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| Full name | Jamshedpur Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Men of Steel[1] The Red Miners | ||
| Short name | JFC | ||
| Founded | 12 June 2017 | ||
| Ground | JRD Tata Sports Complex | ||
| Capacity | 24,500[2] | ||
| Owner | Tata Steel (Tata Group) | ||
| Chairman | Chanakya Chaudhary | ||
| Manager | Khalid Jamil | ||
| League | Indian Super League | ||
| 2023–24 | Indian Super League, 11th of 12 Playoffs: DNQ | ||
| Website | www | ||
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Jamshedpur Football Club (/ˈdʒæmʃɛdpʊər/, Hindi: [dʒəmˈʃeːdpʊr] ) is an Indian professional football club based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. Founded in 2017, the club debuted in the ISL during the 2017–18 season. It is the only club in the top flight to have self owned stadium and training facilities. The club is owned and managed by Tata Steel.
The club was established on 12 June 2017, when Tata Steel won the bidding rights for one of the two expansion slots in the ISL.[3] Former Kerala Blasters manager Steve Coppell was appointed as Jamshedpur's first manager.
The club made their ISL debut during 2017–18 season and missed a place in semi-finals narrowly and finished at 5th position, in the next season also saw they finishing at 5th. After a disappointing 2019-20 campaign the club appointed Owen Coyle as their new manager. Under Owen Jamshedpur FC won the ISL League Winners' Shield during 2021–22 season, their first trophy and becoming only the third club to win the League Winners' Shield after FC Goa and Mumbai City FC. Khalid Jamil is the club's current manager.
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- ^ "JRD Tata Sports Complex". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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