Mohammedan SC Futsal

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Mohammedan SC Futsal

Full name	Mohammedan Sporting Club Futsal
Nickname(s)	Black Panthers
Short name	MSC
Founded	22 February 1891; 131 years ago (22 February 1891) (Mohammedan SC) 2005; 17 years ago (2005) (Mohammedan SC Futsal)
Ground	Netaji Indoor Stadium
Capacity	12,000
Owner	Mohammedan Sporting Club Private Limited Bunker Hills Private Limited
President	Gulam Ashraf
Head coach	Joshuah Vaz
League	Futsal Club Championship
2021	Runners-up
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Mohammedan Sporting Club Futsal is a professional futsal club based in Kolkata, India. It is the futsal section of over a century old multi-sports club Mohammedan SC.

Originally Mohammedan begun to play futsal in 2005 for an exhibition tournament organised by IFA (W.B.). Later, the club's separated section was formally founded in 2021 and now plays in Futsal Club Championship, India's top tier futsal league.^[1]

History[]

2005[]

The IFA had organised Kolkata Futsal Championship in 2005 with 320 teams participating, to introduce the sport in West Bengal. Mohammedan SC decided to create a futsal club to participate in the tournament.^[2] After the end of the tournament, the club was discontinued.

2016[]

The IFA organised another futsal tournament, Kolkata Futsal League in 2016, in order to further promote the sport in the state. Mohammedan SC decided reinstate the futsal club. The league was played among 8 clubs as a single-elimination tournament. Mohammedan got knocked-out from the tournament in its first match against Southern Samity.^[2] The club was once again discontinued due to lack of competitions to participate in.

2020–present[]

After the announcement of a national-level futsal league by AIFF, Mohammedan SC came forward to re-establish its futsal club and participate in the tournament, with the goal of winning it and eventually participating in the AFC Futsal Club Championship. It was supposed to commence in 2020, but due to COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was rescheduled for 2021.^[3][4] The club signed Joshuah Vaz and Mihir Sawant, to play along with being the head coach and the goalkeeping coach respectively. Mohammedan played its first official match on November 5 against Baroda FC at KD Jadhav Hall in New Delhi.^[5] They won the match by 0–9, with Sandesh Malpote, Sachin Patil, Rui Carlo, Hilton Fernandes, Filbert Pereira and Joshuah Vaz scoring. Rui Carlo, aged 15, was the youngest player in the tournament.^[5] They became the first team to reach the league finals by defeating Bengaluru FC in the semi-final,^[6] but eventually Mohammedan lost the inaugural season final to Delhi FC by 2–7.^[7]

Recent seasons[]

As of November 2021

Players[]

No.	Position	Name	Nationality
1	Goalkeeper	Augustine D'Mello
5	Defender	Nihal Ujre
10	Winger	Joshuah Vaz
13	Defender	Sachin Patil
3	Defender	Raghubendra Vishwakarma
6	Winger	Altamash Noor
8	Winger	Filbert Pereira
11	Winger	Hilton Fernandes
15	Winger	Rui Carlo
16	Winger	Sandesh Malpote
17	Winger	Avdhoot Gawali
4	Pivot	Sherman Vaz
7	Pivot	Snedden Medeira
9	Pivot	Jayesh Sutar
14	Pivot	Eshaan Shiledar

Technical staff[]

Position	Name
Head coach	Joshuah Vaz (player-coach)
Team manager	Belal Ahmed Khan
Physical trainer	Ravinder Singh Chauhan
Physio	Ankan Roychowdhury Akhilesh KS

Honours[]

Domestic[]

• Futsal Club Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2021

References[]