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Ambernath United Atlanta FC

For the merged club, see Maharashtra Oranje FC.

Ambernath United-Atlanta Football Club, was a merger of two clubs Ambernath United FC & Atlanta FC based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competed in the MFA Elite Division.[1][2] The club was promoted to the I-League 2.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2023, the merger between both the clubs broke. Maharashtra Oranje FC took over Atlanta Football Club & earned I-League 2 spot. Ambernath United FC joined hands with Bombay Muslims FC to form Ambernath United Bombay Muslims FC that compete in MFA Premier League.[8]

Ambernath United Atlanta
Full nameAmbernath United Atlanta Football Club
Founded2011; 13 years ago (2011)
GroundCooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity5,000
OwnerDeepu K.
Head coachSteven Dias
LeagueMFA Elite Division
2022–23MFA Elite Division, Champions
Departments of Ambernath United Atlanta FC
Football (Men's) Football (Women's)

History edit

Ambernath United Atlanta FC was created by a merger between Deepu K.'s Ambernath United and Allen Contractor's Atlanta FC in 2022.[9] Atlanta FC Mumbai[10] was playing in Elite Division before the merger, while Ambernath United was playing in local tournaments.[11] Ambernath United Atlanta won the MFA Elite Division in their first year with a very dominant performance under coach Steven Dias, who was assistant coach of Odisha FC and interim coach of Jamshedpur FC, among others.[12]

In 2022–23 I-League 2, the club moved to championship round.[13][14][15] They achieved third place, and failed to secure I-League promotion.[16][17][18][19]

In September 2023, Atlanta FC, which was 50% of Ambernath United Atlanta, was completely taken over by Oranje FC and renamed Maharashtra Oranje FC.[20]

Ambernath United later formed a union with Bombay Muslims to participate in the 2023–24 Mumbai Premier League.[21]

Technical staff edit

Title Name
Owner Deepu K.
Co-Owner Allen Contractor
Head coach Steven Dias

Players edit

First-team squad edit

As of 16 May 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IND Manoj Gupta
2 DF   IND Bipin Rawat
4 DF   IND Tejas Raut
5 DF   IND Nishant Sunder Shetty
6 DF   IND Dhruwesh Nijap
7 FW   IND Aaron Dcosta
8 FW   IND Tanmay Dayanand Talgaonkar
9 MF   IND Johnson Joseph Mathews
10 MF   IND Allan Joseph Dias
11 FW   IND Himanshu Patil (captain)
14 MF   IND Alok Singh
17 FW   IND Sunny Vishnu Thakur
19 MF   IND Kaustubh Ravindra
20 MF   IND Abhijit Tawhare
21 DF   IND Shravan Shetty
23 MF   IND Nitesh Monde
24 MF   IND Ronil Francisco Azavedo
30 DF   IND Umesh Perambra
No. Pos. Nation Player
32 FW   IND Arif Shaikh
44 DF   IND Vishnu Menon
46 FW   IND Mandeep Singh Multani
48 DF   IND Bersal Oswin Viegas
55 DF   IND Jayraj Ghelani
56 MF   IND Adil Khan
91 GK   IND Rahul Murali
97 GK   IND Yasheel Shah
— DF   IND Kamlesh Sathanathan Nadar
— MF   IND Ritesh Somnath Choudhari
— MF   IND Pankaj
— FW   IND Sameer Kashyap
— FW   IND Shebin Siraj

Women's team edit

Ambernath United women's team has been participateing in the MDFA Women's League, under the name Mumbai Knights FC.[22][23]

Honours edit

Domestic league edit

Domestic cup edit

References edit

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