FC Pune City (FCPC) is an Indian professional football club based in the city of Pune, Maharashtra, which plays in the Indian Super League. The club was formed in 2014 with a philosophy to provide stimulus to the growth and development of football in the state of Maharashtra and to participate in the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. The team is owned by Rajesh Wadhawan Group, its promoters Mr. Kapil Wadhawan and Mr. Dheeraj Wadhawan and actor Arjun Kapoor.
The philosophy behind the inception of the club was to promote and develop the game of football in the city of Pune right from the grassroots levels onwards. FC Pune City aims to be the club which players aspire to be a part of and a club to whom fans pledge their loyalties.
In 2016, FC Pune City became the only professional football club in India to have teams which participated at all levels of professional football; Senior Team (ISL), U-18 Team (I-League U-18), U- 16 Team, U-14 Team and the Women's Team.
Team records
Seasons
Year ISL Regular season Finals Top Scorer(s) Player(s) Goals 2014 144 4 6 12 17 16 6th DNQ Kostas Katsouranis 4 2015 14 4 3 7 17 23 15 7th DNQ Kalu Uche Adrian Mutu 4 2016 14 4 4 6 13 16 16 6th DNQ Aníbal Zurdo 5 2017-18 18 9 3 6 30 21 30 3rd Semi finals Emiliano Alfaro 6
Head coach's record
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%Franco Colomba22 June 2014committed-a-lot-of-mistakes-fc-pune-city-franco-colomba Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 July 202120 December 2014David Platt2 June 201520 December 2015Antonio López Habas25 April 201615 September 2017Miguel Martinez Gonzalez (Caretaker)3 October 20163 October 20161001010.00Ranko Popović25 September 201731 May 201818936302150.00Miguel Ángel Portugal1 June 201826 October 20183012160.00Pradhyum Reddy (Interim-Manager)26 October 201824 December 20189315101533.33Phil Brown24 December 201827 August 20197331141342.86 Marcos Paqueta1 June 201827 August 20180000000.00
Player records Youngest player to play- Fanai Lalrempuia (19 years and 148 years old, debut against Northeast United on 9 October 2015) Oldest player- Robertino Pugliara (33 years and 323 years old, debut against Chennaiyin FC on 13 January 2018) Top goalscorer- Emiliano Alfaro (19 goals, 0.47 per match)
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