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 Amit Chakraborty MF Laltu Hembram 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 Mithun Saha 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

External links

• Official Facebook Page