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= Guwahati City F.C = Guwahati City Football Club (GCFC) is a newly found Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam, India. The club was formed in 2017 by a group of young professionals in order to nurture local football talents and represent the state in India’s premier football leagues as well as tournaments. The club is owned by Sportscraft Management LLP, a registered limited liability partnership and already started it’s grassroots and youth development activities.

Background

Guwahati City FC began it’s journey with a hugely successful summer football camp in association with I-League club Shillong Lajong Football Club in July, 2017 where 163 young footballers from all over the country participated. This 10 days long camp was held in Guahati University Stadium, where players were trained by 6 AFC and AIFF licensed coaches.

Zubeen Garg played an Exhibition match with GCFC Camp XI, Zubeen Garg appreciated the Guwahati City FC’s initiative.

Guwahati City FC organized Assam’s first ever professional futsal competition ‘Guwahati Futsal Festival’ in September, 2017 where 44 teams across the North-East participated. The tournament had an U13 championship and total of 12 teams from the region competed.

Awards

Senior Category

Flamingo FC (Winner)

NEFIANS FC (Runners up)

Best Player: Ritwik Pathak (Flamingo FC)

Best goalkeeper: Rishof Ramdasow (Flamingo FC)

U 13 Category

Titaniaum FC (Winner)

Assam Rhino FC (Runners up)

Zubeen Garg with his ‘Mission China Comrades’ graced the closing ceremony and played a futsal match against GCFC management, where the popular artist scored twice to make the match a tight one. Eventually GCFC management won the match by the score line of 4-3. Actors Vivek, Sattyakee d’com Bhuyan, composer Ajay Phukan also participated in the exhibition match on behalf of Zubeen’s team. After the match Zubeen told media that he will work with GCFC to uplift Assam as well as Indian football in coming days and will take initiative with the club to find out and nurture local talents who can represent the country in near future

On December, 2017 Guwahati City FC announced that it will start a football academy in the city.