Full name | Football Club Green Valley[1] | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Greens | ||
Short name | FCGV | ||
Founded | 2010 | ||
Ground | Nehru Stadium | ||
Capacity | 15,000 | ||
Owner | FC Green Valley Ltd. | ||
Chairman | Pulak Goswami[2] | ||
League | GSA A Division Football League | ||
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Green Valley Football Club (simply known as FC Green Valley) is an Indian professional football club based in Guwahati, Assam. Formed in 2010, the club went straight into professional football and got accepted into the I-League 2, the third tier of Indian football league system.[3] It currently competes in the GSA A Division Football League.[4] Previously it had participated in the top division Assam State Premier League.[5]
Green Valley Football Club was founded in 2010 in Assam. In January 2012 they were officially certified by the All India Football Federation to participate in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of football in India.[3] The finished 4th out of 7 teams in the group stage.[6] [7]
They have also participated in 2013 I-League 2nd Division, finishing 8th out of 9 teams in group B.[8]
FC Green Valley plays all its home matches at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati, which has a capacity of 15,000 spectators.