Minerva Academy
Full nameMinerva Academy Football and Cricket Club
Nickname(s)
  • The Warriors
  • The Factory
Founded2005 (2005)
(as Minerva Academy)
GroundMinerva Academy Ground
OwnerRanjit Bajaj
Head coachTushar Soodan
League
WebsiteClub website

Minerva Academy Football Club (often referred to as Minerva Punjab) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Chandigarh, Punjab, best known for its football, cricket and futsal teams.[1][2] Club's football section predominantly competed in Punjab State Super League.[3][4]

Minerva previously participated in the I-League, then highest division of Indian football league system.[5][6][7] The club reached AFC Cup Group stage, in 2019 edition of the continental second tier.[8] After selling Punjab FC to Roundglass Sports, owner Ranjit Bajaj bought stakes in Delhi FC. However, Minerva Academy remained active since its inception.[9][10] After being promoted into the I-League in 2016,[11] the academy based club was rebranded as Minerva Punjab FC, and in 2019 football section was relabeled as Punjab FC. The club has won I-League title once, in 2017–18. Widely known as "the factory" of Indian football, Minerva is one of the most successful sports academies in the country.[12][13]

History and overview

2005–2020

The club was established in 2005 as Minerva Academy.[14][15][16] It was founded as a purpose of reviving the glory of Minerva Club, an association football team of Minerva Public School in Mohali, that emerged as one of the most formidable football teams in the state of Punjab.[17] Until 2013, the club was being operated as an amateur six-a-side football team (beside running academies) for local players from Chandigarh, alongside appearing in age-grouped tournaments.[18]

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

Minerva initially fielded players in various regional competitions in Punjab and beyond, while club's first major tournament at the national level, was I-League 2nd Division in 2015–16,[19][20] in which they finished as runners-up.[21] They lost to five-time I-League champions Dempo in the final.[22] They were promoted to the I-League after an impressive stint at the 2nd Division.[23][24] They finished their first-ever 2016–17 I-League season at the second last position. They also participated in the 2016 Durand Cup.[25] They came last in the group stage and hence couldn't qualify for the semi-finals. In October 2017, Bollywood actor Rannvijay Singha was unveiled as co-owner of the club.[26]

Baoringdao Bodo in Minerva's away kit in 2017

Next season, surprising everyone, they won the I-League title,[27] which was their first ever top division title.[28] They became first ones from North India to win the league since 1996; The title made the team qualify for their first-ever continental tournament.[29] Minerva appeared in the Group stage of 2019 AFC Cup, along with Indian Super League outfit Chennaiyin, starting from Preliminary round 2.[30][31] 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.[32] 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.[33] Minerva were also placed in the round of 16 bracket of 2018 Indian Super Cup,[34][35][36] in which they lost to Jamshedpur 4–5 on penalties.[37]

Paul Munster, guided Minerva in 2018–19 season as both technical director and head coach.

In July 2018, Minerva roped in noted Indian manager Sukhwinder Singh as technical director.[38] Later on 8 August 2018, Northern Irish manager Paul Munster was appointed as new technical director—head coach of the club.[39][40][41] The club won Punjab State Super League for the first time after becoming undefeated in 11 games, and later went on to win J&K Invitational Cup in Kashmir, jointly with Real Kashmir.[42] In February 2019, Minerva signed a strategic partnership with Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, aiming football development at grassroots level.[43][44] On 8 February 2019, Minerva announced Munster's departure.[45] 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. 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.[46][47] From mid 2019 until May 2020, the club was managed by Yan Law.[48] After losing I-League spot, Minerva started playing football again in Punjab football league system with its youth age groups.[49] It is the only Indian club to win all age group national titles in the same year, in 2017–18 season winning U13, U15, U18 and senior I-League.[50]

2020–present

I have sold Punjab FC and not Minerva FC. We are now registered with the Punjab Football Association as "Minerva Academy Football Club".

— Ranjit Bajaj, owner of Minerva, on club's rebranding in 2020.[10]

RoundGlass Sports bought 50% of Minerva Academy's share earlier; In 2020, they bought remaining 50% from owners Ranjit and Heena Bajaj to form RoundGlass Punjab FC.[51]

In November 2020, Minerva Academy was accredited as Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE) by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.[52][53] The same year, Sports Authority of India (SAI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Minerva for a period of four years under the "Khelo India Talent Identification and Development Program".[54][55]

Crest and colours

Club crest and emblem of Minerva depicting emblems of the three armed forces, the Sikh khanda symbol and the profile of Minerva – the Roman goddess of wisdom.[56]

Kareem Omolaja in Minerva's away kit in 2016

Club colours are predominantly blue, white and black.

Stadiums

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

The official home ground of Minerva Academy was Tau Devi Lal Stadium of Panchkula, which was also used in the I-League.[57][58] It has a seating capacity of 12,000 spectators.[59] The club previously used Guru Nanak Stadium, but only for one season.[60][61][62]

Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati, served as home ground of Minerva Punjab for their AFC Cup matches.

During I-League Second Division, the club used Minerva Academy Ground in Chandigarh as home venue.[63] When the club entered into continental tourney 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,[64] and remaining at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. They previously used Sector 17 Training Ground in Chandigarh for training purposes.[65]

The club is currently using Minerva Academy Ground, which is located in Chandigarh.[66][67]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2015–2017 T10 Sports —
2017–2019 Astro[68] Apollo Tyres[69][70]
2019–2020 Spartan[71]
2020–present —

Records and statistics

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 Punjab
2019–20 16 5 8 3 23 11 Not qualified Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda 12

Continental records

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

Performance in AFC competitions

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Position Top scorer
2019[72] AFC Champions League Preliminary round 2 Iran Saipa 0–4 Preliminary Round India Sreyas Valiyaveettu Gopalan (2 goals)[73]
AFC Cup Group E India Chennaiyin 0–0 1–1 Third in Group E
Bangladesh Dhaka Abahani 2–2 0–1
Nepal Manang Marshyangdi 2–2 1–1

Managerial record

Surinder Singh managed the club in I-League Second Division during their first league season.
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%Ref.
Surinder Singh  India 1 July 2015 31 May 2017 28 7 10 11 31 44 025.00 [74]
Juan Luis Pérez Herrera  Spain 1 June 2017 1 September 2017 — − − − − − — [75]
Khogen Singh  India 1 September 2017 31 May 2018 18 11 2 5 24 16 061.11 [76]
Sachin Badadhe  India 31 May 2018 7 August 2018 — − − − − − — [77]
Paul Munster  Northern Ireland 8 August 2018 12 February 2019 16 3 5 8 8 15 018.75 [78]
Sachin Badadhe  India 12 February 2019 30 June 2019 3 1 0 2 2 4 033.33 [79]
Yan Law  India 1 July 2019 31 May 2020 16 5 8 3 23 21 031.25 [80]
Emerson Ricardo Alcântara  Brazil 2020 2021 — − − − − − — [81]
Tushar Soodan  India 2022 till date — − − − − − — [82]

Minerva youth

Youth and academy

Youth players of Minerva in training, in 2020.
Minerva players (in black) at the 59th edition of Subroto Cup, at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi, October 2018.

Since the foundation in 2005, Minerva focused on youth development, and has more than hundred residential academies in the country.[17] Club's youth men's section has been participating in various age-group domestic competitions, including U13, U15, and U18 Hero Youth Leagues,[83][84][85][86] in which they clinched multiple titles.[87][88][89] Club's academy is responsible in nurturing talents, bringing up promising youngsters; Many of them graduated from the club's academy and went on to represent India internationally.[90] In 2017–18, Spanish manager José Carlos Hevia served as head of Minerva's academy and reserve team.[91] Ahead of the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, club's reserve team appeared in an exhibition match against one of the participants Columbia U17.[92] In June 2020, Minerva Academy was recommended for "Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar" for producing more than 70 players for the various India national football sides.[93][94]

In 2022, U12 team of Minerva Academy took part in Mina Cup, an youth international tournament held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[95] In that tournament, they won title with dominant performance, beating Barcelona Academy 4–0 in final.[96] Later in July 2023, they went to Sweden, and took part in U13 category of the prestigious Gothia Cup.[97][98][99][100] On 22 July, defeating Brazilian side Ordin by 3–1 in final at the SKF Arena, Minerva Academy became the first ever Indian team to clinch Gothia Cup title.[101][102] In that edition, more than 150 teams competed; Minerva went on to seal the championship winning all their matches, scoring 46 goals, and conceding only 2.[97][103]

Notable Minerva youth graduates/players

Other departments

Cricket

Minerva has been running academies and teams for cricket since inception.[115] It is widely known for producing international cricketers including Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Mandeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Barinder Sran, Manan Vohra, Siddarth Kaul, and Shubman Gill.[116][56][117][118] The cricket section is accredited to Punjab Cricket Association (PCA).[10] Minerva clinched JP Atray Cricket Tournament title in Mohali, in September 2005, in their debut season.[119][120]

Futsal

The futsal section was included within Minerva Academy in later years,[121] and the team participated in Futsal Club Championship, organised by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).[122][123][124][125] The club emerged champions in 2022–23 edition,[126] and qualified for AFC Futsal Club Championship.[127][128]

Honours

Association football

League

Cup

  • J&K Invitational Cup
  • Harbhajan Singh Memorial All-India Football Tournament
  • Sukhia Gold Cup
  • Bodousa Cup
    • Runners-up (1): 2019[138]

Youth

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

International

Futsal

Cricket

  • JP Atray Cricket Trophy
  • Chandigarh One-day Open Cricket Tournament
  • Amey Tripathi Cricket Championship
  • Uttrakhand Gold Cup

Notable players

Past and present internationals

The following Minerva Academy/Minerva Punjab players have been capped at full international level. Years in brackets indicate their spells at the club.

India

 

Asia (AFC)

 

Africa (CAF)

 

North America (CONCACAF)

 

Other players

Affiliations & partnerships

The following clubs/academies are/were affiliated with Minerva Academy FC:

Club

Academy

  • India Chandigarh Football Academy (2015–)[221]
  • India Kick Football Academy (2019–)[222]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ From 2017–18 season until 2021–22 season, I-League and Indian Super League shared joint top flight status in Indian Football.
  2. ↑ Title shared with Real Kashmir.
  3. ↑ Youth League U15 was formerly known as "Nike Premier Cup".

See also

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