ATK Reserves And Academy

ATK Reserves and Academy is the youth system of Indian Super League side ATK. Based in Kolkata, West Bengal, the reserve side participates in the I-League 2nd Division, the second division of Indian football and in Calcutta Football League, Men's professional football league in the state. [1] The club's academy was founded on 15 August 2018 and the Under-18 side participates in the Hero Elite League, the highest level for youth football in India.

ATK Reserves and Academy

Full name	ATK Reserves and Academy
Founded	15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)
Ground	Howrah Municipal Corporation Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Head Coach	Deggie Cardozo
League	I-League 2nd Division, Calcutta Football League (Reserves) Hero Elite League (U18) Hero Junior League (U15) Hero Sub Junior League (U13)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Active departments of ATK
Football (Men's)	Football Reserves (Men's)

The reserve side is currently coached by Deggie Cardozo and veteran coach Sanjoy Sen is the head of youth development.

Reserves

ATK Reserves is ATK's most senior youth team and participates in I-League 2nd Division as well as in Calcutta Football League. Reserve team would also act as a bridge between the ATK Academy and the first team.[2] A 24-member squad was announced on 27 October 2018.[3]

The reserve team made their first appearance in Sikkim Gold Cup in 27 October 2018 and played their first ever match against fellow Kolkata side George Telegraph S.C..[4] The young side of ATK thrashed their comparatively experienced opponent by a margin of 5-1 goals to book their berth in the semi final of the tournament. In the semi-final they lost to Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal.

On 13 July 2019, it was announced that reserves will play in the Calcutta Football League 2019 Division 1, a third tier competition in CFL pyramid. A 29-member squad was also announced.[5]

Inaugural Season

ATK Reserves started the season with a comfortable 0-2 victory against city rivals Mohammedan SC at Kalyani Stadium. Thomyo Simray and Sk. Azaruddin scored the goals for ATK Reserves. ATK colts lost the next match to TRAU at home before winning against Jamshedpur FC Reserves by a 2-0 margin. The results of the next three matches had put Deggie Cardozo's men at backfoot where ATK drew 1 and lose 2 matches which included a 0-4 drubbing by Mohammedan SC at home.

On 9 March 2019 ATK reserves met Jamshedpur FC reserves in an away encounter which ended 0-4 in favour of the away side. In the final three matches of the season ATK Reserves won 1, drew 1 and lost 1. The joint highest goalscorers for ATK Reserves are captain Yumnam Gopi Singh and Thomyo Simray both finishing the season with 5 goals each.

2019-20 Season

ATK reserves will start the season with a match against Aikya Sammilani in Calcutta Football League Division 1 on 17 July at Barasat Stadium.

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Debnath Mondal 2 DF  IND Sangay Bhutia 3 DF  IND Ashraf Ali Mondal 4 DF  IND Sumit Rathi 5 DF  IND Anil Chavan 6 MF  IND Abhishek Suryavanshi 7 MF  IND Yumnam Gopi Singh 8 MF  IND Joseph Vanlalhruaia 9 FW  IND Asish Jha 10 MF  IND Ragav Gupta 11 FW  IND Fardin Ali Molla 12 DF  IND Balaram Mandi 13 DF  IND Brandon Green (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  IND Ashish Pradhan 16 DF  IND Manoranjan Singh 17 FW  IND Sonu Halder 18 MF  IND Satyam Jaiswara 19 FW  IND William N Lengen 20 FW  IND Bishnu Bordoloi 22 DF  IND Buanthanglun Samte 23 MF  IND Umair Syed 28 DF  IND Rabilal Mandi 30 MF  IND Malsawmzuala 31 GK  IND Lara Sharma

Academy

ATK opened their academy in Barasat, Kolkata in association with Aditya School of Sports. The ATK Academy is set to follow the widely renowned structure, involving residential education plus sports.[6] The academy features three age categories - U13, U15, and U18. Former United SC and Mohun Bagan coach Sanjoy Sen took charge of the academy teams.[7] Sen had signed a 12-month contract with the two-time ISL champions.

U18 Team

ATK U18 team plays in the Hero Elite League and are placed in the Kolkata Zone along with East Bengal FC, Mohun Bagan, SAI Kolkata, United SC and Rainbow A.C..[8] They finished third in the 2018 Hero Elite League zonal phase behind Mohun Bagan and East Bengal.[9]Bishnu Bordoloi is the highest goalscorer of the team with 10 goals. The U18 team also played the 2018 IFA Shield and finished third in group stage.

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Raja Burman 2 DF  IND Balaram Mandi 3 DF  IND Lalramchhuana 4 DF  IND Rabilal Mandi 5 DF  IND Sumit Rathi 6 MF  IND Vishal Mondal (Captain) 7 MF  IND Seigoumang Doungel 8 MF  IND Joseph Vanlalhruaia 9 FW  IND Md. Fardin Ali Molla 10 FW  IND Bishnu Bordoloi 11 MF  IND Goutam Das 12 MF  IND R. Lalhriatzuala 13 DF  IND Manash Pratim Sonowal 14 MF  IND Timothy Thangkholal 15 FW  IND Ripunjoy Deori 16 MF  IND Larry Lalrinawma

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  IND Biren Rai 18 DF  IND Mintu Mech 19 FW  IND Umair Saiyyad 20 FW  IND Asit Hembram 21 MF  IND Kiran Das 22 FW  IND Sagar Hansda 24 MF  IND Prasun Shome 25 FW  IND Subungsa Basumatry 29 DF  IND Seikhohao Haokip 31 GK  IND Prateek Kumar Singh 33 DF  IND Supriyo Ghosh 41 GK  IND Aryan Niraj Lamba

U15 Team

ATK U15 team plays in the Hero Junior League and are placed in the Group B of Kolkata Zone along with Mohammedan SC, United S.C., Rainbow A.C. and Keashab-Uma Charitable Trust Football Academy.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Swarnadeep Sangma 2 DF  IND Souvik Chatterjee 3 DF  IND Rohan Orao 4 DF  IND Paresh Hansda 5 DF  IND Rohit Subra 6 MF  IND Ningombam Engson Singh (Captain) 7 MF  IND Phurba Thely Sherpa 8 MF  IND Rajib Das 9 FW  IND Anurup Limbu 10 FW  IND Manav Mullick 11 MF  IND Vijay Singh Munda 12 DF  IND Achinta Das 14 MF  IND Md. Kiyamuddin 15 MF  IND Mainak Dutta

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  IND Birendra Soren 18 FW  IND Parthib Raha Roy 19 FW  IND Nayandeep Rai 20 FW  IND Sk. Sahil Rahman 21 DF  IND Dibyendu Bag 22 MF  IND Rakibul Islam 23 DF  IND Sagar Dey 24 MF  IND Sanjay Rai 27 DF  IND Suman Giri 28 DF  IND Rahul Kumar 29 MF  IND Siddharth Pradhan 31 GK  IND Abdul Mannan Hossain 99 GK  IND Passang Narbu Sherpa

U13 Team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Pritam Debnath 2 DF  IND Aritra Das 3 DF  IND Sudeep Sarkar 4 DF  IND Rajdeep Mallick 5 DF  IND Aneek Roy 6 MF  IND Sahil Kar 7 MF  IND Rupam Naskar 8 MF  IND Sourav Dey 10 FW  IND Sumit Mondal 11 MF  IND Rupam Samaddar 13 MF  IND Shanu Thapa 14 MF  IND Arghadip Bose

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  IND Anirban Debnath 19 FW  IND Atanu Sen 20 FW  IND Sk. Atif Hossain 21 GK  IND Rudranil Das 23 MF  IND Shuvankar Tewary 24 MF  IND Rezowan Ali 27 MF  IND Pintu Karmakar 28 FW  IND Dip Saha 29 FW  IND Ayush Bardhan 30 FW  IND Arnab Das 31 GK  IND Akash Mistry 32 MF  IND Atanu Roy 33 MF  IND Sahadat Laskar

Current Technical Staffs

As of 11 December 2018

Position	Name
Head Coach	Deggie Cardozo
Assistant Coach	Biswajit Ghosal
Goalkeeper Coach	Abhijit Mondal
Physiotherapist	Bhaskar Sengupta
Physical Trainer	TBD
Video Analyst	Anwit Banerjee
Team Manager	Rhitam Chatterjee
Kit Manager	Varun Kar
U18 Team Head Coach	Archisman Biswas
U15 Team Head Coach	Altaf Sayed
Head of youth development	Sanjoy Sen

Statistics and records

2018–19 Season

As of 12 January 2019

Reserves

Season	I-League 2nd division								Top Scorer
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position	Player	Goals
2018–19	10	4	2	4	15	14	14	4th	Thomyo Simray	5

U18

Season	Hero Elite League								Top Scorer
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position	Player	Goals
2018–19	10	4	4	2	22	9	16	3rd	Bishnu Bordoloi	10

U15

Season	Hero Junior League Zonal Stage								Top Scorer
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position	Player	Goals
2018–19	8	5	2	1	13	2	17	1st	Manav Mullick	6

Season	Hero Junior League Final Round								Top Scorer
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position	Player	Goals
2018–19	3	2	0	1	8	6	6	2nd	Ningombam Engson Singh, Anurup Limbu	3

Head Coaches Record

As of 12 January 2019

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Deggie Cardozo	India	27 October 2018	Present	10	4	2	4	15	14	040.00

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
2018–present	Nivia	CESC

References

1. "LEAGUE COMMITTEE MEETS AT AIFF HQ IN NEW DELHI". AIFF. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
2. "ATK announces squad that will be in action at the Sikkim Gold Cup". facebook.com/ATK. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
3. "SIKKIM GOLD CUP 2018: DEGGIE CARDOZO'S ATK RESERVES GEAR UP FOR MAIDEN CHALLENGE". atkfc.in. 27 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
4. "ATK, Kolkata (Reserve) drub George Telegraph 5-1 in Governor's Gold Cup". Northeast Now. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
5. "ATK announces squad that will participate in the Calcutta Football League". instagram.com/ATK. 13 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
6. "ISL 2018: ATK launch academy in Barasat in association with Aditya School of Sports". Sportskeeda. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
7. "Sanjoy Sen to take charge of ATK junior teams". Sportskeeda. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
8. "ATK Under 18 Matches". Soccerway. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
9. "Points Table: Hero U18 YL". I league. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.

External links

• Official website