Aryan F.C.

Techno Aryan Football Club is a Kolkata football club founded in 1884 as Aryan Sports Club.[1] It started playing football some years later, making it one of Asia's oldest football clubs.

Techno Aryan FC
Full nameTechno Aryan Football Club
Nickname(s)Aryan, Aryans Club
Founded1884 (1884)
GroundEast Bengal-Aryan Ground
Capacity23,500
OwnerTechno India Group
ChairmanSatyam Roy Chowdhury
ManagerRajdeep Nandy
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division
WebsiteClub website

History

Before the advent of East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting, it was Aryan and Mohun Bagan who enjoyed an elite status among Indian football clubs. While Aryan didn't enjoy the same degree of success as Mohun Bagan, they did perform well in patches. One of Aryan's greatest moments came in 1940. That year, they won IFA Shield, one of India's premier tournaments. They became only the 3rd Indian run club to win the prestigious title. Moreover, they crushed Mohun Bagan 4–1 in the final. Sir Dukhiram Majumdar (1875 - 16.06.1929) was father figure of the club during those days. It was he who started Aryan's famous policy of bringing up unknown yet talented footballers.

Aryan enjoyed another spell of success in mid-1950s, reaching the final of Shield in 1955 and 1956 with an ageing Sahu Mewalal in their ranks. As the years progressed they gradually lost their status as a top club, instead Aryan became the breeding ground of some of the most famous players in Kolkata maidan. Players like Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun Banerjee, Goutam Sarkar and Sudhir Karmakar started out in Aryan, before moving on to the bigger clubs. Other than another IFA Shield win in 1983 (title shared with East Bengal), Aryan didn't achieve a lot of success in modern era.[2]

On the morning of 5 August 1971, the Naxalite intellectual and poet Saroj Dutta was killed by the police in the grounds of the Aryan club on the Calcutta maidan.[3]

Sponsors

The Club is being sponsored by the Techno India Group for last three years.[4][5]

Current squad

Squad for CFL Premier Division A 2018.[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 DF Omeer Hossain
3 DF Mohan Sarkar
4 DF Pitambar Das
6 MF Ankit Mukherjee
7 MF Sourav Dasgupta
8 MF Raju Koley
9 MF Firoj Ali
10 MF Chattu Mondal
11 FW Souvik Santra
12 MF Anubrata Maity
13 DF Manash Sarkar
14 DF Sukdeb Murmu
15 DF Seidu Made
16 MF Hiralal Chettri
No. Position Player
17 DF Rajib Ghorui
18 DF Suraj Bahadur Gurung
19 MF Sabir Ali
20 MF Prasenjit Chakraborty
21 MF Goutam Thakur
22 DF Bapan Mondal
9 FW Gatch Arthure Diomande
24 FW Emmanuel Chinedu
25 MF Asit Hazra
28 FW Mahitosh roy rajbonshi
27 DF Paban Das
30 FW Godson
31 GK Jhantu Mondal
32 GK Rana Chakrabarty
33 DF Sourav Chakravarty

References
  1. "India - Techno Aryan XI FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Aryan Club - Rising From the Ashes". thehardtackle.com. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Countering the Maoists - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Aryans Club ties up with Techno India". thaindian.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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