Madhya Bharat Sports Club is an Indian

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club based in

Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...

. The club last competed in the

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, the second tier of

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. They are also eligible to play in

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History

Madhya Bharat Sports Club was founded in 2017 in collaboration with

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Academy. The club along with Pride Sports FC emerged as the two existing semi-professional clubs in the

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n state of

. 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,

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announced that Madhya Bharat will participate in

2018–19 I-League 2nd Division The 2019 I-League 2nd Division (known as Hero 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division for sponsorship reasons), was the 12th season of the I-League 2nd Division, the second division Indian football league, since its establishment in 2008. The league was ...

, but they later withdrew. In the

, Madhya Bharat finished at the bottom of the Preliminary round group B.

Stadium

Madhya Bharat plays most of their home matches at the

Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex Bhopal is a multi-purposed stadium in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Directorate Sports & Youth Welfare is located at the stadium. The stadium is the base of Boxing Academy, Madhya Pradesh State Men's Hockey Aca ...

, which has a seating capacity of 20,000 spectators.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Last registered staff

Managerial history

updated on 28 May 2017

Team records

Seasons

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

. According to the official statements from both sides, partnership follows Celtic's previous successful relationships in

with both che

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and two-time national league champions,

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Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Madhya Bharat FC: *

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(2017–present)

Notable players

Tshering Dorji Tshering Dorji aka ''Tshagay'' (born 11 September 1995) is a Bhutanese professional footballer who plays for Thimphu City FC as a midfielder. Dorji is best known for the late goal he scored against Sri Lanka, which gave Bhutan their first eve ...

(2018–2019)

References

External links

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