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 | |||
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| Website | minervaacademyfc | |||
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Minerva Academy Football Club (often referred to as Minerva Punjab) is an Indian professional football club based in Mohali/Chandigarh, Punjab. It is part of the multi-sports club which also has 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 the Indian football league system. 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.