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| Full name | Wari Athletic Club | ||
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| Founded | 1898 (as Wari Club) 1949 (as Wari Athletic Club)[1] | ||
| Ground | Various | ||
| Chairman | Indranath Paul | ||
| League | CFL Premier Division | ||
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Wari Athletic Club (Bengali: ওয়ারী অ্যাথলেটিক ক্লাব) is a professional multi-sports club based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal.[2][3] It currently competes in the Premier division of the Calcutta Football League.[4]
Wari formerly competed in the CFL First Division, second tier of the Calcutta Football League system.[5][6]
The club was established in 1898 as Wari Club in Dacca, East Bengal (present-day Bangladesh).[7] Following the partition of India, Calcutta-based members of the club shifted a branch in the city,[1][8] and it continues to participate in state tournaments conducted by the Indian Football Association.
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- ^ "India — Wari Athletic Club — Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos". int.soccerway.com. Soccerway. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "উত্তম, রিকির হ্যাটট্রিক, সিএফসির ৮ গোল, জিতল কালীঘাট, পাঠচক্র" [Hat-trick done by Uttam and Ricky, CCFC scored 8 goals, wins for both Kalighat and Pathachakra]. insidesports.in (in Bengali). Kolkata: ইনসাইড স্পোর্টস. 14 August 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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- ^ "Calcutta Premier Division A: 2019/20". indiafooty.com. Kolkata: India Footy. 10 September 2019. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
- ^ Report, TBS (30 September 2019). "Wari Club's glorious history tarnished by gambling". tbsnews.net. Kolkata: The Business Standard. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
- ^ "Kolkata's Wari Athletic club gutted in early morning fire". Daily Sun. 1 April 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.