Mahindra United | Mahindra United Football Team

History

All work and no play can indeed make a company very dull. That’s why a simple club with a few games and basic amenities was set up in 1950. No one ever thought that this would grow into an establishment that ran a professional
team and offered high quality facilities, incentives and allowances.

The shift was gradual. In 1956, a group of youngsters enrolled themselves as the Mahindra official team in the Bombay Football League and made valiant efforts to reach the top.

To further improve the standards, the company provided a full- size football field for practice and training. At this point, with the football teams representing the company at tournaments in Bombay, the need for a sports club arose. So the Mahindra & Mahindra Allied Company Sports Club came into being in 1962.

Since then the team has gone from strength to strength, getting into Bombay’s senior division Harwood League in 1964 and earned the dashing sobriquet, ‘The Giant Killers’. Football was developing in Maharashtra and in Mahindra too. In 1969, Mr. Harish Mahindra was elected Vice President of Western India Football Association (WIFA). Mahindra & Mahindra Allied Company Sports Club, then known as the Orange Brigade, was the most popular team in Maharashtra after strong teams like TATA’s, Mafatlal’s and Caltex. The late 80’s saw Mahindra emerge as one of the most formidable teams in the country, attracting talented international players like P. M. Shivdas, C. Mustafa, Jerry Bassi, Henry Menezes, Santosh Kashyap and Godfrey Pereira. Top teams like East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan Sporting went all out to recruit the Mahindra players.

In 2000, the Mahindra Football Team underwent a total revamp and the Orange Brigade turned red. The team was renamed Mahindra United under the leadership of Mr. Alan Durante, Executive Director & President of the Automotive Sector. Committed support from the Chairman, Keshub Mahindra, and Managing Director & Vice Chairman, Anand Mahindra, set the ball rolling. Big names like Raghavan, Derek Desouza, Harish Rao, Karel Stromsik, David Booth and Dhronacharya Awardee, Syed Nayeemuddin, have coached the team and taken it from victory to victory.

There's been no looking back since then. Mahindra United of Mumbai is the only team in Maharashtra to win the Durand Cup twice, which is the second oldest trophy in the world. It is also the first team in Maharashtra to win the Harwood League and the Nadkarni Cup three times in a row. In fact, right now the Indian football team too, is led by the captain of Mahindra United.

Honours

2006 : AFC Cup
2004 : AFC CUP (Asian Football Confederation) 2004 3rd Place in Group B
2003 : President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup
2003-2005 : Federation Cup
2003 : Super Cup
1971, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995 :12x Mumbai Elite Division 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
1998, 2001/02 : 2x Durand Cup
2000, 2001/02 : 3x Nadkarni Cup
2000, 2001, 2002
1980 : Bandodkar Gold Cup
1993 : Rovers Cup
1998 : Chief Ministers Cup
1999 : Mammen Mappillai Cup

Mahindra United Under - 19 years

In an attempt to nurture young talent and promote football in Mumbai, Mahindra United fielded an Under-19 years team from 2003. The team performed extremely well in the NFL league for U-19 years and reached the semi-finals, beating teams like Churchill Bros and Salgaocars. This promotion of the U-19 years team has helped the players to develop and display their talent at the top level and has got them instant recognition and offers from some leading clubs in Mumbai.

Mahindra United Under - 15 years

Spurred by the success of its U-19 years team, Mahindra United fielded an Under-15 years team from 2006. The team played the Manchester United Premier Cup Asian Qualifiers held at Kolkata where top NFL Clubs participated.

The Mahindra United Structure

President	:	Mr. Alan Durante
Hon. General Secretary	:	Mr. J. M. Mapgaonkar – Chief SSBU, Mahindra & Mahindra Limited
Asst. Hon. General Secretary	:	Mr. Cedric Shackleton
Manager	:	Mr. Henry Menezes
AFC ‘Pro’ License, Coach	:	Mr. Derrick Pereira
AFC ‘C’ License Assistant, Coach	:	Mr. Arshad Hussain
AFC ‘C’ License Assistant, Coach	:	Mr. Santosh Kashyap
Physio	:	Mr. Sujit Manna
Doctor	:	Dr. N. N. Shingornikar
Hometown	:	Mumbai; MAHARASHTRA
Founded as	:	Mahindra & Mahindra and Allied Company's SC (1962)
Renamed to	:	Mahindra United (summer, 2000)
Title Sponsor	:	Mahindra Group of Companies
Co-Sponsors	:	Sharda Motors Industries Limited, Anand Automotive Systems Lear Corporation, Shell Helix
Ground	:	The Cooperage Ground, Mumbai
Capacity	:	12,000 people
Practice Ground	:	Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Automotive Sector, Kandivali

The Men in Red

Mahindra United Squad 2005-2006

No.	Name	Position	DoB	Nat.
1	Subhashish Roy Chowdhury	Goalkeeper	27.09.1986	IND
2	Jinto Jose	Defender	05.07.1980	IND
3	Manju Nanjangud Shivananju	Defender	09.05.1987	IND
4	Deepak Kumar Mondal	Defender	12.10.1979	IND
5	Samson Fernandes	Defender	07.11.1985	IND
6	Shanmugam Venkatesh	Midfielder	23.11.1977	IND
7	Sushanth Mathew	Midfielder	18.05.1978	IND
8	Jose Marcio Ramirez Barreto	Midfielder/ Forward	03.09.1976	BRAZIL
9	Surojit Bose	Forward	19.12.1986	IND
10	Yakubu Yusif	Forward	04.09.1978	GHANA
11	Subash Chakraborty	Midfielder/ Forward	23.10.1985	IND
12	Khalid Jamil	Midfielder	21.04.1977	IND
14	Mahesh Gawli	Defender	23.01.1980	IND
15	Abhishek Yadav	Forward	01.06.1980	IND
16	James Lukram Singh	Midfielder	01.03.1981	IND
17	Ishan Rawlley Singh	Midfielder	01.06.1987	IND
18	Peter Siddiqui	Defender	17.04.1977	IND
19	David Adjei	Midfielder	03.03.1977	GHANA
20	Othallo Tabia	Defender	20.10.1983	IND
21	Gouramangi Moirangtem Singh	Defender/ Midfielder	25.01.1985	IND
22	T.G. Purushothaman	Goalkeeper	06.06.1977	IND
23	Steven Dias	Midfielder	25.12.1983	IND
24	Sandip Nandy	Goalkeeper	15.01.1975	IND
25	Anees Kutty	Forward	30.03.1982	IND
26	Hekmat Singh	Midfielder	12.04.1981	IND
27	Irungbam Surkumar Singh	Defender/ Midfielder	21.03.1983	IND
28	Krishnan Nair Ajayan	Midfielder	30.05.1979	IND
29	Rauf Sher Khan	Defender	13.05.1982	IND
	Derrick Pereira	Coach		IND
	Shaikh Arshad Hussain	Assistant Coach		IND
	Santosh Kashyap	Assistant Coach		IND
	Henry Menezes	Manager		IND
	Sujit Manna	Physio.		IND
	Denis D'souza	Team Assistant		IND
	Sujay Sharma	Analyst		IND