Howrah Union

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Howrah Union
Full nameHowrah Union
Founded1922;101 years ago (1922)
Ground Mohammedan Sporting–Howrah Union Ground
League Calcutta First Division

Howrah Union is an Indian multisports club based in the city of Kolkata, whose football team competes in the Calcutta Football League. [1] [2] [3] The club previously competed in Super Division of CFL. [4] [5] Their cricket team plays in the CAB tournaments. [6]

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History

Howrah Union club was formed in 1922, by Panchanon Choungda from Amta, Howrah. [7] Initially they played football at Howrah Maidan and eventually got affiliation from the Indian Football Association and joined Calcutta Football League. [1] [8] They got promoted to the First Division in 1929 and won the Trades Cup in 1932. [7] In the 1936 IFA Shield, they went till the semi-finals by defeating the 1933 winners Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. [1]

They shifted to their current ground at the Kolkata Maidan in 1962 which they share with Mohammedan Sporting. Russi Mody, the former chairman and managing director of Tata Steel and a prominent member of the Tata Group was a longtime President of the club. [9] [10]

Notable players

Ashoke Chatterjee, former India international, who played and captained Howrah Union in 1959. Ashok Chatterjee - Howrah 2013-04-28 6480.JPG
Ashoke Chatterjee, former India international, who played and captained Howrah Union in 1959.
Veteran Indian manager Jahar Das appeared with Howrah Union in 1967 Jahar Das - Kolkata 2019-03-17 0066.JPG
Veteran Indian manager Jahar Das appeared with Howrah Union in 1967

Notable players who have played or have started their careers at the club include Sailen Manna, [11] [12] Arun Ghosh, [13] Samar Banerjee, [10] Ashok Chatterjee, [14] [15] [16] [17] Mohammad Abdus Sattar, [18] [19] [20] [21] Poongam Kannan, [22] [23] and Jahar Das. [24]

Home ground

Howrah Union uses Mohammedan Sporting—Howrah Union Ground for its sporting events. [25]

Honours

Domestic tournaments

Other departments

Cricket

Howrah Union has its men's cricket section, which is affiliated with the Cricket Association of Bengal, [33] and competes in the CAB Second Division League. [34] [35] [36]

Field hockey

Men's hockey team of the club is affiliated to Bengal Hockey Association (known as 'Hockey Bengal'), and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League. [37] [38] [39]

Volleyball

Howrah Union also operate men's volleyball team that participates in Elliot Shield State Volleyball Championship in Kolkata. [40]

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