ATK Mohun Bagan FC

ATK Mohun Bagan FC is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. This new merged club was formed as part of a merger between football section of multi-sport club Mohun Bagan and former ISL side ATK. The club will begin play from the 2020-21 season.

ATK Mohun Bagan
Full nameATK Mohun Bagan Football Club
Nickname(s)The Mariners
Short nameATKMB
FoundedJune 1, 2020
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Bidhannagar, West Bengal
Mohun Bagan Ground
Capacity85,000
22,000
OwnerATK Mohun Bagan Pvt. Ltd.
ChairmanSanjiv Goenka
CoachAntonio López Habas
LeagueIndian Super League
2020–21Inaugural season
WebsiteClub website

The club's principle owner is RPSG Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka. Former India cricketer Sourav Ganguly and Utsav Parekh also serve as co-owners, along with Mohun Bagan. Former ATK coach Antonio López Habas is the current head coach of ATK Mohun Bagan. The Salt Lake Stadium serves as the club's home stadium, with a capacity of 85,000.

History

Background
Further information: Mohun Bagan A.C. and ATK (football club)

ATK Mohun Bagan was founded as part of a merger between Mohun Bagan and ATK.[1] Mohun Bagan were founded in 1889 as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club and are one of the oldest and most historic football clubs in India.[2] The club's most notable achievement came on 29 July 1911 when Mohun Bagan defeated East Yorkshire Regiment in the IFA Shield final. Mohun Bagan's victory was the first time an all-Indian football club had won the IFA Shield and became a symbol of nationalism during the Indian independence movement.[3] The club was a founding member of the National Football League (NFL), India's first domestic league, in 1996.[4] Since then, the club has gone on to win five league titles, three NFL and two in the I-League, becoming tied for most successful club in Indian football.[5] Mohun Bagan have also won the most Federation Cup titles (14) and second most Calcutta Football League titles (30).[6][7]

ATK Football Club, founded on 7 May 2014 as Atlético de Kolkata, were a founding member of the Indian Super League.[8] The club was owned by a consortium consisting of RPSG Group founder Sanjiv Goenka, Harshavardhan Neotia, former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly, Utsav Parekh, and Spanish football club Atlético Madrid.[9] The club would go on to win two of the first three Indian Super League finals in 2014 and 2016.[10] After three seasons, Atlético Madrid ended their partnership with the club and sold their ownership stake to Goenka.[11] The club was then rebranded as ATK.[11] In March 2020, ATK won their third and final championship, defeating Chennaiyin in the 2020 ISL final.[12]

Formation

Discussions to include Kolkata giants and I-League clubs Mohun Bagan and East Bengal had been ongoing since 2018.[13] Discussions and rumors continued through 2019 before an announcement was made on 16 January 2020 that ATK owners RPSG Group bought an 80% stake in Mohun Bagan. As part of the purchase, it was announced that ATK would merge its brand with Mohun Bagan to create a new club for the 2020–21 Indian Super League season.[14][15] It was also announced that the new club would launch on 1 June 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

The club's name was officially announced on 10 July 2020 as ATK Mohun Bagan.[17] It was also revealed that the club would retain the main colours of Mohun Bagan – green and maroon – and the club's new logo was also unveiled.[17]

Club culture

Team colours and crest

During the team's official unveiling on 10 July 2020 it was announced that the club would use the colours of Mohun Bagan – green and maroon – as their official colours.[17] It was also revealed by principle owner Sanjiv Goenka that ATK Mohun Bagan's secondary colours would be white and red with green and maroon stripes.[18] The club's logo also remained almost unchanged from the logo used by Mohun Bagan, featuring the sailing boat but with ATK included.[19]

Ownership

The club is owned by a consortium known as ATK Mohun Bagan Private Limited.[20] RPSG Group founder Sanjiv Goenka is the principle owner of the organization while former India cricketer Sourav Ganguly and businessman Utsav Parekh are co-owners.[21] Mohun Bagan Football Club also acts a co-owner, owning 20% of the organization.[22]

Stadium
Main article: Salt Lake Stadium

ATK Mohun Bagan will be playing matches at the Salt Lake Stadium, located in the Kolkata suburb of Bidhannagar in West Bengal.[23] A multi-purpose stadium, the stadium is mainly used to host football matches. The stadium was the home stadium for both ATK and Mohun Bagan.[24]

Mohun Bagan Ground
Main article: Mohun Bagan Ground

The stadium is owned by Mohun Bagan who currently use the stadium as a training ground. ATK Mohun Bagan owners have a plan to renovate the stadium in near future so that they can use this stadium for their home matces in Indian Super League.

Players

First-team squad
As of 18 August 2020[25]

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  IND Dheeraj Singh
2 DF  IND Sumit Rathi
6 DF  ESP Tiri
7 FW  IND Komal Thatal
9 FW  AUS David Williams
10 FW  ESP Edu García
15 FW  IND Manvir Singh
16 FW  IND Jayesh Rane
17 MF  IND Pronay Halder
19 MF  ESP Javi Hernández
20 DF  IND Pritam Kotal
21 FW  FIJ Roy Krishna
22 FW  IND Jobby Justin
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  IND Michael Soosairaj
24 DF  IND Salam Ranjan Singh
25 MF  IND Michael Regin
27 GK  IND Debjit Majumder
28 DF  IND Ankit Mukherjee
29 GK  IND Arindam Bhattacharya
30 DF  IND Anas Edathodika
33 DF  IND Prabir Das
41 GK  IND Arsh Shaikh
— MF  IND SK Sahil
— MF  IND SK Faiaz
— MF  IND Deep Saha
— MF  IND Kiyan Nassiri
— FW  IND Subha Ghosh
— DF  IND Subhasish Bose
4 DF  ENG John Johnson

Coaching staff
Position Name
Coach Antonio López Habas[26]
Head of Youth Development Sanjoy Sen[27]

Statistics and records

Seasons
As of 1 June 2020
Season Indian Super League Finals Super Cup AFC Cup Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Head coaches record
As of 1 June 2020
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Antonio López Habas  Spain 1 June 2020 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—

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