Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)

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]

Not to be confused with Mohammedan S.C. (Kolkata).

Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club
Full nameMohammedan Sporting Club Limited Dhaka
Nickname(s)The Black & Whites
Short nameMSC
Founded1936 (1936)
President Adv. A.M. Amin Uddin
Head Coach Sean Lane
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2019–20BPL, 4th of 13
WebsiteClub website

History

The journey began in Hajaribagh. 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.

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.[2]

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 EPIDC, Victoria. Yet, Mohammedan did not yield to failure, they pursued their way.

Mohammedan wins the Aga Khan Gold Cup for the first time in 1959. They repeat the feat twice in 1964 and 1968 respectively.

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 the 8th of September, 1985 to 15th of March, 1990! Unbelievably enough, 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Rivalries

Dhaka Derby
Main article: Dhaka Derby

The Dhaka Derby is a football rivalry between Abahani and 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.

On 16 July 2019, Mohammedan Sporting Club thrashed their archrival Abahani Ltd Dhaka 4-0 in their BPL meeting at Bangabandhu National Stadium. This win also equals their biggest ever Dhaka Derby victory.[7]

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 None K–Sports

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 8,000 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.[8]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 2019–20 season.[9]

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  BAN Mazharul Islam Himel
4 DF  MLI Ousmane Berthe
5 DF  NGA Stanley Onyekachi Amadi
6 MF  BAN Anik Hossain
7 MF  BAN Habibur Rahman Shohag
8 MF  BAN Shamol Bapari
9 FW  BAN Aminur Rahman Sajib
10 FW  MLI Souleymane Diabate
11 MF  BAN Yousuf Sifat
12 MF  BAN Sahed Hossain
13 GK  BAN Ahsan Habib Bipu
14 MF  BAN Anik Ghosh
15 DF  BAN Mohammad Atiquzzaman
16 MF  NGA Ugochukwu Obi Moneke
17 MF  BAN Mohammad Mithu
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW  BAN Ousai Mong Marma
19 MF  JPN Uryu Nagata (Captain)
20 MF  BAN Sayed Rakib Khan Evan
21 MF  BAN Farhad Mona
22 GK  BAN Jasim Uddin
23 DF  BAN Mohammed Abid Hossain
24 DF  BAN Masud Rana Mredha
25 DF  BAN Humayun Kabir Khan
26 MF  BAN Sohanur Rahman
27 MF  BAN Rumon Hossain
28 DF  BAN Kamrul Islam
29 FW  BAN Amir Hakim Bappy
30 GK  BAN Mohammad Sujon
32 DF  BAN Emon Khan
33 DF  BAN Sadekujaman Fahim

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of January 2020

Position Name
Head Coach Sean Lane
Assistant Coach James McAloon
Team Manager Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib

Management

Board of directors

As of January 2020[10][11].

Position Name
President A.M. Amin Uddin

Team records

Head Coach's record
As of 14 March 2020
Head Coach Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W
Kang Man-young December 2004 March 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Shafiqul Islam Manik[12] 11 October 2005 2007 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Maruful Haque[13] 2008 13 May 2010[14] 61 48 11 2 150 33 078.69
Shafiqul Islam Manik 23 August 2010 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Emeka Ezeugo 18 November 2011[15][16] 2012 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Saiful Bari Titu 2012 2013 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Rui Capela 31 December 2013[17] July 2014 29 13 10 6 37 24 044.83
Alfaz Ahmed^ May 2014 May 2014 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00
Jewel Rana^ May 2014 June 2014 2 2 0 0 5 3 100.00
Joshimuddin Joshi[18][19] 24 November 2014 7 October 2016 44 17 13 14 73 52 038.64
Mizanur Rahman Don^ 14 October 2016 29 December 2016 13 3 5 5 12 15 023.08
Abdul Qaium Sentu[20] 10 January 2017 24 February 2017 3 1 1 1 2 3 033.33
Syed Nayeemuddin[21] 9 May 2017 31 October 2017 14 6 2 6 21 17 042.86
Rashed Ahmed Pappu^ November 2017 February 2018 13 4 5 4 14 14 030.77
Christopher Evans[22] 19 September 2018 3 January 2019 6 1 3 2 5 8 016.67
Ali Asgar Nasir[23] 3 January 2019 16 February 2019 5 1 0 4 4 11 020.00
Shahidul Islam Jewel[24]^ 18 February 2019 4 March 2019 4 0 2 2 1 5 000.00
Sean Lane[25] 4 April 2019 present 26 11 7 8 38 33 042.31

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

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

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

Invitational
  • Aga Khan Gold Cup
    • Winners (3): 1959,1964*,1968
  • Ashis-Jabbar Shield Tournament
    • Winners (1): 1982

Performance in AFC competitions

Notable players
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See also
  • Kolkata Mohammedan
  • Chittagong Mohammedan

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