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Revision as of 16:55, 24 July 2020

TRAU F.C.
File:Official TRAU FC Logo.png
Full nameTiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club
Nickname(s)The Red Pythons
Founded2 October 1954; 70 years ago (1954-10-02)
GroundKhuman Lampak Main Stadium
Capacity35,285
LeagueI-League
2018–19I-League 2nd Division, champions (Promoted)
Current season

Aciesta Tiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club[1] is an Indian professional association football club based in Imphal, Manipur, India. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2017–18 season.[2] It was promoted to the I-League in the 2018-19 season, after winning the 2nd Division.[3]

History

TRAU, which was instituted on October 2 1954, has been a pioneering organisation in the field of Sports and other activities and have lifted the title of CC Meet, State League of Manipur, six times and finished runners up nine times.[4] TRAU was runners up in 1998 Bordoloi Trophy, losing 10–1 to Narbakhar FC, club from Uzbekistan in the final.[5] On 8 May 2018 they qualified for final round in I-League 2nd Division in their debut season.

In 2018–19 season they won I-League 2nd division, their first ever professional league trophy, and gain the promotion to I-League.

On 25 August 2019 TRAU announced Aciesta Sports Alliance Private Limited as its title sponsor. The deal with Aciesta will help the Manipur-based team finance its first-team and development activities and further expand its presence in the top tier of Indian football.

Prior to the announcement, TRAU FC signed an agreement with SportiFan Ventures Limited, a sports business management firm based in the United Kingdom, which played a pivotal role in the negotiation process for the aforementioned deal.

Stadium

Khuman Lampak Main Stadium, Imphal, Manipur is used as the home ground of TRAU.

Fans

A club recognised Imphal fan club by the name Green Bridge has been in support since 2017. The Khuman Lampak Main Stadium has seen an average attendance of 35,000. The players and the coach have often acknowledged the fans' support in the success and called them The 12th Man.

Rivalry

NEROCA have participated in the Imphal derby with city rivals TRAU. The two clubs are the only two from Imphal to have played professional league football.

Senior team squad

As of 1 December 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Gurpreet Singh Chabhal
2 DF India IND Shahbaaz Khan
3 MF Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Gerard Williams
5 DF Uganda UGA Isaac Isinde
7 FW India IND Khundongbam Krishnananda Singh
8 MF India IND Wahengbam Angousana Luwang
10 FW Nigeria NGA Princewill Emeka
14 DF India IND Abhishek Das
15 DF India IND Soraisham Dinesh Singh
16 DF India IND Tanmoy Ghosh
17 FW India IND Bedashwor Singh
18 MF India IND Robinson Singh
11 FW Nigeria NGA Joel Sunday
36 FW Nigeria NGA Joseph Olaleye
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF Nigeria NGA Oguchi Uche
29 MF India IND Loken Meitei
30 FW India IND Laishram Premjit Singh
31 GK India IND Mithun Samanta
34 MF India IND Abhinas Ruidas
38 MF India IND Meitalkeishangbam Roger
42 GK India IND Shayan Roy
37 FW India IND Ngangbam Naocha
DF India IND Ramandeep Singh
DF India IND Rahul Das

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2017—2018 Nike HVS
2018—2019 Vector X HVS
2019—present Nivia Aciesta

Current technical staff

As of 3 February 2020.
Position Name
Head Coach India L.Nandakumar Singh
Technical Director
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach India KH Surmani[4]
Goalkeeping Coach India Siddiqui Abdul Aziz
Assistant Manager India Bigyanjit Huidrom

Team records

Record

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Federation Cup/Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2017–18 IL2D 18 4th 2,060 DNP DNP DNP DNP
2018–19 IL2D 16 1 1,044 DNP DNP DNP DNP
2019–20 IL 11 - Group Stage DNP DNP
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Past and present internationals

Names in bold indicate players who had international appearances for their countries while playing for TRAU.

Head coach's record

updated on 16 February 2020

Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
L Nandakumar Singh  India 2017 2019 32 17 7 8 59 42 053.13
Dimitris Dimitriou  Cyprus 2019 2019 3 0 1 2 1 5 000.00
Douglas Silva  Brazil 2019 2019 3 0 0 3 1 7 000.00
L Nandakumar Singh  India 2019 2020 1 0 1 0 2 2 000.00
Dimitris Dimitriou  Cyprus 2020 2020 5 4 1 0 8 3 080.00
L. Ibomcha Singh†  India 2020 2020 4 0 2 2 2 9 000.00
  • † Caretaker Manager

Season

As of 30 May 2018
Year Division League Federation
Cup
Pos. P W D L GF GA Pts
2017–18 I-League 2nd Division 4th 13 7 4 2 28 12 25

Top scorer

updated on 30 May 2018

Season Player Goals
2017–18 Nigeria Princewill Emeka 7

Honours

National

Leagues

1st place, gold medalist(s)Winners (1): 2018–19

Cup

Template:Cup FinalistRunner-Up (1): 1998

References

  1. ^ "I-League: Newly promoted TRAU FC announces Aciesta Sports as title sponsor". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Eighteen Teams Will Contest in Second Division League 2017-18". Aiff.com. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ "TRAU FC wins Second Division League, qualifies for I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b "TRAU to play in Second Division League". Thesangaiexpress.com. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ^ "How Bordoloi Trophy Became Just Another Tournament!". Feverpitch.in. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2018.