Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 (abbreviated as AKFC) is a professional football club based in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India

India

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. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground

Cooperage Ground

The Cooperage Ground is a football stadium in Mumbai, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mumbai F.C. and FC Air India. The stadium holds 12,000 people. The Western India Football Association also operates from the Cooperage Ground. The Mumbai...

 in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground

Cooperage Ground

The Cooperage Ground is a football stadium in Mumbai, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mumbai F.C. and FC Air India. The stadium holds 12,000 people. The Western India Football Association also operates from the Cooperage Ground. The Mumbai...

. Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 play in the I-League 2nd Division

I-League 2nd Division

The I-League 2nd Division is the second highest division of football in India after the I-League....

. They are sponsored by Araldite

Araldite

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The club is one of the popular football clubs in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

 and is known for nurturing young players into skillful and mature players. Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 have made several players who are now playing in the I-League

I-League

The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...

 like Abhishek Yadav

Abhishek Yadav

Abhishek Yadav is an Indian professional footballer. Yadav plays forward or on the wing for Mumbai F.C. which participates in India's I-League. Abhishek is known for his ability in the air as he stands at 6'2" tall.-Club career:...

 and Praneel Mendon to name a few.

History

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

Sir Adib Kenkre

Sir Adib Kenkre is an Indian professional coach, former footballer and currently owns his own club Kenkre FC who play in the I-League 2nd Division. Apart from football, Sir Adib Kenkre is a full-time employee at Central Railway Zone ....

 and the CEO of the club Joshua Lewis

Joshua Lewis

Joshua "Josh" Lewis is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama Guiding Light. He was portrayed by Robert Newman from October 1, 1981 to December 1984, October 1986 to January 25, 1991, and August 30, 1993 to September 18, 2009.-Biography:...

. The Club secured admission into I-League 2nd Division

I-League 2nd Division

The I-League 2nd Division is the second highest division of football in India after the I-League....

 in 2011.

The team play its I-League 2nd Division

I-League 2nd Division

The I-League 2nd Division is the second highest division of football in India after the I-League....

 home matches at the Cooperage Ground

Cooperage Ground

The Cooperage Ground is a football stadium in Mumbai, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Mumbai F.C. and FC Air India. The stadium holds 12,000 people. The Western India Football Association also operates from the Cooperage Ground. The Mumbai...

 in Mumbai, but due to the bad state of the stadium, as of 2010, they had to play all of their NFL games away from Mumbai.

Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 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

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 were granted admission into the second-tier of the I-League

I-League

The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...

 called the I-League 2nd Division

I-League 2nd Division

The I-League 2nd Division is the second highest division of football in India after the I-League....

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Kenkre FC made its debut on this national stage by playing in Group B of the I-League 2nd Division

I-League 2nd Division

The I-League 2nd Division is the second highest division of football in India after the I-League....

 in Jamshedpur, between April 4 - April 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.

The head coach of the team is UEFA

UEFA

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 qualified coach Floyd Pinto. The club also pay major importance to their youth teams which include the Under-19s, Under-18s, Under 17s and Under 15s in order to nurture the young talent in the country and the top youth talents train with them.

Captain

The long-serving captain of Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 is Madhusudan Phadale, who joined the club since its formation and has been loyal to the Mumbai club ever since. He can play anywhere in defence. Some media sources label Madhusudan

Madhusudan

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 as Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

's very own version of Gary Neville

Gary Neville

Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....

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Current Squad

Staff

CEO : Joshua Lewis

Joshua Lewis

Joshua "Josh" Lewis is a fictional character on CBS's daytime drama Guiding Light. He was portrayed by Robert Newman from October 1, 1981 to December 1984, October 1986 to January 25, 1991, and August 30, 1993 to September 18, 2009.-Biography:...

Head Coach : Floyd Pinto

General Manager : Vikram Nanivadekar

Chief Physio : Dr. Janhavi Jathar

Asst. Physio : Dr. Dimple Asher

Chairman : Sir Adib Kenkre

Sir Adib Kenkre

Sir Adib Kenkre is an Indian professional coach, former footballer and currently owns his own club Kenkre FC who play in the I-League 2nd Division. Apart from football, Sir Adib Kenkre is a full-time employee at Central Railway Zone ....

Youth teams

As mentioned, Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 give prime importance to youth development and thus put in a lot of effort to achieve success in the youth teams. They have employed a number of Asian Football Confederation

Asian Football Confederation

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 qualified coaches to train their youngsters. Chairman Sir Adib Kenkre

Sir Adib Kenkre

Sir Adib Kenkre is an Indian professional coach, former footballer and currently owns his own club Kenkre FC who play in the I-League 2nd Division. Apart from football, Sir Adib Kenkre is a full-time employee at Central Railway Zone ....

 coaches the Under-15s, former Churchill Brothers goalkeeper Raghuvir Khanolkar takes care of the Under-17s, the Under-18s are handled by veteran Manoj Nair and the Under-19s are coached by highly experienced Augusto D'Silva from Kerala.

German Experience

Since 2010, Kenkre FC

Kenkre FC

Araldite Kenkre FC, simply known as Kenkre FC is a professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Their home ground is the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai and they train at the Goans Sports Ground which is 5 minutes away from Cooperage Ground. Kenkre FC play in the I-League 2nd Division...

 have formed a very good link with legendary German football coach Horst Wein, who has given his coaching experience to many top teams in England

England

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, Italy

Italy

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, Spain

Spain

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etc.