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| Full name | Rajasthan United Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Desert Warriors[1] | |||
| Short name | RUFC | |||
| Founded | 2018 (as Jaipur Engineering College and Research Centre CF) | |||
| Ground | Vidhyadhar Nagar Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 3,000 | |||
| Owner | Vertak Group[2] | |||
| Head coach | Walter Caprile | |||
| League | I-League | |||
| 2023–24 | I-League, 11th of 13 | |||
| Website | https://rajasthanunitedfc.in/ | |||
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Rajasthan United Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Founded in 2018 as JECRC CF, the academy team participated in inaugural edition of R-League A Division in 2019, and clinched the title. In 2020, JECRC CF was rebranded as Rajasthan United.[3] The club is currently competing in the I-League, the second tier of Indian football league system.[4]
Rajasthan United won the 2021 I-League Qualifiers and thus became the first ever club from the state to qualify for the I-League.[5][6]
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