Zinc Football

Zinc Football, also known as Zinc Football Academy,[1] is an Indian professional football academy club based in Zawar, a mining town in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The club competes in R-League A Division, the top tier league of the state. The academy was formed in 2017 as part of Hindustan Zinc Limited major stake holder Vedanta Resources's CSR.[2] Zinc FA is the current champions of R-League, and was nominated for I-League Second Division.[3][4]

Zinc Football
Full nameZinc Football
Short nameZF
Founded2017 (2017)
GroundMohan Kumaramangalam Stadium
OwnerVedanta Resources
LeagueR-League A Division
2021Champions
WebsiteClub website

Players
As of 31 July 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  IND Sahil Poonia
—  IND Rajeshwar singh
—  IND Himanshu
—  IND Balakrishna Meena
—  IND Maneesh Meel
—  IND Lakshay Pratap singh
—  IND Atul Kumar Meena
— FW  IND Aman Khan
—  IND Ashish Malya
—  IND Subash
No. Pos. Nation Player
—  IND Jangminthang
—  IND Mohammad Riyaz
—  IND Sandeep Marandi
—  IND Mohammad Adnan

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are currently affiliated with Zinc FA

Honours

Domestic (league)

Cup
  • Elite Youth Cup Ahmedabad
    • Champions (1): 2022[6]

References
  1. Rohit Bhardwaj (14 December 2019). "Zinc Football Academy - Unearthing talent in the desert | Football News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. "The Vedanta Football, a great CSR initiative of Annanya Agarwal". India CSR Network. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. chundawat (29 July 2021). "Zinc Football Academy Wins Rajasthan State League 2021". Udaipur News | Udaipur Latest News | udaipur local news । Udaipur Updates. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  4. "ZINC FOOTBALL ACADEMY WINS RAJASTHAN STATE LEAGUE 2021 English_News :: pressnote.in". www.pressnote.in (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  5. Zinc FA official: partnership with Sesa Football Academy zincfootball.com. Retrieved 31 July 2021
  6. "Elite Youth Cup to kick-off in Ahmedabad on January 3 | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
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