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; 2 years ago (2022)
Ground	Naihati Stadium
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
• Calcutta Football League
  • Runners-up (1): 2024

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

References

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2. 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.
3. "Techno Sports". technosports.co.in. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
4. 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.
5. "Calcutta Football League (CFL) goes bigger than ever for its historic 125th season". thefangarage.com. Kolkata: The Fan Garage. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
6. Chakraborty, Sanghamitra (5 June 2023). "Calcutta Football League: মোহনবাগান-মহমেডানের গ্রুপে অভিষেকের ক্লাব, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের গ্রুপে ভবানীপুর" [Calcutta Football League: Debutant club in Mohun Bagan-Mohammedan group, Bhavanipur in East Bengal group]. TV9 Bangla (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
7. Biswas, Koushik (5 June 2023). "Calcutta Football League : বাজল কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগের ঘণ্টা, কঠিন গ্রুপে মোহনবাগান" [Calcutta Football League: Bell of Calcutta Football League rings, Mohun Bagan in tough group]. Ei Samay (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
8. "Calcutta Football League 2023: Confirmed Super Six Phase Teams". indianfootballnews.in. Kolkata: Indian Football News. 20 September 2023. Archived from the original on 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
9. "Major AIFF Decisions: 15 Clubs Nominated In 3rd Division; Youth Quota In I League Teams". thefangarage.com. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
10. "AIFF League Committee: Youth quota for I-League, State FAs nominate 3rd Division League clubs". The Away End. 22 August 2023. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
11. Lopes, Flavio (25 September 2023). "THIRD DIVISION: Dempo to play at home, Sporting away". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Panaji: The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
12. "All lndia Governor's Gold Cup football tournament to be held in Gangtok from November 8–12". The Week. PTI. Archived from the original on 18 November 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
13. "Governor's Gold Cup Returns in Grand Style with International Flair and Local Pride". The Voice Of Sikkim. 2 November 2024. Archived from the original on 18 November 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
14. "Gold Cup back after 5-year gap: Sikkim to host soccer tourney with teams from India, abroad". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 12 November 2024.

Further reading

• "Inter Kashi: ফুটবলেও হিন্দুত্ব? মন্দির-তিলক নিয়ে ময়দানে ফিরছে 'অ্যাটলেটিকো'". Aaj Tak বাংলা (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.