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United SC

United
Full nameUnited Sports Club
Nickname(s)The Peafowls
Short nameUSC
Founded1927 (1927)
(as Eveready Association Club)
GroundKalyani Stadium
Capacity20,000
ChairmanNabab Bhattacharya
Head coachSteve Herbots
League

United Sports Club (formerly known as both Prayag United and Chirag United)[1][2][3][4] is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal.[5][6] It was founded as Eveready Association in 1927.[7] Affiliated with the Indian Football Association (IFA),[8] the club competes in Calcutta Premier Division A,[9][10][11] the highest division of Asia's oldest league CFL and also in the I-League 2, the third division of the Indian football league system.

United SC soon emerged as one of the most successful teams from the state in 2010s, after Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.[12][13] The club previously participated in I-League,[14] which was then top flight of Indian football league system.[15][16][17][18] The club mostly uses Kalyani Stadium as home ground.[19]

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  9. ^ Singha, Sulaya (10 September 2022). "এক ম্যাচ বাকি থাকতেই গ্রুপ চ্যাম্পিয়ন হয়ে কলকাতা লিগের সুপার সিক্সে ভবানীপুর ক্লাব" [Bhawanipore Club became the group champion in Super Six of Calcutta League with one match left]. sangbadpratidin.in. Kolkata: Sangbad Pratidin Digital. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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  12. ^ "আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা — খেলা: তিন প্রধানে এ বার নতুন মুখ" [Anandabazar Patrik — Sports: New faces in three Kolkata football giants]. anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Kolkata. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  13. ^ "United SC bring their Asian player, have signed Moustafa". United Sports Club. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  14. ^ "ONGC VS. PRAYAG UNITED 2 – 2". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Indian Football: With very little money and lot of passion, United Sports Club still running strongly". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  16. ^ "United 2–0 Rangdajied United". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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  18. ^ "UNITED VS. AIR INDIA 5 – 1". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  19. ^ "GKFC face United Sports Club in the IFA Shield opener on Sunday". GokulamKeralaFC.com. 5 December 2020. Archived from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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