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| Full name | Sreenidi Deccan Football Club[1] | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Deccan Warriors | |||
| Short name | SDFC | |||
| Founded | 1 January 2015 (as Sreenidhi FC) | |||
| Ground | Deccan Arena | |||
| Capacity | 1,500 | |||
| Owner | Sreenidhi Group | |||
| Head coach | Rui Amorim | |||
| League | I-League | |||
| 2023–24 | I-League, 2nd of 13 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Sreenidi Deccan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Hyderabad, Telangana.[2][3][4] It was established on 1 January 2015 as a football academy in Hyderabad, and later was launched from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 2021.[5] The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system.[6][7][8]
On 5 June 2020, All India Football Federation (AIFF) issued an invitation to accept bids for new clubs to join the I-League[9] and on 12 August, Sreenidi Deccan FC was granted playing rights directly in 2021–22 I-League.[10][11][12]
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- ^ "Sreenidi Deccan Football Club". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Tarafdar, Veronica (30 March 2023). "In the last matchday of the I-League season, teams compete for improved Super Cup qualifying ranking". footballexpress.in. Football Express India. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Hero I-League's latest entrants Sreenidi Deccan Football Club launched in Visakhapatnam". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Modak, Sourav (26 December 2021). "I-League: New-look NEROCA FC ready to change the script this season". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Jaison, Anson (29 December 2021). "I-League: Sreenidi Deccan FC signs Lebanese defender Hamza Kheir". halfwayfootball.com. Halfway Football. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ T, Veronica (16 March 2023). "Roundglass Punjab FC: The first I-League side to be promoted to the Indian Super League". footballexpress.in. Football Express. Archived from the original on 16 March 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "AIFF invites bids for new clubs to join Hero I-League 2020 onwards". the-aiff.com. All India Football Federation. 5 June 2020. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Sudeva and Sreenidhi granted playing rights in Hero I-League from 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Sreenidhi Football Club". the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Sudeva FC wins bid for direct entry into the I-League - All you need to know | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2020.