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George Telegraph
Full nameGeorge Telegraph Sports Club
Nickname(s)Georgians
Giant Killers
Founded1925; 99 years ago (1925)[1]
StadiumRabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata
Barasat Stadium, Kolkata
General SecretaryIndia Subrata Dutta
ManagerIndia Ranjan Bhattacherjee[2]
LeagueCalcutta Football League
2019–20currently 1st

George Telegraph Sporting Club is an Indian professional association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Calcutta Football League,[3][4] the top tier state football league in West Bengal.[5][6] The club plays all their home matches at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium. They have also competed in the I-League 2nd Division twice, which was then second tier of Indian football league system.

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 Ltd FC and were eliminated in the group stage.[7][8] 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, the third oldest association football tournament in the world, losing to I-League side Real Kashmir FC.[9]

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.

They also use Barasat Vidyasagar Krirangan for some of their home games. It has Artificial turf.

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 India IND Laltu Mondal
— GK India IND Jayanth Kumar
— GK India IND Bhaskar Routh
— GK India IND Projit Chakraborty
— DF Nigeria NGA Echezona Anyichie (Captain)
— DF India IND Ashim Dey
— DF India IND Tanmoy Saha
— DF India IND Kaustave Banerjee
— DF India IND Chandril Bose
— DF India IND Nabi Hossain Khan
— DF India IND Mohan Sarkar
— DF India IND Amod Kumar Mahato
— DF India IND Sourish Lodh Chowdhury
— DF India IND Chinta Chandrashekar Rao [10]
— MF India IND Khokan Mondal
— MF India IND Dipayan Banerjee
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND Arun Suresh
— FW India IND Sk Raja ali
— MF India IND Sk Jahiruddin
— MF India IND Subha Kumar
— MF India IND Rishov Bhattacharya
— MF India IND Rajib Shaw
— MF India IND Arka Dey
— MF India IND Rathindranath Karmakar
— MF India IND Bablu Oraon
— MF India IND Tanmay Ghosh
— MF India IND Aayushmaan Chaturvedi
— FW India IND Souvik Kar
— FW India IND Kunal Kanti Naskar

Club officials

As of 03 July 2020

George Telegraph Sports Club

  • President: Biswanath Dutta
  • General Secretary: Subrata Dutta
  • Joint Secretary  : Anirban Dutta
  • Executive Secretary: Adhiraj Dutta
  • Manager: Sabyasachi Sarkar


Coaching and Medical Staff

  • Head Coach: Ranjan Bhattacherjee
  • Assistant Head Coach: Qutubuddin Sipai
  • Goalkeeping Coach: Dipak Biswas
  • Team Doctor: Dr. Sibeswar Mukherjee

Honours

Domestic

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2020[11][12]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 2004[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Calcutta Football League: George Telegraph vs East Bengal sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021
  2. ^ East Bengal vs George Telegraph The Times of India. Retrieved 12 May 2021
  3. ^ "IFA CFL Premier-A 2019 to start from 26th July". KolkataFootball.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Calcutta Football League 2019 to kick-off on July 26". Goal.com. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Official Website". georgetelegraph.org. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  6. ^ "East Bengal lose 0-1 against George Telegraph in CFL tie". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ "ONGC I-LEAGUE (2nd Division) 2008-2009". kolkatafootball.com. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  8. ^ I-League 2nd Division 2009 results, standings and statistics Soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021
  9. ^ "IFA Shield Fixture" (PDF). ifawb.org. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ Profile Chinta Chandrashekhar Rao profile at Goal.com. Retrieved 26 February 2021
  11. ^ "Sports News | Real Kashmir Win First Major Tournament, Beat George Telegraph 2-1 in IFA Shield Final". LatestLY. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  12. ^ "IFA Shield: Real Kashmir win first major tournament, beat George Telegraph 2-1". The Indian Express. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  13. ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Airlines Gold Cup:". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
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