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Diamond Harbour
Full nameDiamond Harbour Football Club
Short nameDHFC
Founded2022; 2 years ago (2022)
GroundVarious
OwnerAbhishek Banerjee
Head coachKibu Vicuña
League
Websitediamondharbourfc.com

Diamond Harbour Football Club (Bengali: ডায়মন্ড হারবার ফুটবল ক্লাব) is an Indian professional football club based in Diamond Harbour, West Bengal. It currently competes in the I-League 3, the fourth tier of the Indian football league system and CFL Premier Division. It is also the first tier football league in the state of West Bengal.[1][2]

History

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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

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First-team squad

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As of 11 September 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Avijit Sardar
3 DF India IND Sunil Benchamin
4 FW India IND Banpynkhrawnam Nongkhlaw
6 MF India IND Mohit Mittal
10 FW India IND Naro Hari Shrestha
12 MF India IND Muhammed Rashid
13 FW India IND Shaiborlang Kharpan
16 DF India IND Rabilal Mandi
17 MF India IND William Lalgoulien
18 MF India IND Supriya Pandit
21 GK India IND Susnata Malik Aakash
22 FW India IND Jobby Justin
23 DF India IND Ayon Mondal
25 DF India IND VikramJeet Singh (Vice Captain)
26 MF India IND Suprodip Hazra
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 MF India IND Pintu Mahata
28 MF India IND Ragav Gupta
31 GK India IND Subrata Santra (Captain)
34 FW India IND Parth Dewan
42 GK India IND Deepprobhat Ghosh
45 MF India IND Aimar Adam
60 MF India IND Girik Khosla
95 DF India IND Naresh Singh Yendrembam
99 FW India IND Rahul Kumar Paswan

Technical staff

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Title Name
Owner India Abhishek Banerjee
Head coach Spain Kibu Vicuña
Assistant coach India Deepak Kumar Mondal
Assistant coach India Nitesh Singh
Coach/Supporting

Staff

India Kartick Biswas
Coach/Supporting

Staff

India Chiranjit Malakar
Coach/Supporting

staff

India Sandeep Nandy

Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  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

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