Zinc Football

Zinc Football, also known as Zinc Football Academy,[1] is an Indian professional football academy club based in Zawar, a mining town in Udaipur, Rajasthan.[2][3] The club competes in R-League A Division, the top tier league of the state. The academy was formed in 2017 as part of Hindustan Zinc Limited major stake holder Vedanta Resources's CSR.[4] Zinc FA is the current champions of R-League, and was nominated for I-League Second Division.[5][6][7]

Zinc Football
Full nameZinc Football
Short nameZF
Founded2017 (2017)
GroundMohan Kumaramangalam Stadium
OwnerVedanta Resources
LeagueR-League A Division
2021Champions
WebsiteClub website

Players
As of 31 July 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Sahil Poonia
— India IND Rajeshwar singh
— India IND Himanshu
— India IND Balakrishna Meena
— India IND Maneesh Meel
— India IND Lakshay Pratap singh
— India IND Atul Kumar Meena
— FW India IND Aman Khan
— India IND Ashish Malya
— India IND Subash
No. Pos. Nation Player
— India IND Jangminthang
— India IND Mohammad Riyaz
— India IND Sandeep Marandi
— India IND Mohammad Adnan

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are currently affiliated with Zinc FA

Honours

League

Cup

Youth team

Club's U17 team competes in various nationwide tournaments including the Hero Youth League.[10][11]

Honours
  • Elite Youth Cup Ahmedabad
    • Champions (1): 2022[12]
  • All India U17 Administrator's Challenge Cup
    • Third place (1): 2022

See also

References
  1. Rohit Bhardwaj (14 December 2019). "Zinc Football Academy - Unearthing talent in the desert | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. Menon, Anirudh (27 October 2021). ""If you want a future for yourself, fight and take it" – The story behind Rajasthan United's I-League fairytale". www.espn.com. ESPN. AIFF Media. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. "DFA Udaipur enter finals of the MKM National Football Tournament for the first time in 43 years". udaipurtimes.com. Udaipur Times. 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  4. "The Vedanta Football, a great CSR initiative of Annanya Agarwal". India CSR Network. 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. chundawat (29 July 2021). "Zinc Football Academy Wins Rajasthan State League 2021". Udaipur News | Udaipur Latest News | udaipur local news । Udaipur Updates. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. "ZINC FOOTBALL ACADEMY WINS RAJASTHAN STATE LEAGUE 2021 English_News :: pressnote.in". www.pressnote.in (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  7. "Football meet begins at Mandi". The Tribune. 20 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  8. "Zina FA official: partnership with Sesa Football Academy". zincfootball.com. Zinc Football. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. "हॉट वेदर फुटबॉल प्रतियोगिता: मॉर्निंग स्टार हरियाणा का ट्रॉफी पर कब्जा, राजस्थान रहा उपविजेता". etvbharat.com (in Hindi). Mandi, Himachal Pradesh: ETV Bharat. 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  10. "49 teams to participate in AIFF Elite Youth League 2022–23". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  11. Raghunandan, Vaibhav (18 January 2023). "Quick starts, watertight defences and perfect records: A look ahead to the Hero U-17 Youth Cup final round". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  12. Banerjee, Ritabrata (2 January 2022). "Elite Youth Cup to kick-off in Ahmedabad on January 3". goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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