ONGC FC

ONGC
Full nameOil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club
Nickname(s)The Oilmen
Short nameONGC, ONGCFC
Founded1990s (as Oil & Natural Gas Commission)
2006; 18 years ago (2006) (as ONGC FC)
GroundCooperage Ground
Capacity5,000
OwnerONGC
ChairmanVivek Bhowmik
Head coachDharmesh Patel
LeagueMDFA Elite League
WebsiteClub website

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club (known simply as ONGC FC)[1][2][3][4] was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai.[5][6][7][8] The club was an institutional arm of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), and part of its multi-sports club.[9][10]

Nicknamed "The Oilmen", they competed in both the domestic top tiers National Football League, and I-League,[11][12] alongside the regional competition named MDFA Elite League.[13][14][15][16] The club also operated a non-professional football section that participates in regional corporate tournaments, including All-India Public Sector League.[17]

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  4. ^ "ONGC FC 3–1 Dempo SC: Subrata Bhattacharya's side end reigning champion's unbeaten run". Goal.com. 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Jotin heads in HAL's points". bangaloremirror.com. Bengaluru: Bangalore Mirror. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
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  7. ^ "Air India strikes six to defeat ONGC". DNA India. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  8. ^ Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Football Club. Archived 16 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  9. ^ Somnath Sengupta (15 February 2011). "Institutional Sides In Indian Football: The Story Of ONGC FC, Air India FC And HAL SC". www.thehardtackle.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  10. ^ Dias, Anil (8 December 2021). "Kenkre FC's I-League dreams: 21 years in the making". freepressjournal.in. Mumbai: The Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  11. ^ "ONGC VS. PRAYAG UNITED 2 – 2". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  12. ^ ONGC Football Club profile. Archived 26 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  13. ^ Sawant, Yash (17 November 2010). "Air India beats ONGC 1–0". DNA India. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Eduardo goal saves Sporting". Deccan Herald. 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. ^ "MFA announce teams for Super Division". Football Counter. 4 November 2021. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  16. ^ Shetty, Chittu (4 November 2021). "MFA announce teams for Super Division". Football Counter. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference Departments' League was invoked but never defined (see the help page).