Premier Futsal: Tiger Shroff joins as co-owners and brand Ambassador of Mumbai Team

by Chittu Shetty September 11, 2017

Premier Futsal announced The Krystal Group as the new co-owners of Krystal Mumbai Warriors while Actor Tiger Shroff to be a co-owner as well as brand Ambassador.

Premier Futsal, the world’s first multi-national franchise-based Futsal league, also announced Bollywood’s leading actor Tiger Shroff as the co-owner and brand ambassador of Krystal Mumbai Warriors. Chairman and Managing Director of Lalithaa Jewellery, Mr. Kiran Kumar was present on the occasion. Tiger Shroff will be one of the star attraction of Premier Futsal Season 2 apart from a range of celluloid personalities including Sunny Leone, Rana Daggubati and Arya.

Elaborating on the announcement, Dinesh Raj – Co-founder, Premier Futsal said, “We are delighted to announce The Krystal Group as the co-owners of Mumbai Warriors for this season of Premier Futsal. With a mission to grow the sport in India, Premier Futsal is dedicated to engage with today’s youth by encouraging their participation in the sport and enabling them with right direction and guidance. It’s an honour to have aboard Tiger Shroff as the co-owner and brand ambassador of Krystal Mumbai Warriors. Tiger Shroff is sure to bring a lot of fan following for the league and reach to a much larger audience. We are sure with the right people getting associated with Premier Futsal, this season will be bigger, better and more enriching experience for its fans.”

Mr. Shubham Lad, Co-owner of Krystal Mumbai Warriors commented, “The season one of Premier Futsal held last year witnessed a huge fan following, making its way as a leading sport league in India as well as across the globe. We are extremely excited to be associated with this season of Premier Futsal, which is gaining wide acceptance and momentum in the country.”

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Extremely thrilled to be associated with Premier Futsal and Krystal Mumbai Warriors Tiger Shroff said, “I am highly pleased and proud to be the co-owner and brand ambassador of Krystal Mumbai Warriors which is the defending champions of Premier Futsal. Premier Futsal is an exceptional platform where the world’s biggest football superstars play in an indoor 5 vs 5 format with local and amateur talents. This season the matches of Premier Futsal are happening in my city and I’m very excited and looking forward to experience the high intensity performances.”

inaugural edition of Premier Futsal featured legends such as Luis Figo, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Hernan Crespo, Michel Salgado, Falcao and of course, Brazilian superstar Ronaldhino (who will be back for this season too!). Premier Futsal Season 2 kicks off on September 15 in Mumbai where matches will be played at NSCI Worli until September 17. It will then move to Bengaluru from September 19 to September 24 at Koramangala Indoor Stadium. The semi-finals and final will be held in Dubai from September 26 to October 1. The tickets for this marquee-sporting event will be available on Paytm.

The inaugural edition of Premier Futsal was played in 2016. Mumbai 5s won the inaugural season by defeating Kochi 5s.