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'{{Short description|Overview of football in West Bengal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{sport overview | title = Football in West Bengal | image = Salt Lake Stadium ( Yuba Bharati Krirangan ) Kolkata India - FC Bayern Munich Mohun Bagan Oliver Kahn 1.jpg | image_size = 270px | caption = Indian crowd during the match between [[FC Bayern Munich]] and [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]], May 27, 2008 | union = [[Indian Football Association]] (IFA) <br /> (formed in 1893)<ref>{{cite web |first=Arjun |last=Wadwha |url=http://www.thesportscampus.com/200805197/introduction-to-football/history-indian-football |title=History of Football in India |website=thesportscampus.com |publisher=TheSportsCampus |date=19 May 2008 |access-date=15 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825015957/http://www.thesportscampus.com/200805197/introduction-to-football/history-indian-football |archive-date=2012-08-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | match = 131,781 <br /> ([[East Bengal 4–1 Mohun Bagan|1997 Federation Cup Semifinal: East Bengal F.C. VS Mohun Bagan A.C.]] at [[Salt Lake Stadium]], 1997)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2013/7/22/6phssedqppiaxjndh9sxxm3jph49r7|title=Mohun Bagan and East Bengal: A derby to remember|access-date=5 December 2015|website=inbedwithmaradona.com|date=24 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204124327/http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2013/7/22/6phssedqppiaxjndh9sxxm3jph49r7|archive-date=4 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> }} [[Association football]] is two most-popular sports in '''[[West Bengal]]''', the others being [[Cricket]].<ref name="Football Passion West Bengal">{{cite web|title=Football - the passion play in West Bengal|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111155154/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/football--the-passion-play-in-kolkata/211371-55.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 January 2012|website=IBN Live|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indianlink.com.au/travel/the-city-of-wonders/ |date=2010 |first1=Sandip |last1=Hor |website=indianlink.com.au |title=Indian Link — The City of Wonders |access-date=28 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404061736/http://www.indianlink.com.au/travel/the-city-of-wonders/ |archive-date=4 April 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]], [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] and [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan]] are the heart of [[West Bengal]] football. The rivalry between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal, originating from the [[Calcutta Football League]] as the [[Kolkata derby]], is one of the fiercest in the world and considered among the flagship events in the [[football in India|Indian footballing calendar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|title=How football kicked off in India {{!}} As with the English language, when the British transported the sport to India, they didn't expect the 'natives' to beat them at it|website=lifestyle.livemint.com|publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Livemint Delhi]]|date=8 June 2018|access-date=27 January 2022|first=Manu S|last=Pillai|location=Delhi, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714153151/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/how-football-kicked-off-in-india-111645287939737.html|archive-date=14 July 2022}}</ref> West Bengal is known to be the ''[[Mecca]] of Indian football'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ekolkata24.com/sports-news/durand-cup-final-between-mohammedan-sporting-versus-fc-goa/?amp=1|title=Durand Cup: 'জান জান মহামেডান', ফুটবল মক্কা চাইছে রেশমি কাবাবের সৌরভ|website=ekolkata24.com|date=2 October 2021|access-date=2 March 2022|language=bn|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302125336/https://ekolkata24.com/sports-news/durand-cup-final-between-mohammedan-sporting-versus-fc-goa/?amp=1|archive-date=2 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Majumdar, Boria |first=Bandyopadhyay, Kausik |date=1 February 2006 |title=Goalless: The Story of a Unique Footballing Nation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i55oAAAACAAJ |location=[[New Delhi]] |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin India]] |isbn=9780670058747 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408140616/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Goalless_the_Story_of_a_Unique_Footballi.html?id=i55oAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=8 April 2022}}</ref> with the two most supported teams in the country being based within the city – Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mohun Bagan VS SC East Bengal|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/rivalries/newsid=1414458/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801091940/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/rivalries/newsid=1414458/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2013|website=FIFA|access-date=11 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|location=Kolkata|first=Indranil|last=Banerjie|date=15 May 1985|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19850515-money-violence-and-politics-enter-calcutta-football-770046-2013-12-09|title=Money, violence and politics enter Calcutta football|work=India Today|access-date=1 April 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401133317/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19850515-money-violence-and-politics-enter-calcutta-football-770046-2013-12-09}}</ref> The IFA had organised many historical tournaments like the [[Trades Cup]], the Gladstone Cup, the [[Cooch Behar Cup]] and the coveted [[IFA Shield]], prior to the incorporation of [[Calcutta Football League]] in 1898. The Trades Cup is the oldest tournament in Kolkata, being instituted in 1889.<ref>{{cite book |title=Portrait Of Indian Sport |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitofinidan00anth |publisher= P R Macmillan Limited, London |last1=D'Mello |first1=Anthony |page=186 |date=1959 |access-date=25 September 2022 }}</ref> ==History== Through the efforts of [[Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari]] (the ''father of Indian football''), A.R. Brown and B.C. Lindsay of [[Dalhousie AC]], and Watson of [[Calcutta Cricket and Football Club|Calcutta FC]], the IFA was established in 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/|title=Nagendra Prasad — The father of Indian football who removed prejudice from the sport|website=thebridge.in|publisher=The Bridge|date=25 January 2020|access-date=24 October 2022|first=Sarah|last=Waris|location=Kolkata|archive-date=24 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024082132/https://thebridge.in/amp/featured/nagendra-prasad-the-father-indian-football-removed-prejudice-indian-sports/}}</ref> A.R. Brown was the first Secretary of the IFA. [[Norman Pritchard|Norman Prichard]], the first Indian to win an [[Olympic medal]], was the Secretary of the IFA in 1900.The most remarkable person to head the IFA was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Santosh, Bangladesh|Santosh]], [[Sir]] M.N. Roy Chowdhury. During his tenure the IFA played an instrumental role in the formation of the AIFF.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=https://ifawb.org/about-us/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=IFAWB|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124122335/https://ifawb.org/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Administration== Football in West Bengal is administered by the [[Indian Football Association]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefangarage.com/articles/19091-calcutta-football-league-cfl-goes-bigger-than-ever-for-its-historic-125th-season|title=Calcutta Football League (CFL) goes bigger than ever for its historic 125th season|website=thefangarage.com|publisher=The Fan Garage|location=Kolkata|date=5 June 2023|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606060715/https://thefangarage.com/articles/19091-calcutta-football-league-cfl-goes-bigger-than-ever-for-its-historic-125th-season|archive-date=6 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/footballs-passage/|title=The passage of football in India|website=ifawb.org|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|location=Kolkata|access-date=11 September 2022|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129163914/https://ifawb.org/footballs-passage/}}</ref> It is the oldest football association in India and was founded in 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|title=The Golden Years of Indian Football|website=www.chaseyoursport.com|publisher=Chase Your Sport|location=Kolkata|first=Rounak|last=Majumdar|date=22 April 2019|access-date=28 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230046/https://www.chaseyoursport.com/Football/The-Golden-Years-of-Indian-Football/659|archive-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|title=Chronology of Important Sports Events — West Bengal|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in|publisher=Government of West Bengal – Department of youth services and sports|date=2017|access-date=25 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013092944/https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/chronology|archive-date=13 October 2022|location=Kolkata}}</ref> Among the founders was former [[England national football team|English]] international [[Elphinstone Jackson]].<ref>[http://www.iffhs.de/?3f4b05ffcd85bcca952b9b95205fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda30b IFFHS - Interesting and curious facts about full internationals and national players (1872–1900)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207184618/http://www.iffhs.de/?3f4b05ffcd85bcca952b9b95205fdcdc3bfcdc0aec70aeeda30b |date=2012-02-07 }}. 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Retrieved 28 October 2021.</ref> ==State teams== {| class="infobox" style="font-size:95%; width:25em; text-align:center" ! colspan="4" style="font-size:115%; align=center" | State teams of West Bengal |- ![[File:Football pictogram.svg|30px]] ![[File:Football pictogram.svg|30px]] |- ![[West Bengal football team|Football (Men's)]] ![[West Bengal women's football team|Football (Women's)]] |} The following list includes the performance of West Bengal's state teams at major competitions. ===Men's team=== {{Main|West Bengal football team}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Tournament !Best<br />performance |- |[[Santosh Trophy]] || {{sort|32|'''Champions''' ([[1941–42 Santosh Trophy|1941–42]], [[1945–46 Santosh Trophy|1945–46]], 1947–48, 1949–50, [[1950–51 Santosh Trophy|1950–51]], 1951–52, [[1953–54 Santosh Trophy|1953–54]], 1955–56, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, [[1981–82 Santosh Trophy|1981–82]], 1982–83 (Shared with [[Goa football team|Goa]]), 1986–87, 1988–89, [[1993–94 Santosh Trophy|1993–94]], 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, [[2009–10 Santosh Trophy|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Santosh Trophy|2010–11]], [[2016–17 Santosh Trophy|2016–17]])}} |- |[[Football at the National Games of India|National Games]] || {{sort|3|'''Gold''' (1994, [[2011 National Games of India|2011]], [[2022 National Games of India|2022]])}} |- |[[B.C. Roy Trophy]] || {{sort|18|'''Champions''' (1961–62, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2024–25)}} |- |[[Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy]] || {{sort|12|'''Champions''' (1965–66, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2015–16)}} |- |[[M. Dutta Ray Trophy]] || {{sort|6|'''Champions''' (1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005)}} |} ===Women's team=== {{Main|West Bengal women's football team}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- !Tournament !Best<br />performance |- |[[Senior Women's National Football Championship]] || {{sort|2|'''Champions''' (1991–92, 1996–97)}} |- |[[Football at the National Games of India|National Games]] || {{sort|2|Silver (1999, 2002)}} |- |[[Junior Girl's National Football Championship]] || {{sort|1|'''Champions''' (2011–12)}} |- |[[Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship]] || {{sort|1|'''Champions''' (2010–11)}} |} ==Affiliated district associations== All 23 district of [[West Bengal]] are affiliated with the '''Indian Football Association'''. {| class="wikitable sortable" ! No. !! Association !! District !President |- | 1 || Alipurduar District Football Association || [[Alipurduar district|Alipurduar]] | |- | 2 || Bankura District Football Association || [[Bankura district|Bankura]] | |- | 3 || Paschim Bardhaman District Football Association || [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]] | |- | 4 || Purba Bardhaman District Football Association || [[Purba Bardhaman district|Purba Bardhaman]] | |- | 5 || Birbhum District Football Association || [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]] | |- | 6 || Cooch Behar District Football Association || [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]] | |- | 7 || Darjeeling District Football Association || [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]] | |- | 8 || Dakshin Dinajpur District Football Association || [[Dakshin Dinajpur district|Dakshin Dinajpur]] | |- | 9 || Hooghly District Football Association || [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]] | |- | 10 || Howrah District Football Association || [[Howrah district|Howrah]] | |- | 11 || Jalpaiguri District Football Association || [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]] | |- | 12 || Jhargram District Football Association || [[Jhargram district|Jhargram]] | |- | 13 || Kolkata District Football Association || [[Kolkata district|Kolkata]] | |- | 14 || Kalimpong District Football Association || [[Kalimpong district|Kalimpong]] | |- | 15 || Malda District Football Association || [[Malda district|Malda]] | |- | 16 || Paschim Medinipur District Football Association || [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]] | |- | 17 || Purba Medinipur District Football Association || [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]] | |- | 18 || Murshidabad District Football Association || [[Murshidabad district|Murshidabad]] | |- | 19 || Nadia District Football Association || [[Nadia district|Nadia]] | |- | 20 || North 24 Parganas District Football Association || [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 Parganas]] | |- | 21 || South 24 Parganas Football Association || [[South 24 Parganas]] | |- | 22 || Purulia District Football Association || [[Purulia district|Purulia]] | |- | 23 || Uttar Dinajpur District Football Association || [[Uttar Dinajpur district|Uttar Dinajpur]] | |} ==Organisation of football in West Bengal== ===Competitions=== ===Men's=== *[[Calcutta Football League]] *[[IFA Shield]] *[[Trades Cup]] *[[Uttarbanga Cup]] *Jayanta Chatterjee Inter District Football Tournament *IFA [[Futsal]] Championship ===Women's=== *[[Calcutta Women's Football League]] *[[Women's IFA Shield]] ===Youth=== *[[Calcutta Football League|CFL]] 5th Division Group B *IFA Nursery League ===Evolution of the football system=== {{:Indian Football Association|transcludesection=Evolution}} ==Stadiums== The league and tournaments are generally played at the following Stadiums: {{Static row numbers}} {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible static-row-numbers" |- ! Name !! City !! Capacity !!Image |- |[[Salt Lake Stadium]] † || [[Bidhannagar]] || 68,000 |[[File:Salt Lake Stadium during FIFA U17 World Cup 2017 ....jpg|150px]] |- |[[Barasat Stadium]] || [[Barasat]] || 20,000 |[[File:Barasat Stadium.png|150px]] |- |[[Sailen Manna Stadium]] || [[Howrah]] || 15,000 |[[File:Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium - Howrah Maidan Area - Howrah 2013-04-28 6616.jpg|150px]] |- |[[Rabindra Sarobar Stadium]] || [[Lake Gardens]] || 22,000 |[[File:Rabindra Sarobar Stadium.jpg|150px]] |- |} '''''Note.''''' † ''denotes stadiums that have hosted international football matches.'' ==Notable footballers who have visited West Bengal== Because it is often called India's football capital, many international footballing personalities have visited [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]. In 1977, [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] played a friendly match against the famous North American Soccer League club [[New York Cosmos (1970–85)|New York Cosmos]], which featured [[Pelé]]. The match, which took place at [[Eden Gardens]], had an attendance of 80,000. The match ended 2–2. Others who have visited Kolkata are Argentinean footballing legend [[Diego Maradona]] and current star [[Lionel Messi]]. Lionel Messi made his captaincy debut for his national side in Kolkata's, [[West Bengal]] Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan on 2 September 2011 against Venezuela. German legends, including [[Franz Beckenbauer]] and [[Oliver Kahn]], have also visited. The best goalkeeper in football history, Russian [[Lev Yashin]], visited in 1955 and 1973. English World Cup–winning legend [[Bobby Moore]] was the chief guest during the 1984 [[Nehru Cup]]. Emeka Ezuego, the Nigerian World Cup player, played for [[East Bengal]] and [[Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata)|Mohammedan Sporting]]. [[Majid Bishkar]], the Iranian World Cup player, played for East Bengal and Mohammedan Sporting from 1980 to 1986. Cameroon footballing legend [[Roger Milla]] played for Diamond Club in some exhibition matches in the Centenary Celebration of [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]]. Uruguay football captain [[Diego Forlan]] visited Kolkata in 2010. [[Karl-Heinz Rummenigge]] visited in 2010. Julian Caminho visited [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]] twice—first in 1988 to play for East Bengal and again in 2011. [[MacDonald Mukansi]] played for East Bengal in 2007. Others who have also visited are [[Terry Paine]], [[Carlos Alberto Torres]], [[Enzo Francescoli]], Valencia Ramos, [[Jorge Burruchaga]], [[Ricardo Gareca]], [[László Kiss (footballer)|László Kiss]], [[Nicky Butt]], [[Włodzimierz Smolarek]], [[Andrzej Buncol]], [[Eusébio]], [[Ronald Koeman]], [[Paul Breitner]], and [[Swansea City]]'s [[Neil Taylor (footballer)|Neil Taylor]]. In July 2023, Argentine World Cup and World Cup Golden Gloves winner [[Emiliano Martinez]] also visited the city of Joy, courtesy to Satadru Dutta's initiative. He was grandly welcomed by the citizens and [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant|Mohun Bagan]] and [[East Bengal FC|East Bengal]]. ==Footballers from West Bengal== The state of West Bengal has contributed many legends to Indian football, such as: *[[Chuni Goswami]], first [[Padma Shri]] awardee, awarded best striker of Asia in 1962. *[[Gostho Pal]], footballer, who was member of the Mohun Bagan team that won the IFA shield against a British team in the pre-independence period. *[[Krishanu Dey]], footballer, known as the "Indian Maradona". *[[Mohammed Salim (footballer)|Mohammed Salim]], first player from the Indian subcontinent to play overseas, in the year 1936 for the Scottish Club [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic FC]]. *[[Pradip Kumar Banerjee]], named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by FIFA, and awardee of the [[FIFA Order of Merit]]. *[[Shailen Manna]], footballer, the only Asian Footballer ever to be named among the 10 best Captains in the world by the [[English FA]] in 1953. *[[Subrata Paul]], member of Indian team, first Indian goalkeeper to play professionally for a foreign club in 1st division (Danish Superliga). *[[Sudip Chatterjee (footballer)|Sudip Chatterjee]], footballer, considered among the finest in Indian football, declared AIFF player of the decade in 1994. ==International players origin== *[[Robin Dutt]], former manager of [[Bundesliga]] club, [[Werder Bremen]]. *[[Neil Taylor (footballer)|Neil Taylor]], [[Wales|Welsh]] footballer of half-Bengali origin. ==Arjuna award winners== * [[P. K. Banerjee]] * [[Chuni Goswami]] * Arun Lal Ghosh * [[Prasun Banerjee]] * Sudhir Karmakar * [[Shanti Mullick]] * [[Subrata Bhattacharya (footballer)|Subrata Bhattacharya]] * [[Deepak Mondal|Deepak Kumar Mondal]] * [[Subrata Pal]] ==See also== * [[History of Indian football]] * [[Football in Kolkata]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |year=2017|title=Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=978-0-143-42641-7 }} *{{cite book |last1=Martinez| first1=Dolores |last2=Mukharjiim |first2=Projit B|year=2009|title=Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&q=kerala+footballer+in+Burma |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-138-88353-6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174505/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&dq=kerala+footballer+in+Burma&source=gbs_navlinks_s |archive-date=2 July 2022 }} *Dutta, P. L., ''Memoir of 'Father of Indian Football' Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary'' (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1944) (hereafter Memoir) *Ghosh, Saurindra Kumar. ''Krira Samrat Nagendraprasad Sarbadhikary 1869–1940'' (Calcutta: N. P. Sarbadhikary Memorial Committee, 1963) (hereafter Krira Samrat). *{{cite web |url=http://pierretristam.com/pdfs/wc10.pdf |title=Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000. |access-date=20 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813081005/http://pierretristam.com/pdfs/wc10.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead}} *{{cite book |title=Portrait Of Indian Sport |url=https://archive.org/details/portraitofinidan00anth |publisher= P R Macmillan Limited, London |last1=D'Mello |first1=Anthony |date=1959 }} *{{Cite journal |url=http://www.jhsr.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/01-07-JHSRVOL-2NO-2A.-SHIL.pdf |title=Football Culture in Princely State of Cooch Behar |access-date=16 April 2023 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416171622/http://www.jhsr.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/01-07-JHSRVOL-2NO-2A.-SHIL.pdf |first=Amrita |last=Kumar Shil |journal=JHSR Journal of Historical Study and Search |date=15 May 2022 |issn=2583-0198 |volume=2 }} *{{Cite web|url=https://www.banglatribune.com/foreign/india/736939/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0|title=কলকাতার মোহামেডানের সঙ্গে গাঁটছড়া বাঁধছে ঢাকার মোহামেডান|trans-title=Mohammedan of Dhaka is tying knot with Mohammedan of Kolkata|language=bn|location=Kolkata|first=Raktim|last=Das|access-date=1 June 2023|date=4 April 2022|archive-date=5 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405081844/https://www.banglatribune.com/foreign/india/736939/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0|website=banglatribune.com}} *{{cite web|url=https://www.bongodorshon.com/home/story_detail/story-of-legendary-football-coach-dukkhiram|first=Chandak|last=Guha|website=bongodorshon.com|publisher=Bongodorshon Information Desk|language=bn|trans-title=The Englishmen too feared Bengal's legendary first football coach|title=ইংরেজরাও ভয় পেত বাংলার প্রথম কিংবদন্তি ফুটবল কোচকে|location=Kolkata|agency=|date=5 September 2019|access-date=24 October 2022|archive-date=8 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908122903/https://www.bongodorshon.com/home/story_detail/story-of-legendary-football-coach-dukkhiram}} {{Association football by city}} {{Football in India}} {{Football in West Bengal}} [[Category:Football in India|West Bengal]] [[Category:Football in West Bengal| ]] [[Category:Sport in West Bengal]]'