List of FC Pune City records and statistics
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.[1] The team is owned by Rajesh Wadhawan Group, its promoters Mr. Kapil Wadhawan and Mr. Dheeraj Wadhawan and actor Arjun Kapoor.[2][3]
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 passionately 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.[4]
Team records
[edit]Seasons
[edit]- As of 17 March 2018
| Year | ISL Regular season | Finals | Top Scorer(s) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Pos. | Player(s) | Goals | |||
| 2014 | 14 | 4 | 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
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6 | |
Head coach's record
[edit]- As of 27 August 2019
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franco Colomba |  Italy
|
22 June 2014[5] | 20 December 2014 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 28.57 |
| David Platt |  England
|
2 June 2015[6] | 20 December 2015 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 28.57 |
| Antonio López Habas |  Spain
|
25 April 2016[7] | 15 September 2017 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 28.57 |
| Miguel Martinez Gonzalez (Caretaker) | Spain
|
3 October 2016 | 3 October 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Ranko Popović |  Serbia
|
25 September 2017[8] | 31 May 2018 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 50.00 |
| Miguel Ángel Portugal | Spain
|
1 June 2018[9] | 26 October 2018[10] | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0.00 |
| Pradyum Reddy (Interim-Manager) |  India
|
26 October 2018 | 24 December 2018 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 33.33 |
| Phil Brown | England
|
24 December 2018[11] | 27 August 2019 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 42.86 |
| Marcos Paqueta |  Brazil
|
1 June 2018 | 27 August 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Player records
[edit]- 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)
References
[edit]- ^ Basu, Saumyajit. "Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League". Times of India. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
- ^ Deshpande, Nikhil (9 October 2014). "Hrithik Roshan to be Pune City FC Co-owner". Sportzwiki. India. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
- ^ "Salman Khan denies owning ISL team - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "FC Pune City only ISL club to have a team in the inaugural IWL". One India. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ committed-a-lot-of-mistakes-fc-pune-city-franco-colomba Archived 18 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 July 2021
- ^ Suchindran, Aravind (27 May 2015). "Platt in the City". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "FC Pune City appoints Habas as head coach". Goalie 365. 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Serbian Popovic takes Habas' place in Pune City". thehindu.com. 25 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "FC Pune City sign former Delhi Dynamos boss Miguel Angel Portugal as head coach for ISL 2018–19". Firstpost. 9 August 2018. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ "FC Pune City sack head coach Miguel Angel Portugal after three games". Hindustan Times. 24 October 2018. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Phil Brown: Indian Super League's FC Pune City appoint new head coach". Bbc.co.uk. 24 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.