Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, nicknamed Yellow Fear, is a multi-sports club based in the Dhanmondi area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top-flight of football in Bangladesh. It was known as Dhanmondi Club before adding the founder's name after turning into a limited company.[1] Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club is one of the most successful football clubs in Bangladesh.[2]

Sheikh Jamal DC
Full nameLieutenant Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited
Nickname(s)Yellow Fear
(Bengali: হলুদ আতঙ্ক)
Founded
  • 1962 (1962) (as Dhanmondi Club)
  • 2010 (2010) (renamed as Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited)
GroundSheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium
Capacity5,000
PresidentSafwan Sobhan Tasvir
CoachMaruful Haque
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2021–22BPL, 4th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Football (Men's)
Football (Women's)
Cricket (Men's)

Badminton
Volleyball

History

Dhanmondi Club took control of its current ground in Dhanmondi since 1962 when it was established.[3][4] In 2004, the President of Dhanmondi Club and vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation, Khairul Anwar Piaru was shot dead inside the club premises.[5] In 2007, a court in Dhaka sentenced five people to death for his murder.[6] In 2009, Dhanmondi Club was renamed to Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club after Sheikh Jamal, the brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Its occupation of the playground has been protested by Bangladesh Poribesh Abndolon, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, and Institute of Architects, Bangladesh.[7] Sheikh Jamal promised to play quality football when called up for the Bangladesh Football Premier League in 2010–11 season over two other clubs playing in the Dhaka Second Division League.[8] The club was champion of the 2010–11 Bangladesh League.

Shirt sponsors
Period Shirt sponsor
2010–2014 United Commercial Bank (UCB)
2015 Bashundhara Group
2016 Yellow
2018– Bashundhara A4 Paper

Stadium

Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club wanted to use Faridpur Stadium as a their home Stadium for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League however they had to play all of their matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium which is in the Motijheel area in the heart of the city. The stadium had a capacity of close to 55,000 before the work of renovation, making it then the largest stadium of the country. After the renovation, it still remains the largest stadium of the country.[9]

Current squad
As of 29 November 2022

Sheikh Jamal DC Squad for 2022–23 season.

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  BAN Russel Mahmud Liton
2 DF  BAN Raihan Hasan
4 DF  BAN Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna
5 DF  BAN Tareq Miah
6 DF  PAR Jorge Aguilar
7 FW  BAN Mohammad Jewel
8 MF  UZB Otabek Valizhonov
9 FW  VIN Cornelius Stewart
10 FW  BAN Obidur Rahman Nawbab
11 FW  GAM Sulayman Sillah
12 MF  BAN Kawshik Barua
13 MF  BAN Abu Shaeid
14 FW  BAN Mannaf Rabby
15 DF  BAN Shakil Hossain
16 DF  BAN Shafiqul Islam Bipul
17 MF  BAN Faysal Ahmed
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  BAN Omar Faruk Babu
19 MF  BAN Sohanur Rahman
20 FW  BAN Nurul Absar
21 DF  BAN Shakil Ahmed
22 GK  BAN Samiul Islam Masum
23 GK  BAN Ishaque Ali
24 DF  BAN Rofiqur Rahman Mamun
25 DF  BAN Md Khalil Bhuyian
27 DF  BAN Rashedul Alam Moni
29 DF  BAN Nasirul Islam Nasir
30 GK  BAN Mohammed Nayeem
31 DF  BAN Rifat Hasan Sarthok
32 DF  BAN Mohammad Emon
33 FW  BAN Mehedi Hasan Hridoy
67 FW  BAN Piash Ahmmed Nova (on loan from Bashundhara Kings)
70 MF  UZB Nodir Mavlonov

Coaching staff

As of 20 December 2022

Position Name
Head Coach Maruful Haque
Assistant Coach Mosharaf Badal
Faraz Hossain
Goalkeeping Coach Biplob Bhattacharjee
Team Manager Anwarul Karim Helal
Trainer Ariel Colman
Physio Hossain Md. Syfuzzaman

Coaches

Football Committee Chairman

Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu[21]

Notable Players
  • The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club.

Africa

North America

Team records

Head coach's record
As of 17 February 2023
Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
Pakir Ali 18 January 2011 2011 18 14 4 0 39 10 077.78
Maruful Haque 14 June 2014 27 May 2015 30 23 4 3 81 31 076.67
Shafiqul Islam Manik 9 February 2016 19 July 2016 15 6 1 8 28 33 040.00
Mahabub Hossain Roksy 15 November 2017 5 February 2018 14 7 4 3 28 20 050.00
Joseph Afusi 7 May 2018 18 April 2019 19 5 8 6 19 24 026.32
Shafiqul Islam Manik 2 May 2019 8 August 2021 40 19 10 11 77 63 047.50
Mosharraf Hossain Badal 9 August 2021 27 August 2021 6 4 1 1 10 4 066.67
Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez November 2021 9 April 2022 18 8 8 2 28 24 044.44
Joseph Afusi[22] 10 April 2021 Present 11 4 2 5 14 19 036.36
Maruful Haque[23] 25 October 2022 Present 16 5 6 5 29 29 031.25

AFC club ranking

Honours

Winners
2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
2011–12, 2013–14,[24] 2014–15
2002
2011[25]
2014[26]

Runners-up
2012–13, 2020–21
2010–11, 2012–13
  • Independence Cup (1)
2012–13
2014[27]

Performance in AFC competitions

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club have qualified for continental competition on two occasions.

2012 AFC President's Cup

The first was in 2012 when they qualified for the third-tier AFC President's Cup. However, before the tournament started they withdrew,[28] citing security concern of playing in Pakistan.[29]

2016 AFC Cup

Four years later, having won the 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League, they qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup.[30] In the qualifying round, they were drawn in Group A along with hosts Alga Bishkek from Kyrgyzstan and Benfica de Macau.[31] They beat Benfica de Macau 4–1[32] in their opening game and then drew with hosts Alga[33] to qualify for the group stage without having to go through the playoff round due to a lack of teams in the east region. They were drawn against Tampines Rovers from Singapore, Ceres from the Philippines and Selangor from Malaysia.[34]

Club records

Notes
  1. Fourth oldest club competition, organized by the IFA (W.B.) and played between local clubs of West Bengal and other invited ones.

References
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