Calcutta Customs Club

Calcutta Customs

Full name	Calcutta Customs Club
Short name	CCC
Founded	1892;132 years ago (1892)
Ground	Various
Owner	Kolkata Customs
League	Calcutta Premier Division
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Calcutta Customs Club is an Indian institutional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. ^[1] It is best known for its football section, which competes in the Calcutta Football League. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

Newly renovated club tent of Calcutta Customs at the Maidan area being inaugurated by the then Union Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, on May 20, 2012.

The club was established in 1892 as an institutional club of Calcutta Customs (now known as 'Kolkata Customs'). ^{[5] [6] [7]} During the British rule in India, they achieved success at the IFA Shield, in which the club gained runner-up position in 1908, 1909, 1915, and 1939. ^[8] In the Calcutta Football League season of 2021–22, Calcutta Customs was managed by Biswajit Bhattacharya. ^[9]

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 Calcutta Customs was placed in Group II. ^{[10] [11]}

Honours

Association football

• IFA Shield ^[12]
  • Runners-up (4): 1908, 1909, 1915, 1939
• Sikkim Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 2017 ^[13]
• Manik Upadhayay Memorial Trophy
  • Champions (1): 2022 ^[14]
• Naihati Gold Cup
  • Champions (1): 2023 ^[15]

Other departments

Then Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee addressing at the inaugural ceremony of the Calcutta Customs Club's renovated Maidan Tent, named after Padma Shree Leslie Claudius, Kolkata, May 20, 2012.

Calcutta Customs has its field hockey and cricket divisions since its foundation. Club's cricket team participates in the tournaments of the Cricket Association of Bengal, ^[16] and competes in the Second Division League.

Field hockey

The hockey team of Calcutta Customs is affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association, ^{[17] [18] [19]} and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League and Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world. ^{[20] [21] [22] [23] [24]} The hockey team is among the most successful clubs in domestic tournaments, ^[25] especially during the pre-independence years when Anglo-Indians used to dominate field hockey. ^{[26] [27] [28]} Legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand rated the 1933 Beighton Cup final between Jhansi Heroes and Calcutta Customs the most memorable match of his career in his autobiography Goal, saying "If anybody asked me which was the best match that I played in, I will unhesitatingly say that it was the 1933 Beighton Cup final between Calcutta Customs and Jhansi Heroes. Calcutta Customs was a great side those days". ^[29]

Notable players

The players below, represented Calcutta Customs in domestic hockey tournaments, alongside playing for the India national team

• Leslie Claudius – member of India hockey team that won the gold medals at the 1948, 1952 and 1956, and silver medal at the 1960 Summar Olympic Games. ^{[30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]}
• Gurbux Singh Grewal – member of the India hockey team that won gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games. ^{[37] [38] [39] [40] [41]}

Honours

• Calcutta Hockey League
  • Champions (22): 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1961, 1963, 1996, 2003
• Beighton Cup ^[42]
  • Champions (12): 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1965
  • Runners-up (10): 1915, 1916, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1939
• Bombay Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1964 ^{[43] [44]}
• Aga Khan Gold Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1932 ^[45]

Cricket

The men's cricket section of Calcutta Customs is affiliated to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), ^{[46] [47]} and participate in regional tournaments such as First Division League, ^{[48] [49] [50]} and J.C. Mukherjee T-20 Trophy. ^[51]

Honours

• J. C. Mukherjee T-20 Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2023 ^{[52] [53]}

Volleyball

Calcutta Custom's volleyball section participates in the West Bengal State Senior Volleyball Championship. ^{[54] [55]}

Tennis

Lawn tennis as a racket sport is currently being practiced at the Calcutta Customs Club, as it is an affiliated member club of the Bengal Tennis Association (BTA). ^[56]

See also

• Football in Kolkata
• List of football clubs in India

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Further reading

• Kapadia, Novy (2017). Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Penguin Random House. ISBN   978-0-143-42641-7.
• Martinez, Dolores; Mukharjiim, Projit B (2009). Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-138-88353-6. Archived from the original on 2 July 2022.
• Dineo, Paul; Mills, James (2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. London, United Kingdom: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 33. ISBN   978-0-7146-8170-2. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
• Nath, Nirmal (2011). History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10. Readers Service. ISBN   9788187891963. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022.
• Sharma, Nikhil Paramjit; Gupta, Shantanu (4 February 2019). India's Football Dream. SAGE Publications India. ISBN   9789353283063. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
• Majumdar, Boria; Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2006). A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score. Routledge. ISBN   9780415348355. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021.
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• Ghoshal, Dipankar (20 July 2023). "CFL 2023, FIFA: কলকাতা লিগে অনবদ্য গোল, ভিডিয়ো পাঠানো হল ফিফায়" [CFL 2023, FIFA: Impressive goals in Kolkata league, video sent to FIFA]. tv9bangla.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: TV9 Bangla. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
• "কলকাতা ময়দানে সাইড ভলিতে গোল, পুসকাস পুরস্কারে এরিয়ানের সৈকত" [Side volley goal at Calcutta Maidan, Ariane's beach at the Puskas Award]. anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Kolkata: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা. 20 July 2023. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
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External links

• Calcutta Customs Club at the-AIFF.com
• Calcutta Customs Club at Soccerway