NorthEast United FC History, Ownership, Squad Members, Support Staff And Honors

NorthEast United FC, also known as The Highlanders, is an Indian professional football club that plays in the Indian Super League under the license provided in the shade of the All India Football Federation.

HISTORY

NorthEast United was founded five years ago on 13^th April, 2014 after the All India Football Federation, the main body behind the association football in India and IMG-Reliance announced the ownership bids of the eight selected teams upon the inaugural season of the Indian Super League.

The Club Itself is very special as it represents eight states namely Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, and Mizoram. Thus, it is the first-ever Indian club which doesn’t represent any city, but a region.

Club Ownership

The Club is owned by the Bollywood actor John Abraham and Shillong Lajong Football Club, but the majority of the shares lies with John. The first manager of the club was New Zealander Ricki Herbert who had previously represented and managed his national team during world Cups. The net worth of the club is around 5.18 million Euros.

The club won its first ISL match at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, against the Kerala Blasters, but wasn’t able to make the end-of-season play-offs and finished last among the eight teams that season.

The Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, also known as Sarusajai Stadium, serves as the home ground of Northeast United FC. The stadium has a net capacity of 35,000 which was later reduced to 23,850 due to the installation of bucket seats for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Robert Jarni	Head Coach	50
Sasa Glavas	Assistant Coach	47
Khalid Jamil	Assistant Coach	42
Sandip Nandy	Goalkeeping Coach	44
Jose Carlos	Strengthening and Conditioning Coach

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
Asamoah Gyan	Forward	37
Martin Chaves	Forward	9
Maximiliano Barreiro	Forward	19
Alfred Lalruotsang	Midfielder	30
Jose Leudo	Midfielder	6
Ninthoi	Midfielder	7
Lalengmawia	Midfielder	45
Lalrempuia Fanai	Midfielder	13
Lalthathanga Khawlhring	Midfielder	32
Milan Singh	Midfielder	8
Nikhil Kadam	Midfielder	23
Panagiotis	Midfielder	21
Redem Tlang	Midfielder	22
Heerings Kai	Defender	14
Reagan Singh	Defender	12
Mislav Komorski	Defender	15
Nim Dorjee	Defender	29
Pawan Kumar	Defender	5
Provat Lakra	Defender	4
Rakesh Pradhan	Defender	33
Shouvik Ghosh	Defender	26
Wayne Vaz	Defender	2
Pawan Kumar	GoalKeeper	1
Soram Poirei	GoalKeeper	16
Subhasish Roy	GoalKeeper	99