[13] During the age of associations of Bengali nationalism in late 19th century, Sir Dukhiram Majumder, Kalicharan Mitra, Manmatha Ganguly were the pupils of Nagendra Prasad Sarbadhikari, who practiced and popularized football.

[16][17] When the organization discontinued due to disagreements over wearing boots, Majumder went on to form Aryans Club in Maharaja Durga Charan Laha's Telipara field in Shyampukur.

[26][27][28][29] Dukhiram Majumder (1875–1929) became father figure of Aryans during the pre-independence era, regarded as first coach of India who brought up and guided players like Syed Abdus Samad,[30][31] Gostha Pal,[32] Shibdas Bhaduri and others.

[40] Under Majumdar's coaching, Aryan achieved fourth place in 1920–21 Calcutta Football League and reached the semi-finals of Rovers Cup in 1928.

[51] Aryan enjoyed another spell of success in mid-1950s, reaching the final of IFA Shield in 1955 and 1956 with an ageing Sahu Mewalal in their ranks, who scored multiple hat-tricks for the team.

As the years progressed they gradually lost their status as a top club, instead Aryan became the breeding ground of some of the most famous players in Kolkata maidan.

[66][67] Other than another IFA Shield win in 1983 (title shared with East Bengal), Aryan didn't achieve a lot of success in modern era.

[68] On the morning of 5 August 1971, the Naxalite intellectual and poet Saroj Dutta was killed by the police in the grounds of the Aryan club on the Calcutta maidan.

[78][79][80] Aryan FC plays most of their home matches of Calcutta Premier Division at the East Bengal Ground,[81][82] which is located in Kolkata Maidan area and has a capacity of 23,500 spectators.

The players below, had senior/youth international cap(s) for their respective countries, or, have appeared in domestic league matches representing Aryan FC (years in brackets indicate their spells at the club).

[141] One of the notable players of the club is Ali Iqtidar Shah Dara, who represented both India and Pakistan at international level and appeared at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.