Sheikh Jamal DC
Full nameLieutenant Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited
Nickname(s)Yellow Fear
(Bengali: হলুদ আতঙ্ক)
Founded
  • 1962; 62 years ago (1962) (as Dhanmondi Club)
  • 2010; 14 years ago (2010) (renamed as Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited)
GroundSheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium
Capacity5,000
PresidentSafwan Sobhan Tasvir
Head CoachZulfiker Mahmud Mintu
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2022–23BPL, 6th of 11
WebsiteClub website
Current season
Active departments of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

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

Badminton
Volleyball

Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, (in Bengali : লেফটেন্যান্ট শেখ জামাল ধানমন্ডি ক্লাব, 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]

History

Dhanmondi Club took control of its current ground in Dhanmondi in 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 to the Bangladesh Premier League in 2010–11 season directly from the Dhaka Second Division League.[8] The club was crowned champions in their inaugural season in the professional league.[9]

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.[10]

Current squad

As of 26 October 2023

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Squad for 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 Ishaque Akonddo
2 DF Bangladesh BAN Monjurur Rahman Manik
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Rajib Hossain
4 DF Bangladesh BAN Mohamed Atikuzzaman
5 DF Bangladesh BAN Tareq Miah
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Abu Shaeid
7 FW Nigeria NGA Stanley Dimgba
8 MF Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Abdullah
9 FW Colombia COL Bladimir Díaz
10 MF Brazil BRA Higor Leite (Vice-captain)
11 FW Bangladesh BAN Sazzad Hossain
12 MF Bangladesh BAN Kaushik Barua
13 MF Bangladesh BAN Atiqur Rahman Fahad (Captain)
14 MF Bangladesh BAN Akkas Ali
15 DF Bangladesh BAN Shakil Hossain
16 MF Uzbekistan UZB Shakhzod Shaymanov
17 FW Bangladesh BAN Foysal Ahmed Fahim
18 MF Bangladesh BAN Jayed Ahmed
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Bangladesh BAN Piash Ahmed Nova
20 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Taj Uddin
21 DF Bangladesh BAN Shakil Ahmed
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Md Billal Hossain
23 DF Bangladesh BAN Joynal Abedin Dipu
24 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Alfaj Mia
27 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Arifur Rahman Shemanto
33 DF Bangladesh BAN Md Sumon Ahmed
36 GK Bangladesh BAN Hamidur Rahman Remon
37 FW Bangladesh BAN Mehedi Hasan Hridoy
44 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Alamgir
55 FW Bangladesh BAN Al Amin
66 DF Bangladesh BAN Mahamudul Hasan Kiron
77 FW Bangladesh BAN Fayed Azim Ifty
88 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Afnan Ishraq
93 DF Uzbekistan UZB Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov
99 GK Bangladesh BAN Mahfuz Hasan Pritom

Coaching staff

As of 30 January 2024
Position Name
Head coach Bangladesh Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
Assistant coach India Francisco Bruto Da Costa
Goalkeeping coach Bangladesh Nazmul Karim Badal
Team Manager Bangladesh Anwarul Karim Helal
Trainer Argentina Ariel Colman
Physio Bangladesh Goljer Ahmed
Video Analyst Bangladesh Nasif Islam

Coaches

Football Committee Chairman

Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu[23]

Notable players

Africa

North America

Team records

Head coach's record

As of 30 January 2024
Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
Sri Lanka Pakir Ali 18 January 2011 2011 18 14 4 0 39 10 077.78
Bangladesh Maruful Haque 14 June 2014 27 May 2015 30 23 4 3 81 31 076.67
Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik 9 February 2016 19 July 2016 15 6 1 8 28 33 040.00
Bangladesh Mahabub Hossain Roksy 15 November 2017 5 February 2018 14 7 4 3 28 20 050.00
Nigeria Joseph Afusi 7 May 2018 18 April 2019 19 5 8 6 19 24 026.32
Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik 2 May 2019 8 August 2021 40 19 10 11 77 63 047.50
Bangladesh Mosharraf Hossain Badal 9 August 2021 27 August 2021 6 4 1 1 10 4 066.67
Spain Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez November 2021 9 April 2022 18 8 8 2 28 24 044.44
Nigeria Joseph Afusi[26] 13 April 2022 2 August 2022 11 4 2 5 14 19 036.36
Bangladesh Maruful Haque[27] 25 October 2022 August 2023 28 7 11 10 39 46 025.00
North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski[28] 31 August 2023 30 January 2024 3 1 1 1 5 2 033.33
India Francisco Bruto Da Costa ‡ 4 December 2023 14 January 2024 3 1 0 2 2 3 033.33
Bangladesh Saifur Rahman Moni[29] ‡ 15 January 2024 30 January 2024 3 2 0 1 6 4 066.67
Bangladesh Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu 30 January 2024 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—

‡– Caretaker ^– Interim P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

AFC club ranking

As of 11 June 2023[30]
Ranking Team Points
345 India Aizawl FC 54.0
346 Syria Al-Fotuwa SC 54.0
347 Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal DC Club Limited 54.0
348 Tajikistan FC Kuktosh Rudaki 54.0
349 Indonesia Persipura Jayapura FC 54.0

World club ranking

As of 11 June 2023[31]
Ranking Team Points
1918 Georgia (country) FC Samgurali Tsqaltubo 54.18
1919 Syria Al-Fotuwa SC 54.18
1920 Bangladesh Sheikh Jamal DC Club Limited 54.16
1921 Mali AS Police de Bamako 54.16
1922 Tajikistan FC Kuktosh Rudaki 54.15

Honours

Winners

2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
1978
2011–12, 2013–14,[32] 2014–15
2002
2011[33]
2014[34]

Runners-up

1999
2012–13, 2020–21
2010–11, 2012–13
2012–13
2014[35]

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,[36] citing security concern of playing in Pakistan.[37]

2016 AFC Cup

Four years later, having won the 2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League, they qualified for the 2016 AFC Cup.[38] In the qualifying round, they were drawn in Group A along with hosts Alga Bishkek from Kyrgyzstan and Benfica de Macau.[39] They beat Benfica de Macau 4–1[40] in their opening game and then drew with hosts Alga[41] 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.[42]

Club records

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Notes

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

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