Mohammedan SC Futsal
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| Full name | Mohammedan Sporting Club Futsal | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Black Panthers | ||
| Founded | 22 February 1891 (Mohammedan SC) 2005 (Mohammedan SC Futsal) | ||
| Ground | Netaji Indoor Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||
| Owner | Mohammedan Sporting Club Private Limited Bunker Hills Private Limited | ||
| President | Gulam Ashraf | ||
| Head coach | Joshuah Vaz | ||
| League | Futsal Club Championship | ||
| 2021 | Runners-up | ||
| Website | https://www.mohammedansportingindia.com/ | ||
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Mohammedan Sporting Club Futsal is a professional futsal club based in Kolkata, India. It is the futsal section of over a century old multi-sports club Mohammedan SC.
Originally Mohammedan begun to play futsal in 2005 for an exhibition tournament organised by IFA (W.B.). Later, the club's separated section was formally founded in 2021 and now plays in Futsal Club Championship, India's top tier futsal league.[1]
History
2005
The IFA had organised Kolkata Futsal Championship in 2005 with 320 teams participating, to introduce the sport in West Bengal. Mohammedan SC decided to create a futsal club to participate in the tournament.[2] After the end of the tournament, the club was discontinued.
2016
The IFA organised another futsal tournament, Kolkata Futsal League in 2016, in order to further promote the sport in the state. Mohammedan SC decided reinstate the futsal club. The league was played among 8 clubs as a single-elimination tournament. Mohammedan got knocked-out from the tournament in its first match against Southern Samity.[2] The club was once again discontinued due to lack of competitions to participate in.
2020–present
After the announcement of a national-level futsal league by AIFF, Mohammedan SC came forward to re-establish its futsal club and participate in the tournament, with the goal of winning it and eventually participating in the AFC Futsal Club Championship. It was supposed to commence in 2020, but due to COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was rescheduled for 2021.[3][4] The club signed Joshuah Vaz and Mihir Sawant, to play along with being the head coach and the goalkeeping coach respectively. Mohammedan played its first official match on November 5 against Baroda FC at KD Jadhav Hall in New Delhi.[5] They won the match by 0–9, with Sandesh Malpote, Sachin Patil, Rui Carlo, Hilton Fernandes, Filbert Pereira and Joshuah Vaz scoring. Rui Carlo, aged 15, was the youngest player in the tournament.[5] They became the first team to reach the league finals by defeating Bengaluru FC in the semi-final,[6] but eventually Mohammedan lost the inaugural season final to Delhi FC by 2–7.[7]
Recent seasons
- As of November 2021
| Season | Group stage | Playoff | |||||
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| Pl | W | D | L | GD | Pos | ||
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +14 | 1st of 4 | Runners-up |
Current squad and technical staff
- As of November 2021
| No. | Position | Name | Nationality |
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| 1 | Goalkeeper | Augustine D'Mello | 
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| 12 | Goalkeeper | Mihir Sawant (Captain) |
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| 2 | Defender | Sitanshu Nayak |
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| 5 | Defender | Nihal Ujre |
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| 10 | Defender | Joshuah Vaz |
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| 13 | Defender | Sachin Patil |
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| 3 | Winger | Raghubendra Vishwakarma |
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| 6 | Winger | Altamash Noor |
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| 8 | Winger | Filbert Pereira |
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| 11 | Winger | Hilton Fernandes |
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| 15 | Winger | Rui Carlo |
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| 16 | Winger | Sandesh Malpote |
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| 17 | Winger | Avdhoot Gawali |
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| 4 | Pivot | Sherman Vaz |
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| 7 | Pivot | Snedden Medeira |
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| 9 | Pivot | Jayesh Sutar |
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| 14 | Pivot | Eshaan Shiledar |
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| Position | Name |
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| Head coach | Joshuah Vaz (player-coach)
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| Team manager | Belal Ahmed Khan
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| Goalkeeping coach | Mihir Sawant
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| Physical trainer | Ravinder Singh Chauhan
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| Physio | Ankan Roychowdhury Akhilesh KS
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Honours
Domestic
- Futsal Club Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2021
References
- ^ "Draw for Futsal Club Championship 2021-22 announced". ANI News. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b www.KolkataFootball.Com. "kolkatafootball.com|kolkata futsal league 2016|kolkata futsal league 2016 result|indian football live score". www.kolkatafootball.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Futsal". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Futsal club championship to kick-off from 2020 season". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Futsal Club C'ship: Mohammedan SC defeats Baroda FC in inaugural match". ANI News. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "Mohammedan SC beat Bengaluru FC, qualify for Hero Futsal Club Championship Final". All India Football Federation. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Hero Futsal Club Championship Final - 2021-22 - MDSC vs DFC, retrieved 13 November 2021