Minerva Academy Football & Cricket Club are a professional Indian football team based in Chandigarh, Punjab, India, that made senior level national debut in 2015–16 season. Minerva Academy Football Club has an illustrious history spanning back to the 1970s when Minerva FC of the Minerva Public School, Mohali (now closed) were the most formidable football team of the region. They dominated in competitions and won many national, school level tournaments till the 1990s after which the team lost funding due its parent school shutting down.
The Minerva Academy Football Club was founded in 2005 by Mr. Ranjit Bajaj to revive the glory of the Minerva FC of the Minerva Public School. Since then, MAFC has been working hard to regain its reputation and respect in the football scene and have won most of the tournaments they have participated in.
Squad:
Harpreet Singh
Harpreet Bedi
Santosh Kumar
Nitesh Chhikaram
Sukhwinder Singh
Simranjit Singh (Captain)
Amandeep Singh
Alhassan Dahir Bala
Sehijpal Singh
Arshdeep Singh
Akashdeep Singh
Dilliram Sanyasi
Manvir Singh
Kareem Omolaja
Arashpreet Singh (Vice-Captain)
Prabhjot Singh
Amarwant Singh
Krishna Pandit
Harpreet Singh
Harpreet Bedi
Santosh Kumar
Nitesh Chhikaram
Sukhwinder Singh
Simranjit Singh (Captain)
Amandeep Singh
Alhassan Dahir Bala
Sehijpal Singh
Arshdeep Singh
Akashdeep Singh
Dilliram Sanyasi
Manvir Singh
Kareem Omolaja
Arashpreet Singh (Vice-Captain)
Prabhjot Singh
Amarwant Singh
Krishna Pandit
Neeraj Anand
Munmun Lugun
Ronald Singh Saikhom
Timmy Ryngkhlem
Ramandeep Singh
Atsushi Yonezawa
Pawandeep Singh
Year : 2016, Award : Nike Premier Cup Champions
Year : 2015-16, Award : Chandigarh State Champions