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.
Till now the club has won the top-flight football league a record seven times Indian Super League and I-League twice and National Football League thrice. They are one of the most successful Indian clubs in the history of the Federation Cup, having won the championship a record 14 times. The club had also won several other trophies, including the ISL playoffs (2 times), the Durand Cup (17 times), the IFA Shield (21 times), the Rover's Cup (14 times) and the Calcutta Football League (31 times).
List of captains
The following is the list of first-choice captains of Mohun Bagan's main football team in each of the Indian football years/seasons:
SeasonNationalityNameNotes/References1889Manilal SenMember of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team.189018911892189318941895189618971898189919001901 Monmohan Pandey1902190319041905 Ramdas Bhaduri190619071908190919101911 Shibdas BhaduriWas the captain of the Immortal XI that won the 1911 IFA Shield.19121913 Sirishchandra 'Habul' Sarkar191419151916 Bijoydas Bhaduri191719181919 Prakash Ghosh19201921 Gostha Pal19221923192419251926 Umapati Kumar1927192819291930 Sudhansu Bose1931 Dr. Manmatha Nath Dutta193219331934 Abdul HamidFrom Quetta, Baluchistan; was the first captain not from Bengal.1935 Bhola Sarkar1936 Satu Chowdhary19371938 Bimal MukherjeeWas the captain of the first CFL Premier Division winning team in 1939.19391940 Nanda Roy Choudhury19411942 Mona Guin1943 Anil Dey194419451946 Sarat Das19471948 Talimeren Ao19491950 Sailen Manna19511952195319541955Md. Abdus Sattar19561957 Swaraj Chatterjee1958 Samar 'Badru' Banerjee1959 Sushil Guha1960 Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami19611962196319641965 Jarnail SinghHad become the only ever Indian to lead Asian All-Star team in 1966.196619671968 Isaiah Arumainayagam1969 Chandreswar Prasad197019711972 Bhabani Ray1973 Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar1974 Syed Nayeemuddin1975 Nirmal Goswami1976 Prasanta Mitra1977 Subrata Bhattacharya1978 Prasun BanerjeeWas the captain of the first club based national tournament–Federation Cup–winning team in 1978.1979 Dilip Palit1980 Compton Dutta1981 Pradip Chowdhury1982 Shyam Thapa1983 Gautam SarkarWas the first former East Bengal captain to lead the team.1984 Shyamal Bose1985 Bidesh Bose1986 Krishnendu Roy1987 Babu Mani1988 Prasanta Banerjee1989 Sisir Ghosh1990 Satyajit Chatterjee1991 Sisir Ghosh1992 Achintya Belei1993 Amit Bhadra1994 Tanumoy Basu1995 Sisir Ghosh19961997 Aloke Das1998 Biswanath MondalWas the captain of the first national league–National Football League–winning team in 1997-98.1999 Hemanta Dora2000 Lolendra Singh2001 Debjit Ghosh2002 Dulal Biswas2003 Renedy Singh2004 Monitombi Singh2005 Mehtab Hossain2006 José Ramirez BarretoWas the first foreign national captain of the team.2007–08 Bhaichung Bhutia2008–09 Lalkamal Bhowmick2009–10 Sangram Mukherjee2010–11 Ishfaq Ahmed2011–12 José Ramirez Barreto2012–13 Odafa Onyeka Okolie2013–142014–15 Shilton PaulWas the captain of the first professional national league–I-League–winning team in 2014-15.2015–162016–17 Katsumi Yusa2017–18 Kingshuk Debnath Sony Nordé2018–19 Eze Kingsley Obumneme2019–20 Dhanachandra Singh2020–21 Pritam Kotal Arindam Bhattacharya Sandesh Jhingan Edu García Roy Krishna2021–22 Subhasish Bose Pritam Kotal2022–23 Joni Kauko Florentin Pogba Subhasish Bose2023–24Was the captain of the first ISL winning team in 2023-24.2024–252025–26
By nationality
NationalityNo. of players (Season) (Season) Asia71Manilal Sen (1889)Subhasish Bose (2025–26)1Katsumi Yusa (2016–17)Katsumi Yusa (2016–17) Total72 Africa2Odafa Onyeka Okolie (2012–13)Eze Kingsley Obumneme (2018–19)1Florentin Pogba (2022–23)Florentin Pogba (2022–23) Total3 Europe1Edu García (2020–21)Edu García (2020–21)1Joni Kauko (2022–23)Joni Kauko (2022–23) Total2 North America1Sony Nordé (2017–18)Sony Nordé (2018–19) Total1 South America1José Ramirez Barreto (2006)José Ramirez Barreto (2011–12) Total1 Oceania1Roy Krishna (2020–21)Roy Krishna (2021–22) Total1
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