1991 BTC Club Cup

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1991 BTC Club Cup
Tournament details
Host country Bangladesh
Dates31 May–7 June 1991
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Dhaka Stadium
Final positions
Champions Dhaka Abahani (1st title)
Runners-up Dhaka Mohammedan
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored17 (1.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)4 players (2 goals)

The 1991 BTC Club Cup was held at the Dhaka Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] The tournament was organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation in aid of 1991 cyclone victims. [2] It began on 31 May and ended on 7 June 1991. [1]

Contents

Venues

Dhaka
Dhaka Stadium
Capacity: 36,000
Bangabandhu National Stadium 2 by Farsad.JPG

Participating teams

The tournament included the top three teams from 1989/90 season of the Dhaka First Division League and Calcutta First Division League.

CountryClubLeague1989/90 season standing
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Dhaka Abahani [a] Dhaka First Division League Champion
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Dhaka Mohammedan Dhaka First Division League Runners-up
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Dhaka Mohammedan Dhaka First Division League Third-place
Flag of India.svg  India Mohun Bagan Calcutta First Division League Champion
Flag of India.svg  India East Bengal Calcutta First Division League Runners-up
Flag of India.svg  India Kolkata Mohammedan Calcutta First Division League Third-place

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka Mohammedan 211052+34Advance to the semi-finals
2 Flag of India.svg East Bengal 211021+14
3 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Brothers Union 20021540
Source: RSSSF
East Bengal Flag of India.svg 1–0 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Brothers Union
Bikash Soccerball shade.svg?'

Dhaka Mohammedan Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1–4 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Brothers Union
Riyaz Uddin Soccerball shade.svg55'

Dhaka Mohammedan Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1–1 Flag of India.svg East Bengal
Nakib Soccerball shade.svg2' Banerjee Soccerball shade.svg42'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka Abahani 211021+14Advance to the semi-finals
2 Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan 211010+14
3 Flag of India.svg Kolkata Mohammedan 20021320
Source: RSSSF
Mohun Bagan Flag of India.svg 1–0 Flag of India.svg Kolkata Mohammedan
Chatterjee Soccerball shade.svg73'

Mohun Bagan Flag of India.svg 0–0 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka Abahani

Kolkata Mohammedan Flag of India.svg 1–2 Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka Abahani
Mohammed Rahmatullah Soccerball shade.svg82'

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Dhaka Abahani Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1–0
(a.e.t.)
Flag of India.svg East Bengal
Krishanu Soccerball shade.svg25'
Dhaka Stadium , Dhaka
Attendance: 60,000 [4]

Dhaka Mohammedan Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1–0 Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
Nakib Soccerball shade.svg21'

Final

Dhaka Abahani Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1–0
(a.e.t.)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Dhaka Mohammedan
Gauss Soccerball shade.svg109'
Dhaka Stadium , Dhaka
Referee: Nazir Hossain
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Dhaka Abahani
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Dhaka Mohammedan
GK Mohamed Mohsin (GK)
RB Alamgir Hasan
LB Barun Bikash Dewan
CB Monem Munna Yellow card.svg
CB Rezaul Karim Rehan
CB Abu Yusuf
MF Mohamed Masoud Rana
MF Satyajit Das Rupu (c)
LF Rizvi Karim Rumi Sub off.svg
RF Golam Gauss Soccerball shade.svg22' (pen.)
CF Sheikh Mohammad Aslam
Substitutions:
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Head coach:
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Abdul Gaffar
GK Sayeed Hassan Kanan (GK)
RB Abul Hossain
LB Imtiaz Sultan Johnny
CB Kaiser Hamid (c)
CB Jewel Rana
MF Saiful Bari Titu
MF Zakir Hossain Sub off.svg
MF Mahabub Hossain Roksy Sub off.svg
RW Mamun Joarder
CF Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib
LW Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir
Substitutions:
MF Mostakim Wazed Yellow card.svgSub on.svg
MF Masud Ali Sub on.svg
Manager:
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Mohammed Kaikobad

Source: [5]

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.89 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. Misreported as Chittagong Abahani by RSSSF. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dhaka Club Cup 91". RSSSF. 20 February 2003. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2017). "Football in South Asia". In Hughson, John; Moore, Kevin; Spaaij, Ramón; Maguire, Joseph (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Football Studies. Routledge. p. 396. ISBN   978-0-415-81510-9.
  3. Mahmud, Dulal (10 April 2021). "আকাশি-নীলের উত্থান". utpalshuvro.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. "Aslam reminisces glory days of football". The Independent. Dhaka. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  5. Tariq, T Islam (2025). মোহামেডান-আবাহনী ময়দানি লড়াই (transl.Mohammedan-Abahani battle field) (in Bengali). Annesha Prokashon. ISBN   978-984-99475-1-6.