# BSS Sporting Club

BSS Sporting Club is a professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 2015, the club competes in CFL Premier Division, the top-tier football league in West Bengal organised by Indian Football Association, football governing body of West Bengal.

## History

B.S.S. Sporting Club, which started its journey in the year 2015, has already became a pioneer in the Kolkata football circuits. It has created history by becoming champions for consecutive 3 years in the CFL lower divisions, before stepping into the Premier Division.
In 2018–19 season, the club was managed by Arun Kumar Ghosh. In 2019, B.S.S. Sporting participated in Governor's Gold Cup in Sikkim.
B.S.S. Sporting has been participating in the prestigious IFA Shield tournament as well, since 2020. In June 2023, the Indian Football Association (IFA) announced the merger of both Premier Division A and B of the Calcutta Football League ahead of its 125th edition, in which BSS was placed in Group II.

## Stadium

Sailen Manna Stadium (also known as Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium) is club's home stadium, together with Baksha Sporting Association Ground.

## Personnel

Current technical staff (as of 1 July 2022) :
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | |
| Team manager | Jayanta Chakraborty |
| Assistant coach | Anup Nag |
| Goalkeeping coach | Jagdish Ghosh |
| Fitness coach | Chiranjit Malakar |
| Physio | Kunal Ghosh |

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 25 July 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | IND | Priyant Singh |
| — | GK | IND | Sourav Chakraborthy |
| — | GK | IND | Sayantan Pyne |
| — | DF | IND | Dipendu Dowary |
| — | DF | IND | Tonmoy Ghosh |
| — | DF | IND | Ainish Jamadar |
| — | DF | IND | Pradip Patra |
| — | DF | IND | Totan Das |
| — | DF | IND | Amod Mahato |
| — | DF | IND | Karan Thapa |
| — | DF | IND | Partha Mondal |
| — | MF | IND | Kunal Ghosh |
| — | MF | IND | Argha Chakraborthy |
| — | MF | IND | Samar Kumir |
| — | MF | IND | Deepak Kumar Rajak |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | IND | Pritam Roy |
| — | MF | IND | Anirban Das |
| — | MF | IND | Sajal Bag |
| — | MF | IND | Goutam Kujur |
| — | MF | IND | Soumitr Dey |
| — | MF | IND | Sunil Karmakar |
| — | MF | IND | Tirthankar Sarkar |
| — | FW | IND | Rahul Kumar Paswan |
| — | FW | IND | Rajen Burman |
| — | FW | GHA | Kwesi Seesay |
| — | FW | IND | Karthik Das |
| — | FW | IND | Asif Hembram |
| — | FW | IND | Suvam Singh |
| — | MF | IND | Sourav Roy |
| — | FW | CIV | Léonce Dodoz |

## Statistics and records

2020-21 CFL Premier Division A: Quarter-Final
2019-20 CFL Premier Division A: 6th place
2018-19 CFL Premier Division B: 4th place
2017-18 CFL 1st Division: 1st place
2016-17 CFL 2nd Division: 1st place
2015-16 CFL 3rd Division: 1st place

## Honours
### League

* CFL 1st Division
** Champions (1): 2017
* CFL 2nd Division
** Champions (1): 2016
* CFL 3rd Division
** Champions (1): 2015

### Cup

* Trades Cup
** Champions (1): 2017
* Republic Cup Lumding
** Champions (1): 2023