RoundGlass Punjab FC

RoundGlass Punjab FC is an Indian professional football club based in Mohali, Punjab.[2] Founded in 2005 as Minerva Academy FC,[3] the club is expected to compete in 2023–24 edition of Indian Super League after winning the I-League.

RoundGlass Punjab
Full nameRoundGlass Punjab Football Club
Nickname(s)The Warriors[1]
Short nameRGP, RGPFC
Founded2005 (2005)
(as Minerva Academy FC)
GroundTau Devi Lal Stadium
Capacity12,000
OwnerRoundGlass Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Head coachStaikos Vergetis
LeagueI-League (2022–23)
Indian Super League (2023–24)
2022–23I-League, 1st of 12 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

After being promoted into I-League in 2016, the academy based club was rebranded to Minerva Punjab FC and in 2019, football section of the club was relabeled as Punjab FC. In April 2020, RoundGlass Sports Pvt Ltd completed acquisition of the club and rebranded as RoundGlass Punjab. Since inception, the club has won I-League title twice, in 2017–18 as top tier, 2022–23 as second tier.

History

The team was established in 2005 as Minerva Academy,[4][5] and has both the football and cricket sections.[6] Initially, the team took part in its first major tournament at the national level, the I-League 2nd Division,[7] and were the runners up for the season.[8] They lost to five-time I-League champions Dempo SC in the final.[9] They were promoted to I-League after an impressive stint at the 2nd Division.[10] They finished their first-ever 2016–17 I-League season at the second last position. They also participated in the 2016 Durand Cup.[11] They came last in the group stage and hence couldn't qualify for the semi-finals.

Kareem Omolaja and Sehijpal Singh in training with Minerva Punjab in 2016.

Next season, surprising everyone, they won the I-League title, which was their first league win ever in top division. They became first ones from North India to win the league since 1996. This title made the team qualify for their first-ever Asian stint. The club qualified for Group stage of the 2019 AFC Cup, along with Indian Super League side Chennaiyin, starting from Preliminary round 2. However, they lost to Iranian side Saipa in the preliminary round of 2019 AFC Champions League and therefore couldn't make it to the play-offs.[12] But, in their AFC Cup stint, they impressed with unbeaten run of five games until the last group fixture, which they lost against Abahani Limited Dhaka.[13] Minerva were also placed in the round of 16 bracket of 2018 Indian Super Cup in which they lost to Jamshedpur 4–5 on penalties.

In 2018–19 I-League, the club managed to win four of their twenty fixtures and finished ninth in the league table. They were placed in 2019 Indian Super Cup qualifying round, but refused to play protesting against uncertainty of I-League clubs' future in Indian football. Thereafter, they were also not invited to play 2019 Durand Cup, which was disappointing for the Punjabi side.

On 30 October 2019, announcement was made that after a partnership agreement with RoundGlass Sports Private Ltd. the club has been renamed as Punjab Football Club.[14][15]

Ahead of the 2020–21 I-League season, RoundGlass Sports completed acquisition of Punjab FC and rebranded the club to RoundGlass Punjab Football Club.[16] On 15 June 2020, they appointed Curtis Fleming as their head coach.[17][18][19] On 15 July, they appointed Nikolaos Topoliatis as new technical director.[20] As the season progressed, Punjab made it to the championship stage and finished their season with a 2–3 loss to Churchill Brothers.[21] They achieved 2nd position with 22 points in 15 league matches.[22]

In August 2022, Staikos Vergetis was appointed as new head coach of RoundGlass Punjab.[23] After winning 4–0 against Rajasthan United on 4 March 2023, the club ensued their second I-League win, and gaining promotion to Indian Super League for first time.[24][25][26][27][28] They ended the season with 52 points in 22 league matches.[29][30] RoundGlass Punjab later participated in 2023 Indian Super Cup in Kerala.[31][32]

Stadiums
Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana, former home ground of the club.

RoundGlass Punjab currently using Tau Devi Lal Stadium of Panchkula, as their home ground.[33][34] The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 spectators.[35] The club previously used Guru Nanak Stadium for their home matches, but only for one season.[36][1]

The club during I-League Second Division, used Sector 17 Ground Stadium in Chandigarh, as home ground.[37] When Minerva entered into AFC Cup, they used various stadiums which could fit the competitions standards. During the group stage, club played two matches at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati,[38] and another at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

Supporters

A recognised fan club named "The Warriors", has been in support since 2018. The Guru Nanak Stadium has seen an average attendance of 12,000.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2015—2017 T10 Sports —
2017—2019 Astro Apollo Tyres[39]
2019—2020 Spartan[40]
2020—2021 T10 Sports[41] RoundGlass[42]
2021—2022 SIX5SIX[43][44]
2022—present T10 Sports[45]

Players

First-team squad
As of 1 November 2022

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 India IND Ravi Kumar
2 DF India IND Tekcham Abhishek Singh
4 DF India IND Tarif Akhand
5 DF India IND Valpuia (on loan from Mumbai City)
6 MF India IND Ajay Chhetri (on loan from Bengaluru)
7 FW India IND Krishananda Singh
8 MF India IND Freddy Lallawmawma
10 MF India IND Maheson Singh
11 FW Spain ESP Juan Mera
12 DF India IND Khaiminthang Lhungdim
14 DF India IND Shankar Sampingiraj
16 GK Nepal   NEP Kiran Chemjong
19 FW India IND Daniel Lalhlimpuia
20 MF Argentina ARG Juan Nellar
21 FW India IND Pranjal Bhumij (on loan from Mumbai City)
23 MF India IND Ashis Pradhan
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF India IND Deepak Devrani
27 MF India IND Samuel Lalmuanpuia
29 FW India IND Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh
30 MF India IND Brandon Vanlalremdika
31 GK India IND Jaskaranvir Singh
39 DF India IND Mohammed Salah
41 GK India IND Abujam Penand Singh
42 MF India IND Manglenthang Kipgen
50 DF India IND Naocha Singh (on loan from Mumbai City)
55 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Ignjatović (1st captain)
74 DF India IND Suresh Meitei
99 FW Slovenia SVN Luka Majcen (2nd captain)
— MF India IND Samuel Kynshi
— MF India IND Lalnuntluanga Bawitlung
— GK India IND Arshdeep Singh

Personnel

Current technical staff
Position Name
Head coach Greece Staikos Vergetis
Assistant coach Greece Dimitrios Kakkos
Goalkeeping coach India Vinay Singh
Strength & Conditioning coach Greece Nikolaos Tsagkatakis
Team Manager India Kamaldeep Singh
Technical Director Greece Nikolaos Topoliatis
Team Doctor India Sidak Dhillon

Records and statistics

Overall records
As of 16 April 2023
Season Division Teams Position Avg. attendance Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
As Minerva Punjab FC
2015–16 I-League 2nd Division 10 2nd (promoted, Dempo pulled out) — Did not exist

▼

 Did not participate Did not qualify

▼

 Did not qualify

▼

2016–17 I-League 10 9th 2,153 GS
2017–18 10 1st 5,803 RO16 Did not participate

▼

2018–19 11 9th 5,624 WO PreR 2 GS
As RoundGlass Punjab FC
2019–20 11 3rd 3,848 Did not participate

▼

 Did not participate

▼

 Did not qualify

▼

 Did not qualify

▼

2020–21 11 4th 🔒 Closed Doors

▼

2021–22 13 5th
2022–23 12 1st 1,347 GS

Overall records
As of 12 March 2023
Season Division Continental Top scorer
Division P W D L GF GA P W D L GF GA Player Goals
As Minerva Punjab
2015–16 I-League 2nd Division 18 11 4 3 30 14 Not qualified Nigeria Kareem Nurain 4
2016–17 I-League 18 2 7 9 17 33 Not qualified Nigeria Kareem Nurain
Nigeria Loveday Enyinnaya		 3
2017–18 18 11 2 5 24 16 Not qualified Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen 7
2018–19 20 4 6 10 10 19 7 0 5 2 6 11 Nigeria Philip Njoku
Ghana William Opoku
Ivory Coast Lancine Touré		 2
As RoundGlass Punjab
2019–20 16 5 8 3 23 11 Not qualified Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda 12
2020–21 15 6 4 5 18 15 Not qualified Bhutan Chencho Gyeltshen 7
2021–22 18 8 4 6 33 29 Not qualified England Kurtis Guthrie 13
2022–23 22 16 4 2 45 16 Not qualified Slovenia Luka Majcen 16

Continental statistics
As of 27 June 2019
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
AFC Champions League 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
AFC Cup 6 0 5 1 6 7 −1
Total 7 0 5 2 6 11 –5
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position
2019[46] AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 Iran Saipa 0–4 Preliminary Round
AFC Cup Group E India Chennaiyin 0–0 1–1 3rd
Bangladesh Dhaka Abahani 2–2 0–1
Nepal Manang Marshyangdi 2–2 1–1

Managerial record
As of 16 April 2023
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Surinder Singh  India 1 July 2015[47] 31 May 2017 28 7 10 11 31 44 025.00
Khogen Singh  India 1 September 2017 31 May 2018[48] 18 11 2 5 24 16 061.11
Paul Munster  Northern Ireland 8 August 2018[49][50] 12 February 2019 16 3 5 8 8 15 018.75
Sachin Badadhe  India 12 February 2019[51] 30 June 2019 3 1 0 2 2 4 033.33
Yan Law  India 1 July 2019[52] 31 May 2020 16 5 8 3 23 21 031.25
Curtis Fleming  Ireland 1 August 2020[53] 23 April 2021[54][55] 15 6 4 5 18 15 040.00
Ashley Westwood  England 21 July 2021[56] 23 March 2022[57] 6 3 2 1 14 8 050.00
Ed Engelkes  Netherlands 23 March 2022[58] 31 May 2022 12 5 2 5 19 21 041.67
Staikos Vergetis  Greece 8 August 2022[59] Till now 25 17 4 4 47 21 068.00

Notable players

The following RoundGlass Punjab players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.[60]

Honours

League

Cup

Other department(s)

Youth
Further information: RoundGlass Punjab FC Reserves and Academy
Youth players of Minerva Punjab in training, in 2020.
Minerva Punjab players (in black) at the 59th Edition of Subroto Cup, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium, in New Delhi, October 2018.

Club's youth section was incorporated as Minerva Punjab FC (Youth) to participate in various age-group competitions of the Hero Youth League,[79][80] in which they clinched multiple titles.

Honours
Club's U13 players in celebration after clinching the 2017–18 Youth I-league

See also

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Footnotes
  1. From 2017–18 season until 2021–22 season, I-League and Indian Super League shared joint top flight status in Indian Football. Following the Indian football roadmap, Indian Super League become the sole top-tier league in the country from 2022–23 season and I-League become second tier.
  2. Title shared with Real Kashmir

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