Chirag United Sports Club

Chirag United Sports Club

Football club infobox
clubname = Chirag United SC
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fullname = Chirag United Sports Club
founded = 1927
ground = Salt Lake Stadium
capacity = 120,000
generalmanager =
mgrtitle = Chief Coach
manager = flagicon|India Bishwajit Bhattacharjee
league = I-League 2nd Division
season = 2008
position = Promoted to 1st Division [ [http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/28/stories/2008042860312000.htm The Hindu : Sport / Football : Chirag United qualifies ] ]
website = http://www.chiragsports.com
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Chirag United Sports Club is an Indian Football Club from Kolkata in West Bengal, India. The club currently plays in the 1st Division of the Indian Football League.

The Club

Chirag United SC was originally established in 1927 as Everready Association. In 2006, it was renamed as Chirag United Sports Club following the take over by Chirag Sports Pvt. Ltd, a RP Group company. With the inflow of sponsorship, the club has been able to move up the I-League ladder in its third attempt.

tadium

For the next season's I-League, Chirag United will be using Salt Lake Stadium & Barasat Stadium as its home venues. The club uses Bidhan Nagar Sports Complex for training. [ [http://www.the-aiff.com/ongc-s-league/chiragh.php All India Football Federation ] ]

Leagues

Chirag United SC is the first team from the 2nd Division to earn a promotion to the 1st Division of I-League for the next season. [ [http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/28/stories/2008042860312000.htm The Hindu : Sport / Football : Chirag United qualifies ] ] Chirag United SC also plays in the Premier Division of the Kolkata Football League.

Current Squad

The club has been in the news recently as they announced that ex-Indian captain Sourav Ganguly would play for them in the Sahara CFL and also the I-League. [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080713/jsp/sports/story_9543141.jsp] The present team list of the club however, does not include Ganguly.

"As of 28 July 2008 the squad is as follows-" [ [http://cfllive.in/Team.aspx Sahara CFL: Team Profiles] ] [ [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080716/jsp/sports/story_9555895.jsp The Telegraph, India: Team List] ] Fs start

Achievements

As Eveready Association
2003: Airlines Cup Winner
2004: Kalinga Cup Winner
2005: Sikkim Governor’s Cup Winner. Runners up in IFA Shield.
As Chirag United Sports Club
2007: Trades Cup Winner
2007: Kolkata League Third Place Finish
2008: Promoted to I-League Division I

ponsors

Main Sponsor: RP Group

References

External links

* [http://www.chiragsports.com Official Chirag United SC Website]


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