Brothers Union
Full nameBrothers Union Limited
Nickname(s)The Oranges
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
GroundMuktijuddho Sriti Stadium
Capacity15,000
DirectorMohiuddin Ahmed Mohi
Head coachAzmol Hossain Biddyut
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2022–23Championship League, 1st of 11 (promoted)
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.[1]

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 at the time, the Dhaka League 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

History

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

As of 29 October 2023

Brothers Union Ltd. squad for the 2023–24 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 Bangladesh BAN Md Mohiuddin
2 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Munno Mia
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Golam Rabby
4 DF The Gambia GAM Essa Jallow
5 DF Bangladesh BAN Monir Hossain
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Fazlay Rabbi
7 MF Bangladesh BAN Akmol Hossain Noyon (on loan from Bashundhara Kings)
8 MF Uzbekistan UZB Otabek Valizhonov (Captain)
9 FW Bangladesh BAN Mirajul Islam (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
10 MF Egypt EGY Mostafa Kahraba
11 MF Bangladesh BAN Hossain Mohammad Arian
12 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Sabbir Hossain
13 GK Bangladesh BAN Sobuj Das Raghu
14 FW Bangladesh BAN Bishal Das
15 FW Bangladesh BAN Mahbubur Rahman Sufil
16 MF Bangladesh BAN Mohsin Ahmed
17 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Elias
18 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Rubel Shaikh (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF Bangladesh BAN Sirajul Islam Rana (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
20 FW Bangladesh BAN Rubel Miya
21 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Jewel Mollik
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Mithun Khalifa
23 MF Bangladesh BAN Shaharier Bappy
24 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Imran Khan (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
25 DF Bangladesh BAN Khalekurzaman Sabuj
26 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Ibrahim Khalil
27 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Azizul Hoque Ananto (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
28 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Shoybur Rahman
29 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Insan Hossain
30 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Foysal
31 FW Bangladesh BAN Sree Sumon Soren (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
32 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Sohag Hossain
33 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Rabby Hossen Rahul (on loan from Bashundhara Kings)
35 GK Bangladesh BAN Mojnu Miah
50 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Rabbi Hossain
63 MF Uzbekistan UZB Bunyod Shodiev

Coaching staff

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

Head coach's record

As of 24 February 2024
Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
Pakistan Abdul Gafur Baloch 1972 1983 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Bangladesh Mohammed Mohsin 1984 1984 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Bangladesh Ali Imam 1985 1985 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Pakistan Abdul Gafur Baloch 1986 1986 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Bangladesh Enayetur Rahman Khan 1987 1987 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Bangladesh Kazi Salahuddin 1988 1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Bangladesh Shahiduddin Ahmed Selim 1991 1994 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Bangladesh S M Abu Noman Nannu January 2003 —2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
India Syed Nayeemuddin December 2003 October 2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Bangladesh Wazed Gazi December 2005 September 2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
India Syed Nayeemuddin 18 November 2011[5][6] — 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Nepal Bal Gopal Maharjan 1 June 2016[7] 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[8] 10 June 2017 3 0 2 1 2 3 000.00
Italy Giovanni Scanu 12 July 2017[9] 5 August 2017 2 0 2 0 0 0 000.00
Cyprus Nicolas Vitorović 20 August 2017[10] 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[11] 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[12] 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 Present 5 0 0 5 4 17 000.00

Season by season record

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 5 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

AFC club ranking

As of 11 June 2023[13]
Ranking Team Points
622 Bhutan Druk United FC 11.0
623 Indonesia Persiraja Banda Aceh 11.0
624 Bangladesh Brothers Union 11.0
625 Nepal Chyasal Youth Club 11.0
626 Guam Quality Distributors FC 11.0

World club ranking

As of 11 June 2023[14]
Ranking Team Points
3430 Indonesia Persiraja Banda Aceh 10.72
3431 Comoros AS Komorozine de Domoni 10.72
3432 Bangladesh Brothers Union 10.68
3433 Nepal Chyasal Youth Club 10.60
3434 Guam Quality Distributors FC 10.60

Honours

League

Cup

Invitational

Performance in AFC competitions

2005: Group Stage
2006: Group Stage

Notes

  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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  5. ^ "নইমুদ্দিন সংবর্ধিত" [Naeemuddin felicitated]. www.jugantor.com. Daily Jugantor. 25 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Balgopal Maharjan to coach Bangladesh's Brothers Union Archived 2019-12-16 at the Wayback Machine The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 September 2021
  8. ^ Reporter, Sports (11 May 2017). "Brothers rope in Subrata". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. ^ Reporter, Sports (12 July 2017). "Scanu promises good football". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Brothers appoint Parkas as head coach". Dhaka Tribune. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  12. ^ "ব্রাদার্সের শীর্ষ ফুটবলে ফেরার দিন". Prothom Alo. 27 October 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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  14. ^ "World club rankings". footballalphabet.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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  16. ^ 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.
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