Dhaka Derby

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The Dhaka Derby is a football rivalry between Abahani and Mohammedan, although the rivalry was bigger in the past.[1][2]


History

After the independence of Bangladesh the league(Dhaka league) started in 1973 and came the likes of wari, azad sporting club brothers union and title favourite Dhaka Mohammedan but the new club Dhaka Abahani debuted in that very year.

1970s

The two sides first met in that very year and the mighty blue brigades won 2-0 and caused an upset over the black and whites. It is fair to say that Mohammedan first won there first league title in1957 but after independence they won it in 1975 and abahani in 1974.Throughout the decade they mate several times in the league.

80s

The next decade proved a tight affair between the two sides they produced the next superstars of football in the country and almost won all the trophies. Abahani won hat-trick of titles between 1983-1985 and mohammedan made a record of winning an unbeaten hat-trick of titles between 1986-1989.The rivalry reached its peak as fan always wanted their favourite team to win and they also contested in foreign tournaments and were the best sides.

90s

Through the next decade football happen to be the center of attraction in Dhaka but it was steadily losing its popularity but still they were traditional crowd pullers and they played some key matches but the clubs couldn't find out that much attraction as cricket was taking center stage and were attraction of sports lover in Bangladesh.

2000 and present time

After the start of a new era the first professional league the B.league was established by BFF.Since then the club have faced each other 17 times abahani winning six times and mohammedan winning four times,rest 7 ended in draws. Abahani is slightly ahead of their arch rivals in the Bangladesh premiere league winning the title with a hat-trick of five times. While mohammedan haven't won any professional league for more than a decade.

NOTABLE CLASHES

The club first met in 1973, abahani won the match 2-0. Throughout there history they have mate and produced breathtaking, heartbreaking fixtures. There are five notable clashes that define this rivalry off course from the past. It was back in 1980 when a big violence erupted the whole match and the match ended in mascare,police and security had to ensure safety but they couldn't as the 40,000 hostile crowd went crazy in dispute, two innocent lives were lost that day. Another clash in 1982 was a bad one as four abahani superstars were arrested due to the clash and violence in the dhaka derby earlier. In 1985, once again a bad decision given by the referee started a big brawl between the two adoring fans and started to fight against each other, one man was found dead after the the security had handled the situation. In 1987 the playoff match for the title ended with big riots and the match was abandoned.

Statistical comparison

Games played =17 Abahani matches played=17 won=6 lost=4 drawn=7

mohammedan matches played=17 won=4 lost=6 drawn=7


note:the statistical comparison are given prior to the Bangladesh premiere league that started in 2007.

TITLES

Abahani

Bangladesh premiere league 5(2007,2008,2009,2012,2016) federation cup 10(1982,1985,1986,1988,1997,1999,2000,2010,2016,2017)(shared record with mohammedan) Dhaka league 11(1974,1977,1981,1983,1984,1985,1989-1990,1992,,1994,1995,2001) national football championship 1(2000) super cup 1(2011) bordoloi trophy 1(2010) total trophies=29

mohammedan

Dhaka league 19(1957,1959,1961,1963,1965,1966,1969,1975,1976,1978,1980 1982,1986,1987,1988-89,1993,1996,1999,2002)(record) federation cup 10(1980*,1981,1982*,1983,1985,1987,1989,2002,2008,2009)(shared record with abahani) super cup 2(2009,2013) aga khan gold cup 3(1959,1964,1968) national football championship 2(2001-2002,2005-2006) total trophies=36

References

  1. ↑ "Dhaka Derby today". The Daily Observer. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Shishir Hoque (21 September 2016). "Season’s first Dhaka Derby today". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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