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Revision as of 16:55, 24 July 2020
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Full name | Tiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Red Pythons | ||
Founded | 2 October 1954 | ||
Ground | Khuman Lampak Main Stadium | ||
Capacity | 35,285 | ||
League | I-League | ||
2018–19 | I-League 2nd Division, champions (Promoted) | ||
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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.
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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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2017—2018 | Nike | HVS |
2018—2019 | Vector X | HVS |
2019—present | Nivia | Aciesta |
Current technical staff
- As of 3 February 2020.
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | L.Nandakumar Singh |
Technical Director | |
Assistant Coach | |
Assistant Coach | KH Surmani[4] |
Goalkeeping Coach | Siddiqui Abdul Aziz |
Assistant Manager | Bigyanjit Huidrom |
Team records
Record
Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Federation Cup/Super Cup | Durand Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup |
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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.
India Asia North America
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Africa
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Head coach's record
updated on 16 February 2020
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
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L Nandakumar Singh | India | 2017 | 2019 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 42 | 53.13 |
Dimitris Dimitriou | Cyprus | 2019 | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0.00 |
Douglas Silva | Brazil | 2019 | 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0.00 |
L Nandakumar Singh† | India | 2019 | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.00 |
Dimitris Dimitriou | Cyprus | 2020 | 2020 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 80.00 |
L. Ibomcha Singh† | India | 2020 | 2020 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0.00 |
- † Caretaker Manager
Season
- As of 30 May 2018
Year | Division | League | Federation Cup | |||||||
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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 |
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2017–18 | Princewill Emeka | 7 |
Honours
National
Leagues
- Winners (1): 2018–19
Cup
- Template:Cup FinalistRunner-Up (1): 1998
References
- ^ "I-League: Newly promoted TRAU FC announces Aciesta Sports as title sponsor". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Eighteen Teams Will Contest in Second Division League 2017-18". Aiff.com. 21 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "TRAU FC wins Second Division League, qualifies for I-League". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ a b "TRAU to play in Second Division League". Thesangaiexpress.com. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "How Bordoloi Trophy Became Just Another Tournament!". Feverpitch.in. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2018.