Kalighat Milan Sangha F.C.

KMS
Full name Kalighat Milan Sangha Football Club
Nickname(s) KMS
Founded 1944 (1944)[1]
Ground Salt Lake Stadium and Kalyani Stadium, Kolkata
Ground Capacity 120,000 and 10,000
Owner Kalighat Club
Chairman B Harish Chatterjee
League I-League 2nd Division
2014 2nd, Group A
Final Round : 3rd
Website Club website

Kalighat Milan Sangha Football Club is an Indian football club from Kolkata. Formed in 1944, the club has always been amateur but in January 2012 it announced its move into professional football and was accepted into the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of football in India. They use several stadiums in Kolkata for Calcutta Premier Division matches, but most of their matches are held at the Salt Lake Stadium, which has a 120,000 capacity.

History

Kalighat Milan Sangha was founded in 1944 in Kolkata and has since grown step by step from district to state to national level.. In 1966 the club started football through Allen League under IFA. The club qualified to the first division of the Calcutta Football League for the first time in 1989. The club became the first division champions in 2008 to secure a place in the Calcutta Premier Division for the first time in 2009. Winning the 2011 edition of the All Airlines Gold Cup was a big achievement for the club.[2]

In January 2012, it was officially certified by the All India Football Federation to participate in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of football in India.[3] They also participated in the 2013 I-League 2nd Division.[4]

Players

Current squad

As of 6 February 2014[5]

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

No. Position Player
India GK Subham Sen
India GK Raju Ganguly
India DF Supriyo Bhagat
India DF Rana Gharami
India DF Goutam Debnath
India DF Mohan Sarkar
India DF Gautam Thakur
Nigeria DF Eze Kingsley
India MF Ding Ding
No. Position Player
India MF Kallol Paul
India MF Sumit Onrao
India MF Saikat Saha Roy
India MF Arijit Basak
India MF Bhim Onrao
Liberia FW James Gbilee
India FW Tanmay Kundu

References

  1. ↑ "Club". kmsfc.com. KMSFC.
  2. ↑ "Club". kmsfc.com. KMSFC.
  3. ↑ "5 city teams in the 2nd Division". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 2 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Shabeer show helps Eagles stay afloat in second division I-League". The Times of India. 13 March 2013.
  5. ↑ Mukhopadhay, Shoubhik. "I-League 2nd Div Journey Will Be Tough For Kalighat MS". Retrieved 7 February 2014.


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