Aryan FC

Aryan Football Club or Techno Aryan FC or simply Aryan is an Indian professional football club based in the city of Kolkata, that competes in the Calcutta Football League. The club was founded in 1884 as Aryan Sports Club.[1] It started playing football some years later, making it one of Asia's oldest football clubs. It plays all the home matches in the East Bengal-Aryan Ground.

Aryan FC
Full nameAryan Football Club
Nickname(s)Aryan
Aryans Club
Founded1884 (1884) as Aryan Sports Club
GroundEast Bengal-Aryan Ground
Capacity23,500
OwnerTechno India Group
ChairmanSatyam Roy Chowdhury
ManagerRajdeep Nandy
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division
WebsiteClub website

History

Before the advent of East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting club, it was Aryan and Mohun Bagan A.C. who enjoyed an elite status among Indian football clubs. While Aryan didn't enjoy the same degree of success as Mohun Bagan, they did perform well in patches. One of Aryan's greatest moments came in 1940. That year, they won IFA Shield, one of India's premier tournaments. They became only the 3rd Indian run club to win the prestigious title. Moreover, they crushed Mohun Bagan 4–1 in the final. Sir Dukhiram Majumdar (1875 - 16.06.1929) was the father figure of the club during those days. It was he who started Aryan's famous policy of bringing up unknown yet talented footballers.

Aryan enjoyed another spell of success in mid-1950s, reaching the final of Shield in 1955 and 1956 with an ageing Sahu Mewalal in their ranks. As the years progressed they gradually lost their status as a top club, instead Aryan became the breeding ground of some of the most famous players in Kolkata maidan. Players like Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun Banerjee, Goutam Sarkar and Sudhir Karmakar started out in Aryan, before moving on to the bigger clubs. Other than another IFA Shield win in 1983 (title shared with East Bengal), Aryan didn't achieve a lot of success in modern era.[2]

On the morning of 5 August 1971, the Naxalite intellectual and poet Saroj Dutta was killed by the police in the grounds of the Aryan club on the Calcutta maidan.[3]

Stadium
East Bengal Aryan Ground
East Bengal-Aryan Ground, home of Aryan FC

Aryan FC plays all their home matches of Calcutta Premier Division in the East Bengal Aryan Ground, which is located at the Kolkata Maidan area.

Sponsors

The Club is being sponsored by the Techno India Group for last three years.[4][5]

Current squad

Squad for CFL Premier Division A 2018.[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  IND Omeer Hossain
3 DF  IND Mohan Sarkar
4 DF  IND Pitambar Das
6 MF  IND Ankit Mukherjee
7 MF  IND Sourav Dasgupta
8 MF  IND Raju Koley
9 MF  IND Firoj Ali
10 MF  IND Chattu Mondal
11 FW  IND Souvik Santra
12 MF  IND Anubrata Maity
13 DF  IND Manash Sarkar
14 DF  IND Sukdeb Murmu
15 DF  CIV Seidu Made
16 MF  IND Hiralal Chettri
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF  IND Rajib Ghorui
18 DF  IND Suraj Bahadur Gurung
19 MF  IND Sabir Ali
20 MF  IND Prasenjit Chakraborty
21 MF  IND Goutam Thakur
22 DF  IND Bapan Mondal
9 FW  CIV Gatch Arthure Diomande
24 FW  NGA Emmanuel Chinedu
25 MF  IND Asit Hazra
28 FW  IND Mahitosh roy rajbonshi
27 DF  IND Paban Das
30 FW  IND Godson
31 GK  IND Jhantu Mondal
32 GK  IND Rana Chakrabarty
33 DF  IND Sourav Chakravarty

See also

References
  1. "India - Techno Aryan XI FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Aryan Club - Rising From the Ashes". thehardtackle.com. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. "Countering the Maoists - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Aryans Club ties up with Techno India". thaindian.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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