BSS Sporting Club

BSS Sporting

Full name	Behala Sanskritik Sammilani Sporting Club [1]
Nickname(s)	Behala Warriors
Short name	BSS BSC
Founded	2015;9 years ago (2015)
Ground	Sailen Manna Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Jayanta Chakraborty
Head coach	Debraj Chatterjee
League	Calcutta Premier Division
Home colours Away colours Third colours

BSS Sporting Club is a professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. ^[2] Founded in 2015, the club competes in CFL Premier Division, ^{[3] [4] [5]} the top-tier football league in West Bengal organised by Indian Football Association, ^[6] football governing body of West Bengal. ^[7]

History

B.S.S. Sporting Club, which started its journey in the year 2015, has already became a pioneer in the Kolkata football circuits. It has created history by becoming champions for consecutive 3 years in the CFL lower divisions, before stepping into the Premier Division. ^[8]

In 2018–19 season, the club was managed by Arun Kumar Ghosh. ^[9] In 2019, B.S.S. Sporting participated in Governor's Gold Cup in Sikkim. ^[10]

B.S.S. Sporting has been participating in the prestigious IFA Shield tournament as well, since 2020. ^[11] 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 BSS was placed in Group II. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

Stadium

Sailen Manna Stadium (also known as Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium) is club's home stadium, together with Baksha Sporting Association Ground.

Personnel

Current technical staff (as of 1 July 2022)

Position	Name
Head coach
Team manager	Jayanta Chakraborty
Assistant coach	Anup Nag
Goalkeeping coach	Jagdish Ghosh
Fitness coach	Chiranjit Malakar
Physio	Kunal Ghosh

Players

Current squad

As of 25 July 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   IND Priyant Singh — GK   IND Sourav Chakraborthy — GK   IND Sayantan Pyne — DF   IND Dipendu Dowary — DF   IND Tonmoy Ghosh — DF   IND Ainish Jamadar — DF   IND Pradip Patra — DF   IND Totan Das — DF   IND Amod Mahato — DF   IND Karan Thapa — DF   IND Partha Mondal — MF   IND Kunal Ghosh — MF   IND Argha Chakraborthy — MF   IND Samar Kumir — MF   IND Deepak Kumar Rajak

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   IND Pritam Roy — MF   IND Anirban Das — MF   IND Sajal Bag — MF   IND Goutam Kujur — MF   IND Soumitr Dey — MF   IND Sunil Karmakar — MF   IND Tirthankar Sarkar — FW   IND Rahul Kumar Paswan — FW   IND Rajen Burman — FW   GHA Kwesi Seesay — FW   IND Karthik Das — FW   IND Asif Hembram — FW   IND Suvam Singh — MF   IND Sourav Roy — FW   CIV Léonce Dodoz

Statistics and records

2020-21 CFL Premier Division A: Quarter-Final

2019-20 CFL Premier Division A: 6th place

2018-19 CFL Premier Division B: 4th place

2017-18 CFL 1st Division: 1st place

2016-17 CFL 2nd Division: 1st place

2015-16 CFL 3rd Division: 1st place

Honours

League

• CFL 1st Division
  • Champions (1): 2017
• CFL 2nd Division
  • Champions (1): 2016
• CFL 3rd Division
  • Champions (1): 2015 ^[15]

Cup

• Trades Cup ^[16]
  • Champions (1): 2017 ^[17]
• Republic Cup Lumding
  • Champions (1): 2023

See also

• Football in Kolkata
• List of football clubs in West Bengal

References

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External links

• Official website
• BSS Sporting Club on Facebook
• BSS Sporting Club at Soccerway