BSS Sporting Club

B.S.S. Sporting Club is a professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.[2] Founded in 2015, the club competes in CFL Premier Division A,[3][4] the top-tier football league in West Bengal organised by Indian Football Association,[5] football governing body of West Bengal.[6]

B.S.S. Sporting Club
Full nameBehala Sanskritik Sammilani Sporting Club[1]
Nickname(s)Behala Warriors
Founded2015 (2015)
GroundSailen Manna Stadium
Baksha Sporting Association Ground
Capacity15,000
OwnerJayanta Chakraborty
Head coachHemanta Dora
LeagueCalcutta Premier Division A
WebsiteClub website

History

B.S.S. Sporting Club, which started its journey in the year 2015, has already became a pioneer in the Kolkata football circuits. It has created history by becoming champions for consecutive 3 years in the CFL lower divisions, before stepping into the Premier Division.[7]

In 2019, B.S.S. Sporting participated in Governor's Gold Cup in Sikkim.[8]

B.S.S. Sporting has been participating in the prestigious IFA Shield tournament as well, since 2020.[9]

Stadium

Sailen Manna Stadium (also known as Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium) is club's home stadium, together with Baksha Sporting Association Ground.

Personnel
Current Technical Staff (as of 1 July 2022)
Position Name
Head coach India Hemanta Dora
Team manager India Jayanta Chakraborty
Assistant coach India Anup Nag
Goalkeeping coach India Jagdish Ghosh
Fitness coach India Chiranjit Malakar
Physio India Kunal Ghosh

Players

Current squad
As of 25 July 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Priyant Singh
— GK India IND Sourav Chakraborthy
— GK India IND Sayantan Pyne
— DF India IND Dipendu Dowary
— DF India IND Tonmoy Ghosh
— DF India IND Ainish Jamadar
— DF India IND Pradip Patra
— DF India IND Totan Das
— DF India IND Amod Mahato
— DF India IND Karan Thapa
— DF India IND Partha Mondal
— MF India IND Kunal Ghosh
— MF India IND Argha Chakraborthy
— MF India IND Samar Kumir
— MF India IND Deepak Kumar Rajak
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND Pritam Roy
— MF India IND Anirban Das
— MF India IND Sajal Bag
— MF India IND Goutam Kujur
— MF India IND Soumitr Dey
— MF India IND Sunil Karmakar
— MF India IND Tirthankar Sarkar
— FW India IND Rahul Kumar Paswan
— FW India IND Rajen Burman
— FW Ghana GHA Kwesi Seesay
— FW India IND Karthik Das
— FW India IND Asif Hembram
— FW India IND Suvam Singh
— MF India IND Sourav Roy
— FW Ivory Coast CIV Léonce Dodoz

Sponsorship history

In mid-2010s, the club acquired service of Trak-Only as their main shirt sponsor.[10]

Statistics and records

2020-21 CFL Premier Division A: Quarter-Final

2019-20 CFL Premier Division A: 6th place

2018-19 CFL Premier Division B: 4th place

2017-18 CFL 1st Division: 1st place

2016-17 CFL 2nd Division: 1st place

2015-16 CFL 3rd Division: 1st place

Honours

League
  • CFL 1st Division
    • Champions (1): 2017
  • CFL 2nd Division
    • Champions (1): 2016
  • CFL 3rd Division
    • Champions (1): 2015[11]

Cup

See also

References
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  2. BSS Sporting Club profile and statistics Archived 14 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  3. Singha, Sulaya (10 September 2022). "এক ম্যাচ বাকি থাকতেই গ্রুপ চ্যাম্পিয়ন হয়ে কলকাতা লিগের সুপার সিক্সে ভবানীপুর ক্লাব" [Bhawanipore Club became the group champion in Super Six of Calcutta League with one match left]. sangbadpratidin.in. Kolkata: Sangbad Pratidin Digital. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  4. "Calcutta Football League 2018-19". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  5. "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.
  6. Ganguly, Abhishek (7 June 2020). "CFL Premier Division A side BSS Sporting Club supports people affected by cyclone Amphan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  7. mullick, sounak (27 August 2019). "Calcutta Football League 2019: Mohun Bagan vs BSS | Match Preview, Team News, Live Streaming details". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  8. "39th sikkim governors gold cup 2019 matches|Indian live football". www.kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  9. Mohamed, Farzan. "IFA Shield 2020: Preview, fixtures, squads, match timings, telecast and more". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  10. "Trak-Only | Partners: Journey of Togetherness". www.trakonly.com. Trak-Only. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  11. "Home | BSS Spoerting". www.bsssportingclub.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  12. Schöggl, Hans (2014). "India — List of Trades Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  13. "IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2017". kolkatafootball.com. 16 June 2017. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2022.


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