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Mohun Bagan A. C.[1] are an Indian professional football club in Kolkata in the state of West Bengal.[2]

Mohun Bagan
Full nameMohun Bagan Athletic Club
Nickname(s)The Mariners
Founded1889 as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
(capacity: 120,000)
OwnerUnited Breweries
ChairmanSiddharth Mallya
ManagerSantosh Kashyap
LeagueI-League
2014–15I-League, 1st
WebsiteClub home page
Current season

Mohan Bagan is one of the teams which compete in the I-League.

History

Mohun Bagan was founded in 1889.[2]

Players

First-team squad

As of 10th July 2013.[3]
No. Position Player
1   GK Sandip Nandy
2   DF Aiborlang Khongjee
3   DF Wahid Mohammed
4   DF Echezona Anyichie
5   DF Rowilson Rodrigues
6   DF Sourav Chakraborty
7   MF Denson Devadas
8   MF Anthony Pereira
9   FW Odafe Onyeka Okolie (captain)
10   MF Katsumi Yusa
11   FW Dipendu Biswas
12   MF Bijendra Rai
13   GK Sudipta Banerjee
14   FW Chinadorai Sabeeth
15   DF Lalrozama Fanai
No. Position Player
16   DF Biswajit Saha
17   MF Lalrin Fela
18   MF Arjun Chatterjee
19   DF Ravinder Singh
21   DF Nirapada Mondal
22   GK Shilton Pal
23   MF Shylo Tulunga
24   MF Adil Khan
25   MF Kingshuk Debnath
29   FW Anil Kumar
31   GK Milton Bhowmick
32   GK Naveen Kumar
33   DF Mohan Sarkar
34   MF Manish Bhargav
35   DF Deepak Sumnath
37   DF Rajib Ghosh
  MF Ram Malik

Notable past players

Mohun Bagan AC Media

  • Bhupendra Nath Bose, the first President of the club

  • Karuna Bhattacharya, a long-time associate of Mohun Bagan as a player and later as secretary and coach of the team.

  • Dr. Talimeren Ao featuring on the 2018 postage stamp of India

  • Chuni Goswami at Mohun Bagan Ground in 2020.

  • Syed Nayeemuddin played for five years (1968–74) and later became the coach (1992–93, 1996, and 1999).

  • The Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Dr. M.S. Gill and the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Ajay Maken felicitated Shri P.K. Banerjee, at the felicitation ceremony of the members of 1960 Rome Olympics Indian Football Team, organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, in New Delhi on April 13, 2011.

  • 1989 postage stamp commemorating the centenary year of Mohun Bagan

  • I.M. Vijayan played for Mohun Bagan for a total of 3 years and was nicknamed "Kalo Horin" (transl. Black Buck) by the fans.

  • Bhaichung Bhutia, with his wife, at Mohun Bagan Ground in 2009.

Related pages

References

  1. ↑ AC is an acronym. AC stands for "Athletic Club".
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Soccerway.com, Mohun Bagun FC; retrieved 2012-7-13.
  3. ↑ "MIGHTY MARINERS". Mohun Bagan A.C. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  4. ↑ NationalFootballTeams.com, "Bhutia, Baichung"; retrieved 2012-7-19.

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