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BSS Sporting Club

BSS Sporting Club is a professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.[2] Founded in 2015, the club competes in CFL Premier Division,[3][4][5] the top-tier football league in West Bengal organised by Indian Football Association,[6] football governing body of West Bengal.[7]

BSS Sporting
Full nameBehala Sanskritik Sammilani Sporting Club[1]
Nickname(s)Behala Warriors
Short nameBSS
BSC
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015)
GroundSailen Manna Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerJayanta Chakraborty
Head coachDebraj Chatterjee
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division

History edit

B.S.S. Sporting Club, which started its journey in the year 2015, has already became a pioneer in the Kolkata football circuits. It has created history by becoming champions for consecutive 3 years in the CFL lower divisions, before stepping into the Premier Division.[8]

In 2018–19 season, the club was managed by Arun Kumar Ghosh.[9] In 2019, B.S.S. Sporting participated in Governor's Gold Cup in Sikkim.[10]

B.S.S. Sporting has been participating in the prestigious IFA Shield tournament as well, since 2020.[11] In June 2023, the Indian Football Association (IFA) announced the merger of both Premier Division A and B of the Calcutta Football League ahead of its 125th edition, in which BSS was placed in Group II.[12][13][14]

Stadium edit

Sailen Manna Stadium (also known as Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium) is club's home stadium, together with Baksha Sporting Association Ground.

Personnel edit

Current technical staff (as of 1 July 2022)
Position Name
Head coach
Team manager   Jayanta Chakraborty
Assistant coach   Anup Nag
Goalkeeping coach   Jagdish Ghosh
Fitness coach   Chiranjit Malakar
Physio   Kunal Ghosh

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 25 July 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK   IND Priyant Singh
— GK   IND Sourav Chakraborthy
— GK   IND Sayantan Pyne
— DF   IND Dipendu Dowary
— DF   IND Tonmoy Ghosh
— DF   IND Ainish Jamadar
— DF   IND Pradip Patra
— DF   IND Totan Das
— DF   IND Amod Mahato
— DF   IND Karan Thapa
— DF   IND Partha Mondal
— MF   IND Kunal Ghosh
— MF   IND Argha Chakraborthy
— MF   IND Samar Kumir
— MF   IND Deepak Kumar Rajak
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   IND Pritam Roy
— MF   IND Anirban Das
— MF   IND Sajal Bag
— MF   IND Goutam Kujur
— MF   IND Soumitr Dey
— MF   IND Sunil Karmakar
— MF   IND Tirthankar Sarkar
— FW   IND Rahul Kumar Paswan
— FW   IND Rajen Burman
— FW   GHA Kwesi Seesay
— FW   IND Karthik Das
— FW   IND Asif Hembram
— FW   IND Suvam Singh
— MF   IND Sourav Roy
— FW   CIV Léonce Dodoz

Statistics and records edit

2020-21 CFL Premier Division A: Quarter-Final

2019-20 CFL Premier Division A: 6th place

2018-19 CFL Premier Division B: 4th place

2017-18 CFL 1st Division: 1st place

2016-17 CFL 2nd Division: 1st place

2015-16 CFL 3rd Division: 1st place

Honours edit

League edit

  • CFL 1st Division
    • Champions (1): 2017
  • CFL 2nd Division
    • Champions (1): 2016
  • CFL 3rd Division
    • Champions (1): 2015[15]

Cup edit

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ BSS Sporting Club profile and statistics Archived 14 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. ^ Singha, Sulaya (10 September 2022). "এক ম্যাচ বাকি থাকতেই গ্রুপ চ্যাম্পিয়ন হয়ে কলকাতা লিগের সুপার সিক্সে ভবানীপুর ক্লাব" [Bhawanipore Club became the group champion in Super Six of Calcutta League with one match left]. sangbadpratidin.in. Kolkata: Sangbad Pratidin Digital. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Calcutta Football League 2018-19". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. ^ Roy Chowdhury, Rohan (27 July 2023). "ইস্টবেঙ্গল আজ নিজেদের মাঠে খেলবে প্রথম ম্যাচ, জয় ফিরতে মরিয়া মশাল ব্রিগেড" [East Bengal will play the first match at their own ground today, Mashal Brigade is desperate to return the win]. bengali.news18.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: News18 Bangla. Archived from the original on 27 July 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  6. ^ "IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (CFL PREMIER DIVISION)". ifawb.org. Indian Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  7. ^ Ganguly, Abhishek (7 June 2020). "CFL Premier Division A side BSS Sporting Club supports people affected by cyclone Amphan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. ^ mullick, sounak (27 August 2019). "Calcutta Football League 2019: Mohun Bagan vs BSS | Match Preview, Team News, Live Streaming details". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Kolkata Football Academy — Our Coaches: Arun Kumar Ghosh (Vice President Training & Tournaments)". kolkatafootballacademy.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  10. ^ "39th sikkim governors gold cup 2019 matches|Indian live football". www.kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  11. ^ Mohamed, Farzan. "IFA Shield 2020: Preview, fixtures, squads, match timings, telecast and more". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Calcutta Football League (CFL) goes bigger than ever for its historic 125th season". thefangarage.com. Kolkata: The Fan Garage. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  13. ^ Chakraborty, Sanghamitra (5 June 2023). "Calcutta Football League: মোহনবাগান-মহমেডানের গ্রুপে অভিষেকের ক্লাব, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের গ্রুপে ভবানীপুর" [Calcutta Football League: Debutant club in Mohun Bagan-Mohammedan group, Bhavanipur in East Bengal group]. TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  14. ^ Biswas, Koushik (5 June 2023). "Calcutta Football League : বাজল কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগের ঘণ্টা, কঠিন গ্রুপে মোহনবাগান" [Calcutta Football League: Bell of Calcutta Football League rings, Mohun Bagan in tough group]. Ei Samay (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  15. ^ "Home | BSS Spoerting". www.bsssportingclub.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  16. ^ Schöggl, Hans (2014). "India — List of Trades Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  17. ^ "IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2017". kolkatafootball.com. 16 June 2017. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2022.

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