Sudeva FC ties up with VFB Stuttgart; waits for a court order to play in the Second Division I-League
Sudeep Pakrashi Sudeva Delhi has developed a two-year tie-up with German football’s one of the prominent clubs Vfb Stuttgart. After the signing between the two clubs was made in October last year, the project started running the last month and a three-member team from the German club, have come to Delhi on a week-long training and scouting program. Sudeva FC even sent its under-15 team to Germany last year and they had an impressive show against the under-15 Bayern Munich team. The three-member team consist of Matthias Brosamer, Björn Peter the technical coach and Tolgahan Kilit, one of the German club’s most experienced scouts. Significantly, Brosamer was once the national coach of under-21 German team and presently working as VfB Stuttgart’s head of International Youth Development. Anuj Gupta, the co-founder and president of Sudeva FC when asked about the program divulged, “We have made a two-year tie-up now. Purpose is to provide a training of international standard for our potential kids especially for the under-13 and under-15 boys. Along with the training, scouting of potential boys is also going on through Kilit.” Gupta added, “We have a long-term plan about this association where in future potential boys will be scouted, trained at VfB Stuttgart and will also be initiated to get registered with a lower division team to play competitive matches.” The under-17 boys of Sudeva FC reached the final phase of the AIFF this year before the boys reached the final of the RFDL last year. Simultaneously, several footballers from Sudeva FC got national call-ups in different age-groups. Significantly, the state teams from different age-group tournaments like the Santosh Trophy, women’s national, and under-20 national championship have been delivering consistent performance and the teams have been made of most of the Sudeva FC footballers. However, regarding the obstacles in the case of the senior team Sudeva FC was not allowed to continue in the I-League-2 in 2024-25 even though they finished in the third position in the second division I-League in 2023-24. Gupta explained, “The AIFF allowed us to participate in the second division I-League in 2023-24. But after we finished in the third position in the League that year, AIFF alleged against us for violating the rules and imposed a ban on our participation in the 2024-25 second division League. So we moved to Delhi High Court against the AIFF ban and awaiting the order regarding our participation in the coming second division I-League in 2025-26.” However, regarding the senior team, Sudeva FC is planning to rope in also a German coach for its senior squad. The coaching team may have an Indian coach also. The club is in a process to build up a new senior team for this year.
