Dhaka Wanderers Club

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Dhaka Wanderes Club
ঢাকা ওয়ান্ডারার্স ক্লাব
File:Dhaka Wanderers.png
Full nameDhaka Wanderers Club
Nickname(s)The Wanderers
Founded1937; 86 years ago (1937)
GroundBSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity25,000
Football SecretarySumon Alam[1]
Head CoachEkramur Rahman Rana
LeagueBangladesh Championship League
2020-216 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 Bangladesh. The Wanderers dominated the domestic scene during the 1950s and 60s, and were considered to be the one of the biggest clubs in the subcontinent before Bangladesh gained independence. 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.

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.[3] 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 Nawab's of Dhaka, they became a popular name in Bengali football after its debut in the Dhaka football scene. With the help of Gafur Beluch, Maznur Hasan and Santu, Wanderers lifted the first-division trophy 5 times. Before Bangladesh's independence in 1971, Wanderers produced local talents like Nabi Chowdhury, Amir Jang Ghaznabi, Ashraf Chowdhury, Chihla Mong Chowdhury Mari, Manzur Hasan Mintu, Zakaria Pintoo and Wazed Gazi to only name a few.[4] The clubs most prominent players Mong Chowdhury got the chance to represent the Pakistan national team and defender Zakaria Pintoo later went on to become the captain of the Shadhin Bangla Football Team.[5][6] 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.[7]

Including their first league trophy in 1950, the club won a total of seven Dhaka League titles from 1950 to 1970. The historic club also won the league every season from 1950 to 1956, except for the 1952 season, however, like all their other achievements the trophies were burnt during a local riot. During the fifties and sixties, the Wanderers and Mohammedan rivalry was the biggest and most anticipated game in Bengali football.[8] Former Bangladesh prime minister Bangabundhu Sheikh Mujibur Rhaman, was also a regular player at the club during the early 40s and 50s. It was under his captaincy, Wanderers won the 1940 Bogura Cup and in the final, Bangabandhu also managed to score a brace, leading his side to a 5–0 victory.[9] Nonetheless, over time after the nations Independence in 1971, the rivalry had lost its presence, as the club moved to the second division in the nineties, losing its huge support base and popularity all over the country. During the 1972 Dhaka League season, Wanderers striker Bara Nazir, scored a hattrick against Dilkhusha and thus became the first player to achieve this feat since the country's independence.[10] After being relegated from the top-flight again in 2005, the club was an irregular face in domestic competitions, dropping down to the Senior Division League and was only able to achieve promotion to the second-tier in 2020 after finishing second.

Casino scandal

In September 2019, number of Bangladeshi clubs were caught running illegal casinos and Wanderers were one of them.[11] After the casino raid, President Advocate Mollah Abu Kawsar resigned citing personal reasons. General Secretary Joy Gopal Sarkar was sent to jail. Since the incident took place, the was in dismay, the players were reported to be living in the neighboring club Azad Sporting and some at the hotels or with their relatives, as the club failed to pay their dues. The condition of food is also as miserable as the accommodation. The club had no source of income, and ever since the scandal no donations were being made to help them. Surprisingly, Dhaka Wanderers Club gained promotion from the Dhaka League (third-division since 2007) in 2020.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

Current squad

Dhaka Wanderers Club squad for 2021–22 season.[15]

As of 14 January 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 Bangladesh BAN Hilal Ahmed
2 DF Bangladesh BAN Akash Saha
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Hakim Biswas
4 DF Bangladesh BAN Shahriar Hossain Rimon
5 DF Bangladesh BAN Amzad Ali
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Rasel Mia
7 MF Bangladesh BAN Sojol Ahmed
8 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Arafat Mia
9 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Murad Hossain Chowdhury
11 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Minhazul Karim Shadin
12 MF Bangladesh BAN Porimal Baiyda
13 DF Bangladesh BAN Minhaz Uddin
14 DF Bangladesh BAN Nafij Iqbal
15 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Zahid Hossain
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Robin Rony
17 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Zeon Sarker
18 DF Bangladesh BAN Nazmul Islam Akondo
19 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Afjal Hussain
20 FW Bangladesh BAN Apon Chondro Roy
21 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Maruf Hussain
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Foysal Islam
24 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Abu Taleb
25 GK Bangladesh BAN Robel Mia
26 DF Bangladesh BAN Anowarul Azim Rana
27 MF Bangladesh BAN Riaj Molla
28 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Atikul Islam
30 GK Bangladesh BAN Md Bappy

Team records

Head coach

As of 21 April 2022
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 Present 12 3 5 4 15 19 025.00

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 15 February 2022
Position Name
Team leader Bangladesh Md Tarequr Alam
Team manager Bangladesh Touhid Hasan
Head coach Bangladesh Ekramur Rahman Rana
Assistant coach Bangladesh Md Tipu Sultan
Goalkeeping coach Bangladesh Khondoker Mizanur Rahman Mizan
Physiologist Bangladesh Dr. A.M Sazzad Hossain
Media officer Bangladesh Md Sumon Alam
Masseur Bangladesh Rakib
Bangladesh Sagor

Honours

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