Two titles later,PFC Academy bids farewell to first batch

Meanwhile,five players have been retained for the next batch.

PFCA’s first batch had the distinction of making Indian footballing history by winning the newly-formulated Under-20 I-League twice in a row. The first title at Kalyani (2011-12),in fact,was in PFCA’s maiden year,while the second at Jamshedpur (2012-13) seemed to reinforce the credibility of the Pune FC academy programme.

Apart from wining India’s premier youth title,PFCA time and again remained a regular supply-line in players going on to support district,state and National teams in their respective campaigns.

Each of the 20 cadets were awarded a ‘Certificate of Excellence’ during the convocation.