Dhaka Wanderers Club

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Dhaka Wanderes Club
ঢাকা ওয়ান্ডারার্স ক্লাব
Full nameDhaka Wanderers Club
Nickname(s)The Wanderers
Founded1937; 87 years ago (1937)
GroundBSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity25,000
Football SecretarySumon Alam[1]
Head CoachAbu Yusuf
LeagueBangladesh Championship League
2022–237 of 12

Dhaka Wanderers Club (Bengali: ঢাকা ওয়ান্ডারার্স ক্লাব) is a football team from Dhaka, Bangladesh.[2] They are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in the country.[3][4] The Wanderers dominated the domestic scene during the 1950s and 60s, and were considered one of the biggest clubs in the subcontinent before Bangladesh gained independence. The Wanderers have seven domestic league titles and were also the runners-up of the Federation Cup in 1987, losing to Mohammedan SC in the finals. Their rivalry with Mohammedan is seen as the first domestic club rivalry in Bangladeshi football history.

The Wanderers last played top flight football in 2007 and, after promotion from the

Dhaka Senior Division League in 2020, they currently compete in the Bangladesh Championship League (BCL), which is the second tier of football in Bangladesh.[5] The club uses the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
in Dhaka as their home venue.

History

1940 Bogura Cup winning Dhaka Wanderers team, captained by Bangabundhu Sheikh Mujibur Rhaman.

Founded in 1937, the club was first known as Muslim Wanderers, until it became Dhaka Wanderers over time as a bunch of sports-lovers from Old Dhaka brought the club into a prominent position in the local sports arena. Under the teams president Abdul Gaffar who came from the

Shadhin Bangla Football Team and Bangladesh.[7][8] The clubs strength was evident when they participated in the Aga Khan Gold Cup, winning 7–0 and 1–0 respectively, against the senior national team of both Nepal and Sri Lanka.[9]

Dhaka Wanderers Club in the 1954 IFA Shield.

Including their first league trophy in 1950, the club won a total of seven

Senior Division League and was only able to achieve promotion to the second-tier
in 2020 after runner-up.

Casino scandal

In September 2019, number of Bangladeshi clubs were caught running illegal casinos and Wanderers were one of them.

Dhaka League (third-tier since 2012) in 2020.[14] It was the first time the club reached the new second-division league in Bangladesh, after spending decades outside of the country's top 2 leagues. The club finished 7th during their first season in the BCL with 7 wins out of 22 league games.[15] In March 2021, it was revealed that the team's coach Kamal Babu himself paid 18,000 Bangladeshi Taka to the footballers instead of taking his own salary. Despite taking part in the 2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League with so much difficulty, the BFF had supposedly not yet paid the club their participation fee. During this predicament the club faced, a large institution connected with football gave them a check of 3 lakh rupees.[16]

Current squad

Dhaka Wanderers Club squad for 2023–24 season.[17]

As of 23 February 2024

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 Bangladesh BAN Rayhan Ali
2 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Anisur Rahman
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Sumon Kumar Das
4 DF Bangladesh BAN Shariar Hossain Rimon
5 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Shamim Sheikh
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Jahid Hossain (Captain)
7 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Shawon
8 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Saddam Hossain
9 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Jakir Hossain Ziku
10 FW Bangladesh BAN Hefaz Uddin
11 FW Bangladesh BAN Imran Hossain
12 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Minhazul Karim Shadin
14 DF Bangladesh BAN Arif Khan Joy
15 DF Bangladesh BAN Apurbo Mali
16 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Habib Miah
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Habibullah Bashar
18 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Niam Uddin
19 MF Bangladesh BAN Kankar Biswas
20 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Sohag Mia
21 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Shain
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Mohammed Emon Hawladar
23 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Rakib
24 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Nijam Uddin Raju
25 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Zakir Mia
26 MF Bangladesh BAN Sayed Mamodhoul Hasa
28 FW Bangladesh BAN Elias Hasdak
31 GK Bangladesh BAN Md Nehal
77 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Emon Ali
88 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Mahmudul Hasan

Team records

Head coach

As of 23 April 2024
Head Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
Bangladesh Mashiur Rahman 20 February 2021 25 December 2021 22 7 6 9 22 28 031.82
Bangladesh Ekramur Rahman Rana 10 January 2022 13 June 2022 22 6 7 9 26 34 027.27
Bangladesh Md Arman Hossain 7 November 2022 19 April 2023 20 6 6 8 26 27 030.00
Bangladesh Abu Yusuf 24 February 2024 Present 14 6 6 2 17 8 042.86

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 23 February 2024
Position Name
Head coach Bangladesh Abu Yusuf
Team leader Bangladesh Md Tareque Alam
Team manager Bangladesh Touhid Hasan
Technical director Bangladesh Debobroto Gosh
Assistant coach Bangladesh Md Zakir Hossain
Assistant manager Bangladesh Md Masum
Goalkeeping coach Bangladesh Md Rafiqul Islam
Media officer Bangladesh Md Sumon Alam
Physio Bangladesh Md Tajul Islam
Masseur Bangladesh Md Sagor Hossain

Honours

Notes

  1. ^ The competition is widely regarded as the predecessor of AFC Champions League (held for the first time in 1967), since it was the first organized international competition that involved club teams around Asia, organized by the football authorities of East Pakistan, in collaboration with Asian Football Confederation (AFC).

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