Mohun Bagan Super Giant (commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan) is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football league system.
For the major part of the club's footballing history, the team was mostly managed by one of the administrators, like the secretary or the vice-president, or by player-turned-coaches, until professional coaches became common and later became mandated by leagues. The first professional manager appointed for Mohun Bagan was Amal Dutta in 1969 for the first time, who cumulatively managed the team for 24 years between 1969–2006 and is famously remembered for introducing the concept of fullbacks and the innovative 3–4–3 'Diamond' formation to the Indian football during his stints at the club. Under Karim Bencherifa, Mohun Bagan created a record of most consecutive I-League match victories (10) in 2008-09 season. Among the long list of managers, only two could manage Mohun Bagan to win the prestigious I-League, Sanjoy Sen (in 2015) and Kibu Vicuña (in 2020). Under the management of Sanjoy Sen Mohun Bagan became the first Indian club to win a match in ACL and also reached the Round 16 of AFC Cup for the first time in the club's history in 2016. In 2019-20, Kibu Vicuña led Mohun Bagan to their second I-League title win with four matches to spare and matching Dempo's record to fastest I-League title win.
List
Note: The following list includes all the coaches/managers of Mohun Bagan since the reformation of I-League in 2007, when appointment of licensed coaches was mandated for the designation of head coach. Prior to then, the team was often led by administrative personnels who may not be licensed.
NameNationalityFromToDurationHonoursNo. of honoursChima Okorie20 February 20077 April 20070Carlos Roberto Pereira1 August 200731 May 20082007–08 Calcutta Football League1Karim Bencherifa1 July 20083 February 20102008 Indian Federation Cup, 2008–09 Calcutta Football League, 2009 Super Cup3Satyajit Chatterjee4 February 201030 March 20100Biswajit Bhattacharya31 March 20104 June 20102009–10 Calcutta Football League1Stanley Rozario4 June 201013 December 20100Sujit Chakraborty 24 December 20101 June 20110Steve Darby19 July 201115 October 20110Prasanta Banerjee19 October 201126 May 20120Santosh Kashyap26 May 201213 October 20122012 All Airlines Gold Cup1Mridul Banerjee19 October 201220 November 20120Karim Bencherifa21 November 201227 April 20140Subhash Bhowmick29 April 20147 December 20140Sanjoy Sen9 December 20142 January 20182014–15 I-League,2015–16 Indian Federation Cup2Sankarlal Chakraborty3 January 20187 January 20192018–19 Calcutta Premier Division1Khalid Ahmed Jamil7 January 201910 May 20190Kibu Vicuña10 May 201931 May 20202019–20 I-League1Antonio López Habas1 July 202018 December 20210Juan Ferrando20 December 20213 January 20242022–23 ISL Cup, 2023 Durand Cup2Antonio López Habas3 January 202431 May 20242023–24 Indian Super League1José Francisco Molina11 June 202426 November 20252024–25 Indian Super League, 2024–25 ISL Cup, 2025 IFA Shield3Sergio Lobera26 November 20257 July 20260Panagiotis Dilberis7 July 2026present
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