Brothers Union
Brothers Union is a football club based in Gopibagh, a suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club plays in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top tier of Bangladeshi football, having gained promotion as 2022–23 Championship League champion. They were relegated at the end of 2021–22 Premier League and then withdrew from the Championship League in the following season. However, they returned to play in the 2022–23 season and won promotion back into the top tier league.
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Full name | Brothers Union Limited |
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Nickname(s) | The Oranges |
Founded | 1949 |
Ground | Bangabandhu National Stadium |
Capacity | 36,000 |
Director | Mohiuddin Ahmed Mohi |
Head coach | ![]() |
League | Bangladesh Premier League |
2022–23 | Championship League, 1st of 11 (promoted) |
Originally, the club was a well-known cultural organization founded 1949 with business tycoon K. G. Ahmed serving as its first chairman. Brothers Union formed its football team in 1973 and they began playing in the Dhaka Third Division Football League that year. Next year, they were promoted to the Second Division Football League. In 1975, Brothers won the Second Division title and the club was promoted to the top tier. Brothers won their first major title, the Dhaka League in 2004.
Current squad
Brothers Union Ltd. squad for the 2022–23 season. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
- As of 25 January 2023
Position | Name |
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Head coach | ![]() |
Team Manager | ![]() |
Team Leader | ![]() |
Assistant manager | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Trainer | ![]() |
Equipment Manager | ![]() |
Masseur | ![]() |
Head coach's record
- As of 19 April 2023
Coach | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W |
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1972 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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1984 | 1984 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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1985 | 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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1986 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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1987 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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1988 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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1991 | 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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January 2003 | —2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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December 2003 | October 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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December 2005 | September 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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18 November 2011[1][2] | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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1 June 2016[3] | 20 August 2016 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 22.22 |
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3 September 2016 | 31 December 2016 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 43.75 |
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11 May 2017[4] | 10 June 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.00 |
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12 July 2017[5] | 5 August 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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20 August 2017[6] | 27 January 2018 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 28.57 |
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October 2018 | November 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0.00 |
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15 November 2018 | 30 April 2019 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 18.75 |
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1 May 2019 | 22 December 2019 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 32 | 21.43 |
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28 December 2019[7] | 27 December 2020 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0.00 |
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28 December 2020 | 16 February 2021 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 0.00 |
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10 March 2021 | 20 September 2021 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 5.88 |
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2 November 2022 | Present | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 80.00 |
AFC club ranking
- As of 11 June 2023[8]
Ranking | Team | Points |
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622 | ![]() | 11.0 |
623 | ![]() | 11.0 |
624 | ![]() | 11.0 |
625 | ![]() | 11.0 |
626 | ![]() | 11.0 |
World club ranking
- As of 11 June 2023[9]
Ranking | Team | Points |
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3430 | ![]() | 10.72 |
3431 | ![]() | 10.72 |
3432 | ![]() | 10.68 |
3433 | ![]() | 10.60 |
3434 | ![]() | 10.60 |
Honours
League
- Bangladesh Championship League
- Champions (1): 2022–23
- Dhaka Premier Division League
- Champions (2): 2003–04,[10] 2005
- National Football League
- Dhaka Second Division Football League
- Champions (1): 1974
- Dhaka Third Division Football League
- Champions (1): 1973
Cup
- Bangladesh Federation Cup
- Champions (2): 1980(shared), 1991, 2005
- DMFA Cup
- Champions (1): 1984(shared)
- Aga Khan Gold Cup[note 1]
- Champions (1): 1981(shared)[11]
Invitational
- Bordoloi Trophy
- Champions (1): 2004[12]
Notes
- The competition is widely regarded as the predecessor of AFC Champions League (held for the first time in 1967), since it was the first organized international competition that involved club teams around Asia, organized by the football authorities of East Pakistan, in collaboration with Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
References
- "নইমুদ্দিন সংবর্ধিত" [Naeemuddin felicitated]. www.jugantor.com. Daily Jugantor. 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- "Brothers bring back Naeemuddin as coach". archive.dhakatribune.com. The Dhaka Tribune. 16 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- Balgopal Maharjan to coach Bangladesh's Brothers Union Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 September 2021
- Reporter, Sports (11 May 2017). "Brothers rope in Subrata". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Reporter, Sports (12 July 2017). "Scanu promises good football". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Reporter, Sports (20 August 2017). "Brothers fly in Serbian coach". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "Brothers appoint Parkas as head coach". Dhaka Tribune. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "AFC club rankings". footballalphabet.com. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
- "World club rankings". footballalphabet.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- Schöggl, Hans (2004). "Bangladesh 2004: Fourth National Football League". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023.
- Tom Lewis; Neil Morrison; Novan Herfiyana; Karel Stokkermans (2003). "Aga Khan Gold Cup (Dhaka, Bangladesh)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- Arunava, Chaudhuri. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Bordoloi Trophy". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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