United SC
United Sports Club (formerly known as both Prayag United and Chirag United) is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was founded as Eveready Association in 1927. Affiliated with the Indian Football Association (IFA), the club competes in Calcutta Premier Division A, 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 (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. The club previously participated in I-League, which was then top flight of Indian football league system. The club mostly uses Kalyani Stadium as home ground.
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