Aryan FC

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Aryan FC
Aryan Football club logo.jpg
Full nameAryan Football Club[1]
Founded1884; 138 years ago (1884) (as Aryan Sports Club)
GroundEast Bengal Ground[2]
Capacity23,500
OwnerTechno India Group
ChairmanSatyam Roy Chowdhury
ManagerRajdeep Nandy
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division

Aryan Football Club[3] or Techno Aryan FC, or simply Aryan,[4] is an Indian professional football club based in the city of Kolkata, that competes in the Calcutta Football League.[5][6][7] The club was founded in 1884 as Aryan Sports Club.[8] 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.[9]

History[]

Formation and journey[]

Former club crest

Before the advent of East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting club, it was Aryan (then known as Aryans Club) and Mohun Bagan AC, 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.[10] 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 June 1929) was the father figure of the club during those days.[11] It was he who started Aryan's famous policy of bringing up unknown yet talented footballers.

Iconic Indian footballer Sahu Mewalal had two stints with Aryan from 1945 to 1946 and 1956 to 1957.[12]

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, who scored multiple hat-tricks for the team.[13][14][15] Before or after gaining independence from the British raj, Aryan participated in every Calcutta Football League editions (until the formation of Premier Division B).[4][16][17]

1960s–1980s[]

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.[18]

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.[19]

In 1975, Aryan clinched Churachand Singh Invitation Trophy title defeating Rajasthan Club.

1990s–present[]

In 1998, Aryan reached the final of All Airlines Gold Cup but lost 4–3 to East Bengal in penalty-shootout.[20] They again finished on second position in 2010.

Home ground[]

East Bengal-Aryan Ground on a matchday

Aryan FC plays most of their home matches of Calcutta Premier Division at the East Bengal Ground,[21] which is located in Kolkata Maidan area and has a capacity of 23,500 spectators.[22][23]

East Bengal Ground layout with the Aryan gallery
A view of East Bengal Ground

Sponsors[]

The club is currently being sponsored by the Techno India Group,[24] which is a group of engineering and management colleges, public schools.[25][26]

Current 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
2 DF India IND Omeer Hossain
3 DF India IND Mohan Sarkar
4 DF India IND Pitambar Das
6 MF India IND Ankit Mukherjee
7 MF India IND Sourav Dasgupta
8 MF India IND Raju Koley
9 MF India IND Firoj Ali
10 MF India IND Chattu Mondal
11 FW India IND Souvik Santra
12 MF India IND Anubrata Maity
13 DF India IND Manash Sarkar
14 DF India IND Sukdeb Murmu
16 MF India IND Hiralal Chettri
17 MF India IND Rajib Ghorui
18 DF India IND Suraj Bahadur Gurung
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF India IND Sabir Ali
20 MF India IND Prasenjit Chakraborty
21 MF India IND Goutam Thakur
22 DF India IND Bapan Mondal
25 MF India IND Asit Hazra
— MF India IND Akash Dave
— MF India IND Rakesh Karmakar
— MF India IND Sandeep Oraon
— DF India IND Pravakar Naskar
— MF India IND Shamsad Ali
— MF Liberia LBR Alfred Jaryan
— DF Nigeria NGA Kareem Omolaja
— FW Cameroon CMR Aristide Vaillant

Notable former players[]

For current and former notable Aryan FC players with a Wikipedia article, see: Aryan FC players.

Honours[]

Domestic tournaments[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Fourth oldest club competition, organized by the IFA (W.B.) and played between local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

References[]

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