The football history of Asian nation is replete with the
tales of “The huge Three” Clubs of Kolkata, or rather of Asian nation. These 3
Clubs ar Mohun Bagan AC, Mohammedan Sporting Club and East bengal. of those 3
Clubs, Mohun Bagan attained the excellence of being the primary Indian team to
raise the IFA protect by defeating AN English squad, the East York Regiment by
2-1 in 1911. No doubt, a really commendable action and a minimum of this
success provided the Indian individuals one thing to cheer concerning.
But the enjoyment tested to be short-lived. The cheer died
down terribly before long and also the Indian nationalists relapsed into
slumber. when concerning 20 years, a brand new spectre arose and commenced to
haunt British within the field house and haunted them ceaselessly for
concerning eight years from 1934 to 1941 (if we have a tendency to take into
accounts the B.F.A League Championship of Mohammedan Sporting in 1939). That
spectre was that of Mohammedan Sporting Club that created a history by turning
into the primary club to win the Kolkata league ceaselessly for five yrs from
1934 to 1938. but the team won in 1940 and 1941 with the IFA protect
Championship. it had been additionally the primary to smash the monopoly of
British army unit soccer groups in 1940 within the Durand Cup, the oldest
soccer tournament in Asian nation. Mohammedan Sporting is that the initial club
in Asian nation to introduce trendy age, by sporting boots, and so the
advantage of British teams gone. this method helps the club to the touch the
sky by winning League for five times during a row .The club became the sole
Second Indian squad when metropolis Muslim Club to win the Rover’s Cup (Bombay)
in 1940. It became the primary Indian team to win the Du Mont Morency Cup (Lahore ) in 1939.
History in Details
"Veni, Vidi, Vici" or " I came, I saw, I
conquered" may be a notable Latin phrase spoken by Roman Emperor julius
caesar in forty seven B.C. Similary . this phrase will be with competence
employed in rising of the Mohammedan Sporting Club in Kolkata soccer.Mohun
Bagan tried to win the distinguished "Calcutta League" for eighteen
years, East bengal additionally wanted for it
for nine long years. however all their efforts was mud everytimes at the top of
the season.They could not break the monopoly of British non-regimental groups
like "Calcutta Club" or "Dalhousie"or alternative
regimental British teams . the simplest they might to induce a "Runnes
Up" place. solely dissapointment had been rebuilt to the Indians. At this
vital juncture Mohammedan Sporting Club got the chance to play within the
initial Division of "Calcutta League" in 1934.With the assistance of
nice strength and iron determination like warriors, they stormed into the
areana of Kolkata soccer. They uprooted all the obstacles in their approach . solely
win might stop this run. and that they created history , the "First club
" to win the "Calcutta League". They beat "Dalhousie"
by three points within the league.Like a dream this run extends to future four seasons and bagged all total five League
Championship between 1934 to 1939!!!!!!!!!!!! It seemd that there have been no
squad apart from Mohammedan Sporting Club.However, Mohun Bagan won the league
in 1939. however Mohammedan Sporting failed to play that league owing to
skirmish with IFA.
MSC won the IFA protect for the primary time when MB as AN
club in 1936 by beating "Calcutta Club" 2-1. The goal scores were
Rashid (Junior) and Rahim.
One of the options of Muslim Culture is to possess religion
in religion(Islam). Therefore ,the Muslim community in Kolkata discovered a
brand new team to play fotball even before putting in place of Mohun Bagan or
Aryans.They supported "Jubilee Club"in 1887 below the leadeship of
Nawbab Aminul Islam. Then this name was become "Crescent Club". Cresect
club's name once more become "Hamidia Club" . Finally this
"Hamidia Club" came to be referred to as "Mohamedan Sporting
Club" in 1891.
At the beginning ,the status of the club was poor.The elite
Muslims patronized the "Muslim Institute" rather.MSC reamained within
the darkness of economic condition for a protracted time .They compete two or
three friendly matches and barely existed at the bottom of Sealdah Kaiser
Street.But Mohammedan Club painted common Muslims, the poor Muslims at that
point.At the top of the nineteen th Century MS went on to play in "Trades
Cup" , however lost the match against "Hastings"
But within the begining of twentieth Century , Mohammedan
Sporting Club got the fortune.They acquired C.B.S faculty ground in
"Maidan" with the assistance of Sayeed Anees Hossain Khan.Before 1930
,MSC won "Koochbehar Cup" in 1902 ,1906, 1909.Later in 1947 and 1952
it additionally won this cup.In the 30's Former Hockey captain of this club S.A
.Aziz took the responsibility of the club . He was a shrewd person.He knew that
if MS has got to hold his position within the future ,it required the common
muslims support.Success within the soccer will get this.
As a result MS got the four th position in Second Division
League,after East bengal, E.B.R, Loyal Regiment.Next year they enclosed the
discarded Mohun Bagan playe Kale Khan and Hafiz Rashid.Aziz had nice insight in
soccer and high ambition.He appealed the players across india within the name
of Islam, and this trick became hit.Most of the players came fom
metropolis.Anwar of Quetta got the place.Jumma khan came from the Front.From
Bangaloe came Musha, Mohiuddin, and Rahamat (He was referred to as
"Magician" within the field). Aaqil Ahmed came from
KalighatClub.Uncomparable Samad came from Rail.Now the journey started.
MSC beat Dalhousie by four goals ,also derailed
"Calcutta Club" by three goals however lost the match against East
geographic area by 1-2 and actor with Mohun Bagan 1-1. bit by bit Muslim
individuals came into the bottom to check MS enjoying.In the second leg they
beat East bengal by 4-2,in the half of this
match MS used the boot to counter rain-soaked ground. it's outstanding that MS
was the primary club to use boots.
At the top of the league Mohammedan Sporting became initial
club to win it ,by taking twenty seven points out of twenty matches, three
points clear from Dalhousie and Mohun Bagan.MB won the protect in 1911 ,during
future thirty years Indian soccer has got to endure the dominance of British
Club.But MS bust this tradition in its initial appearence within the
laeague!!!!!!!!!!!
As the Muslims lived a down-trodden life, they atleast got
one thing to cheer . that they had currently Mohammedan Sporting Club. Crowds
poured into the tent and ground to observe them enjoying. MS bit by bit became
common Muslims aspirations.From then MS represents not solely the bengal
Muslims however additionally Muslims of Asian nation .Muslims across the
country supported this club , it had got an enormous quality. MS created AN
integrarion among Muslims.MSC became the entity against British oppression.The
supporters of MS herbaceous plant
"Mohammedan Sporting tumko lakho lakho salam,humlog desh Ka badsha
Harkat ul-Mujahedeen ,aur sab hain gulam".
After this success currently the Elite muslims came into
soccer club. The mebers of MS had been greatly increased .In 1901 ,the
financial gain of the club was Rs.80, currently it reaches quite one large
integer. In 1935 Rahim came from Vizag , he compete for the replacement of
Habib because the latter got scraped.Rahim caught the eye of the general public
in his initial appearence.And eventually MS upraised the league for the Second
time by defeating East bengal 1-0.
In 1936 , MS had the possibility of winning the league for
straight three during a row. They gathered Osman, the goal keeper from city,
besides Noor Mohammed, Nasim , Salim.This year they additionally became the
league champion , with two points clear from Runners Up "Black
Watch".MSC additionally won the IFA protect this year by beating calcutta
2-1 , goal scorers for MS were Rashid (Junior) and Rahim.
In 1937 MS once more took the league with half dozen points
clear from East bengal.MSC recorded five th league tiltle during a row when
beating "Customs" 1-0. This was the most important action of any
Indian soccer Club up to now. this sort of dominance was ne'er seen before in
any sports.
In 1939, MS together with E.B and Kalighat left IFA and
shaped BFA. Taking this chance MB won the league in 1939. however MS once more
reinstated in 1940 and 1941 , by beating MB and EB severally. currently they
got the league eight th times in nine years !!!
Durand Cup is that the oldest soccer tournament in Asian
nation and third oldest soccer tournament within the world, solely English
people FA-Cup and also the Scottish FA-Cup ar older than it.
The Durand soccer Tournament was started by Sir Mortimer
Durand at Shimla in 1888. In 1940 the venue was shifted to Indian
capital.Mohammedan Sporting Club had the excellence of winning Durand Cup
because the initial club . MS beats Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2-1.MSC
additionally won the Rovers Cup in 1940.MSC won the IFA protect in 1941 by
beating "K.O.S.B" 2-0. Rashid and Sabu were goal scorers from MS. in
1942 Mohammedan Sporting upraised IFA protect for the third time when beating East bengal 1-0 within the final . The winning goal came
from Noor Mohammed (Senior).
The "Golden" players of this "Golden
Era" of MS were:- Osman, Goal Keeper, Jumma Khan (The Chinese Wall of
Mohammedan Sporting Club) and Taj Mohammed within the back, Nasim, Noor Mohammed,
Sabu, Mohiuddin, Masum,Aaqeel ali were first-class players.Noor and Aaqeel were
the simplest centre- [*fr1] in Calcuttta soccer.And within the strike zone
there have been Rahamat, Rahim, and Rashid , Samad , Noor Mohammed (Junior),
Abbas, Rashid (Junior),Rahim and at the last however not least Bachhi Khan.
In the five th decade of the twenty th century , Mohammedan
Sporting Club started the campaign with a bunch of valuable players like
-Olympian Latif, Salim, Aziz, Nizamuddin, Babu jaan,Babu, Raman, Masud Fakri,
Niyaz Ali, Aabid , Azam Jaan, Moin, Musa ,Omar , Salauddin, ,Mohammed Ali,
Rahamatulla, Fazlur Rahaman (G.K) and Ilyas(G.K).In 1956 MS went on to win the
"Rovers Cup" for the second time MS beats MB 3-1 within the
final.This Rovers Cup win sealed the approach once more to induce back those
Golden Era.In 1957 ,MSC bagged the "Double" by winning each the
League and IFA protect. within the league ,MSCdefeated EB by a degree and
defeated Railway Sports 3-0 in IFA protect Final. The Goal scorers from MS were
Sayeed Ahmed (2) and Omar.They additionally won the "Haren Mukhejee
Shield" by defeating M.B 1-0 . The goal scorer was Omar. The team plarers
were:- Abdulla(G.K),Mushtaq Ahmed, Salam within the back. Moin and Ahmed
Hossain ,Rahamat Ali within the Half-back, Sayeed Ahmed ,Rahamatuall,Omar
,Yamani,and Saluddin. within the five th decade MS was greatly served by
Abdulla, Ahmed,Akhta,Bali , Rameswar, Babu
,Raman and Balan.
The next success came when actual ten years later.Mohammedan
Sporting Club won the Kolkata League in 1967 while not losing one match!They
were the unconquered champion and registered their10 th league title.MSC's
centre forward Papnna scored nineteen goals to become the very best goal scorer
in this season.The captain of the team was stopper John.
In the half dozen th decade ,the accepted players of MS
were:- Thangaraj, Sakil, Mushtafa, Mushtaq, Ahmed ,Kanaian,J oseph Papanna,
Sujat,Altaf, Latif, Ramana,Sardar Khan, Mir Kashim, Sadatulla, Sukumar subunit,
and also the EB veteran Ahmed Khan.
In 1971 MS won the IFA Sheild by defeating Tollygunje
Agragami 2-0 within the final.The goal scorers were Akbar and Biman Lahiri.MSc
won this IFA protect while not conceeding a goal.Goal keeper Zoha was
exceptional within the Quarter Final match against Nedarsuchen (West Germany ).
The MS team was shaped by these players:- Sayeed Zoha (G.K), Montu
Karamakar(Bikram Debnath), S.John, Altaf, Sukumar subunit, Anthony theologist,
Latif,Biman Lahiri, Papanna, Sadatulla and Sardar Khan.
In the eight th decade ,the success came at the start.MSC
won the Kolkata League in 1981 with a degree clear from MB.MSC was unconquered
champion during this 1981 league. This was the third time within the History of
Mohammedan Sporting Club.The 1981 league was outstanding within the sense of
contribution of plenty of Hindu Players like :-
Bhaskar Ganguli, Chinmay Chaterjee,Alok Mukhejee,Prasun
Banerjee,Prasanta Banejee, Manas Bhattacharya, Bidesh Basu,Gouranga
Banejee,Ranjit Mukherjee,Tapan Das, Uttam Majumdar,Kartick Seth,and Shibnath
Barui.Before this Samaresh Choudhury and Surajit Sengupta additionally
compete.The captain of the team was Moidul Islam.
In 1983 Mohammedan Sporting Club won the Federation Cup for
the primary time by defeating Mohun Bagan 2-0. within the next year in 1984 MS
won the Federation Cup by defeating East geographic area 1-0. The goal scorer
was Jamshed Nasiri.They additionally won the Nagzi Trophy,Nizam Gold Cup,
Rovers Cup. In 1986,a match was delayed owing to some reason.The President of
MS wrote a letter to the IFA. IFA thought it had been terribly terribly
objectionable, and it relegated MS from the one st Division to the two nd
Division of the league!!!!!!!!!!!But MS answered IFA's hateful behaviour by returning within the
next year once more within the league and additionally won the Rovers Cup in
1987.This was the last major tournament won by MS up to now.
The highest goal scorer from Mohammedan Sporting Club within
the Kolkata League were:-
Rashid Khan(16) in 1935 Kolkata League.
Rahim(18) in 1938 Kolkata League.
Bechan(21) in 1948 Kolkata League.
Abid Hussein(13) in 1955 Kolkata League.
Abid Hussein(25) in 1956 Kolkata League.
Papanna(20) in 1967 Kolkata League.
Akbar(20) in 1975 Kolkata League.
Latifuddin(22)in 1976 Kolkata League.
Sabbir Ali(12) in 1979 Kolkata League.
Manas Bhattacharya(18) in 1981 Kolkata League.
Sabbir Ali(12) in 1983 Kolkata League.
Chibujor(13) in 1988 Kolkata League.
MSC team was coached time to time by these players:-
Olympian
Abdul Sattar,Amal Dutta, Sayeed Nayeemuddin, Tapanjhoyti Hindu deity , Sankar
Banejee, Goutam Sarkar , Krishnendu Roy
,Jamshed Nasiri, Pradeep Banerjee,Mohammed Habib, Biswajit Bhattacharya,
Subhash Bhowmick, Shabbir Ali.
And the accepted club officers were - Subed Ali, Wachel
Molla, Kazi Almas Khan, G.M.Dosani, Justice Masud, Dr,Shoaib Alam, Obaid Ali,
Supreme Being saigol, Abdul Aziz, Golam Mushtafa, G.M .Tahe, Israr Ahmed, Erfan
Taher, Sk Anwar Ali, Taj Mohammed, Haider Ali Naskar, Suleman Khursid, Tayeeb
Ali, Mir Mohammed Omar, ruler Ahmed. In 1991 ,a grand procession was taken
place from Park Circus to Club tent to celebrate MSC's a hundredth years
foundation .
