Sheikh Russel KC

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Sheikh Russel KC (Bengali: শেখ রাসেল ক্রীড়া চক্র) is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] Founded in 1995, the club currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League. They won Federation Cup in 2012, which is club's first major title. The club 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] The club was based at the Sylhet District Stadium until 2021 when they moved to their present home venue, the Bashundhara Kings Arena.[3]

History

Emergence

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra was established in 1995 and named after Sheikh Russel, son of former President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[4] The founder was Shahjahan Kabir, and striker Shofiqur Rahman Titu was appointed as the team's first ever captain in 1996. The club started its journey in 1996 with the Pioneer Football League. Then in 1998 the team became runners-up in the Dhaka Third Division and were promoted to the Dhaka Second Division, under the coaching of Wazed Gazi.

In 2002, Sheikh Russel KC became runners-up in the Dhaka First Division (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 top-tier at the time, the 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.[5]

Treble win and drought

In the 2012–13 season, Sheikh Russel KC got its highest success by winning the domestic treble, under the guidance of local coach Maruful Haque. Sheikh Russel defeated Sheikh Jamal DC 2–1 in extra time of the Federation Cup final to win a title for the first time its history. They then went on to win the 2013 Independence Cup final, 3–2 against Sheikh Jamal. They completed the treble by again edging Sheikh Jamal DC, this time to the 2012–13 Bangladesh Premier League. The team captained by goalkeeper Biplob Bhattacharjee, only conceded 14 goals in league, while Haitian playmaker Sony Norde, was the lethal, scoring 16 league goals.[6]

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.[7][8][9] They were also defeated by Mohammedan SC in the 2013 Super Cup final.[10] However, the team did manage to reach the semi-finals of the 2014 AFC President's Cup.[11]

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.[12] However, the club's 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.[13]

Attempt to rebuild

In October 2018, veteran coach Saiful Bari Titu was appointed as the club's head coach. In 2020, Sheikh Russel were one of the four clubs from Bangladesh to attain AFC Cup licensing.[14] 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.[15][16]

Current squad

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Fba/core Mitul Marma (captain)
2 DF Template:Fba/core Shahin Ahammad
3 DF Template:Fba/core Abid Ahmed
4 DF Template:Fba/core Shawkat Russel
5 DF Template:Fba/core Ganiu Ogungbe
6 MF Template:Fba/core Emon Babu (vice-captain)
7 MF Template:Fba/core Shahidul Islam Sumon
8 MF Template:Fba/core Kodai Iida
13 DF Template:Fba/core Ariful Islam Jitu
14 DF Template:Fba/core Tanvir Hossain
15 DF Template:Fba/core Jintu Mia
16 FW Template:Fba/core Mohamed Munna
17 FW Template:Fba/core Nihat Jaman Ucchash
18 FW Template:Fba/core Ekbal Hussain
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Template:Fba/core Sarower Zaman Nipu
20 FW Template:Fba/core Sumon Reza
22 GK Template:Fba/core Rakibul Islam Tushar
23 DF Template:Fba/core Monir Alam
24 MF Template:Fba/core Dipok Roy
26 MF Template:Fba/core Chandon Roy (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
27 DF Template:Fba/core Apon Sarkar
29 GK Template:Fba/core Mehedi Islam Rabbani
30 GK Template:Fba/core Nayeem Mia
31 DF Template:Fba/core Mohammad Sagor Miah
44 DF Template:Fba/core Valeriy Stepanenko
45 FW Template:Fba/core Sekou Sylla
67 MF Template:Fba/core Akhror Umarjonov
95 MF Template:Fba/core Vojislav Balabanovic

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Head coach Template:Flagicon Jugoslav Trenchovski
Team Manager Template:Flagicon Shahedul Alam Shahed
Assistant manager Template:Flagicon Md Ifthekar Rahman Khan
Team Leader Template:Flagicon Md Fakhruddin
Trainer Template:Flagicon Abdul Baten Komol
Goalkeeping coach Template:Flagicon Masud Ahamad
Interpreter Template:Flagicon Md Maruf Kazi
Physiotherapist Template:Flagicon Nujaim Khan Pranto
Head of delegation Template:Flagicon Md Habibur Rahman Khan
Masseur Template:Flagicon Md Shamim

Management

Board of directors

As of June 2022[17][18]

Position Name
Chairman Sayem Sobhan Anvir
Vice-chairman Naem Nizam

Imdadul Haque Milon

Senior vice-chairman Liaquat Ali Khan
Sporting director Saleh Zaman Salim
Director in Charge Ismat Jamil Akhond
Director of Finance Md. Fakhruddin

Team records

Head coach's record

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Head Coach Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W
Wazed Gazi Template:Flagicon 18 January 2007[19] —

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Kamal Babu Template:Flagicon 27 August 2009[20] —

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Mahmudul Haque Liton Template:Flagicon December 2010[21] June 2011

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Maruful Haque Template:Flagicon September 2011 15 April 2014

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Dragan Đukanović Template:Flagicon 21 April 2014[22] 20 May 2015

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Maruful Haque Template:Flagicon 3 June 2015 26 August 2016

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Shafiqul Islam Manik Template:Flagicon 27 August 2016[23] 3 February 2018

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Saiful Bari Titu Template:Flagicon October 2018[24] 13 March 2022

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Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu Template:Flagicon 14 March 2022[25] 19 August 2023

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Jugoslav Trenchovski Template:Flagicon 20 August 2023[26] Present

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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2018–present Cosco Bashundhara Cement

Honours

Winners

2012–13
2012
2012–13
2001–02
1996–97

Runners-up

2014–15
2003–04
2002
1997
2012–13
2011, 2018–19

Performance in AFC competitions

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

Affiliated clubs

The following club is currently affiliated with Sheikh Russel KC:

References

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External links

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