Two-time ISL champion Atletico de Kolkata has been rechristened ATK, expanding to Amar Tomar Kolkata (Yours and Mine Kolkata).
Putting to rest the speculation about ATK’s association with Spanish club Atletico de Madrid, ATK principal owner Sanjiv Goenka said, “Atletico de Madrid will not be part of ATK. “We have had a good relationship and we will continue to be friends.”
Goenka said the Madrid club had “not invested a penny” in ATK, which is co-owned by three others, and would sell its 25 per cent share in the Kolkata-based side to him.
Asked whether ATK would still be known as Atletico de Kolkata, Goenka said, “The name of the team is the name of the team. We are ATK. The full form is Atletico de Kolkata, but it’s also ‘Amar Tomar Kolkata’.”Interestingly, the team did not use its full name in any of its press communications.