George Telegraph S.C.

Tower George Telegraph
Full name	George Telegraph Sporting Club
Nickname(s)	Georgians (Giant Killers)
Founded	1925
Ground	Kalyani Stadium
Ground Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Biswanath Dutta
Manager	Biswajit Bhattacharya
League	I-League 2nd Division

Tower George Telegraph is an Indian football club based in Kolkata. Currently they play in I-League 2nd division.^[1] George Telegraph Sports Club is also currently playing in the Premier Division of the Calcutta League.

History

The club was founded by late Haripada Dutta in 1925. They started out on the 4th division of the Calcutta League and after 21 years they were finally promoted to the 1st division of Calcutta Football League beating Rajasthan Athletic Club 3-1. In the same year they reached the final of the IFA Shield, but due to the anti-British riots the final couldn't be held. Instead of declaring them as joint winners with Mohun Bagan AC, the entire tournament was scrapped. They stayed at the top flight for 66 years but in 2002 and 2003, they suffered back-to-back demotions. Then again they got promoted twice in two successive years and since then they have been staying in the top flight. Their first participation in I-League 2nd Division was in 2008-09 season, where they were eliminated in the group stage, therefore unable to qualify for the I-League. In 2013, they again got a chance to play in I-League 2nd Division, this is their second season.

Sponsor

Tower Group is the chief sponsor of George Telegraph Sports Club, one of the biggest business groups in West Bengal.

Squad

First-team squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Swarup Das
		GK	Milan Adhikary
		GK	Sayan Saha
		DF	Kaustav Banerjee
		DF	Indrajit Hazra
		DF	Arin Dutta
		DF	Rana Barui
		DF	Kaushik Majumdar
		DF	Chanchal Saha
		DF	Godwin Orieke Mba
		DF	Raju Mallick (captain)
		DF	Sukhdev Murmu
		DF	Supriyo Mukherjee
		DF	Rajib Bhattacharjee
		DF	Chandril Basu
		MF	Saikat Sen
		MF	Tanmoy Paul

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ujjal Debnath
		MF	Yan Law
		MF	Swapan Orao
		MF	Ma Chen
		MF	Shiladitya Seth
		MF	Amitava Ganguly
		MF	Sumit Orao
		MF	Bijoy Dutta
		MF	Pankaj Biswas
		MF	Sanju Sarkar
		MF	Bikash Sur
		MF	Ajay Roy
		MF	Sudipto Paul
		MF	Bibekananda Banerjee
		FW	Stephen Njoh Mbawyam
		FW	Abhishek Singh
		FW	Sayan Banerjee
		FW	Emeka Micheal Ochei

Club officials

George Telegraph Sports Club

Chairman: Biswanath Dutta
Vice President: Ramendu Chattopadhyay
General Secretary: Subrata Dutta
Ass. General Secretary : Anirban Dutta
Treasurer: Atin Dutta

Coaching and Medical Staff

Head Coach: Biswajit Bhattacharya
Assistant Head Coach: Arindam Deb
Goalkeeping Coach: Jagadish Ghosh
Physical Trainer: Dipesh Bhattacharya
Team Doctor: Dr. U.K. Bhattacharya

References

↑ http://georgetelegraph.org/SportsClub.aspx

External links

Official Facebook Page

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