# Rajasthan Perfect FC

Rajasthan Perfect Football Club (formerly as AU Rajasthan Football Club), is an Indian professional football club based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that competes in the R-League A Division, and previously participated in the I-League 2nd Division. Founded in 2018, the club first competed professionally when they were part of the 2019–20 season of I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system.

## History

AU Rajasthan FC is the first premier professional football club and academy based out of Jaipur. The club was founded in the year of 2018 and comes under the banner of Spordy Ventures Private Limited. In its first year of inception, the club has managed to qualify for the Hero Youth leagues and also win the first-ever Rajasthan Women's League. The club aims to provide a pathway of progressive growth from the grassroots level to competing at the highest professional level.
The club is in collaboration with Palamós CF, one of the oldest clubs in Spain, founded in 1898, and its academy Perfect Football is the technical partner of AU Rajasthan FC. The club plans to train players with use of global training methodology in partnership with Perfect Football. AU Rajasthan is the first club from Rajasthan to play in I-League 2nd Division. Rajasthan FC organised Christmas Cup 2020 in Purnima University and Heritage Cup in February 2021, which was won by ARA FC.
AU Rajasthan participated in the inaugural Rajasthan State Men's League 2019 and finished as runners-up with 15 points from 7 matches, behind champion Rajasthan United.
AU Rajasthan FC has launched a premier football residential academy in Jaipur, in collaboration with Poornima University. The club handpicked players from all the major cities of India through trials.
Rajasthan FC rebranded themselves as Rajasthan Perfect FC ahead of R-League A Division 2021.

## Stadiums

AU Rajasthan used the Maharaja Umaid Singh Stadium in Jodhpur as their home stadium for I-League 2nd Division of 2019–20 season matches. They played at the University Sports Complex during the inaugural season of R-League A Division.

## Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2019—2020 | AIO Sports | AU Small Finance Bank |
| 2021—present | AIO Sports | Perfect Football |

## Personnel

Current technical staff (as of 20 January 2020) :
| Position | Name |
| Team manager | Mangesh Shreekant Desai |
| Technical director | Gurpratap Singh |
| Head coach | Praveen Kumar |
| Assistant coach | Nitish Dimri |
| Physio | Mohammed Shahid |

## Players
### 2022 squad

    As of 5 April 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Nitin Meel |
| 2 | DF | IND | Abhyuday Motwani |
| 3 | DF | IND | Tushar Negi |
| 4 | DF | IND | Aravind Sharma |
| 5 | DF | IND | Spandan Sharma |
| 6 | MF | IND | Pranendra Singh Thakur |
| 7 | MF | IND | Kamran Panwar |
| 8 | MF | IND | Shiv Pratap Singh Ranawat |
| 9 | FW | IND | Ishaan Sahi |
| 10 | MF | IND | Bhupendru Singh Meena |
| 11 | MF | IND | Utkrsh Koushik |
| 15 | DF | IND | Shorayav Bhardwaj |
| 17 | DF | IND | Prashant Narayan Choudhary |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | IND | Robot Atkan |
| 19 | MF | IND | Ashen Henna Metel |
| 20 | MF | IND | Martand Raina |
| 21 | MF | IND | DM Rakeveiche |
| 22 | DF | IND | Prateek Choudhary |
| 23 | MF | IND | Mumtaz Akhtar |
| 24 | MF | IND | Deepak Sai Thukral |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Eliel da Cruz Guardiano |
| 26 | DF | IND | Prithu Sharma |
| 27 | MF | IND | Rudra Pratap Singh Bist |
| 45 | FW | IND | Rahul Sharma |
| 46 | FW | BRA | Pedro Augusto Araujo Pinheiro |
| 99 | GK | IND | Maninder Singh |

## Team record

| Season | Div. | Tms. | Pos. | Attendance/G | Federation Cup/Super Cup | AFC Champions League | AFC Cup |
| 2019–20 | IL2 | 18 | Group stage | – | DNP | DNP | DNP |

### Key

* Tms. = Number of teams
* Pos. = Position in league
* Attendance/G = Average league attendance

### Head coaching record

updated on 20 July 2020
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% |
| Mangesh Shreekant Desai | India | 2020 | | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 016.67 |

## Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are currently affiliated with AU Rajasthan FC:
* Palamós CF (2018–present)