Diamond Harbour FC

Diamond Harbour Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal. It currently competes in CFL Premier Division, which is the fifth tier in the Indian football league system. It is also the first tier football league in the state of West Bengal.[1][2][3][4][5]

Diamond Harbour FC
Full nameDiamond Harbour Football Club
Short nameDHFC
Founded2022 (2022)
GroundVarious
OwnerAbhishek Banerjee
Head coachKibu Vicuña
LeagueI-League 3
Calcutta Premier Division
WebsiteClub website

History

TMC politician and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee launched the DHFC in 2022. The IFA allowed DHFC to participate in CFL First Division, the third tier of Calcutta Football League. The club then appointed former Mohun Bagan and Kerala Blasters head coach Kibu Vicuña for the upcoming league season.[6] In December 2022, Vicuña left the club and taking charge of another city-based club Mohammedan Sporting.[7]

In June 2023, the Indian Football Association (IFA) announced the merger of both Premier Division A and B of the Calcutta Football League, ahead of its 125th edition, in which Diamond Harbour was placed in the group I.[8][9][10] The club then qualified for league's "Super Six" round.[11]

Players

First-team squad
As of 27 June 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Susantha Malik
2 DF India IND Saurabh Bhanwala
3 DF India IND Vishal Das
5 DF India IND Tuhin Sikkdar
6 MF India IND Supratip Barui
16 MF India IND Sourav Das
22 GK India IND Sumit Das
10 MF India IND Muhhamed Rashid K.
9 MF India IND Monotosh Chakladar
11 FW India IND Jeremy Laldinpuia
13 FW India IND Ashim Biswas
No. Pos. Nation Player
7 FW India IND Pratik Lama
22 GK India IND Sumit Halder
44 GK India IND Bacchu Das
12 FW India IND Salman Kalliyath
23 DF India IND Abhisekh Saikia
25 MF India IND Supriya Pandit
26 DF India IND Aakash Mondal
28 FW India IND Marshal Kisku
29 DF India IND Subrata Santraa
30 DF India IND Bablu Oroan
37 MF India IND Souma Das
40 MF India IND Jakob Vanlalhlimpuia
99 MF India IND Lalhmangaihaisanga Ralte
41 MF India IND Himanshu Patil

Technical staff
Title Name
Owner India Abhishek Banerjee
Head coach Spain Kibu Vicuña
Assistant coach India Biswajit Ghosal
Assistant coach India Nitesh Singh
Strength & conditioning coach Lithuania Paulius Ragauskas
Physiotherapist India Bhaskar Sengupta

See also

References
  1. "abhishek: Abhishek Launches Diamond Harbour Football Club". The Times of India. 16 April 2022. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. "Trinamool Congress' Abhishek Banerjee Launches Diamond Harbour Football Club". News18. 16 April 2022. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. MP, Team (27 April 2022). "Diamond Harbour Football Club gets IFA's permission to play in first division". www.millenniumpost.in. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. MP, Team (16 April 2022). "Abhishek launches 'Diamond Harbour Football Club'". www.millenniumpost.in. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. PTI (15 April 2022). "Abhishek Banerjee launches football club, to make CFL Ist division debut". thebridge.in. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. "Techno Sports". technosports.co.in. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. Chakraborty, Swapnomoy (16 December 2022). "I-League: Kibu Vicuna to take charge as head coach of Mohammedan SC; will arrive on Monday". thebridge.in. Kolkata: The Bridge. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  8. "Calcutta Football League (CFL) goes bigger than ever for its historic 125th season". thefangarage.com. Kolkata: The Fan Garage. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. Chakraborty, Sanghamitra (5 June 2023). "Calcutta Football League: মোহনবাগান-মহমেডানের গ্রুপে অভিষেকের ক্লাব, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের গ্রুপে ভবানীপুর" [Calcutta Football League: Debutant club in Mohun Bagan-Mohammedan group, Bhavanipur in East Bengal group]. TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  10. Biswas, Koushik (5 June 2023). "Calcutta Football League : বাজল কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগের ঘণ্টা, কঠিন গ্রুপে মোহনবাগান" [Calcutta Football League: Bell of Calcutta Football League rings, Mohun Bagan in tough group]. Ei Samay (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  11. "Calcutta Football League 2023: Confirmed Super Six Phase Teams". indianfootballnews.in. Kolkata: Indian Football News. 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

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