JCT FC

Jagatjit Cotton, Sahil Bagga and Textile Mills constituted the football club in March 1971. However, the club got recognition from 1974 onwards when several players joined the club from the Leaders Club of Jalandhar. Included among these players was Inder Singh, who had captained the India national team in previous years, won the Arjuna Award in 1969, and managed the club until 2001. The Leader Club, started by Lala Dwarka Das Sehgal had played a major role in popularizing football in Northern India in the 1960s and 1970s. After the end of Leaders Club era, JCT Mills have since taken the mantle and become the biggest and most successful football club in this part of India. In 1983, British coach Bob Bootland took charge of JCT and guided the team winning the Durand Cup same year. JCT Limited had been involved in the Punjab Football Association (PFA) for the three decades. On 1 July 1992, the club appointed former Indian international Sukhwinder Singh, who previously played for the club, as chief coach; He served as deputy general manager and joint secretary as well. In 1995, they clinched Scissors Cup title, defeating Malaysia Premier League side Perlis F.A. 1–0. In 1996, they emerged champions in the Federation Cup, defeating East Bengal 5–3 through penalties. JCT won the inaugural NFL title in the 1996–97 season. In that season, they clinched the prestigious IFA Shield title, defeating Iraqi Premier League side Al-Karkh SC by 1–0. In January 2007, the JCT management…

League

National Football League Champions (1): 1996–97 Runners-up (1): 2006–07 I-League Third place (1): 2007–08 National Football League III Runners-up (1): 2006–07 Punjab State Super Football League Champions (9): 1987, 1990–91, 1991, 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 Runners-up (4): 1985–86, 1988, 1992–93, 1999

Cup

Federation Cup Winners (2): 1995, 1996 Durand Cup Winners (5): 1976, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1996 Runners-up (7): 1974, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1985, 2006, 2010 IFA Shield Winners (1): 1996 Rovers Cup Winners (1): 1997 Runners-up (3): 1979–80, 1984, 1992 Indian Super Cup Runners-up (1): 1997 Punjab State Senior Championship Champions (6): 1977, 1979–80, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989 Runners-up (2): 1984–85, 1985 Gurdarshan Memorial Cup Winners (10): 1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2002 Runners-up (2): 1991, 2003 Sait Nagjee Football Tournament Winners (4): 1976, 1979, 1985, 1995 Madura Coats Trophy Winners (1): 1982, 1985 Bokaro Cup Winners (1): 1983 Scissors Cup Winners (1): 1995 Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh Memorial Trophy Winners (1): 2002 Runners-up (1): 1998 Principal Harbhajan Singh Memorial Football Trophy Winners (2): 2005, 2009 DCM Trophy Runners-up (3): 1977, 1987, 1993 Mohan Kumar Mangalam Football Tournament Runners-up (2): 2005, 2006 Aurungabad Mayor's Trophy Runners-up (1): 2006

Tournaments won by JCT academy

I-League U19 Champions (1): 2011 National Football League U19 Runners-up (1): 2002–03 All…