Sports organisation
Sports organisation in Bangladesh has undergone many changes in different periods before and after its independence. The Bangladesh Sports Control Board was established in 1972. There are 29 registered federations under this board. These include federations for popular games such as football, cricket, hockey, tennis, badminton, volleyball, handball, chess, and carom as well as for wrestling, weightlifting, squash, billiard, and snooker, which are less popular in Bangladesh. Other recognised sports organisations in the country are the district and divisional sports organisations, university sports organisations, and the sports bodies of the armed forces, police and ansar, as well as of public sector corporations, boards and departments such as Bangladesh Biman, BJMC, BTMC, PWD, and Bangladesh Railway.
Sports Clubs
Sport clubs have a significant contribution to the development of sports in the country. Prominent among the clubs of Bangladesh are Abahani (Dhaka), Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka), Muktijoddha Sangsad KS, Brothers Union, Brothers Union, Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting, Dhaka Wanderers, Dilkusha Sporting, GMCC, Kalabagan, Muktijoddha Sangsad, Rahmatganj, Suryatarun, Victoria Sporting, and Wari. Some of these clubs are reputed for their glorious past while others earned a name by excellent performance at national level at present.
Logo of abahani limited
Abahani Limited (Dhaka)
Founded-1972
Ground-Bangabandhu National Stadium
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(Capacity: 36,000)
Chairman- Kazi Nabil Ahmed (Football)
Manager- Amalesh Sen (Football)
League-B.League
2008–2009-1st
Abahani Limited (Bangla: আবাহনী ক্রীড়াচক্র) is a sports club in Bangladesh. It was established at Dhaka in 1972 through reorganisation of Iqbal Sporting Club. Within a short time, the club gained fame through commendable performances in hockey, cricket and football tournaments.
Abahani introduced junior coaching camps on its own initiative and employed foreign trainers in them. Abahani also did a lot to improve football in Bangladesh through new experiments.
In the 20 years between 1973 and 1993, Abahani played 16 times in the finals of the national football league. It finished as champion eight times and as runner up on as many occasions . The club was champion in the Federation Cup Football and runner up . In the Asia Cup Club Tournament held in 1985 in Sri Lanka, Abahani was the runner up and it was Champion in the Nagji Trophy Football Tournament held in India in 1990. Abahani Ltd. also holds the honor to win the Champions trophy of the first ever professional football league B.League 2007 in Bangladesh football history. They have also won the second ever B. League Tournament. Famous football players e.g. Kazi Salahuddin (current BFF president), Chunnu, Nizam, Tutul, Aslam, Nannu, Helal, Pakir Ali once played for this club and converted this club to be one of the best football club in South Asia.
Achievements
Football
In the 32 years between 1973 to 2005, Abahani played a number of times in the finals of the first division & Premier division football league. It finished as champion eleven times (1974, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1994, 1995, 2001) and as runner up on as many occasions (1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2005). The club was champion in the Federation Cup Football in 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2010 and runner up in 1981, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2008 and 2009. In the Asia Cup Club Tournament held in 1985 in Sri Lanka, Abahani was the runner up and got the Championship of Nagji Trophy Football Tournament held in (Kerala) India in 1989. Beside that they won the charms cup at Kolkata in 1994 and bardolui trophy at Gouhati, Assam in 2010. Abahani Ltd.holds the honor to win the Champions trophy of the first ever professional football league (B.League 2007). They have also won the second and third B. League Tournament respectively (2008–09, 2009–10) as well as achieved the hattric championship for the second time after twenty five years in Bangladesh football history. Famous football players e.g. Kazi Salahuddin (current BFF president), Chunnu, Nizam, Tutul, Aslam, Nannu, Helal, Pakir Ali once played for this club and converted this club to be one of the best football club in South Asia.
Cricket
Between 1973 to 1993, Abahani became the champion of Dhaka's first division cricket league eleven times and runner up on five occasions. In the Damal Summer Cricket Tournament, Abahani became champion in 1980–81 and 1984–85 and runner up in 1982–83 and 1985–86. The club was champion in the Shaheed Smriti Cricket Tournament in 1977–78, 1981–82 and 1984–85 and in the Star Summer Cricket Tournament in 1980–81 and 1984–85. It finished the Alpha Cup Cricket as champion in 1982–83 and as runner up in 1983–84.Abahani won the premier cricket league for three years in a row 2007-08, 2008–09, 2009–10.
Hockey
The club became champion in the first division hockey league in 1977, 1978, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988–89 and 1993–94, and was runner up in 1977–78, 1979–80, 1981–82 and 1987–88. The club was champion in the Shaheed Smriti Hockey Tournament in 1973 and 1974 and runner up in 1976, 1977 and 1979. It was champion in the Independence Cup Hockey Tournament in 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1979 and runner up in 1973 and 1985.
Organisation
Abahani Club was made a limited company in 1989.
Abahani (Chittagong)
Abahani Limited is a sports club in Bangladesh. It was established at Dhaka in 1972 through reorganisation of Iqbal Sporting Club. Within a short time, the club gained fame through commendable performances in hockey, cricket and football tournaments.
Abahani Arambag Club
Arambag Club was established in Dhaka in 1958. It was at first a football club, but later became active in other games like handball, basketball and volleyball. The club has had continued success in different tournaments. It became champion in the 4th and 5th Shital Women's Handball competitions. In 1980, it was champion in the Alpha Cup Football Tournament of Nepal and, in 1995, runner up in the eighth Chief Minister Gold Cup Football Tournament of Sikkim and in the Nagji Gold Cup Tournament of India. In 1997, the club took part in a football tournament at Agartala that marked the golden jubilee of the independence of India. In the same year, it became runner up at home in the Federation Cup Football Tournament.
Brothers Union Club
Brothers Union Club was established at Gopibag, Dhaka in 1949. The club, however, remained little known until 1973, when it first appeared in the third division football league and became its champion of that league. The next year, it played in the second division football league and as the champion of the season, it was promoted to the first division. Ever since the club has had continued success and, in course of time, it became the third most powerful football club of the country next to Abahani and Mohammedan. Brothers Union also performs well in cricket, chess and handball.
In 2004 and 2005 they became champion in senior division football league. Football lovers really want their beloved orange dream team to be the number one again in 2006.
Feni Club
Feni Soccer Club is a football club from Feni, Bangladesh. It is a team playing in the Bangladesh League, the top-tier league of the country. They are based at Feni but has their home ground at Bangladesh Army Stadium in Dhaka.All player is local
Mohammedan Sporting Club (Dhaka)
Mohammedan Sporting Club is a major sporting club in Bangladesh. It is mainly located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, though there are many local branches throughout the country.
History
Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club was formed in 1933. According to some people, however, the year of establishment of Dhaka Mohammedan is 1938. Although apparently, Dhaka Mohammedan was a branch of the Calcutta Mohammedan, the former was a club created through reorganisation of the Muslim Sporting Club formed at Hazaribag, Dhaka in 1927. After the Partition of Bengal in 1947, a vacuum was created in the sports arena of Dhaka. At that time, Mohammad Shahjahan, a famous football player of Calcutta Mohammedan came to Dhaka and took charge of the Dhaka Mohammedan. He reorganised it and also developed its football team as a very strong one. The achievements of the team, however, were not significant until 1955. Dhaka's football was dominated at the time by Dhaka Wanderers' Club. Some star players and an official of the Wanderers had joined Dhaka Mohammedan in 1956. Later, the players themselves took initiatives of organising the team for increasingly better performance. In 1961, Dhaka Mohammedan played in the final match of the first division football league and in the next year, it became its champion. The club became champion also in the Independence Day Football Tournament of that year. Later, Dhaka Mohammedan Club extended their participation in other games and sports including hockey, swimming, athletics, volleyball, table tennis and badminton.
Achievements
Football
The club clinched the football league championship title 15 times between 1957 and 1999 and during the same period, it was runners up 12 times.[citation needed] It was champion in the Dhaka Metropolitan Football League (in 1993) and in the Independence Cup Football Tournament (5 times, between 1957 and 1966). The club is five times champion in the Federation Cup Football. It became champion in the Ashis-Jabbar Shield Tournament held in Durgapur of West Bengal in 1982. In the international football tournaments held in Dhaka, it was champion in 1959, 1964 and 1968 and runner up in 1966, 1967 and 1976. They were once coached by Iranian superstar Nasser Hejazi.
Cricket
The club's performance in cricket is marked by its becoming champion ? times in Dhaka Cricket League and three times in Damal Summer Cricket League.
Others
The club won the national volleyball tournaments in three consecutive years between 1967 and 1969. Kamrunnahar Dana of Dhaka Mohammedan Club won the triple crown in Sputnik Badminton in 1981 and also in Biman Badminton in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985. The Mohammedan team was champion in national badminton tournaments in 1982, 1983 and 1985. Mohammedan Sporting Club also hat trick Champions in Hockey since 1993 to 1996 in Premier Division Hockey League and also in 1997 they were Champions in the Premier Division.
Muktijoddha Club
Muktijoddha Sangsad KS is a football club in Bangladesh. It is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. They won the 1994 and 2003 Bangladesh Federation Cup. They also got into the Asian Club Championship and the AFC Cup as well as Asian Cup Winners Cup.
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