3. Bharat FC
Bharat FC was another football club from the state of Maharashtra that got shutdown due to financial crisis. The team was founded on 26 August 2014 by the Kalyani Group. They directly played in the I-league competition. They were the second team to directly play the top tier league after Bengaluru FC. The club lasted just a year in I-league and soon just like the pervious clubs, Bharat FC also got shutdown owing to financial crisis.
4. JCT Mills (JCT FC)
JCT Mills was one of the popular football clubs of India during the first decade of the 21th Century. The club gave birth to many Indian international footballers and played a part in developing young talented footballers of the country. The club was founded way back in 1971 and the club was based on Horshiarpur Punjab. JCT have won many prsetigious tournaments and brought laurels to the state of Punjab. They won the inaugural edition of National Football league in 1996. They were the five times winners of the Durand Cup, two times winner of the Federation Cup and once won the Ifa shield. In 2007, JCT announced that the club was going to associate with English football giants Wolverhampton Wanderers as part of the Wolverhampton-India project. The club was on a promising run but like the previous clubs, JCT FC also wound up citing financial issues.