| Full name | Mohun Bagan Athletic Club | Nickname | Mariners | Founded | 1889 | Stadium | India Salt Lake Stadium (Yuva Bharati Krirangan) capacity=120,000 Mohun Bagan Ground capacity=22,000 (capacity : 120,000 Mohun Bagan Ground ) | Manager | Biswajit Bhattacharjee | League | I-League Calcutta Football League | 2008-09 | I-League, 2nd |
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Mohun Bagan Athletic Club (Mohun Bagan AC) is the National sports club of India, best known for its football team, based in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Mohun Bagan AC is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia, having been established on 15 August 1889 and was later declared as the National Club of India. The first President of this club was Bhupendra Nath Bose. Mohun Bagan club has a complete Football Academy in collaboration with Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) at Durgapur.
The football team has been hugely successful since its establishment and has maintained its status as one of India's most successful club having won multiple trophies of national significance. Federation Cup (India), Rovers Cup, Durand Cup, IFA Shield and National & Domestic League to name a few. Mohun Bagan was the first Indian team to defeat a European team, when the team defeated the East Yorkshire Regiment, 2-1 to lift the 1911 IFA Shield. Mohun Bagan has carried on an intense local rivalry with the East Bengal Club.
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Tournament |
Records |
Championship Years |
Comments |
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National Football League (India) |
Three Titles |
Champions: 1997-98, 1999-00, 2001-02 |
First club to win NFL three times.Joint Most Titles. |
Federation Cup (India) |
Thirteen Titles |
Champions: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2008 |
Most Titles- |
Super Cup (India) |
Two Titles |
Champions: 2006-2007, 2008-2009. |
Joint Most Titles- |
Durand Cup |
Sixteen Titles |
Champions: |
Joint Most Titles |
IFA Shield |
Twenty Two Titles |
Champions: 1911, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2003. |
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Calcutta Football League |
Twenty Eight Titles |
Champions: 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. |
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Rovers Cup |
Fourteen Titles |
Champions: |
Most Titles |