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Rahmatganj MFS
Full nameRahmatganj Muslim Friends Society
Founded1933; 91 years ago (1933)
Ground Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium
Capacity10,000
Chairman Haji Mohammad Salim
Head coach Kamal Babu
League Bangladesh Premier League
2023–24 BPL, 9th of 10
Current season

Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society ( Bengali : রহমতগঞ্জ মুসলিম ফ্রেন্ডস সোসাইটি) is a Bangladeshi football club [1] [2] based in Old Dhaka. It was founded in 1933. It is currently playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. It was also a team of Bangladesh Championship League, [3] until it got promotion in 2014 season. Haji Md. Salim MP is the current president and Imteaz Hamid Sabuj is the general secretary. Tiger Cement is the main sponsor of the club since 2014.

History

BPL Area

Season Performance Top Goalscorer
2014–15 10/11 Gideon Solomon
2016 7/12 Siyo Zunapio
2017–18 10/12 Dawda Ceesay
2018–19 10/13 Siyo Zunapio
2020–21 8/13 Christ Remi
2021–22 10/12 Sunday Chizoba
2022–23 9/11 Peter Ebimobowei

Shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2014–2022 Tiger Cement [4]
2022–present None

Players

Current squad

As of 18 May 2024

Rahmatganj MFS 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 Mohammed Mamun Alif
2 DF Uzbekistan  UZB Iskandar Siddikzhonov
3 DF Bangladesh  BAN Md Rokey
4 DF Bangladesh  BAN Istekharul Alam Shakil
5 DF Bangladesh  BAN Md Tarek
6 MF Bangladesh  BAN Arafat Hossain
7 MF Bangladesh  BAN Md Sayde
8 MF Bangladesh  BAN Anik Hossain
10 FW Ghana  GHA Samuel Mensah Konney
11 FW Bangladesh  BAN Khondoker Ashraful Islam
12 FW Bangladesh  BAN Md Nahian
13 MF Bangladesh  BAN Md Arabi
14 MF Bangladesh  BAN Md Al Amin
15 DF Bangladesh  BAN Sushanto Tripura ( vice-captain)
16 MF Bangladesh  BAN Nazmul Islam Rasel
17 DF Bangladesh  BAN Md Soeb Mia
18 MF The Gambia  GAM Dawda Ceesay ( captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF Bangladesh  BAN Md Rajon Howleder
20 FW Bangladesh  BAN Samin Yasir Juel
21 DF Bangladesh  BAN Nurul Naium Faisal
22 GK Bangladesh  BAN Shimul Kumar Das
23 FW Ghana  GHA Ernest Boateng
24 MF Bangladesh  BAN Rofiqul Islam Sumon
25 GK Bangladesh  BAN Md Arman Hossain
26 FW Bangladesh  BAN Murad Hossain Chowdhury
27 FW Bangladesh  BAN Jewel Rana
28 FW Bangladesh  BAN Mohammed Fahim Nur Toha
29 DF Bangladesh  BAN Md Sagor Sarkar
30 GK Bangladesh  BAN Md Nayem
31 FW Bangladesh  BAN Md Emon Hossain
32 MF Bangladesh  BAN Ridaynul Islam Sagor
33 MF Bangladesh  BAN Tonmoy Das
77 MF Uzbekistan  UZB Ikhtiyor Tashpulatov
98 MF Egypt  EGY Mostafa Kahraba

Coaching staff

As of 29 May 2024
Position Name
Head Coach Bangladesh Kamal Babu
Team Manager Bangladesh Haji Shafi Mahmud
Assistant Coach Bangladesh Sheikh Zahidur Raman Milon
Team Leader Bangladesh Imteaz Hamid Shobuj
Assistant Manager Bangladesh Md Jamal Uddin
Goalkeeping Coach Bangladesh Humayun Kabir
Equipment Manager Bangladesh Mohammad Ali
Media Officer Bangladesh Md Iqbal Uddin
Security Officer Bangladesh Md Mahmud Chand Raju
Physiotherapist Bangladesh Md Mahfuzur Rahman

Team records

Head coach's record

As of 29 May 2024
Head Coach From To P W D L GS GA %/W
Bangladesh Syed Golam Jilani 10 February 2017 2 August 2022 80 18 25 37 106 146 022.50
Bangladesh Kamal Babu 1 October 2022 15 November 2023 30 8 9 13 30 44 026.67
Bangladesh Humayun Kabir ‡ 2 December 2023 30 December 2023 5 1 3 1 7 7 020.00
Bangladesh Sheikh Zahidur Raman Milon 2 January 2024 [5] 22 March 2024 8 0 5 3 7 14 000.00
Netherlands Erol Akbay 22 March 2024 [6] 5 May 2024 7 1 1 5 5 12 014.29
Bangladesh Kamal Babu 10 May 2024 Present 4 1 3 0 6 4 025.00

– Interim P - Total of played matches | W - Won matches | D - Draw matches | L - Lost matches | GS - Goals scored | GA - Goals against | %W - Percentage of matches won

AFC club ranking

As of 11 June 2023 [7]
Ranking Team Points
429 India Indian Arrows 35.0
430 Oman Al-Orobah FC 35.0
431 Bangladesh Rahmatganj MFS 35.0
432 Bhutan Druk Lhayul FC 34.0
433 Oman Al-Mussanah Club 34.0

Honours

League

Cup

References

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  2. ^ "Bangladesh - Rahmatgonj Muslim Friends Society - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  3. ^ "BFF". BFF. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  4. ^ "Tiger cement boost for Rahmatganj". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-04-17. Archived from the original on 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  5. ^ "দুই ক্লাবকে সাফল্য এনে দেওয়া মিলন এখন রহমতগঞ্জে". www.banglatribune.com (in Bengali). 2 January 2024. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
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  7. ^ "AFC club rankings". footballalphabet.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.