FC Pune City wins Under-19 IFA Shield in its debut season




The Rajesh Wadhawan Group and Hrithik Roshan co-owned Indian Super League team FC Pune City’s U-19 team wonthe prestigious 121st U-19 IFA Shield tournament in its debut season.

FC Pune City wins Under-19 IFA Shield in its debut season

FC Pune City wins Under-19 IFA Shield in its debut season

A 3-0 win over home team and multiple time champions MohunBagan capped their glorious run in the century old tournament that concluded on Sunday. FC Pune City CEO Gaurav Modwel was ecstatic with his U-19 team’s triumph. “This team has been training together for a year now under the astute guidance of our Academy Head Coach Roger Lamesa. They have consistently performed across various tournaments they participated like I-League U-18 zonal qualifiers, national round, PDFA Super Division and the IFA Shield win is the ultimate culmination of the entire team’s focus and dedication.”

In order to ensure that they boys continue their development, they will form a core part of the Reserve team that will play in the I-League 2nd division. Our aim is to ensure that the teams trains throughout the year and plays 30-40 competitive matches during the year, said Mr. Modwel.

FC Pune City U-19 team was placed in Group B along with U-19 teams of Tata Football Academy, MohunBagan, Minerva Punjab. In their run to finals, FC Pune City U-19 team beat Tata Football Academy 1-0. MohunBagan 1-0, Minerva Punjab 3-1 before handing AIFF U-19 side 6-5 defeat in penalty shootout in the semifinal.

“This bunch is an amazing lot, the players stuck to the plans and the result is a glorious run to the IFA Shield. I won’t be surprised in the next few years if some of them break into the main team.” head coach Roger Lamesa said.

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