Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
| Full name | Calcutta Cricket and Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Clippers | ||
| Short name | CCFC, CC&FC | ||
| Founded | 23 February 1792 (as Calcutta Cricket Club Clippers) 1965 (as Calcutta Cricket & Football Club) | ||
| Ground | CC&FC Ballygunge Ground Calcutta FC Ground | ||
| Capacity | 22,000 15,000 | ||
| Chairman | Subrata Das | ||
| Head coach | Jamshid Nassiri | ||
| League | CFL Premier Division | ||
| Website | ccfc1792 | ||
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Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (popularly known by its abbreviations CC&FC and CCFC) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1792 as a cricket institution, the football and rugby sections were added when it merged with Calcutta Football Club (oldest football club in Asia, founded in 1872) in 1965. This is the oldest cricket club outside Great Britain.
The rugby section of the club made CC&FC the oldest rugby institution founded outside the United Kingdom and Ireland. Club's football section competes in the premier division of Calcutta Football League, fifth tier of the Indian football league system.