Mohun in a sentence

Facing challenges of a demanding preseason and a revamped team composition, a rusty Mohun Bagan Super Giant will be wary of in-form Abahani Limited Dhaka when they clash in Kolkata on Tuesday for a spot in the AFC Cup South Zone group berth.

That said, it won’t be for long because the Yellow Army and fourth-placed ATK Mohun Bagan will have a game in hand and could catch up by the end of the week.

The club, which is principally owned by the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, will now be known Mohun Bagan Super Giant, a pattern which follows the conglomerate’s naming philosophy of their sports teams.

The Mariners thus extended their winning streak against East Bengal to eight matches, including the I-League clash in January 2020, when Mohun Bagan did not merge with ATK.

The technicalities weren’t clear, the 1889 (12 months of Mohun Bagan’s basis) wasn’t there.

Both teams were tied on 17 points each (from eight matches) but Mohun Bagan claimed the top spot on a better goal difference.

Indian club Mohun Bagan Super Giant were on Friday drawn alongside Al-Wakrah SC of Qatar, Iran's Tractor FC and FC Ravshan of Tajikistan in Group A of the 2024-25 AFC Champions League Two.

Mohun Bagan led 2-0 at the break after seeing Tom Aldred and Liston Colaco scoring once each.

One of the longest serving foreigners of the league, Mumbai City's Tiri gave his former side Mohun Bagan an early lead with an own goal in the ninth minute before scoring for his current team's first goal of the day in the 70th minute.

Today, after the police cancelled a football match, supporters of arch-rivals East Bengal and Mohun Bagan gathered near the Salt Lake stadium to protest against the rape-murder.

As per the deal, the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, who are the principal owners of ATK, will acquire majority shareholding of 80 per cent in Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Private Limited.

ATK Mohun Bagan prepare to go up against Kerala Blasters FC in Indian Super League 2020 curtain-raiser.

But ATK produced a stunning recovery in front of a 50,000-plus crowd, which included many Mohun Bagan members, who were given complimentary tickets.

East Bengal, who are already in a team-building mode, are in talks with prospective investors in their bid to follow arch-rivals Mohun Bagan into the Indian Super League from next season.

Horse carts with statues of former players of India’s national football club, Mohun Bagan, take part in a celebration rally in Kolkata on July 29, 2011.

Mohun Bagan face Kerala Blasters in the opening match of Indian Super League on November 20.

Mohun Bagan have been directed to pay Kerala Blasters midfielder duo of Raju Gaikwad and Darren Caldeira Rs 11 lakh and Rs 8,70,601 respectively.

Moinuddin, who hails from Indore, introduced himself on the Indian football scene when he scored the equaliser against Mohun Bagan and earned a point for Minerva when the 2017-18 I-League season kicked off.

A desperate Mohun Bagan pressed on their attack and Jesuraj put a low cross to Fran Gonzalez but his shot failed to breach Ubaid who found himself well placed.

It was a tale of sorry state of defence led by Fran Morante as they crumbled under pressure especially when the ball came to Joseph and Henry Kisekka, who played for Mohun Bagan last season.