The recently promoted I-League outfit, TRAU FC is set to rope in a sponsor which is rumoured to be around worth 2-4 crores, TalkSports 24X7 can confirm.
TRAU FC is an Indian professional association football club based in Manipur, India. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2017-18 season and got promoted to the I-League within two years after winning the 2nd Division and will now field their team in the 2019-20 edition.
TRAU FC was formed back in 1954. Since then, they have been mostly run by individual funding. This is the first time in their history that the association has roped in such a big sponsor, which is a company based in Kolkata. The entire deal was monitored by Sportifan Ventures, a company based in the United Kingdom. “It is only because of SportiFan that we came to meet Aciesta,” said Mr Phulen, TRAU Secretary. “This deal will help us get essential exposure to the rest of the country,” added Meitei Phulen.
The newly-promoted I-League club will be renamed as Aciesta TRAU FC in the upcoming I-League season. Aciesta is going to be the title sponsors of the club. TRAU FC played in the Durand Cup where they failed to make a mark. They lost two matches and a match against Chennaiyin FC was cancelled. It remains to be seen whether the new sponsors will bear the fruit for the team in the upcoming season.
Aciesta Sports Alliance Private Limited is based in Kolkata, the sports management & development firm works around providing sports literacy to schools in the state of West Bengal. Aciesta holds the exclusive rights to 6-a-side, 7-a-side, and beach football in India.
Hyderabad FC, the new Indian Super League (ISL) outfit formed after disbanding Pune franchise FC Pune City is set to play its home matches at Gachibowli Stadium.
Sources from the Telangana Football Stadium have confirmed the said development, further confirming that Gachibowli Stadium is being prepared to host the home games.
FC Pune City, a Wadhawan Group-owned franchisee was disbanded after facing continuous financial losses during their five-season long existence, during which they continued to receive poor attendances during its home games.
FC Pune City were one of the biggest spenders in the entire league, bringing in some big names during their course of existence like the then Greece captain Kostas Katsouranis, David Trezeguet, the then Manchester City assistant coach David Platt to mention a few.
Inspite of building a strong squad, the team failed to make it into the playoffs until 2017, and had another poor outing in 2018-19 season, finishing outside top 4.
The already low attendance of the team's home games dwindled further, and the owners were finally convinced that there is no way the team could break even. Furthermore, the owners faced issues in clearance of payments of the players and the staffs and had to convince the players not to report the matter to higher authorities in this regard.
With former Kerala Blasters CEO Varun Tripuraneni as the new owner, the rebranded franchisee Hyderabad City FC looks to breathe in new life as they will look to create a fanbase in the city of Nizams.
Hyderabad is no new name to Indian football landscape. In fact, it was a prominent part of the picture during the 1950-60 phase. Clubs like Hyderabad Police dominated Indian football and the city produced greats like Syed Abdul Rahim. However, the city gradually faded away from the scene of Indian football.
But with Hyderabad FC, the football fans in the city can expect the glory days to return.
While the official schedule of the Indian Super League mentions FC Pune City, the rebranding is set to be officially announced in the coming days soon.
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The recently promoted I-League outfit, TRAU FC is set to rope in a sponsor which is rumoured to be around worth 2-4 crores, TalkSports 24X7 can confirm.
TRAU FC is an Indian professional association football club based in Manipur, India. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2017-18 season and got promoted to the I-League within two years after winning the 2nd Division and will now field their team in the 2019-20 edition.
TRAU FC was formed back in 1954. Since then, they have been mostly run by individual funding. This is the first time in their history that the association has roped in such a big sponsor, which is a company based in Kolkata. The entire deal was monitored by Sportifan Ventures, a company based in the United Kingdom. “It is only because of SportiFan that we came to meet Aciesta,” said Mr Phulen, TRAU Secretary.
“This deal will help us get essential exposure to the rest of the country,” added Meitei Phulen.
The newly-promoted I-League club will be renamed as Aciesta TRAU FC in the upcoming I-League season. Aciesta is going to be the title sponsors of the club. TRAU FC played in the Durand Cup where they failed to make a mark. They lost two matches and a match against Chennaiyin FC was cancelled. It remains to be seen whether the new sponsors will bear the fruit for the team in the upcoming season.
Aciesta Sports Alliance Private Limited is based in Kolkata, the sports management & development firm works around providing sports literacy to schools in the state of West Bengal. Aciesta holds the exclusive rights to 6-a-side, 7-a-side, and beach football in India.
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