Inter Kashi

Inter Kashi is an Indian professional football club based in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The club currently competes in the I-League, the second tier league of the Indian football league system.[1][2] It is the first professional club from the state of Uttar Pradesh to play in a national level league of the country.[3][4]

Inter Kashi
Full nameInter Kashi Football Club
Short nameInter Kashi
Founded29 June 2023 (2023-06-29)
GroundDr Sampurnananda Stadium
Capacity10,000
OwnerRDB Group of Companies
ChairmanVinod Dugar
Head coachCarlos Santamarina
LeagueI-League

The club is in partnership with the European clubs Atlético Madrid, Inter Escaldes, and Gerard Piqué-owned FC Andorra.[5][1]

History

In May 2023, the All India Football Federation — the governing body of football in India, announced they would accept bids for new clubs to join 2023–24 I-League season onwards.[6] On 29 June 2023, it was announced that agreement for the Varanasi franchise had been reached between Kolkata-based RDB Group of Companies and European clubs Atlético Madrid and Inter Escaldes. FC Andorra has an association with Inter Escaldes, but does not have any direct role with Inter Kashi. The moniker of "Inter" was added because of the tie up with Inter Escaldes.[7]

The club also announced the creation of the Atlético de Bharat Academy for the development of grassroots football in the state.[8] Spaniard Carlos Santamarina was chosen as the first head coach of the club, while Arata Izumi was roped in as assistant coach.[9] English footballer Peter Hartley was the first player signed by the club.[10]

Club crest and kits

In the Inter Kashi's crest Tripundra (three horizontal lines on the top of the crest) resembles Lord Shiva's threefold power of will (icchāśakti), knowledge (jñānaśakti), and action (kriyāśakti). The graphical image below the club name on the crest portraits temple of Varanasi.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2023—present Six5six Nahar Group

Players

First-team squad
As of 20 October 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF India IND Klusner Pereira
5 DF England ENG Peter Hartley
7 FW Spain ESP Jordan Lamela
8 MF India IND Phijam Vikash Singh
9 FW Spain ESP Mario Barco
10 MF Spain ESP Julen Pérez
11 FW India IND Ishan Dey
16 DF India IND Sandip Mandi
17 FW India IND Edmund Lalrindika (on loan from Bengaluru)
18 DF India IND Tejas Krishna (on loan from Punjab)
20 DF India IND Kojam Beyong
22 MF India IND Jackichand Singh
25 FW India IND Sumeet Passi
26 DF India IND Deepak Devrani (on loan from Punjab)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF India IND Anil Chawan
28 MF India IND Sehnaj Singh
29 GK India IND Arindam Bhattacharya
33 FW India IND Muhammad Ajsal (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
36 MF India IND Asif Khan
39 DF India IND Lalruatthara
43 GK India IND Nikhil Deka
44 MF India IND Haobam Singh
77 MF India IND Gyamar Nikum (on loan from Mumbai City)
— DF India IND Bijoy Varghese (on loan from Kerala Blasters)
— MF India IND Keisam Angelo Singh
— GK India IND Shubham Dhas
— GK India IND Sharon Padattil
— MF Spain ESP Fran Gómez

Management and staff

Current staff
Position Name
Head coach Spain Carlos Santamarina
Assistant coaches Spain Javier Broch
India Arata Izumi
Goalkeeping coach TBA
Physio TBA

Inter Kashi board
Position Name
Owner India RDB Group
Chairman India Vinod Dugar

See also

References
  1. "Collaboration agreement in the Inter Kashi project". Club Atletico de Madrid. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  2. "Inter Kashi eyes Hero I-League entry with strong European backing". The Bridge. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  3. "Inter Kashi Launched in Partnership With Three European Clubs, Eye I-League Participation". News18. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  4. "Inter Kashi Become Latest Addition To Indian Football, Partner With Famous European Clubs Including Atletico Madrid". English Jagran. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  5. "Atletico Madrid re-enter Indian football, partner with RDB Group to form Inter Kashi". Khel Now. 29 June 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2023-24 season onwards". The AIFF. 5 May 2023. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  7. "Inter Kashi AMA". Reddit. 7 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  8. "Club Atlético de Madrid - Collaboration agreement in the Inter Kashi project". Club Atlético de Madrid. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  9. Das, Shibashis (4 August 2023). "Arata Izumi becomes the assistant coach of the new entity, Inter Kashi Football Club". footballexpress.in. Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  10. "We have kept you waiting long enough presenting our FIRST SIGNING — @PeterHartley88!". Inter Kashi Twitter. 1 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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