Brothers Union

Brothers Union

Club

Squad

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Career & Clubs

History

Foundation

The club was founded in 1949 and the regal business tycoon Kazi Ghiyasuddin Ahmed, better known as K. G. Ahmed served as the founder chairman, while the former Minister of Education of East Pakistan, the late Zahiruddin and eminent journalist A. B. M. Musa were the first president and general secretary of the club respectively. At the beginning it was a well-known cultural organization. However, during the 1971 Liberation war, Brothers Union shut down all club activities. In 1972, a few months after the war had reached its conclusion and resulted in Bangladesh's independence, Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, one of the clubs founding members, had his younger brother Shahiduddin Ahmed Selim recruit veteran football coach Abdul Gafur Baloch, with the idea of re-entering divisional football Dhaka. In 1972, Gafur Baloch started holding trails for Brothers Union Youth team, mainly consisting of high school students in Gopibag. Throughout the 70s Baloch's youth team would open a pathway for many future national team stars, including the club's midfield linchpin Hasanuzzaman Bablu and also their best ever player Mohammed Mohsin. In 1973, Mohsin got a chance to play for the main team, when Brothers resumed playing in the Dhaka Third Division League after the war. The teenage striker scored 39 goals, including a hat-trick and a double hat-trick leading Brothers to promotion as undefeated champions. The following year, he scored 22 goals in the Dhaka Second Division League,…

League
Bangladesh Premier League

Legacy

Honours

League

Bangladesh Championship League Champions (1): 2022–23 Dhaka Premier Division League Champions (2): 2003–04, 2005 National League Champions (1): 2004 Dhaka Second Division League Champions (1): 1974 Dhaka Third Division League Champions (1): 1973

Cup

Federation Cup Champions (2): 1980 (shared), 1991, 2005 DMFA Cup Champions (1): 1984 (shared) Aga Khan Gold Cup Champions (1): 1981–82 (shared)

Invitational

Bordoloi Trophy Champions (1): 2004

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Description

association football club

Extract from Wikipedia

Brothers Union is a professional football club based in Gopibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Football League, the top flight of Bangladeshi Football.

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