Hindustan FC

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Hindustan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in New Delhi.[1][2] Affiliated with the Football Delhi (FD), the club currently participates in the Delhi Premier League.[3][4][5]

Founded in 1948, Hindustan predominantly participated in the I-League 2nd Division,[6][7][8] which was then second tier of the Indian football league system.[9][10]

History

Formation and early history

Hindustan FC was founded in New Delhi Chittaranjan Park area.[11][12][13] Owned and run by Bengalis, it is one of the oldest football clubs in the capital city of India.[14][15][16][17] They for the first time lifted the regional league title in 2001–02 season.[18] while club's goalkeeper Salim Ansari was presented the player of the year award.[19][20] In November 2002, Hindustan participated in the inaugural edition of Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup and reached to the semi-finals.[21] The club later competed in the National Football League Second Division continuously, in 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07, but were not granted the permission of joining the newly formed I-League 2nd Division.[22] In 2007, Hindustan FC roped in their first foreign coach, Bernard Operanozie from Nigeria.[23] Hindustan clinched their second DSA Senior Division title in 2009 season as co-winners with Indian National.[24]

Present years

Hindustan Football Academy was started by the former club chairman D. K. Bose,[25] and they roped in Spanish professional coach Óscar Bruzón on board for a period of two years to train Delhi's budding footballers in the age group of under-12 and under-16.[26] Hindustan FC, founded just after the independence of India, have been the flag bearers from the capital in the second tier of Indian football, having participated for a record 14 times.[27] They also participated in the 2014 I-League 2nd Division and moved to the final round of I-League Qualifiers.[28][29][30] The club ended their campaign finishing on fifth position,[31][32] earning four points in eight matches.[33][34]

Though their biggest achievement is finishing as the runners-up in the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division,[35] under the coaching of Vikrant Sharma.[36][37][38][39] In the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division,[40] Hindustan finished at the bottom of the Group A and bowed out of the tournament.[41][42] The club has participated in the 2021 FD Senior Division,[43][44][45] and finished as runners-up.

Stadium

Ambedkar Stadium has been used as the clubs' home ground for most of their DSA Senior Division/DPL League matches.[46][47][48] It has also hosted their I-League 2nd Division matches.[49][50][51] The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. Hindustan also uses Thyagaraj Sports Complex ground.[52] The club formerly used Government of India press grounds for matches of DSA B-Division League.[14]

Rivalries

Hindustan FC has nurtured rivalries with other Delhi based clubs, predominantly with Garhwal,[53] Simla Youngs,[54] Indian Air Force,[55][56] New Delhi Heroes and Sudeva Moonlight (now 'Sudeva Delhi'). Besides the state league, they faced some more rivals in the prestigious Durand Cup,[57][58] the oldest existing club football tournament in Asia and third oldest in the world.[59][60]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1996—1998 Phoenix Shoes[61]
1998—2000 LML[62]
2000—2003 Electrolux[19]
2003—2005 Coca-Cola India[14]
2005—2006
2006—2008 Group 4 Securicor[63]
2008—2010 ONGC[64]
2010—2012 SAIL[64]
2012—2014 Lotto[65] Solutrean[66]
2014—2020 Cosco[67] Hero MotoCorp[68]

Women's team

On 29 November 2012, Hindustan FC launched its women's team with the unveiling of team jersey. At a press conference, Hindustan president Sushil Pandit said that the decision to launch the team was in line with the club philosophy to support women's football.[69]

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The women's team competes in the Delhi Women's Football League, organised by Football Delhi.[71][72] Its U17 women's team has been participating in the Khelo India Women's League since 2019.[73]

Youth & academy

Hindustan FC ran U-13, U-15 and U-17 level teams and academies, which were based at the Thygaraja Stadium.[65] In 2013, the club launched its U19 team to participate in the Elite League (India).[74] The U19 team was from Delhi zone and first participated in the 2014–15 I-League U19 season (group D – rest of India), and reached the final round.[75][76][77]

The club also established an academy, named Hindustan Football Academy.[64] They also organize an youth football tournament yearly in Delhi, known as Hind Kishore School Tournament.[64]

Honours

League

Cup

  • Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup[83]
    • Runners-up (1): 1995
  • Dharamvir Walia Memorial Cup[84]
    • Winners (1): 2013

Notable players

For current and former notable Hindustan FC players with a Wikipedia article, see: Hindustan FC players.

Managerial history

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Name Nationality Years Ref.
Bernard Operanozie Script error: No such module "flag". 2007–2008 [85]
Monoranjan Bhattacharya Script error: No such module "flag". 2008–2009 [86]
Tope Ayodeji Fuja Script error: No such module "flag". 2011–2012 [87][88]
Michiteru Mita Script error: No such module "flag". 2012–2014 [89]
Abhijoy basu Script error: No such module "flag". 2014–2017 [90][91]
Bernard Operanozie Script error: No such module "flag". 2017 [92]
Vikrant Sharma Script error: No such module "flag". 2017–2018 [93]
Sena Sena Script error: No such module "flag". 2018 [94]

See also

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Joint-winners (with "Indian National FC").

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