[4] The club last competed in the I-League 2nd Division,[5] the second tier of Indian football league system.

In 2017, they roped in their first foreign coach José Carlos Hevia from Spain and began the pre-season journey with comfortable win against Hazrat Nizamuddin FC.

On 21 August 2018, All India Football Federation announced that Madhya Bharat will participate in 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division, but they later withdrew.

[13] In the 2018–19 I-League 2nd Division, Madhya Bharat finished at the bottom of the Preliminary round group B.

[14] Madhya Bharat played most of their home matches at the Tatya Tope Nagar Sports Complex in Bhopal,[15] which has a seating capacity of 20,000 spectators.