George Telegraph SC

George Telegraph Sporting Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata,[5] West Bengal, that competes in the Calcutta Football League,[6][7] the top tier state football league in West Bengal.[8][9] The club plays all their home matches at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium. They have also competed in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system.[10]

George Telegraph
Full nameGeorge Telegraph Sports Club[1]
Nickname(s)Georgians[2]
Founded1925 (1925)[3]
StadiumRabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
Barasat Stadium, Kolkata
Head coachRanjan Bhattacherjee[4]
LeagueCalcutta Football League

History

The club was founded by late Haripada Dutta in 1925. They started out on the 4th division of the Calcutta League and after 21 years they were finally promoted to the 1st division of Calcutta Football League beating Rajasthan Athletic Club 3–1. In the same year they reached the final of the IFA Shield, but due to the anti-British riots the final couldn't be held. Instead of declaring them as joint winners with Mohun Bagan AC, the entire tournament was scrapped. They stayed at the top flight for 66 years but in 2002 and 2003, they suffered back-to-back demotions. Then again they got promoted twice in two successive years and since then they have been staying in the top flight. In 2004, they emerged as the runners-up of the All Airlines Gold Cup.

Their first participation in the I-League 2nd Division was in 2009, where they finished 4th, behind Oil India FC and were eliminated in the group stage.[11][12] Therefore, George Telegraph was unable to qualify for the I-League, then top tier of football in India. In 2013, they again got a chance to play in I-League 2nd Division, which became their second season.

In 2020, the George Telegraph emerged as the runners-up in the prestigious IFA Shield tournament,[13] the third oldest association football tournament in the world, losing to 2–1 to the I-League side Real Kashmir FC.[14][15]

George Telegraph reached to the semi-finals of the 2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division in November 2021, but their campaign ended with a 1–0 loss to Railway FC.

Home stadium
Main articles: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Barasat Stadium

George Telegraph plays their home matches of Calcutta Premier Division at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, which has a capacity of nearly 20,000 spectators.[16]

Entrance of the Barasat Vidyasagar Krirangan.

They also use Barasat Vidyasagar Krirangan for some of their home games. It has Artificial turf and achieved a two-star rating from FIFA.[17]

Current squad
As of 19 August 2019

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  IND Laltu Mondal
— GK  IND Jayanth Kumar
— GK  IND Bhaskar Routh
— GK  IND Projit Chakraborty
— DF  NGA Echezona Anyichie (Captain)
— DF  IND Ashim Dey
— DF  IND Tanmoy Saha
— DF  IND Kaustave Banerjee
— DF  IND Chandril Bose
— DF  IND Nabi Hossain Khan
— DF  IND Mohan Sarkar
— DF  IND Amod Kumar Mahato
— DF  IND Sourish Lodh Chowdhury
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  IND Khokan Mondal
— MF  IND Dipayan Banerjee
— MF  IND Arun Suresh
— FW  IND Sk. Raja Ali
— MF  IND Sk. Jahiruddin
— MF  IND Subha Kumar
— MF  IND Rishov Bhattacharya
— MF  IND Rajib Shaw
— MF  IND Arka Dey
— MF  IND Rathindranath Karmakar
— MF  IND Bablu Oraon
— MF  IND Tanmay Ghosh
— MF  IND Aayushmaan Chaturvedi
— FW  IND Souvik Kar
— FW  IND Kunal Kanti Naskar

Club officials
As of 03 July 2020
  • General secretary: Subrata Dutta
  • Joint secretary : Anirban Dutta
  • Executive secretary: Adhiraj Dutta
  • Team manager: Sabyasachi Sarkar

Coaching and medical staff

  • Head coach: Ranjan Bhattacherjee
  • Assistant coach: Qutubuddin Sipai
  • Goalkeeping coach: Dipak Biswas
  • Physio: Sibeswar Mukherjee

Honours

Domestic tournaments

See also

References
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