Former Indian professional association football club
Not to be confused with FC Pune City.
Football club
Pune
Full name
Pune Football Club
Nickname(s)
Red Lizards
Short name
PFC
Founded
21 July 2007; 16 years ago (2007-07-21)
Dissolved
2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Ground
Balewadi Stadium Pune, Maharashtra
Capacity
10,900
Owner
Ashok Piramal Group
Website
Club website
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Pune Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Pune, Maharashtra.[1][2][3] The club competed in I-League,[4][5][6] then top flight of Indian football league system.[7][8] The club was one of the most professional clubs in Indian football history, known mainly for their focus on fanfare, professional playing set-up, and focus on youth development.[9][10] Pune was owned by Ashok Piramal Group.[11]
Founded in 2007,[12] the club managed to gain promotion to the I-League in 2009.[13] In their first season in the I-League, the club managed to finish in a very surprising third place[14] before having their best ever season during the 2012–13 season in which they finished in second place.[14]
Pune formerly participated in Chennai Football League.[15] The club used to have a rivalry with fellow Maharashtra club Mumbai FC, with whom it contested the "Maha derby".[16] The club was nicknamed "red lizards".[3][17][18] They pulled out of I-League earlier 2015–16 season.[19][20][21] The main club shut down its operations while Pune F.C. Academy was acquired by ISL club, FC Pune City.[22] It was dissolved in 2016.[23]
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^"Mumbai FC, Pune FC ready for 'Maha derby'". Western India Football Association. 9 February 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
^Srivastava, Ayush. "Pune FC 1–0 Pailan Arrows: The Red Lizards edge past the toothless Kolkatan outfit". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^Bera, Kaustav (24 May 2015). "Shillong Lajong FC 0–1 Pune FC: An early Ralte strike wins it for the Red Lizards". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^"Pune FC likely to shut first team operations, Bharat FC's future up in the air". goal.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^"Indian Super League – Luciano Sobrosa: 'Pune FC's closure is one step back for I-League and Indian football'". goal.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^"OFFICIAL: Salgaocar and Sporting Clube De Goa pull out of I-League 2016–17". goal.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^"FC Pune City takes over Pune FC's academy and outlines its plans for Football development". Indian Super League. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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