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{{Short description|Indian football tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}

'''Kolkata Police Friendship Cup''' is a [[Association football|football]] [[tournament]] organised by the [[Kolkata Police]] every year for the local [[club (organization)|clubs]] of [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/HTML/KolkataPoliceFriendshipCup.html |title=Kolkata Police Friendship Cup |website=kolkatapolice.gov.in |publisher=Kolkata Police |access-date=3 December 2022 }}</ref> Over 500 clubs have participated in the tournament.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1060703/asp/calcutta/story_6420443.asp | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203160233/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060703/asp/calcutta/story_6420443.asp | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 February 2013 | newspaper=The Telegraph | location=Calcutta | title=Goons out of cop cup - law-breakers in teams | first=Imran Ahmed | last=Siddiqui | date=3 July 2006 | access-date=26 July 2018 }}</ref>

It started as an initiative of the [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]], aimed at improving public-police interface through [[football in Kolkata|football sentiments of the city]]. The [[slogan]] is ''Para football at its best.''

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.kolkatapolice.gov.in/HTML/KolkataPoliceFriendshipCup.html Kolkata Police Friendship Cup]

{{Football in India}}
{{Football in West Bengal}}

[[Category:Football competitions in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Football cup competitions in India]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2006]]
[[Category:West Bengal Police]]
[[Category:2006 establishments in West Bengal]]

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Kolkata Police Friendship Cup - Revision history

Optimalvapors at 16:46, 21 February 2026