Chetak FC

For other uses, see Chetak (disambiguation).

Chetak

Full name	Chetak Football Club
Founded	1988
Ground	Fergusson College
Manager	Dhananjay Paranjape
League	PDFA Super league
Current season

Chetak FC is a super division football club in Pune. It was founded in 1988.

The club's training ground is the Fergusson college football ground. Chetak recently won the "Vahutak" football championship held in August 2007, beating Sangam Football Club, Fatima Football Club and City Club to win the tournament. They organise the EFA (Ex-Fergussonians' Association) Cup every year.

One of the most consistent and old clubs in Pune, Chetak is known for its free flowing football. Chetak is currently ranked third in the P.D.F.A. after finishing third in the recently concluded Peninsula Land Pune Football League for super division teams. Chetak has been through highs and lows during its 20 years journey.

Currently Chetak practices on the Fergusson College Ground in Pune. The practice and the club management is mainly handled by Mangesh Shinde.

Chetak has a long tradition of nurturing and developing young talent and has produce arguably some the best players to grace the P.D.F.A. Many of these players have also represented Pune district and Maharashtra with a few having played for NFL teams.

History

Chetak (2002-03)

The club was founded in 1988 by some football enthusiasts, who used to play regularly at the Fergusson College grounds. Chetak FC were promoted to the Senior division in the 1994-95 season and currently play in the super division. They managed to end as runners-up in the 1995-96 PDFA senior division league. The chetak squad at that time consisted of notable players like Mangesh Kadam, Rahul Chavan, Siddarth Jamdar, Altaf Sayyed and Chetan Chavan.

Honours

• Vahatuk Chashak titles: 2
  • Winners in: 2007-2008, 2004–2005
• President's Cup (Ahmednagar) titles: 2
  • Winners in: 2007-2008, 2010-2011
• Dehuroad titles: 1
  • Winners in: 2005-2006
• Night Tournament (Nigdi) titles: 1
  • Winners in: 2002-2003
• Guru Teg Bahadur Football Tournament titles: 1
  • Winners in: 2009-2010

Players

Chetak (October 2009)

Chetak

Current squad

As of 25 October 2009.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Ashish Chakke 2 DF Gavrau Jadhav 3 DF Aniket Wagle 4 DF Tushar Modak 5 DF Shreyans Dasgupta 7 MF Kartik Mandrekar 8 MF Mangesh Shinde 9 MF Kabir Mandrekar 10 FW Manavendra Mishra 11 FW Sanal Chaudhary 12 MF Aditya Bhaskaran 13 MF Ashwin Waichal

No. Position Player 14 FW Ruturaj Thakkar 15 MF Ashwin Bhandari 16 DF Mahendra Jadhav 17 DF Sreejeet 18 DF Aniruddha Kale 19 DF Gaurav Ponappa 20 MF Rajesh Kakade 21 MF Kiran Shivalkar 22 MF Kushal Kulkarni 23 MF Danish Boyce 24 MF Kaushik Waichal 25 FW Rohan Pawar

Non-playing staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Dhananjay Pananjape

Last updated: 24 April 2009
Source:^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Official Club site
• PDFA league: Chetak flatten Poona Chest Hospital
• Chetak beats Parshuramians
• Rohan powers Chetak
• Chetak enter quarterfinals
• Pawar, Varun see Chetak ‘A’ into final
• Chetak come back in style
• Yadav goal sees Chetak through
• RHYB, Chetak in last 4
• Chetak belt Knights
• Thapa, Vaichal shine
• Chetak beat Sangam

See also

• List of football clubs in India