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Oil India

Full name	Oil India Football Club Duliajan
Short name	OIL, OILFC
Founded	1964; 60 years ago (1964)
Ground	Nehru Maidan
Capacity	10,000
Owner	Oil India
Head coach	Soibam Ekendra Singh
League	Guwahati Premier Football League
Home colours Away colours

Oil India Football Club, also known as Oil India Limited FC or simply Oil India FC, is an Indian institutional football club based in Duliajan, Assam. The club was founded by Oil India in 1964. It also participated in I-League 2nd Division, then second tier football tournament of Indian football league system, for three seasons.

Oil India FC was nominated by the Assam Football Association for 2021 I-League Qualifiers, but didn't make it to the final list approved by the AIFF. The club is a regular participant in the big tournaments of the state include Guwahati Premier Football League, Bordoloi Trophy, Independence Day Cup, ATPA Shield, and Bodousa Cup. It previously competed in the top division Assam State Premier League.

History

Oil India FC is sponsored by the public sector giant Oil India Ltd, as well as Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The club was set up in 1964 at Duliajan in upper Assam, although some administrative facilities are located in Dibrugarh. They took part in the first three editions of I-League 2nd Division. In 2010 edition, Oil India FC had progressed to final round but failed to qualify for the top tier. The club is considered to be one of the top teams from the North East India.

Stadium

Oil India FC plays its home matches at Nehru Maidan which is located in Duliajan. It has the capacity of 10,000 spectators and owned by Oil India Ltd itself.

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Arup Baruah 2 DF  IND Fwidan Borgayary 4 DF  IND Sishuram Chutia (Captain) 5 MF  IND Mandila Rongmei 6 DF  IND Kapil Boro 7 MF  IND Rahul Das 8 MF  IND Sagar Hang Limboo 9 FW  IND Aman Chetri 10 FW  IND Geremsha Basumatary 11 FW  IND Mintu Boro 13 MF  IND Sangson Saikia 14  IND Sunil Murmu

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  IND Akrang Narzary 18 FW  IND William Gangte 17 FW  IND Sirandeep Moran 21 GK  IND Nihal Das 24 DF  IND Tupu Brahma 25  IND Tulya Das 26 DF  IND Basudav Baruah 29  IND Deepjyoti Daimary 30 DF  IND Sudem Wary 31 GK  IND Abinash Mech

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Honours

This is a list of honours for the Oil India FC:

League

• Assam State Premier League
  • Champions (1): 2011–12
  • Runners-up (2): 2008–09, 2010–11
• Assam Club Championship
  • Champions (3): 2002, 2003, 2007
  • Runners-up (3): 1997, 2004, 2006

Cup

• Bordoloi Trophy
  • Winners (5): 1990, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2023
  • Runners-up (4): 1979, 2003, 2018, 2021
• ATPA Shield
  • Winners (8): 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Runners-up (3): 2000, 2007, 2022
• All India Independence Day Cup
  • Winners (8):1976, 1977, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2016, 2022, 2023
  • Runners-up (6):1979, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2008–09, 2013
• Bodousa Cup
  • Winners (4): 2010, 2015, 2020, 2023
  • Runners-up (1)
• Kalinga Cup
  • Winners (1): 2006
• Petroleum Sports Promotion Board Inter Unit football meet
  • Winners: 2006
• Amba Medhi Football Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2001
  • Runners-up (1): 2008
• Bodoland Martyrs Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2018
• Bodoland Gallants Gold Cup
  • Winners: 2017
• Swargadeo Sarbananda Singha Memorial Trophy
  • Winners: 2010, 2021
• Naroram Barman Memorial Trophy
  • Winners: 2018, 2022
• Sohanlal Dugar Shield
  • Winners (2): 1975, 1997
  • Runners-up (3): 2002, 2014, 2015

Others

• All-India Petroleum Sports Control Board Inter-unit Championship
  • Champions (3): 2001, 2006, 2007
  • Runners-up (4): 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
• All India Invitational Cup Golaghat
  • Runners-up (1): 2013

See also

• List of football clubs in Assam
• Assam Football Association
• ONGC FC

References

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Further reading

• "Jotin heads in HAL's points". bangaloremirror.com. Bengaluru: Bangalore Mirror. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2010.

External links

• Official site of Oil India Ltd.
• Oil India FC at Soccerway
• Oil India FC on Facebook
• Oil India FC at Global Sports Archive

• Association football clubs established in 1964
• Football clubs in Assam
• Dibrugarh district
• I-League clubs
• 1964 establishments in Assam
• Works association football clubs in India
• I-League 2 clubs