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Rainbow AC


Rainbow Athletic Club (also known as ASOS, Rainbow AC, 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.[6][7][8] In 2018, they competed in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of Indian football league system.[9]

Rainbow
File:ASOS Rainbow AC logo.svg
Full nameAditya School of Sports Rainbow Athletic Club[1]
Founded1956; 69 years ago (1956)
GroundBarasat Stadium
Capacity20,000
OwnerAditya Group
Head coachTarit Ghosh
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division
WebsiteClub website

HistoryEdit

The team was founded in 1956 as Baranagore Rainbow Club, then got renamed as NBP Rainbow AC. The team has not been as successful as their city rivals, East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan Sporting or Peerless SC.[10][11][12] Rainbow participates in the Calcutta Football League premier divisions.[13][14][15]

In 2020, Rainbow 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.[16]

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.[17][18][19]

StadiumEdit

 
Entrance of the Barasat Vidyasagar Krirangan

Rainbow club plays most of their home matches at Barasat Stadium, which is located in Barasat, North 24 Parganas.[20] The stadium has a seating capacity of about 20,000 spectators.[21]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsorsEdit

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

2019 squadEdit

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 Dibyendu Sarkar
4 DF   IND Asik Khan
5 DF   IND Enjamul Hoque
6 DF   IND Chattu Mondal
7 MF   IND Abhijit Sarkar
8 MF   IND Rakesh Karmarkar
9 MF   IND Ravin Modi
11 MF   IND Sujay Dutta
14 MF   IND Sk. Rintu
15 MF   IND Satendar Oraon
16 DF   IND Krishna Biswas
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   IND Sourav Roy
18 MF   IND Dipak Sardar
19 MF   IND Paltu Das
20 MF   IND Suraj Mahato
22 FW   IND Muhammed Sakirul Ali
23 FW   IND Robi Hansda
24 DF   IND Sujit Sadhu
26 DF   IND Tanmoy Mitra
27 MF   IND Rentu Roy
28 MF   IND Saikat Sarkar
31 GK   IND Ankur Das
32 MF   IND Rajdeep Saha
35 DF   IND Subhankar Kangsabanik
41 GK   IND Antu Mondal
— FW   IND Omkar Landge

RecordsEdit

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

HonoursEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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. ↑ Eighteen teams, including 7 reserve sides of ISL clubs to contest in revamped 2017-18 Second Division league Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine First Post. Retrieved 28 July 2021
  10. ↑ "Calcutta Football League 2019 (CFL) updated points table after East Bengal edge past New Barrackpore Rainbow". timesnownews.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ↑ Mohammedan Sporting to face Rainbow AC in the Calcutta Football League Archived 16 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine The Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Ganguly, Sourav (25 July 2019). "Top five underdog teams in Calcutta Football League 2019". khelnow.com. Khel Now. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  13. ↑ 2018/19 CFL Rainbow Vs East Bengal (battle) Archived 31 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine indiafooty. Retrieved 7 March 2021
  14. ↑ Peerless-beats-New-Barrackpore-Rainbow-in-calcutta-football-league Archived 2 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine সংবাদ প্রতিদিন. Retrieved 7 March 2021
  15. ↑ "Calcutta Premier Division A 2019/20". indiafooty.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ "North 24 Parganas district". wbtourismgov.in. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  21. ↑ "SPO Bengal's Barasat stadium gets two star grading from FIFA". chennaionline.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013.[permanent dead link]
  22. ↑ "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.

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