AU Rajasthan FC
AU Rajasthan Football Club (RFC) is an Indian professional football club based in Jaipur, Rajasthan that competes in the I-League 2nd Division. Founded in 2018, the club first competed professionally in 2019 when they were part of the 2019–20 season of I League 2nd Division.
| Full name | AU Rajasthan Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | AU RFC | ||
| Founded | 2018 | ||
| Ground | Maharaja Umed Singh Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Owner | Spordy Ventures Private Limited | ||
| Head Coach | mangesh desai | ||
| League | I-League 2nd Division | ||
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HistoryEdit
AU Rajasthan FC is the first premier professional football club and academy based out of Jaipur, Rajasthan. The club was founded in the year 2018 and comes under the banner of Spordy Ventures Private Limited. In its first year of inception, the club has managed to qualify for the Hero Youth Leagues and also winning the first-ever Rajasthan Women's League. The club aims to provide a pathway of progressive growth from the grassroots level to competing at the highest professional level. We believe that Indian Football Standards are rising and we aim at contributing towards it and making of professional players who will go on to represent the country at the highest level.
The club in its collaboration with Palamós CF one of the oldest club in Spain's founded in 1898 and its academy Perfect Football are the technical partner of AU Rajasthan FC. The club plans to train players with the use of global training methodology in partnership with Perfect Football. AU Rajasthan is the first club from Rajasthan to play in I-League 2nd Division[1]
AU Rajasthan FC has launched a premier football residential academy in Bhilwara, Rajasthan. They collaborated with Poornima University. The club handpicked players from all the major cities of India through trials.[2]
StadiumsEdit
AU Rajasthan are using the Umaid Singh Stadium in Jodhpur as their home stadium for I-League 2nd Division matches.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsorsEdit
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 2019—present | AIO Sports | AU Small Finance Bank |
PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
- As of 29 January 2020[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Mangesh Shreekant Desai
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| Technical Director | Aditya Awasthi
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| Head Coach |  Nathan Hall
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| Assistant Coach | Nitish Dimri
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| Goalkeeper Coach |
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| Fitness Coach |
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| Club Physio |
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| U18 Team Coach |
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| U15 Team Coach | Abhay Kumar
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| U13 Team Coach |
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Team recordEdit
| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Federation Cup/Super Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup |
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| 2019–20 | IL2 | 18 | – | DNP | DNP | DNP |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
Head coach's recordEdit
updated on 20 July 2020
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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| Mangesh Shreekant Desai | India
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2020 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16.67 |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Eighteen teams to compete in Hero Second Division League 2019–20".
- ↑ "Rajasthan United FC launched their residential academy in Rajasthan". Football Express. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ↑ "Squad". I-league.org.