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.

Rajasthan Perfect
Full nameRajasthan Perfect Football Club
Nickname(s)RPFC
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018) (as AU Rajasthan FC)
GroundMaharaja Umaid Singh Stadium
Capacity20,000
OwnerSpordy Ventures Private Limited
Head coachMangesh Desai
LeagueR-League A Division

History

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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

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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

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Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2019—2020 AIO Sports AU Small Finance Bank
2021—present Perfect Football

Personnel

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Current technical staff (as of 20 January 2020)
Position Name
Team manager   Mangesh Shreekant Desai
Technical director   Gurpratap Singh
Head coach   Praveen Kumar
Assistant coach   Nitish Dimri
Physio   Mohammed Shahid

Players

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2022 squad

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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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   IND Nitin Meel
2 DF   IND Abhyuday Motwani
3 DF   IND Tushar Negi
4 DF   IND Aravind Sharma
5 DF   IND Spandan Sharma
6 MF   IND Pranendra Singh Thakur
7 MF   IND Kamran Panwar
8 MF   IND Shiv Pratap Singh Ranawat
9 FW   IND Ishaan Sahi
10 MF   IND Bhupendru Singh Meena
11 MF   IND Utkrsh Koushik
15 DF   IND Shorayav Bhardwaj
17 DF   IND Prashant Narayan Choudhary
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   IND Robot Atkan
19 MF   IND Ashen Henna Metel
20 MF   IND Martand Raina
21 MF   IND DM Rakeveiche
22 DF   IND Prateek Choudhary
23 MF   IND Mumtaz Akhtar
24 MF   IND Deepak Sai Thukral
25 FW   BRA Eliel da Cruz Guardiano
26 DF   IND Prithu Sharma
27 MF   IND Rudra Pratap Singh Bist
45 FW   IND Rahul Sharma
46 FW   BRA Pedro Augusto Araujo Pinheiro
99 GK   IND Maninder Singh

Team record

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Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Federation Cup/Super Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
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

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updated on 20 July 2020

Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Mangesh Shreekant Desai   India 2020 6 1 2 3 4 7 016.67

Affiliated clubs

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The following clubs are currently affiliated with AU Rajasthan FC:

References

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  1. ^ "R-League A Division 2021". Twitter. Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Eighteen teams to compete in Hero Second Division League 2019–20". Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Rajasthan Perfect Football Club". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Rajasthan State Men's League". 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Squad". I-league.org. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
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