Gauhati Town Club

Gauhati Town

Full name	Gauhati Town Club
Nickname(s)	The Rhinos
Short name	GTC
Founded	1906;117 years ago (1906) [1]
Ground	Judges Field
Capacity	5,000
President	Himanta Biswa Sarma
Coach	Kamala Kt Singh
League	GSA A Division Football League Youth League
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Gauhati Town Club is an Indian multi sports club based in Guwahati, Assam. Founded in 1906, the club had participated in the I-League 2, ^[2] then second highest level football in India, for two seasons. ^[3] It currently plays in the GSA A Division Football League and Youth League. The Gauhati Town Club Football Academy was set up to identify, train and nurture the local talents of northeast India at grassroots level. It has highly equipped infrastructure. ^[4]

History

1906–2010

Gauhati Town Club is one of the oldest and the premier sporting organizations in the north-east. ^[5] It was born at the initiative of a dedicated group of sports-lovers including Captain L. B. Scott, I.M.S., who was a civil surgeon, Dr. H.K. Das, an assistant surgeon and founding secretary of the club; Sir Saiyid Saadullah, an eminent lawyer, and Khan Saheb Khalilur Rahman. Significantly, the club was essentially instrumental in introducing the coveted Bordoloi Trophy tournament, initially played at the Judges' Field from 1952 to 1957. Ranji Trophy cricket matches were also played at the same venue. ^[6]

2010–present

On 21 January 2010, it was announced that Juliano Silveira Fontana, a professional Brazilian football coach, has been appointed as the head coach of the academy. He later coached senior team in the I-League 2nd Division. ^[7]

In February 2011, it was announced that Gauhati Town Club will participate in 2011 I-League 2nd Division. Team finished season at the bottom of the table and did not gain promotion to the 2011 I-League 2nd Division final round. They participated in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division and finished 7th in the group stage. ^[8]

Players

First-team squad

As of 17 December 2023 ^[9]

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 MM Mustakin 16 DF   IND Komolson Rongphar 4 DF   IND Umesh Kalindi 5   IND Sudem Narzary(Captain) 6   IND Jayanta Baglary 18   IND A Sanathai Singh 7 DF   IND Biplab Nayak 8   IND Sanjib Deka 10   IND S Simren Singh 11 MF   IND Anupam Borgohain 17 FW   IND Shrinivash Singh

No. Pos. Nation Player 31 GK   IND Manoj Barman 27   IND Prasant Baruah 23 DF   IND Krinal Rabha 3   IND Md Sabir 14 MF   IND Rahul Pradhan 19   IND Bryant Dihingia 22   IND Benhar Hlyehho 24   IND Dhiraj Rajbangshi 26   IND Alfred Hojai 29   IND Paochin Mong

GTC Academy team

Gauhati Town Club has its academy team, consisting of youth players. ^{[10] [11]} Their U17 also competed in 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup. ^{[12] [13]}

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   IND Akash Swargiary 1 GK   IND Gautam Brahma 2 DF   IND Phungsa Daimari 11 DF   IND Rahul Gogoi 20 DF   IND Wankitbok Mawlong 4 DF   IND Sowrab Kr Dey 22 DF   IND Banteilang Khapew 3 DF   IND Ruhit Boro 12 MF   IND Jemson Teron 6 MF   IND Himitson Terang 8 MF   IND Sudeepta Konwar 18 MF   IND Nishan Barman 19 MF   IND Ajay Baro

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF   IND Dhrubajyoti Talukdar 10 FW   IND Parash Thapa 16 FW   IND Udayaditya Rabha 17 FW   IND David Tirkey 15 FW   IND T Shemphang Malich 9 FW   IND Pragyan Bora

Management

As of 30 August 2021 ^[14]

Office	Name
President	Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
Working president	Mukul Chandra Gogoi
Vice-presidents	Pranab Sharma Ankur Dutta Samarjit Durga Neog Tanmoy Jyoti Mahanta Bulbul Choudhury Paragmoni Mahanta
General secretary	Devajit Saikia
Assistant secretary	Salil Sinha
Treasurer	Navroze Munwar
Sports & event secretary	Pompa Chakravarty
Football secretary	Akhtaruddin Ahmed
Cricket secretary	Deep Bora

Honours

League

• Assam Club Championship
  • Champions (1): 2001 ^[15]
• GSA Super Division Football League
  • Champions (1): 2002 ^{[16] [17]}

Cup

• Bordoloi Trophy ^[18]
  • Winners (3): 1954, 1956, 1963
  • Runners-up (1): 1957

• Amba Medhi Football Tournament
  • Runners-up (2): 2001, 2002 ^[19]

See also

• List of football clubs in Assam
• Assam Football Association

References

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12. "49 teams to participate in AIFF Elite Youth League 2022–23". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
13. Raghunandan, Vaibhav (18 January 2023). "Quick starts, watertight defences and perfect records: A look ahead to the Hero U-17 Youth Cup final round". the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
14. "Office Bearers". gauhatitownclub.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
15. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Assam Club Football Championship:". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
16. Chaudhuri, Arunava. "List of Champions of the Guwahati Super Division". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
17. Arunava Chaudhuri. "2002/03 Season in Indian Football". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
18. Arunava Chaudhuri. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
19. Chaudhuri, Arunava (7 January 2002). "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Amba Medhi Cup". indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

Further reading

• "East Bengal triumph". telegraphindia.com. Guwahati: The Telegraph India. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

External links

• Official website
• Gauhati Town Club on Twitter
• Gauhati Town Club on Facebook
• Gauhati Town Club at Soccerway
• Gauhati Town Club Football Academy on Facebook
• Gauhati Town Club at Global Sports Archive