Rajasthan Perfect Football Club (formerly as AU Rajasthan Football Club), is an Indian professional football club based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that competes in the R-League A Division,[1] and previously participated in the I-League 2nd Division. Founded in 2018, the club first competed professionally when they were part of the 2019–20 season of I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system.
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| Full name | Rajasthan Perfect Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | RPFC | ||
| Founded | 2018 (as AU Rajasthan FC) | ||
| Ground | Maharaja Umaid Singh Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 20,000 | ||
| Owner | Spordy Ventures Private Limited | ||
| Head coach | Mangesh Desai | ||
| League | R-League A Division | ||
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History edit
AU Rajasthan FC is the first premier professional football club and academy based out of Jaipur. The club was founded in the year of 2018 and comes under the banner of Spordy Ventures Private Limited. In its first year of inception, the club has managed to qualify for the Hero Youth leagues and also win the first-ever Rajasthan Women's League. The club aims to provide a pathway of progressive growth from the grassroots level to competing at the highest professional level.[citation needed]
The club is in collaboration with Palamós CF, one of the oldest clubs in Spain, founded in 1898, and its academy Perfect Football is the technical partner of AU Rajasthan FC. The club plans to train players with use of global training methodology in partnership with Perfect Football. AU Rajasthan is the first club from Rajasthan to play in I-League 2nd Division.[2] Rajasthan FC organised Christmas Cup 2020 in Purnima University and Heritage Cup in February 2021, which was won by ARA FC.
AU Rajasthan participated in the inaugural Rajasthan State Men's League 2019 and finished as runners-up with 15 points from 7 matches, behind champion Rajasthan United.[3]
AU Rajasthan FC has launched a premier football residential academy in Jaipur, in collaboration with Poornima University. The club handpicked players from all the major cities of India through trials.[4]
Rajasthan FC rebranded themselves as Rajasthan Perfect FC ahead of R-League A Division 2021.[5]
Stadiums edit
AU Rajasthan used the Maharaja Umaid Singh Stadium in Jodhpur as their home stadium for I-League 2nd Division of 2019–20 season matches. They played at the University Sports Complex during the inaugural season of R-League A Division.[6]
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors edit
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 2019—2020 | AIO Sports | AU Small Finance Bank |
| 2021—present | Perfect Football |
Personnel edit
| Position | Name |
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| Team manager |  Mangesh Shreekant Desai
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| Technical director | Gurpratap Singh
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| Head coach | Praveen Kumar
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| Assistant coach | Nitish Dimri
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| Physio | Mohammed Shahid
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Players edit
2022 squad edit
- As of 5 April 2022[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team record edit
| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Federation Cup/Super Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup |
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| 2019–20 | IL2 | 18 | Group stage | – | DNP | DNP | DNP |
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
Head coaching record edit
updated on 20 July 2020
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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| Mangesh Shreekant Desai | India
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2020 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16.67 |
Affiliated clubs edit
The following clubs are currently affiliated with AU Rajasthan FC:
Palamós CF (2018–present)
References edit
- ^ "R-League A Division 2021". Twitter. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Eighteen teams to compete in Hero Second Division League 2019–20". Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "First Ever Rajasthan State Men's League 2019 Started". udaipurkiran. 21 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Rajasthan United FC launched their residential academy in Rajasthan". Football Express. 3 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Rajasthan Perfect Football Club". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Rajasthan State Men's League". 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Squad". I-league.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.