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Eastern Railway Football Club is an Indian institutional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Calcutta Football League.

Eastern Railway
Full nameEastern Railway Football Club
Nickname(s)The Railwaymen
Founded1882; 140 years ago (1882), as Eastern Railway Sports Club
OwnerEastern Railways
LeagueCFL Premier Division B
Home colours
Current season

History


Eastern Railway has played in many top tournaments in India like the IFA Shield where they won the then top tournament in 1944. They have also won the Calcutta Football League in 1958.[1] The club used to also be a force in the Durand Cup, making it into the finals of the 1927 tournament.[2] They also won the Bordoloi Trophy in 1967.[3]

The club has been represented by many former India members including Sahu Mewalal,[4][5][6] Pradip Kumar Banerjee,[7][8][9] Pradyut Barman,[10] Prasanta Sinha,[10] Nikhil Nandy.[10] Legendary Indian football coach Sushil Bhattacharya played for the club from 1950 to 1956, and later became coach of the team.[10][11]

In 2007, the club reached the final of prestigious Trades Cup, but was defeated by then I-League side Chirag United 3–1.[12]


Honours



See also



References


  1. "EASTERN RAILWAY SPORTS CLUB". Kolkata Footballs. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  2. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup". Indian Football. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  3. Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  4. "Sahu Mewalal passes away". Telegraph India. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
  5. "Remembering India's most prolific centre forward - Sahoo Mewalal". sportskeeda.com. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. "Indian Legend Sahu Mewalal Passes Away". www.goal.com. Goal. 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
  7. "Indian football legend PK Banerjee dies aged 83". India Today. 20 March 2020. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  8. "P. K. Banerjee Profile - Indian Football Player Pradip Kumar Banerjee Biography - Information on PK Banerjee Indian Footballer". www.iloveindia.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  9. "Legends of Indian Football – "Hall of Fame": P.K. BANERJEE". www.indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  10. Mitra, Atanu (19 July 2015). "Legendary Indian coach Sushil Bhattacharya passes away". www.goal.com. Kolkata: Goal. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  11. "EAST BENGAL CLUB, INDIA – RECORDS, FUNS AND FACTS | SUSHIL BHATTACHARYA – THE FIRST COACH OF EAST BENGAL CLUB – 1961". eastbengalclubrecords.wordpress.com. East Bengal Club. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  12. Chaudhuri, Arunava (2007). ""Celebration" Trades Cup 2007". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  13. Atsushi Fujioka, Arunava Chaudhuri (1996). "India - List of Calcutta/Kolkata League Champions". www.rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  14. Sengupta, Somnath (8 March 2011). "The Glorious History Of IFA Shield". thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  15. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the IFA-Shield". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  16. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  17. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Durand Cup". Indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  18. List of Durand Cup tournament winners and runner-ups Archived 29 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  19. "India - List of Rovers Cup Finals". rsssf.com. RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  20. Chittu Shetty (11 August 2019). "Why this would be the right time to bring back 'Rovers Cup'". footballcounter.com. Football Counter. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  21. List of winners and runners-ups of the DCM Trophy www.rsssf.com. RSSSF. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  22. Raunak, Majumdar (31 May 2019). "The DCM Trophy- Oldest Indian Tournament with International Exposure". chaseyoursport.com. Chase Your Sport. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  23. Chaudhuri, Arunava (2004). ""Khadims" Traders Cup 2004". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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