Aryan FC
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| Full name | Aryan Football Club |
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| Founded | 1884 (as Aryan Sports Club) |
| Ground | East Bengal Ground |
| Capacity | 23,500 |
| Owner | Techno India Group |
| Chairman | Satyam Roy Chowdhury |
| Manager | Rajdeep Nandy |
| League | Calcutta Premier Division |
Aryan Football Club or Techno Aryan FC, or simply Aryan,[1] is an Indian professional football club based in the city of Kolkata, that competes in the Calcutta Football League.[2][3][4] The club was founded in 1884 as Aryan Sports Club.[5] 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.
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 June 1929) was the father figure of the club during those days.[6] 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.[8]
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.[9]
Home ground
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Aryan FC plays most of their home matches of Calcutta Premier Division at the East Bengal Ground, which is located in Kolkata Maidan area and has a capacity of 23,500 spectators.[10][11]
Sponsors
The club is currently being sponsored by the Techno India Group, which is a group of engineering and management colleges, public schools.[12][13]
Current squad
Squad for CFL Premier Division A 2018.[14] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
Runners-up (2): 1996[18]
Runners-up (2): 1998, 2010
- Champions (2): 1965, 1966[19]
See also
- Football in Kolkata
- List of football clubs in Kolkata
- List of football clubs in India
- IFA Shield
- Techno India Group
Notes
- ^ Fourth oldest club competition, organized by the IFA (W.B.) and played between local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.
References
- ^ "Top five underdog teams in Calcutta Football League 2019". Khel Now. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
- ^ Calcutta Football League archive indiafooty.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021
- ^ East Bengal 3-0 Aryan Club sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 12 May 2021
- ^ "সেরা কোচ পাবেন অমল দত্ত ট্রফি". আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা. 24 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "India - Techno Aryan XI FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
- ^ "Legends Of Indian Football : The Pioneers". thehardtackle.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Remembering India's most prolific centre forward - Sahoo Mewalal". sportskeeda.com. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Aryan Club - Rising From the Ashes". thehardtackle.com. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Countering the Maoists - Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "How Asia's oldest football league made its mark". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Aryans Club ties up with Techno India". thaindian.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield:". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "India - List of IFA Shield Finals". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Aryan Club". IFA West Bengal. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Airlines Gold Cup:". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy:". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
External links
- Official Website Aryan Football Club at technoaryanclub.com
- Aryan Football Club archive at kolkatafootball.com
- Aryan Club - Rising From the Ashes at thehardtackle.com