Nethaji sports club
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Nethaji Sports Club is an association football club based in Chennai
, India
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in Esplanade. The club was named after the Indian national hero 'Netaji' Subhash Chandra Bose.
Nethaji Sports Club quickly worked its way up to become affiliated with the then Madras Football Association. It reached the first division in 1949, a remarkable achievement for a club which was just three years old, and which lacked financial or institutional backing.
to provide opportunities for talented players. The club identifies potential players from the economically weaker sections, and then provides them with high quality training
and diet
. Many players have benefited from this program, giving them a break in life that may otherwise have not been possible. This commitment has helped contribute to keeping the club in the country's top league for six decades.
In the wake of the 2004 tsunami, members of the club travelled to the village of Uyyalikuppam (near Kalpakkam
) to assist the rehabilitation of those affected.
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
History
Nethaji Sports Club was formed on 8 April 1946 in the grounds Pachaiyappa’s High SchoolPachaiyappa's College
Pachaiyappa's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The college was established as Pachaiyappa's Central Institution at Popham's Broadway on January 1, 1842, from money given in Pachaiyappa Mudaliar's will. It was the first Hindu...
in Esplanade. The club was named after the Indian national hero 'Netaji' Subhash Chandra Bose.
Nethaji Sports Club quickly worked its way up to become affiliated with the then Madras Football Association. It reached the first division in 1949, a remarkable achievement for a club which was just three years old, and which lacked financial or institutional backing.
Social commitment
The club is noted for its commitment with working with the poor of IndiaPoverty in India
Poverty is widespread in India, with the nation estimated to have a third of the world's poor. According to a 2005 World Bank estimate, 41.6% of the total Indian population falls below the international poverty line of 1.25 a day...
to provide opportunities for talented players. The club identifies potential players from the economically weaker sections, and then provides them with high quality training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
and diet
Diet (nutrition)
In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat. With the word diet, it is often implied the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management...
. Many players have benefited from this program, giving them a break in life that may otherwise have not been possible. This commitment has helped contribute to keeping the club in the country's top league for six decades.
In the wake of the 2004 tsunami, members of the club travelled to the village of Uyyalikuppam (near Kalpakkam
Kalpakkam
Kalpakkam is a small town in Tamil Nadu, India, situated on the Coromandel Coast 70 kilometres south of Chennai. A conglomerate of two villages and a DAE township, it is about 55 km from Thiruvanmiyur....
) to assist the rehabilitation of those affected.
Notable people
- Mr. K. Sankar: FIFAFIFAThe Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
member and Assistant refereeAssistant referee (association football)In association football, an assistant referee is one of several officials who assist the referee in controlling a match. Two officials, traditionally known as linesmen , stand on the touchlines, while a fourth official assists administrative or other match related tasks as directed by the referee...
who officiated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup2002 FIFA World CupThe 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
held in KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
and JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
World Cup. He was the first Indian ever to be appointed to the World CupFIFA World CupThe FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
. - Mr. K. S. Raju: Indian representative in international matches.