Atletico de Kolkata History, Ownership, Squad Members, Support Staff And Honors

Atletico de Kolkata, commonly known as ATK, is an Indian professional Football club that plays in the Indian Super League under the license provided in the shade of All India Football Federation.

HISTORY

ATK was founded five years ago on 7^th May, 2014 after the All India Football Federation, the main body behind the association football in India and IMG-Reliance announced the ownership bids of the eight selected teams upon the inaugural season of the Indian Super League.

It is one of the most expensive franchises which was purchased for 180 million Indian Rupees in the bid won by Sourav Ganguly, Harshavarhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh and Spanish La Liga side Atletico Madrid.

The Club won its first match under Coach Antonio Lopez. They were the winners of the inaugural season of ISL as they beat the Kerala Blasters in the final by 1-0.

Club Ownership

The ownership of the team is currently in the hands of the Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt Ltd. a consortium made especially to oversee the administration and operations of ATK. The consortium comprises the former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, businessmen Harshvardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka and Utsav. The net worth of ATK is around 6.43 million Euros.

For the initial few seasons, the Atletico Madrid was also a part of the Consortium, but later Goenka bought the shares owned by the La Liga Club.

The Salt Lake Stadium serves as the home ground of the team. The stadium has the capacity to hold 85,000 spectators and currently is the largest stadium in India in terms of seating capacity.

COACHING STAFF

Name	Position	Age
Antonio López Habas	Head Coach	62
Manuel Cascallana	Assistant Coach
Sanjoy Sen	Assistant Coach	58
Alvaro Ros Bernal	Physical Trainer

MANAGEMENT

Name	Position	Age
Subrata Talukdar	Director (Techincal Area)	59
Saharsh Parekh	Director
Subhrangshu Chakraborty	Director
Sunil Bhandari	Director

SQUAD

Name	Position	Jersey No.
Balwant Singh	Forward	15
David Williams	Forward	9
Edu Garcia	Forward	10
Jayesh Rane	Forward	16
Jobby Justin	Forward	22
Komal Thatal	Forward	7
Michael Soosairaj	Forward	23
Roy Krishna	Forward	21
Carl McHugh	Midfielders	8
Javier Hernande	Midfielders	19
Pronay Halder	Midfielders	17
Sehnaj Singh	Midfielders	26
Agustin Iniguez	Defender	14
Anas Edathodika	Defender	30
Anil Chawan	Defender	5
Ankit Mukerjee	Defender	28
John Johnson	Defender	4
Parabir das	Defender	33
Pritam Kotal	Defender	20
Sumit Rathi	Defender	2
Arindam Bhattacharya	GoalKeeper	29
Dheeraj Singh	GoalKeeper	1
Lara	GoalKeeper	31

CLUB HONORS

DOMESTIC

The Club holds

• 2 Indian Super League titles