Jamshedpur FC History, Ownership, Squad Members, Support Staff And Honors

Jamshedpur FC, commonly known as the Men of Steel, is an Indian professional Football club that plays in the Indian Super League under the license provided in the shade of All India Football Federation.

HISTORY

Jamshedpur FC was founded two years ago on 12^th June 2017 when the TATA Steel won the bidding rights for one of the two expansion spots in the ISL. The Jamshedpur FC is the first club in ISL which has its own stadium.

The Club played its first match in November 2017 against Northeast United at the Indra Gandhi Athletic Stadium which resulted in a 0-0 draw. The first season for the club was full of learning as the team managed just two victories, four draws, and three defeats.

In 2018, the club learned from previous experiences in ISL and showed improved performances, reaching the knockout stage where they faced a 3-0 defeat at the hands of FC Goa.

Club Ownership

The Club is currently under the ownership of multinational steel-making company TATA Steel. The president of Jamshedpur FC is Sunil Bhaskara and the manager of the club is the retired Spanish Footballer Antonio Iriondo Ortega. The net worth of the club is around 4.15 million Euros

The JRD Tata Sports Complex currently serves as the home ground of the Jamshedpur FC. The stadium has a net capacity to hold 24, 424 spectators.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Antonio Iriondo	Head Coach	65
Steven Dias	Assistant Coach	35
Victor Herrero Forcada	Assistant Coach	33
Alfonso Lacasa Taberna	Goalkeeping Coach
Alfonso Lacasa Taberna	Fitness Coach
Julián Villar-Aragón	Technical Director

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
Aniket Jadhav	Forward	10
CK Vineeth	Forward	31
Farukh Choudhary	Forward	17
Sergio Castel	Forward	9
Sumeet Passi	Forward	12
Aitor Monroy	Midfielder	6
Amarjit Singh	Midfielder	8
Bikash Jairu	Midfielder	21
Memo Moura	Midfielder	22
Piti	Midfielder	7
Issac Vanmalsawma	Midfielder	24
Mobashir	Midfielder	15
Noe Acosta	Midfielder	11
Augustin Fernandes	Defender	3
Jitendra Singh	Defender	33
Tiri	Defender	4
Joyner Lourenco	Defender	14
Karan Amin	Defender	27
Keegan	Defender	20
Narender	Defender	5
Robin	Defender	16
Amrit Gope	GoalKeeper	25
Rafique Ali	GoalKeeper	13
Niraj Kumar	GoalKeeper	23
Subrata Paul	GoalKeeper	1

 

Honors

The club hasn’t won an ISL title so far.