Chittagong Abahani Limited
Association football club based in Chittagong, Bangladesh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chittagong Abahani Limited (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী লিমিটেড), also spelled as Chattogram Abahani or Chittagong Abahoni,[1] is a sports club based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. A wing of Abahani Limited was established at Chittagong in 1980 known as Chittagong Abahani.[2] Though it was established as a wing of Abahani Limited, Chittagong Abahani has its own directorial board, club structure and operates separately at present. It is considered as the most successful football club from Chittagong. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top tier of Bangladeshi football.
Full name | Chittagong Abahani Limited | ||
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Nickname(s) | Blue Pirates (Bengali: ব্লু পাইরেটস) | ||
Short name | CAL | ||
Founded | 10 October 1980; 43 years ago (1980-10-10) | ||
Ground | M. A. Aziz Stadium (Playing home games at Bir Sreshtho Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium in current season) | ||
Capacity | 36,000 | ||
President | M. Abdul Latif | ||
Secretary General | Shamsul Haque Chowdhury | ||
Head Coach | Md. Tajuddin Taju | ||
League | Bangladesh Premier League | ||
2022–23 | Premier League, 8th of 11 | ||
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Current season |
Departments of Chittagong Abahani | |||
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Football (Men's) |
Football (Reserves & Youth) |
Cricket (Men's) |
The team was relegated from Bangladesh Premier League in 2010–11 season. It again gained the promotion to Premier League by becoming champion of the 2013 Bangladesh Championship League.[3] The club host Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, a bi-annual tournament in memory of their founder, Sheikh Kamal.[4] They won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2015.[5] The club won their first major domestic trophy in 2016 by winning the 2016 Independence Cup under the guidance of Slovak coach Jozef Pavlik.[6] Chittagong Abahani had a fierce rivalry with Chittagong Mohammedan earlier in Chittagong Premier League and later in Bangladesh Premier League.