1991 BTC Club Cup

1991 BTC Club Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	31 May–7 June 1991
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Dhaka Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Dhaka Abahani (1st title)
Runners-up	Dhaka Mohammedan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	17 (1.89 per match)
Top scorer(s)	4 players (2 goals)

The 1991 BTC Club Cup was held at the Dhaka Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.^[1] The tournament was organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation in aid of 1991 cyclone victims.^[2] It began on 31 May and ended on 7 June 1991.^[1]

Venues

Dhaka	Dhaka
Dhaka Stadium
Capacity: 36,000

Participating teams

The tournament included the top three teams from 1989/90 season of the Dhaka First Division League and Calcutta First Division League.

Country	Club	League	1989/90 season standing
Bangladesh	Dhaka Abahani^[a]	Dhaka First Division League	Champion
Bangladesh	Dhaka Mohammedan	Dhaka First Division League	Runners-up
Bangladesh	Dhaka Mohammedan	Dhaka First Division League	Third-place
India	Mohun Bagan	Calcutta First Division League	Champion
India	East Bengal	Calcutta First Division League	Runners-up
India	Kolkata Mohammedan	Calcutta First Division League	Third-place

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dhaka Mohammedan	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to the semi-finals
2	East Bengal	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to the semi-finals
3	Brothers Union	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

Source: RSSSF

31 May 1991

East Bengal	1–0	Brothers Union
Bikash ?'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

1 June 1991

Dhaka Mohammedan	1–4	Brothers Union
Mizan 8' Roksy ?' Mamun ?', ?'		Riyaz Uddin 55'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

2 June 1991

Dhaka Mohammedan	1–1	East Bengal
Nakib 2'		Banerjee 42'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dhaka Abahani	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Advance to the semi-finals
2	Mohun Bagan	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Advance to the semi-finals
3	Kolkata Mohammedan	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0

Source: RSSSF

31 May 1991

Mohun Bagan	1–0	Kolkata Mohammedan
Chatterjee 73'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

1 June 1991

Mohun Bagan	0–0	Dhaka Abahani

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

1 June 1991

Kolkata Mohammedan	1–2	Dhaka Abahani
Mohammed Rahmatullah 82'		Gauss 38' Aslam 68'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

4 June 1991

Dhaka Abahani	1–0 (a.e.t.)	East Bengal
Aslam 22' Rumi 104'		Krishanu 25'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 60,000^[4]

5 June 1991

Dhaka Mohammedan	1–0	Mohun Bagan
Nakib 21'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Final

7 June 1991

17:00 (BST)

Dhaka Abahani	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dhaka Mohammedan
Gauss 109'

Dhaka Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Nazir Hossain

Dhaka Abahani

Dhaka Mohammedan


GK	Mohamed Mohsin (GK)
RB	Alamgir Hasan
LB	Barun Bikash Dewan
CB	Monem Munna
CB	Rezaul Karim Rehan
CB	Abu Yusuf
MF	Mohamed Masoud Rana
MF	Satyajit Das Rupu (c)
LF	Rizvi Karim Rumi
RF	Golam Gauss	22' (pen.)
CF	Sheikh Mohammad Aslam
Substitutions:
MF	Riyaz
Head coach:
Abdul Gaffar


GK		Sayeed Hassan Kanan (GK)
RB		Abul Hossain
LB		Imtiaz Sultan Johnny
CB		Kaiser Hamid (c)
CB		Jewel Rana
MF		Saiful Bari Titu
MF		Zakir Hossain
MF		Mahabub Hossain Roksy
RW		Mamun Joarder
CF		Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib
LW		Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir
Substitutions:
MF		Mostakim Wazed
MF		Masud Ali
Manager:
Mohammed Kaikobad

Source:^[5]

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 17 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 1.89 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

Krishanu Dey (East Bengal Club)
Rizvi Karim Rumi (Dhaka Abahani)
Mohammed Rahmatullah (Mohun Bagan)
Satyajit Chatterjee (Mohun Bagan)
Prasanta Banerjee (East Bengal Club)
Mahabub Hossain Roksy (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Riyaz Uddin (Brothers Union)
Mizanur Rahman Mizan (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Bikash Panji (East Bengal Club)

Notes

^ Misreported as Chittagong Abahani by RSSSF.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Dhaka Club Cup 91". RSSSF. 20 February 2003. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
^ Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2017). "Football in South Asia". In Hughson, John; Moore, Kevin; Spaaij, Ramón; Maguire, Joseph (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Football Studies. Routledge. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-415-81510-9.
^ Mahmud, Dulal (10 April 2021). "আকাশি-নীলের উত্থান". utpalshuvro.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Aslam reminisces glory days of football". The Independent. Dhaka. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
^ Tariq, T Islam (2025). মোহামেডান-আবাহনী ময়দানি লড়াই (transl. Mohammedan-Abahani battle field) (in Bengali). Annesha Prokashon. ISBN 978-984-99475-1-6.

[4] Misreported as Chittagong Abahani by RSSSF.^[3]

[rsssf-1] "Dhaka Club Cup 91". RSSSF. 20 February 2003. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.

[2] Bandyopadhyay, Kausik (2017). "Football in South Asia". In Hughson, John; Moore, Kevin; Spaaij, Ramón; Maguire, Joseph (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Football Studies. Routledge. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-415-81510-9.

[3] Mahmud, Dulal (10 April 2021). "আকাশি-নীলের উত্থান". utpalshuvro.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[5] "Aslam reminisces glory days of football". The Independent. Dhaka. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 23 February 2022.

[6] Tariq, T Islam (2025). মোহামেডান-আবাহনী ময়দানি লড়াই (transl. Mohammedan-Abahani battle field) (in Bengali). Annesha Prokashon. ISBN 978-984-99475-1-6.

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