Bhawanipore F.C.

Bhawanipore Club is an Indian football club from Bhowanipore, Kolkata, West Bengal. The club has been established in 1910. It has been accepted into the I-League, the 2nd tier of football in India.[2]

Bhawanipore
Full nameBhawanipore Club
Founded1910;109 years ago (1910;109 years ago)
GroundPaljor Stadium and Salt Lake Stadium[1] and Kalyani Stadium
Capacity30,000 and 120,000 and 10,000
OwnerSangbad Pratidin
CoachSankarlal Chakraborty
LeagueI-League
Calcutta Football League
2020-212nd, Group B
Final Round: 2nd

History

Bhawanipore Football Club was founded in 1910 in Bhowanipore, Kolkata.[3] In January 2012 they were officially certified by the All India Football Federation to participate in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of football in India.[2] After playing 6 games during the season Bhawanipore ended in 6th place out of 7 in Group C and thus failed to move to the Final half.

I league

Stadium

Bhawanipore Football Club currently plays at the 20,000 seater Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani.

The Home Ground Of Bhawanipore

Fans

A club recognised Bhowanipore fan club by the name West Bengal Palace, has been in support since 2019. The Kalyani Stadium Main Stadium has seen an average attendance of 40,000. The players and the coach have often acknowledged the fans' support in the success and called them The 12th Man.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2012—present Cosco Sangbad Pratidin

Rivalry

South Kolkata Derby
Opponent Played Wins Draws Losses
Bhawanipore 5041
Tollygunge Agragami 6060
Kalighat Milan Sangha 7160
Total 181161


Players

Current squad
As of 9 Mayy 2020[4]

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

No. Position Player
1 GK Arup Debnath
2 DF Sourav Chakraborty
4 DF Kingshuk Debnath (Captain)
5 DF Sk Mustafa Ali
6 DF Thangjam Singh
7 DF Anup Theres Raj
8 DF Pradeep Mohanraj
9 FW William Opoku
10 FW Arthur Kouassi
11 MF Suraj Mahato
12 MF Jaganath Sana
14 MF Nitish Hazra
15 MF Rajon Barman
No. Position Player
16 DF Monoranjan Singh
17 MF Faisal Ali
18 MF Pankaj Moula
19 MF Pritam Sarkar
20 MF Samar Kumir
21 GK Dibyendu Sarkar
22 MF Sourav Dasgupta
23 MF Subhankar Das
24 MF Tuhin Sikdar
25 FW Enjamul Hoque
27 MF Ahan Patra
28 MF Supriya Pandit
31 GK Akash Mondal

Current technical staff
Position Name
Head Coach Sankarlal Chakraborty
Assistant Coach
(Physiotherapist) (Strength & Conditioning Coach) Aritra Nag

Record
Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Federation Cup/Super Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2012–13 IL2 23 G6th - DNP DNP DNP
2013–14 IL2 26 3 - GStage DNP DNP
2014–15 IL2 11 2 - DNP DNP DNP
2019–20 IL2 18 – DNP DNP DNP
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Head coach's record

updated on 20 January 2020

NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Debjit Ghosh  India 2012 2013 6 0 3 3 8 11 000.00
Carlton Chapman  India 2013 2014 18 10 7 1 34 18 055.56
Sankarlal Chakraborty  India 2019 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—

Honours

Leagues
(1):Runner-Up 2014-15
(1):3Ed Prize 2013-14

Cup
(1):Winners 2013

References
  1. "Stadiums in India". World Stadiums. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. "5 city teams in the 2nd Division". Calcutta Telegraph. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. "Official website of Bhawanipore Club". Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
  4. "Squad". I-league.org.


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