Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey)
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional field hockey club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It participates in various tournaments conducted by Hockey Bengal. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Mohun Bagan Ground and also at the SAI Sports Complex at Salt Lake Stadium. The club participates in the Calcutta Hockey League and the Beighton Cup. The team have won 41 major state titles which includes 25 CHL and 14 Beighton Cup titles.[1][2]
| Full name | Mohun Bagan Athletic Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Mariners | ||
| Short name | MBAC | ||
| Founded | 15 August 1889 | ||
| Colors | Green Maroon | ||
| Home ground | Mohun Bagan Ground (Capacity 22,000) | ||
| President | Swapan Sadhan Bose | ||
| Coach | Siddharth Pandey | ||
| League | Calcutta Hockey League | ||
| 2022–23 | Champions | ||
| Website | www | ||
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History edit
Mohun Bagan started their field hockey section in the early thirties and got affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association (BHA). The Club participated in the Calcutta Hockey League and the Beighton Cup and were the second Indian field hockey club to win the Calcutta Hockey League after Greer Sporting in the 1935 season.[3]
The club disbanded their hockey section in 2000,[4] but was eventually revived after 22 years in 2022.[5]
Honours edit
League edit
- Calcutta Hockey League
- Champions (26): 1935, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2023
Cup edit
- Beighton Cup
- Champions (14): 1952, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979
- Runners-up (3): 1956, 1972, 1980
- Agha Khan Cup
- Champions (1): 1964
- Bombay Gold Cup
- Champions (1): 1964
- Runners-up (1): 1970
Notable players edit
Notable players who have represented Mohun Bagan includes olympians Keshav Dutt,[6][7] Ashok Kumar,[8] Jaswant Singh Rajput, Joginder Singh, Inam-ur Rahman etc.
References edit
- ^ "Trophy room". themohunbaganac.com. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Teams with Most Wins in Prestigious Beighton Cup". Hockey Passion. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ . www.hockeybengal.org. Kolkata: Hockey Bengal. 2022. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Nilesh (7 August 2021). "As hockey regains its place in the sun, Bengal experts rue lack of basic infra". The Times of India.
- ^ Morrison, Ashley (30 August 2022). "NTFS #110 – An Indian Hockey Giant Returns To The Fold, The Laws of Cricket, and The Shelf Life of Sport As A Product". Not the Footy Show.
- ^ "Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies". India Today. Press Trust of India. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Sarangi, Y. B. (7 July 2021). "Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Hockey stalwart Ashok Kumar to receive Mohun Bagan Lifetime Achievement Award". Sportstar. 13 July 2020.
External links edit
- Club website