Established in 2014, NorthEast United Football Club is the only professional football club in India representing all eight Northeastern states. Owned by actor-producer John Abraham NorthEast United FC made history in 2025 by becoming the first team in over three decades to retain the title, and the first ever to be awarded the President’s Cup by the Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.