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West Bengal
পশ্চিমবাংলা
Full nameWest Bengal football team
Founded1941; 83 years ago (1941)
(as Bengal football team)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Capacity68,000
OwnerIndian Football Association
Head coachSanjay Sen
LeagueSantosh Trophy
2023–24Group stage

The West Bengal football team (Bengali: পশ্চিমবাংলা ফুটবল দল), also known as IFA Bengal football team or earlier the Bengal football team, is an Indian football team representing West Bengal in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy.[1] They were the second Indian team to participate in the continental top tier tournament – Asian Champion Club Tournament, by playing in the 1970 edition following Mysore in 1969.[2]

History

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Bengal made its debut in the national competitions at the 1941–42 Santosh Trophy. West Bengal have appeared in the Santosh Trophy finals 45 times, having won 32 titles,[3] the most by any team. Managed by Balaidas Chatterjee, the team won six Santosh Trophy titles between 1949 and 1959.[4] In 1962, former Indian captain Samar Banerjee guided Bengal winning the trophy.[5]

Prior to 2003, the team competed as "Bengal football team".[6][7] On 16 August 2021, West Bengal played a friendly match against India national team at the Salt Lake Stadium and it was won by India by 1–0.[8] In October 2022, West Bengal managed by Biswajit Bhattacharya clinched gold at the 36th National Games of India, defeating Kerala 5–0 in final.[9][10][11]

Team

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The following 22 players were called up prior to the 2022–23 Santosh Trophy qualification round.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Raja Burman
21 GK India IND Susnata Malik
41 GK India IND Shubham Roy
2 DF India IND Amit Tudu
17 DF India IND Akash Mukherjee
18 DF India IND Amit Chakraborty
19 DF India IND Totan Das
25 DF India IND Sourish Lodh Chowdhury
4 MF India IND Sandip Patra
8 MF India IND Tarak Hembram (vice-captain)
12 MF India IND Surojit Seal
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF India IND Amar Nath Baskey
16 MF India IND Rakesh Dhara
20 MF India IND Surajit Hansda
27 MF India IND Vivek Singh
29 MF India IND Basu Deb Mandi
9 FW India IND Robi Hansda
10 FW India IND Naro Hari Shrestha (captain)
11 FW India IND Dipak Kumar Rajak
14 FW India IND Subrata Murmu
15 FW India IND Souvik Kar
23 FW India IND Sougata Hansda

Honours

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State (senior)

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State (youth)

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  • B.C. Roy Trophy
    • Winners (18): 1961–62, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2003–04, 2024–25[13]
    • Runners-up (9): 1975–76, 1987–88, 1999–00, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2017–18, 2023–24
  • Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
    • Winners (12): 1965–66, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2015–16
    • Runners-up (7): 1987–88, 1988–89, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09
  • M. Dutta Ray Trophy
    • Winners (6): 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
    • Runners-up (7): 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003

Stadiums and grounds

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The league and tournaments are generally played at the following Stadiums and Grounds:

  1. capacity of around 85000
  2. Important matches of Local League, Shield, I-League and International Matches are played here.
  1. Capacity around 20,000 and Flood Light
  2. Matches of Local League, Shield are played here. It is also used for holding I-League matches also.
  1. Present capacity is only around 10,000. But ground condition is extremely good.
  2. Some important CFL matches and IFA Shield are played here.
  1. Capacity around 22,000.
  2. Important League & Shield matches are played here.
  1. Full capacity of these ground are 23,500, 22,000 and 15,000 respectively. All the grounds have floodlight facilities.
  2. Most of the League Matches of Premier League and First Division are played here. But these grounds are available for Football only during the period from 16 May to 10 January every year.
  • 10 Open Grounds in the Maidan
  1. Only matches of Junior Division and other ordinary competitions are played here. These grounds are available for football only during the period from 16 May to 30 September every year.
  2. Besides the above-mentioned grounds and stadium, infrastructure of SAI i.e. Sports Authority of India, Kishore Bharati Krirangan are also used.
  3. Grounds available at various places in Kolkata and Howrah are used for conducting Nursery League Matches. Besides above, small stadiums are also available in almost all the Districts towns and some Sub Divisions. Most important and mentionable stadium is at Siliguri – Kanchenjunga Stadium, where International Tournament like Jawaharlal Nehru Cup was also played. Khardah, Kalyani, Burdwan, Durgapur, Midnapur, Haldia, Malda, Raigunje, Balurghat and a few other District Towns also have Stadium.
  • Indoor Stadium
  1. Netaji Indoor Stadium (AC), Kolkata- Capacity 12,000.

Salt Lake Stadium

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Main article: Salt Lake Stadium
Aerial view of the Salt Lake Stadium

Yuva Bharati Krirangan (Bengali: যুবভারতী ক্রীড়াঙ্গন, English: Stadium of the Indian Youth), commonly known as Salt Lake Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal. It is currently used for football matches and athletics. The stadium was built in 1984 and holds 120,000[14] people in a three-tier configuration.

It is situated approximately 10 km to the east of the Kolkata downtown and is elliptical in shape. The roof is made of metal tubes and aluminium sheets and concrete. There are two electronic score boards and control rooms. The lighting is uniformly distributed to facilitate nocturnal sports. There are special arrangements for TV broadcasting.

The stadium covers an area of 76.40 acres (309,200 m2). It was inaugurated in January 1984. The salient features of the stadium are unique synthetic track for athletic meets, electronic scoreboard, main football arena measuring 105m x 70m, elevators, VIP enclosures, peripheral floodlighting arrangement from the roof-top, air conditioned VIP rest room and Conference Hall. Other features of the stadium are also commentary boxes for All India Radio and TV along with several platforms for TV cameras, press boxes, dormitories and AC. rooms, player's changing rooms, practice grounds for football, cricket and kho kho, volleyball field and an ultra-medium gymnasium. The stadium has its own water arrangements and standby diesel generation sets.

The floodlights which illuminate the stadium consist of 624 bulbs of 2 kW each and two electronic scoreboards consisting of 36,000 bulbs of 25 watt each. The four underground reservoirs have unique fire-fighting arrangements with a capacity of 10,000 gallons. The architectural and structural design of the stadium was the work of the Joint Consultants viz., M/S. Ballardie, Thompson & Matthews Pvt. Ltd. and M/S. H.K. Sen & Associates – both from Kolkata, West Bengal. The track was prepared by Reckortan Tartan Track, Germany. The electronic scoreboards were supplied by Electro Impex of Hungary.

After its inauguration in January 1984 with the Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup Soccer Tournament, the Salt Lake Stadium has hosted several important international tournaments or matches such as The Pre-World Cup Tournament in 1985, Super-Soccers in 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1994, 3rd S.A.F. games in 1987, U.S.S.R. Festival in 1988, Charminar Challenger Trophy in 1992, Jawaharlal Nehru International Gold Cup in 1995. The chief engineer of the stadium is Somnath Ghosh.

The stadium also hosts different kinds of cultural programs such as dance and music concerts.

Performance in AFC competitions

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See also: Asian Club Championship and AFC Champions League records and statistics
Group Stage: 1970[15]

Notable players

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Below the players, are notable footballers who represented the West Bengal football team.

Sponsors

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Sponsor type Sponsor's name
Sponsor DTDC
Co-Sponsor
Kit Sponsor Cosco

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Mukherjee, Soham; Easwar, Nisanth V (1 April 2020). "How have Indian clubs fared in AFC Champions League and AFC Cup?". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  10. ^ Sarangi, Y. B. (11 October 2022). "National Games: West Bengal routs Kerala 5–0, wins men's football gold medal after 11 years". sportstar.thehindu.com. Ahmedabad: Sportstar. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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Further reading

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