Bangalore Muslims Football Club was a professional football club based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that emerged as one of the strongest football teams during the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
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Bangalore Muslims became the first Indian club to win Rovers Cup in 1937,[1] the second oldest football tournament in India,[2] defeating Mohammedan SC 1–0 in the final.[3] The club again emerged champions winning the title in 1938, becoming the first civilian team to defeat a British regimental side in the final. In that edition, they defeated the Argyll and Scottish Highlanders by 3–2.[3] Veteran players like Mohammad Abdus Sattar,[4] Ahmed Khan,[5][6][7] Mariappa Kempaiah have played for the club.[8][9] It was Bangalore Muslims that challenged the hegemony of Hyderabad City Police achieving success continuously as a non-Kolkata club.[10]
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