East Bengal Club (field hockey) explained
East Bengal Club is an Indian professional field hockey club located in Kolkata, West Bengal. It participates in various tournaments conducted by Hockey Bengal. The team plays its home matches mostly at the East Bengal Ground and also at the SAI Sports Complex at Salt Lake Stadium.
The club participates in the Calcutta Hockey League and the Beighton Cup. The team have won fourteen major state titles as of the 2022 season,
History
East Bengal Club started their hockey section after the Indian Independence in 1947 and got affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association (BHA). The Club participated in the Calcutta Hockey League and the Beighton Cup[2] and were the fourth Indian hockey team to win the Calcutta Hockey League in the 1960 season.[3]
The club disbanded their hockey section in 2000,[4] but was eventually revived after 21 years in 2021. In the next season in 2022, East Bengal won their tenth CHL title after 33 years.[5] [6]
Honours
League
Cup
- Beighton Cup
- Champions (4): 1957, 1962, 1964, 1967
- Runners-up (3): 1963, 1970, 1987
Current squad
The squad for the 2022 season:[7]
- Vikas Dahiya
- Pardeep Mor
- Anup Valmiki
- Yuvraj Valmiki
- Manpreet
- Ajit Pandey
- Roshan Kumar
- Harjeet Singh
- Chandan Singh
- Maninder Singh
- Prabhjot Singh
- Iqtidar Israt
- First Sharma
- Aditya Singh
- Nitish Neopane
- Rohit
- Balkar Singh
- Yograj Singh
- Raju Pal
- Atul Island
- Mohit
- Arjun Yadav
- Pawan Singh Chauhan
- Naresh Kumar Chowdhury
Notable players
Notable players who have represented East Bengal Club includes Olympians Gurbux Singh,[8] Joginder Singh, B. P. Govinda, Inam-ur Rahman, Vece Paes, Mohammed Shahid.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Hockey . eastbengalclub.co.in . 2 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181018025827/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/hockey.html . 18 October 2018 .
- Web site: Hockey . eastbengalclub.co.in . 2 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181018025827/http://eastbengalclub.co.in/hockey.html . 18 October 2018 .
- Web site: BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF CALCUTTA HOCKEY LEAGUE COMPETITION (1905) . 2022 . 24 October 2022. www.hockeybengal.org. Hockey Bengal . Kolkata . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155544/https://www.hockeybengal.org/calcutta-hockey-league-history . 18 October 2022 .
- Web site: As hockey regains its place in the sun, Bengal experts rue lack of basic infra . 7 August 2021 . Bhattacharya . Nilesh . The Times of India .
- Web site: How East Bengal Won the Calcutta Premier Hockey League After 33 Years! . 24 October 2022 . Hockey Passion .
- Web site: East Bengal Club is the champion of Kolkata Hockey League 2022 . 2 November 2022 . eastbengalclub.com .
- Web site: Hockey team of East Bengal Club of 2022 to play in Kolkata Hockey League . eastbengalclub.com . 2 November 2022 .
- Web site: East Bengal seek a 'new identity' on foundation day. The Times of India. 19 December 2019. 2 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180802092224/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/east-bengal-seek-a-new-identity-on-foundation-day/articleshow/65237673.cms.
