The club was established on 12 June 2017, when Tata Steel won the bidding rights for one of the two expansion slots in the ISL.
[6] After winning the bid, Tata announced on 14 July 2017 that the inaugural head coach for the new Jamshedpur club would be Steve Coppell,[7] who led the Kerala Blasters to the final in the previous ISL season.
[8] The club's official name, Jamshedpur FC, and logo were revealed nine days later, on 23 July, before the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft.
The team played their first-ever match on 18 November 2017 against NorthEast United at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium.
[16] Jamshedpur FC appointed Cesar Ferrando as their new head coach ahead of the 2018–19 season and made some overall changes to their squad.
[17] Michael Soosairaj, Sergio Cidoncha, Carlos Calvo and Mario Arques were some of the new signings along with Tiri, Memo, Subrata, and Farukh, who were retained from the last season.
[19] The team had a decent start in the season as they won against Mumbai City and had as draw against Bengaluru FC at home.
[24] Jamshedpur FC appointed Antonio Iriondo as their head coach ahead of the 2019–20 season of Indian Super League.
[38] Jackichand Singh was one of the major Indian signings along with the players like T.P Rehenesh, Laldinliana Renthlei and Ricky Lallawmawma.
Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco da Gama was selected as the home ground of Jamshedpur FC.
[40] After a record-breaking season on 22 March 2022 club officially announced that head coach Owen Coyle won't be continuing his journey at Jamshedpur.
The Scotsman had a successful two years with the club which he continuously kept on improving with his smart signings, promotion of young players and amazing man-management skills.
We want to continue this upward trajectory and make the club reach places and win honours that our fans are dreaming of.
When asked about his thoughts on extending his stay at Jamshedpur after a successful season, Leslie happily stated, When I received the offer to come back as goalkeeping coach and defend our Hero ISL league title, it didn’t take any persuasion.
I’m looking forward to getting to work with our exciting roster of goalkeepers and of course Aidy Boothroyd who is a fantastic coach and the right man for the job.
Upon signing for the ISL League Shield winners Stuart opined his ambition with JFC, It's a big job at Jamshedpur FC, the defending Champions of India.
Along with a top Head Coach like Aidy Boothroyd, the club aims for the maximum and we will take it one game at a time.
Ahead of 2023–24 season, Jamshedpur FC appointed Irish-English manager Scott Cooper as the club's new Head Coach on a two-year contract.
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Besides the training field, the building comes with a fully equipped cross-fit gym, a swimming pool, and recreation centers.
After its design plans were approved in April 2018, the groundbreaking ceremony of the all-weather training arena was held on 25 November 2017.
Jamshedpur FC hosted a series of qualifying games for all the participants wanting to represent the club in eISL.