East Bengal Club

Indian multi-sports club based in Kolkata

This article is about the multi-sports club. For the men's football team, see East Bengal FC. For the women's football team, see East Bengal FC (women). For the men's field hockey team, see East Bengal Club field hockey team. For the men's cricket team, see East Bengal cricket team.

East Bengal Club

Full name| East Bengal Club
Nickname| Lal Holud Brigade
Bangal Brigade
Torch Bearers
Founded| August 1, 1920; 105 years ago (1920-08-01)
President| Murari Lal Lohia
Website| eastbengalclub.com
Active departments of East Bengal

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Football
(Men's)|  Football
(Women's)|  Football
(Reserves
& Academy)
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Cricket
(Men's)|  Cricket
(Women's)|  Hockey
(Men's)
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Tennis|  Athletics|  eSports

East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈi:st ˌbenˈɡɔːl]), is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of the Indian football.[1] It is one of the most successful football clubs in the country. The club has other departments for women's football, men's and women's cricket, field hockey, athletics and eSports.

East Bengal was founded on 1 August 1920. It first started with just its men's football department but soon expanded into other sports such as hockey after 1947 and cricket in the 1970s. The women's football team was started in 2001.

East Bengal is one of the most widely supported sports clubs in Asia. The club is mainly supported by the Bangals, i.e., the immigrant population from the eastern region of Bengal, who were forced to leave their homes (modern-day Bangladesh) during the partition of 1947.[2] For those people, East Bengal Club became a source of identity and hope. The huge influx of dispossessed into the state led to a socio-economic crisis.[3] This led to rivalries among the immigrant and native population of West Bengal, popularly named as Bangal (বাঙ্গাল) in every sphere of life, from jobs to schools and even on football, cricket and hockey pitches. As a result, East Bengal has a long-standing rivalry with its cross-town competitors Mohun Bagan, which is mainly supported by the native population, ghotis (ঘটি) and biharis (বিহারী), with whom it competes in the Kolkata derby, Asia's biggest sports rivalry. East Bengal also shares a local rivalry with another Kolkata club, Mohammedan. The club dons the iconic red and golden yellow colours, which give it the nickname of "Red and Gold Brigade" and "Lal Holud" (Bangla: লাল হলুদ). The fans of the club are also collectively called the Torchbearers

## History

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Suresh Chandra Chaudhari (founder)

Sailesh Bose

Sarada Ranjan Roy (First president)

On 28 July 1920, Jorabagan Club was scheduled to play against Mohun Bagan in the Coochbehar Cup. Jorabagan Club sent out their starting eleven but with the notable exclusion of defender Sailesh Bose, who was dropped from the squad for undisclosed reasons. The then vice-president of Jorabagan Club, Suresh Chandra Chaudhuri, asked in vain for Bose to be included in the line-up. When his request was not welcomed, Chaudhuri left the club along with Raja Manmatha Nath Chaudhuri, Ramesh Chandra Sen, and Aurobinda Ghosh. They formed East Bengal Club as a Sports and Cultural Association in the neighbourhood of Jorabagan on 1 August 1920. The name East Bengal was chosen for the newly formed club as the founders hailed from the eastern region of Bengal.[4][5][6] Sarada Ranjan Ray took on the role of becoming the first president of this newly formed club while Suresh Chandra Chowdhury and Tarit Bhusan Roy were declared to be the first joint secretaries of the club.[7] Soon after, Nagen Kali, M. Talukdar, B. Sen, N. Gossain, Goshto Paul (on loan from Mohun Bagan), P. Bardhan, S. Das, S. Tagore, J. Mukherjee, Ramesh Chandra Sen, S. Bose, C. Bose, A. Roy, and A. Bannerjee were announced to be the members of the first team squad by the board.[8][9]

## Crest, colours and kits

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### Crest

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In 1930, Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha swept over India and affected football. Indian clubs boycotted the ongoing Calcutta Football League midway through the season. Amidst much confusion, Royal Regiment was declared the winner in the first division. However, East Bengal was not allowed to be promoted to the First Division. Thousands of East Bengal fans and officials decided to hold a protest march at the East Bengal Ground. It was at this march that flaming torches were carried by the protesters. And the hand holding flame torch (known as 'Mawshal' or 'মশাল' in Bangla) became the club emblem, which has remained to this day.[10][11][12] In the year 2020 East Bengal released a special Centenary Crest to celebrate 100 years of its existence.

East Bengal crests

* First logo[13]

### Colours

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Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in 1945

The primary and secondary colors of East Bengal are red and yellow respectively.[14] Traditionally, the home kit consists of a red and yellow jersey with black shorts, while the away kit colors vary every year.[15] These colors came about after the club was formed when the founders debated over them for the club jersey. At that time, the jerseys used to come from England. The founders, while searching, came across the red and gold color shirt hanging at the Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co. department store in Chowringhee, Kolkata. It attracted them, and they finalized the colors and jersey. It cost ₹80 in 1920, four times higher than the average.[16] These colours permanently integrated with the club.[4]

Traditional kit

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Centenary year kit

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## Departments

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### Men's football

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Main article: East Bengal FC

The men's football team is the most distinguished and revered department of East Bengal Club. It was the original department with which the club was founded in 1920. East Bengal FC is one of the most successful football clubs in the country having won 39 state leagues (effectively top-tier before the foundation of NFL) and 3 national titles amongst numerous Durand Cups, Federation Cups and other premier Cup competitions. East Bengal is also the only Indian club to have ever won a FIFA recognized international tournament in 2003 which was the ASEAN Club Championship. East Bengal is the joint most successful team in that competition.

### Women's football

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Main article: East Bengal FC (women)

The women's football team was formed in 2001. It won the Calcutta Women's Football League title in its inaugural season and was runners-up in 2002.[17] In the centenary year, the women's team was relaunched.[18][19] In the first year of relaunch, the East Bengal women's team became runner's up of the 2020 Kanyashree Cup.[20]

### Reserves team and Academy

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Main article: East Bengal Club Reserves and Academy

East Bengal Club Reserves is the reserve team of East Bengal Club. It is the most senior level beneath the first team. The team generally consists of younger players but at times senior players also play. Reserve side currently plays in the Calcutta Football League.

East Bengal Academy are the club's under-21, under-18, under-15 and under-13 sections. The under-21 team is the last stage for promotion of youth players into the first team. The youth teams participate in the Reliance Foundation Development League and the Youth League of various age groups.

### Cricket

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Main article: East Bengal cricket team

The East Bengal Club Cricket team participates in various tournaments for varying age groups conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal. Currently, it participates in the CAB First Division League, CAB Senior Knockout, CAB Super League, and JC Mukherjee Trophy. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Eden Gardens and Jadavpur University Campus Ground. They have won around 60 major state-level trophies so far.[21] Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Ajay Jadeja, Navjot Singh Sidhu and Sourav Ganguly have played on the team.[22]

### Hockey

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Main article: East Bengal field hockey team

This department started after the Independence of India. The club is affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association and participated in the BHA First Division hockey league and the Beighton Cup.[23][24][25] They won 13 trophies. The team was disbanded in 2000.[26] The hockey department was restarted in 2021 with Calcutta Hockey League.[27]

### Athletics

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East Bengal has an athletics team, which is affiliated with the West Bengal Athletic Association, and participates in various tournaments of West Bengal.[28] The club also organizes Annual Athletic meets at the club ground.[29]

### E-Sports

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East Bengal also took part in the inaugural season of e-ISL where the ISL teams competed to play the video game FIFA 22. The club was represented by 2 youngsters, Ankit Gupta and Shayantan Mondal.

## Ownership

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East Bengal is mainly organized as a registered society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, which means one can avail of membership in the club. There are around 12,000 members.[30] Although, a limited company, named East Bengal Club Pvt. Ltd., was later formed, and both are governed by the club parallelly. Sponsorships and investments happen via this corporate company.[31] The club is governed by its own set of rules and regulations. Amendments and resolutions are passed via extraordinary or annual general meeting.[32][33]

Currently the football rights are with a new merged entity, Emami East Bengal FC Pvt. Ltd. jointly owned by East Bengal and Emami Group who owns 77% stake of the whole club.[34]

## Stadiums

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The club has used several stadiums at Kolkata, Howrah and Barasat, including the Eden Gardens, which has been reserved for cricket since Salt Lake Stadium opened in 1984.[35] The first ground used by the club was Kumartuli Park in north Kolkata.[36][37]

### Salt Lake Stadium

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Main article: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan

Salt Lake Stadium

The Salt Lake Stadium, also known as Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), is a multi-purpose stadium in Kolkata, built in 1984. The stadium is the largest non-auto racing in India. It is currently used mainly for football matches. The stadium includes a unique running track, long jump track, electronic scoreboard, natural turf, floodlighting arrangement, conference hall, medical room, and a doping control Room. The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the home games of East Bengal in the Indian Super League and AFC competitions. The total capacity of the stadium was 85,000, before it was changed to 68,000.[38]

### East Bengal Ground

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East Bengal Ground

Main article: East Bengal Ground

The East Bengal Ground is located in Kolkata and is the club's historical home ground. The stadium lies in the Maidan (Kolkata) area on the northern side of Fort William and near the Eden Gardens. This stadium is used mostly for Calcutta Football League matches and by the academy, women's, and hockey teams.[39] The total capacity of the stadium is 23,500.[38]

### Eden Gardens

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Main article: Eden Gardens

The Eden Gardens is the second largest cricket stadium in India. The stadium currently has a capacity of 68,000 and formerly had a capacity of around 100,000. East Bengal has used this stadium on several occasions. For many games and seasons Eden Gardens served as the Home ground of the men's football team before the construction of Salt Lake Stadium. After its construction the club continued to use the stadium for its cricket teams.

### Other grounds

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Barasat Stadium is also used by the club for some regional matches, especially in cases where the Salt Lake Stadium or East Bengal Ground cannot be used.[40] Kanchenjunga Stadium, a multipurpose stadium based in Siliguri, has also been used several times to host club football matches.[41] It also hosted the 2012 Federation Cup. Kalyani Stadium, situated on the outskirts of Kolkata at Kalyani, was used by East Bengal as their home turf during the 2019–20 I-League.[42]

The team also trains at one of the VYBK practice grounds.[43]

## Management

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As of November 2024[44]

### East Bengal Club

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Role  | Name

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President  |  Murari Lal Lohia
Chief advisor  |  Pronab Dasgupta
Vice-presidents  |  Ajoy Krishna Chatterjee
Shankar Bagri
Subhasish Chakraborty
Kalyan Majumdar
General secretary  |  Rupak Saha
Assistant general secretary  |  Santi Ranjan Dasgupta
Finance secretary  |  Sadananda Mukherjee
Treasurer  |  Debdas Samajdar
Football secretary  |  Saikat Ganguly
Cricket secretary  |  Sanjib Acharya
Hockey secretary  |  Prabir Kumar Dafaddar
Athletic secretary  |  Partha Pratim Roy
Tennis secretary  |  Indranil Ghosh
Ground secretary  |  Rajat Guha
Executive committee members  |  Jhulan Goswami
Molly Ganguly
Sri Subir Ganguly
Santosh Bhattacharya
Diptendu Mohan Bose
Siddharta Sarkar
Debabrata Sarkar
Birendra Kumar Saha
Dipankar Chakraborty
Biswajit Mazumdar
Tapan Roy
Suman Dasgupta
Aritra Roy Chowdhury
Beni Madhab Bhattacharya
Manab Paul
Subhasish Dasgupta
Saroj Bhattacharjee
Debasish Bose
Bikash Dutta
Biplab Paul

## Honours

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### Football

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Further information: List of East Bengal FC records and statistics

Major trophies of East Bengal FC include the following:[45][46][47][48]

Type  | Competition  | Titles  | Seasons

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International | ASEAN Club Championship | 1S | 2003
Domestic | National Football League | 3  | 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
Federation Cup | 8  | 1978, 1980, 1985, 1996, 2007, 2009–10, 2010, 2012
Indian Super Cup | 3 | 1997, 2006, 2011
IFA Shield | 29 | 1943, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2018
Durand Cup | 16  | 1951, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2002, 2004
Calcutta Football League | 39 | 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Rovers Cup | 10  | 1949, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1990, 1994

*   Record

* S Shared record

### Cricket

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Further information: East Bengal cricket team § Honours

* CAB First Division League

Champions (16): 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17

* CAB Senior Knockout

Champions (13): 1975-76, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1982-83, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1997-98, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15

* J. C. Mukherjee Trophy

Champions (12): 1977-78, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1987- 88, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10, 2016-17

* P. Sen Memorial Invitation Trophy

Champions (10): 1976-77, 1978-79, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2016-17

* A. N. Ghosh Memorial Trophy

Champions (8): 1992-93, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16

* CAB Super League

Champions (1): 2016-17

### Hockey

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Further information: East Bengal Club (field hockey) § Honours

* Calcutta Hockey League

Champions (10): 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1989, 2022

* Beighton Cup

Champions (4): 1957, 1962, 1964, 1967
Runners-up (3): 1963, 1970, 1987

### Awards

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* Banga Bibhushan: 2022[49][50]

## Affiliated clubs

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The following club was formerly affiliated with East Bengal:

* Leicester City (2002–2003)[51][52]

The following club is currently affiliated with East Bengal:

* Sheikh Russel KC (2022–present)[53][54]

## See also

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* East Bengal Club in international football
* East Bengal Club league record by opponent
* List of East Bengal Club wins against Foreign teams
* List of foreign players for East Bengal Club
* List of East Bengal Club records and statistics
* Indian football clubs in Asian competitions

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## Further reading

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* Roy, Gautam (1 January 2021). East Bengal 100. Allsport Foundation. ISBN 978-8194763109.
* Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
* Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
* Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 33\. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
* Chatterjee, Partha. The Nation and Its Fragments: Colonial and Post-colonial Histories (Calcutta: Oxford University Press, 1995).
* Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
* Goswami, Ramesh Chandra (1963). East Bengal Cluber Itihas (in Bengali). Kolkata: Book Garden.
* Bandyopadhyay, Santipriya (1979). Cluber Naam East Bengal (in Bengali). Kolkata: New Bengal Press.
* Chattopadhyay, Hariprasad (2017). Mohun Bagan–East Bengal (in Bengali). Kolkata: Parul Prakashan.
* D'Mello, Anthony (1959). Portrait Of Indian Sport. P R Macmillan Limited, London.
* Sengupta, Somnath (29 July 2011). "Tactical Evolution Of Indian Football (Part One): Profiling Three Great 2-3-5 Teams". thehardtackle.com. Kolkata: The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
* Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
* Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.
* Kumar Shil, Amrita (15 May 2022). "Football Culture in Princely State of Cooch Behar" (PDF). JHSR Journal of Historical Study and Search. 2. ISSN 2583-0198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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* History
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Seasons|

| Men's|

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* 1923–24
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* 1927–28
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* 1984–85
* 1985–86
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* 1987–88
* 1988–89
* 1989–90
* 1990–91
* 1991–92
* 1992–93
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* 1995–96
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Women's|

* 2024–25
* 2025–26

Notable Matches|

| Federation Cup|

* 1978
* 1980
* 1985
* 1996
* 1997
* 2007
* 2009–10
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012

|

Indian Super Cup|

* 2006
* 2010
* 2011

Super Cup|

* 2018
* 2024

Durand Cup|

* 1951
* 1952
* 1956–57
* 1960–61
* 1967–68
* 1970–71
* 1972–73
* 1978–79
* 2002–03
* 2004

IFA Shield|

* 1943
* 1945
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1958
* 1961
* 1965
* 1970
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 2000
* 2002–03
* 2012

* Category
* Commons

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Indian Super League

Clubs|

* Bengaluru
* Chennaiyin
* East Bengal
* Goa
* Hyderabad
* Jamshedpur
* Kerala Blasters
* Mohammedan
* Mohun Bagan
* Mumbai City
* NorthEast United
* Odisha
* Punjab

Former clubs|

* ATK
* Pune City

Seasons|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25
* 2025–26

Playoffs|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Finals|

* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026

Competition|

* Teams
* Players
* foreign
* marquees
* Head coaches
* Stadiums
* Owners
* Seasons
* Playoffs
* Transfers

Statistics and awards|

* Champions
* Records and statistics
* Golden Boot
* Golden Glove
* Hat-tricks
* Best Player
* Assists
* Emerging Player

Associated competitions|

* I-League
* AFC Champions League
* AFC Cup
* Super Cup
* Durand Cup

Rivalries|

* Kolkata Derby
* South Indian Derby

Other|

* Football Sports Development
* Performance in Asian competition
* Drafts

* v
* t
* e

I-League

Current Clubs|

* Aizawl
* Churchill Brothers
* Delhi
* Gokulam Kerala
* Inter Kashi
* Mohammedan
* Namdhari
* NEROCA
* Rajasthan United
* Real Kashmir
* Shillong Lajong
* Sreenidi Deccan
* TRAU

Former Clubs|

* Air India
* Bengaluru
* Chennai City
* Dempo
* DSK Shivajians
* East Bengal
* HAL
* JCT
* Minerva Academy FC
* Mohun Bagan
* Mumbai Kenkre
* ONGC
* Punjab
* Rangdajied United
* Royal Wahingdoh
* Salgaocar
* Sporting Goa
* Sudeva
* Vasco
* United
* United Sikkim

Dissolved clubs|

* Bharat
* Chirag United Club Kerala
* Indian Arrows
* Mahindra United
* Mumbai
* Pune

Statistics and awards|

* Seasons
* Champions
* Golden Boot
* Hat-tricks
* Stats
* I-League monthly awards

Associated competitions|

* AFC Cup (performances by clubs)

Seasons|

* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25
* 2025–26

Related|

* National Football League
* Foreign players

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* e

Indian football champions

National Football League|

* 1996–97: JCT
* 1997–98: Mohun Bagan
* 1998–99: Salgaocar
* 1999–2000: Mohun Bagan
* 2000–01: East Bengal
* 2001–02: Mohun Bagan
* 2002–03: East Bengal
* 2003–04: East Bengal
* 2004–05: Dempo
* 2005–06: Mahindra United
* 2006–07: Dempo

I-League|

* 2007–08: Dempo
* 2008–09: Churchill Brothers
* 2009–10: Dempo
* 2010–11: Salgaocar
* 2011–12: Dempo
* 2012–13: Churchill Brothers
* 2013–14: Bengaluru
* 2014–15: Mohun Bagan
* 2015–16: Bengaluru
* 2016–17: Aizawl
* 2017–18: Minerva Punjab
* 2018–19: Chennai City
* 2019–20: Mohun Bagan
* 2020–21: Gokulam Kerala
* 2021–22: Gokulam Kerala

Indian Super League|

* 2017–18: Chennaiyin
* 2018–19: Bengaluru
* 2019–20: ATK
* 2020–21: Mumbai City
* 2021–22: Hyderabad
* 2022–23: Mumbai City
* 2023–24: Mohun Bagan SG
* 2024–25: Mohun Bagan SG

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Durand Cup winners

1888–1900|

* Royal Scots Fusiliers (1888)
* Highland Light Infantry (1889)
* Highland Light Infantry (1890)
* King's Own Scottish Borderers (1891)
* King's Own Scottish Borderers (1892)
* Highland Light Infantry (1893)
* Highland Light Infantry (1894)
* Highland Light Infantry (1895)
* Somerset Light Infantry (1896)
* Black Watch (1897)
* Black Watch (1898)
* Black Watch (1899)
* South Wales Borderers (1900)

1901–1920|

* South Wales Borderers (1901)
* Hampshire Regiment (1902)
* Royal Irish Rifles (1903)
* North Staffordshire Regiment (1904)
* Royal Dragoons (1905)
* Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1906)
* Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (1907)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1908)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1909)
* Royal Scots (1910)
* Black Watch (1911)
* Royal Scots (1912)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1913)
* Not held (1914)
* Not held (1915)
* Not held (1916)
* Not held (1917)
* Not held (1918)
* Not held (1919)
* Black Watch (1920)

1921–1940|

* Worcestershire Regiment (1921)
* Lancashire Fusiliers (1922)
* Cheshire Regiment (1923)
* Worcestershire Regiment (1924)
* Sherwood Foresters (1925)
* Durham Light Infantry (1926)
* York & Lancaster Regiment (1927)
* Sherwood Foresters (1928)
* York & Lancaster Regiment (1929)
* York & Lancaster Regiment (1930)
* Devonshire Regiment (1931)
* King's Shropshire Light Infantry (1932)
* King's Shropshire Light Infantry (1933)
* Royal Signals (1934)
* Border Regiment (1935)
* Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1936)
* Border Regiment (1937)
* South Wales Borderers (1938)
* Not held (1939)
* Mohammedan (1940)

1941–1960|

* Not held (1941)
* Not held (1942)
* Not held (1943)
* Not held (1944)
* Not held (1945)
* Not held (1946)
* Not held (1947)
* Not held (1948)
* Not held (1949)
* Hyderabad City Police (1950)
* East Bengal (1951)
* East Bengal (1952)
* Mohun Bagan (1953)
* Hyderabad City Police (1954)
* Madras Regimental Centre (1955)
* East Bengal (1956)
* Hyderabad City Police (1957)
* Madras Regimental Centre (1958)
* Mohun Bagan (1959)
* Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (1960)

1961–1980|

* Andhra Pradesh Police (1961)
* Not held (1962)
* Mohun Bagan (1963)
* Mohun Bagan (1964)
* Mohun Bagan (1965)
* Gorkha Brigade (1966)
* East Bengal (1967)
* Border Security Force (1968)
* Gorkha Brigade (1969)
* East Bengal (1970)
* Border Security Force (1971)
* East Bengal (1972)
* Border Security Force (1973)
* Mohun Bagan (1974)
* Border Security Force (1975)
* Border Security Force and JCT Mills (1976)
* Mohun Bagan (1977)
* East Bengal (1978)
* Mohun Bagan (1979)
* Mohun Bagan (1980)

1981–2000|

* Border Security Force (1981)
* Mohun Bagan and East Bengal (1982)
* JCT Mills (1983)
* Mohun Bagan (1984)
* Mohun Bagan (1985)
* Mohun Bagan (1986)
* JCT Mills (1987)
* Border Security Force (1988)
* East Bengal (1989)
* East Bengal (1990)
* East Bengal (1991)
* JCT Mills (1992)
* East Bengal (1993)
* Mohun Bagan (1994)
* East Bengal (1995)
* JCT Mills (1996)
* Kochin (1997)
* Mahindra & Mahindra (1998)
* Salgaocar (1999)
* Mohun Bagan (2000)

2001–2020|

* Mahindra United (2001-02)
* East Bengal (2002-03)
* Salgaocar (2003-04)
* East Bengal (2004-05)
* Army XI (2005)
* Dempo (2006)
* Churchill Brothers (2007)
* Mahindra United (2008)
* Churchill Brothers (2009)
* Prayag United (2010)
* Churchill Brothers (2011)
* Air India (2012)
* Mohammedan (2013)
* Salgaocar (2014)
* Army Green (2016)
* Gokulam Kerala (2019)

2021–present|

* Goa (2021)
* Bengaluru (2022)
* Mohun Bagan (2023)
* NorthEast United (2024)

Notes: The tournament was not held from 1914-19 (due to WWI), in 1939 (due to WWII), from 1941-49 (due to WWII and Partition), in 1962 (due to 1962 War) and in 2015 and 2017-2018 (due to unknown reasons)

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Football in West Bengal

Indian Football Association

State teams|

* West Bengal football team
* West Bengal women's football team

Clubs|

| Indian Super League|

* East Bengal
* Mohun Bagan
* Mohammedan

|

I-League 2|

* United SC

I-League 3|

* Bhawanipore
* Diamond Harbour

Calcutta Football League|

* Aryan
* Bengal Nagpur Railway
* BSS
* Calcutta Customs
* Calcutta FC
* Dalhousie
* Eastern Railway
* Food Corporation of India
* George Telegraph
* Howrah Union
* Kalighat Milan Sangha
* Kidderpore
* Peerless
* Rainbow
* Southern Samity
* Sreebhumi
* Tollygunge Agragami
* Wari
* West Bengal Police

League competitions|

* Calcutta Football League
* Calcutta Women's Football League

Cup competitions|

* IFA Shield
* Trades Cup
* Women's IFA Shield
* Cooch Behar Cup (defunct)
* All Airlines Gold Cup (defunct)
* McDowell's Cup (defunct)
* Uttarbanga Cup
* Kolkata Police Friendship Cup

Stadiums|

* Salt Lake Stadium
* Mohun Bagan Ground
* East Bengal Ground
* Mohammedan Sporting Ground
* Barasat Stadium
* Jadavpur Stadium
* Kalyani Stadium
* Kanchenjunga Stadium
* Naihati Stadium
* Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
* Sailen Manna Stadium

Football in Darjeeling|

* Darjeeling Gold Cup

Others|

* Football in Kolkata
* Kolkata Derby
* Football Lover's Day

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* e

Kolkata topics

History|

* Bengali Renaissance
* Black Hole of Calcutta
* Bhurshut
* Calcutta flag
* Dihi Panchannagram
* Direct Action Day
* Dutch Bengal
* Gobindapur
* History of Kolkata
* Presidency division
* Job Charnock
* Kalighat–Falta Railway
* Kalikata
* Robert Clive
* Sabarna Roy Choudhury
* Siege of Calcutta
* Sutanuti
* State Archaeological Museum
* Warren Hastings
* Battle of Biderra/Chinsurah
* Nabakrishna Deb
* Rabindranath Tagore

Localities|

* Kolkata metropolitan area
* Neighbourhoods
* list
* Streets (list)

Buildings|

* Belvedere Estate
* Indian Museum
* Jorasanko Thakur Bari
* Calcutta High Court
* Currency Building
* Bankshall Court
* Marble Palace
* National Library of India
* Netaji Bhawan
* Raj Bhavan, Kolkata
* Sabarna Sangrahashala
* Shaheed Minar
* Victoria Memorial
* St. Paul's Cathedral
* Metcalfe Hall
* Writers' Building
* Metropolitan Building
* Grand Hotel
* Shobhabazar Rajbari
* Esplanade Mansions

High
rises|

Chatterjee International Center
South City
Tata Centre
Industry House
Everest House
Jeevan Sudha
Government of India Building
Hiland Park
The 42
Urbana
Uniworld City

Education|

| Secondary|

* Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy
* B. T. Road Government Sponsored H. S. School
* Calcutta Boys' School
* Calcutta Girls' High School
* Don Bosco School, Park Circus
* Hare School
* Hindu School, Kolkata
* Kendriya Vidyalaya
* La Martiniere Calcutta
* Loreto Schools
* Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School
* Ramakrishna, Narendrapur
* Scottish Church Collegiate School
* South Point School
* St. Xavier's Collegiate School
* St. James' School (Kolkata)

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Higher|

* Aliah University
* Asiatic Society
* Asutosh College
* Marine Engineering and Research Institute
* Bethune College
* Government College of Engineering and Ceramic Technology
* Government College of Art & Craft
* Medical College and Hospital
* Calcutta National Medical College
* Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur
* IIM
* IISER
* Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
* Indian Statistical Institute
* Jadavpur University
* Maulana Azad College
* Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
* Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology
* Netaji Subhas Open University
* National Institute for Research in Bacterial Infections
* Presidency University
* Rabindra Bharati University
* Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
* School of Tropical Medicine
* Scottish Church College
* St. Xavier's College
* University of Calcutta
* West Bengal University of Health Sciences
* West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
* Calcutta School of Music
* Narula Institute of Technology
* Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
* Vivek Tirtha

Industry and
economy|

* ABP Group
* Allahabad Bank
* AMRI Hospitals
* Andrew Yule and Company
* Baidyanath Group
* Balmer Lawrie
* Batanagar
* Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
* Berger Paints
* Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam
* Biecco Lawrie
* Birds Jute and Export
* Birla Corporation
* Braithwaite & Co.
* Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
* Bridge and Roof Company
* Britannia Industries
* Burn & Company
* Burnpur
* Burn Standard Company
* Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation (CESC)
* Calcutta Stock Exchange
* Chandras' Chemical Factory
* Coal India
* Damodar Valley Corporation
* Emami
* Exide Industries
* Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
* GKB Opticals
* Hawkers
* Hind Motor
* Hindustan Ambassador
* IISCO Steel Plant
* India Government Mint, Kolkata
* ITC Limited
* Jai Balaji group
* Jessop & Company
* Kolkata Port Trust
* Lexulous
* Limtex
* Lux Industries
* National Insurance Company
* Peerless Group
* Saregama
* Sinclairs Hotels Limited
* Tata Global Beverages
* The Park Hotels
* UCO Bank
* United Bank of India

Transportation|

| Road|

* Calcutta Tramways Company
* Calcutta State Transport Corporation
* Kalyani Expressway
* Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit System
* West Bengal Transport Corporation
* South Bengal State Transport Corporation
* Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu)
* Belghoria Expressway
* Vidyasagar Setu
* Vivekananda Setu
* Nivedita Setu
* Golden Quadrilateral
* Rickshaw
* Hand-pulled rickshaw

|

Rail|

* Kolkata Metro
* Kolkata Suburban Railway
* Eastern Railway
* South Eastern Railway
* Trams in Kolkata
* Kolkata LRTS
* Howrah railway station
* Kolkata railway station
* Sealdah railway station
* Shalimar railway station
* Kolkata Monorail

Sea|

* Port of Kolkata

Air|

* Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
* List of airports

Culture|

* Kolkata Book Fair
* Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk
* Calcutta Youth Choir
* Coffee House
* Dwarkin
* Festivals
* Kolkata International Film Festival
* Dover Lane Music Conference
* Kolkata in the media
* Music of Bengal
* Nandan
* Priya
* Rabindra Nritya Natya
* Rabindra Sangeet
* Ritwik Ghatak
* Satyajit Ray
* Feluda
* Byomkesh Bakshi
* Ghanada
* Prostitution in Kolkata
* Tenida
* Tollywood
* Ghosts in Bengali culture
* Adda
* Rabindra Tirtha
* Nazrul Tirtha
* Mishti Hub
* Football
* Kolkata derby
* Group theatre of Kolkata

| Ethnic enclaves|

* Bow Barracks (Anglo-Indian)
* Chinatown, Kolkata (Chinese)
* Tangra, Kolkata (Chinese)
* Zakaria Street (Bihari Muslim)
* Armani-para (Armenian)

|

Places of
worship|

| Hindu|

* Belur Math
* Birla Mandir, Kolkata
* Dakshineswar Kali Temple
* Kalighat
* Kripamayee Kali Temple
* Baranagar Math
* Alambazar Math

|

Christian|

* St. Paul's Cathedral
* Holy Rosary Cathedral (Portuguese Church)
* St. John's Church
* Parasnath Temple

Others|

* Nakhoda Mosque
* Tipu Sultan Mosque
* Chinese temples in Kolkata
* Magen David Synagogue

Sports|

* ATK
* Barasat Stadium
* B.C. Roy Trophy
* Beighton Cup
* Bengal cricket team
* Bhawanipore FC
* Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
* Calcutta Polo Club
* Calcutta South Club
* Bengal Tigers
* Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
* Calcutta Football League
* Dalhousie AC
* East Bengal FC
* East Bengal Ground
* Eastern Railway FC
* Eden Gardens
* Indian Football Association
* IFA Shield
* Kalighat Milan Sangha FC
* Kishore Bharati Krirangan
* Kolkata derby
* Kolkata Knight Riders
* Kolkata Police Friendship Cup Football Tournament
* Kolkata Vipers
* Mohammedan Sporting Club
* Mohammedan Sporting Ground
* Mohun Bagan Super Giant
* Mohun Bagan Ground
* Netaji Indoor Stadium
* Indian Arrows
* United SC
* Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
* Salt Lake Stadium
* Sunfeast Open
* Southern Samity
* Subroto Cup
* Aryan FC
* Tollygunge Agragami FC
* West Bengal football team

Other topics|

* Adwaita
* Zoological Garden, Alipore
* Bengal Club
* Calcutta Club
* Calcutta Rowing Club
* Central Forensic Science Laboratory
* Chinese of Calcutta
* Early phase of printing in Calcutta
* Electoral constituencies
* List of people from Kolkata
* Fort William
* Hooghly River
* Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden
* Maidan
* Missionaries of Charity
* Princeton Club
* Rabindra Sarobar
* Royal Calcutta Golf Club
* Sonagachi
* South Park Street Cemetery
* Tollygunge Club
* Tala tank

* Category

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Sports teams based in West Bengal

American football|

EFLI
Kolkata Vipers

Cricket|

IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders
ICL
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CCL
Bengal Tigers
Ranji
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Field hockey|

CHL
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan

Football|

ISL
East Bengal
Mohun Bagan
I-League 2nd Division
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Mohammedan
United SC
Elite League
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NFL
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Durand Cup
East Bengal
Mohammedan
Mohun Bagan
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West Bengal Football Team
IFA
East Bengal
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Kabaddi|

Pro Kabaddi
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Rugby union|

AISART
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Jungle Crows
Sergeant's Institute

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

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