United SC
Indian association football club based in Kolkata / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Full name | United Sports Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Peafowls | |||
Short name | USC | |||
Founded | 1927; 97 years ago (1927) (as EverReady Association) | |||
Ground | Kalyani Stadium | |||
Capacity | 20,000 | |||
Chairman | Nabab Bhattacharya | |||
Head coach | Steve Herbots | |||
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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]