Lakecity FC

Indian association football club based in Bhopal

Football club

Lakecity FC

Full name

Lakecity Football Club

Short name

LFC
LCFC

Founded

2022; 2 years ago (2022)

Ground

Jagran Lakecity University

Capacity

1,800

Owner

HMG Centre for Sports Excellence

Chairman

Abhishek Mohan Gupta

Head coach

Mangesh Desai

League

Madhya Pradesh Premier League
I-League 3

2023–24

MPPL, Champions

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

Lakecity Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The club currently competes in the Madhya Pradesh Premier League. They are the current champions of MPPL after winning the 2023–24 season, earning promotion to the I-League 3.^[1]

History

Lakecity Football Club was founded in 2022 by Jagran Lakecity University. In 2023, Lakecity was nominated by the Madhya Pradesh Football Association for the 2023–24 I-League 3 season as being the champions of the Madhya Pradesh Premier League. Lakecity finished 2nd in group A, thus failing to qualify for the playoffs.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2022—present	Nivia Sports	Jagran Lakecity University

Players

Current squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	IND	Rahul Yadav
—	GK	IND	Shiwang Hurmade
—	GK	IND	Hintendra Singh Thakur
—	DF	IND	Sunveer Singh Choudhary
—	DF	IND	Konjengbam Surendra Singh
—	DF	IND	Surchandra Meetei Yumnam
—	DF	IND	Shubham Dalvi
—	DF	IND	Atharva Basavraj Charki
—	DF	IND	Madhujya Madhab Bohra
—	DF	IND	Aman Solanki
—	DF	IND	Jenko Gadi
—	DF	IND	Daniel Muthu
—	DF	IND	Rahul Das
—	MF	IND	Ishan Sharma
—	MF	IND	Rohit Singh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	Moirangthem Berlin Singh
—	MF	IND	Aklanta Basumatary
—	MF	IND	Rajeev Singh Khaira
—	MF	IND	Khumanthem Paikhomba Meitei
—	MF	IND	Pallab Jyoti Das
—	MF	IND	Altamash Gohar Haque
—	MF	IND	Altamash Sayed
—	MF	IND	Suyash Kannojiya
—	MF	IND	Arun Kabrabam
—	MF	IND	Loken Meitei
—	MF	IND	Chirag Bhujel
—	FW	IND	Sudhakar Ranjan
—	FW	IND	Rahul K R
—	FW	IND	Affan Khan
—	FW	IND	Aayush Kumar
—	FW	IND	Manash Sarkar

Personnel

Position	Name
Chairman	Abhishek Mohan Gupta
Head coach	Mangesh Desai
Assistant coach	Raj Hans
Team manager	Aman Solanki
Physio	Roopesh Gurjar
Operational officer	Sourabh Velvanshi

Honours

League

Madhya Pradesh Premier League
- Champions (1): 2022–23
- Champions (1): 2023-24
Bhopal League
- Champions (1): 2022
- Runners up (1): 2023
U19 DFA Bhopal League
- Champions (1): 2024

References

^ Pioneer, The. "Lakecity Football Club wins Bhopal League". The Pioneer. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ Sarath (22 December 2023). "Lake City FC: Bringing Football Fever to Bhopal". Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ "Points Table | I-League". Retrieved 27 December 2023.
^ "Jagran Lakecity University announces launch of Central India's Groundbreaking Football Talent Development Programme". www.aninews.in.
^ "Jagran Lakecity University announces launch of Central India's Groundbreaking Football Talent Development Programme". www.business-standard.com.