City Club (football)

City Club (Bengali: সিটি ক্লাব), also known as Mirpur Sports & Physicial Culture Center or MSPCC City Club is a Bangladeshi football club based in the Mirpur, Dhaka. It currently competes in the Dhaka Second Division League, the fourth-tier of Bangladeshi football.

For the cricket team, see City Club (cricket).
City Club
সিটি ক্লাব
Full nameMirpur Sports & Physicial Culture Center & City Club
Short nameMSPCC City Club
Founded1972 (1972)
GroundCity Club Ground, Mirpur
PresidentHossain Mollah
LeagueDhaka Second Division League
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was established in 1972 as Mirpur Sports & Physical Culture Center (MSPCC) in Mirpur, Dhaka.[1] In 1984, a few of the club's founders, including the co-founder and club captain at the time, Hossain Mollah, bought Dhaka Second Division Football League club, Shahjahanpur SC, for Tk 1 lakh. In 1985, after both MSPCC and Shahjahanpur completed their merger, its general secretary, the late Sadeque Hossain Khoka, renamed the newly merged club as City Club.[2]

In 2010, the club showed interest in turning fully professional and was rumored to take part in the second-tier professional football league, the Bangladesh Championship League.[3] However, by the time the league got underway in 2012, the club's interest faded. In 2017, the club finished runners-up in the Pioneer Football League, which is the sixth-tier.[4] They were directly promoted to the fourth-tier, the Dhaka Second Division Football League and took part in the 2018–19 league season.[5]

Competitive record

Results are only available since their return to the Dhaka Second Division Football League in the 2018–19 season.

Record as Dhaka Football League member
Season Division League Federation Cup Independence Cup Top league scorer(s)
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2018–19 Second Division 12 4 2 6 N/A N/A 14 N/A DNP DNP Arif Sumon 3
2021–22 Second Division 8 1 5 2 5 8 8 6th Group Stage DNP DNP Touhidul & Fazlul 2
2022–23 Second Division TBD
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

Honours

References
  1. "How Bangladeshi sports clubs were named". The Business Standard. August 6, 2023.
  2. LR, Badal (April 10, 2018). "ফুটবল ছেড়ে সিটি ক্লাব এখন ক্রিকেটার তৈরির মেশিন". Amader Shomoy.
  3. Reporter, Sports (March 23, 2010). "City Club want to play pro league". The Daily Star.
  4. "পাইওনিয়ার লিগে কিং স্টার চ্যাম্পিয়ন". Bangla Tribune.
  5. "মাঠে গড়ালো দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লিগ". banglanews24.com. January 11, 2017.
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