Mohun Bagan Super Giant (commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan) is an Indian association football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of Indian football league system.[1]
For the major part of the club's footballing history, the team was mostly managed by one of the administrators, like the secretary or the vice-president, or by player-turned-coaches, until professional coaches became common and later became mandated by leagues. The first professional manager appointed for Mohun Bagan was Amal Dutta in 1969 for the first time, who cumulatively managed the team for 24 years between 1969–2006 and is famously remembered for introducing the concept of fullbacks and the innovative 3–4–3 'Diamond' formation to the Indian football during his stints at the club. Under Karim Bencherifa, Mohun Bagan created a record of most consecutive I-League match victories(10) in 2008-09 season. Among the long list of managers, only two could manage Mohun Bagan to win the prestigious I-League, Sanjoy Sen(in 2015) and Kibu Vicuña(in 2020). Under the management of Sanjoy Sen Mohun Bagan became the first Indian club to win a match in ACL and also reached the Round 16 of AFC Cup for the first time in the club's history in 2016. In 2019-20, Kibu Vicuña led Mohun Bagan to their second I-League title win with four matches to spare and matching Dempo's record to fastest I-League title win.
Note: The following list includes all the coaches/managers of Mohun Bagan since the reformation of I-League in 2007, when appointment of licensed coaches was mandated for the designation of head coach. Prior to then, the team was often led by administrative personnels who may not be licensed.
Name | Nationality | From | To | Duration | Honours | No. of honours |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chima Okorie | Nigeria | 20 February 2007 | 7 April 2007 | 46 days | 0 | |
Carlos Roberto Pereira | Brazil | 1 August 2007 | 31 May 2008 | 304 days | 2007–08 Calcutta Football League | 1 |
Karim Bencherifa | Morocco | 1 July 2008 | 3 February 2010 | 582 days | 2008 Indian Federation Cup, 2008–09 Calcutta Football League |
2 |
Satyajit Chatterjee | India | 4 February 2010 | 30 March 2010 | 54 days | 0 | |
Biswajit Bhattacharya | India | 31 March 2010 | 4 June 2010 | 65 days | 2009–10 Calcutta Football League | 1 |
Stanley Rozario | India | 4 June 2010 | 13 December 2010 | 192 days | 0 | |
Subhash Bhowmick | India | 14 December 2010 | 1 June 2011 | 169 days | 0 | |
Steve Darby | England | 19 July 2011 | 15 October 2011 | 88 days | 0 | |
Prasanta Banerjee | India | 19 October 2011 | 26 May 2012 | 220 days | 0 | |
Santosh Kashyap | India | 26 May 2012 | 13 October 2012 | 140 days | 2012 All Airlines Gold Cup | 1 |
Mridul Banerjee | India | 19 October 2012 | 20 November 2012 | 32 days | 0 | |
Karim Bencherifa | Morocco | 21 November 2012 | 27 April 2014 | 522 days | 0 | |
Subhash Bhowmick | India | 29 April 2014 | 7 December 2014 | 222 days | 0 | |
Sanjoy Sen | India | 9 December 2014 | 2 January 2018 | 1,120 days | 2014–15 I-League, 2015–16 Indian Federation Cup |
2 |
Sankarlal Chakraborty | India | 3 January 2018 | 7 January 2019 | 369 days | 2018–19 Calcutta Premier Division | 1 |
Khalid Ahmed Jamil | India | 7 January 2019 | 10 May 2019 | 123 days | 0 | |
Kibu Vicuña | Spain | 10 May 2019 | 31 May 2020 | 387 days | 2019–20 I-League | 1 |
Antonio López Habas | Spain | 1 July 2020 | 18 December 2021 | 535 days | 0 | |
Juan Ferrando | Spain | 20 December 2021 | 3 January 2024 | 744 days | 2022-23 Indian Super League Play-Offs, 2023 Durand Cup | 2 |
Antonio López Habas | Spain | 3 January 2024 | 31 May 2024 | 149 days | 2023–24 Indian Super League | 1 |
José Francisco Molina | Spain | 11 June 2024 | Present | 167 days | 0 |