Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, nicknamed Yellow Fear, is a multi-sports club based in the Dhanmondi area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top-flight of football in Bangladesh. It was known as Dhanmondi Club before adding the founder's name after turning into a limited company.^[1] Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club is one of the most successful football clubs in Bangladesh.^[2]

Sheikh Jamal DC

Full name	Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited
Nickname(s)	Yellow Fear (Bengali: হলুদ আতঙ্ক)
Founded	1962; 61 years ago (1962) (as Dhanmondi Club) 2010; 13 years ago (2010) (renamed as Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited)
Ground	Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium
Capacity	5,000
President	Safwan Sobhan Tasvir
Head Coach	Mário Lemos
League	Bangladesh Premier League
2022–23	BPL, 6th of 11
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Active departments of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Football (Men's)	Football (Women's)	Cricket (Men's)
Badminton	Volleyball

History

Dhanmondi Club took control of its current ground in Dhanmondi since 1962 when it was established.^[3][4] In 2004, the President of Dhanmondi Club and vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation, Khairul Anwar Piaru was shot dead inside the club premises.^[5] In 2007, a court in Dhaka sentenced five people to death for his murder.^[6] In 2009, Dhanmondi Club was renamed to Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club after Sheikh Jamal, the brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Its occupation of the playground has been protested by Bangladesh Poribesh Abndolon, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, and Institute of Architects, Bangladesh.^[7] Sheikh Jamal promised to play quality football when called up for the Bangladesh Football Premier League in 2010–11 season over two other clubs playing in the Dhaka Second Division League.^[8] The club was champion of the 2010–11 Bangladesh League.

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.^[9]

Current squad

As of 27 March 2023

Sheikh Jamal DC Squad for 2022–23 season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   BAN Russel Mahmud Liton 2 DF   BAN Raihan Hasan 4 DF   BAN Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna 5 DF   BAN Tareq Miah 6 DF   PAR Jorge Aguilar 7 FW   BAN Mohammad Jewel 8 MF   UZB Otabek Valizhonov 9 FW   VIN Cornelius Stewart 10 FW   BAN Obidur Rahman Nawbab 11 FW   GAM Sulayman Sillah 12 MF   BAN Kaushik Barua 13 MF   BAN Abu Shaeid 14 FW   BAN Mannaf Rabby 15 DF   BAN Shakil Hossain 16 DF   BAN Shafiqul Islam Bipul 17 MF   BAN Faysal Ahmed

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   BAN Omar Faruk Babu 19 MF   BAN Sohanur Rahman Sohan 20 FW   BAN Nurul Absar 21 DF   BAN Shakil Ahmed 22 GK   BAN Samiul Islam Masum 23 GK   BAN Ishaque Akonddo 24 DF   BAN Rofiqur Rahman Mamun 25 DF   BAN Md Khalil Bhuyian 27 DF   BAN Rashedul Alam Moni 29 DF   BAN Nasirul Islam Nasir 30 GK   BAN Mohammed Nayem 31 DF   BAN Rifat Hasan Sarthok 32 DF   BAN Mohammad Emon 33 FW   BAN Mehedi Hasan Hridoy 66 FW   BAN Nabil Anwar Rahim 67 FW   BAN Piash Ahmed Nova (on loan from Bashundhara Kings) 70 MF   UZB Nodir Mavlonov

Coaching staff

As of 25 June 2023

Position	Name
Head coach	Maruful Haque
Assistant coach	Mosharaf Badal   Faraz Hossain
Goalkeeping coach	Biplob Bhattacharjee
Team Manager	Anwarul Karim Helal
Trainer	Ariel Colman
Physio	Hossain Md. Syfuzzaman
Video Analyst	Nasif Islam

Coaches

•   Zoran Kraljevic (17 September 2010^[10] – 28 December 2010)
•   Pakir Ali (18 January 2011^[11] – 2011)
•   Saiful Bari Titu (15 August 2011^[12] – February 2012)
•   Mohammad Abu Yousuf (17 February 2012^[13] – 2012)
•   Joseph Afusi (2012 – 28 May 2014)
•   Omar Sisse^ (25 May 2013^[14] – June 2013)
•   Maruful Haque (14 June 2014 – 27 May 2015)
•   Joseph Afusi (20 June 2015^[15] – )
•   Shafiqul Islam Manik (9 February^[16] – 19 July 2016)
•   Stefan Hansson (19 September 2016^[17] – 2016)
•   Joshimuddin Joshi (2016)
•   Joseph Afusi (12 April 2017 – 14 November 2017)
•   Mahabub Hossain Roksy (15 November 2017^[18] – 5 February 2018)
•   Joseph Afusi (7 May 2018^[19] – 18 April 2019)
•   Shafiqul Islam Manik (2 May 2019^[20] – 9 August 2021)
•   Mosharraf Hossain Badal (9 August 2021 – 27 August 2021)
•   Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez (November 2021 – 9 April 2022)
•   Joseph Afusi (10 April 2021 –10 October 2022)
•   Maruful Haque (14 October 2022– Present)

Football Committee Chairman

Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu^[21]

Notable players

• The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club.

Africa

•   Emmanuel Ariwachukwu (2012–2013)^[22]
•   Pa Omar Jobe (2017–2022)
•   Ebou Kanteh (2018–2019)

North America

•   Sony Norde (2013–2014)
•   Wedson Anselme (2013–2016)
•   Cornelius Stewart (2022–2023)^[23]

Team records

Head coach's record

As of 22 July 2023

Coach	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W
Pakir Ali	18 January 2011	2011	18	14	4	0	39	10	077.78
Maruful Haque	14 June 2014	27 May 2015	30	23	4	3	81	31	076.67
Shafiqul Islam Manik	9 February 2016	19 July 2016	15	6	1	8	28	33	040.00
Mahabub Hossain Roksy	15 November 2017	5 February 2018	14	7	4	3	28	20	050.00
Joseph Afusi	7 May 2018	18 April 2019	19	5	8	6	19	24	026.32
Shafiqul Islam Manik	2 May 2019	8 August 2021	40	19	10	11	77	63	047.50
Mosharraf Hossain Badal	9 August 2021	27 August 2021	6	4	1	1	10	4	066.67
Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez	November 2021	9 April 2022	18	8	8	2	28	24	044.44
Joseph Afusi^[24]	10 April 2021	Present	11	4	2	5	14	19	036.36
Maruful Haque^[25]	25 October 2022	Present	28	7	11	10	39	46	025.00

AFC club ranking

As of 11 June 2023^[26]

Ranking	Team	Points
345	Aizawl FC	54.0
346	Al-Fotuwa SC	54.0
347	Sheikh Jamal DC Club Limited	54.0
348	FC Kuktosh Rudaki	54.0
349	Persipura Jayapura FC	54.0

World club ranking

As of 11 June 2023^[27]

Ranking	Team	Points
1918	FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo	54.18
1919	Al-Fotuwa SC	54.18
1920	Sheikh Jamal DC Club Limited	54.16
1921	AS Police de Bamako	54.16
1922	FC Kuktosh Rudaki	54.15

Honours

Winners

•   Bangladesh Premier League (3)

2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15

•   Dhaka Second Division League

1978

•   Federation Cup (3)

2011–12, 2013–14,^[28] 2014–15

•   Budha Subba Gold Cup

2002

•   Pokhara Cup

2011^[29]

•   Kings Cup

2014^[30]

Runners-up

•   Bangladesh Premier League (2)

2012–13, 2020–21

•   Federation Cup (2)

2010–11, 2012–13

•   Independence Cup (1)

2012–13

•   IFA Shield^[a]

2014^[31]

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,^[32] citing security concern of playing in Pakistan.^[33]

2016 AFC Cup

Four years later, having won the 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League, they qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup.^[34] In the qualifying round, they were drawn in Group A along with hosts Alga Bishkek from Kyrgyzstan and Benfica de Macau.^[35] They beat Benfica de Macau 4–1^[36] in their opening game and then drew with hosts Alga^[37] 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.^[38]

Club records

• Transfer Record (paid): $175k to air force for Solomon King Kanform in 2017
• $75 thousand to Sheikh Russel KC for Sony Norde in 2013.
• Local Highest Transfer Record : Monthly 350,000 Tk to Jamal Bhuyan for 2014–15 season.

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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