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{{Short description|Indian professional field hockey club based in Kolkata, West Bengal}}
{{About|the field hockey team|the parent club|Mohun Bagan AC}}
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| fullname = Mohun Bagan Athletic Club
| nickname = The Mariners
| short name = MBAC
| founded = {{Start date and age|1889|8|15|df=y}}
| dissolved =
| ground = Howrah Dumurjola Stadium <br />[[Mohun Bagan Ground]]
| capacity = 22,000
| owner =
| chrtitle = President
| chairman = Debasish Dutta
| coach = Simranjeet Singh
| manager = Gurmeet Singh
| members =
| league = [[Calcutta Hockey League]]
| season = 2022–23
| website = {{URL|https://www.themohunbaganac.com}}
| current = 2025 Mohun Bagan AC hockey season
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'''Mohun Bagan hockey team''' is an Indian professional [[field hockey]] team based in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]. It participates in various tournaments conducted by Hockey Bengal. The team plays its home matches mostly at the [[Mohun Bagan Ground]], SAI Sports Complex at [[Salt Lake Stadium]] and Howrah Dumurjola Stadium. The team has won 41 major state titles, which includes 27 [[Calcutta Hockey League]] and 14 [[Beighton Cup]] titles.<ref name="Trophies">{{cite web|url=https://www.themohunbaganac.com/tropy-room/|title=Trophy room|publisher=themohunbaganac.com|access-date=8 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Teams with Most Wins in Prestigious Beighton Cup|date=26 September 2022 |url=https://hockeypassion.in/hockey-perspectives/teams-with-most-wins-in-prestigious-beighton-cup/|access-date=3 November 2022|publisher=Hockey Passion}}</ref>

==History==
Mohun Bagan started their field hockey section in the early 1930s and got affiliated with the Bengal Hockey Association (BHA). The Club participated in the [[Calcutta Hockey League]] and the [[Beighton Cup]] and were the second Indian field hockey club to win the Calcutta Hockey League after Greer Sporting in the 1935 season.<ref name="chl">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeybengal.org/calcutta-hockey-league-history |title=BIRTH AND EVOLUTION OF CALCUTTA HOCKEY LEAGUE COMPETITION (1905) |date=2022 |access-date=24 October 2022|website=www.hockeybengal.org|publisher=Hockey Bengal |location=Kolkata |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018155544/https://www.hockeybengal.org/calcutta-hockey-league-history |archive-date=18 October 2022 }}</ref>

The club disbanded their hockey section in 2000,<ref>{{cite web |title=As hockey regains its place in the sun, Bengal experts rue lack of basic infra |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/as-hockey-regains-its-place-in-the-sun-bengal-experts-rue-lack-of-basic-infra/articleshow/85121490.cms |date=7 August 2021 |last=Bhattacharya |first=Nilesh |website=The Times of India }}</ref> but was eventually revived after 22 years in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=NTFS #110 – An Indian Hockey Giant Returns To The Fold, The Laws of Cricket, and The Shelf Life of Sport As A Product |url=https://notthefootyshow.ashleymorrisonmedia.com/https-notthefootyshow-ashleymorrisonmedia-com-wp-content-uploads-2022-08-ntfs-podcast-110-mp3/ |date=30 August 2022 |last=Morrison |first=Ashley |publisher=Not the Footy Show }}</ref>

== Statistics ==
{{As of|2025|March|28}}
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#1A5026; color:white; text-align:center;" |Season
! style="background:#7A1024; color:white; text-align:center;" |Tournament
! style="background:#1A5026; color:white; text-align:center;" |Result
! style="background:#7A1024; color:white; text-align:center;" |Played
! style="background:#1A5026; color:white; text-align:center;" |Won
! style="background:#7A1024; color:white; text-align:center;" |Draw
! style="background:#1A5026; color:white; text-align:center;" |Lose
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2024–25 in Indian football|2024–25]]
| style="text-align:center" |Calcutta Premier Hockey League
| style="text-align:center" |'''Champions'''
| style="text-align:center" |8
| style="text-align:center" |7
| style="text-align:center" |1
| style="text-align:center" |0
|}

==Honours==
===League===
*'''[[Calcutta Hockey League]]'''
**Champions (27): 1935, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2023, 2025

===Cup===
*'''[[Beighton Cup]]'''
**Champions (14): 1952, 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979
**Runners-up (3): 1956, 1972, 1980

*'''Agha Khan Cup'''
**Champions (1): 1964

*'''[[Bombay Gold Cup]]'''
**Champions (1): 1964
**Runners-up (1): 1970

==Notable players==
Notable players who have represented Mohun Bagan includes olympians [[Keshav Dutt]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|agency=Press Trust of India |date=7 July 2021 |title=Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/hockey/story/olympic-gold-winning-hockey-legend-keshav-datt-dies-1824945-2021-07-07|access-date=9 July 2021|magazine=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Sarangi|first=Y. B.|date=7 July 2021|title=Olympic gold-winning hockey legend Keshav Datt dies|work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/hockey-legend-keshav-datt-dead/article35185012.ece|access-date=9 July 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok Kumar]],<ref>{{Cite news|title=Hockey stalwart Ashok Kumar to receive Mohun Bagan Lifetime Achievement Award|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/ashok-kumar-lifetime-achievement-award-mohun-bagan-foundation-day-india-1975-hockey-world-cup-gold/article32070175.ece|date=13 July 2020|publisher=Sportstar}}</ref> [[Jaswant Singh Rajput]], [[Joginder Singh (field hockey)|Joginder Singh]], [[Inam-ur Rahman]] etc.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|https://www.themohunbaganac.com/}}

{{Mohun Bagan AC}}
{{West Bengal Sports}}

[[Category:Mohun Bagan AC| ]]
[[Category:Field hockey in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Field hockey clubs in India]]

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