Mahindra United
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| Founded | 1962[1] | ||
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| Ground | Cooperage Ground Mumbai, India (Capacity: 12,000) |
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| League | NFL Premier Division | ||
| 2007-2008 | 5th | ||
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Mahindra United is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground. and playing in the National Football League Premier Division in the Indian football league system.
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[edit] History
The Club were founded in 1962 as Mahindra & Mahindra under the patronage of the Mahindra Group. In the summer of 2000, the club was renamed to Mahindra United.
The team plays its NFL home matches at the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai, but due to the bad state of the stadium, as of February 7, 2006, they have had to play all of their NFL games away from Mumbai.
The club finished the inaugural season of the NFL Premier Division at the bottom of the table but were not relegated as there was no second tier in the league back then.
Mahindra were crowned champions of NFL Premier Division for the first time in the clubs history in the 2005-06 season with two games to spare. They followed it up by beating their arch-rivals and nemesis, Air India for the first time in the season. They are also two-time winners of the Federation Cup, having won the title in 2003 and 2005. The win in 2005 ensured that Mahindra became the first club in the history of Indian football to do the Fed Cup and NFL Premier Division double in the same season. They however lost the NFL Super Cup to East Bengal,1-2.
Also Rumoured for Most Wins in the Indian Federation Of Football
Their top-scorer this season is the Ghanaian striker Yakubu Yusif.
The club is sponsored by the Mahindra Group.
[edit] Current Squad
- As for 24 January 2008
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[edit] Honours
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- 2006
- Durand Cup: 3
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- 1998, 2001/02,2008
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- 2003, 2005
- IFA Shield: 2
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- 2006, 2008
- 2007:AFC Cup Quarter-Finals
- 2006 : AFC Cup
- 2004 : AFC CUP (Asian Football Confederation) 2004 3rd Place in Group B
- 2003 : President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup
- 2003 : Super Cup
- 1971, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995 :12x Mumbai Elite Division 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- 2000, 2001/02 : 3x Nadkarni Cup
- 2000, 2001, 2002
- 1980 : Bandodkar Gold Cup
- 1993 : Rovers Cup
- 1998 : Chief Ministers Cup
- 1999 : Mammen Mappillai Cup
[edit] Performance in AFC competitions
- AFC Cup: 3 appearances
[edit] Staff
General Manager : Denis D'Souza
Manager/Coach : Derrick Pereira
Assistant Coach : Mahesh Lonitkar
Goalkeeping Coach : Rogerio Ramos
Physio : Kamal Das
Medical Dept. : Dr. Sandip
[edit] Mahindra United Under - 19 years
In an attempt to nurture young talent and promote football in Mumbai, Mahindra United fielded an Under-19 years team from 2003. The team performed extremely well in the NFL league for U-19 years and reached the semi-finals, beating teams like Churchill Bros and Salgaocars. This promotion of the U-19 years team has helped the players to develop and display their talent at the top level and has got them instant recognition and offers from some leading clubs in Mumbai.
Mahindra United is right now participating in 1st I league [ under-19 ] held at Jamshedpur-Jharkhand from 7th-19th september 2008.
Mahindra United in Group A along with 1) Mohammedan SC 2) Sesa Football Academy 3) Vasco SC 4) Mahindra United.
[edit] Mahindra United Under - 15 years
Spurred by the success of its U-19 years team, Mahindra United fielded an Under-15 years team from 2006. The team played the Manchester United Premier Cup Asian Qualifiers held at Kolkata where top NFL Clubs participated.
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