George Telegraph SC

George Telegraph

Full name	George Telegraph Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Georgians, Giant Killers
Founded	1925
Ground	Kalyani Stadium
Capacity	20,00
chairman	Biswanath Dutta
Manager	Ranjan Bhattacharya
League	Calcutta Football League
2017-18 Group B	2nd

George Telegraph is an Indian football club based in Kolkata. Currently they play in the Calcutta 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. Their first participation in I-League 2nd Division was in 2008-09 season, where they were eliminated in the group stage, therefore unable to qualify for the I-League. In 2013, they again got a chance to play in I-League 2nd Division, this is their second season.

Squad

As of 7 August 2017

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	Bubai Singha
—	GK	IND	Sayantan Pyne
—	GK	IND	Suvankar Das
—	DF	NGA	Celistine Echezona
—	DF	IND	Ashim Dey
—	DF	IND	Amit Kundu
—	DF	IND	Kaustav Banerjee
—	DF	IND	Santu Das
—	DF	IND	Nabi Hossain Khan
—	DF	IND	Mohan Sarkar
—	DF	IND	Surajit Bhowmik
—	DF	IND	Soumen Dolui
—	DF	IND	Aziz Ali
—	DF	IND	Chandril Basu
—	MF	IND	Debayan Saha

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	IND	Shaktinath Oraon
—	MF	IND	Sk raja ali
—	MF	IND	Aaman Munshi
—	MF	IND	Subha Kumar
—	MF	IND	Dhananjoy Yadav
—	MF	IND	Bittu
—	MF	IND	Rajib Shaw (Captain)
—	MF	IND	Mohammed Habib
—	MF	IND	Subrata Biswas
—	MF	IND	Bablu Oraon
—	MF	IND	Gourav Roy
—	MF	IND	Rezaul Karim
—	FW	NGA	Kazeem Bolanle
—	FW	IND	Roop Das
—	FW	IND	Subhankar Das
—	FW	IND	Shabir Ahmed

Club officials

As of 7 August 2017

George Telegraph Sports Club

• President: Biswanath Dutta
• General Secretary: Subrata Dutta
• Ass. General Secretary  : Anirban Dutta
• Media Secretary: Adhiraj Dutta
• Manager: Sabyasachi Sarkar

Coaching and Medical Staff

• Head Coach: Ranjan Bhattacharya
• Assistant Head Coach: Amit Ghosh
• Goalkeeping Coach: Dipak Biswas
• Team Doctor: Dr. Sibeswar Mukherjee

External links

• Official Facebook Page