Young ‘n’ Masters Challenge Cup ’25 – A Family Football Fiesta!

by FC November 5, 2025

Where Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Brothers and Sisters Came Together to Celebrate Football and Family Bonding.

Cool Veterans successfully hosted the 3rd Edition of Young ‘n’ Masters Challenge Cup ’25 on 26th October, 2025, a unique football tournament celebrating family bonding and togetherness at Athlon Stadium in Kalidas Sports Complex, Mulund in association with Ambernath United, Tigers Sports Foundation, and Aaron Tours.

Also to be noted that the organizers successfully held four events in a day viz,

1)Young ‘n’ Masters Challenge Cup,

2)Women’s Goal Kick Contest

3)Maharashtra’s strong Women’s Teams Exhibition Match

4)50+ Masters Cup Veterans Football Tournament.

The event featured exciting 2 x 2 matches like Father–Son and Father–Daughter duos battling it out in six different categories. The highlight of the day was the Women’s Goal Kick Contest, which added fun and energy to the atmosphere.

The action-packed day concluded with the 4th edition of Masters Cup 50+ Veterans Football Tournament, showcasing amazing skills and camaraderie by legends. The showstopper was the Cool Veterans 60+ Legends, whose performance, technique, and stamina enthralled everyone.

To top it off there was also a Maharashtra’s strong Women’s Teams Exhibition Match which was played with great intensity amongst both the teams.

The stadium witnessed cheers, emotions, competitive attitude, glory and infinite memorable moments — turning the event into a true football family carnival that will be remembered for lifetime. All the matches were streamed live on YouTube and all the participants received participation medals and took away along with them immeasurable memories that will be cherished for years to come.

Winners & Runners up:

Women Penalty Kick

Winner: Archisha Barua, Runner-up: Raji Nair, 2nd Runners Up: Sumila Martis & Jean Ann

Father-Daughter:
Winners – Maccabi (Ashwin & Meagan Martis) / Runners-up – The Naughty 2 (Sunil and Sharen Pereira) / 2nd Runners Up – Zezu (Savio and Zene Miranda) & MUFC (Darshan and Ira Madye)

U12 Father-Son : Winners – Goal Diggers (Mathias and Jayden Coutinho), Runners-up – Barca Boys (Sheldon and Clidon Sharma), Runner Up – Wimpy Kids (Maneesh and Shlok Vijayan) & The Red & Gold United (Santanu and OmReedhya Pal)

U14 Father-Son : Winners – Nair FC (Ajay and Adhinath Nair) / Runner Up – The Caldeira’s (Mario and Zeon Caldeira) / Happy KAPS United (Pradeep and Ketav Barua) & Simba & Mufasa (Sankalp and Yash Kapadia)

U16 Father-Son : Winners – Titan FC Pune (Manish and Kunal Naidu) / Runners-up – Eagles (Rajesh and Aayush Nair) & Bonded by Game (Mubarak and Ali Abbas Shaikh)

U18 Father-Son : Winners – Football Lovers (Ronald and Ryan Pereira) / Runners-up – Rising Stars (Nazir and Rehan Sayyed) & MUFA (Abdul Haidi and Abdul Haseeb) and Phoenix (Melroy and Ethan Gonzalves)

Above 18+ Father-Son : Winners – Moollya’s (Hemanth and Preet Moollya) / Runners-up – Kunder’s (Vijay Kunder and Harsh Kunder) / 2nd Runners Up – Black Wings (Sanjay Om Arane) and Colts (Robert and Reagan Kunnel)

Master Cup 50+: Winners – Cool Veterans, Runners-up- Iron Age Gold, 2nd Runner Up – Cool Veterans 60+ and Span FC.

The organizers expressed their gratitude to all families, participants, and supporters for making the event a grand success — proving once again that football isn’t just a game, it’s an emotion shared across generations!

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