Kenkre F.C.

Kenkre
Full name Kenkre Football Club
Founded 2000
Ground Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Ground Capacity 5,000
Chairman Sir Adib Kenkre
Coach Ekendra Singh
League I-League 2nd Division

Kenkre Football Club, is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. They participate in the I-League 2nd Division.

The club is one of the popular football clubs in Mumbai and is known for nurturing young players into skillful and mature players.

History

The Club was founded in 2000 as Kenkre FC under the patronage of former footballer and football coach Sir Adib Kenkre and the CEO of the club Joshua Lewis.

Kenkre FC were crowned champions of the Maha League 2010 for the first time in the club's history after defeating Bengal Mumbai FC 3-0 thanks to goals from Nigerian striker Mathew Odje, Francisco Salin and Charanjeet Singh. After achieving this result, Kenkre FC were granted admission into the second-tier of the I-League called the I-League 2nd Division.

Kenkre FC made its debut on this national stage by playing in Group B of the I-League 2nd Division in Jamshedpur, between April 4–17, 2011. The club marked its debut by finishing a creditable third on goal difference. The group of seven teams was topped by Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kolkata and Ar-Hima, Meghalaya.

Players

Senior Team Squad

As of 16 December 2015[1]

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

No. Position Player
2 India DF Francisco Dominic
3 India DF Nitesh Aswani (Captain)
4 Ivory Coast DF Lassine Karamoko
5 India DF Rojen Singh
6 India FW Prathamesh Rokade
7 India FW Yash Mhatre
8 United States MF Samuel Bradley
9 India MF Taha Kachwala
10 Ivory Coast FW Yao Kouassi Bernard
11 India MF Deepak Prakash
No. Position Player
12 India FW Arish Sutaria
14 India DF Shivakumar M
15 India MF Shaun Fernandes
16 India FW Egypsio Noronha
18 India DF Ritesh Perambra
22 India MF Aravindraj Rajan
23 India MF Loukik Jadhav
25 India GK Siyas Purakkottakath
27 India MF Abuzar Beg
30 India FW Narinder Singh

Current technical staff

As of 6 Feb 2014
Position Name
Manager Joshua Lewis
Coach Ekendra Singh
Assistant coach Kamlakanta Singh
Club physio Sumedh Desai

References

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