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{{Short description|Association football club in West Bengal, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}}
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| founded = {{start date and age|1917}}
| ground = Braun Field Square
| capacity =
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| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager = Sayantan Das Roy
| league = [[Calcutta Football League|CFL Premier Division]]
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'''Kidderpore Sporting Club'''<ref name=kidderpore>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/team/kidderpore-sc/|title=IFA (WB) – Team: KIDDERPORE SC|website=ifawb.org|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|access-date=17 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170955/https://ifawb.org/team/kidderpore-sc/}}</ref> ({{langx|bn| খিদিরপুর স্পোর্টিং ক্লাব}}) is an Indian professional [[multi-sports club]] based in [[Kidderpore]] in [[South Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |title=WHEN EASTERN RAILWAY RAN ON FULL STEAM (1958) |website=www.goaldentimes.org |publisher=Goalden Times |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Debojyoti |date=29 August 2017 |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111162448/http://www.goaldentimes.org/eastern-railway-ran-full-steam-1958/ |archive-date=11 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india85.html#calc|title=India 1985 – Regional Leagues: Calcutta League|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=30 May 2013|first1=Ian|last1=King|first2=Neil|last2=Morrison|first3=Piet|last3=Veroeveren|first4=Mark|last4=Cruickshank|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007120420/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india85.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/calcutta-fc-win/cid/1230824|title=CALCUTTA FC WIN|website=telegraphindia.com|publisher=The Telegraph|date=13 July 2001|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608141520/https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/calcutta-fc-win/cid/1230824|location=Kolkata|archive-date=8 June 2023}}</ref> Its association football team competes in the [[Calcutta Football League]] Premier Division A,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/clubs/|title=IFAWB Clubs: Men's Division (CFL PREMIER DIVISION)|website=ifawb.org|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|access-date=6 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009123425/https://ifawb.org/clubs/|archive-date=9 October 2022}}</ref> alongside taking part in [[IFA Shield]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=123RD IFA SHIELD RESULTS 2020–21: Awards after the FINAL (VYBK)|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/123_ifa_shield_2020-21/shield_result.html|date=19 December 2020|access-date=2020-12-20|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football|language=en|archive-date=21 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121071852/https://www.kolkatafootball.com/123_ifa_shield_2020-21/shield_result.html}}</ref> They also have a [[futsal]] section.

==History==
Initially incorporated in 1917, the club was founded by a Britisher Napier McDonald and assumed the current name after Indian independence in 1947.<ref name=kidderpore/> The club used to play its matches at the premises of the Bhukailash Rajbari in [[Kidderpore]], before shifting its current base to the Kolkata Maidan.<ref name=kidderpore/> The club came into limelight during the coaching days of Achyut Banerjee, who managed Kidderpore in the 1950s–60s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prohor.in/robbaranda-prasenjit-datta-paye-paye-maidane-12|title=ময়দানের তৃতীয় নয়ন|trans-title=The Third Eye of Kolkata Maidan|website=prohor.in|publisher=Prohor News|first1=Prasenjit|last1=Dutta|language=bn|location=Kolkata|date=22 May 2022|access-date=21 October 2022|archive-date=5 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205002504/https://www.prohor.in/robbaranda-prasenjit-datta-paye-paye-maidane-12}}</ref> They took part in numerous editions of [[IFA Shield]]; at the 1985 tournament, they faced Uruguayan champions [[Peñarol]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india85.html#ifashield|title=India 1985 – Regional Leagues: IFA Shield|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=30 May 2013|first1=Ian|last1=King|first2=Neil|last2=Morrison|first3=Piet|last3=Veroeveren|first4=Mark|last4=Cruickshank|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007120420/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india85.html#ifashield}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1680138656089255937.html|title=𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 {{!}} 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐂 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲!|website=threadreaderapp.com|date=16 July 2023|access-date=16 July 2023|publisher=@ebfchistory (East Bengal Club official fanbase)|archive-date=16 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716052759/https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1680138656089255937.html}}</ref>

Notable players who have played or have started their careers at the club include [[Sheoo Mewalal]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifawb.org/sheoo-mewala/|title=Player: Sheoo Mewalal|website=ifawb.com|publisher=[[Indian Football Association]]|location=Kolkata|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127195136/https://ifawb.org/sheoo-mewala/|archive-date=27 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Remembering India's most prolific centre forward – Sahoo Mewalal |url= http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/remembering-indias-most-prolific-centre-forward-sahoo-mewalal |website= sportskeeda.com |date= 30 October 2012 |access-date= 20 October 2014 |archive-date= 20 October 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141020191438/http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/remembering-indias-most-prolific-centre-forward-sahoo-mewalal }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Amoy|last=Ghoshal|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2008/12/27/1030388/indian-legend-sahu-mewalal-passes-away|title=Indian Legend Sahu Mewalal Passes Away|website=www.goal.com|publisher=[[Goal (website)|Goal]]|date=28 December 2008|access-date=28 December 2008|archive-date=28 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228135218/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2008/12/27/1030388/indian-legend-sahu-mewalal-passes-away}}</ref> Mangal Purakayastha, Dipu Das, [[Gautam Sarkar]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 July 2023 |title=Gautam Sarkar to be awarded Mohun Bagan Ratna; Vishal Kaith, Dimitri Petratos among other awardees |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/mohun-bagan-ratna-awards-2023-gautam-sarkar-mbsg-kaith-petratos-award-list-winners-east-bengal/article67084611.ece |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=sportstar.thehindu.com |publisher=Sportstar |location=Kolkata |language=en |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717095545/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/mohun-bagan-ratna-awards-2023-gautam-sarkar-mbsg-kaith-petratos-award-list-winners-east-bengal/article67084611.ece }}</ref> [[Surajit Sengupta]], [[Prasun Banerjee]], Amit Bagchi,<ref name=kidderpore/> and Arun Kumar Ghosh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kolkatafootballacademy.com/our-team/|title=Kolkata Football Academy — Our Coaches: Arun Kumar Ghosh (Vice President Training & Tournaments)|website=kolkatafootballacademy.com|access-date=22 January 2022|archive-date=28 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728073739/https://kolkatafootballacademy.com/our-team/}}</ref> In May 2022, the club roped in Managya Nakarmi from Nepal, their first ever Asian footballer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goalnepal.com/news/detail/13650|title=Former Three Star Club Player Joins Calcutta Football League Side|website=Goal Nepal|date=31 May 2022|access-date=21 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721141015/https://www.goalnepal.com/news/detail/13650|archive-date=21 July 2022}}</ref> In June 2023, Indian Football Association (IFA) made an announcement that the merger of both Premier Division A and B of the [[Calcutta Football League]] have done ahead of its 125th edition, in which Kidderpore allowed to compete in Group II.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thefangarage.com/articles/19091-calcutta-football-league-cfl-goes-bigger-than-ever-for-its-historic-125th-season|title=Calcutta Football League (CFL) goes bigger than ever for its historic 125th season|website=thefangarage.com|publisher=The Fan Garage|location=Kolkata|date=5 June 2023|access-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606060715/https://thefangarage.com/articles/19091-calcutta-football-league-cfl-goes-bigger-than-ever-for-its-historic-125th-season|archive-date=6 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=TNN|date=31 May 2023|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cfl-premier-div-a-b-to-be-merged/articleshow/100636021.cms?from=mdr|location=Kolkata|title=CFL Premier Div 'A' & 'B' to be merged|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=8 June 2023|archive-date=31 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531031053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cfl-premier-div-a-b-to-be-merged/articleshow/100636021.cms?from=mdr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Sanghamitra|last=Chakraborty|date=5 June 2023|url=https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html|title=Calcutta Football League: মোহনবাগান-মহমেডানের গ্রুপে অভিষেকের ক্লাব, ইস্টবেঙ্গলের গ্রুপে ভবানীপুর|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Debutant club in Mohun Bagan-Mohammedan group, Bhavanipur in East Bengal group|language=bn|work=TV9 Bangla|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154245/https://tv9bangla.com/sports/football/have-a-look-on-2023-calcutta-football-league-premier-division-group-stage-830841.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Koushik|last=Biswas|date=5 June 2023|url=https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms|title=Calcutta Football League : বাজল কলকাতা ফুটবল লিগের ঘণ্টা, কঠিন গ্রুপে মোহনবাগান|trans-title=Calcutta Football League: Bell of Calcutta Football League rings, Mohun Bagan in tough group|language=bn|work=Ei Samay|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=5 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605154719/https://eisamay.com/sports/football/news/mohun-bagan-is-in-comparatively-tough-group-in-calcutta-football-league/articleshow/100770942.cms}}</ref> In September, the club qualified for CFL "Super Six" round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indianfootballnews.in/2023/09/calcutta-football-league-super-six-cfl-2023-fixtures.html|title=Calcutta Football League 2023: Confirmed Super Six Phase Teams|publisher=Indian Football News|date=20 September 2023|access-date=21 September 2023|location=Kolkata|website=indianfootballnews.in|archive-date=21 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921134805/https://www.indianfootballnews.in/2023/09/calcutta-football-league-super-six-cfl-2023-fixtures.html}}</ref>

==Honours==
* '''[[Bordoloi Trophy]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=India — List of Bordoloi Trophy Winners|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/indiabordoloicuphist.html|access-date=2021-12-16|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=19 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319131730/http://rsssf.com/tablesi/indiabordoloicuphist.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/bordoloitrophy.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy|website=indianfootball.de|access-date=1 March 2021|archive-date=6 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006210335/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/bordoloitrophy.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**Champions (1): 1987
**Runners-up (1): 1970
* '''[[All India Independence Day Cup]]'''
**Runners-up (1): 2004<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianfootball.de/data/independencedaycup.html|title=List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Independence Day Cup|first=Arunava|last=Chaudhuri|website=www.indianfootball.de|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=19 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019212053/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/independencedaycup.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Other departments==
===Men's cricket===
Kidderpore SC also operates men's team, which is affiliated to the [[Cricket Association of Bengal]] (CAB), and competes in domestic tournaments including CAB First Division League and P. Sen Memorial Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewall.in/tags/Rinku-Singh/mohun-bagan-want-to-sign-rinku-singh-to-play-in-the-prestigious-p-sen-trophy/tid/104907|website=the wall.in|publisher=The Wall Bureau|location=Kolkata|trans-title=Mohun Bagan did not even call Rinku! The P Sen Trophy is now in a crowded, star-studded arena|title=রিঙ্কুকে ডেকেও পেল না মোহনবাগান! পি সেন ট্রফি এবার জমজমাট, তারকার মেলা ময়দানে|date=17 June 2023 |language=bn|access-date=25 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105102434/https://www.thewall.in/tags/Rinku-Singh/mohun-bagan-want-to-sign-rinku-singh-to-play-in-the-prestigious-p-sen-trophy/tid/104907|archive-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>

===Men's futsal===
Kidderpore runs futsal section and men's team competes in the IFA Futsal Club Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parallelsports.in/news/bhawanipore-fc-clinch-ifa-futsal-club-championship-in-thrilling-tiebreaker|title=BHAWANIPORE FC CLINCH IFA FUTSAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP IN THRILLING TIEBREAKER|work=parallelsports.in|date=10 March 2025|access-date=19 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419042632/https://parallelsports.in/news/bhawanipore-fc-clinch-ifa-futsal-club-championship-in-thrilling-tiebreaker|archive-date=19 April 2025}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Football in Kolkata]]
*[[List of football clubs in West Bengal]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
'''Biography'''
*{{cite book |last1=Mitra | first1=Soumen |date=1 January 2006 |title=In Search of an Identity: The History of Football in Colonial Calcutta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fZbgPgAACAAJ |publisher=Dasgupta & Co. Private Ltd. |location=Kolkata |isbn=978-8182110229 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021163751/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/In_Search_of_an_Identity.html?id=fZbgPgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y |archive-date=21 October 2022 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Kapadia |first1=Novy |year=2017|title=Barefoot to Boots: The Many Lives of Indian Football |publisher=Penguin Random House |isbn=978-0-143-42641-7 }}
* {{cite book|title=Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora|year=2001|publisher=Frank Cass Publishers|location=[[London]], United Kingdom|isbn=978-0-7146-8170-2|page=33|last1=Dineo|first1=Paul|last2=Mills|first2=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=71JHZiiP3hoC|archive-date=25 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725072732/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Soccer_in_South_Asia.html?id=71JHZiiP3hoC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y}}
*{{cite book |last1=Martinez| first1=Dolores |last2=Mukharji |first2=Projit B|year=2009|title=Football: From England to the World: The Many Lives of Indian Football |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&q=kerala+footballer+in+Burma |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-138-88353-6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174505/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=nbzhAQAAQBAJ&dq=kerala+footballer+in+Burma&source=gbs_navlinks_s |archive-date=2 July 2022 }}
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ|title=History of Indian Football: Upto 2009–10|first=Nirmal|last=Nath|year=2011|publisher=Readers Service|isbn=9788187891963|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722172604/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/History_of_Indian_Football.html?id=QbUFaAEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=22 July 2022}}
*{{cite book|first1=Boria|last1=Majumdar|first2=Kausik|last2=Bandyopadhyay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&pg=PA69|title=A Social History Of Indian Football: Striving To Score|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629140637/https://books.google.com/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&pg=PA69|archive-date=29 June 2021|publisher=[[Routledge]]|date=2006|isbn=9780415348355}}
*{{cite book|first1=Jaydeep|last1=Basu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeovtKLi-1sC|title=Stories from Indian Football|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011131939/https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Stories_from_Indian_Football.html?id=QeovtKLi-1sC&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y|archive-date=11 October 2022|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|date=2003|isbn=9788174764546}}

'''Cited sources'''
*{{cite web|url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/olympian-tulsidas-balaram-the-once-don-of-maidan-soccer-is-no-more|title=Olympian Tulsidas Balaram, the once don of Maidan soccer is no more|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402004749/https://www.getbengal.com/details/olympian-tulsidas-balaram-the-once-don-of-maidan-soccer-is-no-more|archive-date=2 April 2023|access-date=20 February 2023|date=16 February 2023|website=getbengal.com|publisher=Get Bengal Information Desk|location=Kolkata}}
*{{cite news|url=https://thehardtackle.com/2013/lack-of-focus-on-youth-development-is-biggest-problem-of-indian-football-arun-ghosh-exclusive-interview/|date=23 August 2013|access-date=26 August 2022|website=thehardtackle.com|publisher=The Hard Tackle|title="Lack of Focus on Youth Development Is The Biggest Problem of Indian Football" – Arun Ghosh (Exclusive Interview)|first1=Somnath|last1=Sengupta|first2=Aindrila|last2=Ghosh|first3=Bhaktimoy|last3=Sengupta|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127020642/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/lack-of-focus-on-youth-development-is-biggest-problem-of-indian-football-arun-ghosh-exclusive-interview/|archive-date=27 January 2022}}
*{{cite web|url=https://inscript.me/how-east-bengal-mohun-bagan-became-rival-history-of-west-bengal-club-football-by-ayan-bhattacharya-robibarer-royak|title=বাংলা ভাগের ক্ষত কিভাবে বিষিয়ে দিল মোহনবাগান আর ইস্টবেঙ্গলকে?|trans-title=How did the wound of the partition of Bengal poisoned both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal?|first1=Ayan|last1=Bhattacharya|archive-date=7 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107163804/https://inscript.me/how-east-bengal-mohun-bagan-became-rival-history-of-west-bengal-club-football-by-ayan-bhattacharya-robibarer-royak|website=inscript.me|publisher=ইনস্ক্রিপ্ট বাংলা নিউজ|location=Kolkata|language=bn|date=10 September 2023|access-date=7 November 2023}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_2019-20/premier_table_2019.html|title=Calcutta Football League Premier Division B — Championship Round|website=kolkatafootball.com|publisher=Kolkata Football News|location=Kolkata|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405051523/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/ifa_cfl_premier_2019-20/premier_table_2019.html|archive-date=5 April 2023|access-date=18 December 2023}}

==External links==
* [https://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/kidderpore-sc/49075/ Kidderpore SC] at Soccerway
* [https://ifawb.org/team/kidderpore-sc/ Kidderpore SC] at IFAWB.org

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{{West Bengal Sports}}

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Kidderpore SC - Revision history

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