Diamond Harbour FC

Diamond Harbour Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal. It currently competes in CFL 1st Division which is the third tier football league in the state of West Bengal.[1][2][3][4][5]

Diamond Harbour FC
Full nameDiamond Harbour Football Club
Short nameDHFC
Founded2022 (2022)
GroundBata Stadium Ground
Maheshtala
Capacity5,000
OwnerAbhishek Banerjee
Head coachKibu Vicuña
LeagueCalcutta First Division
2022–23TBA
WebsiteClub website

History

TMC politician and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee launched the DHFC in 2022. The IFA allowed DHFC to participate in CFL First Division, third tier of Calcutta Football League. The club then appointed former Mohun Bagan and Kerala Blasters head coach Kibu Vicuña for the upcoming league season.[6] In December 2022, Vicuña left the club and taking charge of another city-based club Mohammedan Sporting.[7]

Technical staff
Title Name
Owner India Abhishek Banerjee
Head coach Spain Kibu Vicuña
Assistant Coach India Biswajit Ghosal
Assistant Coach India Nitesh Singh
Goalkeeping coach India Abhra Mondal
Strength & Conditioning Coach Lithuania Paulius Ragauskas
Physiotherapist India Bhaskar Sengupta

Players

See also

References
  1. "abhishek: Abhishek Launches Diamond Harbour Football Club". The Times of India. 16 April 2022. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. "Trinamool Congress' Abhishek Banerjee Launches Diamond Harbour Football Club". News18. 16 April 2022. Archived from the original on 17 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. MP, Team (27 April 2022). "Diamond Harbour Football Club gets IFA's permission to play in first division". www.millenniumpost.in. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  4. MP, Team (16 April 2022). "Abhishek launches 'Diamond Harbour Football Club'". www.millenniumpost.in. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  5. PTI (15 April 2022). "Abhishek Banerjee launches football club, to make CFL Ist division debut". thebridge.in. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. "Techno Sports". technosports.co.in. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  7. Chakraborty, Swapnomoy (16 December 2022). "I-League: Kibu Vicuna to take charge as head coach of Mohammedan SC; will arrive on Monday". thebridge.in. Kolkata: The Bridge. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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