PRIDE SPORTS FC

Pride Sports
Full name	Pride Sports Football Club
Nickname(s)	Pride
Ground	Ravishankar Shukla Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Pride Sports Management Pvt. Ltd.
Head coach	Abhijoy Basu
League	I-League 2nd Division
Home colours	Away colours

Pride Sports Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Pride Sports competed as a member of the I-League 2nd Division, the then second tier of football in India.^[1] They also played in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League. The club played their home matches at Ravishankar Shukla Stadium in Jabalpur.^[2]

History

Pride Sports FC was founded in Jabalpur with a vision to promote football in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2016, the club debuted in the I-League 2nd Division. They became the second club from Madhya Pradesh to participate in any national level football tournament of India, after Madhya Bharat SC.^[3]

In 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division preliminary rounds, Pride Sports finished at the bottom of group C.^[4]

Rivalries

Their main rival was Madhya Bharat, whom they played the "Madhya Derby".^[5]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2016—17		None
2018	Cosco	KS Oils

Players

As of 19 August 2020

Final squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IND	Sumit Das
—	DF	IND	Amandeep Singh
—	DF	IND	Deepak Kumar
—	DF	IND	Pankaj Singh
—	DF	IND	Karamvir Singh
—	DF	IND	Ananya Watts
—	DF	IND	Robin Chhetri
—	FW	IND	Glakson Thomas Mascarenhas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	Abhiraj Vikram Singh
—	FW	GHA	John Ampong
—	FW	IND	Gaurav Pandey
—	FW	IND	Bijoy Kumar Jirel
—	FW	IND	Sanad Girotra
—	MF	IND	Akhilesh Devrani
—	MF	IND	Abhishek Sharma

Managerial record

updated on 28 May 2017

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Paulo Pedro	Portugal	2016^[6]	2017	6	0	0	6	2	16	000.00
Abhijoy Basu	India	2018^[7]

Team records

Seasons

As of 18 December 2016

Year	League								Federation Cup	Top Scorer(s)
Year	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos.	Federation Cup	Player(s)	Goals
2016–17	6	0	0	6	2	16	0	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

References

^ "I-League 2nd Division Fixtures". The Indian League. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "PRIDE SPORTS FC". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "Pride Sports FC". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "I-League 2nd Division Fixtures". The Indian League. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "AIFF's Second Division League hit by sudden closure of Pride Sports from Madhya Pradesh!". Arunavo about Football (arunfoot.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ "I-League 2nd division club Pride Sports FC haven't paid wages to players, coach; no ground to train". Sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
^ 2nd Division I-League: focus on Hindustan FC Archived 21 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine i-league.org. Retrieved 29 June 2021

External links

Pride Sports Football Club at footystats.org

[1] "I-League 2nd Division Fixtures". The Indian League. 17 December 2016. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[2] "PRIDE SPORTS FC". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[3] "Pride Sports FC". globalsportsarchive.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[TIL-4] "I-League 2nd Division Fixtures". The Indian League. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[5] "AIFF's Second Division League hit by sudden closure of Pride Sports from Madhya Pradesh!". Arunavo about Football (arunfoot.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2021.

[6] "I-League 2nd division club Pride Sports FC haven't paid wages to players, coach; no ground to train". Sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

[7] 2nd Division I-League: focus on Hindustan FC Archived 21 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine i-league.org. Retrieved 29 June 2021

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v t e I-League 2
Current teams	Bengaluru United Dempo Kenkre Maharashtra Oranje Sporting Bengaluru Sporting Goa Sudeva Delhi United
Reserve teams	Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy Chennaiyin FC Reserves and Academy East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy FC Goa Reserves and Academy Hyderabad FC Reserves and Academy Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020 2021 2022–23 2023–24
Final rounds	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020 2021

v t e I-League 2
Current teams	Bengaluru United Dempo Kenkre Maharashtra Oranje Sporting Bengaluru Sporting Goa Sudeva Delhi United
Reserve teams	Bengaluru FC Reserves and Academy Chennaiyin FC Reserves and Academy East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy FC Goa Reserves and Academy Hyderabad FC Reserves and Academy Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy
Seasons	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020 2021 2022–23 2023–24
Final rounds	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2020 2021

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Rivalries

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Players

Final squad

Managerial record

Team records

Seasons

See also

References

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