Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club


Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, nicknamed Yellow Fear, is a sports club in Dhaka, Bangladesh based in the Dhanmondi area. They play in the top-flight football league of Bangladesh. It was known as Dhanmondi Club before adding the founder's name after turning into a limited company. Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club is one of the most successful football clubs in Bangladesh. In 2017, they have over 16,000 followers on their two most popular social media pages.

History

Dhanmondi Club took controlled its current ground in Dhanmondi since 1962 when it was established. In 2004, the President of Dhanomondi Club and vice-president of Bangladesh Football Federation, Khairul Anwar Piaru was shot dead inside the club premises. In 2007, a court in Dhaka sentenced five people to death for his murder. 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. Sheikh Jamal promised to play quality football when called up for the Bangladesh Football Premier League in 2010–11 season over two other clubs playing in the Dhaka League second division.
The club was champion of the 2010–11 Bangladesh League.

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Stadium

Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club want use as a their home Staium of 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club plays all its 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.

Current squad

Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited Squad for 2019–20 season.

Coaching staff

As of 15 November 2019
PositionName
Head Coach Shafiqul Islam Manik
Assistant Coach Hasan Al Mamun
Goalkeeping Coach Biplob Bhattacharjee

Coaches

^ − Interim coach

Football Committee Chairman

Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu

Team records

Head coach's record

CoachFromToPWDLGSGA%W
Pakir Ali18 January 20112011
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Maruful Haque14 June 201427 May 2015
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Shafiqul Islam Manik9 February 201619 July 2016
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Mahabub Hossain Roksy15 November 20175 February 2018
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Joseph Afusi7 May 201818 April 2019
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Shafiqul Islam Manik2 May 2019Present
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AFC club ranking

Honours

Winners

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, citing security concern of playing in Pakistan.

2016 AFC Cup

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

Club records