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Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
Nickname(s)The Mariners
Short nameMB
Founded15 August 1889; 135 years ago (1889-08-15) as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club
GroundSalt Lake Stadium
Mohun Bagan Ground
Capacity85,000
22,000
OwnerFootball Operations:
ATK Mohun Bagan Private Limited
(Sanjiv Goenka (RPSG), Sourav Ganguly &
Utsav Parekh) (80%)
(Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Pvt. Ltd. &
Swapan Sadhan Bose) (20%)
Other Operations:
Mohun Bagan AC Society
PresidentSwapan Sadhan Bose
Honorary SecretarySrinjoy Bose
CoachAntonio López Habas
LeagueISL (2020–)
CFL (1915–)
I-League (2007–2020)
NFL (1996–2007)
2020–21Indian Super League, TBD
Current season
Departments of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
Football
(Men's)		 Football
(Women's)		 Football
(Reserves
& Academy)
Cricket
(Men's)		 Cricket
(Women's)		 Hockey
(Men's)
Tennis Athletics eSports
Main entrance of Mohun Bagan A.C.

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, commonly known as Mohun Bagan, is a major Indian multi-sport club based in the Kolkata, India. Founded in 1889 as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club, the club's football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final. This victory made Mohun Bagan the first all-Indian side to win a championship over a British side and was a major moment during India's push for independence.

They have won the top-flight football league a record five times, the National Football League three times and the I-League twice. They are the most successful team of India in the history of the Federation Cup, having won the championship a record 14 times. The club has also won several other trophies, including the Durand Cup (16 times), IFA Shield (22 times), and the Calcutta Football League (30 times).[1] In total, the club has won 253 trophies.[2] The club contests the Kolkata Derby with long-time rivals SC East Bengal.[3] The first derby match was played on 8 August 1921.[4] The club also shares a rivalry with another Kolkata club, Mohammedan SC. Mohun Bagan was inducted into the Club of Pioneers, a network of the oldest existing football clubs in each country, on 29 July 2019 as the club celebrated its 130th year in existence. The football operations of Mohun Bagan are known as ATK Mohun Bagan FC since 2020, after Indian Super League club ATK was merged with Mohun Bagan Football Club.

History

Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, founded 15 August 1889, is an Indian sports club best known for its association football team, one of the oldest football clubs in Asia.[5] Mohun Bagan was established in 1889 by three famous aristocratic Bengali families of North Kolkata. Bhupendra Nath Bose was the first president of the club. The team won its first trophy in 1904,[6] when they won the Coochbehar Cup.[7] In 1905 Mohun Bagan reached the finals of the Gladstone Cup which was held in Chinsurah where they defeated the reigning IFA Shield champions Dalhousie 6–1.

The IFA Shield Winning Team of 1911

In 1911, Mohun Bagan created history by becoming the first Indian club to win the IFA Shield after defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2–1 on 29 July. Most Mohun Bagan players played bare feet while East Yorkshire Regiment played with proper footballing equipment.[8][9] This win was considered a landmark victory in the Indian freedom struggle.

Mohun Bagan played their first match in first division of Calcutta Football League on 15 May 1915 against Calcutta Club.[10] In 1939 Mohun Bagan won their first Calcutta Football League title. Mohun Bagan got incredible success from 1933 to 1939 where they won 29 trophies. During that phase, out of 23 derbies, they beat East Bengal 12 times (including 1 walk over win), drew 10 matches and lost only once to their archrivals. It was a golden period in the history of the club.

In 1947, Mohun Bagan became the first Indian club to win the IFA Shield post independence.[11] In 1954 the Green & Maroons became the first club ever to clinch the double crown of Kolkata — the IFA Shield and Calcutta Football League. In 1977 Mohun Bagan became the first Indian football club ever to win the triple crown (IFA Shield, Durand Cup and Rovers Cup) in the same year.[11]

In 1977, Mohun Bagan played a friendly match against the famous North American Soccer League club New York Cosmos which featured the legendary Brazilian footballer, Pelé.[12] The match, which took place at Eden Gardens, had a match attendance of 80,000 and ended in a 2–2 draw.

In the 1978 IFA Shield Final, Mohun Bagan were up against FC Ararat Yerevan of Soviet Union. The match ended 2-2 and both the clubs were declared winners. Thus, the club became the first Indian team, post-independence, to win the IFA Shield while competing against a non-Asian side in the final.

In 1981 Mohun Bagan won their first standalone Federation Cup title after beating Mohammedan 2–0.[13]

Mohun Bagan celebrated their 100th anniversary in 1989. A grand torch rally was held on this occasion. The rally started from Basu Bati in North Kolkata and covered several important places in Mohun Bagan's history before finally reaching the Mohun Bagan Ground. The then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi arrived for the celebrations. During his speech, he referred to Mohun Bagan as "The National Club of India". Fittingly, Mohun Bagan won IFA Shield on their 100th year by defeating Tata Football Academy in the final by a solitary goal. Mohun Bagan became the first club to be honoured by a postage stamp from the Indian Government on their centenary year.[14]

In 1989 Calcutta League Mohun Bagan picked up a dominant 2–0 victory in the derby. Sisir Ghosh scored a brace and could have become the third player to score a hattrick in the derby but his third goal was dubiously cancelled by the referee.

McDowell's Mohun Bagan

In 1998 Mohun Bagan won the treble by winning the IFA Shield, Federation Cup and the National Football League for the first time in one football season.[15] In 2007 Mohun Bagan won their first Indian Super Cup title by defeating Dempo by a score of 4–0.[16] A year later in 2008 Mohun Bagan players got the opportunity to play against German international, Oliver Kahn in his official testimonial for Bayern Munich.[16] Along with Kahn, stars like Ze Roberto and Toni Kroos (who then played for Bayern's youth team) were also present in the Bayern team.[16] The match was played on 27 May 2008 at the Salt Lake Stadium.

On 31 May 2015, Mohun Bagan claimed their first I-League title (in addition to their previous 3 National Football League titles) after a 1–1 draw with Bengaluru FC, in the league's final match. Mohun Bagan became the first Indian club to qualify to the second round of AFC Champions League qualifiers when they defeated Singapore based club Tampines Rovers on 27 January 2016.[17] Mohun Bagan recorded the biggest margin of victory by an Indian club in an AFC Cup away match when they defeated Hong Kong based club South China 4–0 in Hong Kong on 9 March 2016.[18]

Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited

Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited was registered as a separate legal entity on 31 July 2017. Mohun Bagan Football Club was a legal entity created for football activities of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.[19]

On 28 September 2018, Mohun Bagan 'Legends' (consisting of retired former players of the club) hosted the FC Barcelona 'Legends' side at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata.[20]

ATK Mohun Bagan Private Limited

See also: ATK (football club)

Mohun Bagan and ATK had decided to merge its football division back in January 2020 that would help Mohun Bagan enter the ISL and AFC Cup from the 2020–21 season, under the name of ATK Mohun Bagan.[21] On 16 January 2020, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group (RSPG), bought majority of shares of Mohun Bagan Football Club.[22] It was announced that brands and footballing rights of Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited would be transferred to the new company to field football team in the ISL having the name as ATK Mohun Bagan Football Club.
The new corporate entity was scheduled to launch on 1 June 2020 but due to COVID-19 pandemic it was postponed and officially came into existence on 10 July 2020.[23][24][25]

Kits, colours and crest

The colours of Mohun Bagan have traditionally been green and maroon. In recent times though the club has used a more white dominant away kit for use in away matches. However, since ATK merged to the club, 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.[26] 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.[27]

Home
Away

These are the traditionally used home and away jerseys of Mohun Bagan. The designing of the kit has varied and different designs are used every season now but the dominant colours remain the same.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1998—2006 None McDowell's No.1[28]
2006—2011 Reebok
2011—2012 Adidas
2012—2013 Fila
2013—2016 Shiv Naresh
2016—2020 None
2020—present Nivia SRMB

Crest

The current crest of the club is circular in shape and consists of a sailing country boat painted in green and maroon colours. The boat, perhaps signifies the club's place of establishment; northern Kolkata, on the banks of the Ganges. In fact the city was the capital and prime trade center of British India and the main mode of transportation was through the waterways. The initial crest of the club however consisted of the picture of a royal bengal tiger amidst a dense jungle.[29] The club crest is used for all sporting activities, other than football division, of the club. However, since gaining professional status at the start of the National Football League era in Indian Football the crest of the football division has been somewhat different than the club crest and it has evolved due to change of stake holders.

Ownership and finances

The football entity is owned by a consortium known as ATK Mohun Bagan Private Limited.[25] RPSG Group founder Sanjiv Goenka is the principal owner of the organization while former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly and businessman Utsav Parekh are co-owners.[30] They own 80% of the shares while Mohun Bagan Football Club also acts a co-owner, owning 20% of the organization.[31]

History for ownership of Football activities
Year Name
1889–1990 Mohun Bagan Sporting Club[5]
1990–1998 Mohun Bagan Athletic Club[5]
1998–2017 McDowell's Mohun Bagan Private Limited[32][Note MMBPL]
2017–2020 Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited[19]
2020– ATK Mohun Bagan Private Limited[25]
  • ^
    The first corporate ownership

    • Stadiums

    Salt Lake Stadium

    Main article: Salt Lake Stadium

    Salt Lake Stadium or Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan is a multipurpose stadium in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, West Bengal, with a current capacity of 85,000.[33][34]

    Before its renovation in 2011, it was the second largest football stadium in the world, having a seating capacity of 120,000.[35]

    Aerial view of the Yuva Bharati Krirangan

    Prior to the construction and opening of Rungrado May Day Stadium in 1989, it was the largest football stadium in the world. Reportedly, a total of 85,000 bucket seats was installed in the stadium before the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in India.[36]

    The record attendance of 131,000[37] was set in 1997 in a Kolkata Derby match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal when they clashed in a Federation Cup semi-final match.

    The stadium is situated approximately 10 kilometres to the east of the Kolkata downtown. The roof is made of metal tubes and aluminum sheets. The stadium was inaugurated in January 1984. There are two electronic score boards and control rooms. The lighting is uniformly distributed to facilitate night kick-offs. There are special arrangements for TV broadcasting.[38]

    The stadium covers an area of 76.40 acres (309,200 m2). The stadium has a unique synthetic track for athletic meets. It has a main football arena measuring 105m x 70m, electronics scoreboards, elevators, VIP enclosures, peripheral floodlighting arrangement from the roof-top, air-conditioned VIP rest room, conference hall and much more. The stadium has its own water arrangements and standby diesel generation sets.[38]

    The Salt Lake Stadium hosts the home games of Mohun Bagan in ISL, and previously hosted its I-League matches. It is also an AFC accredited stadium and thus suitable for hosting Mohun Bagan's matches in continental competitions.

    Mohun Bagan Ground

    Main article: Mohun Bagan Ground

    The Mohun Bagan Ground is a football stadium located in the maidan region of central Kolkata, just opposite to the Eden Gardens stadium.[39] The stadium is owned by Mohun Bagan who currently use the stadium as a training ground, although in 2017 the ground had been used for a few of their I-League matches as well. The office and club tent are adjacent to the stadium.

    Mohun Bagan home ground at Maidan tent, Kolkata
    Mohun Bagan Ground - Panoramic View

    This ground is mainly used by for Calcutta Football League matches against smaller and local Kolkata sides. The stadium has galleries on three sides and a rampart on the fourth side. The north side is the member's, the most modern gallery of the stadium, having bucket seats installed.[40]

    In 1977 Mohun Bagan became the first club in maidan to have floodlights installed in their stadium. The floodlights operated till the mid-1990s, after which they were renovated and inaugurated on 25 February 2016 with an IFA Shield match between Mohun Bagan U19s and DSK Liverpool academy.[41]

    Barasat Stadium

    The Barasat District Sports Stadium, also known as Vidyasagar Krirangan, is a football stadium located in Barasat city, on the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal. It is used mostly for Calcutta Football League matches featuring local Kolkata sides. It is also used for several district-level, state-level and, infrequently, national level tournaments. The stadium currently holds around 22,000 spectators, has 4 floodlight towers and different air conditioned function and changing rooms.[42] The artificial turf at the stadium has achieved a two-star rating from FIFA.[43]

    Since the 2014–15 till the 2015–16 season, the stadium has hosted the home matches of Mohun Bagan in the I-League as the Salt Lake Stadium was being renovated and reconstructed for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

    Supporters

    The fans known as Mariners have the distinction of the highest attendance in I-League matches.[citation needed] There are several fan clubs dedicated to Mohun Bagan in different parts of India. Mohun Bagan had the highest average attendance in the 2013–14 season. AIFF reported an average home crowd of 17,068.[44] In the 2014-15 I-League season, their vocal support in away matches in Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru was a phenomenon previously unseen in Indian football.

    File:MohunBagan Gallery communal harmony message.jpg
    Mohun Bagan fans showing message of communal harmony at Mohun Bagan ground

    The Economic Times, a leading Indian newspaper, reported that the club had an average attendance of over 35,000 in their home matches, possibly an I-League record. Over 21,000 attended the league decider of the 2014-15 I-League between Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC in Bengaluru, of this ".. over 8,000 were away fans, travelling from as far as Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune to watch the game", noted Sunando Dhar, chief executive officer of the I-League in the same article.[45] Their grand reception when, by some estimates, over 200,000 fans gathered to greet the 2014-15 I-League clinching squad (on their way back to Kolkata from Bengaluru) has been dubbed as "legendary" "unparalleled" and "surreal" by the press as well as football historians.[46]


    Mohun Bagan fans have also provided financial help to the club during times of struggles. In early 2000s, a Mohun Bagan fan mortgaged his house to raise funds for signing Brazilian superstar Jose Ramirez Barreto.[47] In 2013 another fan donated his entire monthly salary to the club.[48]

    Celebrity Mohun Bagan fans include Hemendra Kumar Ray,[49] Manna Dey,[50] Jyoti Basu,[51] R. D. Burman,[52] Sourav Ganguly,[53] Amitabh Bachchan,[54] Uttam Kumar,[55] Mithun Chakraborty,[56] and many more.

    Rivalries

    Mohun Bagan's biggest rivalry is with city rivals East Bengal and is popularly known as the Kolkata Derby. Mohun Bagan also had an intense rivalry with Mohammedan SC but the importance of this match has fizzled out in past two decades due to the fact that the teams only meet once a year in the Calcutta Football League.

    Kolkata Derby

    Main article: Kolkata Derby

    Kolkata Derby or the Boro Match is a football match between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. The two clubs currently meet at least 3 times a year, twice in Indian Super League and once in the Calcutta Football League. Till January 2020, 370 matches have been played between the two teams (327 competitive matches and 43 friendly or non-competitive exhibitions) out of which Mohun Bagan has won 120 matches and East Bengal have won 129 times[57] (including all competitive matches and friendlies) and rest of the matches ended in draws.[58] The first match between the sides was played on 8 August 1921 in the Coochbehar Cup and the semifinal match ended in a 0–0 draw. Mohun Bagan won the replayed semifinal 3–0. The first derby goal ever scored was scored in that match by Rabi Ganguly and the other two goals were scored by Poltu Dasgupta and Abhilash Ghosh. The first CFL match between the sides was played on 28 May 1925 in CFL where East Bengal beat Mohun Bagan 1–0. Mohun Bagan holds the record of scoring the fastest goal in a derby (24 July 1976, a 17-second goal from Md Akbar of Mohun Bagan). They have the record of winning 2 consecutive derbies in 2 consecutive days (7 and 8 August 1935) and had the unique distinction of losing only 1 derby in a span of 7 years (1933 to 1939). A few notable victories include the Darbhanga Shield match on 5 September 1934, when Bagan won 4–1 (Amiyo Deb scored all the 4 goals, the only time a player scored 4 goals in this derby), and a 5–3 win in an I-League encounter on 25 October 2009 (Chidi Edeh scored 4 goals). They have won several derbies scoring 4 goals against East Bengal. One such instance was in Raja Memorial Shield final played on 6 August 1937 in the common ground of both the clubs (Salt Lake Stadium), where Bagan beat East Bengal 4-0 and Asit Ganguly scored 3 goals in that match.[59]


    Players

    Current squad

    As of 9 October 2020[60]

    Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    No. Pos. Nation Player
    1 GK India IND Dheeraj Singh
    2 DF India IND Sumit Rathi
    4 DF Spain ESP Tiri
    5 DF India IND Sandesh Jhingan
    7 MF India IND Komal Thatal
    8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Carl McHugh
    9 FW Australia AUS David Williams
    10 MF Spain ESP Edu García
    12 GK India IND Avilash Paul
    14 MF Australia AUS Brad Inman
    15 DF India IND Subhasish Bose
    16 MF India IND Jayesh Rane
    17 MF India IND Pronay Halder
    19 MF Spain ESP Javi Hernández
    20 DF India IND Pritam Kotal
    21 FW Fiji FIJ Roy Krishna
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    22 FW India IND Jobby Justin
    23 FW India IND Michael Soosairaj
    24 DF India IND Salam Ranjan Singh
    25 MF India IND Michael Regin
    26 MF India IND Glan Martins
    28 DF India IND Ankit Mukherjee
    29 GK India IND Arindam Bhattacharya
    33 DF India IND Prabir Das
    35 DF India IND Boris Singh
    41 GK India IND Arsh Anwer Shaikh
    49 FW India IND Subha Ghosh
    67 FW India IND Manvir Singh
    70 MF India IND SK Sahil
    — DF England ENG John Johnson
    — MF India IND Deep Saha
    — MF India IND Kiyan Nassiri

    Notable past players

    Top scorers in National League/I-League

    Ranking Nationality Name Years Goals
    1  Brazil José Ramirez Barreto 1999-2004, 2006-2012 94[61]
    2  Nigeria Odafa Onyeka Okolie 2011-2014 51[61]
    3  India Baichung Bhutia 2002-2003, 2006-2009 25[61]
    4  Nigeria Chidi Edeh 2009-2011 21

    Top scorers in Calcutta League

    Ranking Nationality Name Years Goals
    1  India Chuni Goswami 1954-1968 145
    2  India Sisir Ghosh 1985-1992, 1995-1996 67
    3  India Manas Bhattacharya 1977-1980, 1982–1984, 1986–1988 64
    4  India Nanda Ray Chowdhury 1935-1943 63
    5  India Ashok Chatterjee 1961-1968, 1972 58
    6  India Subhash Bhowmick 1970-1972, 1976-1978 58
    7  Brazil José Ramirez Barreto 1999-2004, 2006-2012 57
    8  India Keshto Pal 1954-1959 57
    9  India Samar Banerjee 1952-1959 55
    10  India Shyam Thapa 1977-1983 55
    11  India Mohammad Akbar 1976-1978 51
    12  India Pungab Kannan 1966-1968, 1971, 1973-1975 51

    Source: Ei Samay

    • José Ramirez Barreto is the all-time top goal-scorer of the club with 228 goals.

    Coaching staff

    See also: List of Mohun Bagan A.C. managers
    Position Name
    Head Coach Spain Antonio López Habas[62]
    Assistant Coach Spain Manuel Cascallana[63]
    India Sanjoy Sen[64]
    Goalkeeping Coach Spain Ángel Pindado[65]
    Physiotherapists Spain Luis Alfonso Martinez
    India Noel Augustine
    India Bhaskar Sengupta
    Physical Trainer Spain Alvaro Ros Bernal
    Team Manager India Avishek Bhattacharjee
    Kit Manager India Anirban Biswas

    Mohun Bagan Day

    Mohun Bagan Day has been celebrated since 2001 on 29 July each year in honour of Mohun Bagan's victory over East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield Final.

    Mohun Bagan Ratna

    Gostha Pal 1998 stamp of India

    Mohun Bagan Ratna is an award presented each year on Mohun Bagan Day to outstanding former players. The first recipient was former captain Sailen Manna.

    Mohun Bagan Ratna recipients
    Year Name
    2001 Sailen Manna
    2002 Dr.Talimeran Ao (Posthumous)
    2003 Shibdas Bhaduri (Posthumous)
    2004 Gostha Paul (Posthumous)
    2005 Chuni Goswami
    2006 Umapati Kumar (Posthumous)
    2007 Dhiren Dey (Posthumous)
    2008 Mohammad Abdus Sattar
    2009 Samar Banerjee
    2010 Hiralal Mukherjee, Bhuti Sukul, Sudheer Chatterjee, Monmohan Mukherjee,
    Rajen Sengupta, Neelmadhav Bhattacharya, Kanu Roy, Habul Sarkar,
    Abhilash Ghosh, Bijoydas Bhaduri (All posthumous)
    2011 Pradip Kumar Banerjee
    2012 Jarnail Singh (Posthumous)
    2013 Balaidas Chatterjee (Posthumous)
    2014 Arumoynaigam
    2015 Karuna Sankar Bhattacharya (Posthumous)
    2016 Syed Nayeemuddin
    2017 Subrata Bhattacharya
    2018 Pradip Chowdhury
    2019 Keshav Dutt,
    Prasun Banerjee
    2020 Gurbux Singh, Palash Nandy

    Last updated: 13 July 2020
    Source: [1]

    Current board

    Office Name
    President Swapan Sadhan Bose[66]
    General Secretary Srinjoy Bose
    Asst. General Secretary Satyajit Chatterjee
    Treasurer Uttam Saha
    Finance Secretary Debashis Dutta
    Football Secretary Swapan Banerjee
    Cricket Secretary Samrat Bhowmick
    Hockey Secretary Mahesh Tekhriwal
    Tennis Secretary Sanjoy Ghosh
    Ground Secretary Sandipan Banerjee
    Athletics Secretary Debashish Mitra
    Youth secretary Bidesh Bose

    Last updated: 20 January 2020
    Source: themohunbaganac.com

    Recent seasons

    The club's competitive record since the 1997–98 season are listed below.

    Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GF GA Pts. Cup
    (various)[note 1]     		CFL Asia Notes
    1997–98 1D 1st 18 9 6 2 20 10 34 Winner 2nd Won IFA Shield
    1998–99 1D 4th 20 6 9 5 19 17 27 2nd Won IFA Shield
    1999–00 1D 1st 22 14 5 3 36 17 47 2nd ACC Qualifying
    round 2     		Won Durand Cup,
    Rovers Cup
    2000–01 1D 2nd 22 13 6 3 40 19 45 Winners 1st
    2001–02 1D 1st 22 13 5 4 31 19 44 3rd AFC-CL Qualifying
    round 4     		Won All Airlines Gold Cup
    2002–03 1D 7th 22 9 6 7 35 25 33 2nd Won IFA Shield
    2003–04 1D 9th 22 6 6 10 23 24 24 Runners-up 2nd Runners-up IFA Shield
    2004–05 1D 8th 22 5 8 9 16 19 23 1st Won All Airlines Gold Cup
    2005–06 1D 3rd 17 8 6 3 17 10 30 Winners 2nd Runners-up IFA Shield
    2006–07 1D 8th 18 5 6 7 15 21 21 1st AFC-C Group Stage Won Indian Super Cup
    2007–08 1D 4th 18 8 6 4 22 17 30 Winners 1st Runners-up IFA Shield
    2008–09 1D 2nd 22 13 4 5 30 20 43 1st AFC-C Group Stage Won Indian Super Cup
    2009–10 1D 5th 26 10 6 10 48 43 36 Runners-up 2nd Runners-up IFA Shield
    2010–11 1D 6th 26 8 10 8 34 32 34 3rd
    2011–12 1D 4th 26 13 8 5 51 32 47 2nd Won All Airlines Gold Cup
    2012–13 1D 10th 26 11 8 7 40 34 29 2nd [note 2]
    2013–14 1D 8th 24 6 10 8 23 24 28 2nd
    2014–15 1D 1st 20 11 6 3 33 16 39 2nd
    2015–16 1D 2nd 16 8 6 2 32 16 30 Winners 3rd AFC-C/
    AFC-CL     		Round of 16/
    Qualifying
    round 2
    2016–17 1D 2nd 18 10 6 2 27 12 36 Runners-up 3rd AFC-C Group Stage
    2017–18 1D 3rd 18 8 7 3 28 14 31 2nd [note 3]
    2018–19 1D 5th 20 8 5 7 27 28 29 1st
    2019–20 1D 1st 11 12 3 1 35 13 39 Runners-up 2nd [note 4]
    2020–21 1D [to be determined]
    1. ^ Primary league cups in India have varied over time.
    2. ^ Mohun Bagan refused to field a side for the second-half of a league match due to crowd troubles. For this reason the club was fined and had to start from 0-points midway through the season.
    3. ^ From this year the Federation Cup was discontinued and a newly rebranded Super Cup was introduced.
    4. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown the I-League matches were cancelled after 14 March 2020, and Mohun Bagan were declared the champions by points table. The Super Cup wasn't also held for the lockdown and Durand Cup was promoted to the de-facto league cup.


    Statistics

    Updated as of 10 October 2020

    Overall results in ISL

    Main article: Indian Super League
    Year Played Won Draw Lost Goal Difference Points Position
    2020-21 - - - - - - -

    Result summary in ISL

    Opposition Span Played Won Draw Lost Win %
    Bengaluru FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    Chennaiyin FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    S.C East Bengal 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    FC Goa 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    Hyderabad FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    Jamshedpur FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    Kerala Blasters FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    Mumbai City FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    NorthEast United FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00
    Odisha FC 2020- 0 0 0 0 00.00

    Honours

    Further information on Honours received by Mohun Bagan: List of Mohun Bagan A.C. records and statistics
    As of 9 June 2020, the following honours are only the AIFF run national titles that Mohun Bagan have won.[67]

    Local

    Winners (30): 1939, 1943, 1944, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018

    National

    Winners (16) (record): 1953, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1994, 2000
    Winners (14) (record): 1955, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000
    Winners (22): 1911, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2003
    Winners (2): 2014–15, 2019–20
    Winners (3) (record): 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02
    Winners (14) (record): 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2015–16
    Winners (2): 2007, 2009

    Filmography

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    Further reading

    • Mohun Bagan A.C. (cricket)
    • Mohun Bagan A.C. (youth)
    • Sen, Dwaipayan (2013). "Wiping the Stain Off the Field of Plassey: Mohun Bagan in 1911". In Bandyopadhyay, Kausik; Mallick, Sabyasachi (eds.). Fringe Nations in World Soccer. Routledge. pp. 52–76. ISBN 978-1-317-99810-5.
    • Sen, Ronojoy (2015). "The Empire Strikes Back: The 1911 IFA Shield and Football in Calcutta". Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-16490-0.
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