Hindustan Aeronautics Limited S.C.

HAL
Full name Hindustan Aeronatics Limited Sporting Club
Founded 2006 (Revived);
Originally founded in the 1940s
Ground Bangalore Football Stadium
Ground Capacity 15,000
Owner Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Manager Ramalingam Thyagraj
League Bangalore Super Division
2011–12 I-League, 14th
(relegated)

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Sporting Club is an institutional Indian football club from Bangalore and named after the company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. They currently play in the Bangalore Super Division. They are one of the top clubs from Bangalore, and have previously played in the Premier Division.[1]

History

2006–2010

After finishing third in the NFL Second Division in 2006, HAL S.C. were promoted to the Premier Division. Although only the top two teams from the Second Division gain promotion but Tata Football Academy who finished first in the standings were not able to form a professional team for the Premier Division. Therefore, HAL S.C. were promoted to the 11th NFL Premier Division along with runners up Churchill Brothers S.C.

2010–present

HAL SC qualified for 2010–11 I-League season after finishing second in the 2010 I-League 2nd Division. They were the second South Indian team in I-League after Viva Kerala.[2] In the last match of the season they defeated defending champions Dempo S.C. 4–2 to starve off relegation to I-League 2nd Division, with Xavier Vijay Kumar scoring two goals.

Crest

The HAL SC crest is different from the crest that the company that owns them, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, uses. For instance the Hindustan Company logo has a picture of the earth with a plane going around and has the word HAL written as well as the Hindi way of writing HAL while the Sports Club HAL SC just has a crest with the word HAL in green letters.

Stadium

HAL S.C. have been using the Bangalore Football Stadium since there beginning in 2006.[3]

Ownership and finances

The ownership of HAL SC is from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The company HAL were originally not so influential when running the club at first, as shown from their poor record before the 2010 I-League 2nd Division season in which the club achieved promotion. After promotion the company began doing a little more in the club. The first thing they did, and are still doing, is making the club a professional one by filling out the AFC Club Criteria.

Players

As of 26 December 2013[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
India GK Amar Deb
India GK Sunder Raj Rajan
India DF B Karthik
India DF B Prakash
India DF D Raja
India DF Ramesh
India DF Satish Kumar
India DF Y Jaikumar
India MF J Karthigeyan
India MF Magesh Babu
No. Position Player
India MF Mahendra Mani
India MF Papiah Jagadish
India MF Prakash Koley
India MF Rajendra Prasad
Nigeria FW Emmanuel
Nigeria FW Jagaba Hamza
India FW Nirmal Kumar
India FW R. C. Prakash
India FW Stephen
India FW Vinoth Kumar

Honours

Domestic

Runners-up: 2010

References

  1. ↑ http://the-aiff.com/pages/club/index.php?ClubDetail=151
  2. ↑ "I-League Second Division: HAL Go Through To I-League While Vasco Finish Third". Goal.com. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Bangalore, 31 July, DHNS (31 July 2011). "HASC end campaign with a win". Deccanherald.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Chaudhari, Arunava. "Indian Football: Transfer Season 2013–14 – Version 8". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
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