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2023–24 Mohun Bagan Super Giant Season
The 2023–24 Mohun Bagan Super Giant season was the club's 4th season in Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Organised by the All India Football Federat ... and 134th season since its establishment in 1889. The principle team owner, Sanjeev Goenka, announced after winning the 2023 Indian Super League Final that ATK Mohun Bagan will be rebranded as Mohun Bagan Super Giant from this season. On 3 May 2023 Mohun Bagan confirmed 2023-24 AFC Cup preliminary round slot after a 3–1 win via penalties over Hyderabad FC The season formally began on 5 July 2023, with 2023 Calcutta Premier Division, wherein the club fielded a squad of players from the senior team and the youth teams. On 3 September 2023 Mohun Bagan won their 17th Durand Cup title after defeating their arch rivals Emami East Bengal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Mohun Bagan Super Giant (commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan) is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football league system. The club is most notable for its victory over the East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final. This victory made Mohun Bagan the first all-Indian club to win a championship over a British club and was a major moment during India's push for independence. The club is commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, and had several sponsored names. In 2020, the company that owned ATK, took an 80% stake in the football division of Mohun Bagan. The footballing division of Mohun Bagan was merged with ATK and was renamed as ATK Mohun Bagan FC. In 2023, the team was rebranded as Mohun Bagan Super Giant after continuous protest from the fans. Till now the club has won the top-flight football league a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjeev Goenka
Sanjiv Goenka (born 29 January 1961) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of RPSG Group and an early-stage investor. With a US$6 billion asset base and US$4.3 billion revenue, this multinational conglomerate is headquartered in Kolkata. Early life Goenka was born to Sushila Devi Goenka and Rama Prasad Goenka in a Marwari Family and raised in Kolkata. Education An alumnus of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, Goenka received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree in 1981. Board memberships * IIT Kharagpur * International Management Institute * Firstsource References External links Profileat CESC Limited Profileat Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics. ''Forbes'' also re ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Goenka, Sanjiv 1961 births Living people Businesspeople from Kolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Victory FC
Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory entered the competition in the inaugural season as the only Victorian-based club in the newly revamped domestic Australian league. Recognised as the most supported and second most successful club in the league to date, Victory has won four A-League Championships, three A-League Premierships, one Pre-Season Challenge Cup and two Australia Cups, the only club to have won all four domestic trophies in the modern era of Australian soccer. They have also competed in the AFC Champions League on seven occasions, most recently in 2020. Their furthest placement in the tournament was in the 2016 campaign and 2020 campaign, where they were knocked out in the Round of 16 by the eventual champion on both occasions. The club's home ground is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Hamill (soccer)
Brendan Michael Hamill (born 18 September 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan. Club career Hamill played for the Australian Institute of Sport in the 2009–10 A-League National Youth League where they failed to win a single game. Hamill was selected for the 'Come Play XI' which was thrown together in order to play a friendly against Melbourne Victory as a testimonial game for Kevin Muscat. Melbourne Heart On 23 April 2010 Hamill rejected numerous offers from English Premier League clubs to sign his first professional contract with Melbourne Heart along with fellow U-20 players, Kliment Taseski and Eli Babalj. On 5 August 2010, he became the youngest player to play for Heart, at 17 years and 321 days old. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma On 16 July 2012, Hamill joined K-League side Seongnam. Western Sydney Wanderers On 26 June 2014, Hamill signed for Western Sydney Wanderers. Western United On 15 May 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delhi FC
Delhi Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Delhi. Founded in 1994, the club competes in both I-League and Delhi Premier League. The club will compete in 2023–24 I-League, the second tier of Indian football, following promotion after winning 2022–23 I-League 2 season. History Delhi FC was founded in 1994 and competed in lower local divisions until 2009, when it was promoted to FD Senior Division. Affiliated with Football Delhi, the club is regularly participating in the top division of Delhi Football League system, Delhi Premier League. In August 2020, Minerva Academy owner Ranjit Bajaj took over Delhi FC by buying 90% stake in the club after selling Punjab FC to RoundGlass completely. Delhi FC participated in the 130th edition of Durand Cup and reached the quarter-finals, after beating ISL side Kerala Blasters in their final group match. In May 2023, the club clinched their first ever I-League 2 title and gained promotion to the I-League fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Ali (footballer, Born 2000)
Anisa Anwar Ali (born 28 August 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan Super Giant, on loan from I-League club Delhi, and the India national team. Club career Born in Adampur, Punjab, Anwar started to play football at the age of seven for a local club. He started as a striker but later shifted to the defensive line. Minerva Punjab Anwar joined the youth set-up of Minerva Punjab in 2015 and played for the club in different youth level competitions, including the Elite League. His performance at the club earned him national team call-ups. Indian Arrows (loan) After an impressive 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign, Anwar joined Indian Arrows on a season-long loan from Minerva Punjab ahead of the 2017–18 I-League. He made his professional debut in a 3–0 home win over Chennai City. Mumbai City On 7 August 2018, Anwar joined Indian Super League club Mumbai City on a three-year deal. He was loaned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumit Rathi
Sumit Rathi (born 26 August 2001), is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan. Career Early career He started his career at AIFF Elite Academy, later joining Indian Arrows who play in the I-League for the 2017–18 season. ATK He was signed by ATK Reserves team for 2018-19 season, where he turned out for 10 matches in the season. For the 2019–20 season, Rathi was called up to the senior team by manager Antonio Lopez Habas. He was declared 'Hero of the Match' in the match against Mumbai City in the 11th round of the season. After making 14 appearances in his breakthrough season and impressing throughout, as well as helping ATK to their 3rd ISL trophy, he was declared the Emerging Player of the Season for 2019–20. 2020–2021 season On 14 August Sumit Rathi signed a five-year contract for ATK Mohun Bagan keeping him till 2025. Career statistics Club Honours Club ATK * Indian Super League: 2019-20 A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Arrows
Indian Arrows (formerly known as Pailan Arrows) was an Indian developmental football club that competed in the I-League. The club was formed by the All India Football Federation in 2010, with a main goal of nurturing young Indian football talents. After disbanding in 2013, the project was revived as ''Indian Arrows'' in 2017. In September 2022, the technical committee of All India Football Federation decided to discontinue the participation of the Indian Arrows in the I-League because of the difficulty in fulfilling the AFC Licensing criteria. Instead, the funding was decided to invest in creating a new Elite Youth League in the country . History AIFF XI (2010–2011) 2010–11 season The club was founded as the AIFF XI in 2010 under the recommendation of then India head coach Bob Houghton and All India Football Federation president Praful Patel after Bob noticed that almost all the India U19 and India U23 players were on the bench during the I-League season and were never ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATK (football Club)
ATK (formerly Atlético de Kolkata) was an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competed in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football and were the league champions during the inaugural 2014, 2016 and 2019–20 seasons respectively. The club was owned by Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd. which consists of former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, alongside businessmen Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka and Utsav Parekh Initially, for the first three seasons, Spanish La Liga club Atlético Madrid was also a co-owner; later Goenka bought the shares owned by Atlético Madrid. After the end of their partnership with the Spanish giant, Atlético de Kolkata has been rechristened to ATK in July 2017. The team's name and colours are derived from their former Spanish partner. Under coach Antonio López Habas, Atlético hosted and won the first match of the Indian Super League. They won the inaugural season, beating Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill Brothers FC Goa
Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa, that competes in the I-League, alongside Goa Professional League. Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually participated in the National Football League, then top tier of Indian football league system. The club has won the I-League title twice and has secured a position among the top three teams on nine other occasions in the national league. It has also won eight Goa League Champions Cups, three Durand Cups, and a Federation Cup. The ''Red Machine'' was led for decades by Churchill Alemao, who was also the president of Goa Football Association and the Chief Minister of Goa. His daughter Valanka Alemao is current CEO of the club. Churchill Brothers emerged as fourth ranked Indian team, and 648 universally, in the international rankings of clubs during the first ten years of the 21st century (2001–2010), issued by the International Federation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennaiyin FC
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. One of the most successful clubs in the history of the league, it has won the Indian Super League title on two occasions, in the 2015 and 2017–18 seasons respectively. The club is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni. The team's name ''Chennaiyin FC'' means ''Chennai's football club'' in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar to a possessive 's' in English. The club's primary colour is blue ever since its inception and its logo is the ''Dhrishti Bommai'', a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture. History Origin When the Indian Super League was founded in 2014, the city of Chennai was one of the nine proposed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishal Kaith
Vishal Kaith (born 22 July 1996) is an Indian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Indian Super League club ATK Mohun Bagan FC, ATK Mohun Bagan and the India national football team, India national team. Youth years Having come up through the state level ranks for Himachal Pradesh, he was recruited by the All India Football Federation, AIFF to play for the under-16 and under-19 national sides before joining the AIFF Elite Academy in 2011 to play under-19 national league, before being picked up by Shillong Lajong. Club career Shillong Lajong Vishal Kaith joined Shillong Lajong F.C., Shillong Lajong after spending a year at the AIFF Elite Academy in 2014 and made his official debut in the second game of his teams' 2014-15 Indian Federation Cup against Salgaocar S.C., Salgaocar and was adjudged as the Man of the Match. Kaith would go on to obtain the Man of the Match award in his second first team appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
