Indian association football club based in Bangalore
Football club
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited Sporting Club [ 1] HAL [ 2] [ 3] HASC )[ 4] [ 5] multi-sports club based inBangalore , best known for itsfootball team.[ 4] [ 6] Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).[ 7] Bangalore A Division and theBDFA Super Division .[ 8] [ 9]
As one of the top clubs fromKarnataka , they have also competed in theNational Football League till 2007,[ 10] I-League ,[ 11] [ 12] Indian football league system .[ 13]
The club was originally founded in 1950s, with having hockey, football and other sections. They were revived in 2006.[ 14] [ 15] [ 16] Bangalore Football Stadium as their home ground.[ 17] 2013–14 season , the club announced "temporary shutting down activities".[ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Formation and journey [ edit ] HAL SC players (in green) in action againstPrayag United during the2010–11 I-League Originally founded in the 1950s, the club later became affiliated withBangalore District Football Association (BDFA) in the 90s.[ 21] Stafford Challenge Cup title.[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] Bangalore A Division league,[ 25] [ 26] [ 27] BDFA Super Division titles in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005.[ 28] [ 29]
After finishing third in the NFL Second Division in 2006, HASC were promoted to the Premier Division.[ 30] Tata Football Academy who finished first in the standings were not able to form a professional team for the Premier Division. Therefore, HASC were promoted to the 11th NFL Premier Division along with runners upChurchill Brothers .
In 2010, the club emerged as the runners-up of the2010 I-League 2nd Division after the end of final round, hosted inBengaluru . With 16 points in 7 matches, HAL finished on 2nd asONGC FC clinched title.[ 31]
HASC qualified for2010–11 I-League season after finishing second in the2010 I-League 2nd Division .[ 32] Viva Kerala .[ 33] Dempo 4–2 to starve off relegation toI-League 2nd Division , withXavier Vijay Kumar scoring two goals.[ 34] [ 35] [ 36]
In the 2013–14 edition of the BDFA Super Division, HASC finished eighth among nine teams. This prompted the club to shut down their activities "temporarily" in December 2014. The coach H. Chnadrashekhar said, "We will not field a team temporarily (in the Cups and the league) and to that effect HASC's management had sent a letter to BDFA secretary ST Bhoopal."[ 18] [ 37]
In the 2023–24 season of BDFA Super Division League, HAL secured fourth-place finish.[ 38] [ 39]
Bangalore Football Stadium HASC used theBangalore Football Stadium [ 40] [ 41] [ 30] [ 42] [ 43] [ 44] artificial turf [ 45] [ 46] [ 47]
Club's training facilities are situated at the HAL Sports Club Ground in Bengaluru, which is used for selection trials of their youth teams, alongside state youth competitions.[ 48]
Ownership and finances [ edit ] The ownership of HASC has been fromHindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).[ 49] [ 35] [ 50]
The following HAL players have been capped atsenior/youth international level [ 51]
P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position F = Final Group = Group stage R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-finals R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3 R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 SF = Semi-finals
The club has its hockey team, that competed inBeighton Cup (one of the oldestfield hockey tournaments in the world). Then known asHindustan Aircraft , they lifted the trophy in 1951, and finished as runners-up in 1952.[ 77] [ 78]
Honours Academy and youth football [ edit ] Club's youth/academy team (colts) participated inI-League U19 .[ 80] [ 81]
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Football in Karnataka
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Jimmy Mulisa (2001–2002)[52]
Raja Baliev Nurlan (2001–2002)[53]
Philip Tarlue (2004)[51][55]
Rohit Chand (2010–2012)[51][56]
Aleksandar Šujdović (2011–2012)[57][58]
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