Diamond Harbour FC

Diamond Harbour

Full name	Diamond Harbour Football Club
Short name	DFC, DHFC
Founded	2022;1 year ago (2022)
Ground	Various
Owner	Abhishek Banerjee
Head coach	Kibu Vicuña
League	I-League 3 Calcutta Premier Division
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Diamond Harbour Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal. It currently competes in the I-League 3, the fourth tier of the Indian football league system and CFL Premier Division. It is also the first tier football league in the state of West Bengal. ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3] In December 2022, Vicuña left the club and taking charge of another city-based club Mohammedan Sporting. ^[4]

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. ^{[5] [6] [7]} The club then qualified for league's "Super Six" round. ^[8] Later in August 2023, the club qualified for I-League 3 ahead of the inaugural season kick-off. ^{[9] [10] [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   IND Susantha Malik 2 DF   IND Saurabh Bhanwala 3 DF   IND Vishal Das 5 DF   IND Tuhin Sikkdar 6 MF   IND Supratip Barui 16 MF   IND Sourav Das 22 GK   IND Sumit Das 10 MF   IND Muhhamed Rashid K. 9 MF   IND Monotosh Chakladar 11 FW   IND Jeremy Laldinpuia 13 FW   IND Ashim Biswas

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW   IND Pratik Lama 22 GK   IND Sumit Halder 44 GK   IND Bacchu Das 12 FW   IND Salman Kalliyath 23 DF   IND Abhisekh Saikia 25 MF   IND Supriya Pandit 26 DF   IND Aakash Mondal 28 FW   IND Marshal Kisku 29 DF   IND Subrata Santraa 30 DF   IND Bablu Oroan 37 MF   IND Souma Das 40 MF   IND Jakob Vanlalhlimpuia 99 MF   IND Lalhmangaihaisanga Ralte 41 MF   IND Himanshu Patil

Technical staff

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

See also

• Football in India
• History of Indian football
• Indian football league system
• List of football clubs in Kolkata
• List of football clubs in West Bengal
• State football leagues in India

References

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. "Techno Sports". technosports.co.in. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. 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.
5. "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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. "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.
9. "Major AIFF Decisions: 15 Clubs Nominated In 3rd Division; Youth Quota In I League Teams". thefangarage.com. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
10. "AIFF League Committee: Youth quota for I-League, State FAs nominate 3rd Division League clubs". The Away End. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
11. Lopes, Flavio (25 September 2023). "THIRD DIVISION: Dempo to play at home, Sporting away". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Panaji: The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

Further reading

• "Inter Kashi: ফুটবলেও হিন্দুত্ব? মন্দির-তিলক নিয়ে ময়দানে ফিরছে 'অ্যাটলেটিকো'". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.