup |
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| 2015–16 | I-League 2nd | 10 | 2 | – | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| 2016–17 | I-League | 10 | 9 | 2,757 | DNP | Group stage | DNP | DNP |
| 2017-18 | I-League | 10 | 1 | 5,736 | Round of 16 | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| 2018-19 | I-League | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
Seasons
- As of 2 November 2017
| Year | I-League | Federation Cup |
AFC Champions League | Top Scorer(s) | |||||||||||
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| Div | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos. | Player(s) | Goals | |||||
| 2015–16 | IL2 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 37 | 2nd | DNP | DNP |  Kareem Omolaja
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| 2016–17 | IL | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 13 | 9th | DNP | DNP | Loveday Enyinnaya; Kareem Omolaja
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| 2017–18 | IL | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 35 | 1st | DNP | DNP |  Chencho Gyeltshen
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Team management
- As of 9th August 2018.
| Position | Name |
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| Technical Director |  Paul Munster
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| Head Coach |  Sachin Badadhe
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| Assistant Coach | Vacant |
| Team Manager | Vacant |
| Physiotherapist | Karuna Kant Gupta
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Head coach's record
updated on 28 May 2017
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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| Surinder Singh | India
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2016 | 2017 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 11.11 |
| Khogen Singh | India
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2017 | 2018 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 57.89 |
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 2015—2017 | T10 Sports | None |
| 2017—present | Astro | Apollo Tyres |
Honours
Domestic
- Champions (1): 2017-18
- Runner Up (1): 2015–16
- champions (1):2018[4]
Continental record
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score |
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| 2019 | AFC Champions League | Preliminary Round 2 |  Saipa F.C.
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References
- ^ "I-League 2018-19: Minerva Punjab head coach Sachin Badadhe - 'We are going to win again'". goal.com. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Minerva Academy FC: All You Need To Know". Khel Now. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ^ "Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ "Minerva Punjab clinch 32nd Punjab Super League title". khelnow.com. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
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