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| Full name | United Sports Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Peafowls | |||
| Short name | USC | |||
| Founded | 1927 (as Eveready Association Club) | |||
| Ground | Kalyani Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 20,000 | |||
| Chairman | Nabab Bhattacharya | |||
| Manager | Steve Herbots | |||
| League | ||||
| Website | theunitedsportsclub | |||
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The United Sports Club (Bengali: ইউনাটেড স্পোর্টস ক্লাব) is a professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[1] United SC was founded in 1927.[2] The club competes in I-League 2 as well as Calcutta Football League,[3] the oldest football league in Asia.
United SC soon emerged as one of the most successful teams from the state in 2010s, after Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.[4][5] The club previously participated in I-League,[6] which was then top flight of Indian football league system.[7][8][9][10] The club mostly uses Kalyani Stadium as home ground.[11]
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- ^ "ONGC VS. PRAYAG UNITED 2 – 2". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ^ "Indian Football: With very little money and lot of passion, United Sports Club still running strongly". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "United 2–0 Rangdajied United". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Prayag United SC: Team Analysis And Season Preview 2011-12". thehardtackle.com. 9 September 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ^ "UNITED VS. AIR INDIA 5 – 1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ "GKFC face United Sports Club in the IFA Shield opener on Sunday". GokulamKeralaFC.com. 5 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.