Sheikh Russel KC

Sheikh Russel KC
	File:Official logo of Sheikh Russel KC.png
Full name	Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Limited
Nickname(s)	Bengal Blues
Founded	1995; 29 years ago
Ground	Sylhet District Stadium ; Sylhet, Bangladesh
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Bashundhara Group
Chairman	Sayem Sobhan Anvir
Manager	Saiful Bari Titu
League	Bangladesh Premier League
2019–20	BPL, 10th of 13
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Sheikh Russel KC is a football club from Dhaka, Bangladesh playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. It has won Federation Cup (Bangladesh) in 2012 which was their first major title. They also won their maiden Bangladesh Premier League title in the season 2012–13. Sayem Sobhan Anvir, managing director of Bashundhara Group, is the chairman of Sheikh Russel KC.^[1]

History

Sheikh Russel KC was established in 1995 and named after Sheikh Russel, son of former President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.^[2] On 20 April 2017, Sheikh Russel KC was fined 2000 Swiss Francs by FIFA over contract disputes with a player and a coach.^[3]

Honours

Winners

Bangladesh Premier League:^[2]

2012–13

Federation Cup:^[2]

2012

Independence Cup:^[2]

2012–13

Runner-up

Bangladesh Premier League

2014–15

National Football Championship

2004

Super Cup

2012–13

Independence Cup

2018-19

Current squad

As of 26 November 2019

Sheikh Russel KC squad for 2019–20 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	Ashraful Islam Rana
2	DF	BAN	Uttam Kumar Banik
3	DF	BAN	Rashedul Alam Moni
4	DF	BAN	Asaduzzaman Babu
5	DF	NGA	Alison Udoka
6	MF	BAN	Hemonto Vincent Biswas
7	DF	BAN	Khalekurzaman Sabuj
8	MF	BAN	Md Abdullah
9	FW	NGA	Raphael Odovin Onwrebe
10	FW	TLS	Pedro Henrique
11	FW	UZB	Alisher Azizov
12	DF	BAN	Sohel Rana
14	DF	BAN	Rifath Hossain
15	DF	BAN	Yeamin Munna
16	MF	BAN	Sheikh Galibe Newaz
17	FW	BAN	Mohammad Toklis Ahmed
18	DF	BAN	Md Habibur Rahman Nolok
19	FW	BAN	Khondoker Ashraful Islam
20	MF	BAN	Neyeemuddin
21	FW	BAN	SM Ahasanur Rahman
22	GK	BAN	Sabuj Das Raghu
23	MF	BAN	Md Elias
24	DF	BAN	Chinmoy Das
25	GK	BAN	Md Sarwar Jahan
26	MF	BAN	Md Didarul Islam
29	MF	BAN	Rofiqul Islam
30	GK	BAN	Md Faisal Islam
32	MF	BAN	Saikat Mahmud Munna
89	MF	AUS	Chris Herd

Coaching staff

As of August 2018

Position	Name
Head Coach	Saiful Bari Titu
Goalkeeping Coach	Abdul Iddi Salim

Team records

Head Coach's record

As of 12 March 2020

Head Coach	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W
Wazed Gazi	18 January 2007^[4]	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Kamal Babu	27 August 2009^[5]	—	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Mahmudul Haq Liton	December 2010^[6]	June 2011	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Maruful Haque	September 2011	15 April 2014	73	45	12	16	130	61	061.64
Dragan Đukanović	21 April 2014^[7]	20 May 2015	40	16	10	14	60	44	040.00
Maruful Haque	3 June 2015	26 August 2016	28	12	5	11	46	40	042.86
Shafiqul Islam Manik	27 August 2016^[8]	3 February 2018	44	14	15	15	46	42	031.82
Saiful Bari Titu	October 2018^[9]	Present	42	23	10	9	58	31	054.76

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2018-	Cosco	Bashundhara Cement

Performance in AFC competitions

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
2014	AFC President's Cup	Group stage	KRL	0–0
			Air Force	5–0
			Ugyen Academy	4–0
		Final stage	Erchim	1–0
		Final stage	Rimyongsu	0–4
2015	AFC Cup	Preliminary stage	Khayr Vahdat	0–1
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying round	Tatung	1–1
2017	AFC Cup	Qualifying round	F.C. Terton	3–4