Howrah Union

Indian multi-sports club based in West Bengal

Football club

Howrah UnionFull name| Howrah Union

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Founded| 1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Ground| Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground
League| Calcutta First Division

Howrah Union is an Indian multisports club based in the city of Kolkata, whose football team competes in the Calcutta Football League.[1][2][3] The club previously competed in Super Division of CFL.[4][5] Their cricket team plays in the CAB tournaments.[6]

## History

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Howrah Union club was formed in 1922, by Panchanon Choungda from Amta, Howrah.[7] Initially they played football at Howrah Maidan and eventually got affiliation from the Indian Football Association and joined Calcutta Football League.[1][8] They got promoted to the First Division in 1929 and won the Trades Cup in 1932.[7] In the 1936 IFA Shield, they went till the semi-finals by defeating the 1933 winners Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.[1]

They shifted to their current ground at the Kolkata Maidan in 1962 which they share with Mohammedan Sporting. Russi Mody, the former chairman and managing director of Tata Steel and a prominent member of the Tata Group was a longtime President of the club.[9][10]

## Notable players

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Ashoke Chatterjee, former India international, who played and captained Howrah Union in 1959. Veteran Indian manager Jahar Das appeared with Howrah Union in 1967

Notable players who have played or have started their careers at the club include Sailen Manna,[11][12] Arun Ghosh,[13] Samar Banerjee,[10] Ashok Chatterjee,[14][15][16][17] Mohammad Abdus Sattar,[18][19][20][21] Poongam Kannan,[22][23] and Jahar Das.[24]

## Home ground

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Howrah Union uses Mohammedan Sporting—Howrah Union Ground for its sporting events.[25]

## Honours

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### Domestic tournaments

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* Stafford Cup
* Winners (1): 1964[1][26][27]
* Bordoloi Trophy
* Runners-up (1): 1962[28]
* Trades Cup[29]
* Winners (3): 1932, 2011, 2018[30]
* Runners-up (2): 2012, 2019[31]
* Cooch Behar Cup[32]
* Winners (1): 1967[1]

## Other departments

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### Cricket

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Howrah Union has its men's cricket section, which is affiliated with the Cricket Association of Bengal,[33] and competes in the CAB Second Division League.[34][35][36]

### Field hockey

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Men's hockey team of the club is affiliated to Bengal Hockey Association (known as 'Hockey Bengal'), and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League.[37][38][39]

### Volleyball

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Howrah Union also operate men's volleyball team that participates in Elliot Shield State Volleyball Championship in Kolkata.[40]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Howrah Union – at a glance". howrahunion.com. Howrah Union Club. Archived from the original on 25 April 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
2. ^ Chakraborty, Debojyoti (29 August 2017). "WHEN EASTERN RAILWAY RAN ON FULL STEAM (1958)". www.goaldentimes.org. Goalden Times. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
3. ^ "IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (CFL)". ifawb.org. Indian Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
4. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (5 March 2015). "India 1984 – List of Champions: Calcutta League". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022.
5. ^ King, Ian; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Piet; Cruickshank, Mark (30 May 2013). "India 1985 – Regional Leagues: Calcutta League". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022.
6. ^ "First Division". Cricket Association of Bengal. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
7. ^ a b "কর্পোরেট ক্রিকেট দিয়ে হাওড়া ইউনিয়নে শতবর্ষ উৎযাপন শুরু" [Howrah Union keen to start club's centenary celebration with corporate cricket tournament]. insidesports.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস. 21 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
8. ^ Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2008). "Football in Bengali culture and society: a study in the social history of football in Bengal 1911–1980". Shodhganga. University of Calcutta. p. 35\. hdl:10603/174532. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
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10. ^ a b "Huge facelift for Howrah Union club". archive.indianexpress.com. Kolkata: The Indian Express. Express News Service. 28 November 2007. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023.
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14. ^ Das, G. C. (14 September 2008). "Indian Legendary Football Players Profile: Ashoke Chatterjee". www.kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
15. ^ "Former India footballer Ashok Chatterjee dies". Sportstar. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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20. ^ "Former Indian Olympic football star passes away". NDTV. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
21. ^ "Olympian Abdus Sattar dead". The Hindu. 25 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
22. ^ "Indian Football: 'Asian Pele' P. Kannan passes away". www.goal.com. Goal. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
23. ^ Venkatasan, S Prasanna (9 April 2019). "'Asian Pele' P. Kannan suffers stroke, admitted to hospital". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
24. ^ "Kolkata Football Academy — Our Coaches: Jahar Das (Vice President and Head of Youth Development AFC 'A' Licence and Goalz Coaching)". kolkatafootballacademy.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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29. ^ Schöggl, Hans (2014). "India — List of Trades Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
30. ^ "IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2018". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
31. ^ "IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2019". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
32. ^ 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.
33. ^ "The Cricket Association of Bengal: First Division Clubs". cricketassociationofbengal.com. Kolkata: Cricket Association of Bengal. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
34. ^ "CAB 2nd DIVISION LEAGUE 2019–20: HOWRAH UNION (CAB2DIV) vs EXCELSIORS CLUB (CAB2DIV)". cricheroes.in. Cricheroes. 8 February 2020. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
35. ^ "CAB 2nd DIVISION LEAGUE 2019–20: HOWRAH UNION (CAB2DIV) vs BISHWANATH CRICKET ACADEMY". cricheroes.in. Cricheroes. 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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## Further reading

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Bibliography

* Mitra, Soumen (1 January 2006). In Search of an Identity: The History of Football in Colonial Calcutta. Kolkata: Dasgupta & Co. Private Ltd. ISBN 978-8182110229. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022.
* 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.
* Majumdar, Boria, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation. Penguin India. ISBN 9780670058747.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
* Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940 (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat).
* Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
* Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
* Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.

Others

* "CALCUTTA FC WIN". telegraphindia.com. Kolkata: The Telegraph. 13 July 2001. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
* "Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
* "SportMob – Best Indian football players of all time". SportMob.com. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
* From recreation to competition: Early history of Indian football. Archived 9 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 124–141. Published online: 6 Aug 2006. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

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