Amar Tomar Kolkata

Atlético de Kolkata
Basic data
Seat	Calcutta , India
founding	2014 (as Atlético de Kolkata)
owner	Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Website	atkfc.in
First soccer team
Head coach	Antonio Lopez Habas
Venue	Yuba Bharati Krirangan
Places	68,000
league	Indian Super League
2019/20	master
home Away

Amar Tomar Kolkata ( Atlético de Kolkata until 2017 ), mostly just ATK , is an Indian soccer franchise from Calcutta . The team plays in the Indian Super League , one of the two highest leagues in the country.

history

At the beginning of 2014 it was announced that the All India Football Federation, in cooperation with the companies Reliance and the International Management Group, was establishing a new football league in India. On April 13, 2014, Sourav Ganguly , Harshavardhan Neotia , Sanjiv Goenka , Utsav Parekh and the Spanish club Atlético Madrid were awarded the contract to found a soccer team in Calcutta.

Atlético de Kolkata was officially founded on May 7, 2014. On July 4, 2014, Borja Fernández, the first player was committed. Four days later, Antonio López Habas, the franchise's first coach, was found. Luis García was also committed on July 8, 2014 and the team's coat of arms was presented.

Stadion

Yuba Bharati Krirangan

The 68,000 Yuba Bharati Krirangan or Salt Lake Stadium is the home ground of Atlético. The I-League teams Mohun Bagan AC , Kingfisher East Bengal , Mohammedan Sporting Club and Prayag United also play their home games here. The sports facility is owned by the West Bengal government .

Coordinates: 22 ° 34 ′ 8 ″  N , 88 ° 24 ′ 33 ″  E

owner

The Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd. is the owner of the franchise. The founding members are the former cricket player Sourav Ganguly, the businessman Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka and Utsav Parekh, as well as the Spanish football club Atlético Madrid, represented by Miguel Ángel Gil Marín.

player

No. position Surname 1 TW Dheeraj Singh 2 FROM Sumit Rathi 5 FROM Anil Chawan 6th FROM Ricky 7th MF Komal Thatal 9 ST David Williams 10 MF Edu García 13 TW Avilash Paul 14th FROM Agus 15th ST Balwant Singh 16 MF Jayesh Rane 18th MF Dario Vidosic

No. position Surname 19th MF Javi Hernández 20th FROM Pritam Kotal 21st ST Roy Krishna ( team captain ) 22nd ST Jobby Justin 23 MF Michael Soosairaj 24 FROM Salam Ranjan Singh 26th MF Sehnaj Singh 28 FROM Ankit Mukherjee 29 TW Arindam Bhattacharya 30th FROM Anas Edathodika 33 FROM Prabir Das 6th MF Mandi Sosa

Trainer since 2014

Surname	from	to
Antonio Lopez Habas	July 1, 2014	20th December 2015
José Francisco Molina	5th May 2016	December 18, 2016
Teddy Sheringham	July 8, 2017	January 24, 2018
Ashley Westwood	January 24, 2018	2nd March 2018
Robbie Keane	March 3, 2018	May 31, 2018
Steve Coppell	June 18, 2018	May 31, 2019
Antonio Lopez Habas	June 1, 2019	today

Season placement

league

season	Regular season	Play-offs
2014	3rd place	winner
2015	2nd place	Semifinals
2016	4th Place	winner
2017/2018	9th place	not qualified
2018/2019	6th place	not qualified
2019/2020	2nd place	winner

Super cup

season	placement
2017/2018	Round of 16
2018/2019	Semifinals

Best goal scorers since 2014

season	Surname	Gates
2014	Fikru Teferra	5
2015	Iain Hume	11
2016	Iain Hume	7th
2017/2018	Robbie Keane	8th
2018/2019	Manuel Lanzarote	7th
2019/2020	Roy Krishna	15th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Indian Super League football: Sourav Ganguly-backed Atletico de Kolkata launched . Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 11, 2014. 
2. ↑ Saumyajit Basu: Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League . In: Times of India . Retrieved April 14, 2014.
3. ↑ Borja Fernández se va a la Superliga india ( Spanish ) La Voz de Galicia. July 4, 2014. Retrieved July 4, 2014.

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Amar Tomar Kolkata at transfermarkt.de
• Amar Tomar Kolkata at soccerway.com