JAMSHEDPUR FOOTBALL AND SPORTING PRIVATE LIMITED
JAMSHEDPUR FOOTBALL AND SPORTING PRIVATE LIMITED Tata Steel successfully bid for the Jamshedpur franchise in 2017 to have its own football club participate in the coveted Indian Super League (ISL). The steel giant, which has been a pioneer in the development of sports in India, won the bid with Jamshedpur as the host city and participated in the ISL by the name Jamshedpur Football Club. The club play their home matches at the iconic JRD Tata Sports Complex also fondly known as ‘The Furnace’ which has the highest average attendance for the ISL matches since the formation of the club (over 20,000). Under JRD Tata’s stewardship Tata Steel introduced world class football to India through the famous Super Soccer series. Some of the top clubs of Europe and South America played against India’s best. Tata Football Academy, in fact, was established while J.R.D. Tata was the Company's Chairman and became a reality with his active support. A keen and skillful sportsman himself