Bengal Nagpur Railway FC

Bengal Nagpur Railway Football Club[2] (also known as BNR Recreation Club)[3] is an Indian institutional football club based in Kolkata,[4] West Bengal. Founded in 1929, the club competes in the Premier Division B of the Calcutta Football League.[5][6]

Bengal Nagpur Railway
Full nameBengal Nagpur Railway Football Club
Founded1929 (1929) (as Bengal Nagpur Railway Recreation Club)
GroundMaidan Ground
OwnerSouth Eastern Railway
ChairmanP Mishra[1]
LeagueCalcutta First Division

History

The Bengal Nagpur Railway Recreation Club was established in 1929 as the recreational arm of Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), now known as South Eastern Railway (one of the companies, credited for pioneering the development of railways in eastern and central India).[7] The BNR Club were associated with sports like Football, Cricket, Field hockey and Water Polo.[8][9]

The Bengal Nagpur Railway FC reached the first division of Calcutta Football League in 1949 and as an institutional team was a force to reckon in Kolkata football during their golden period in the 1960s. They won the prestigious IFA Shield in 1963 and Rovers Cup in 1964–65.[8] BNR also achieved success at the 1967 Durand Cup, in which they finished as runners-up.

Notable players

Notable players who have played for the Bengal Nagpur Railway FC include Sheoo Mewalal,[10][11] Tulsidas Balaram,[12] Arun Ghosh, K. Appalaraju,[13] Rajendra Mohan, Samar Banerjee,[14] Chandreshwar Prasad,[15] Sudip Chatterjee.[16] Among them, Appalaraju emerged as top scorer of the CFL in 1959 with BNR.[17]

Honours

League

Cup

Other departments

Field hockey

Alongside football, field hockey is practiced in BNR. From the British Raj, it was having Anglo-Indian players, who led the club various nationwide tournaments.[25][26] Affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association (BHA),[27] the club participated in prestigious Beighton Cup and Calcutta Hockey League.[28][29][30][31]

Honours

Cricket

BNR club has its cricket section, which is affiliated to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB),[35][36] and competes in numerous regional tournaments including the First Division League, and J.C. Mukherjee T-20 Trophy.[37]

Honours

  • CAB First Division League
    • Champions (1): 2010–11[8]
  • CAB Senior Knockout
    • Champions (1): 1962–63[8]

Women's football

Women's football is also being practiced in BNR, and the team participates in regional tournaments.[38]

See also

References
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