Indian former association football club from Hyderabad
Hyderabad City Police Football Club (popularly known by the nickname City Afghans) was an Indian institutional football club, being the most famous and powerful team in Hyderabad, affiliated to the
Hyderabad Football Association (HFA).[1][2][3] The club was associated and affiliated with
Hyderabad City Police during reign of the
Nizam of Hyderabad.[4][5] From 1939 until the merger of Andhra, and Hyderabad Football Associations, the club shaped the sporting culture in the province.[6][7][8][9]
History
Hyderabad City Police had enjoyed a series of endless achievements in the
pre-Independence era, the first non-Kolkata club to do so.[10] In 1941, the club reached final of prestigious
Stafford Challenge Cup, but a defeat in hands of Bangalore Muslims Club let them finishing runner-up.[11] The first major success came in 1943 when the team win Ashe Gold Cup final against
Bangalore. The club established its legendary performance on national level when it won the prestigious
Durand Cup against
Mohun Bagan,[12][13] the cup was held after a break of 8 years and first time after
Indian Independence; it won total 4 Durand Cups, including one as Andhra Pradesh Police after 1959. The club won
Rovers Cup consistently for five years from 1950 to 1954,[14][15] and state league championships for 11 consecutive years.
It was
N. A. Fruvall who shaped the club in his captainship early from 1940s, and by 1950 the team was transformed into the national champions. In 1951,
Syed Abdul Rahim took over Hyderabad City Police club as a coach and served until his death in 1963.[16][17][18][19] They also finished as runners-up in
DCM Trophy twice, in 1959 and 1965.[20]
The team underwent a change in name in the 1960s after the state of Andhra Pradesh was formed and Hyderabad became its capital, with the change in name of the police force to Andhra Pradesh Police. They continued to play as Andhra Pradesh Police Football Club and won tournaments like
Rovers Cup in 1960 and
DCM Trophy in 1965.[21][22]
^Ghoshal, Amoy (23 November 2016).
"All time Indian XI". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from
the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
Roselli, John. Self Image of Effeteness: Physical Education and Nationalism in Nineteenth Century Bengal.
Past & Present (journal). 86 (February 1980). p. 121–48.
Sinha, Mrinalini. Colonial Masculinity, The Manly Englishman and the Effeminate Bengali in the Late Nineteenth Century (
Manchester:
Manchester University Press, 1995).
Bhattacharya, Ayan (10 September 2023).
"বাংলা ভাগের ক্ষত কিভাবে বিষিয়ে দিল মোহনবাগান আর ইস্টবেঙ্গলকে?" [How did the wound of the partition of Bengal poisoned both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal?]. inscript.me (in Bengali). Kolkata: ইনস্ক্রিপ্ট বাংলা নিউজ. Archived from
the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
Notes: The tournament was not held from 1914-19 (due to
WWI), in 1939 (due to
WWII), from 1941-49 (due to
WWII and
Partition), in 1962 (due to
1962 War) and in 2015 and 2017-2018 (due to unknown reasons)
Indian former association football club from Hyderabad
Hyderabad City Police Football Club (popularly known by the nickname City Afghans) was an Indian institutional football club, being the most famous and powerful team in Hyderabad, affiliated to the
Hyderabad Football Association (HFA).[1][2][3] The club was associated and affiliated with
Hyderabad City Police during reign of the
Nizam of Hyderabad.[4][5] From 1939 until the merger of Andhra, and Hyderabad Football Associations, the club shaped the sporting culture in the province.[6][7][8][9]
History
Hyderabad City Police had enjoyed a series of endless achievements in the
pre-Independence era, the first non-Kolkata club to do so.[10] In 1941, the club reached final of prestigious
Stafford Challenge Cup, but a defeat in hands of Bangalore Muslims Club let them finishing runner-up.[11] The first major success came in 1943 when the team win Ashe Gold Cup final against
Bangalore. The club established its legendary performance on national level when it won the prestigious
Durand Cup against
Mohun Bagan,[12][13] the cup was held after a break of 8 years and first time after
Indian Independence; it won total 4 Durand Cups, including one as Andhra Pradesh Police after 1959. The club won
Rovers Cup consistently for five years from 1950 to 1954,[14][15] and state league championships for 11 consecutive years.
It was
N. A. Fruvall who shaped the club in his captainship early from 1940s, and by 1950 the team was transformed into the national champions. In 1951,
Syed Abdul Rahim took over Hyderabad City Police club as a coach and served until his death in 1963.[16][17][18][19] They also finished as runners-up in
DCM Trophy twice, in 1959 and 1965.[20]
The team underwent a change in name in the 1960s after the state of Andhra Pradesh was formed and Hyderabad became its capital, with the change in name of the police force to Andhra Pradesh Police. They continued to play as Andhra Pradesh Police Football Club and won tournaments like
Rovers Cup in 1960 and
DCM Trophy in 1965.[21][22]
^Ghoshal, Amoy (23 November 2016).
"All time Indian XI". sportskeeda.com. Sportskeeda. Archived from
the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
Roselli, John. Self Image of Effeteness: Physical Education and Nationalism in Nineteenth Century Bengal.
Past & Present (journal). 86 (February 1980). p. 121–48.
Sinha, Mrinalini. Colonial Masculinity, The Manly Englishman and the Effeminate Bengali in the Late Nineteenth Century (
Manchester:
Manchester University Press, 1995).
Bhattacharya, Ayan (10 September 2023).
"বাংলা ভাগের ক্ষত কিভাবে বিষিয়ে দিল মোহনবাগান আর ইস্টবেঙ্গলকে?" [How did the wound of the partition of Bengal poisoned both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal?]. inscript.me (in Bengali). Kolkata: ইনস্ক্রিপ্ট বাংলা নিউজ. Archived from
the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
Notes: The tournament was not held from 1914-19 (due to
WWI), in 1939 (due to
WWII), from 1941-49 (due to
WWII and
Partition), in 1962 (due to
1962 War) and in 2015 and 2017-2018 (due to unknown reasons)