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ATK Mohun Bagan
Full nameATK Mohun Bagan Football Club
Nickname(s)The Mariners
FoundedJuly 10, 2020; 3 years ago (2020-07-10)
GroundSalt Lake Stadium,
Bidhannagar, West Bengal
Capacity65,000[1]
OwnerATK Mohun Bagan Private Limited
Principle ownerSanjiv Goenka
Head coachAntonio López Habas
WebsiteClub website
Current season

ATK Mohun Bagan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Founded on 10 July 2020 as part of the merger between the football-department of Mohun Bagan and ATK, the club will begin playing competitive matches in November 2020.

The club will play its home matches at the Salt Lake Stadium in Bidhannagar. The stadium was host to both Mohun Bagan and ATK and has a capacity of 65,000. The official colours for the club are maroon and green, these were the colours adopted from Mohun Bagan. ATK Mohun Bagan has a rivalry with neighbours East Bengal, with whom they will contest the Kolkata derby.

The club is owned by ATK Mohun Bagan Private Limited and RPSG Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka serves as principle owner. Former India cricketer Sourav Ganguly and Utsav Parekh also serve as co-owners, along with Mohun Bagan. Former ATK coach Antonio López Habas is the current head coach of ATK Mohun Bagan.

History[edit]

Further information: History of Mohun Bagan A.C. and ATK (football club)

ATK Mohun Bagan was founded on 10 July 2020, as part of a merger between ATK and the football-department of athletic club, Mohun Bagan.[2] Mohun Bagan was founded on 15 August 1889 as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club before changing to their current name prior to 1891 when the athletic club relocated within Calcutta to Shyampukur.[3] For over a century, Mohun Bagan was run as a public club, with supporters able to buy membership into the club.[4] During that period, Mohun Bagan became one of the biggest clubs in Indian football.[5] One of the club's biggest achievements occurred on 29 July 1911 when Mohun Bagan defeated East Yorkshire Regiment in the IFA Shield final. This was the first ever title won by an all-Indian club over a British side and was also a part of India's eventual push for independence.[5][6]

After being fan-owned for over a century, in 1998, Mohun Bagan entered into a joint-venture with United Breweries Group to run the footballing operations of the club.[7] The joint-venture company was named United Mohun Bagan Private Limited with United Breweries and four directors on Mohun Bagan owning 50% each of the company.[8] As part of the joint-venture, the name of the football-department for the club was changed to McDowell's Mohun Bagan.[9]

The relationship between Mohun Bagan and United Breweries Group fluctuated throughout their association. In 2003, the UB Group threatened to cut funds from the club due to the team not being registered as McDowell's Mohun Bagan and for overspending on player salaries during the 2002–03 season.[10] In 2012, the group hesitated on confirming the club's budget for for the 2012–13 season and rumors started that the company would sell some of its stake in United Mohun Bagan Private Limited.[11]

In 2013, Mohun Bagan had agreed to a new 10-year deal with United Breweries Group.[12] However, two years later, the deal was ended early.[12] By 2017, it was revealed that Mohun Bagan were in active negotiations with other companies for sponsorship after not being given any funding by United Spirits since November 2014.[13]

ATK were founded on 7 May 2014 as Atlético de Kolkata. The club was an inaugural member of the Indian Super League, a franchised based football league started in 2014.[14] The bidding rights to the Kolkata franchise were won by former India cricket international Sourav Ganguly, businessmen Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv Goenka, and Utsav Parekh, and Spanish La Liga club Atlético Madrid.[14] After three seasons however, Atlético Madrid dropped out as co-owners and Goenka bought the Spanish club's 25% stake in the team. The club was then renamed to ATK.[15]

Club colours and crest[edit]

Colours and kit[edit]

Crest[edit]

Supporters and rivalries[edit]

Kolkata derby[edit]

See also: Kolkata derby

Stadium[edit]

Main article: Salt Lake Stadium
Salt Lake Stadium in 2017

The club will play most matches at the Salt Lake Stadium in Bidhannagar.[16] The stadium has a capacity of 65,000.[1] The stadium was opened in 1984 and hosted league matches for both ATK and Mohun Bagan.[17][18] Prior to renovation in 2011, the Salt Lake Stadium was the second largest stadium in the world, with a reported capacity of 120,000.[19] The stadium was only behind the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in North Korea for capacity.[19] In February 2015, the stadium was closed by the state government as additional renovation work began in preparation for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[20] As part of the two-year renovation, the stadium was given a brand new track, new bucket seats, redesigned and expanded dressing rooms, and a new natural grass turf.[21] The whole renovation of the stadium costed around 100 crore.[21]

The club will also play some matches and train at the Mohun Bagan Ground in the maidan region of central Kolkata.[22] The stadium hosted matches for Mohun Bagan in the I-League and Calcutta Football League.[23] In a press release on 10 July 2020, the club announced that investments will be made to make sure that the stadium is renovated and upgraded so that it can host Indian Super League and AFC Champions League matches.[22]

Ownership[edit]

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 11 October 2020[24]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK India IND Arindam Bhattacharya
— DF India IND Prabir Das
— DF India IND Pritam Kotal
— DF India IND Sandesh Jhingan
— DF India IND Subhasish Bose
— DF India IND Sumit Rathi
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Carl McHugh
— DF Spain ESP Tiri
— MF Australia AUS Brad Inman
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF India IND Glan Martins
— MF India IND Sheikh Sahil
— MF Spain ESP Edu García
— MF Spain ESP Javi Hernández
— FW Australia AUS David Williams
— FW Fiji FIJ Roy Krishna
— FW India IND Jobby Justin
— FW India IND Manvir Singh

Notable players[edit]

See also: Category:ATK (football club) players and Category:Mohun Bagan AC players

Management[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

As of 11 October 2020
Name Role
Spain Antonio López Habas Head coach
Spain Manuel Cascallana Assistant coach
Spain Ángel Pindado Goalkeeping coach
India Sanjoy Sen Head of Youth Development

Organisation[edit]

As of 11 October 2020
Name Role
India Sanjiv Goenka Principal owner
India Sourav Ganguly Co-owner
India Utsav Parekh Co-owner
India Srinjoy Bose Director
India Debashis Dutta Director
India Gautam Ray Director
India Sanjeev Mehra Director

Statistics and records[edit]

Season-by-season[edit]

Season Indian Super League Finals Cup Asia Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1st TBD TBD TBD TBD

Head Coaches record[edit]

As of 10 July 2020
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Antonio López Habas  Spain 10 July 2020 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Salt Lake Stadium set to be full house as Bangladesh take on India in Bengal". The New Indian Express. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  2. ^ "ATK Mohun Bagan Football Club". ATK Mohun Bagan Football Club (Facebook). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Club Day: Mohun Bagan - The History". Goal.com India. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ^ K Purkayastha, Samir (24 July 2020). "Mohun Bagan-ATK merger: Will the end of an era kick off a new beginning?". The Federal. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Club Day: Mohun Bagan - Know Your Trivia". Goal.com India. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. ^ "The Mohun Bagan AC winning Team at the 1911 IFA-Shield". Indianfootball.de.
  7. ^ Chakrabarty, Shamik (26 January 2020). "Mohun Bagan-ATK merger: Identity crisis or need of the hour?". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  8. ^ Kulkarni, Mahesh; Majumder, Arindam (17 February 2015). "Mohun Bagan faces crisis as USL mulls fund cut". Business Standard. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  9. ^ Mohan, Srinivasan (12 November 2012). "Mohun Bagan's United Breweries (UB) sponsorship mired in doubt - report". Goal.com. Goal.com India. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  10. ^ Chhaya, M (22 May 2020). "UB warns Bagan on finances". Rediff.com. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  11. ^ Mukherjee, Writankar; Jacob, Sarah (8 April 2012). "Struck with losses, Vijay Mallya may scale down investment in football teams East Bengal, Mohun Bagan". The Economic Times. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  12. ^ a b Basu, Manish (25 February 2015). "USL moves Sebi on renewing Mohun Bagan sponsorship". Mint. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  13. ^ Dutta Majumdar, Arkamoy (15 May 2017). "Football: ISL in expansion mode but Mohun Bagan, East Bengal to sit out". Mint. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  14. ^ a b Basu, Saumyajit. "Stars embrace soccer through Indian Super League". Times of India. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  15. ^ "Indian Super League: Atletico de Kolkata renamed as ATK, announce Teddy Sheringham as new head coach". Firstpost. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  16. ^ "ATK Mohun Bagan FC - Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan". Indian Super League.
  17. ^ Sarkar, Sujata (22 August 2017). "Salt Lake stadium to get new athletics track". MyKhel. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Salt Lake Stadium: No Rent for East Bengal, Mohun Bagan; 12 lakhs for ATK". Goal.com India. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  19. ^ a b Mann, Chris. "The 10 Largest Football Stadiums In The World". Sportslens. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  20. ^ Banerjee, Ritabrata (10 September 2020). "FIFA U-17 World Cup: Salt Lake Stadium capacity reduced to 66,687". SportingNews. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  21. ^ a b "Before and after: A look at how India's Fifa Under-17 World Cup venues have changed". Scroll.in. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  22. ^ a b "ATK Mohun Bagan FC Foundation". ATK Mohun Bagan FC (Twitter).
  23. ^ "Calcutta Football League: Mohun Bagan thumps George Telegraph 4-0, moves top". 12 October 2020. Sportstar The Hindu.
  24. ^ "Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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