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Victoria SC
Full nameVictoria Sporting Club, Dhaka
Founded1903; 122 years ago (1903)
LeagueBangladesh Championship League[1]
2018–1912th of 12 th

Victoria Sporting Club, commonly known as Victoria SC, is a football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2][3] Founded in 1903, the club competes in the Bangladesh Championship League, the second tier of football in Bangladesh.[4][5] It also participate in Dhaka Senior Division League.[6][7][8][9]

History

Victoria Sporting Club, commonly known as Victoria SC, is a football club based in Dhaka. It was established in 1903, and named after Queen Victoria during the British regime.[10] It is one of the oldest clubs in Bangladesh, and in 1948 they made history by becoming the first ever winners of the Dhaka League.[11][12][13][14] They emerged champions of the league during the 1948, 1962 and 1964 edition/season, while finishing runners-up in 1960 and 1961. The club also participated in the historic IFA Shield before the partition of Bengal.[note 1]

In 1962, Victoria clinched the prestigious Aga Khan Gold Cup title, dismantling the fedder team for South Korea, Young Taegeuk Football Association 5–1.[15][16] Many at the time considered Victoria SC to be the strongest club side in South Asia.[17]

Head coach

As of 19 July 2021
Head Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W

TBC

March 2020

22 0 4 18 65 57 000.00

Honours

Domestic tournaments

Invitational

Notable players

Cricket section

Main article: Victoria Sporting Club cricket team

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Fourth oldest football tournament, organized by the IFA (W.B.), and played between the local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.
  2. ^ The competition is widely regarded as the predecessor of AFC Champions League (held for the first time in 1967), since it was the first organized international competition that involved club teams around Asia, organized by the football authorities of East Pakistan, in collaboration with Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

References

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  8. ^ "শুরু হল প্রথম ও দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লিগ | কালের কণ্ঠ". Kalerkantho (in Bengali). 2022-08-10. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
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  10. ^ "The fall of Victoria Sporting Club". The Business Standard. September 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
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  15. ^ Aga Khan Gold Cup Archived 25 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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