Dilkusha Sporting Club (Bengali: দিলকুশা স্পোর্টিং ক্লাব), also referred as Dilkusha SC, is an association football club based in the Dilkusha area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Dhaka Second Division League, the fourth-tier of Bangladeshi Football.
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| Full name | Dilkusha Sporting Club | ||
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| Founded | 1964 | ||
| President | Syed Riazul Karim | ||
| Head Coach | Rinku Chakma | ||
| League | Dhaka Second Division League | ||
| 2022–23 | Second Division League 9th of 15 | ||
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History edit
Early years edit
Dilkusha Sporting Club, based in Dilkusha, Dhaka, was founded in 1964[1] by an organizer that left Mohammedan Sporting Club.[2] In 1968, a young Kazi Salahuddin scored 14 goals in the Dhaka Second Division League to confirm the club's place in the 1969 edition of the First Division, the Dhaka League.[3]
A period of success edit
In 1969, the club contracted a strong team for its first season in the top-flight, which included Pakistani internationals such as Yusuf Junior, Abdul Ghafoor and Muhammad Umer. Aside from the Makrani talent, Bengali players like Abdul Hakim and Shahjahan Ahmed played integral roles as the club finished league runners-up behind Mohammedan SC.[4]
In 1974, the club again finished runners-up in the Dhaka League, this time behind Abahani Krira Chakra. However, there was controversy surrounding the champions, as in the last match of the league Dilkusha faced Abahani's arch-rivals Mohammedan, who planned to lose willingly to deny Abahani the championship. Mohammedan needed to lose by a four-goal margin to hand Dilkusha the trophy, and they were succeeding in their goal. But one of their foreign recruits, not knowing Mohammedan's intentions, scored a long-ranger. Nonetheless, Dilkusha still went on to win the match 5–1. The result meant that Dilkusha were still champions, but FIFA rules were not followed as instead of using goal difference to differentiate positions, the league used average goal scored, thus denying Dilkusha their first league trophy.[2]
Throughout the seventies, the club produced many talented players such as, Golam Shahid Neelu who was the 1974 Dhaka League top scorer with 16 goals, while Bangladesh's leading goalscorer Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu also represented the club in 1973, before moving to Rahmatganj MFS.[5] Nonetheless, the club suffered relegation to the Second Division in 1984, failing to return to the First Division since.[6]
Casino scandal edit
In September 2019, Dilkusha were one of the clubs from the Motijheel area of Dhaka, who were found guilty of having an illegal casino inside of their clubhouse.[7]
Honours edit
- Dhaka Third Division League
- Champions (1): 2015
- Dhaka Second Division League
- Champions (1): 1968
- Dhaka League
- Runners-up (2): 1969, 1974
Notable players edit
- The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for Dilkusha SC.
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ কাজীদিলকুশা ক্লাবে আগেও বসত জুয়ার আসর. Boishakhi TV (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ a b "Dilkusha Sporting Club: Never very good". The Business Standard. October 1, 2019. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ কাজী সালাউদ্দিন: বাংলাদেশের প্রথম সুপারস্টার. Utp al Shuvro (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ a b Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ [Liberation war in the playground] (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
- ^ সালাউদ্দিন-চুন্নুর ‘আতুরঘড়’ দিলকুশার নতুন চ্যালেঞ্জ. dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "Bangladesh 1984". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Casino busted at Arambagh, Dilkusha clubs". BanglaNews24. September 22, 2019. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ "চলে গেলেন ওস্তাদ আলমগীর". newsbangla24.com (in Bengali). 3 January 2021. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Hasan, Shazia (2023-03-05). "REVIVING FOOTBALL IN LYARI". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
- ^ Kamruzzaman, Mohammed (1 June 2003). "অনন্য-অসাধারণ ফুটবলের মুসা" (in Bengali). Krira Jagat Magazine. Retrieved 12 March 2024 – via Facebook.
Further reading edit
- Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
- Mahmud, Noman (2018). ফুটবল পায়ে মুক্তির যুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war fought by football) (in Bengali). Agamee Prakashani. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
- "Kazi Salahuddin: Bangladesh football's first superstar". fifa.com. 31 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- Iftekhar, Rubaid (2 October 2019). "Mohammedan Sporting Club: The fall that hurt the most". tbsnews.net. The Business Standard. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
External links edit
- Dilkusha SC on Facebook
- Dilkusha SC at Elevensports