Kalighat Milan Sangha FC

Kalighat MS
Full nameKalighat Milan Sangha Football Club
Nickname(s)Milan Sangha
(Bengali: মিলন সংঘ)[1]
Short nameKMSFC
Founded1944; 80 years ago (1944)[2]
GroundRabindra Sarobar Stadium
Capacity22,000
OwnerB. Harish Chatterjee
Head coachPatam Bahadur Thapa
LeagueCFL Premier Division

Kalighat Milan Sangha Football Club (known simply as Kalighat MS, formerly Kalighat Club)[3][4] is an Indian multi-sports club based in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal.[5][6] Its football team currently competes in the Premier Division of Calcutta Football League.[7]

Founded in 1944, the club has mostly been amateur, but in January 2012 it moved into professional football when it was included in the I-League 2nd Division,[8] then second tier of Indian football league system.[9]

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  3. ^ "Calcutta Football League 2018-19". kolkatafootball.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
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  6. ^ Kalighat Milan Sangha Club private limited. Archived 13 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. zaubacorp.com. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. ^ "East Bengal 4–3 Kalighat MS: Red and Gold brigade come out on top in 7 goal thriller". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Will The Goan Football Fans Ever See Vasco SC Back ?". thehardtackle.com. The Hard Tackle. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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