Football in Kolkata
Kolkata derby, is one of the fiercest in the world and considered among the flagship events in the Indian footballing calendar.[3] Kolkata is known to be the Mecca of Indian football,[4][5] with the two most supported teams in the country being based within the city – Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.[6][7] The city is also home to the biggest football stadium in India, the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, which as of 2015 has a capacity of 85,000. The record attendance of 131,781[8] came in a match between the said two teams in the semifinal of the 1997 Federation Cup
.
Notable footballers who have visited Kolkata
Because it is often called India's football capital, many international footballing personalities have visited Kolkata. In 1977,
Diego Forlan visited Kolkata in 2010. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge visited in 2010. Julian Caminho visited Kolkata 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
Swansea City's 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 and 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, first player from the Indian subcontinent to play overseas, in the year 1936 for the Scottish Club Celtic FC.
- Pradip Kumar Banerjee, named Indian Footballer of the 20th Century by FIFA, and awardee of the FIFA Order of Merit.
- English FAin 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, considered among the finest in Indian football, declared AIFF player of the decade in 1994.
International football
- Werder Bremen.
- Neil Taylor, 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
- Deepak Kumar Mondal
- Subrata Pal
West Bengal football team
The West Bengal football team is representing the state of West Bengal in the Santosh Trophy.
They have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 43 times, and have won the trophy 32 times, (the most by any team). Prior to 1972, the team competed only as Bengal.
See also
- West Bengal women's football team
- Mohammedan SC Futsal
- History of Indian football
- Kolkata Police Friendship Cup
References
- ^ "Football - the passion play in Kolkata". IBN Live. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Hor, Sandip (2010). "Indian Link — The City of Wonders". indianlink.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ Pillai, Manu S (8 June 2018). "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". lifestyle.livemint.com. Delhi, India: Livemint Delhi. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Durand Cup: 'জান জান মহামেডান', ফুটবল মক্কা চাইছে রেশমি কাবাবের সৌরভ". ekolkata24.com (in Bengali). 2 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ISBN 9780670058747. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "Mohun Bagan VS SC East Bengal". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ Banerjie, Indranil (15 May 1985). "Money, violence and politics enter Calcutta football". India Today. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "The Deadly Derby Awaits – Please Fasten Your Seat Belts". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
Further reading
- Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-143-42641-7.
- Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. ISBN 978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the originalon 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).
- "Triumphs and Disasters: The Story of Indian Football, 1889—2000" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- D'Mello, Anthony (1959). Portrait Of Indian Sport. P R Macmillan Limited, London.
- Kumar Shil, Amrita (15 May 2022). "Football Culture in Princely State of Cooch Behar" (PDF). JHSR Journal of Historical Study and Search. 2. ISSN 2583-0198. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- Das, Raktim (4 April 2022). "কলকাতার মোহামেডানের সঙ্গে গাঁটছড়া বাঁধছে ঢাকার মোহামেডান" [Mohammedan of Dhaka is tying knot with Mohammedan of Kolkata]. banglatribune.com (in Bengali). Kolkata. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- Guha, Chandak (5 September 2019). "ইংরেজরাও ভয় পেত বাংলার প্রথম কিংবদন্তি ফুটবল কোচকে" [The Englishmen too feared Bengal's legendary first football coach]. bongodorshon.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: Bongodorshon Information Desk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- Bhattacharya, Ayan (10 September 2023). "বাংলা ভাগের ক্ষত কিভাবে বিষিয়ে দিল মোহনবাগান আর ইস্টবেঙ্গলকে?" [How did the wound of the partition of Bengal poisoned both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal?]. inscript.me (in Bengali). Kolkata: ইনস্ক্রিপ্ট বাংলা নিউজ. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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