Diamond Harbour FC

Diamond Harbour Football Club (Bengali: ডায়মন্ড হারবার ফুটবল ক্লাব) is an professional football club based in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal, India. It currently competes in the I-League 2, the third tier of the Indian football league system and Calcutta Football League, the oldest football league in Asia.^[1][2]

Diamond Harbour

Full name	Diamond Harbour Football Club
Short name	DHFC
Founded	2022; 3 years ago (2022)
Ground	Naihati Stadium
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Abhishek Banerjee
Head coach	Kibu Vicuña
League	I-League 2 CFL Premier Division
Website	diamondharbourfc.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

TMC politician and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee launched the DHFC in 2022. The IFA allowed DHFC to participate in CFL First Division, the 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.^[3] In December 2022, Vicuña left the club and taking charge of another city-based club Mohammedan Sporting.^[4] In June 2023, the Indian Football Association (IFA) announced the merger of both Premier Division A and B of the Calcutta Football League, ahead of its 125th edition, in which Diamond Harbour was placed in the group I.^[5][6][7] The club then qualified for league's "Super Six" round.^[8] Later in August 2023, the club qualified for I-League 3 ahead of the inaugural season kick-off.^[9][10][11]

The club was featured in the 40th edition of the Sikkim Gold Cup in November 2024.^[12][13][14]

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Avijit Sardar 3 DF  IND Sunil Benchamin 4 FW  IND Banpynkhrawnam Nongkhlaw 6 MF  IND Mohit Mittal 10 FW  IND Naro Hari Shrestha 12 MF  IND Muhammed Rashid 13 FW  IND Shaiborlang Kharpan 16 DF  IND Rabilal Mandi 17 MF  IND William Lalgoulien 18 MF  IND Supriya Pandit 21 GK  IND Susnata Malik Aakash 22 FW  IND Jobby Justin 23 DF  IND Ayon Mondal 25 DF  IND VikramJeet Singh (Vice Captain) 26 MF  IND Suprodip Hazra

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  IND Pintu Mahata 28 MF  IND Ragav Gupta 31 GK  IND Subrata Santra (Captain) 34 FW  IND Parth Dewan 42 GK  IND Deepprobhat Ghosh 45 MF  IND Aimar Adam 60 MF  IND Girik Khosla 95 DF  IND Naresh Singh Yendrembam 99 FW  IND Rahul Kumar Paswan

Technical staff

Title	Name
Owner	Abhishek Banerjee
Head coach	Kibu Vicuña
Assistant coach	Deepak Kumar Mondal
Assistant coach	Nitesh Singh
Coach/Supporting Staff	Kartick Biswas
Coach/Supporting Staff	Chiranjit Malakar
Coach/Supporting staff	Sandeep Nandy

Honours

• I-League 3
  • Champions (1): 2024–25

See also

• Football in India
• History of Indian football
• Indian football league system
• List of football clubs in Kolkata
• List of football clubs in West Bengal
• State football leagues in India