Mohun Bagan AC
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| Full name | Mohun Bagan Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Mariners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Salt Lake Stadium (Yuva Bharati Krirangan), Mohun Bagan Ground |
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| Capacity | 120000, 30000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman | Ajan Mitra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manager | Biswajit Bhattacharya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | NFL Premier Division, IFA-Calcutta Premier League |
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| 2005 | IFA-Calcutta Premier League, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohun Bagan Athletic Club (Mohun Bagan AC) is a Sports Club, best known for its football team, based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Mohun Bagan AC is the oldest football club in Asia, having been established on August 15, 1889.
The football team has been hugely successful since its founding, and has maintained its status as India's most successful club with the maximum number of trophies of national significance, like Federation Cup, Rovers, Durand, IFA Shield and National & Domestic League. Mohun Bagan was the first Indian team to have defeated a foreign team, when the team defeated the East Yorkshire Regiment to lift the 1911 IFA Shield. Mohun Bagan has carried on an intense local rivalry with the East Bengal Club.
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[edit] The club
[edit] History
Mohun Bagan Sporting Club, as it was initially known was founded on 15th August 1889. The club's first meeting was held at 14, Balaram Ghosh Street in Kolkata and included several high profile individuals including Bhupendranath Basu who was later to become the President of the Indian National Congress. The club's first secretary was Jatindranath Basu.
The club's first ground was at the famous marble palace, known as Mohun Bagan Villa. It was situated at Fariapukur Street, in northern Kolkata. Not sufficiently large enough as football field, it is believed that Mohun Bagan played their first ever match on this very ground against the students of Eden Hindu hostel.
The club's membership requirements at this time stipulated that the management required students to join with permission from their parents, and special attention was given to etiquette and education. Shortly before the club's first anniversary, students of Presidency College, who were also the members of Mohun Bagan, invited their professor, the famous grammatologist Prof. F.J. Rhow to visit.
Rhow pointed out that due to a lack of facilities for sports such as shooting and angling, the word 'Athletic' would be more appropriate. Thus, the club came to be known as “Mohun Bagan Athletic Club”. The 2nd anniversary assembly was presided by Sir Thomas Holland who was later appointed as a member of Governor General Council.
In 1891, the benevolence of the Maharaja of Shyampukur, Durga Charan Laha saw the club's ground relocated to his grounds at Shyampukur. Later, with the assistance of Mr. Harry Lee, the chairman of Kolkata Corporation, the club's ground moved to Shyam Square which it now shared with the Aryans Club and Bagbazar Club.
Mohun Bagan's first tournament was the Coochbehar Cup, which was held in 1893. Mohun Bagan’s first opponent team was a European team, the ‘C’ Company of Sussex Regiment.
The first sport to be played is reported to be football, but other games were soon introduced to the club. This included hockey, tennis, badminton and athletics. Cricket was introduced to the club's schedule in the 1900s. The annual athletics event at the club is held with great pomp and show.
The biggest event in the club calendar is the Mohun Bagan Day. This is held on July 29, which is the day the football team lifted the IFA Shield for the first time in 1911. The prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna award is given to former greats of the club at this event.
The club has many famous players who have worn the prestigious Green & Maroon jersey. These players have not only successfully represented the team, but also the Indian national football team.
A postage stamp was issued by the Government of India in 1989 during the club's centenary year to commemorate the 1911 victory of the team. The Government honoured Mohun Bagan with the title as the "National Club of India" for boosting up the Indian Nationalism which occurred after this win. Mohun Bagan's fans are proud of the fact that this has been the only postage stamp created in India for a club.
[edit] Recipients of the Mohun Bagan Ratna award
- Sailen Manna
- Talimeran Ao
- Sibdas Bhaduri
- Gostha Pal
- Chuni Goswami
- Umapati Kumar
[edit] Current Roster
2006-07 squad
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[edit] Other famous players
- Abhilash Ghosh
- Hiralal Mukherjee
- Dr.Sanmatha Nath Dutta
- Samad
- Umapati Kumar
- Amiya(Kani) Deb
- Samar Banerjee (Badru)
- Sailen Manna
- Sattar
- Chuni Goswami
- Sattyaranjan (Chotka) Guha
- Sanat Seth
- Sayeed Nayeemuddin
- Sibaji Banerjee
- Subhash Bhowmick
- Subrata Bhattacharya
- Prasun Banerjee
- Manas Bhattacharya
- Bidesh Bose
- Shyam Thapa
- Mohd. Habib
- Mohd. Akbar
- Pradip Choudhury
- Compton Dutta
- Krishanu Dey
- Bikash Panji
- Atanu Bhattacharya
- Sudeep Chatterjee
- Alok Mukherjee
- Sisir Ghosh
- Okorie Cheema
- Satyajit Chatterjee
- Basudev Mondal
- Renedy Singh
- Jose Ramirez Barreto
- Shibdas Bhaduri
- Bijoydas Bhaduri
- Habul Sarkar
- Sunil Kumar (Rantu) Mitter
- Dr. Ganendra Nath Mitter
- Probhash Kumar Mitter
- Cheema Okerie
- Debjit Pal
[edit] Honours
- National Football League (India) titles: 3 (joint most titles)
- Champions in: 1997 – 1998, 1999 – 2000, 2001 – 2002.
- Durand Cup (India) titles: 16 (most titles)
- Federation Cup (India) titles: 11 (most titles)
- Champions in: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001.
- Calcutta Football League /Kolkata Super Division League / Premere division league titles 26
- Champions in: 1944, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005.
- IFA Shield titles: 22
- Rovers Cup titles: 14 (most titles)
- Manchester United Premier Cup current champion of the south Asia zone.
[edit] General Information on Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
- Hometown: Kolkata, West Bengal
- Founded: 1889 (oldest club in Asia)
- Current sponsor: McDowell's (United Breweries Group)
- Ground: Mohun Bagan Ground, Maidan, Kolkata
- Capacity: 30,000
- NFL home ground: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata
[edit] Websites on Mohun Bagan
- http://www.mohunbaganac.com/ Official web-site of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
- http://www.mohunbaganclub.com/ Premiere Bagan fan site
[edit] Notes
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- ↑ a Joint winners with East Bengal
- ↑ Joint winners with Ararat Erevan
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