Techtro Swades United FC

Techtro Swades United FC
Full name	Techtro Swades United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Lions
Short name	TSUFC
Founded	August 29, 2020; 16 months ago
Ground	Khad Football Ground, Una, Himachal Pradesh
Chairman	Neeraj Kholiya
League	Himachal Football League
2020	HFL, champions
Website	Club website

Techtro Swades United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Una, Himachal Pradesh. The club competes in the Himachal Football League. The club was established^[1]^[2]^[3] on 29 August 2020 and began their first competitive season in the HFL.

History[]

The club was founded by Neeraj Kholiya, a football enthusiast.^[4]^[5] Kholiya started his journey by creating a YouTube channel in 2014, where he reviewed tech products. Later, he found out that there are no channels creating content for Indian Football and hence decided to do it by himself. Soon he formed Techtro Lucknow FC in 2019 which competed in Lucknow District Football League. Techtro Swades United FC was established in order to expand the footballing landscape to a new state where potential footballers get fewer opportunities.^[6]

On 29th August 2020, Techtro Swades United was launched digitally and became the first ever professional football club from Himachal Pradesh. Minerva Academy FC/CC became the strategic partner of the club and they appointed former Minerva Punjab head coach Surinder Singh as their technical director and former I-League head coach of Punjab FC, Yan Law was appointed as the first ever head coach of Techtro Swades United.^[7]

They finished as runners-up in the first-ever edition of Himachal Football League after losing 2-0 to Himachal FC, the reserve side of the club, in the final match. They earned the eligibility to play in 2020-21 season of I-League 2nd Division.

Their women's team finished as the Champions in the first-ever edition of Himachal Women's League 2021. Thus earning the eligibility to play in Indian Women's League.

Crest and colours[]

The crest of Techtro Swades United features the faces of three Asiatic lions in resemblance to the Emblem of Himachal Pradesh as well as the State Emblem of India. On the head of the lions sits the crown which is in the shape of Lotus- the national flower of India and it also resembles the mighty Himalayas. The entire logo is made by using just circles, where many circles are met to make a part or multiple elements of the logo.

The official home colours of the team are red and blue, and the away colours are white and blue. The third kit was of purple and blue. All the three kits consist of patterns resembling the culture of Himachal Pradesh.

Ownership[]

Techtro Swades United is organised as a registered association. Unlike a limited company, it is not possible to purchase shares in the club, but only membership. With a unique fan-owned model, the club rids itself of incompetent management and ensures that the decisions will always benefit the club and the fans of the club.^[1]