Bimal Ghosh
{{Short description|Indian Football Manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
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| name = Bimal Ghosh
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| fullname = Bimal Prafulla Ghosh
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|6|29}}
| birth_place = India
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|abbr=on}}
| position = Striker
| currentclub = ICL Payyade F.C.
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| manageryears1 = 1994–2009
| managerclubs1 = Air India
| manageryears2 = 2010
| managerclubs2 = Bengal Mumbai F.C.
| manageryears3 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs3 = Mumbai Tigers
| manageryears4 = 2015-2017
| managerclubs4 = Nagpur FC
| manageryears5 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs5 = Tollygunge Agragami
| manageryears6 = 2022
| managerclubs6 =Indian Heroes Daman
| manageryears7 = 2023
| managerclubs7 =D.K. Pharma
| manageryears8 = 2023-Present
| managerclubs8 =ICL Payyade F.C.
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Bimal Ghosh (born 29 June 1956) is an Indian former footballer and football manager, most notable for his 18-year tenure as the Head Coach of Air India Football Club in Mumbai.
He is a recipient of the Dronacharya Award, which is given to those coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. He has also won the NFL Best Coach Award.
Bimal Ghosh is most notable for producing over 32 players for the Indian national football team and many more for the Indian national youth teams and players who have had successful professional careers in the Indian Super League and I-League.
Coaching career
=Air India=
During the first ever National Football League season in 1996–97, Ghosh was the coach the Air India FC.{{cite web|title=Smooth take-off for Air-India|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/16042/|work=Indian Express|date=21 December 1997 |access-date=10 July 2013|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416055754/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/smooth-take-off-for-air-india/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/sport/others/the-old-boys-club/articleshow/15635857.cms|title=The Old Boys Club: Bengal Mumbai FC|publisher=The Mumbai Mirror|website=mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com|date=2 September 2006|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802034212/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/sport/others/the-old-boys-club/articleshow/15635857.cms|archive-date=2 August 2021|url-status=dead}}
=Mumbai Tigers=
In 2012, Ghosh became the first ever manager of Mumbai Tigers, a start-up team based in Mumbai in the I-League 2nd Division, then named Dodsal Football Club.{{cite web|title=Dodsal FC enters Durand Cup final|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/dodsal-fc-enters-durand-cup-final-130449988.html|work=Yahoo|access-date=10 July 2013|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416055753/https://in.search.yahoo.com/?fr2=inr|url-status=live}} On 1 September 2012, in Dodsal's first ever tournament, the 2012 Durand Cup, Ghosh led his side to the final where they would face, and lose, to his former side Air India FC 3–2 on penalties.{{cite news|title=Air India win Durand Cup|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Air-India-win-Durand-Cup/articleshow/16160571.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103124019/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|url-status=live|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Times of India|date=2 September 2012 |access-date=21 October 2012}}
=Nagpur=
In February 2016, it was confirmed that Ghosh was coaching Nagpur Football Club during the YMFC Centennial All India Football tournament.{{cite news|last1=Nayse|first1=Suhas|title=Nagpur FC to clash with ONGC in final|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Nagpur-FC-to-clash-with-ONGC-in-final/articleshow/50983017.cms|accessdate=14 February 2016|work=Times of India|date=14 February 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306095127/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Nagpur-FC-to-clash-with-ONGC-in-final/articleshow/50983017.cms|url-status=live}}
=Tollygunge Agragami F.C.=
In August 2018, Ghosh was appointed as the head coach of Calcutta Football League side Tollygunge Agragami.{{Cite web |title=CFL 2018: Bimal Ghosh replaces Manoranjan Bhattacharya as Tollygunge Agragami coach |work=Goal |date=25 August 2018 |access-date=16 January 2019 |url=https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/bimal-ghosh-replaces-manoranjan-bhattacharya-as-tollygunge/gultfbjaslxn1jyx93dycqv77 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119120949/https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/bimal-ghosh-replaces-manoranjan-bhattacharya-as-tollygunge/gultfbjaslxn1jyx93dycqv77 |url-status=live }}
Coach
{{updated|1 June 2013}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |
| rowspan=2! width=150|Team
!rowspan=2! width=120|From !rowspan=2! width=120|To !colspan=7|Record |
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| width=40|G
!width=40|W !width=40|D !width=40|L !width=50|Win % |
| align=left|Mumbai Tigers
|align=left|2012 |align=left|2014 {{WDL|21|11|1|9}} |
| colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|21|11|1|9}} |
Honours
- Dronacharya Award: 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/accepting-challenges-is-my-passion-always-says-dronacharya-coach-armando-colaco|title=Accepting challenges is my passion always, says Dronacharya coach Armando Colaco|location=New Delhi|date=3 January 2025|access-date=3 January 2025|work=All India Football Federation|archive-date=3 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103124957/https://www.the-aiff.com/article/accepting-challenges-is-my-passion-always-says-dronacharya-coach-armando-colaco}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/in-a-first-for-goan-coach-armando-gets-top-rated-dronacharya-award/articleshow/116894081.cms|title=In A First For Goan Coach, Armando Gets Top-Rated Dronacharya Award|date=3 January 2025|access-date=3 January 2025|first1=Marcus|last1=Mergulhao|agency=TNN|location=Panaji|work=The Times of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250103125650/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/in-a-first-for-goan-coach-armando-gets-top-rated-dronacharya-award/articleshow/116894081.cms|archive-date=3 January 2025}}
References
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Category:Indian football managers