Chirag United Sports Club is an Indian Football Club from Kolkata in West Bengal, India. The club currently plays in the 1st Division of the Indian Football League.
The Club
Chirag United SC was originally established in 1927 as Everready Association. In 2006, it was renamed as Chirag United Sports Club following the take over by Chirag Sports Pvt. Ltd, a RP Group company. With the inflow of sponsorship, the club has been able to move up the I-League ladder in its third attempt.
Stadium
For the next season's I-League, Chirag United will be using Salt Lake Stadium & Barasat Stadium as its home venues. The club uses Bidhan Nagar Sports Complex for training.
Leagues
Chirag United SC is the first team from the 2nd Division to earn a promotion to the 1st Division of I-League for the next season.[3] Chirag United SC also plays in the Premier Division of the Kolkata Football League.
Current Squad
The club has been in the news recently as they announced that ex-Indian captain Sourav Ganguly would play for them in the Sahara CFL and also the I-League.[4] The present team list of the club however, does not include Ganguly.
As of 28 July 2008 the squad is as follows- [5] [6]
No. Position Player
GK Somnath Khara
GK Arindam Ghosh
DF Dhanarajan R
DF Louice Ebami
DF Dulal Biswas
DF Debabrata Roy
DF Kinshuk Debnath
MF Basudeb Mondal
MF Lal Malswama Hmar
MF Soumik Chakraborty
MF Ayan Chowdhury
MF Achintya Saha
MF Hardeep Sing Sainy
MF Sasty Duley
FW Gouranga Dutta
FW Maxi Milaino
No. Position Player
FW Sankar Oraon
Surya Bikash Chakrabarty
Mrinmoy Chakrabarty
Ratan Das
Amar Sardar
Anjan Dey
Sukhen Dey
Barun Oraon
Arnab Mondal
Snehasish Chakrabarty
Goutam Debnath
Achievements
As Eveready Association
2003: Airlines Cup Winner
2004: Kalinga Cup Winner
2005: Sikkim Governor’s Cup Winner. Runners up in IFA Shield.
As Chirag United Sports Club
2007: Trades Cup Winner
2007: Kolkata League Third Place Finish
2008: Promoted to I-League Division I
Sponsors
Main Sponsor: RP Group
External links
Official site
