Dhanmondi Sports Club

Dhanmondi Sports Club
Full nameDhanmondi Sports Club
NicknamesYellow Fear
(Bengali: হলুদ আতঙ্ক)
Founded
  • 1962; 64 years ago (1962) (as Dhanmondi Club)
  • 2010; 16 years ago (2010) (renamed as Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited)
  • May 8, 2026; 5 months ago (2026-05-08) (renamed as Dhanmondi Sports Club)
GroundSheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium
Capacity5,000
ChairmanSafwan Sobhan
ManagerVacant
LeagueBangladesh Championship League
2026–27TBD
Websitebashundharagroup.com

Dhanmondi Sports Club (Bengali:ধানমন্ডি স্পোর্টস ক্লাব) is a professional football club based in the Dhanmondi area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club competes in the Bangladesh Football League, the top-flight of football in Bangladesh. It previously known as Dhanmondi Club before adding the founder's name after turning into a limited company. Dhanmondi Sports Club is one of the most successful football clubs in Bangladesh.

History

Dhanmondi Club took control of its current ground in Dhanmondi in 1962 when it was established. In 2004, the President of Dhanmondi Club and vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation, Khairul Anwar Piaru was shot dead inside the club premises. In 2007, a court in Dhaka sentenced five people to death for his murder. In 2009, the club was renamed Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club after Sheikh Jamal, a brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The club's occupation of the playground has been protested by Bangladesh Poribesh Abndolon, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, and Institute of Architects, Bangladesh. The club promised to play quality football when called up to the Bangladesh Premier League in 2010–11 season directly from the Dhaka Second Division League. The club was crowned champions in their inaugural season in the professional league.

On 22 August 2024, Sheikh Jamal and Sheikh Russel withdrew from the BPL due to the withdrawal of their sponsor Bashundhara Group.

Shirt sponsors

Period Shirt sponsor
2010–2014 United Commercial Bank (UCB)
2015 Bashundhara Group
2016 Yellow
2018– Bashundhara A4 Paper

Stadium

Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club wanted to use Faridpur Stadium as a their home Stadium for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League however they had to play all of their matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium which is in the Motijheel area in the heart of the city. The stadium had a capacity of close to 55,000 before the work of renovation, making it then the largest stadium of the country. After the renovation, it still remains the largest stadium of the country.

Current squad

As of 29 March 2024

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  BAN Ishaque Akonddo
2 DF  BAN Monjurur Rahman Manik
3 DF  BAN Rajib Hossain
4 DF  BAN Mohamed Atikuzzaman
5 DF  BAN Tareq Miah
6 MF  BAN Abu Shaeid
8 MF  BAN Mohammad Abdullah
10 MF  BRA Higor Leite (Vice-captain)
11 FW  BAN Sazzad Hossain
12 MF  BAN Kaushik Barua
13 MF  BAN Atiqur Rahman Fahad (Captain)
14 MF  BAN Akkas Ali
15 DF  BAN Shakil Hossain
16 MF  UZB Shakhzod Shaymanov
17 FW  BAN Foysal Ahmed Fahim
18 MF  BAN Jayed Ahmed
19 FW  BAN Piash Ahmed Nova
20 DF  BAN Md Taj Uddin
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF  BAN Shakil Ahmed
22 GK  BAN Md Billal Hossain
23 DF  BAN Joynal Abedin Dipu
24 DF  BAN Md Alfaj Mia
27 MF  BAN Md Arifur Rahman Shemanto
29 FW  SEN Abou Touré
33 DF  BAN Md Sumon Ahmed
36 GK  BAN Hamidur Rahman Remon
37 FW  BAN Mehedi Hasan Hridoy
44 MF  BAN Md Alamgir
50 FW  GHA Philip Adjah
55 FW  BAN Al Amin
66 DF  BAN Mahamudul Hasan Kiron
77 FW  BAN Fayed Azim Ifty
88 MF  BAN Md Afnan Ishraq
93 DF  UZB Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov
99 GK  BAN Mahfuz Hasan Pritom

Current Technical Staff

As of 30 January 2024
Position Name
Head coach Vacant
Assistant coach Vacant
Goalkeeping coach Bangladesh Nazmul Karim Badal
Team Manager Bangladesh Faraz Hossain
Trainer Vacant
Physio Bangladesh Goljer Ahmed
Video Analyst Bangladesh Nasif Islam
Media Manager Bangladesh Mehady Hasan Redoy

Coaches

Football Committee Chairman

Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu

Notable players

Africa

North America

Team records

Head coach's record

As of 29 May 2024
Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
Sri Lanka Pakir Ali 18 January 2011 2011 1814403910077.78
Bangladesh Maruful Haque 14 June 2014 27 May 2015 3023438131076.67
Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik 9 February 2016 19 July 2016 156182833040.00
Bangladesh Mahabub Hossain Roksy 15 November 2017 5 February 2018 147432820050.00
Nigeria Joseph Afusi 7 May 2018 18 April 2019 195861924026.32
Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik 2 May 2019 8 August 2021 401910117763047.50
Bangladesh Mosharraf Hossain Badal 9 August 2021 27 August 2021 6411104066.67
Spain Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez November 2021 9 April 2022 188822824044.44
Nigeria Joseph Afusi 13 April 2022 2 August 2022 114251419036.36
Bangladesh Maruful Haque 25 October 2022 August 2023 28711103946025.00
North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski 31 August 2023 30 January 2024 311152033.33
India Francisco Bruto Da Costa ‡ 4 December 2023 14 January 2024 310223033.33
Bangladesh Saifur Rahman Moni ‡ 15 January 2024 30 January 2024 320164066.67
Bangladesh Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu 30 January 2024 30 May 2024 142661020014.29

‡– Caretaker ^– 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

All time top scorer

Ranking Name Years Goals
1 The Gambia Solomon King Kanform 2018-22 48
2 The Gambia Pa Omar Jobe 2017-22 25
3 Uzbekistan Otabek Valizhonov 2020-23 20
4 The Gambia Suleiman Sillah 2020-23 17
5 Nigeria Raphael Odovin Onwrebe 2017-18 15

Honours

Winners

2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
1978
1968
2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15
2002
2011
2014

Runners-up

1999
2012–13, 2020–21
2010–11, 2012–13
2012–13
2014

Performance in AFC competitions

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club have qualified for continental competition on two occasions.

2012 AFC President's Cup

The first was in 2012 when they qualified for the third-tier AFC President's Cup. However, before the tournament started they withdrew, citing security concern of playing in Pakistan.

2016 AFC Cup

Four years later, having won the 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League, they qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup. In the qualifying round, they were drawn in Group A along with hosts Alga Bishkek from Kyrgyzstan and Benfica de Macau. They beat Benfica de Macau 4–1 in their opening game and then drew with hosts Alga to qualify for the group stage without having to go through the playoff round due to a lack of teams in the east region. They were drawn against Tampines Rovers from Singapore, Ceres from the Philippines and Selangor from Malaysia.

Club records

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Fourth oldest club competition, organized by the IFA (W.B.) and played between local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

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