Air India
Full name........................Football Club Air India
Nickname(s)......................The Pilots
Founded..........................1952
Ground .........................The Cooperage Ground,
Mumbai, Maharashtra
(Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman.........................Haroon Jamakra
Manager..........................T. K. Singh
League I-League 2007-08..........8th
FC Air India, found in 1952, is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. They are sponsored by Air India under the management of T.K. Singh and have enjoyed some success in the Maharashtrian Football and the NFL India. They play in the NFL Premier Division and Mumbai Super Division.
Recently, FC Air India has seen a much better outcome in their game play and they have bagged a good amount of trophies under their belt with two recent trophies - Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup and Nadkarni Cup. They used to play in NFL 2nd Division but got promoted to Premier Division and have maintained their position there till now.
Players
21 GK Raju Ekka
2 DF Haobijam Napoleon Singh
4 DF Benoy Kuruvilla
28 DF A.K.Martins
19 DF Santosh Koli
9 MF Noel Fernandes
23 MF Sanju Pradhan
11 MF Hringsolal Thomte
20 MF Paresh Shivalkar
27 FW Bashiru M. Abass
8 FW Samson Singh
31 GK Ehthesham Ahmed
14 MF Javed Ansari
6 DF Uttam Leishangthem Singh
25 DF Nirmal Chettri
10 FW T. Narendra Meetei
18 MF Hamza Zaheer Abbas
16 FW Bimal Minz
3 DF Suley Musah
5 MF Vijith Shetty
7 FW Anthony Fernandes
12 FW Alex Mario Ambrose
13 DF Hirohito Elangbam
17 DF Goutam Debnath
24 DF Sumit Thapa
1 Subhas Mondal
15 Neil Gaikwad
16 Prakash Koley
22 Amar Deb
26 Kumar Samson Singh
29 Subhashish Banerjee
30 Femi Joseph Adeola
32 Sanju Pradhan
Team Management
T.K. Singh Manager
Singh T. Khambiton Assistant Manager
Bimal Ghosh Coach
Picardo Henry Sports Official
Pinge Dilip Senior Manager
Dr. Erani Ali Physio
Honours
1999/2000 2nd Division National League
4x Mumbai Super Division
1994, 1996, 1997, 1999
4x Air-India Millennium Cup
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
2xSikkim Governor's Gold Cup
1996, 2006
2xNadkarni Cup
2005, 2006
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Air India on Wikipedia
Full name........................Football Club Air India
Nickname(s)......................The Pilots
Founded..........................1952
Ground .........................The Cooperage Ground,
Mumbai, Maharashtra
(Capacity: 12,000)
Chairman.........................Haroon Jamakra
Manager..........................T. K. Singh
League I-League 2007-08..........8th
FC Air India, found in 1952, is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. They are sponsored by Air India under the management of T.K. Singh and have enjoyed some success in the Maharashtrian Football and the NFL India. They play in the NFL Premier Division and Mumbai Super Division.
Recently, FC Air India has seen a much better outcome in their game play and they have bagged a good amount of trophies under their belt with two recent trophies - Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup and Nadkarni Cup. They used to play in NFL 2nd Division but got promoted to Premier Division and have maintained their position there till now.
Players
21 GK Raju Ekka
2 DF Haobijam Napoleon Singh
4 DF Benoy Kuruvilla
28 DF A.K.Martins
19 DF Santosh Koli
9 MF Noel Fernandes
23 MF Sanju Pradhan
11 MF Hringsolal Thomte
20 MF Paresh Shivalkar
27 FW Bashiru M. Abass
8 FW Samson Singh
31 GK Ehthesham Ahmed
14 MF Javed Ansari
6 DF Uttam Leishangthem Singh
25 DF Nirmal Chettri
10 FW T. Narendra Meetei
18 MF Hamza Zaheer Abbas
16 FW Bimal Minz
3 DF Suley Musah
5 MF Vijith Shetty
7 FW Anthony Fernandes
12 FW Alex Mario Ambrose
13 DF Hirohito Elangbam
17 DF Goutam Debnath
24 DF Sumit Thapa
1 Subhas Mondal
15 Neil Gaikwad
16 Prakash Koley
22 Amar Deb
26 Kumar Samson Singh
29 Subhashish Banerjee
30 Femi Joseph Adeola
32 Sanju Pradhan
Team Management
T.K. Singh Manager
Singh T. Khambiton Assistant Manager
Bimal Ghosh Coach
Picardo Henry Sports Official
Pinge Dilip Senior Manager
Dr. Erani Ali Physio
Honours
1999/2000 2nd Division National League
4x Mumbai Super Division
1994, 1996, 1997, 1999
4x Air-India Millennium Cup
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
2xSikkim Governor's Gold Cup
1996, 2006
2xNadkarni Cup
2005, 2006
More on Air India---
Air India on Wikipedia
