Jamshedpur FC Reserves and Academy

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| founded = {{start date and age|2018|3|10}}

| ground = JRD Tata Sports Complex

| capacity = 24,424

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| owner = Tata Steel

| chrtitle = Chairman

| chairman = Chanakya Choudhuri

| mgrtitle = Head coach

| manager = Steven Dias

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Jamshedpur Football Club Reserves and Academy are the reserve side and youth tier setup of Indian Super League side Jamshedpur. Based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, the side was founded on 10 March 2018 and participated in I-League 2nd Division, the second division of Indian football. Jamshedpur also has academy teams of various age groups which operate under the Tata Football Academy and participate in the Elite League.

History

On 20 February 2018, it was announced by the All India Football Federation, the organizing body for Indian football, that Jamshedpur, along with six other Indian Super League sides, would field a reserve team in the I-League 2nd Division, India's second division football league.{{cite news|title=Eighteen Teams Will Contest In Second Division League 2017-18|url=http://i-league.org/interviews-and-features/eighteen-teams-will-contest-in-second-division-league-2017-18/|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=I-League|date=20 February 2018}} The reserve side squad and coaches were then unveiled a few weeks later, on 10 March 2018. Hilal Rasool Parray was confirmed as the reserve side's first head coach.{{cite news|title=5 JSA Premier Division players included in JFC reserve team|url=https://www.avenuemail.in/jamshedpur/5-jsa-premier-division-players-included-in-jfc-reserve-team/117910/|accessdate=11 March 2018|work=Avenue Mail|date=10 March 2018}} It was also stated that the squad would be composed of players from the Tata Football Academy and five players selected from trials who had played in the local football league, the JSA Premier Division. On 18 May, the Men of Steel announced that they have been granted ICLS Premier 1 license by the All India Football Federation — the governing body of association football in India.{{Cite web |title=Club Licensing Premier 1 results announced |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/club-licensing-premier-1-results-announced |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}

Statistics and records

=Season-by-season=

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