Corbett Football Club (previously known as Amenity Sports Academy Football Club) is an Indian professional
football
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club based in
Rudrapur,
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...
. The club currently competes in the
Uttarakhand Super League
The Uttarakhand Super League (USL) is a top state-level football league sanctioned by both the All India Football Federation and Uttarakhand State Football Association, that represents the sport in the state of Uttarakhand. The league is orga ...
, and has participated in both
2021
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and
2022–23 I-League 2 qualifiers.
History
Founded in 2013 as ''Amenity Sports Academy'' under Amenity Public School, the club was later functioning as
Odisha FC academy branch. Its
2021 I-League qualifiers entry has been rather controversial because state association didn't conduct that year's qualifying tournament, directly nominating the club instead.
They began their I-League Qualifiers journey with a 1–1 draw against
ARA FC on 5 October at the
Bangalore Football Stadium
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, eventually finishing group on 4th position.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Other departments
Football: youth men's
Corbett's youth men's team competes in the
Youth League. They took part in the group stages of
2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup
The 2022–23 Youth League, also known as 2022–23 Hero U-17 Youth Cup (for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp), was the thirteenth season of the Indian Youth League and the first season of the competition as an under-17 category.
The 2019� ...
. It's football academy gained an 'elite category' accreditation by the
All India Football Federation
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It is affiliated wit ...
in December 2023.
Futsal
The club operates futsal teams, and currently competing in the
AIFF Futsal Club Championship.
References
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Football clubs in Uttarakhand
I-League 2 clubs
Sports clubs and teams in India
Association football clubs established in 2013
2013 establishments in Uttarakhand