Premier Futsal- Know your Team, Players, Venues, and Fixtures

Bhartendu Sharma
@Bhartendulkar
 New Delhi, 14/7/2016- Premier Futsal, world’s first multinational Futsal tournament is all set to kick off from tomorrow. With the likes of star studded marquee players like Ronaldinho, Ryan Giggs and many more, this tournament is going to bring a great revolution in the game of Futsal not only in India but across the globe.

Let’s have a look at the entire fixture of the Premier Futsal and it venue.

There are six teams which are equally divided into two groups –

Groups

Group- A	Group- B
Chennai	Goa
Mumbai	Kolkata
Kochi	Bangalore

 

Fixtures

Date	Match 1	Match 2	Venue
15th July, 2016	Chennai vs Mumbai	Goa vs Kolkata	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
16th July, 2016	Mumbai vs Kochi	Kolkata vs Bangalore	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
17th July, 2016	Kochi vs Chennai	Bangalore vs Goa	Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
18th July, 2016	Rest/Travel
19th July, 2016	Kolkata vs Goa	Mumbai vs Chennai	Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa
20th July, 2016	Bangalore vs Kolkata	Kochi vs Mumbai	Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa
21st July, 2016	Goa vs Bangalore	Chennai vs Kochi	Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa
22nd July, 2016	Rest/Travel
23rd July, 2016	Group A Winner vs Group B Runner-up	Group B Winner vs Group A Runner-up	Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa
24th July, 2016	Closing ceremony	Final	Peddem Sports Complex, Mapusa, Goa

Premier Futsal – Team Sheets

Chennai 5s
Team Owner	The Hindu
Team Coach	Ney Pereira
Player	Category
Falcao	Marquee Player
Espindola (GK)	Futsal Player
Vampeta	Futsal Player
Pula	Futsal Player
Hemni	Futsal Player
Manel Rion	Futsal Player
Sean	Futsal Player
Faraz Abdul Azzez	Indian Player
Yash	Indian Player
Younus Pasha	Indian Player
Rohit Suresh (GK)	Indian Player
Anupam	Indian Player

 

Mumbai 5s
Team Owner	DC Design
Team Coach	Felice Mastropierro
Player	Category
Ryan Giggs	Marquee Player
Luis Amado (GK)	Futsal Player
Foglia	Futsal Player
Angellot	Futsal Player
Kevin	Futsal Player
Federico Perez	Futsal Player
Pablo	Futsal Player
Sai Nikhil	Indian Player
Jo Paul Bence (GK)	Indian Player
Mohammed Ahtesham Ali	Indian Player
Shubham Mane	Indian Player
Chanpreet	Indian Player

Kolkata 5s
Team Owner	Grassroot Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Team Coach	Christian Roldan
Player	Category
Hernán Crespo	Marquee Player
Cidao (GK)	Futsal Player
Saad	Futsal Player
Gabriel	Futsal Player
Cirilo	Futsal Player
Majdoub	Futsal Player
Dida	Futsal Player
Mohammed Islam	Indian Player
Amit Pal (GK)	Indian Player
Subrata Dey	Indian Player
Pradeep Shaw	Indian Player
Akshay Nair	Indian Player

Bengaluru 5s
Team Owner	Puneeth Rajkumar
Team Coach	Juan Jose Bernal Cierre
Player	Category
Paul Scholes	Marquee Player
Elias (GK)	Futsal Player
Romulo	Futsal Player
Maxi	Futsal Player
Nabil	Futsal Player
Anatoliy	Futsal Player
Easy Man	Futsal Player
Zaib	Indian Player
Anto Rushith S	Indian Player
Jonathan	Indian Player
Abhishek R (GK)	Indian Player
Sathya Kumar	Indian Player

Kochi 5s
Team Owner	E S Entertainment
Team Coach	Sergio Sapo
Player	Category
Salgado	Marquee Player
Casalone (GK)	Futsal Player
Neto	Futsal Player
Chaguinha	Futsal Player
Deives Moraes	Futsal Player
Gekabert	Futsal Player
Emil	Futsal Player
Muhammed Ameer	Indian Player
Basil	Indian Player
Yashwant Kumar (GK)	Indian Player
Ansh	Indian Player
Stalin Daniel	Indian Player

Goa 5s
Team Owner	Viiking Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Team Coach	Octavio Gomes De Oliveira Junior
Player	Category
Ronaldinho	Marquee Player
Bebe (GK)	Futsal Player
Camilo	Futsal Player
Vander Carioca	Futsal Player
Burrito	Futsal Player
Georgievsky	Futsal Player
Adonias	Futsal Player
Michael Silva	Indian Player
Fredsan Marshall	Indian Player
Caitano	Indian Player
Vatsal (GK)	Indian Player
Praveendran	Indian Player

Puneeth Rajkumar bags Bengaluru franchise of Premier Futsal

Press Release

New Delhi, July 12, 2016:  Kannada cinema’s poster boy Puneeth Rajkumar has signed a long-term agreement with Premier Futsal to acquire the Bengaluru franchise of Premier Futsal.

Premier Futsal is a private and semi-professional Futsal league promoted by Mr. Xavier Britto of Indev Group. The league will be hosted from July 15 – 26 2016 to create awareness of Futsal as a sport in India. Premier Futsal will make India the first country in the world to host a multi-national All-Star Futsal tournament that brings the legends of football and futsal together.

 The agreement, for an undisclosed sum, makes Bengaluru the third franchise to be sold after the youngest son of Rajkumar, Kannada cinema’s most decorated actor picked up the Bengaluru 5’s franchise.

The multi-talented Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar said, “Bengaluru is consuming new sports with much curiosity. A fast paced sport like Futsal is certain to catch the imagination of the youth in Bengaluru. It is an honour to be a part of something that is happening for the first time in our country and I am certain the people from Bengaluru will come forth and support our venture to lead the Bengaluru franchise of Premier Futsal.”

 The Bengaluru franchise will be known as “Bengaluru 5s”, similar to how the all the teams will be named in the inaugural season. The franchise-owners will then be allowed to rebrand their respective teams from the second season onward.

Premier Futsal Managing Director, Dinesh Raj said, “We are delighted to announce one of Kannada cinema’s most decorated families picking up our Bengaluru franchise. It is a great opportunity for us to introduce a new sport to Karnataka. The response we have received from prospective owners across all cities validates our decision to get behind Futsal as sport. We will unveil owners of the other franchises tomorrow, July 12.”

Bhartendu Sharma

@Bhartendulkar