Arambagh Krira Sangha is a Bangladeshi sports club based in

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, that competes in the

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, the second-tier of

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History

Arambagh Krira Sangha were formed in

way back in 1958. Originally established as a football club, Arambagh later added handball, basketball and volleyball in their roster. However, they became the first club from Bangladesh who played in final in an international club tournament during 1981

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, hosted by

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. They also finished runners-up twice in the

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. In 1997, the club took part in a football tournament at

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that marked the golden jubilee of the independence of

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. They used to be a top-five finisher prior to 1990, but failed to continue their form later and during 2012–13 season, the club experienced one of its lowest points when it was relegated from the

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. Since their return to the top flight again in 2016, their performance graph only shows upward movement. Moreover, after being appointed as the club president in 2015, Mominul Haque Shaeed made a link-up with Dilkusha and Arambagh Football Academy to collect footballers from grassroots for his club, and those players are now delivering results. As far as domestic football is concerned, Arambagh emerged as the runners-up three times in the prestigious season-opening Federation Cup, in 1997, 2001 and 2016. International or domestic football, Arambagh's crowning moment came in the 2017–18 Independence Cup where they defeated established powerhouses on their way to the title.

Saiful Bari Titu era

Arambagh KS appointed

Saiful Bari Titu Saiful Bari Titu ( Bengali: সাইফুল বারী টিটু; born 3 August 1972) is a Bangladeshi football coach and former football player, who currently serves as the technical director of the Bangladesh Football Federation and m ...

as head coach on 19 March 2016. Arambagh finished at sixth position in 2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League which is their best performance after 2009–10 Bangladesh League. They also played the final of Bangladesh Federation Cup after 15 long years where they lost the game to Dhaka Abahani by Lee Tuck's solitary goal.

Maruful Haque era

On 8 April 2017, Arambagh KS appointed former Bangladesh national team head coach Maruful Haque as their new head coach.
A few days later Arambagh also became the first club ever to introduce GPS system in Bangladesh football. On 10 February 2018, Arambagh KS celebrated their first ever domestic silverware in the club's history of about 60 years by defeating defending champion Chittagong Abahani in the final of 2017–18 Independence Cup by 2–0 margin at

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.
The champions received taka 500,000 and the runners-up received taka 300,000 as prize money. Besides, Arambagh club management also announced taka 10,00,000 for the entire team. Arambagh winger Mohammad Arifur Rahman was named the man of the final and also the man of the tournament. Arambagh striker Mohammad Jewel was adjudged the top scorer netting three goals.

Subrata Bhattacharya Jr.

On 23 December 2020, Arambagh boys gifted their new Indian head coach Subrata Bhattacharya a winning debut as they beat

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by 2–0. On 16 August 2021 defeat against Uttar Baridhara SC at

the club have confirmed relegation from

. Its the club 2nd relegation after 2015–16 season.

Suspension and relegation

On 29 August 2021

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disciplinary committee had confirmed the clubs involvement with spot fixing, match manipulations and live and online betting. The clubs management committee along with local and foreign players, were all reported to be involved. BFF disciplinary committee decided to fine 5 lakhs BDT & ban the club for two years from entering the

. The club would have to enter domestic football again through the third-tier, the Dhaka Senior Division Football League.

Current squad

Reserves and academy

Personnel

Current coaching staff

''As of 2 February 2025''

Team records

Head Coach's record

Honours

League

**Runners-up (1): 2014–15 * Dhaka Second Division League **Champions (1): 1979 * Dhaka Third Division League **Champions (1): 1970

Cup

* Independence Cup **Champions (1): 2017–18 * Federation Cup **Runners-up (2): 1997, 2001

Invitational

* Sikkim Governor's Gold Cup **Runners-up (2): 2001, 2002 *

**Runners-up (1): 1981{{cite web, title=ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal) , url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html , website=RSSSF , access-date=9 July 2014 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116142250/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/anfa.html , archive-date=16 November 2013

References

* Sport in Dhaka Association football clubs established in 1958 Football clubs in Bangladesh 1958 establishments in East Pakistan