Sreenidi Deccan FC

Sreenidi Deccan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Hyderabad, Telangana.[2][3][4] It was established on 1 January 2015 as a football academy in Hyderabad, and later was launched from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in 2021.[5] The club is currently competing in I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system.[6][7][8]

Sreenidi Deccan
Full nameSreenidi Deccan Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)The Deccan Warriors
Founded1 January 2015 (2015-01-01) (as Sreenidhi FC)
GroundDeccan Arena
Capacity1,500
OwnerSreenidhi Group
Head coachCarlos Vaz Pinto
LeagueI-League
2022–23I-League, 2nd of 12
WebsiteClub website

On 5 June 2020, All India Football Federation (AIFF) issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the I-League[9] and on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan FC was granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League.[10][11][12]

History

Formation and journey

Sreenidi football academy was founded in January 2015 in Aziznagar. It received the first accreditation from the AIFF in June 2019 and in its initial years the club played in the football leagues for the age groups of U13, U15 & U18.[13][14]

On 5 June 2020, the AIFF issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the league,[15] and on 12 August Sreenidi Deccan were granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League.[16][17] Sreenidi Deccan Football Club was formally launched on 7 July 2021 in Visakhapatnam by state sports minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao.[18] In 2021, they participated in the IFA Shield and reached the final, losing to Real Kashmir FC by 2–1 and finished as runners-up.[19][20]

The club began its league campaign on 27 December against NEROCA with a 3–2 defeat.[21] In the next game, they defeated TRAU by 3–1 with a brace from Colombian striker David Castañeda, and later lost 3–1 to Mohammedan Sporting.[22] After finishing fourth in group stage with six wins in twelve matches, they moved to the championship stage. At the end, the club finished their maiden league campaign in third place with 32 points in 18 matches, and won the last match against Churchill Brothers on 14 May.[23][24] Later in November, the club participated in Baji Rout Cup in Odisha and reached semi-finals.[25]

In August 2022, Portuguese manager Carlos Vaz Pinto was appointed head coach.[26][27] The club retained their key players including Colombian striker David Castañeda Muñoz.[28] In 2022–23 I-League season, Sreenidi Deccan achieved second position.[29][30][31][32] After winning qualifying matches, they entered into the 2023 Indian Super Cup,[33][34] and began their journey with a 1–1 draw with Bengaluru.[35][36][37] The club later thrashed Kerala Blasters by 2–0.[38][39] In the last group stage match against RoundGlass Punjab, Sreenidi lost 1–0 and failed to progress to the semi-finals.[40][41]

Stadium

Sreenidi Deccan use Deccan Arena as their home ground, which is located in Sreenidi Football Villa, Aziznagar, Hyderabad, and was inaugurated in November 2022.[42]

The club when entered into I-League, proposed to use the DYSSR Stadium in Visakhapatnam for home matches, a multi-purpose stadium having capacity of 27,500.[43] Due to COVID-19 pandemic in India, all league games were played in few centralized venues in West Bengal, and the club never used DYSSR Stadium.[44]

Crest, colours & kits

The primary club colours are orange and green. The primary colours, along with the secondary white colour can be seen on the crest[45] as well as the jerseys. Club's kits were launched by the Visakhapatnam Port Trust chairman K Ramamohana Rao.[43]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2020–present Nivia[46] Sreenidhi Group

Players

First-team squad
As of 1 November 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
1 GK India IND Ubaid CK
2 DF India IND Shahabaaz Khan
3 MF Ivory Coast CIV Ibrahim Sissoko
4 DF India IND Mohammad Abdul Salam
5 DF India IND Pawan Kumar
6 MF India IND Lalnuntluanga Bawitlung
7 FW Brazil BRA William Alves
8 MF India IND Kean Lewis
10 MF Afghanistan AFG Faysal Shayesteh
11 FW Colombia COL David Castañeda (captain)
12 DF India IND Mohammad Sajid Dhot
13 MF India IND Mayakkannan
14 MF India IND Arun Kumar D
15 DF India IND Asraf Ali Mondal
17 FW India IND Rosenberg Gabriel
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW India IND Songpu Singsit
21 FW India IND Lalromawia
22 DF Brazil BRA Eli Sabiá
23 GK India IND Jaspreet Singh
25 DF India IND Subhankar Adhikari
26 DF India IND Sunil Bathala
27 DF India IND Abhishek Ambekar
32 GK India IND Albino Gomes
33 DF India IND Jagdeep Singh
41 GK India IND Aryan Niraj Lamba
42 MF India IND R Lawmnasangzuala
48 MF India IND R Lalbiakliana
55 DF India IND Gurmukh Singh
77 MF Nigeria NGA Rilwan Hassan

Personnel

Current technical staff
As of 13 June 2023
Role Name Refs.
Head coach Portugal Carlos Vaz Pinto [28]
Assistant coach India Birendra Thapa
Goalkeeping coach Portugal Rafael Gracio
Conditioning coach Mexico Jorge Ovando Toledo
Team manager India Subhabrata Dey
Performance analyst India Alemso Tawsik
Physiotherapist India Prabhakaran Nataraj

Management
Position Name Refs.
Chairman India Dr. K. T. Mahhe [47]
Executive director India Abhijit Rao Katikaneni [48]
Technical director Portugal Fabio Nunes Ferreira [49]

Records and statistics

Season by season
As of 16 April 2023
Season League Finals Super Cup Other competitions Top scorer(s)
Division Pld W D L GF GA Pts Pos Durand Cup Player(s) Goals
2021–22 I-League 18 9 5 4 27 19 32 3rd — — — Colombia David Castañeda 10
2022–23 22 13 3 6 44 29 42 2nd — GS — Colombia David Castañeda 17

Managers and statistics
As of 16 April 2023

Only competitive matches are taken into account.

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Fernando Varela  Spain 9 June 2021 31 May 2022 18 9 5 4 27 19 050.00
Carlos Vaz Pinto  Portugal 3 August 2022 Till date 26 15 4 7 51 33 057.69

Notable players

The following foreign players of Sreenidi Deccan have been capped at senior/youth international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.[50]

Honours

League

Cup

Other department

Sreenidi Deccan youth

Sreenidi Deccan have their youth men's football section that participates in various nationwide tournaments. Club's leading football academy is based in Hyderabad.[43] Their U17 team took part in the inaugural 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup in January 2023.[58][59] Reserve team of the club also took part in prestigious Stafford Challenge Cup in Bangalore.[60][61] Club's U21 team participated in the "south zone" qualifiers of 2023 Reliance Foundation Development League.[62]

Honours

  • TFA C-Division Championship
    • Champions (1): 2022[63]
  • Apollo Tyres Hotfut Youth League (U-14)
    • Champions (1): 2022[64]

See also

Notes
  1. Fourth oldest football tournament, organized by the IFA (W.B.), and played between the local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

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