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| Full name | Victoria Sporting Club, Dhaka | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1903 | ||
| League | Dhaka Senior Division League [1] | ||
| 2021–22 | 13th of 14th | ||
Victoria Sporting Club, commonly known as Victoria SC, is a football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [2] [3] Founded in 1903, the club competes in the Dhaka Senior Division League, the third tier of football in Bangladesh. [4] [5] [6] [7] They were relegated from the Bangladesh Championship League, in 2021. [8] [9]
Victoria Sporting Club, commonly known as Victoria SC, is a football club based in Dhaka. It was established in 1903, and named after Queen Victoria during the British regime. [10] [11] It is one of the oldest clubs in Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan), and in 1948 they made history by becoming the first ever winners of the Dhaka League. [3] [12] [13] [5] Aside from their historic triupmh, they emerged champions of the league during the 1962 and 1964 editions, while finishing runners-up in 1960 and 1961. The club also participated in the historic IFA Shield before the partition of Bengal. [note 1]
In 1962, Victoria clinched the prestigious Aga Khan Gold Cup title, dismantling the fedder team for South Korea, Young Taegeuk Football Association 5–1. [14] [15] Many at the time considered Victoria SC to be the strongest club side in South Asia. [16]
| Head Coach | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TBC | March 2020 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 65 | 57 | 0.00 |
Syed Abdus Samad (1927) [23] [24] 
Sheikh Shaheb Ali (1939–1944) [25] [26] Muhammad Umer (1961–1964) [27] Abdul Ghafoor Majna (1962–1964) [19] Musa Ghazi (1962) [28] 
Shabbir Ali (1984–1985) [29] [30] 
Raju Kaji Shakya (1986–1988) [31] 
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