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Tollygunge Agragami FC
Full nameTollygunge Agragami Football Club
Nickname(s)Agragami (The Pioneer)
Founded1943; 83 years ago (1943) (as Russa Agragami Samity)[1]
GroundRabindra Sarobar Stadium[2]
Kishore Bharati Krirangan (sometimes)
Capacity22,000
ChairmanSubhankar Ghosh Dostider
Head coachBimal Ghosh[3]
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division

Tollygunge Agragami Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal,[4] that competes in the Calcutta Premier Division,[5] and have also played in the National Football League (India), then top flight of Indian football league system.[6][7] The club also competes in other regional tournaments alongside the Kolkata giants ATK Mohun Bagan, SC East Bengal and Mohammedan.

History

Former crest of Tollygunge Agragami

Tollygunge Agragami is a football club founded in Kolkata, India. The team was founded in 1943 as Russa Agragami Samity,[8] then later renamed to Tollygunge Agragami in 1955. Their home ground is the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, which has a capacity of 22,000. Although the team has not been as successful as their city rivals, East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan alongside Mohammedan SC, but they are a team to watch out for.[9][10] Winning the 1997–98 season of the National Football League 2nd Division is Tollygunge's biggest achievement since their inception.

Tollygunge Agragami participated in the 2018 Calcutta Premier Division playoffs, finishing in tenth. They were placed in Calcutta Premier Division B and defeated Mohammedan Sporting by 2–1.[11] They won two matches, drew two, and lost the rest. They did not qualify for Calcutta Premier Division A in 2019 and 2020.

In 2021, Tollygunge announced Modern Institute of Engineering and Technology as their main sponsor ahead of the 2021–22 Calcutta Premier Division.[12]

National Football League seasons

In 1998, Tollygunge Agragami emerged as one of the finest sides from Kolkata to participate in the inaugural National Football League, then top tier Indian football league system. They finished as 4th in the Group A of the 1998–99 National Football League with 14 points.[13]

In the 1999–2000 National Football League, they again competed with the top clubs and finished as 8th with 26 points, behind Kingfisher East Bengal.[14]

In the fifth season of the National Football League, the club competed bravely, finishing 8th again with 24 points.[15]

Tollygunge enjoyed their back to back appearances in the top flight league in which they finished 9th in the 2001–02 National Football League (sixth season) with 23 points.[16]

In the 2002–03 National Football League, they again finished 9th with 23 points.[17][18]

The 2003–04 National Football League was tough for them, where they finished 10th behind the giants Mohun Bagan A.C. with only 20 points.[19]

In 2004–05 National Football League, Tollygunge relegated after finishing at the bottom with 17 points.[20] They lost 11 games and won only 3, as East Bengal FC and Vasco SC thrashed Tollygunge by 5–0 respectively and Mohun Bagan rout them by 4–0.[21][22][23]

Home grounds

Main articles: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium and Kishore Bharati Krirangan

The club plays its home matches at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium which is located in Lake Gardens, Kolkata.[24]

File:Kishore Bharati Krirangan Kolkata.jpg
Kishore Bharati Krirangan on a matchday of 2020–21 I-League, was used by Tollygunge Agragami.

22,000 seater Kishore Bharati Krirangan, located in Jadavpur, was used as the home ground of Tollygunge Agragami for both the National Football League and Calcutta Football League for a long time.[25][26]

Rivalry

Tollygunge has the rivalries with other two Calcutta Football League sides Kalighat Milan Sangha and Bhawanipore FC, which is often referred to as the South Kolkata Derby.

South Kolkata Derby

Opponent Played Wins Draws Losses
Tollygunge Agragami 6 0 6 0
Kalighat Milan Sangha 7 1 6 0
Bhawanipore 5 0 4 1
Total 18 1 16 1

Managerial history

Honours

league

1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions (1): 1997–98[34]
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place (7): 1997–98,[35] 1998–99, 1999–00,[36] 2001,[37] 2002, 2003,[38] 2014–15[39]

Cup

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2): 1971, 1999[40]
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (3): 1998-99, 2000, 2002[41]
  • Mcdowell's Cup
Champions (1): 1999[42]
  • Libero One-Day Cup
Champions (1): 2003

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Fourth oldest football tournament, organized by the IFA (W.B.), and played between the local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

References

  1. ↑ Tollygunge Agragami indianfootball.de. Retrieved 17 August 2021
  2. ↑ Rabindra Sarobar Stadium serves as the home of Tollygunge Agragami faisports.com Retrieved 28 February 2021
  3. ↑ "Bimal Ghosh starts his Kolkata stint on note for Tollygunge FC". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Tollygunge Agragami Football Club news, fixtures and fanpage thefangunge.com Retrieved 28 February 2021
  5. ↑ Black Panthers take aim at Tollygunge Agragami in CFL indiafooty.com. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  6. ↑ "When a brilliant Sporting Clube fell short at the last hurdle in NFL". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Click! Click! Mahindra hold Tollygunge with late goal". rediff.com. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  8. ↑ India - List of Foundation Dates RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021
  9. ↑ Tollygunge Agragami rivalry, fixtures and archives arunfoot.com Retrieved 28 February 2021
  10. ↑ "Md. Sp. go down 1-2". Telegraph India. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  11. ↑ Tollygunge Agragami stun Mohammedan Sporting in 2-1 CFL win Arunfoot.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021
  12. ↑ Calcutta Football League – Premier Division A fixtures released! arunfoot.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021
  13. ↑ "India 1998/99". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  14. ↑ "India 1999/00". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  15. ↑ "India 2000/01". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  16. ↑ "India 2001/02". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  17. ↑ "Oil PSUs to Games' rescue". The Hindu. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 21 October 2018.[dead link]
  18. ↑ "India 2002/03". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  19. ↑ "India 2003/04". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "India 2003/04". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  21. ↑ "East Bengal crush Tollygunge 5-0". Rediff.com. 15 February 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Vasco thrash Tollygunge". Rediff.com. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "Bagan rout Tollygunge". Rediff.com. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  24. ↑ "ATK's home ground will be Rabindra Sarobar stadium". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  25. ↑ "Kishore Bharati Krirangan, Kolkata". soccernetindia.net. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  26. ↑ "আই লিগের ম্যাচে উদ্বোধন হতে চলেছে কিশোর ভারতী ক্রীড়াঙ্গনের". amraikhabor.com. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  27. ↑ Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 1999 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  28. ↑ Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2000 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  29. ↑ Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2001 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  30. ↑ Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2003 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  31. ↑ Season Ending Transfers In Indian Football: 2011 indianfootball.de. Retrieved 29 July 2021
  32. ↑ Tollygunge Agragami have sacked him on Friday, August 24, 2018 after an abysmal start to the 2018/19 Calcutta Premier Division ‘A’ campaign, which has seen them sitting on the bottom of the log without points from four matches and has also failed to score a single goal in the process. He will be replaced by Bimal Ghosh against Food Corporation of India on Sunday, August 26, 2018.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 "CFL 2018: Bimal Ghosh replaces Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Tollygunge Agragami coach". Goal. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  34. ↑ "NFL Division 2". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  35. ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/india98.html#calc
  36. ↑ India 1999/00 RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021
  37. ↑ India 2001 Regional Championships RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021
  38. ↑ India 2003 Regional Championships: CFL 2003 RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021
  39. ↑ India 2014/15 Regional Championships RSSSF. Retrieved 17 August 2021
  40. ↑ Sengupta, Somnath (20 February 2021). "The Glorious History Of IFA Shield". Thehardtackle.com.
  41. ↑ List of all final matches of the All Airlines Gold Clup Indianfootball.de Retrieved 28 February 2021
  42. ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Mcdowell's Cup". indianfootball.de. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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