Kenkre F.C.

Kenkre Football Club, is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. They have been one of the famous football clubs in Mumbai. They participate in the I-League 2nd Division.

Kenkre
Full nameKenkre Football Club
Founded2000
GroundCooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity5,000
ChairmanSir Adib Kenkre
CoachEkendra Singh
LeagueI-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 4–17 April 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 4 March 2017[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
1 GK  IND Melroy Fernandes
2 DF  IND Sandeep Upadhyay
3 DF  IND Aditya Gole
4 DF  IND Nitesh Aswani (Captain)
6 DF  GUI Boubacar Keita
7 MF  IND Bilal Mohammad
8 MF  IND Rajib Ghorui
9 FW  IND Yash Mhatre
10 FW  CIV Yao Kouassi Bernard
11 MF  IND Jayesh Kadam
12 MF  IND Shunhan Pheiray
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF  IND Siddhart Colaco
16 DF  IND Assumption Soares
17 MF  IND Deepak Tirkey
18 GK  IND Joe Paul
20 DF  IND Arish Sutaria
22 MF  IND Aravindraj Rajan (Captain)
23 MF  IND Kenneth Fernandes
27 MF  IND Abuzar Beg
29 MF  IND Yogesh Kadam

Current technical staff
As of 6 Feb 2014
Position Name
Manager Joshua Lewis
Coach Sanjay Singh
Assistant coach Oscar Alva
Club physio Sumedh Desai

References
  1. Results & Fixtures: 2nd Division I-League
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