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| Full name | Calcutta Cricket and Football Club[1] | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Clippers | ||
| Short name | CCFC, CC&FC | ||
| Founded | 23 February 1792 (as Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers)[note 1] 1965 (as Calcutta Cricket & Football Club) | ||
| Ground | CC&FC Ballygunge Ground Calcutta FC Ground | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 15,000 | ||
| Chairman | Subrata Das | ||
| Head coach | Jamshid Nassiri | ||
| League | CFL Premier Division | ||
| Website | ccfc1792 | ||
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Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (popularly known by its abbreviation CC&FC, or CCFC) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1792 as a cricket institution, the football and rugby sections were added when it merged with Calcutta Football Club (oldest football club in Asia, founded in 1872) in 1965.[2][3]
Rugby section of the club made CC&FC the oldest rugby institution founded outside the United Kingdom and Ireland.[4][5] Club's football section competes in the premier division of Calcutta Football League, fifth tier of the Indian football league system.
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- ^ Hor, Sandip (2010). "Indian Link — The City of Wonders". indianlink.com.au. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Georgiadi Club Rugby Sevens 2019 — Who are the CC&FC?". rugbyasia247.com. Rugby Asia 24/7. 30 July 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Tony Collins (2006). "Schism 1893–1895". Rugby's great split: class, culture and the origins of rugby league football (2nd ed.). Routlage. ISBN 0-415-39616-6. Archived from the original on 3 May 2023.
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