Delhi United FC

Not to be confused with Delhi FC.

Delhi United
Full nameDelhi United Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)Delhi-Red
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
GroundAmbedkar Stadium
Capacity35,000
OwnerUnited Soccer Pvt. Ltd.
ChairmanKrishna Nand Tripathi
Head coachAyush Bhuttan
LeagueFD A-Division
Websitehttps://delhiunitedfc.com/

Delhi United FC (formerly Delhi United Soccer Club)[2] is an Indian professional football club based in New Delhi,[3] that competes in the FD A-Division.[4] They play most of their home games at Ambedkar Stadium.[5]

The club also operate a youth football academy, headquartered in Dwarka.[6]

History

Delhi United Football Club, earlier named as Gorkha Heroes, was founded in 1995 by Lal Bahadur Basnet. The club is affiliated with Football Delhi (also known as Delhi Soccer Association).[7] Gorkha Heroes were playing in lower division of DSA League till 2007, until B. S. Mehra took over the club management. In 2007, Gorkha Heroes became champions of B Division without losing a single match, and got promoted to A Division. Their superb form continued as they were crowned overall champions in 2008–09, keeping unbeaten record intact.

In 2009, the name was changed to Delhi United FC. In Senior Division 2009–10 season, they defeated City FC with a score of 13–0 in a match which is still the highest scoring game in Delhi's top flight. In 2010–11, the club focused its attention to I-League 2nd Division and strengthened their squad by signing some top Delhi players. Their hard work finally paid off and they became champions of the Senior Division by defeating Shahdara FC in final with a score of 3–2. Delhi United gave the best performance in Durand Cup 2012, qualifying for quarterfinals by defeating Indian Navy and Army Green in qualifying rounds. Winning the Senior Division finally confirmed their participation in I-League 2nd Division for the 2012–13 campaign. They performed well in the I-League's second tier and were the best team from North India.

Delhi United again participated in I-League 2nd Division in 2016–17 season, and secured third spot in the final round. In April 2017, Shaji Prabhakaran was appointed president, also serving as director of the club.[8][9] Ahead of the 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division season, they roped in Portuguese manager Hugo Martins.[10] Their campaign ended in the Group stages after finishing fourth with 9 points.[11] In 2018, the club took part in J&K Invitational Cup in Srinagar.[12][13]

I-League

On 21 September 2018, it was revealed that both Mumbai FC and Delhi United FC had submitted documents for direct-entry into the I-League. On 27 January 2020, a Delhi based fan club of former Indian Super League outfit Delhi Dynamos, Dynamos Ultras were handed over operational activities of the club.[14] Aditya Raghav was appointed as the new team manager, and Ayush Bhuttan was appointed as the new head coach. Under the new management, club played 3 matches, before season was put on hold due to coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

Stadium

Ambedkar Stadium

Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi used to be the clubs' home ground for the DSA Senior Division. It has also hosted I-League 2nd Division matches for the club.[15] It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators.

Players

First team squad

As of 1 March 2020[16]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Varun Bisht
2 DF India IND Ayush Tiwari
3 DF India IND Rounak Jadhav
4 DF India IND Prince Kumar Singh
5 DF India IND Satyam Vivek
6 MF India IND Satriya Bakshi
7 DF India IND Ayush Bhuttan
8 MF India IND Rohit Patwal
9 FW India IND Jatin Vashisht
10 MF India IND Dishant Negi
11 MF India IND Milind Negi
12 FW India IND Yashvardhan
13 DF India IND Abhay Singh Dalpatia
14 MF India IND Rahul Rawat (Captain)
15 MF India IND Pema Chering
17 MF India IND Rohit Gusain
18 MF India IND Snehal Chhetri
19 DF India IND Anupam Thakur
20 FW India IND Hitesh Bisht
22 GK India IND Vishesh Upreti
23 FW India IND Asif Khan
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 MF India IND Aditya Rampal
29 FW India IND Pratham
31 MF India IND Aditya Rawat
42 MF India IND Dhananjay
43 FW India IND Lenjing Panyang
44 MF India IND Jagdishwar Reddy
45 MF India IND Prince Kujur
46 DF India IND Seivanglen Mate
47 MF India IND Shantanu Sindhu
48 DF India IND Sidhant Mishra
49 FW India IND Stanzin Nyantak
50 DF India IND Vrind Bhardwaj
51 DF India IND Thangmoitelien
61 DF India IND Promil
70 FW India IND Abhishek
77 GK India IND Vishu Kashyap
80 FW India IND Angeluis
88 DF India IND Jatin Singh
90 MF India IND Mayank Rawat
99 GK India IND Dinesh Choudhary
200 FW India IND K.S. Shikhar

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2020—2021 Astro Dynamos Ultras

Current staff

As of 9 February 2020[17]
Position Name
Owner India Krishnanand Tripathi
Head coach India Ayush Bhuttan
Team manager India Aditya Raghav
Technical director India Varun Batra

Managerial record

updated on 7 April 2020

Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Clebson Duarte Da Silva  Brazil 2016 2017 15 5 6 4 17 20 033.33
Hugo Martins[18]  Portugal 2018 2019

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 India 2020 present 3 1 1 1 7 5 033.33

Honours

See also

References

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