Related Research Articles
Association football is one of the three most-popular sports in India, the others being cricket and kabaddi. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) recognises the Indian Super League as the national football league of India. The Santosh Trophy is a knock-out competition among Indian states and government institutions.
East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal, is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of the Indian football. It is one of the most successful football clubs in the country. The club has other departments for women's football, men's and women's cricket, field hockey, athletics and eSports.
The Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup, is a women's football league in the Indian state of West Bengal. Founded in 1993, it is the oldest women's football league in India and organised by Indian Football Association (IFA), the official football governing body in the state. The tournament is primarily participated by teams across Kolkata.
Calcutta Cricket and Football Club is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1792 as a cricket institution, the football and rugby sections were added when it merged with Calcutta Football Club in 1965.
Subhash Bhowmick was an Indian football player and manager. During his playing career, he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He also represented India in various international tournaments between 1970 and 1985.
Tollygunge Agragami Football Club is an Indian professional multi-sports club known for its football section. It is based in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1943 as "Russa Agragami Samity", the club competes in Calcutta Premier Division League.
Monoranjan Bhattacharya, nicknamed Mona, is a retired Indian professional footballer and football manager. During his playing career, he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He also represented India in various international tournaments between 1978 and 1989.
Mohammedan Sporting Club is an Indian football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in the I-League, the second-tier of the Indian football league system, as well as Calcutta Football League (CFL), the oldest football league in Asia. Formed in February 1891, it is one of the oldest active football clubs in the country.
Women's football in India is growing in popularity under All India Football Federation, despite the earlier long-term governing body's inability to provide sufficient funds for the game.
Eastern Railway Football Club is an Indian institutional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club was incorporated in 1882. Its widely known football team has mostly competed in CFL Premier Division B.
Sushil Bhattacharya was an Indian professional football player and coach, who is credited for becoming the first manager of the India women's national football team. He was also the first head coach in history of East Bengal Club.
The Indian Women's League is the women's top tier professional football league in India. Founded in 2016, currently a total of 7 teams from across the country participate in the league.
Aloke Mukherjee is an Indian former international football left back. He was active as a footballer from 1978 to 1997. He was named in the All Time best Eleven Indian Team by footballer and coach PK. Banerjee. He worked as deputy general manager and joint director–food in Food Corporation of India.
East Bengal Football Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal, is a women's football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is the women's football section of East Bengal FC. They compete in the Indian Women's League, the women's premier football league in India. They are also the reigning Kanyashree Cup champions, the top-flight tournament of women's football in the state of West Bengal under the Indian Football Association.
Sreebhumi Football Club is an Indian professional football section of Sreebhumi Sporting Club based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. The club plays in the Calcutta Football League. Their women's team participated in Indian Women's League, and currently participates in the Calcutta Women's Football League.
Calcutta Customs Club is an Indian institutional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its football section, which competes in the Calcutta Football League.
2022–23 Calcutta Women's Football League was the 27th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup.
The 2023 Women's IFA Shield was the inaugural edition of the Women's IFA Shield, the premier women's football cup competition organized by the Indian Football Association in West Bengal. It had 6 teams participating in the edition including Indian Women's League team – East Bengal and other five Kanyashree Cup teams – Sreebhumi, Mohammedan Sporting, Chandney SC, WB Police and Nadia DSA. The inaugural edition was held at the Tehatta and Krishnanagar City of Nadia District in West Bengal. On 2 June 2023, East Bengal defeated Sreebhumi 5–0 in the final to lift the inaugural Women's IFA Shield title.
Dular Marandi is an Indian professional footballer from Jharkhand, who plays as a forward for SSB Women Football Club in the Indian Women's League and represents the India women's national football team. She works with the Border Security Force and is stationed at Siliguri.
2023–24 Calcutta Women's Football League is the 28th season of the Calcutta Women's Football League, also known as the Kanyashree Cup.
References
- ↑ "Sujata Kar". Arquivo dos Mundiais. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ↑ Dey, Aneesh (2023-03-08). "After historic Kanyashree Cup win with East Bengal, Sujata Kar hopes to uplift Bengal footballers in IWL". Sportstar. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ↑ "India to face Korea on Sunday". The Times of India. 24 February 2007. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- 1 2 3 Kulkarni, Abhijeet (2020-04-27). "An Indian footballer in Europe: Before Bala Devi, there was Sujata Kar and a huge lost opportunity". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ↑ Release, Press (2023-04-24). "Some want to win title, we want to give game time to local players: East Bengal coach Sujata Kar on IWL". thebridge.in. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ↑ "News for the month of March, 2001". indianfootball.de. 16 March 2001. Archived from the original on 25 February 2002. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ↑ "East Bengal wins Kanyashree Cup; books IWL berth". The Bridge. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
