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Mohun Bagan
Full nameMohun Bagan Super Giant
Nickname(s)The Mariners;
The Green & Maroons Sobuj Maroon
Short nameMBSG
Founded15 August 1889; 135 years ago (1889-08-15) (as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club)[1]
Ground
Capacity
  • 85,000
  • 22,000
OwnerRPSG Mohun Bagan Pvt. Ltd.:
ChairmanSanjiv Goenka
Head coachJosé Francisco Molina
LeagueIndian Super League
2023–24Indian Super League, 1st of 12 (champions)
Playoffs: Runners-up
Current season

Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football league system. The club is most notable for its victory over the East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final. This victory made Mohun Bagan the first all-Indian club to win a championship over a British club and was a major moment during India's push for independence.[2]

The club's full name for much of its history was Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, often shortened to just Mohun Bagan; from 1998 to 2015 the club took on the name McDowell Mohun Bagan Football Club due to a sponsorship. On 16 January 2020, it was announced that the RPSG Group (KGSPL), the owners of ATK FC, along with former cricketer Sourav Ganguly and businessmen Utsav Parekh, acquired an 80% stake in Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Pvt Ltd, the legal entity owning the football division of Mohun Bagan. ATK FC was officially disbanded on 1 July 2020, and Mohun Bagan entered the Indian Super League in the 2020-21 season with the name ATK Mohun Bagan. In 2023, after severe protests from the Mohun Bagan supporters, KGSPL removed "ATK" and changed the name to Mohun Bagan Super Giant, moving the club closer to its historic name.[3]

Mohun Bagan has won the top-flight football league a record seven times — Indian Super League twice, I-League twice and National Football League thrice.[4] They are the most successful Indian club in the history of the Federation Cup, having won the championship a record 14 times.[5] The club has also won several other trophies, including the ISL playoffs (1 time), the Durand Cup (17 times), the IFA Shield (22 times), the Rovers Cup (14 times) and the Calcutta Football League (30 times).[6][7][8]

In the 2024–25 Indian Super League, Mohun Bagan became the first club to successfully defend the League Shield as they won their 2nd consecutive League Shield and 7th Indian League title, a record in Indian football. Mohun Bagan also became the 1st ISL Club to cross the 50 point mark and the 1st Indian Club to reach 1000 points mark in the Indian National Football League history.

The club annually contests in Asia's oldest rivalry, the Kolkata Derby against its long-time local rival East Bengal,[9] with the first derby match being played on 8 August 1921.[10] Mohun Bagan was one of the founding members of National Football League in 1996, and has never been relegated from the top-tier league of the country. On 29 July 2019, during its 130th year, the club was inducted into the "Club of Pioneers", a network of the oldest existing football clubs around the world.[11]

History

Main article: History of Mohun Bagan Super Giant

Early years (1889–99)

Mohun Bagan was established on 15 August 1889, with Bhupendra Nath Bose becoming the first president of the newly founded club and Jyotindra Nath Bose the first secretary of it. Mohun Bagan played their first match in 1889 against the team of Eden Hindu Hostel students and lost 1–0.[12][13]

Entering the ISL and achieving success (2020–present)

Starting 11 of Mohun Bagan in the 2023 ISL Final

During this period, the organizers of ISL, as well as the club managements themselves, made efforts to include Mohun Bagan and East Bengal in the league. Accordingly, on 16 January 2020, it was announced that the RPSG Group (KGSPL), the owners of ATK FC, along with former cricketer Sourav Ganguly and businessmen Utsav Parekh, acquired an 80% stake in Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Pvt Ltd, the legal entity owning the football division of Mohun Bagan. ATK FC was officially disbanded on 1 July 2020 and Mohun Bagan entered the Indian Super League in the 2020-21 season with the name ATK Mohun Bagan . In 2023, after severe protests from the Mohun Bagan supporters, KGSPL removed ATK and changed the name to Mohun Bagan Super Giant.

Mohun Bagan performed well in their first two ISL seasons under Antonio Lopez Habas, but it was in the 2022-23 season when they won their 1st ISL Cup title under Juan Ferrando by defeating Bengaluru FC 4-3 on penalties. After the win, Mr. Sanjeev Goenka himself announced the removal of ATK and the change of name to Mohun Bagan Super Giant.

Mohun Bagan started the 2023-24 season by winning the 2023 Durand Cup after defeating arch rivals East Bengal 1-0 in the Final and this was their record 17th Durand Cup win. They started the 2023-24 Indian Super League very well but their form declined and Antonio Habas replaced Ferrando as the head coach. After this, they turned things around with stong performances from the players and won their 1st ISL League Shield by defeating Mumbai City 2-1 on the last match day of the 2023-24 season. This was the 6th Indian League title for Mohun Bagan. In the 2024-25 Indian Super League Mohun Bagan became the first team to successfully defend their League title as they won their 2nd consecutive League Shield and 7th Indian League title with a 1-0 win against Odisha FC with two matches left. Mohun Bagan ended their league stage campaign with a win over FC Goa with 2-0, shattering numerous ISL and Indian football team records, notably being the first Indian club to reach 1000 points in cummulative Indian top division leagues competitions. As of March 2025, Mohun Bagan have never lost a Kolkata derby to arch rivals East Bengal in the ISL and have dominated the fixture significantly.

Club crest and kits

The club's crest is circular and consists of a sailing country boat painted in green and maroon colors. The boat perhaps signifies the club's place of establishment; northern Kolkata, on the banks of the Ganges. The city was the capital during the later 19th century and a prime trade center of British India, and the primary mode of transportation was through the waterways.

The initial crest of the club varied much due to the lack of any requirement for logo registration, hence any club could use any logo during any tournament. Initially the club crest consisted of the picture of a Royal Bengal tiger laying either amidst a dense jungle, probably indicating the famous Sundarbans, or simply a palm tree.[14] The crest with the tiger lying under a palm tree was used during the famous 1911 IFA Shield. A similar logo was used by another Maidan based club Rajasthan Club, which incited confusions among the locals, henceforth, in 1920s the club came up with a new logo with the iconic sailing boat.[15]

The club's crest is used for all sporting activities other than the football division of the club. The crest for the football division of the club has changed mutatis mutandis from time to time due to ownership changes, all the while retaining the signature Green and Maroon colours and the sailboat.

After the 2020 rebranding to ATK Mohun Bagan, for the first time the football team crest did not mention the foundation year – 1889, which fueled the ongoing controversy over the ownership deal.[16] Later, in 2023, when the football team undergo another rebrand, the new crest incorporated 1889.[17]

Priyanath Mitra, the successor of one of the founding families' head Kirti Mitra, had the club's first green-maroon jerseys stitched by a renowned European tailoring shop, Messrs. Rankin on Old Court House Street and since then the primary colours for the home kit has ever been green and maroon.[18] The patterns for the home kit had many variations including halves, stripes and diagonals. The away colours of the team is predominantly white with green-maroon imprints.

1889–1930[a]
1930–1960
1960–1990
1990–2010
2010–2014
2014–2019
2019–2023
2023–present

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Note: In numerous seasons, the sponsors have varied according to the tournament the team participated in. The following list includes only the kit sponsors during the national league games.

Period Kit manufacturer Primary sponsor Back sponsor Chest sponsor Sleeve sponsor
1993–94 Power
1994–95 Emami
1995–96 Pepsi
1996–97 McDowell's No.1
1997–98 Tata Tea
1998–01 McDowell's No.1[19] Coca-Cola
2001–06
2006–11 Reebok
2011-12 Adidas
2012–13 Fila Amra
2013–15 Shiv Naresh Ripley
2015–17
2017-18 M.P Birla Cement
SRMB Steel
2018-19 Officer's Choice Blue
2019-20
2020–21 Nivia SBOTOP[20] TV9 Bangla CESC
2021–22 CESC BKT
2022–23 Parimatch News[21] Gigabyte CESC
2023–24 1xBet
2024– Skechers Arun Icecreams

Stadiums

Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan

Main article: Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan


Mohun Bagan plays most of its home matches at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, commonly called Salt Lake Stadium, located in the suburb of Kolkata in Bidhannagar.[22]

Oliver Kahn's farewell match against Mohun Bagan at the Salt Lake Stadium

A multi-purpose stadium owned by the Government of West Bengal under Youth Affairs and Sports Department, the VYBK primarily hosts football matches, apart from occasional track and field events. The stadium was built in 1984, predominately for matches like Kolkata Derby that featured attendance too huge for the grounds in Maidan to accommodate.

Before its renovation in 2011, it was the largest football stadium in the world, with a capacity of 120,000. Before the construction and opening of Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in 1989, it was the largest football stadium in the world. It is currently the fourth-largest sports stadium in Asia by capacity. The gigantic stadium features three tiers of concrete galleries with nine entry gates, including a VIP gate and 30 ramps for the spectators to reach the viewing blocks.

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 the Eden Gardens.[23] The stadium is operated by Mohun Bagan uses it as a training ground, although in 2017 it had been used for a few of their I-League matches. The office and club tent is adjacent to the stadium.

Mohun Bagan Ground in 2018

This ground is mainly used for Calcutta Football League matches. The stadium has galleries on three sides and a rampart on the fourth side. The north side, a contemporary gallery of the stadium, having bucket seats installed, is for the members.[24]

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.[25] After coming in as the principal investor, KGSPL renovated the stadium in the lines of Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan with artificial turf and upgraded amenities so that it can be used for practice and home matches in Indian Super League and other big tournaments as and when required.

Supporters

The fans, known as Mariners, have the reputation of being very loyal and respectful of the club, whom they often consider to be a mother-like figure in their lives. They have had the distinction of the highest attendance during the club's tenure in I-League.[26] There are several fanclubs dedicated to the club in different parts of West Bengal and beyond. Mohun Bagan had the highest average attendance with an average home crowd of 17,068 in the 2013–14 season, as per the AIFF reports.[27] In the 2014-15 I-League season, their vocal support in away matches in Pune, Mumbai and Bengaluru was arguably unseen in Indian football until then. 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 in Bangalore, of this "...over 8,000 were away fans, traveling from as far as Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune to watch the game", noted Sunando Dhar, the CEO of I-League.[28] 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.[29] After the induction into ISL, Mohun Bagan continued its reputation of consistently high attendance, and in 2023–24 ISL created the records for highest ever total attendance in any single Indian football season, highest average attendance of the season and highest attendance in an ISL final.[30]

In 2015 an all-female supporters' group called Lady Mariners, was established which became India's first all-female football supporter's club,[31] and around 2016, an ultras called Mariners' Base Camp was formed with its various wings all around India to modernize fan movement through tifos, chants, slogans and pyrotechnics.[32][33] The fanclubs have regularly taken part in social causes, such as holding periodic blood donation camps, distributing clothes and blankets to the poor or collecting funds and providing relief during the COVID-19 lockdown and Cyclone Amphan.[34] In an unprecedented event, Mohun Bagan and its arch-rival East Bengal's respective fanclubs called for a unified mass protest on 18 August 2024, after the cancellation of the scheduled derby of Durand Cup on security grounds fearing a civil unrest surrounding the rape and murder incident at R.G. Kar Medical College.[35][36][37]

One of the biggest banners in Indian football unfurled by Mumbai Pune Mariners at the Cooperage Ground in 2016

Mohun Bagan fans had historically been noted for lending financial helps to the club during times of struggle. In the early 2000s, a Mohun Bagan fan mortgaged his house to raise funds for signing José Barreto.[38] In 2013, Lt. Col. Abhishek Mukherjee donated his entire monthly salary to the financially distressed club.[39] The passion for the club had at times been found crossing bounds, for instance, in 1975, an ardent fan named Umakanto Palodhi had infamously committed suicide and had written in his suicide note that he will be born as a Mohun Bagan footballer in the next life to take revenge for that 0–5 defeat.[40] In 2020, a disabled fan named Tinku Das also had committed suicide for unknown reasons with the Mohun Bagan flag draped around him.[41]

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29 Jul 2020[42]

The impassioned fans of Mohun Bagan time and again has been seen expressing their love and respect for the club on various media and at numerous occasions. On 29 July 2020 (Mohun Bagan Day), Mariners abroad took an initiative to feature the club on the billboards of NASDAQ at Times Square, in order to celebrate the day during the times of pandemic when all the fans in India were under a lockdown.[43][44] This made Mohun Bagan the first ever Indian sports entity to be featured on the NASDAQ billboards at Times Square.[45] Renowned football fan couple, Pannalal and Chaitali Chatterjee, who traveled abroad to 10 FIFA World Cups to represent India's footballing passion, was quoted on a game show, "You can cut open my wrist. You will see Mohun Bagan running in my veins, and nothing will ever change that."[46]

The takeover of KGSPL of the football division of Mohun Bagan met with a harshly negative response from the Mariners, followed by numerous protests around the city, digitally and on the streets.[47][48] The supporters believed that this takeover, which was popularly termed as "the merger of ATK and Mohun Bagan" would become a mark of conclusion for their 'mother club' and its century-old legacy. Gradually as the air of doubts were cleared, the resentment thawed. However, most of the ultras continued to voice their demands with hard statements.[49][50][51] Ultimately, the principal owner of the football team Sanjiv Goenka announced the removal of "ATK" from the team's name at the end of the season and renaming it as Mohun Bagan Super Giant officially on 1 June 2023 and i.e., how the club again got its name back.[52]

Mohun Bagan had been backed by numerous celebrities among whom includes Hemendra Kumar Ray,[53] Manna Dey,[54] Jyoti Basu,[55] R. D. Burman,[56] Sourav Ganguly,[57] Amitabh Bachchan,[58] Uttam Kumar,[59] Mithun Chakraborty[60] and many more.

Rivalries

Rivalry of the Big Three

Further information: Football in Kolkata

Kolkata Derby

See also: Kolkata Derby
The Kolkata Derby
The Kolkata Derby

Mohun Bagan's biggest rivalry is with city rivals East Bengal, popularly known as the Kolkata Derby. The rivalry dates back to pre-independence India and trascends sports. Culturally, the rivalry has a lot of significance to the people of Kolkata. Mohun Bagan represents people existing in the western part of Bengal (known as Ghotis), while East Bengal is primarily supported by people hailing from the eastern part of pre-independence Bengal (known as Bangals).

Mohun Bagan vs East Bengal, termed as the Kolkata Derby, is the biggest derby in India and is also considered one of Asia's most heated rivalries. Matches between the two teams are often sold out. The celebrations of a derby win are traditionally marked with dishes prepared from either ilish or golda chingri, depending on which team wins. The East Bengal supporters celebrate their win with ilish courses, being associated to the eastern region of Bengal (now Bangladesh), whereas the Mohun Bagan fans celebrate with courses of golda chingri.

Till 25 February 2023, 384 matches have been played between the two teams out of which Mohun Bagan has won 127 matches and East Bengal FC have won 132 times[61] (including all competitive matches and exhibition games) and rest of the matches ended in draws.[62]

The first official Kolkata Derby news report

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. Rabi Ganguly scored the first-ever derby goal in that match, 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 FC 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 two consecutive derbies on two successive days (7 and 8 August 1935) and had the unique distinction of losing only one derby in 7 years (1933 to 1939). During this phase, they won 29 trophies. Out of 23 derbies they won 12, drew 10 and lost only 1 against their arch-rivals. It was a golden period in the history of the club.

A few notable victories include the Darbhanga Shield match on 5 September 1934, when Mohun Bagan won 4–1 (Amiya Deb scored all four goals, the only time a player scored four goals in this derby), and a 5–3 win in an I-League encounter on 25 October 2009 (Chidi Edeh scored four goals). They have won several derbies scoring four goals against East Bengal FC. One such instance was in Raja Memorial Shield final played on 6 August 1937 at the common ground of both the clubs (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan), where Mohun Bagan beat East Bengal FC 4–0 and Asit Ganguly scored three goals in that match.[63]

Mini Derby

Blue Pilgrims unfurl a tifo displaying different club fans united together.
Tifo displaying fans of (left to right) Mohammedan, Mohun Bagan and East Bengal united as the 12th man in support for India at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in 2019.

Mohun Bagan also has a significant rivalry against Mohammedan.[64] The feud dates back to the early 1930s, when Mohammedan came out as one of the top contenders in the Calcutta Football League, winning seven titles from 1934 to 1941. After that, until 1958, all the CFL titles were won by the three rival clubs, often referred to as the Big Three of Maidan (Bengali: ময়দানের তিন প্রধান).[65] They also competed against each other in major tournaments like Durand Cup, Rovers Cup and IFA Shield.[66][67][68]

The rivalry had a communal background in the beginning, with Mohammedan being a Muslim-only club representing the Muslim population of Kolkata, leading to the Hindus in the city to show their support for Mohun Bagan and East Bengal despite them not having communal backgrounds. The communal tension faded by the 1960s when Mohammedan began to sign non-Muslim players regularly.[69]

However, by then the club had lost their dominance in Indian football. After the inception of national tournaments like Federation Cup and National Football League, Mohammedan was no longer seen as an elite club as they played in the lower tiers of Indian football. Thus, the club rarely met Mohun Bagan and East Bengal at major tournaments as the latter were competing in the top tier.

After winning the 2023-24 I-League, Mohammedan was promoted to the Indian Super League and the 2024-25 will be the first time in 10 years that the three Kolkata giants will be competing in the same national league.[70] Unlike the ever-flirting East Bengal-Mohun Bagan feud termed the Kolkata Derby, the matches including Mohammedan and Mohun Bagan or East Bengal, are commonly termed as Mini Kolkata Derby.[71][72][73]

Ownership

Presently, a consortium called RPSG Mohun Bagan Private Limited, whose 80% shares are owned by Kolkata Games and Sports Private Limited and 20% shares by Mohun Bagan Athletic Club Private Limited, jointly controls the football department of Mohun Bagan AC.[74] RPSG Group founder and chairman Sanjiv Goenka is the principal owner of the consortium.[75]

History of ownerships and respective naming
Year Ownership Football team name
1889–1890 Mohun Bagan Society[76] Mohun Bagan Sporting Club
1890–1998 Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
1998–2015 United Mohun Bagan Private Limited[b] McDowell's Mohun Bagan Football Club
2015–2017 Mohun Bagan Society Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
2017–2020 Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited[78] Mohun Bagan Football Club
2020–2023 RPSG Mohun Bagan Private Limited ATK Mohun Bagan Football Club
2023–present Mohun Bagan Super Giant

Management

Sanjiv Goenka, the principal owner of Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Office Name
Chairman Sanjiv Goenka[79]
Chief executive officer Raghu Iyer[20]
Board members Utsav Parekh[79]
Gautam Roy[79]
Sanjeev Mehra[79]
Debasish Dutta[79]
Soumik Bose[80]

Coaching staff

Main article: List of Mohun Bagan Super Giant managers
José Francisco Molina, the head coach of Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Position Name
Head coach Spain José Francisco Molina
Assistant coach Serbia Igor Taševski
India Bastob Roy
Goalkeeping coach Spain Francisco J. Martinez
Fitness coach Spain Sergio Garcia Toribo
Team Doctor India Nelson Pinto
Team Manager India Abhishek Bhattacharjee
Physiotherapist India Abhinandan Chatterjee
India Kaushik Bhuiya
Youth/Reserve team Head coach India Deggie Cardozo

Players

Main article: List of Mohun Bagan Super Giant players
See also: List of Mohun Bagan Super Giant captains

First-team squad

As of August 2024[81]

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 Vishal Kaith
2 DF India IND Sumit Rathi
3 DF India IND Raj Basfore
5 DF Australia AUS Tom Aldred
7 MF India IND Anirudh Thapa
9 FW Australia AUS Dimitri Petratos
10 FW Scotland SCO Greg Stewart
11 FW India IND Manvir Singh
12 GK India IND Dheeraj Singh
13 MF India IND Ningomba Engson Singh
15 DF India IND Subhasish Bose (Captain)
16 MF India IND Abhishek Suryavanshi
17 FW India IND Liston Colaco
18 MF India IND Sahal Abdul Samad
19 FW India IND Ashique Kuruniyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Spain ESP Alberto Rodríguez
22 MF India IND Deepak Tangri
24 GK India IND Syed Zahid Hussain Bukhari
27 FW India IND Md. Fardin Ali Molla
29 FW Australia AUS Jamie Maclaren
31 GK India IND Arsh Anwer Shaikh
32 DF India IND Dippendu Biswas
33 MF India IND Glan Martins
35 FW Australia AUS Jason Cummings
36 MF India IND Amandeep Vrish Bhan
44 DF India IND Asish Rai
45 MF India IND Lalengmawia Ralte
50 MF India IND Taison Singh Loitongbam
55 DF Portugal POR Nuno Reis
72 FW India IND Suhail Bhat
77 DF India IND Ravi Bahadur Rana

Top scorers

Top scorers in National League (NFL/I-League/ISL)

Ranking Nationality Name Years Goals
1  Brazil José Ramirez Barreto 1999–2004, 2006–2012 94[82]
2  Nigeria Odafa Onyeka Okolie 2011–2014 51[82]
3  India Bhaichung Bhutia 2002–2003, 2006–2009 25[82]
4  Haiti Sony Nordé 2014–2019 24
5  Australia Dimi Petratos 2022– 23
6  India Manvir Singh 2020– 21
 Nigeria Chidi Edeh 2009–2011
 Cameroon Aser Pierrick Dipanda 2017–2019
7  Fiji Roy Krishna 2020–2022 19
  • Includes only league goals. ISL play-off goals are not counted.

Top scorers in ISL play-offs

Ranking Nationality Name Years Goals
1  Australia Dimi Petratos 2022– 3
 Australia David Williams 2020–2022 3
2  Australia Jason Cummings 2023– 2
 Fiji Roy Krishna 2020–2022 2
 India Manvir Singh 2020– 2
3  India Sahal Abdul Samad 2022– 1
 France Hugo Boumous 2021–2024 1

Top scorers in Calcutta Football League

Mohun Bagan's all-time top Indian goalscorer, Chuni Goswami

Note: Only senior team players with more than 50 goals have been listed below.

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
 India Subhash Bhowmick 1970–1972, 1976–1978
7  Brazil José Ramirez Barreto 1999–2004, 2006–2012 57
 India Kesto Pal 1954–1959
9  India Samar Banerjee 1952–1959 55
 India Shyam Thapa 1977–1983
11  India Mohammad Akbar 1976–1978 51
 India Poongam Kannan 1966–1968, 1971, 1973–1975

Top scorers in post ISL era, in all competitions

Note: Data collected from 2020 ( as of 08.03.2025)

Ranking Nationality Name Years Goals Appearances
1  Australia Dimitrios Petratos 2022– 32 86
2  India Manvir Singh 2020– 30 143
3  India Liston Colaço 2021– 29 122
4  Australia Jason Cummings 2023– 27 64
5  Fiji Roy Krishna 2020–2022 24 46
6  Australia David Williams 2020–22 16 46

Notable players

The eleven players of the 1911 IFA Shield winning team are often regarded as the Amar Ekadash (transl. Immortal Eleven).[83][84]

Season overall

Overview

Main article: List of Mohun Bagan Super Giant seasons

Note: The club's competitive record only since 1996, when the first national-level league was incepted, is listed below.

Season National Football League (till 2007)
I-League (2007–2020)
Indian Super League (2020– ) 		ISL Play–Offs
(2020–) 		Federation Cup (till 2017, 2024– )
Super Cup (2018–2024)
 Durand Cup Asian club competition Calcutta Premier Division Other major honours
Pos Pl W D L GF GA Pts.
1996–97 [c]5th of 6 (First phase) 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 N/A Quarterfinalists DNP DNQ 1st Bordoloi Trophy
1997–98 1st 18 9 6 2 20 10 34 Semifinalists Runners-up 2nd
1998–99 4th 20 6 9 5 19 17 27 Winners Semifinalists 2nd IFA Shield
1999–00 1st 22 14 5 3 36 17 47 Cancelled Semifinalists Asian Club Championship Qualifying
round 2 		2nd IFA Shield
2000–01 2nd 22 13 6 3 40 19 45 Winners DNQ 1st Rovers Cup
2001–02 1st 22 13 5 4 31 19 44 Winners 2nd of 3

(Final group stage)

3rd Bordoloi Trophy
2002–03 7th 22 9 6 7 35 25 33 Semifinalists DNP AFC Champions League Qualifying
round 4 		2nd All Airlines Gold Cup
2003–04 9th 22 6 6 10 23 24 24 Cancelled DNQ 2nd IFA Shield
2004–05 8th 22 5 8 9 16 19 23 Runners-up Runners-up 1st All Airlines Gold Cup
2005–06 3rd 17 8 6 3 17 10 30 Pre-quarterfinalists DNP 2nd All Airlines Gold Cup
2006–07 8th 18 5 6 7 15 21 21 Winners Semifinalists AFC Cup 2nd of 4

(Group stage)

1st Indian Super Cup
2007–08 4th 18 8 6 4 22 17 30 Semifinalists DNP DNQ 1st
2008–09 2nd 22 13 4 5 30 20 43 Winners AFC Cup 4th of 4

(Group Stage)

1st Indian Super Cup
2009–10 5th 26 10 6 10 48 43 36 Semifinalists Runners-up DNQ 2nd
2010–11 6th 26 8 10 8 34 32 34 Runners-up DNP 3rd
2011–12 4th 26 13 8 5 51 32 47 4th of 4

(Final Group Phase)

2nd All Airlines Gold Cup
2012–13 [d]10th 26 11 8 7 40 34 29 2nd of 4

(Final group phase)

2nd
2013–14 8th 24 6 10 8 23 24 28 Semifinalists 2nd
2014–15 1st 20 11 6 3 33 16 39 3rd of 5

(Group stage)

2nd
2015–16 2nd 16 8 6 2 32 16 30 Winners Cancelled AFC Champions League Qualifying round 2 3rd
AFC Cup Round of 16
2016–17 2nd 18 10 6 2 27 12 36 Runners-up DNP AFC Cup 3rd of 4

(Group stage)

3rd
2017–18 3rd 18 8 7 3 28 14 31 Semifinalists Cancelled DNQ 2nd
2018–19 5th 20 8 5 7 27 28 29 DNP[e] 1st
2019–20 1st 16 12 3 1 35 13 39 Cancelled Runners-up 2nd
2020–21 2nd 20 12 4 4 28 15 40 Runners-up Cancelled AFC Cup Inter-zone play-off semifinal Cancelled
2021–22 3rd 20 10 7 3 37 26 37 Semifinalists DNP AFC Cup Inter-zone play-off semifinal DNP
2022–23 3rd 20 10 4 6 24 17 34 Winners 3rd of 4

(Group Stage)

3rd of 5

(Group Stage)

—
2023–24 1st 22 15 3 4 47 26 48 Runners-up 2nd of 4

(Group Stage)

Winners AFC Cup 3rd of 4

(Group Stage)

5th of 6

(Super Six)

2024–25 1st 24 17 5 2 47 16 56 Qualified TBD

(TBD)

Runners-up AFC Champions League Two 4th[f] of 4

(Group Stage)

7th of 13

(Group Stage)


Performance in AFC competitions

Main article: Mohun Bagan in international football

All stats as per Mohun Bagan official site[85][86][87]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Agg. Highest Scorer
1987 Asian Club Championship Qualifying round Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 0–2 Sisir Ghosh
(6 goals)
Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 6–1
Pakistan PAF FC 4–1
Bangladesh Mohammedan SC 2–2
1988–89 Asian Club Championship Qualifying round Pakistan Crescent Textile FC 8–0 Sisir Ghosh
(5 goals)
Nepal Kathmandu SC 4–2
Oman Fanja SC 1–0
Semi-final round Kuwait Kazma SC 0–1
China Guangdong Hongyuan FC 0–6
Iraq Al-Rasheed SC 0–2
1990–91 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round China Dalian Shide FC 0–1 0–4 0–5 —
1994–95 Asian Club Championship Preliminary round Maldives Club Valencia 7–1 Tausif Jamal
(4 goals)
Sri Lanka Ratnam SC 5–1
Second round Thailand Thai Farmers Bank FC 0–4 0–3 [g] 0–7
1995 Asian Club Championship First round Maldives Club Valencia 2–1 0–1 2–2
(a) 		Manoharan, Satyabrata Bhowmik
(1 goal each)
1999–00 Asian Club Championship First round Bangladesh Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 2–1 0–0 2–1 Chima Okorie, Dipendu Biswas
(1 goal each)
Second round Japan Júbilo Iwata 8–0 n/p[h] 8–0
2002–03 AFC Champions League Qualifying stage Sri Lanka Saunders SC 2–0 5–1 5–3 Baichung Bhutia
(4 goals)
Maldives Club Valencia 2–2 3–0 5–2
South Korea Daejeon Hana Citizen 0–6 1–2 2–7
2007 AFC Cup Group stage Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 0–0 0–2 0–2 Lalawmpuia Pachuau
(2 goals)
Thailand Osotspa Samut Prakan FC 1–0 0–0 1–0
Malaysia Pahang FC 2–1 2–0 4–1
2009 AFC Cup Group stage Syria Al-Karamah SC 0–1 0–4 0–5 Rakesh Masih
(1 goal)
Jordan Al-Wehdat SC 1–2 0–5 1–7
Kuwait Kuwait SC 0–1 0–6 0–7
2016 AFC Champions League Qualifying stage Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 3–1 Cornell Glen, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Katsumi Yusa
(1 goal each)
China Shandong Taishan FC 0–6
AFC Cup Group stage Maldives Maziya S&RC 5–2 1–1 6–3 Jeje Lalpekhlua
(6 goals)
Hong Kong South China AA 4–0 0–3 4–3
Myanmar Yangon United FC 3–2 1–1 4–3
Round of 16 Singapore Tampines Rovers FC 1–2
2017 AFC Cup Qualifying stage Sri Lanka Colombo FC 2–1 2–1 4–2 Jeje Lalpekhlua
(4 goals)
Maldives Club Valencia 1–1 4–1 5–2
Group stage India Bengaluru FC 1–2 3–1 4–3
Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 3–1 1–1 4–2
Maldives Maziya S&RC 0–1 2–5 2–6
2021 AFC Cup Group stage India Bengaluru FC 2–0 Roy Krishna

(2 goals)

Maldives Maziya S&RC 3–1
Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 1–1
Inter-zone play-offs Uzbekistan Nasaf Qarshi 0–6
2022 AFC Cup Qualifying stage Sri Lanka Blue Star SC 5–0 Liston Colaco

(4 goals)

Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 3–1
Group stage India Gokulam Kerala FC 2–4
Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 4–0
Maldives Maziya S&RC 5–2
Inter-zone play-offs Malaysia Kuala Lumpur City FC 1–3
2023–24 AFC Cup Qualifying stage Nepal Machhindra F.C. 3–1 Jason Cummings

(4 goals)

Bangladesh Abahani Limited Dhaka 3–1
Group stage India Odisha FC 4–0 2–5 6–5
Maldives Maziya S&RC 2–1 0–1 2–2
Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings 2–2 1–2 3–4


Honours

Mohun Bagan have won a record cumulative number of 262 honours in their 135 years of existence. Note: The following honours are only the AIFF certified titles that Mohun Bagan have won.[88]

Type Competition No. Seasons
National NFL/I-League[t 1]/Indian Super League 7 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2014–15, 2019–20, 2023–24, 2024–25
ISL Cup 1 2022–23
Federation Cup/Super Cup 14 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2015–16
Durand Cup 17 1953,[89] 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1994, 2000,[90] 2023
IFA Shield 22[91] 1911, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2003
Indian Super Cup 2 2007, 2009[92]
Rovers Cup 14 1955, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2000[93]
Regional Calcutta Football League 30[94] 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
Cooch Behar Cup 18 1904, 1905, 1907, 1912, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1936, 1941, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1972
Sikkim Gold Cup 10 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2017
Trades Cup 11 1906, 1907, 1908, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1965[95]
All Airlines Gold Cup 8 1989, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012
Bordoloi Trophy 7 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1996, 2001
Bolded denotes that the tournament is an active AIFF / IFA recognised competition.
Italicised denotes that the tournament is discontinued.
  Record
  1. ^ I-League was a top-tier league until 2021–2022

Mohun Bagan Day

See also: Mohun Bagan AC season awards

On 10 July 1911, Mohun Bagan had begun their third IFA Shield campaign. The tournament continued for the next 19 days, with Mohun Bagan eventually becoming the champions by defeating the East Yorkshire Regiment team. Thus, for the first time, a native club defeated the British and the British-Indian teams in a football tournament.[96]

Since 2001, 29 July is celebrated as Mohun Bagan Day in honor of the club's victory over East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield Final. To commemorate the day, the club organises the seasonal award distribution ceremony and, in collaboration with various Mohun Bagan fan clubs, numerous programmes, rallies, blood donation camps, charity and exhibition matches, including an annual Shibdas Bhaduri XI v Bijoydas Bhaduri XI football match that features former retired Mohun Bagan players.[97]

Campaign

1
Mohun Bagan3–0St. Xavier's College
  • A Ghosh
  • B Bhaduri
Rangers Ground, Kolkata
2
Mohun Bagan2–1Calcutta Rangers Club
  • Allen
Customs Ground, Kolkata
Quarter Final
Mohun Bagan1–0Rifle Brigade
  • B Bhaduri
Dalhousie Ground, Kolkata
Semi-final
Mohun Bagan1–1Middlesex Regiment
  • Roy
Dalhousie Ground, Kolkata
Semi Final rematch
Mohun Bagan3–0Middlesex Regiment
Dalhousie Ground, Kolkata
Final
Mohun Bagan2–1East Yorkshire Regiment
Attendance: 80000 (approx.)[98]
Referee: HG Pooler

Filmography

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The club used this kit during the early decades of its establishment.
  2. ^ The first corporate ownership of the club.[77]
  3. ^ Mohun Bagan originally finished the season in the relegation zone, but the decision to relegate was repelled later.
  4. ^ 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 nil points midway through the season.
  5. ^ Super Cup was boycotted by I-League clubs in protest of partiality against them over ISL clubs.
  6. ^ Considered Withdrawn
  7. ^ The AFC ordered that the 2nd leg was to be played in Malaysia due to a plague threat in India, but Mohun Bagan objected to the ruling; Thai Farmers Bank was given a walkover and Mohun Bagan was ejected from the competition, fined $3,000 and banned from AFC competitions for three years. The ban was later lifted.
  8. ^ The match was played over one leg by mutual agreement

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