Английская Википедия:ARA FC

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Departments of ARA FC
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Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Football (Reserves)

ARA Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Founded in 2016, the club is nicknamed "Ahmedabad Alphas", and previously competed in I-League 2nd Division. ARA FC is the first professional team from Gujarat to compete in the nationwide league. The club also competes in Gujarat SFA Club Championship.

Their reserve and youth teams play in both Hero Sub-Junior League and Hero Elite League, while women team is member of Indian Women's League.

History

Academy and early years

Ahmedabad Racquet Academy (ARA) started its journey as a professional multi-sports academy in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, which mainly consists of racquet sports and has been running since 2011 and began participating in Ahmedabad Junior league. The football club was among the newest projects established by the academy in recent times as an initiative by owner Vikram Patel.

Formation of club

The existing academy owned by Patel emerged as ARA FC in 2016 to ensure development of football in the Indian state of Gujarat. On 19 July 2018, their academy were accredited and given two stars based on eligibility criteria, which allowed them to play in Youth League U18. ARA as a club became affiliated with Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA) in 2017, and began competing in the ADFA Premier Division League.

2018–present

On 20 November 2018, AIFF nominated ARA for proposed inclusion in the 2018–19 2nd Division League. On 7 December, it was announced that ARA FC would be one of nine clubs to play that season. Thus the Ahmedabad-based club became the only team from the state competing in a domestic tier league.

In their maiden I-League 2nd Division in the 2018–19 season, ARA finished on fourth place in Group A with 11 points in 8 matches as Lonestar Kashmir progressed to the final round.

They were nominated for participating in the 2021 I-League Qualifiers, since emerging victorious in Gandhinagar Premier League. They began their journey with a 1–1 draw against Corbett FC on 5 October at the Bangalore Football Stadium but did not advanced to the final round. In February–March 2023, the club participated in Stafford Challenge Cup in Bangalore. In August 2023, ARA gained I-League 3 spot to compete in the inaugural edition.

Home stadium

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EKA Arena by TransStadia, home ground of ARA

ARA FC plays its home matches at the EKA Arena, which has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The stadium is located in Kankaria Lake, Ahmedabad, and has additional 10,000 temporary seats on the pitch area.

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Panoramic view of the stadium

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018–2021	SEVEN	Amul
2021–present	Decathlon Sports

Current technical staff

Position	Name
Team manager	Шаблон:Flagicon Marmik Pandya
Head coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Vivek Nagul
Assistant coach	Шаблон:Flagicon Salim Pathan
Physio	Шаблон:Flagicon Falgun Bhatt

Honours

League

• Gujarat SFA Club Championship
  • Champions (1): 2022
• ADFA Ahmedabad District League 2nd Division
  • Champions (1): 2017
• ADFA Ahmedabad District League 1st Division
  • Champions (2): 2018, 2021–22
• Gandhinagar Premier League
  • Champions (1): 2020–21

Cup

• Heritage Cup Jaipur
  • Champions (1): 2020

Records

Season	Div.	Tms.	Pos.	Attendance/G	Federation Cup/Super Cup	AFC Champions League	AFC Cup
2018–19	IL2	16	G4th	650	DNP	DNP	DNP
2019–20	IL2	18	Final round 4th	–	DNP	DNP	DNP

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Managerial record

updated on 25 October 2020

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Vivek Nagul	Шаблон:IND	2018	2021
Manuel Retamero Fraile	Шаблон:ESP	2021

Notable players

For current and former notable ARA FC players with a Wikipedia article, see: ARA FC players.

Other departments

Women's team

ARA FC has its women's football team that competes in the Indian Women's League, the highest division of Indian women's football. Before the kick-off of 2021–22 Indian Women's League season, four teams including ARA Women from four states played each other once in April 2022, in the qualifying round at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi and they qualified for the final round after topping the group.

Honours

• Gujarat State Women's League
  • Champions (1): 2021–22
  • Third place (1): 2022–23

Youth men's

Youth men's team of ARA competes in the Ahmedabad Elite Youth Cup Ahmedabad. Club's U17 team participated in "regional group stages" of 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup.

See also

• List of football clubs in India

Further reading

• Шаблон:Cite web
• Шаблон:Cite web

External links

• ARA Football Club at the-aiff.com
• Team info at spotik.in
• Team info at Global Sports Archive
• ARA FC archives at ANI News