Madhya Bharat SC

Madhya Bharat Sports Club was an Indian professional football club based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.^[4] The club last competed in the I-League 2nd Division,^[5] the second tier of Indian football league system.^[6][7][8] They also played in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League.

Madhya Bharat

Full name	Madhya Bharat Sports Club[1]
Nickname(s)	The Yoddhas[2]
Founded	2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Ground	Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex
Capacity	20,000
CEO	Rishish Dubey[3]
Home colours Away colours

History

Madhya Bharat Sports Club was founded in 2017 in collaboration with Celtic F.C. Academy.^[9] The club along with Pride Sports FC emerged as the two existing semi-professional clubs in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2017, they roped in their first foreign coach José Carlos Hevia from Spain and began the pre-season journey with comfortable win against Hazrat Nizamuddin FC.^[10] The 2017–18 season,^[11][12] was disastrous for them as they bowed out from group B, without a single win.

On 21 August 2018, All India Football Federation announced that Madhya Bharat will participate in 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division, but they later withdrew.^[13]

In the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division, Madhya Bharat finished at the bottom of the Preliminary round group B.^[14]

Stadium

Madhya Bharat played most of their home matches at the Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex in Bhopal,^[15] which has a seating capacity of 20,000 spectators.^[16][17]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2017	Cosco	AMG
2018		D B Corp Ltd.

Last registered staff

Position	Name
Head coach / Technical director	José Carlos Hevia
Assistant coach	Amit Rana
Phsio	Neeraj Mahorekar
Team manager	Utkarsh Kaithwas

Coaching history

updated on 28 May 2017

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
José Carlos Hevia	Spain	2017[18]	2018[19]	10	0	0	10	3	39	000.00

Team records

Seasons

As of 29 April 2018

Year	Division	League								Federation Cup
		Pos.	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
2017–18	I-League 2nd Division	Group Stage	10	0	0	10	3	39	0	—

Partnership

Madhya Bharat Sports Club has joined the Celtic Football Academy's international partnership programme in a long-term agreement for boosting the football academy and implementing football development model in Bhopal.^[20][21]

According to the official statements from both sides, partnership followed Celtic's previous successful relationships in India with both Mahindra United FC and two-time national league champions, Salgaocar FC.^[22]

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Madhya Bharat FC:

• Celtic FC (2017–present)^[23]

Notable players

• Tshering Dorji (2018–2019)^[24]

See also

• Pride Sports FC
• List of football clubs in India

References

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16. "Scorecard Madhya Pradesh v Vidarbha". cricketarchive.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
17. "भोपाल जिला बास्केटबॉल टीम को कांस्य" (in Hindi). Indian Sports Era. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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19. "Lajong to part ways with technical director Jose Hevia". The Shillong Times. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
20. "Celtic FC's Soccer Academy sign a six-year deal with Madhya Bharat SC". thedrum.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
21. "I-League 2020–21: Mohammedan Sporting appoint Jose Hevia as head coach". Goal.com. 24 October 2020. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
22. AMG facilitates tie up between Celtic F.C. & Madhya Bharat Sports Club Archived 3 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine anglianmanagementgroup.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021
23. "Celtic Soccer Academy sign six-year deal with Madhya Bharat SC". Celtic Football Club. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
24. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "NFT player — National team & Club appearances: Dorji, Tshering". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

External links

• Madhya Bharat SC at Khel Now