# Mohun Bagan AC season awards

The Mohun Bagan AC season awards are the official awards ceremony presented every year since 2001 by the Indian multi-sports club Mohun Bagan to commemorate Mohun Bagan Day (29 July) which marks the day on which the club defeated East Yorkshire Regiment's football team to win their first IFA Shield in 1911, thereby becoming the first all-native team to ever win a football tournament dominated by British teams and clubs.

## Award ceremony

The inaugural award ceremony was held in 2001 under the then general secretary of the club Anjan Mitra and the major highlight of the ceremony was the introduction of Mohun Bagan Ratna, which is a medallion of highest honour awarded to acclaim a recipient's unparalleled contribution to the club. Apart from the Mohun Bagan Ratna, other awards are also presented which often differ in categories each year, except for an award for the best footballer and cricketer of the season which were presented for most of the years.

## Mohun Bagan Ratna

Over the years, Mohun Bagan Ratna has been mostly awarded to sportspersons, especially footballers with Sailen Manna being its first recipient, except in 2007 when the club awarded the honour to the club's former general secretary Dhiren Dey for his role during the football team's successes in the 1960s. In 2010, the club honoured all the members of the 1911 IFA Shield winning team except Shibdas Bhaduri who was already conferred in 2003. In 2019 the club awarded the medallion to a player of other sport except football for the first time.
| Year | Recipient |
| 2001 | Sailen Manna |
| 2002 | Dr. Talimeran Ao |
| 2003 | Shibdas Bhaduri |
| 2004 | Gostha Paul |
| 2005 | Chuni Goswami |
| 2006 | Umapati Kumar |
| 2007 | Dhiren Dey |
| 2008 | Mohammad Abdus Sattar |
| 2009 | Samar Banerjee |
| 2010 | Hiralal Mukherjee, Bhuti Sukul, Sudhir Kumar Chatterjee, Monmohan Mukherjee, Rajen Sengupta, Neelmadhav Bhattacharya, Kanu Roy, Habul Sarkar, Abhilash Ghosh, Bijoydas Bhaduri |
| 2011 | Pradip Kumar Banerjee |
| 2012 | Jarnail Singh |
| 2013 | Balaidas Chatterjee |
| 2014 | Arumoy Naigam |
| 2015 | Karuna Sankar Bhattacharya |
| 2016 | Syed Nayeemuddin |
| 2017 | Subrata Bhattacharya |
| 2018 | Pradip Chowdhury |
| 2019 | Keshav Dutt, Prasun Banerjee |
| 2020 | Gurbux Singh, Palash Nandy |
| 2021 | Shibaji Banerjee |
| 2022 | Shyam Thapa |
| 2023 | Gautam Sarkar |
| 2024 | Sourav Ganguly |

### Trophy

The Mohun Bagan Ratna award is a medallion with the emblem of Mohun Bagan in the center, and along the circumference is etched "Mohun Bagan Athletic Club 1889" and " Mohun Bagan Ratna" with the year of felicitation and the name of the recipient.

## Best footballer of the season

Mohun Bagan presents an award to the best footballer for his performance during the preceding season through a voting among the board of members of the club. The award is named in honour of an eminent personality historically associated with the club, with the inaugural ward being named as Dhiren Dey Award which was conferred to José Barreto in 2001 after which the award was stopped being given due various undisclosed management issues until 2012. Presently the award is named Shibdas Bhaduri Award after 1911 IFA Shield winning captain Shibdas Bhaduri.
| Year | Nationality | Recipient | Position | Notes |
| 2001 | Brazil | José Barreto | Forward | Award was named Dhiren Dey Award |
| 2012 | India | Syed Rahim Nabi | Forward | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2013 | India | Denson Devadas | Midfielder | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2014 | Japan | Katsumi Yusa | Midfielder | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2015 | India | Debjit Majumder | Goalkeeper | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2016 | Haiti | Sony Nordé | Forward | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2016 | India | Jeje Lalpekhlua | Forward | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2017 | India | Balwant Singh | Forward | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2018 | India | Shilton Paul | Goalkeeper | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2019 | India | Arijit Bagui | Defender | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award |
| 2020 | Spain | Joseba Beitia | Midfielder | |
| 2021 | Fiji | Roy Krishna | Forward | |
| 2022 | India | Liston Colaco | Forward | Award was named Shibdas Bhaduri Award |
| 2023 | India | Vishal Kaith | Goalkeeper | Award was named Shibdas Bhaduri Award |
| 2024 | Australia | Dimitri Petratos | Forward | Award was named Shibdas Bhaduri Award |

## Best cricketer of the year

Mohun Bagan presents an award to the best cricketer for his performance for the club in CAB organised tournaments during the previous season decided by the votes of the management board. The inaugural award was named Dhiren Dey Memorial Award and was given to Debabrata Das in 2012. Presently the award is named as Arun Lal Award in honour of former Test cricketer Arun Lal.
| Year | Recipient | Role |
| 2012 | Debabrata Das | Batter |
| 2013 | Subhomoy Das | Batter |
| 2014 | Not awarded due to no recognizable performance | Not awarded due to no recognizable performance |
| 2015 | Jayojit Basu | Batter |
| 2016 | Wriddhiman Saha | Wicket-keeper |
| 2017 | Debabrata Das | Batter |
| 2018 | Sudip Chatterjee | Batter |
| 2019 | Rajkumar Paul | Batter |
| 2020 | Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic | Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Abhimanyu Easwaran | Batter |
| 2022 | Prinann Dutta | Batter |
| 2023 | Arnab Nandi | All-rounder |
| 2024 | Avilin Ghosh | Batter |

## Other award winners

| Year | Best sportsperson | Best young footballer | Best forward (Subhash Bhowmick Award) | Best athlete (Pranab Banerjee Award) | Best hockey player | Best supporter | Best sports official (Anjan Mitra Award) | Best sports journalist (Moti Nandi Award) | Best referee (Pramod Chakraborty Award) |
| 2012 | Laxmi Ratan Shukla | | | | | | | | |
| 2013 | Asha Roy | | | | | | | | |
| 2015 | | Romario Angelo Topno, Pintu Mahata, Sougata Hansda | | | | | | | |
| 2016 | | Not awarded | | | | | | | |
| 2017 | | Deep Saha | | Lili Das | | | | | |
| 2018 | | Sourav Das | | Not awarded | | | | | |
| 2019 | | U19 Zee Bangla Football League winning team | | Tapas Dey | | | | | |
| 2020 | | Sajal Bag | | Not awarded | | | Joydeep Mukherjee | | |
| 2021 | | Not awarded | | Bidisha Kundu | | | Not awarded | | |
| 2022 | | Not awarded | Kiyan Nassiri | Not awarded | | | V. C. Praveen | Ashok Dasgupta | |
| 2023 | | Ningomba Engson Singh | Dimitri Petratos | Mohor Mukherjee | Nitish Neupane | Shanti Chakraborty, Kamalesh Upadhyay | Siddhartha 'Nabab' Bhattacharya | Jayanto Chakraborty | |
| 2024 | | Suhail Bhat | Manvir Singh | Karunamoy Mahato | Sourabh Pahine | Bapi Maji, Ajoy Pasawan | Sourav Pal | Debashish Datta | Dilip Sen |

### Lifetime achievement award

| Year | Recipient |
| 2019 | Ashok Chatterjee |
| 2020 | Ashok Kumar, Pranab Ganguly, Manoranjan Porel |
| 2022 | Balai Dey |
| 2023 | Shankar Banerjee |
| 2024 | Bimal Mukherjee |