Jamshedpur Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. The club will compete as a member of the Indian Super League, one of the top leagues of Indian football, starting with the 2017–18 season. The club was established on 12 May 2017 when Tata Steel won the bidding rights for one of two expansion spots in the Indian Super League.
On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[2] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru FC (for Bengaluru) and Tata Steel (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.[3]
After winning the expansion bid to enter the Indian Super League, Tata announced on 14 July 2017 that the inaugural head coach for the Jamshedpur franchise would be Steve Coppell.[4] Coppell, the previous ISL season, had lead the Kerala Blasters to the league final.[5] Nine days later, on 23 July, before the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft, the team's official name and logo were revealed. The club was officially named Jamshedpur FC.[6] During the players draft, due to being a brand new club, Jamshedpur FC had the very first pick. India international Anas Edathodika was the first draft pick selected by the club and thus the first player in Jamshedpur FC history.[7]
Steve Coppell
Ishfaq Ahmed
