Rainbow AC

ASOS Rainbow

Full name	Aditya School of Sports Rainbow Athletic Club [1]
Short name	ASOS Rainbow Rainbow
Founded	1956;68 years ago (1956)
Ground	Amal Dutta Stadium, Dumdum
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Aditya Group
Head coach	Tarit Ghosh
League	CFL Premier Division
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

ASOS Rainbow Athletic Club (also known as Rainbow Athletic Club or simply Rainbow, ^{[2] [3]} formerly NBP Rainbow) ^[4] is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, ^[5] that competes in the Calcutta Premier Division and Calcutta Football League. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

In 2018, they competed in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system.

In 2020, the club was acquired by the Indian Conglomerate Aditya Group naming it ASOS RAINBOW AC.

History

The team was founded in 1956 as Baranagore Rainbow Club, then got renamed as NBP Rainbow AC. The team has their rivalry with East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan Sporting or Peerless SC.

Rainbow participates in the Calcutta Football League premier divisions.

In 2019–20 season, Rainbow was managed by Jahar Das. ^[9] In 2020, the club entered into a partnership with Indian conglomerate Aditya Group. It was announced that the new entity will have former India international Debjit Ghosh as their technical director. ^[10]

In June 2023, IFA announced that they have merged both Premier Division A and B of the Calcutta Football League ahead of its 125th edition, in which Rainbow was placed in the group B. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Stadium

Bird-eye view of the Amal Dutta Stadium, Dumdum.

Rainbow club plays most of their home matches at Amal Dutta Stadium, which is located in Dumdum, Kolkata, North 24 Parganas. ^[14] The stadium has capacity of about 15,000 spectators.

ASOS RAINBOW AC plays majority for their games of CFL 2023 on this venue.

Club crest and kits

ASOS Rainbow AC previous logo

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018—2022	Nike	New Barrackpore Co-operative Homes Ltd
2022 - Present	Vamos	KREAMZ

Current squad

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 Hemanta Ghosh 22 GK   IND Shilton Paul — GK   IND Satyabrata Manna — GK   IND Pranup Limboo — GK   IND Frevino Fernandes — DF   IND Sourav Dasgupta(Captain) — DF   IND Ramdinmawia Hnamte — DF   IND Md Alamgir Hussain — DF   IND Sagar Raihan Raza — DF   IND Sujit Sadhu — DF   IND Pramode Pradhan — DF   IND Bijoy Das — DF   IND Shambhu Bera — DF   IND Urjay Bramha 15 DF   IND Tanchok Hang Subba 16 DF   IND Asish Chettri — DF   IND Tania Raji — DF   IND Enjamul Hoque

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   IND Debayan Saha 6 MF   IND SK Asif Ahmed — MF   IND Jagannath Sana(8) 19 MF   IND Pankaj Moullah — MF   IND Shubhankar Sana — FW   IND Suraj Mahato 11 FW   IND Joydeep Gogoi — FW   IND Anil Kisku — FW   IND Farsad Abdusamad N — FW   IND Arkabikash Tudu — FW   IND Pritam Sarkar — MF   IND Saptak Sherpa — MF   IND Firoj Ali — FW   IND Cho Tshering Lepcha — FW   IND Rajesh Das — FW   IND Denzil Ivan Mascarenhas — FW   IND Raunak Paul

Records

Season	Div.	Tms.	Pos.	Attendance/G	Federation Cup / Super Cup	Calcutta Football League
2018–19	I-League 2	16	4th, group C	–	DNP	5th

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Honours

• CFL Premier Division B
  • Runners-up (2): 2016, 2022 ^[15]

See also

• Football in Kolkata
• List of football clubs in Kolkata

References

1. NBP Rainbow Athletic Club profile and archive Archived 15 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021
2. Rainbow AC team profile Archived 16 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
3. "IFA CFL Calcutta Premier League teams 2017". kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
4. "IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (CFL PREMIER DIVISION)". ifawb.org. Indian Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
5. "NBP Rainbow AC live score, schedule and results – Football – SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
6. "CFL 2019: Subha Ghosh stars as Mohun Bagan edge past NBP Rainbow 1–0 | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
7. "Mohammedan SC face Rainbow AC challenge in CFL". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
8. "উত্তম, রিকির হ‍্যাটট্রিক, সিএফসির ৮ গোল, জিতল কালীঘাট, পাঠচক্র" [Hat-trick done by Uttam and Ricky, CCFC scored 8 goals, wins for both Kalighat and Pathachakra]. insidesports.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস. 14 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
9. "Kolkata Football Academy — Our Coaches: Jahar Das (Vice President and Head of Youth Development AFC 'A' Licence and Goalz Coaching)". kolkatafootballacademy.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
10. "XtraTime VIDEO: Kolkata's Rainbow AC partners Aditya Group!". arunfoot.com (Arunava About Football). Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
11. "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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. "North 24 Parganas district". wbtourismgov.in. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
15. "IFA CFL 2022 PREMIER DIVISION – B: ALL RESULTS". kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata: KolkataFootball. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.