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Kidderpore Sporting Club[2] is an Indian professional football club based in the city of Kolkata,[3][4] that competes in the Calcutta Football League Premier Division A.[5] They also have a futsal section.

Kidderpore SC

Full name	Kidderpore Sporting Club[1]
Founded	1917; 105 years ago (1917)
Ground	Various
Head coach	Sanjib Pal
League	Calcutta Premier Division A

History

Initially starting in the year of 1917, the club was founded by a Britisher Napier McDonald and assumed the current name after Indian independence in 1947. The club used to play its matches at the premises of the Bhukailash Rajbari in Kidderpore, before shifting its current base to the Kolkata Maidan.[2]

Notable players who have played or have started their careers at the club include Sheoo Mewalal,[6][7] Mangal Purakayastha, Dipu Das, Gautam Sarkar, Surajit Sengupta, Prasun Banerjee, Amit Bagchi.[2] In May 2022, the club roped in Managya Nakarmi from Nepal, their first ever Asian footballer.[8]

Honours

• Bordoloi Trophy[9][10]
  • Champions (1): 1987
  • Runners-up (1): 1970
• Independence Day Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2004[11]

See also

• Football in Kolkata
• List of football clubs in West Bengal

References

Further reading

• Mitra, Soumen (1 January 2006). In Search of an Identity: The History of Football in Colonial Calcutta. Kolkata: Dasgupta & Co. Private Ltd. ISBN 978-8182110229. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022.
• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
• Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharji, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN 9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
• Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN 9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
• Basu, Jaydeep (2003). Stories from Indian Football. UBS Publishers' Distributors. ISBN 9788174764546. Archived from the original on 11 October 2022.

External links

• Kidderpore SC (Soccerway)
• Kidderpore SC at IFA

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