Mohun Bagan field hockey team

This article is about the field hockey team. For the parent club, see Mohun Bagan AC.

Mohun Bagan field hockey team

Full name	Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
Nickname(s)	The Mariners
Short name	MBAC
Founded	15 August 1889;135 years ago (1889-08-15)
Ground	Howrah Dumurjola Stadium Mohun Bagan Ground
Capacity	22,000
President	Debasish Dutta
Manager	Gurmeet Singh
Coach	Simranjeet Singh
League	Calcutta Hockey League
Website	www.themohunbaganac.com
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Mohun Bagan hockey team is an Indian professional field hockey team 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, SAI Sports Complex at Salt Lake Stadium and Howrah Dumurjola Stadium. The team has won 41 major state titles, which includes 27 Calcutta Hockey League and 14 Beighton Cup titles. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Mohun Bagan started their field hockey section in the early 1930s 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]

Statistics

As of 28 March 2025 ^[update]

Season	Tournament	Result	Played	Won	Draw	Lose
2024–25	Calcutta Premier Hockey League	Champions	8	7	1	0

Honours

League

• Calcutta Hockey League
  • Champions (27): 1935, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2023, 2025

Cup

• Beighton Cup
  • Champions (14): 1952, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979
  • Runners-up (3): 1956, 1972, 1980

• Agha Khan Cup
  • Champions (1): 1964

• Bombay Gold Cup
  • Champions (1): 1964
  • Runners-up (1): 1970

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.

References

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

External links

• Official website