SK Jamal Dhanmondi
Wikipedia - Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (Bengali: শেখ জামাল ধানমন্ডি ক্লাব) is a professional football club based in the Dhanmondi area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club competes in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top-flight of football in 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.
History
Dhanmondi Club took control of its current ground in Dhanmondi in 1962 when it was established. In 2004, the President of Dhanmondi 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 to the Bangladesh Premier League in 2010–11 season directly from the Dhaka Second Division League. The club was crowned champions in their inaugural season in the professional league.
SK Jamal Dhanmondi har vunnit fyra Federation Cup-titlar, som är den näst viktigaste cupturneringen i Bangladeshs fotboll, och har också vunnit Bangladesh Super Cup en gång. Klubben deltog i AFC Presidents Cup, en asiatisk cupturnering för klubbar från utvecklingsländer, två gånger.
Några av de mest kända spelarna som har spelat för SK Jamal Dhanmondi inkluderar Alfaz Ahmed, Mithun Chowdhury och Jamal Bhuyan. Klubben är känd för sin starka ungdomsakademi, som har producerat flera talanger som har gått vidare till att spela för Bangladeshs landslag.