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Hindustan FC

Not to be confused with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC.

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

Hindustan
Full nameHindustan Football Club
Nickname(s)Hindustan
Short nameHFC
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
GroundVarious
Head coachAbhijoy Basu
LeagueDelhi Premier League
2021–22Delhi Premier League, runners-up
Websitehindustanfc.in

Founded in 1948, Hindustan predominantly participated in I-League 2nd Division,[6][7][8] which was then second tier of Indian football league system.[9][10] They use Ambedkar Stadium as home ground, in addition to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium for selected matches.

History

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Formation and early history

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Hindustan FC was founded in 1948 in New Delhi.[11][12][13] Thus it, owned and run by Bengalis, became one of the oldest football clubs in the capital city of India.[14] The club has been affiliated with Delhi Soccer Association (DSA),[15] which is now known as Football Delhi,[16] and participate in the DSA Senior Division league (now named Delhi Premier League).[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]

In November 2002, Hindustan participated in the inaugural edition of Delhi Lt. Governor's Cup and reached to the semi-finals.[20] The club later competed in the National Football League Second Division continuously in 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, but were not granted the permission of joining the newly formed I-League II (then second-tier) for not fulfilling the AFC club licensing criteria.[21] In 2007, Hindustan FC roped in their first foreign coach, Bernard Operanozie from Nigeria.[22] Hindustan clinched their second DSA Senior Division title in 2009 season as co-winners with Indian National FC.[23]

Present years

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Hindustan Football Academy was started by the former club chairman D. K. Bose,[24] 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.[25] 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.[26] They also participated in the 2014 I-League 2nd Division and moved to the final round of I-League Qualifiers,[27][28] finishing on fifth position[29][30] with four points in eight matches.[31][32]

Though their biggest achievement is finishing as the runners-up in the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division,[33] under the coaching of Vikrant Sharma.[34][35][36][37] In the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division,[38] Hindustan finished at the bottom of the Group A and bowed out of the tournament.[39][40] The club has participated in the 2021 FD Senior Division,[41][42][43] and finished as runners-up.

Stadium

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Ambedkar Stadium in Feroz Shah Kotla.

Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi is used as the clubs' home ground for most of their DSA Senior Division League matches.[44][45][46] It has also hosted I-League 2nd Division matches.[47][48][49] The stadium has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. Hindustan also use Thyagaraj Sports Complex ground.[50]

The club formerly used Government of India press grounds for matches of DSA B-Division League.[14]

Rivalries

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Hindustan FC have nurtured rivalries with other Delhi based clubs, predominantly with Garhwal,[51] Simla Youngs,[52] Indian Air Force,[53][54] New Delhi Heroes and Sudeva Moonlight (now 'Sudeva Delhi'). Besides the state league, they faced some more rivals in the prestigious Durand Cup,[55][56] the oldest existing club football tournament in Asia and third oldest in the world.[57][58]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1996—1998 Phoenix Shoes[59]
1998—2000 LML[60]
2000—2003 Electrolux[19]
2003—2005 Coca-Cola India[14]
2005—2006
2006—2008 Group 4 Securicor[61]
2008—2010 ONGC[62]
2010—2012 SAIL[62]
2012—2014 Lotto[63] Solutrean[64]
2014—2020 Cosco[65] Hero MotoCorp[66]

Women's team

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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.[67]

Delhi Soccer Association is looking to start its women's league and Hindustan FC would not want to be left behind.

— Sushil Pandit, President of Hindustan FC, after launching their women's team ahead of the Delhi Women's League in 2012.[68]

The women's team competes in the Delhi Women's Football League, organised by Football Delhi.[69][70] Its U17 women's team has been participating in the Khelo India Women's League since 2019.[71]

Youth & academy

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Hindustan FC ran U-13, U-15 and U-17 level teams and academies, which were based at the Thygaraja Stadium.[63] In 2013, the club launched its U19 team to participate in the Elite League (India).[72] 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.[73][74][75]

The club also established an academy, named Hindustan Football Academy.[62] They also organize an youth football tournament yearly in Delhi, known as Hind Kishore School Tournament.[62]

Honours

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League

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Cup

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  • Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup[81]
    • Runners-up (1): 1995
  • Dharamvir Walia Memorial Cup[82]
    • Winners (1): 2013

Notable players

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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   Nigeria 2007–2008 [83]
Monoranjan Bhattacharya   India 2008–2009 [84]
Tope Ayodeji Fuja   Nigeria 2011–2012 [85][86]
Michiteru Mita   Japan 2012–2014 [87]
Abhijoy basu   India 2014–2017 [88][89]
Bernard Operanozie   Nigeria 2017 [90]
Vikrant Sharma   India 2017–2018 [91]
Sena Sena   India 2018–present [92]

See also

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Footnotes

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

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