Food Corporation of India FC

Food Corporation of India Football Club is an Indian institutional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club, also known as FCI East Zone, plays in the Calcutta Football League Premier Division.^[1]

Food Corporation of India

Full name	Food Corporation of India Football Club
Short name	FCIFC
Founded	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Ground	Various
Owner	Food Corporation of India
League	CFL Premier Division
Home colours Away colours

History

The club represents the sports section of the Food Corporation of India and is controlled through the FCI Sports Promotion Board. The Board was constituted in 1969 and several committees control the departments at zonal & regional levels. It is affiliated to the Indian Football Association and has participated in several divisions of the Calcutta Football League.^[2]

In June 2023, FCI was included in the group I of the CFL Premier Division, after the Indian Football Association (IFA) announced merger of both Premier Division A and B of the Calcutta Football League, ahead of its 125th edition.^[3]

Notable players

• Krishanu Dey^[4][5][6]
• Aloke Mukherjee
• Mehtab Hossain
• Deepak Mondal
• Narender Thapa^[7][8][9]

Honours

• Trades Cup^[10]
  • Champions (1): 2014^[11]
  • Runners-up (1): 2011
• Nripendra Narayan Bhattacharjee Trophy
  • Champions (1): 2004^[12]

Other department

Men's hockey

FCI (eastern zone) has its men's hockey team, which is affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association, and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League.^[13][14][15]

Honours

• Calcutta Hockey League
  • Champions (3): 1990, 1991, 1992^[16]

References

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10. Schöggl, Hans (2014). "India — List of Trades Cup Winners". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
11. "IFA Trades Challenge Cup 2014". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
12. Chaudhuri, Arunava (2008). "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Nripendra Narayan Bhattacharjee Knockout Football Tournament". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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14. "Calcutta Hockey League Competition — Fixtures of 1st Division Group B 2022". hockeybengal.org. Kolkata: The Hockey Bengal. 26 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
15. "Calcutta Hockey League Competition — Fixtures of 1st Division Group A 2022" (PDF). hockeybengal.org. Kolkata: The Hockey Bengal. 13 February 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
16. "BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF CALCUTTA HOCKEY LEAGUE COMPETITION (1905)". www.hockeybengal.org. Kolkata: Hockey Bengal. 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.