2014–15 Bharat FC season

2014–15 season of Bharat FC November 2014 November 2014 Bharat FC 2014–15 Stuart Watkiss Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex I-League _redborder _whitecollar _redborder 0B0B61 0B0B61 0B0B61 0B0B61 0B0B61 _whitecollar _color_3_stripes_white FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF The 2014–15 season will be Bharat FC's first season in the I-League and first season in existence. Background On 25 August 2014 it was announced that Kalyani Group had won the bidding rights to a new I-League team and that they would base the team in Pune, Maharashtra.Mazumdar Rakhi Kalyani Group bags bid to launch team in I-league http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-26/news/53243827_1_kalyani-group-jsw-group-india-football-federation https://web.archive.org/web/20141217060539/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-26/news/53243827_1_kalyani-group-jsw-group-india-football-federation dead 17 December 2014 Economic Times 5 November 2014 On 4 November 2014 it was announced that former Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Stuart Watkiss would be the first head coach of the team's history.I-League: Kalyani Group appoints Stuart Watkiss as head coach http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ileague-kalyani-group-appoints-stuart-watkiss-as-head-coach/510586-5-21.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141106212421/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ileague-kalyani-group-appoints-stuart-watkiss-as-head-coach/510586-5-21.html dead 6 November 2014 IBN Live 5 November 2014 Then, six days later, on 10 November, it was announced that the team had signed their first player in New Zealand international Kris Bright.Mitra Atanu Kalyani Group rope in Kris Bright http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/11/09/5968231/kalyani-group-rope-in-kris-bright Goal.com 10 November 2014 25 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150225003816/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/11/09/5968231/kalyani-group-rope-in-kris-bright dead On 15 November, Stanley Rozario was appointed as the assistant coach.http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2014/11/15/6170381/stanly-rozario-to-assist-watkiss-at-kalyani-groups-football Stanly Rozario to assist Watkiss at Kalyani Group's football club 15 November 2014 Goal.com On 23 November, the team was officially unveiled as Bharat FC.June 2026 Pre-season The club started the season with two friendlies against Bombay Engineer Group, which they won 3–0 and the second one 5–0, courtesy two goals from Steven Dias and a goal each from Subhash Singh, Surojit Bose and Jayashelan Prasad.http://www.bharatfc.com/news-detail.php?news_id=18 Bharat FC tackle Air India in final preseason friendly 16 Jan 2015 bharatfc.com 16 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150122013844/http://www.bharatfc.com/news-detail.php?news_id=18 22 January 2015 dead dmy-allhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNUfpZa831s Bharat FC vs BEG - 5-0 - all goals YouTube In the last friendly before the season, Bharat FC played against Air India and managed a 2–2 draw with a goal each from Kris Bright and Gunashekar Vignesh.http://www.bharatfc.com/news-detail.php?news_id=19 Bharat FC close preseason friendlies with 2-2 draw 16 January 2015 16 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001659/http://www.bharatfc.com/news-detail.php?news_id=19 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all Matches January 2015 Bharat FC 3–0 Report IND BEG Pune, Maharashtra W 12 January 2015 Bharat FC 5–0 Report IND BEG Dias (2 goals)SinghBosePrasad Pune, Maharashtra W 16 January 2015 15:30 IST Bharat FC 2–2 IND Air India Bright 36Vignesh 52 Neil Gaikwad 26Vishnu T 53 Pune, Maharashtra Bharati Vidyapeeth Ground D I-League Table KBFC First-team squad 5 January 2015SQUAD http://www.bharatfc.com/squad.php Bharat FC 6 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150106060836/http://www.bharatfc.com/squad.php 6 January 2015 dead dmy-all IND GK Arindam Bhattacharya IND GK Harshad Meher IND GK Shahinlal Meloly ENG DF Bobby Hassell IND DF Bikramjeet Singh IND DF Dharmaraj Ravanan IND DF Gouramangi Singh IND DF Mehrajuddin Wadoo IND DF Nallappan Mohanraj IND DF Naorem James Singh IND DF Sabas Saleel IND MF Adil Khan IND MF Dipendu Dowry IND MF Gunashekar Vignesh IND MF Jayashelan Prasad IND MF Lester Fernandez IND MF Simranjit Singh NZL FW Kris Bright IND FW Manjit Singh IND FW Rajinder Kumar IND FW Subhash Singh IND FW Surojit Bose Technical Staff Position Name Head coach ENG Stuart Watkiss Assistant coach IND Stanley Rozario Fitness coach ENG Lindsay DavisHero I-League ILeagueOfficial 544432940768174081 15 December 2014 JUST IN: Englishman Lindsay Davis has been roped in as the fitness and conditioning coach of @BharatFC. #ILeague http://t.co/IUNDgyorUN en 31 December 2020 Physiotherapist ENG Ian FarmeryBharat FC BharatFC 545172296999002112 17 December 2014 Ian Farmery joins #BharatFC as the first team's physiotherapist. Ian joins us from Barnsley FC. http://t.co/6mDqtVKaNG en 31 December 2020 References Bharat FC Category:Kalyani Bharat FC seasons