Bengal Nagpur Railway FC

Bengal Nagpur Railway Football Club (also known as BNR Recreation Club) is an Indian institutional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1929, the club competes in the Premier Division B of the Calcutta Football League.

History The Bengal Nagpur Railway Recreation Club was established in 1929 as the recreational arm of Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR), now known as South Eastern Railway (one of the companies credited for pioneering the development of railways in eastern and central India). The BNR Club was associated with numerous sports including football, cricket, field hockey and water polo.

BNR reached the first division of Calcutta Football League in 1949 and as an institutional team was a force to reckon in Kolkata football during their golden period in the 1960s. They won prestigious IFA Shield in 1963, and ended up as runners-up in 1966. and Rovers Cup in 1964–65. They also achieved success at the 1967 Durand Cup, by finishing as runners-up. The club later took part in 1985 IFA Shield, where they faced noted Uruguayan club Centro Atlético Fénix. The club was later briefly managed by legendary Indian footballer Tulsidas Balaram. Later in the 1990s, BNR consecutively appeared in Super Division of the CFL, playing home matches at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium.

Ownership

Notable players

Association football Notable players who have played for the Bengal Nagpur Railway FC include Sheoo Mewalal, Tulsidas Balaram, Arun Ghosh, K. Appalaraju, Rajendra Mohan, Samar Banerjee, Chandreshwar Prasad, Mihir Bose, Sudip Chatterjee. Among them, Appalaraju emerged as top scorer of the CFL in 1959 with BNR. Indian coach Amal Dutta also appeared with BNR; he later managed the team too. Former Pakistani international Tarapada Ray, who later gained Indian citizenship, also appeared with the club.

Field hockey Leslie Claudius – member of Indian hockey team that won the gold medals at the 1948, 1952 and 1956, and silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games. Joseph Galibardy – represented India at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and won gold medal, played domestic hockey for BNR.

Honours

League CFL Second Division Champions (1): 1949 CFL First Division Third place (1): 2022

Cup IFA Shield Champions (1): 1963 Runners-up (1): 1966 Durand Cup Runners-up (1): 1967List of Durand Cup tournament winners and runner-ups. rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2021. Rovers Cup Champions (1): 1964–65 Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup Runners-up (1): 2009 EK Nayanar Memorial Gold Cup Champions (1): 2012

Other departments

Field hockey Alongside football, field hockey is practiced in BNR. From the British rule in the country until 1960s, it was having Anglo-Indian players, who led the club various nationwide tournaments. (Published online: "Routledge Contemporary South Asia"; 1 July 2010). Notable players of the team in Colonial era were Carl Tapsell, Dicky Carr and Joe Gallibardy. Affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association (BHA), the club participated in prestigious Beighton Cup and Calcutta Hockey League.

Honours Beighton Cup Champions (5): 1937, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945 Runners-up (8): 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1968, 1994 Calcutta Hockey League Champions (4): 1965, 1966, 1967, 1994 Bombay Gold Cup Champions (1): 1965 Obaidullllah Gold Cup Champions (9): 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972 Khandwa Gold Cup Champions (3): 1966, 1969, 1970 BHA Hockey League Runners-up (2): 2009, 2017 Lagden Cup Champions (1): 2020

Cricket BNR club has its cricket section, which is affiliated to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB),Early History of Bengal Cricket leading to the formation of the Cricket Association of Bengal in 1928. . The Cricket Association Of Bengal (CAB). Retrieved 2 July 2021. and competes in numerous regional tournaments including the First Division League, and J.C. Mukherjee T-20 Trophy.

Honours CAB First Division League Champions (1): 2010–11 CAB Senior Knock-out Championship Champions (1): 1962–63

Women's football Women's football is also being practiced in BNR, and the team participates in regional tournaments.

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