Four years since being established in 2016, Ahmedabad Racquets Academy FC have gone on to become a household name in Gujarat football. For ...
Four years since being established in 2016, Ahmedabad Racquets Academy FC have gone on to become a household name in Gujarat football. For a football team, the club name might come across as peculiar but the Ahmedabad-based side have managed to reach uncharted territory.
In 2018, ARA FC created history by becoming the first club from Gujarat to feature in the second division of the I-League. At the youth level, they boast of being one of the fastest-growing academies and are already making a mark in the state league besides competing in the national Sub-Junior League and the Elite League.
Although the second division I-League may be on hold at the moment owing to the coronavirus pandemic, ARA FC is edging closer towards their dream of reaching the I-League. The Ahmedabad-based club are toppers in their group and remain on the cusp of reaching the final qualifiers round. A victory there would seal their promotion to the I-League just a year after they entered the second division.
“People from Gujarat now call it their team and the support is growing,” Technical Director-cum-coach Vivek Nagul told Scroll.in.
“But they definitely want us to change the name someday,” he quipped.
Going by the name, ARA is professional multi-sports academy...
