Brothers Union

See also: Brothers Union cricket team
Brothers Union
Full nameBrothers Union Limited
Nickname(s)The Oranges
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
GroundMuktijuddho Sriti Stadium
Capacity15,000
ConvenerIshraque Hossain[1]
Head coachAzmol Hossain Biddyut
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2023–242023–24, 10 of 10
Current season

Brothers Union (Bengali: ব্রাদার্স ইউনিয়ন) is a professional football club based in Gopibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Bangladeshi Football.

The club was founded in 1949, patroned by local Gopibagh businessmen. Nicknamed the Oranges, Brothers Union spent the late 70s and early 80s as one of the pioneers of Bangladeshi football, behind Abahani Limited Dhaka and Dhaka Mohammedan. Throughout their history, Brothers Union has built a reputation for spotting and developing young talent, especially during the club's legendary coach Abdul Gafur Baloch's regime from 1972 to 1986.[2]

The club earned promotions from the Dhaka Third Division Football League and Dhaka Second Division Football League in 1973 and 1974, respectively. They entered the First Division in 1975, however, had to wait till the 2003–04 season to win their first league title. Their second league triumph came in the following season, in 2005. The club has also found success at continental level, jointly winning the 1981–82 edition of the Aga Khan Gold Cup, becoming the first and only local club to win the tournament since the Independence of Bangladesh.[3]

Brothers Union were one of the founding members of the Bangladesh Premier League in 2007. They remained in the professional league, until facing relegation at the end of 2021–22 Premier League. The club withdrew from the second-tier, the Championship League in the following season and eventually gained promotion back to the top-flight as champions of the 2022–23 Championship League.[4][5]

History

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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

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As of 27 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bangladesh BAN Ashraful Islam Rana
2 DF Bangladesh BAN Sushanto Tripura
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Rahmat Mia
4 DF Bangladesh BAN Minhaz Uddin
5 DF Bangladesh BAN Alomgir Molla
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Jamal Bhuyan
7 MF Bangladesh BAN Emon Mahmud
8 MF Bangladesh BAN Monaem Khan Raju
9 FW Bangladesh BAN Sazzad Hossain
10 FW Bangladesh BAN Eleta Kingsley
11 FW Bangladesh BAN Mahbubur Rahman Sufil
12 FW Bangladesh BAN Sree Sumon Soren
13 MF Bangladesh BAN Kaushik Barua
14 DF Bangladesh BAN Monir Alam
15 FW The Gambia GAM Maxi Cessay
16 MF Bangladesh BAN Mohamed Sohel Rana
17 FW The Gambia GAM Mustapha Drammeh
18 MF The Gambia GAM Zakaria Darboe
19 MF Senegal SEN Cheikh Sene
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Japan JPN Hiromitsu Shimo
21 MF Bangladesh BAN Hossain Mohammad Arian
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Pappu Hossain
23 DF Senegal SEN Mouhamed Becaye Diarra
24 FW Bangladesh BAN Said Rakib Khan Evan
25 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Yamin Rana
26 DF Bangladesh BAN Nazim Uddin
27 FW Bangladesh BAN Tarikul Islam
28 DF Bangladesh BAN Nabil Khandaker Joy
29 FW Bangladesh BAN Joseph Nur Rahman
30 GK Bangladesh BAN Md Kamal Hossain Titu
31 MF Bangladesh BAN Kawsar Ali Rabbi
32 DF Bangladesh BAN Mojammel Hossain Nira
33 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Khalil Bhuiyan
34 DF Bangladesh BAN Sirajul Islam Rana
35 GK Bangladesh BAN Ishaque Akonddo
36 FW Bangladesh BAN Aswad Bin Walid Khan
44 DF Bangladesh BAN Rostam Islam Dukhu Mia

Current technical staff

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Coaching staff

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As of 17 February 2024
Position Name
Head coach Bangladesh Azmol Hossain Biddyut
Team manager Bangladesh Amer Khan
Assistant coach The Gambia Omar Sisse
Team leader Bangladesh Syed Masum Ali
Assistant manager Bangladesh Hashem Mollah
Assistant coach Bangladesh Md Khalid Shaifullah
Trainer Bangladesh Faisal Mahmud
Equipment Manager Bangladesh Tapan Talukdar
Physiotherapist Bangladesh Nazrul Islam
Masseur Bangladesh Md Rubel

Board of directors

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As of May 2024
Position Name
Convener Bangladesh Ishraque Hossain
Member Secretary Bangladesh Sabbir Ahmed Arif

Coaching records

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Coaching history

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Interim or caretaker coaches are listed in italics.

Head coach's record

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As of 29 May 2024
Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
Nepal Bal Gopal Maharjan 1 June 2016[8] 20 August 2016 9 2 5 2 11 12 022.22
India Syed Nayeemuddin 3 September 2016 31 December 2016 16 7 4 5 30 25 043.75
India Subrata Bhattacharya Jr. 11 May 2017[9] 10 June 2017 3 0 2 1 2 3 000.00
Italy Giovanni Scanu 12 July 2017[10] 5 August 2017 2 0 2 0 0 0 000.00
Cyprus Nicolas Vitorović 20 August 2017[11] 27 January 2018 21 6 5 10 21 31 028.57
Peru Gregory Farfan October 2018 November 2018 2 0 0 2 2 8 000.00
India Syed Nayeemuddin 15 November 2018 30 April 2019 16 3 4 9 11 26 018.75
Bangladesh Mohidur Rahman Miraz 1 May 2019 22 December 2019 14 3 4 7 21 32 021.43
IranGermany Reza Parkas 28 December 2019[12] 27 December 2020 5 0 4 1 6 7 000.00
Bangladesh Abdul Qaium Sentu 28 December 2020 16 February 2021 9 0 1 8 4 19 000.00
IranGermany Reza Parkas 10 March 2021 20 September 2021 17 1 3 13 7 35 005.88
Bangladesh Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon 2 November 2022 20 April 2023 20 16 3 1 30 6 080.00
Bangladesh Faisal Mahmud (caretaker) 20 October 2023[13] 30 December 2023 4 0 1 3 4 13 000.00
The Gambia Omar Sisse 10 January 2024 1 February 2024 5 0 1 4 4 18 000.00
Bangladesh Ali Asgar Nasir (interim) 1 February 2024 8 February 2024 1 0 1 0 2 2 000.00
Bangladesh Azmol Hossain Biddyut 9 February 2024 30 May 2024 14 1 1 12 12 54 007.14

Season by season record

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Record as Professional Football League member
Season Division League Federation Cup Independence Cup Asian club competition Top league scorer(s)
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2007 B.League 20 8 5 7 32 19 29 5th — — — Nigeria Junior Obagbemiro 16
2008/09 B.League 20 10 7 3 34 23 37 4th Group-stage Nigeria Henry Quae 6
2009/10 B.League 24 5 11 8 20 26 26 7th Group-stage Ghana Enock Bentil 10
2010/11 B.League 22 8 6 8 31 30 30 5th Semi-finals Quarter-finals Nigeria Kingsley Chigozie 8
2012 BPL 20 6 6 8 25 35 24 7th Group-stage — Nigeria Kingsley Chigozie 9
2012/13 BPL 16 2 5 9 14 23 11 8th Quarter-finals Group-stage Nigeria Kingsley Chigozie 6
2013/14 BPL 27 10 8 9 35 33 38 5th Quarter-finals Semi-finals Haiti Walson Augustin 8
2014/15 BPL 20 10 5 5 29 21 35 5th Quarter-finals — Haiti Walson Augustin 15
2016 BPL 22 7 9 6 37 34 30 4th Quarter-finals Group-stage Haiti Walson Augustin 13
2017/18 BPL 22 5 7 10 20 30 22 7th Quarter-finals Quarter-finals Democratic Republic of the Congo Siyo Zunapio 10
2018/19 BPL 24 5 6 13 28 49 21 11th Group-stage Semi-finals Bangladesh Mannaf Rabby 8
2019/20 BPL Abandoned Group-stage — Uzbekistan Otabek Valizhonov 3
2020/21 BPL 24 1 4 19 16 51 7 13th Group-stage Bangladesh Faisal Mahmud
Democratic Republic of the Congo Siyo Zunapio 		3
2021/22 BCL Did not participate — —
2022/23 BCL 20 16 3 1 30 7 51 Champions Bangladesh Md Sohag Hossain 6
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated

Performance in AFC competitions

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Further information: Bangladeshi clubs in the AFC Cup and Bangladeshi football clubs in the Asian Club Championship
1992–93: First Round
2005: Group Stage
2006: Group Stage

Results

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Competition Season Club Score Opponent
Asian Club Championship 1992–93 Bangladesh Brothers Union
0–0
 Pakistan Wohaib
Asian Club Championship 1992–93 Bangladesh Brothers Union
0–2
 Pakistan Wohaib
AFC Cup 2005 Bangladesh Brothers Union
1–1
 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
AFC Cup 2005 Bangladesh Brothers Union
1–4
 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
AFC Cup 2005 Bangladesh Brothers Union
0–0
 Turkmenistan Nisa Aşgabat
AFC Cup 2005 Bangladesh Brothers Union
0–2
 Lebanon Al-Nejmeh Beirut
AFC Cup 2006 Bangladesh Brothers Union
0–2
 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
AFC Cup 2006 Bangladesh Brothers Union
2–2
 India Mahindra United
AFC Cup 2006 Bangladesh Brothers Union
1–3
 Lebanon Al Ahed
AFC Cup 2006 Bangladesh Brothers Union
2–6
 Lebanon Al Ahed
AFC Cup 2006 Bangladesh Brothers Union
0–0
 Bahrain Al-Muharraq
AFC Cup 2006 Bangladesh Brothers Union
0–1
 India Mahindra United

Club ranking

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Honours

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League

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Cup

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Invitational

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Performance in AFC competitions

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2005: Group Stage
2006: Group Stage

Notes

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  1. ^ 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

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  3. ^ "Bangladesh football, the glorious days of Brothers Union". Weekly Blitz. 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
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  6. ^ "নইমুদ্দিন সংবর্ধিত" [Naeemuddin felicitated]. www.jugantor.com. Daily Jugantor. 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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  8. ^ Balgopal Maharjan to coach Bangladesh's Brothers Union Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 September 2021
  9. ^ "Brothers rope in Subrata". The Daily Star. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Scanu promises good football". The Daily Star. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Brothers fly in Serbian coach". The Daily Star. 20 August 2017. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Brothers appoint Parkas as head coach". Dhaka Tribune. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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