Calcutta Customs Club is an Indian institutional

multi-sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

based in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal, on the eastern ba ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

, which is known for its association football section, that competes in the

Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is off ...

History

The club was established in 1892 as an institutional club of Calcutta Customs (now known as 'Kolkata Customs'). During the

British rule in India The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

, they achieved success at the

IFA Shield The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The IFA is the governing body of football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the association, the IFA Shield t ...

, in which the club gained runner-up position in 1908, 1909, 1915, and 1939. In the

season of 2021–22, Calcutta Customs was managed by Biswajit Bhattacharya.

Honours

Association football

**Runners-up (4): 1908, 1909, 1915, 1939 *

Sikkim Gold Cup The Sikkim Gold Cup, known as the Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup, is an Indian football tournament held in Sikkim and organized by Sikkim Football Association (SFA). Past champions include New Road Team of Nepal in 2007, Three Star Club of Nepal ...

**Runners-up (1): 2017 *Manik Upadhayay Memorial Trophy **Champions (1): 2022

Other departments

Calcutta Customs has its

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shootin ...

and

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

divisions since its foundation. Club's cricket team participates in the tournaments of the

Cricket Association of Bengal Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is the governing body for cricket in the Indian state of West Bengal. Its headquarters are located in the Eden Gardens stadium, Kolkata. It is a full member of Board of Control for Cricket in India. It gover ...

, and competes in the Second Division League.

Field hockey

The hockey team of Calcutta Customs is affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association, and competes in the Calcutta Hockey League and Beighton Cup, one of the oldest field hockey tournaments in the world. The hockey team is among the most successful clubs in domestic tournaments, especially during the pre-independence years when Anglo-Indians used to dominate field hockey.

Honours

* Calcutta Hockey League **Champions (18): 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1961 * Beighton Cup **Champions (12): 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1938, 1965 **Runners-up (10): 1915, 1916, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1939 *

Bombay Gold Cup Bombay Gold Cup is a field hockey tournament organized by the Mumbai Hockey Association (MHA). It was instituted in 1955 by Naval Tata Naval Hormusji Tata (30 August 1904 – 5 May 1989) was an adopted son of Sir Ratanji Tata and a no ...

**Runners-up (1): 1964 * Aga Khan Gold Cup ** Runners-up (1): 1932

Cricket

The men's

section of Calcutta Customs is affiliated to the

(CAB), and participate in regional tournaments such as First Division League, and J.C. Mukherjee T-20 Trophy.

Volleyball

Calcutta Custom's volleyball section participates in the West Bengal State Senior Volleyball Championship.

References

External links

{{Portal, India, Sports, Association football, Cricket
Calcutta Customs Club
at the-AIFF.com
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at Soccerway Football clubs in Kolkata Association football clubs established in 1892 1892 establishments in India Works association football clubs in India

History

Honours

Association football

Other departments

Field hockey

Honours

Cricket

Volleyball

See also

References

Further reading

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