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NEROCA Football Club is an indian professional football club based in Imphal, Manipur, that competes in the I-League, first gear tier of indian football. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The golf club made its I-League second part debut in the 2015–16 season. [ 6 ] The club won the 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division and secured promotion to the I-League. [ 7 ] NEROCA is the alone cabaret from Northeast India to reach the final of the coveted Durand Cup. It besides competes in Manipur State League.
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history [edit ]
formation and early on years [edit ]
North Eastern Re-Organising Cultural Association [ 8 ] ( NEROCA ) [ 9 ] was established in 1965 [ 10 ] [ 11 ] with the hope of improving quality in the battlefield of cultural activities and sports in the indian submit of Manipur. It was registered under the Manipur State co-operative Society Registration Act bearing registration No. 1016 of 1972. NEROCA is a registered football golf club of Imphal East District Football Association and affiliated to All Manipur Football Association ( AMFA ). [ 12 ] NEROCA has participated in the Manipur State League ( MSL ), [ 13 ] [ 14 ] since its origin and finished second-placed in the MSL 2007. [ 15 ]
In the 9th season of Manipur State League ( 2014 ), NEROCA won the championship trophy. [ 16 ] With the aim of participating in the I-League 2nd Division from 2015–16. As per the norms of All India Football Federation ( AIFF ), the terminology of NEROCA was changed to NEROCA Football Club. NEROCA competed in the 2015–16 [ 17 ] and 2016–17 I-League 2nd Division seasons. [ 18 ] They emerged as champions of the 2016–17 season with 26 points in 10 matches from the Final Round. They qualified for the 2017–18 season of the I-League. [ 19 ] The biggest accomplishment of NEROCA is emerging as the runner-up in the 2017–18 I-League. [ 20 ] Under the coach of Gift Raikhan, [ 21 ] they finished crusade with 32 points from 18 matches. [ 22 ] In that temper, NEROCA brought Vector X as their official shirt patronize. [ 23 ] In the 2020–21 I-League, NEROCA finished penetrate of the Relegation Stage and got formally relegated, but were reinstated by AIFF after the viewing the situation of Covid-19 pandemic. [ 24 ] On 4 July 2021, NEROCA signed Khogen Singh as their head coach for the 2021–22 I-League season. [ 3 ]
Crest and colours [edit ]
The official semblance of NEROCA is orange and green. [ 25 ] In team crest, there is map of Manipur in background and an anchor of sailing boat in foreground .
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2015—2016 | Glory Sports | Classic Group of Hotels[26] |
| 2016—2017 | Bee Athletic | |
| 2017—2018 | Vector X[23] | |
| 2018—2019 | Sqad Gear | |
| 2019–2020 | Vicky Transform | Living 3D |
| 2020–2021 | Ambition Sportswear[27] | GMT[28] |
| 2021–present | Nivia Sports | Vintel Infracom Pvt. Ltd. |
stadium [edit ]
Khuman Lampak Stadium on a matchday Khuman Lampak Main Stadium in Imphal, Manipur, is used as the home ground of NEROCA Football Club for all their home matches in both the domestic and regional leagues. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] Opened in 1999, the stadium is owned by All Manipur Football Association and has a capacity of 35,285 spectators. Their first home match in the I-League was played on 15 December 2017 against Chennai City FC. [ 31 ]
hold and competition [edit ]
Supporters [edit ]
NEROCA had the 2nd highest median attendance for the 2018–19 I League season. In the 2017–18 temper, NEROCA had the highest attendance in the I-League .
Rivalries [edit ]
NEROCA have participated in the Imphal bowler hat with city rivals TRAU. [ 32 ] The two clubs are the only two from Imphal to have played professional league football. In the Northeast Derby ( I-League ), they have a competition with Mizoram -based baseball club Aizawl FC. [ 33 ]
Players [edit ]
- As of 9 August 2021
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On lend [edit ]
notice : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .
current technical staff [edit ]
team records [edit ]
- Key
- Tms. = Number of teams
- Pos. = Position in league
- Attendance/G = Average league attendance
overall records [edit ]
updated on 28 May 2017
| Season | Domestic | Asia | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | |||||||||||||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 16 | Not qualified | |||||
| 2016–17 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 7 | Not qualified | |||||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 13 | Not qualified | |||||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 26 | – | |||||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 20 | – | ||||||||||
peak scorer [edit ]
updated on 16 August 2021
Past and introduce internationals [edit ]
- The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for NEROCA FC.[34]
managerial records [edit ]
updated on 21 June 2020
Honours [edit ]
league [edit ]
cup [edit ]
References [edit ]
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