Madhya Bharat Sports Club was an Indian professional football club based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.Madhya Bharat SC's harsh introduction to the I-League Second Division Goal.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021 The club last competed in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system.Madhya Bharat Football Club profile and archive globalsportsarchive.com/team. Retrieved 28 April 2021 They also played in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League.
History Madhya Bharat Sports Club was founded in 2017 in collaboration with Celtic F.C. Academy. The club along with Pride Sports FC emerged as the two existing semi-professional clubs in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In 2017, they roped in their first foreign coach José Carlos Hevia from Spain and began the pre-season journey with comfortable win against Hazrat Nizamuddin FC. The 2017–18 season, was disastrous for them as they bowed out from group B, without a single win.
On 21 August 2018, All India Football Federation announced that Madhya Bharat will participate in 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division, but they later withdrew.Eighteen teams, including 7 reserve sides of ISL clubs to contest in revamped 2017-18 Second Division league First Post. Retrieved 28 July 2021
Stadium Madhya Bharat played most of their home matches at the Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex in Bhopal, which has a seating capacity of 20,000 spectators.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor2017CoscoAMG2018D B Corp Ltd.
Last registered staff Position Name Head coach / Technical director José Carlos Hevia Assistant coach Amit Rana Phsio Neeraj Mahorekar Team manager Utkarsh Kaithwas
Coaching history updated on 28 May 2017 NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin% José Carlos Hevia 2017José Hevia joins Madhya Bharat SC Twitter.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021 2018
Team records Seasons
Year Division League FederationCup 2017–18 I-League 2nd DivisionGroup Stage1000103390 —
Partnership Madhya Bharat Sports Club has joined the Celtic Football Academy's international partnership programme in a long-term agreement for boosting the football academy and implementing football development model in Bhopal.
According to the official statements from both sides, partnership followed Celtic's previous successful relationships in India with both Mahindra United FC and two-time national league champions, Salgaocar FC.AMG facilitates tie up between Celtic F.C. & Madhya Bharat Sports Club anglianmanagementgroup.com. Retrieved 28 July 2021
Affiliated clubs The following club is currently affiliated with Madhya Bharat FC: Celtic FC (2017–present)
Notable players Tshering Dorji (2018–2019)
See also Pride Sports FC List of football clubs in India
References
External links Madhya Bharat SC at Khel Now