Mohammedan SC (Dhaka)

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Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club
Official logo of Dhaka Mohammedan SC.png
Full nameMohammedan Sporting Club Limited Dhaka
Nickname(s)The Black & Whites
Short nameMSC
Founded1936; 86 years ago (1936)
GroundComilla Stadium
Capacity18,000
PresidentBangladesh Md Abdul Mubeen
Head CoachEngland Sean Lane
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
20216th of 13
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited Dhaka, founded in 1936 at Dhaka, is one of the oldest and one of the most popular football clubs in Bangladesh, with a support base in all parts of the country. The club currently plays in the Bangladesh Premier League.[1][2]

History[]

Members of the Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited of Dhaka in 1952

The clubs journey began in Hazaribagh. Members of the famed Nawab family of Dhaka wanted to establish a local club for the youth. As a result, Muslim Sports Club came into being in 1927. Nine years later, with Khwaja M. Ajmal as its president, it was renamed Mohammedan Sporting Club, after its more renowned predecessor the Kolkata Mohammedan.[3][4]

Though it was established to create enthusiasm for sports amongst the local Muslim community, the club later broke the race, class and ethnic barrier and became a crowd favorite.

In the late 40s, MSC started to flourish with Mohammad Shahjahan at the helm. Shahjahan left Kolkata Mohammedan and came to Bangladesh after the partition. The 1950s was a time for Dhaka Wanderers. They were the top dog in the sporting arena. In 1956, some of their star players and senior officials joined MSC and started restructuring the club. The results were evident as MSC secured their first league title in 1957. The same year they won the Independence Cup, thus ensuring their domestic double. The trophies kept coming over the next two decades.[5]

Before independence, Mohammedan also clinched the Dhaka League title in the year of 1959, '61,'63,'66 and '69. It was not easy to find success against teams like Wanderers and Victoria SC. Yet, Mohammedan did not yield to failure, they pursued their way.

Mohammedan won the Aga Khan Gold Cup for the first time in 1959. They repeated the feat twice, in 1964 and 1968.

Dhaka Abahani adds a new dimension to domestic football in the post-independent era. And it begins a new rivalry involving Dhaka Abahani and Dhaka Mohammedan termed Dhaka Derby which took no time to spread the passion and madness throughout the country. Abahani won the league in 1974 and 1977 but the decade, however, belonged to Mohammedan as they got the better of their hardcore rival to win the league in 1975, 1976, 1978 and 1980.

They were unbeaten in the first division league from 8 September 1985 to 15 March 1990. Mohammedan did not lose a single match in those one thousand six hundred and fifty days winning 63 of them, drawing 12 times and 1 ended up being postponed. They scored 160 and conceded 22 goals. The Black and Whites took the league title three times in a row from 1986 to 1988.[6] The last time Mohammedan won the league was back in 2002 and with all these years gone, they are still the most number of league winners in Bangladesh- 19 times.

Mohammedan won the Federation Cup ten times, beating Abahani six times in the final. They won their last Federation Cup title back in 2009.[7] Mohammedan also won the most expensive domestic football tournament of the country, Super Cup twice by taking the inaugural edition in 2009 and then the one in 2013. Their record attendance for a football game is nearly 45,000 which took place in 2009.[8]

They had their touch on Independence Cup title three times in 1972, 1991 and 2014 with the latest triumph being their last title in any domestic competition thus far.

Dhaka Mohammedan was the most dominating force in continental competitions among Bangladeshi clubs as well. They made it to the Asian Club Championship (the then Asian Champions League) finals in 1988 thus becoming the first-ever Bangladeshi club to do so. They participated in this tournament a record six times making it to the finals thrice, a record yet to be matched by any South Asian club.[9]

Rivalries[]

Dhaka Derby[]

Main article: Dhaka Derby

The Dhaka Derby is a football rivalry between Abahani and Dhaka Mohammedan, although the rivalry was bigger in the past. Dhaka Mohammedan and Dhaka Abahani first met each other during 1973 Dhaka League. Late Amalesh Sen scored the first goal in that match and became the first-ever goal scorer in the history of Dhaka Derby.

Shirt sponsors[]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2005 None Tibet
2008 None Fresh Cement
2009–10 None NTV
2011–17 None Orion Group
2018–19 Cosco K–Sports
2020- Orion Group

Stadium[]

Dhaka Mohammedan starting XI before their first-ever match in Comilla

From the 2019–2020 season the club started playing their matches at the 18,000 capacity Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium. On 7 March 2020, Mohammedan Sporting Club hogging the spotlight with a 1–0 win over defending champions Bashundhara Kings in their home debut.[10] Nigerian forward Obi Moneke's 25th-minute strike, a superb curling effort from the edge of the box, proving to be enough to split the sides.

Current squad[]

Dhaka Mohammedan squad for 2021–22 season.[11][12]

As of 24 November 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bangladesh BAN Ahsan Habib Bipu
2 DF Bangladesh BAN Masud Rana Mredha
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Rajib Hossain
4 DF Australia AUS Aaron Reardon
5 DF North Macedonia MKD Jasmin Mecinovikj
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Anik Hossain
7 MF Bangladesh BAN Sayed Rakib Khan Evan
8 MF Bangladesh BAN Shamol Bepari
9 FW Bangladesh BAN Amir Hakim Bappy
10 FW Mali MLI Souleymane Diabate
11 MF Bangladesh BAN Jafar Iqbal
12 MF Bangladesh BAN Sahed Hossain
14 DF Bangladesh BAN Algamir Mollah
15 FW Bangladesh BAN Toklis Ahmed
16 MF Nigeria NGA Ugochukwu Obi Moneke
17 MF Bangladesh BAN Mamunul Islam
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Bangladesh BAN Shahriar Emon
19 DF Bangladesh BAN Abid Hossain
20 FW Bangladesh BAN Saief Samsud Nurat
21 MF Bangladesh BAN Farhad Mona
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Shakib Al Hasan
23 DF Bangladesh BAN Sadat Hamid
24 MF Bangladesh BAN Ashraful Haque Asif
25 DF Bangladesh BAN Sadekujaman Fahim
27 MF Bangladesh BAN Minhaj Abedin Ballu
29 DF Bangladesh BAN Sagor Sarkar
30 GK Bangladesh BAN Sujon Hossain
31 DF Bangladesh BAN Hafijur Rahman Tapu
32 DF Bangladesh BAN Emon Khan
33 GK Bangladesh BAN Rakib Hossain
37 MF Bangladesh BAN Seikh Galib Newaz

Personnel[]

Current technical staff[]

As of August 2021

Position Name
Head Coach England Sean Lane
Assistant Coach Bangladesh Alfaz Ahmed
Goalkeeping Coach Bangladesh Sayeed Hassan Kanan
Team Manager Bangladesh Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib
Team Leader Bangladesh Abu Hassan Chowdhury Prince
Physiotherapist Bangladesh Fuad Hasan Hawlader

Board of directors[]

As of March 2021[13][14].

Position Name
President Bangladesh Md Abdul Mubeen

Team records[]

Head Coach's record[]

As of 5 March 2022
Head Coach Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W
Golam Sarwar Tipu Bangladesh 1980 1984 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Ali Imam Bangladesh 1986 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Nasser Hejazi Iran 1987 1991 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Kang Man-young South Korea December 2004 March 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Shafiqul Islam Manik[15] Bangladesh 11 October 2005 March 2008 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Maruful Haque[16] Bangladesh 2008 13 May 2010[17] 61 48 11 2 150 33 078.69
Shafiqul Islam Manik Bangladesh 23 August 2010[18] 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Emeka Ezeugo Nigeria 18 November 2011[19][20] 2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Saiful Bari Titu Bangladesh 2012 2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Rui Capela Portugal 31 December 2013[21] July 2014 29 13 10 6 37 24 044.83
Alfaz Ahmed^ Bangladesh May 2014 May 2014 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00
Jewel Rana^ Bangladesh May 2014 June 2014 2 2 0 0 5 3 100.00
Joshimuddin Joshi[22][23] Bangladesh 24 November 2014 7 October 2016 44 17 13 14 73 52 038.64
Mizanur Rahman Don^ Bangladesh 14 October 2016 29 December 2016 13 3 5 5 12 15 023.08
Abdul Qaium Sentu[24] Bangladesh 10 January 2017 24 February 2017 3 1 1 1 2 3 033.33
Syed Nayeemuddin[25] India 9 May 2017 31 October 2017 14 6 2 6 21 17 042.86
Rashed Ahmed Pappu^ Bangladesh November 2017 February 2018 13 4 5 4 14 14 030.77
Christopher Evans[26] Wales 19 September 2018 3 January 2019 6 1 3 2 5 8 016.67
Ali Asgar Nasir[27] Bangladesh 3 January 2019 16 February 2019 5 1 0 4 4 11 020.00
Shahidul Islam Jewel[28]^ Bangladesh 18 February 2019 4 March 2019 4 0 2 2 1 5 000.00
Sean Lane[29] England 4 April 2019 Present 67 29 19 19 97 78 043.28

^– Interim P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Honours[]

League[]

  • Bangladesh Dhaka League
    • Winners (19): 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002[30]

Cup[]

  • Bangladesh Federation Cup
    • Winners (10): 1980*, 1981, 1982*, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009
  • Bangladesh Independence Cup
    • Winners (3): 1972, 1991, 2014
  • Bangladesh Super Cup
    • Winners (2): 2009, 2013
  • Bangladesh National Championship
    • Winners (2): 2001–02, 2005–06

It was champion in the Independence Cup Football Tournament (5 times, between 1957 and 1966).

Invitational[]

Performance in AFC competitions[]

Asian Club Championship: 6 Appearances
Main article: Bangladeshi football clubs in the Asian Club Championship
Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 4 Appearances
AFC Cup: 1 Appearance
Main article: Bangladeshi clubs in the AFC Cup

Notable players[]

See also[]

  • Kolkata Mohammedan
  • Chittagong Mohammedan

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