Minerva Academy FC
| Full name | Minerva Academy Football and Cricket Club | |||
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| Founded | 2005 (as Minerva Academy) | |||
| Ground | Minerva Academy Ground | |||
| Owner | Ranjit Bajaj | |||
| Head coach | Tushar Soodan | |||
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| Website | minervaacademyfc | |||
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Minerva Academy Football Club (often referred to as Minerva Punjab) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Mohali/Chandigarh, Punjab, best known for its football, cricket and futsal teams. The club's football section predominantly competed in the Punjab State Super League.
Minerva previously participated in the I-League, then the highest division of Indian football league system. The club reached the AFC Cup Group stage, in the 2019 edition of the continental second tier. After selling Punjab FC to Roundglass Sports, owner Ranjit Bajaj bought stakes in Delhi FC. However, Minerva Academy remained active since its inception.
After being promoted into the I-League in 2016, the academy based club was rebranded as Minerva Punjab FC, and in 2019 the football section was relabeled as Punjab FC. The club has won the I-League title once, in 2017–18. Widely known as "the factory" of Indian football, Minerva is one of the most successful sports academies in the country.