Mohammedan SC

The club began in Hazaribagh. Members of the famed Nawab family of Dhaka wanted to establish a local club for the youth. As a result, Muslim Sports Club came into being in 1927. Nine years later, with Khwaja Ajmal as its president, it was renamed Mohammedan Sporting Club, after its more renowned predecessor the Kolkata Mohammedan. Though it was established to create enthusiasm for sports amongst the local Muslim community, the club later broke the race, class and ethnicity barriers and became a crowd favorite.

In the late 1940s, MSC started to flourish with Mohammad Shahjahan at the helm. Shahjahan left Kolkata Mohammedan and came to Bangladesh after the partition of India. The 1950s was a time when Dhaka Wanderers were the top dog in the sporting arena. In 1956, some of their star players and senior officials joined MSC and started restructuring the club. The results were evident as MSC secured their first league title in 1957. The same year they won the Independence Cup, thus ensuring their domestic double. The trophies kept coming over the next two decades. Before independence, Mohammedan also clinched the First Division title in the year of 1959, '61, '63, '66 and '69. It was not easy to find success against teams like Dhaka Wanderers and Victoria SC. Yet, Mohammedan did not yield to failure, they pursued their way. Mohammedan won the Aga Khan Gold Cup for the first time in 1959. They repeated the feat twice, in 1964 and 1968.

On 11 May 1972, Mohammedan played against…

Invitational

Ma-O-Moni Gold Cup Winners (1): 1990 All-Pakistan Mohammad Ali Bogra Memorial Tournament Winners (1): 1966 Runners-up (1): 1967 All Airlines Gold Cup Winners (1): 1999 Ashis-Jabbar Shield Tournament Winners (1): 1982 Bordoloi Trophy Runners-up (1): 1989 J.C. Guha Memorial Trophy Runners-up (1): 1988 IFA Shield Runners-up (1): 1995

Continental

Aga Khan Gold Cup Winners (3): 1959, 1964 (shared), 1968