Pune FC
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| Full name | Pune Football Club | ||
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| Founded | August 2007 | ||
| Ground | Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex Ground, Pune | ||
| Head Coach |  Derrick Pereira |
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| League | I-League 1st Division | ||
| 2009 | 4th (Qualified for I-league Division 1) | ||
| Website | Club home page | ||
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Pune Football Club also known as Pune FC is an Indian Football Club from Pune in Maharastra, India. The club, established in 2007, has gained promotion to the First Division of the Indian Football League for the 2009-10 season.[1]
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[edit] The Club
Pune FC is one of the new generation of Indian Football clubs which are being promoted by different corporate groups. The Ashok Piramal Group, which has diverse business interests, established Pune FC in August 2007.[1] The club was named after the city of its origin in keeping with the tradition of many international football clubs which are highly successful in drawing the crowds. Stewart Hall has returned as the Head Coach of Pune FC.
[edit] The Logo
The Logo of the club is a shield with a Ghorpad (Monitor Lizard) engulfing a football. During the Battle of Sinhagad, Chhatrapati Shivaji's general, Tanaji Malusare, used Yeshwanti (Shivaji's pet ghorpad) to scale the steep walls of Sinhagad Fort. Similarly, the ghorpad on the logo is meant to serve as an inspiration to the club, to overcome all obstacles and be successful in India and Asia. The colours used in the logo are red and gold. The red symbolises aggression, danger and passion and the gold symbolises success and victory.
[edit] Stadium
Pune FC uses Bharati Vidyapeeth Educational Complex Ground as its venue in I-League matches.[2] The club uses the Bombay Engineering Group (BEG) Ground, Khadki for practice purposes.[3]
[edit] Leagues
Pune FC is currently playing in the second tier of the Indian Football League system, the 2nd Division I-League. It also plays in the Pune Super Division Football League.
[edit] 2008 - 09 Squad
[edit] Sponsors
Promoters: Ashok Piramal Group
Principal Sponsor: Peninsula Land Ltd
Kit Partner: Nike
Fitness Partner: Solaris
Radio Partner: Radio City
Internet Partner: www.goal.com
Media Partner: Sakaal
Venue Partner: FLAME
Venue Partner: Bharti Vidyapeeth
[edit] Manager history
Team managers of Pune FC and their statistics in all tournaments
| Name | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||||
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| P | W | D | L | F | A | W% | |||||||
| Stewart Hall |  |
Sep 07 | Feb 08 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.00% | |||
| Bernard McNally |  |
Feb 08 | May 08 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 24 | 14 | 42.86% | |||
| Stewart Hall | |
Jul 08 | Current | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 76.47% | |||
[edit] Top Goalscorers
List of Pune FC's highest ever goalscorers (in the I-League):
| Goal Scored | Games Played | Player Name |
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| 5 | 10 |  Emeka Ogbonna Hyginus |
| 3 | 10 | Jeje |
| 3 | 9 | Th. Bungo Singh |
| 2 | 4 | Shanmugam Venkatesh |
| 2 | 9 | Lal Rozama |
| 1 | 10 | K. Rahul |
| 1 | 4 | Abhishek Yadav |
| 1 | 2 | L. Raman Singh |
- This does not include penalty shootouts
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