TRAU F.C.


Aciesta Tiddim Road Athletic Union Football Club is an Indian professional association football club based in Imphal, Manipur, India. The club made its I-League 2nd Division debut in the 2017–18 season. It was promoted to the I-League in the 2018–19 season, after winning the 2nd Division.

History

TRAU, which was instituted on October 2, 1954, has been a pioneering organisation in the field of Sports and other activities and have lifted the title of CC Meet, State League of Manipur, six times and finished runners up nine times. TRAU was runners up in 1998 Bordoloi Trophy, losing 10–1 to Narbakhar FC, club from Uzbekistan in the final. On 8 May 2018 they qualified for final round in I-League 2nd Division in their debut season.
In 2018–19 season they won I-League 2nd division, their first ever professional league trophy, and gain the promotion to I-League.
On 25 August 2019 TRAU announced Aciesta Sports Alliance Private Limited as its title sponsor. The deal with Aciesta will help the Manipur-based team finance its first-team and development activities and further expand its presence in the top tier of Indian football.
Prior to the announcement, TRAU FC signed an agreement with SportiFan Ventures Limited, a sports business management firm based in the United Kingdom, which played a pivotal role in the negotiation process for the aforementioned deal.

Stadium

, Imphal, Manipur is used as the home ground of TRAU.

Fans

A club recognised Imphal fan club by the name Green Bridge has been in support since 2017. The Khuman Lampak Main Stadium has seen an average attendance of 35,000.
The players and the coach have often acknowledged the fans' support in the success and called them The 12th Man.

Rivalry

NEROCA have participated in the Imphal derby with city rivals TRAU.
The two clubs are the only two from Imphal to have played professional league football.

Senior team squad

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Current technical staff

PositionName
Head Coach L.Nandakumar Singh
Technical Director
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach KH Surmani
Goalkeeping Coach Siddiqui Abdul Aziz
Assistant Manager Bigyanjit Huidrom

Team records

Record

Names in bold indicate players who had international appearances for their countries while playing for TRAU.
India
Asia
North America
Africa
updated on 16 February 2020
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
L Nandakumar Singh20172019
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Dimitris Dimitriou20192019
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Douglas Silva20192019
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L Nandakumar Singh20192020
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Dimitris Dimitriou20202020
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L. Ibomcha Singh20202020
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Top scorer

updated on 30 May 2018
SeasonPlayerGoals
2017–18 Princewill Emeka7

Honours

National

Leagues