Rainbow AC

Rainbow AC
Full nameAditya School of Sports Rainbow Athletic Club[1]
Short nameASOS
Founded1956 (1956)
GroundAmal Dutta Stadium, Dumdum
Capacity15,000
OwnerAditya Group
Head coachAditya Chatterjee
LeagueCFL Premier Division
WebsiteOfficial website

Rainbow Athletic Club (Bengali: রেইনবো অ্যাথলেটিক ক্লাব) is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal,[2] that competes in the Calcutta Premier Division.

The club was formerly known as Rainbow Athletic Club or simply Rainbow,[3][4] and as NBP Rainbow Athletic Club due to sponsorship ties.[5] In 2018, Rainbow AC participated in the I-League 2nd Division, the second tier of the Indian football league system. In 2020, the club was acquired by the Indian conglomerate Aditya Group, and officially renamed as Aditya School of Sports Rainbow Athletic Club, abbreviated as ASOS Rainbow AC.[6]

History

The team was founded in 1956 as Baranagore Rainbow Club by football enthusiast Pradip Roy and his associates. It was later renamed NBP Rainbow AC. The club has a rivalry with East Bengal Club, Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan Sporting, and Peerless SC.

Rainbow participates in the Calcutta Football League Premier Division.

In the 2019–20 season, the team was managed by Jahar Das.[7] In 2020, the club entered into a partnership with Indian conglomerate Aditya Group. It was announced that the new entity would have former India international Debjit Ghosh as its technical director.[8]

In June 2023, the IFA announced the merger of both Premier Division A and B of the Calcutta Football League ahead of its 125th edition, in which Rainbow was placed in Group B.[9][10][11]

Logo history

ASOS Rainbow AC first logo
ASOS Rainbow AC second logo

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2018—2022 Nike New Barrackpore Co-operative Homes Ltd
2022 Vamos KREAMZ

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Hemanta Ghosh
22 GK  IND Shilton Paul
— GK  IND Satyabrata Manna
— GK  IND Pranup Limboo
— GK  IND Frevino Fernandes
— DF  IND Sourav Dasgupta (Captain)
— DF  IND Ramdinmawia Hnamte
— DF  IND Md Alamgir Hussain
— DF  IND Sagar Raihan Raza
— DF  IND Sujit Sadhu
— DF  IND Pramode Pradhan
— DF  IND Bijoy Das
— DF  IND Shambhu Bera
— DF  IND Urjay Bramha
15 DF  IND Tanchok Hang Subba
16 DF  IND Asish Chettri
— DF  IND Tania Raji
— DF  IND Enjamul Hoque
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF  IND Debayan Saha
6 MF  IND SK Asif Ahmed
— MF  IND Jagannath Sana (8)
19 MF  IND Pankaj Moullah
— MF  IND Shubhankar Sana
— FW  IND Suraj Mahato
11 FW  IND Joydeep Gogoi
— FW  IND Anil Kisku
— FW  IND Farsad Abdusamad N
— FW  IND Arkabikash Tudu
— FW  IND Pritam Sarkar
— MF  IND Saptak Sherpa
— MF  IND Firoj Ali
— FW  IND Cho Tshering Lepcha
— FW  IND Rajesh Das
— FW  IND Denzil Ivan Mascarenhas
— FW  IND Raunak Paul

Records

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Federation Cup/Super Cup Calcutta Football League
2018–19 I-League 2 16 4th, group C – DNP 5th
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ NBP Rainbow Athletic Club profile and archive Archived 15 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "NBP Rainbow AC live score, schedule and results – Football – SofaScore". www.sofascore.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  3. ^ Rainbow AC team profile Archived 16 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Soccerway.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  4. ^ "IFA CFL Calcutta Premier League teams 2017". kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata Football. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  5. ^ "IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (CFL PREMIER DIVISION)". ifawb.org. Indian Football Association. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  6. ^ NBP Rainbow AC profile and archive Archived 15 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Kolkata Football Academy — Our Coaches: Jahar Das (Vice President and Head of Youth Development AFC 'A' Licence and Goalz Coaching)". kolkatafootballacademy.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  8. ^ "XtraTime VIDEO: Kolkata's Rainbow AC partners Aditya Group!". arunfoot.com (Arunava About Football). Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "IFA CFL 2022 PREMIER DIVISION – B: ALL RESULTS". kolkatafootball.com. Kolkata: KolkataFootball. 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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