Mohun Bagan Super Giant
Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal
Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan (Bengali: [moɦɔn baɡan]), is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded on 15 August 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of the Indian football league system. They are the most successful club in India and one of the most successful in Asia, winning a record cumulative number of 266 trophies. They have won more than 5,000 matches in their football history, which is the highest by an Asian club. The club's first notable victory came against the East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final, when its players played barefooted. This victory made Mohun Bagan the first all-Indian club to win championship over a British club, and was a major moment during India's push for independence.
The club was founded as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club in 1889, which was later changed to Mohun Bagan Athletic Club and often shortened to just Mohun Bagan. From 1998 to 2015, the club took on the name McDowell Mohun Bagan due to sponsorship reasons. In 2017, Mohun Bagan Football Club (India) Pvt Ltd was created as the legal footballing entity of Mohun Bagan Athletic Club.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q60762002. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1889, 1911, 1998 and 2015.
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