Tollygunge Agragami FC

Tollygunge Agragami Football Club[2] is an Indian professional football club based in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal that competes in the Calcutta Premier Division B and have also played in the National Football League (India), then top flight of Indian football.[3] The club also competes in other regional tournaments alongside the Kolkata giants ATK Mohun Bagan, S.C. East Bengal and Mohammedan SC.

Tollygunge Agragami FC
Full nameTollygunge Agragami FC
Nickname(s)Agragami
(The Pioneer)
Founded1943 (1943)
GroundRabindra Sarobar Stadium
Capacity22,000
ChairmanSubhankar Ghosh Dostider
ManagerBimal Ghosh[1]
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division

History

Tollygunge Agragami is a soccer club founded in Kolkata, India. The team was founded in 1943 as Russa Agragami Samity, then later renamed to Tollygunge Agragami in 1955. Their home ground is the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, which has a capacity of 22,000. Although the team has not been as successful as their city rivals, East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan alongside Mohammedan SC, but they are a team to watch out for.

Rivalry

South Kolkata Derby
Opponent Played Wins Draws Losses
Tollygunge Agragami 6060
Kalighat Milan Sangha 7160
Bhawanipore 5041
Total 181161

Team management
Position Name
Head Coach Bimal Ghosh
Physio Bibhu Nanda Nayek

Honours

league
Champion (1): 1997-98

Domestic
Runners-up (2): 1971, 1999
Runners-up (3): 1998-99, 2000, 2002

Tollygunge Agragami participated in the 2018 Calcutta Premier Division playoffs, finishing in tenth. They were placed in Calcutta Premier Division B and defeated Mohammedan Sporting by 2-1. They did not qualify for Calcutta Premier Division A in 2019 or 2020.

See also

References
  1. "Bimal Ghosh starts his Kolkata stint on note for Tollygunge FC". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. "Tollygunge Agragami - Club profile" Check |url= value (help). _. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  3. "When a brilliant Sporting Clube fell short at the last hurdle in NFL". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
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