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Sheikh Russel KC is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, currently playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. The club has won the Federation Cup in 2012, which was their first major title. They also won their maiden Bangladesh Premier League title in the season 2012–13. Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group, is the chairman of Sheikh Russel KC.[2]

Sheikh Russel KC

Full name	Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Limited
Nickname(s)	Bengal Blues
Founded	1995; 27 years ago (1995)
Ground	Bashundhara Kings Arena
Capacity	14,000[1]
President	Sayem Sobhan Anvir
Head coach	Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
League	Bangladesh Premier League
2021–22	BPL, 6th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Emergence

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra was established in 1995 and named after Sheikh Russel, son of former President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[3] The founder was Shahjahan Kabir, and striker Shofiqur Rahman Titu was appointed as the teams first ever captain in 1996. The club started its journey in 1996 with Pioneer Football. Then in 1998 the team became runners-up in the Dhaka Third Division, under the coaching of Wazed Gazi.

In 2002, Sheikh Russel KC became runners-up in the Dhaka first division league (second Tier). In their first appearance in top-flight football in 2003–04 season, Sheikh Russel stunned traditional powerhouses like Abahani, Mohammedan and Muktijoddha Sangsad to finish second in the now defunct Premier Division Football League. Since then, despite playing in the country's first professional top-tier league, the Bangladesh Premier League regularly, Sheikh Russel did not get the expected success until the start of the next decade.

Treble win and drought

In the 2012–13 season, Sheikh Russel KC got their highest success by winning the domestic treble. Sheikh Russel defeated Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club 2–1 in extra time in the 2012 Bangladesh Federation Cup Final to win a title for the first time ever in their club history. They then won the 2013 Independence Cup 3–2 against Sheikh Jamal. Then again, they left behind a strong team like Sheikh Jamal DC and won the 2012–13 Bangladesh Premier League. Bangladeshi Maruful Haque was the coach of the treble winning team. The team was captained by legendary goalkeeper Biplob Bhattacharjee, while the defense was mainly handled by Ashraf Mahmud Linkon, Rezaul Karim Reza & Uttam Kumar Banik. Also, national team captain Mamunul Islam, Moroccan midfielder Tarik El Janaby and the clubs talisman Sony Norde were crucial in the teams midfield.[4] Haitian playmaker Sony Norde, was the lethal during the campaign scoring 16 league goals. The striking duo of Zahid Hasan Ameli & Zahid Hossain both scored six league goals making them joint- second top local goalscorers that season.[5]

Since their treble winning season, the club has failed to win another trophy finishing runners-up in multiple tournaments and were also knocked out of the AFC Cup qualifiers twice.[6][7][8] They were also defeated by Mohammedan SC in the 2013 Super Cup final.[9] However, the team did manage to reach the semi-finals of the 2014 AFC President's Cup.[10]

On 9 January 2015, the managing director of Bashundhara Group, Sayem Sobhan Anvir was appointed as the club's new chairman. He assured that the club would be back challenging for titles once more.[11] However, the clubs further investment all went in vain as they failed to produce results on the pitch the following seasons.

On 20 April 2017, Sheikh Russel KC were fined 2000 Swiss Francs by FIFA over contract disputes with a player and a coach.[12]

Attempt to rebuild

In October 2018, veteran coach Saiful Bari Titu was appointed as the clubs head coach. In 2020, Sheikh Russel were one of the four clubs from Bangladesh to attain AFC Cup licensing.[13] Russel spent heavily the next three years signing several national team players alongside expensive foreign recruits, however, the club found themselves fighting for relegation, leading to Titu's dismissal after three and a half years of service to the club, in March 2022.[14][15]

Current squad

Sheikh Russel KC squad for 2021–22 season.

As of 22 April 2022

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 Ashraful Islam Rana (Captain) 3 DF  BAN Rahmat Mia 4 DF  BAN Asaduzzaman Bablu 5 DF  BAN Nasiruddin Chowdhury 6 DF  BAN Habibur Rahman Sohag 7 DF  BAN Khalekurzaman Sabuj 8 MF  BAN Mohammad Abdullah 10 MF  BAN Hemanta Vincent Biswas 11 FW  BAN Mannaf Rabby 12 MF  BAN Fahim Ahmed 13 GK  BAN Ibrahim Hossain 14 MF  BAN Manik Hossain Molla 15 DF  BAN Apurbo Mali 16 MF  BAN Emon Islam Babu 17 MF  BAN Salman Khan

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  BAN Rabiul Alam 19 FW  BAN Mohammad Jewel 20 FW  NGA Ismahil Akinade 21 DF  BAN Mohammad Emon 22 FW  BAN Md Saad Uddin 23 DF  BAN Rostam Islam Dukhu Mia 24 MF  BAN Dipok Roy 25 GK  BAN Russel Mahmud Liton 26 MF  BAN MD Didarul Islam 27 MF  BAN Golam Rabby 29 DF  BAN Rashedul Islam Rashed 30 GK  BAN Sabuj Das Roghu 34 DF  KGZ Aizar Akmatov 43 FW  GHA Richard Gadze 88 MF  CIV Kpehi Didier Brossou

Coaching staff

As of November 2021

Position	Name
Manager	Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
Assistant Coach
Goalkeeping Coach	Abdul Iddi Salim
Team Manager
Physio	Yusuf Ali

Management

Board of Directors

As of March 2022.[16][17][18]

Position	Name
President	Sayem Sobhan Anvir
Vice-president	Naem Nizam Imdadul Haque Milon
Senior vice-president	Liaquat Ali Khan
Sporting Director	Saleh Jaman Selim
Directo In Charge	Ismat Jamil Akhond
Director of Finance	Md. Fakhruddin

Team records

Head coach's record

As of 13 November 2022

Head Coach	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W
Wazed Gazi		18 January 2007[19]	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Kamal Babu		27 August 2009[20]	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Mahmudul Haq Liton		December 2010[21]	June 2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Maruful Haque		September 2011	15 April 2014	73	45	12	16	130	61	061.64
Dragan Đukanović		21 April 2014[22]	20 May 2015	40	16	10	14	60	44	040.00
Maruful Haque		3 June 2015	26 August 2016	28	12	5	11	46	40	042.86
Shafiqul Islam Manik		27 August 2016[23]	3 February 2018	44	14	15	15	46	42	031.82
Saiful Bari Titu		October 2018[24]	13 March 2022	84	41	16	27	118	85	048.81
Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu		14 March 2022[25]	Present	15	7	6	2	30	19	046.67

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018–present	Cosco	Bashundhara Cement

Honours

Winners

• Bangladesh Premier League:[3]

2012–13

• Federation Cup:[3]

2012

• Independence Cup:[3]

2012–13

Runners-up

• Bangladesh Premier League:

2014–15

• Dhaka Premier Division League:

2003–04

• Dhaka First Division League:

2002

• Super Cup

2012–13

• Independence Cup (2):

2011, 2018–19

Performance in AFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Score
2014	AFC President's Cup	Group stage		KRL	0–0
				Air Force	5–0
				Ugyen Academy	4–0
		Final stage		Erchim	1–0
				Rimyongsu	0–4
2015	AFC Cup	Preliminary stage		Khayr Vahdat	0–1
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying round		Tatung	1–1
				F.C. Terton	3–4

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Sheikh Russel KC:

• East Bengal Club (2022–present)[26][27]

References

External links

• Sheikh Russel FIFA page

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