George Telegraph S.C.

George Telegraph Sporting Club is an Indian professional association football club based in Kolkata, that competes in the Calcutta Football League, the top tier state football league in West Bengal.[1] They play their home matches at Rabindra Sarobar Stadium.

George Telegraph
Full nameGeorge Telegraph Sports Club
Nickname(s)Georgians
Giant Killers
Founded1925
General Secretary Subrata Dutta
Manager Ranjan Bhattacherjee
LeagueCalcutta Football League
2019-20currently 1st

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, their second season.

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

See also

References
  1. "Official Website".
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