Mohun Bagan AC (field hockey) explained

Clubname:Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
Fullname:Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
Nickname:The Mariners
Short Name:MBAC
Color: Green
Maroon
Ground:Mohun Bagan Ground
Capacity:22,000
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Swapan Sadhan Bose
Coach:Siddharth Pandey
League:Calcutta Hockey League
Season:2022–23
Position:Champions
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Mohun Bagan Athletic Club is an Indian professional field hockey club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It participates in various tournaments conducted by Hockey Bengal. The team plays its home matches mostly at the Mohun Bagan Ground and also at the SAI Sports Complex at Salt Lake Stadium. The club participates in the Calcutta Hockey League and the Beighton Cup. The team have won 41 major state titles which includes 25 CHL and 14 Beighton Cup titles.[1] [2]

History

Mohun Bagan started their field hockey section in the early thirties and got affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association (BHA). The Club participated in the Calcutta Hockey League and the Beighton Cup and were the second Indian field hockey club to win the Calcutta Hockey League after Greer Sporting in the 1935 season.[3]

The club disbanded their hockey section in 2000,[4] but was eventually revived after 22 years in 2022.[5]

Honours

League

Cup

Notable players

Notable players who have represented Mohun Bagan includes olympians Keshav Dutt,[6] [7] Ashok Kumar,[8] Jaswant Singh Rajput, Joginder Singh, Inam-ur Rahman etc.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Trophy room. themohunbaganac.com. 8 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Teams with Most Wins in Prestigious Beighton Cup. 26 September 2022 . 3 November 2022. Hockey Passion.
  3. Web site: BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF CALCUTTA HOCKEY LEAGUE COMPETITION (1905) . 2022 . 24 October 2022. www.hockeybengal.org. Hockey Bengal . Kolkata . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155544/https://www.hockeybengal.org/calcutta-hockey-league-history . 18 October 2022 .
  4. Web site: As hockey regains its place in the sun, Bengal experts rue lack of basic infra . 7 August 2021 . Bhattacharya . Nilesh . The Times of India .
  5. Web site: NTFS #110 – An Indian Hockey Giant Returns To The Fold, The Laws of Cricket, and The Shelf Life of Sport As A Product . 30 August 2022 . Morrison . Ashley . Not the Footy Show .
  6. Press Trust of India . 7 July 2021 . Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies. 9 July 2021. India Today.
  7. News: Sarangi. Y. B.. 7 July 2021. Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies. The Hindu . 9 July 2021. 0971-751X.
  8. News: Hockey stalwart Ashok Kumar to receive Mohun Bagan Lifetime Achievement Award. 13 July 2020. Sportstar.