# List of Mohun Bagan Super Giant captains

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.
Till now the club has won the top-flight football league a record seven times — Indian Super League and I-League twice and National Football League thrice. They are one of the most successful Indian clubs in the history of the Federation Cup, having won the championship a record 14 times. The club had also won several other trophies, including the ISL playoffs (1 time), the Durand Cup (17 times), the IFA Shield (22 times), the Rover's Cup (14 times) and the Calcutta Football League (30 times).

## List of captains

As of October 2024
The following is the list of first-choice captains of Mohun Bagan's main football team in each of the Indian football years/seasons:
Note: The list doesn't include players who had been a substitute captain for selective matches.
Bold means player has represented his nation at least once internationally at senior-level.
| Season | Nationality | Name | Notes/References |
| 1889 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1890 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1891 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1892 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1893 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1894 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1895 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1896 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1897 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1898 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1899 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1900 | India | Manilal Sen | Member of one of the founding families–Sen family of Bagbazar–of the club, was the first and the longest serving captain of the team. |
| 1901 | India | Monmohan Pandey | |
| 1902 | India | Monmohan Pandey | |
| 1903 | India | Monmohan Pandey | |
| 1904 | India | Monmohan Pandey | |
| 1905 | India | Ramdas Bhaduri | |
| 1906 | India | Ramdas Bhaduri | |
| 1907 | India | Ramdas Bhaduri | |
| 1908 | India | Ramdas Bhaduri | |
| 1909 | India | Ramdas Bhaduri | |
| 1910 | India | Ramdas Bhaduri | |
| 1911 | India | Shibdas Bhaduri | Was the captain of the Immortal XI that won the 1911 IFA Shield. |
| 1912 | India | Shibdas Bhaduri | Was the captain of the Immortal XI that won the 1911 IFA Shield. |
| 1913 | India | Sirishchandra 'Habul' Sarkar | |
| 1914 | India | Sirishchandra 'Habul' Sarkar | |
| 1915 | India | Sirishchandra 'Habul' Sarkar | |
| 1916 | India | Bijoydas Bhaduri | |
| 1917 | India | Bijoydas Bhaduri | |
| 1918 | India | Bijoydas Bhaduri | |
| 1919 | India | Prakash Ghosh | |
| 1920 | India | Prakash Ghosh | |
| 1921 | India | Gostha Pal | |
| 1922 | India | Gostha Pal | |
| 1923 | India | Gostha Pal | |
| 1924 | India | Gostha Pal | |
| 1925 | India | Gostha Pal | |
| 1926 | India | Umapati Kumar | |
| 1927 | India | Umapati Kumar | |
| 1928 | India | Umapati Kumar | |
| 1929 | India | Umapati Kumar | |
| 1930 | India | Sudhansu Bose | |
| 1931 | India | Dr. Manmatha Nath Dutta | |
| 1932 | India | Dr. Manmatha Nath Dutta | |
| 1933 | India | Dr. Manmatha Nath Dutta | |
| 1934 | India | Abdul Hamid | From Quetta, Baluchistan; was the first captain not from Bengal. |
| 1935 | India | Bhola Sarkar | |
| 1936 | India | Satu Chowdhary | |
| 1937 | India | Satu Chowdhary | |
| 1938 | India | Bimal Mukherjee | Was the captain of the first CFL Premier Division winning team in 1939. |
| 1939 | India | Bimal Mukherjee | Was the captain of the first CFL Premier Division winning team in 1939. |
| 1940 | India | Nanda Roy Choudhury | |
| 1941 | India | Nanda Roy Choudhury | |
| 1942 | India | Mona Guin | |
| 1943 | India | Anil Dey | |
| 1944 | India | Anil Dey | |
| 1945 | India | Anil Dey | |
| 1946 | India | Sarat Das | |
| 1947 | India | Sarat Das | |
| 1948 | India | Talimeren Ao | |
| 1949 | India | Talimeren Ao | |
| 1950 | India | Sailen Manna | |
| 1951 | India | Sailen Manna | |
| 1952 | India | Sailen Manna | |
| 1953 | India | Sailen Manna | |
| 1954 | India | Sailen Manna | |
| 1955 | India | Md. Abdus Sattar | |
| 1956 | India | Md. Abdus Sattar | |
| 1957 | India | Swaraj Chatterjee | |
| 1958 | India | Samar 'Badru' Banerjee | |
| 1959 | India | Sushil Guha | |
| 1960 | India | Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami | |
| 1961 | India | Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami | |
| 1962 | India | Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami | |
| 1963 | India | Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami | |
| 1964 | India | Subimal 'Chuni' Goswami | |
| 1965 | India | Jarnail Singh | Had become the only ever Indian to lead Asian All-Star team in 1966. |
| 1966 | India | Jarnail Singh | Had become the only ever Indian to lead Asian All-Star team in 1966. |
| 1967 | India | Jarnail Singh | Had become the only ever Indian to lead Asian All-Star team in 1966. |
| 1968 | India | Isaiah Arumainayagam | |
| 1969 | India | Chandreswar Prasad | |
| 1970 | India | Chandreswar Prasad | |
| 1971 | India | Chandreswar Prasad | |
| 1972 | India | Bhabani Ray | |
| 1973 | India | Sukalyan Ghosh Dastidar | |
| 1974 | India | Syed Nayeemuddin | |
| 1975 | India | Nirmal Goswami | |
| 1976 | India | Prasanta Mitra | |
| 1977 | India | Subrata Bhattacharya | |
| 1978 | India | Prasun Banerjee | Was the captain of the first club based national tournament–Federation Cup–winning team in 1978. |
| 1979 | India | Dilip Palit | |
| 1980 | India | Compton Dutta | |
| 1981 | India | Pradip Chowdhury | |
| 1982 | India | Shyam Thapa | |
| 1983 | India | Gautam Sarkar | Was the first former East Bengal captain to lead the team. |
| 1984 | India | Shyamal Bose | |
| 1985 | India | Bidesh Bose | |
| 1986 | India | Krishnendu Roy | |
| 1987 | India | Babu Mani | |
| 1988 | India | Prasanta Banerjee | |
| 1989 | India | Sisir Ghosh | |
| 1990 | India | Satyajit Chatterjee | |
| 1991 | India | Sisir Ghosh | |
| 1992 | India | Achintya Belei | |
| 1993 | India | Amit Bhadra | |
| 1994 | India | Tanumoy Basu | |
| 1995 | India | Sisir Ghosh | |
| 1996 | India | Sisir Ghosh | |
| 1997 | India | Aloke Das | |
| 1998 | India | Biswanath Mondal | Was the captain of the first national league–National Football League–winning team in 1997-98. |
| 1999 | India | Hemanta Dora | |
| 2000 | India | Lolendra Singh | |
| 2001 | India | Debjit Ghosh | |
| 2002 | India | Dulal Biswas | |
| 2003 | India | Renedy Singh | |
| 2004 | India | Monitombi Singh | |
| 2005 | India | Mehtab Hossain | |
| 2006 | Brazil | José Ramirez Barreto | Was the first foreign national captain of the team. |
| 2007-08 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | |
| 2008-09 | India | Bhaichung Bhutia | |
| 2008-09 | India | Lalkamal Bhowmick | |
| 2009-10 | India | Sangram Mukherjee | |
| 2010-11 | India | Ishfaq Ahmed | |
| 2011-12 | Brazil | José Ramirez Barreto | |
| 2012-13 | Nigeria | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | |
| 2013-14 | Nigeria | Odafa Onyeka Okolie | |
| 2014-15 | India | Shilton Paul | Was the captain of the first professional national league–I-League–winning team in 2014-15. |
| 2015-16 | India | Shilton Paul | Was the captain of the first professional national league–I-League–winning team in 2014-15. |
| 2016-17 | Japan | Katsumi Yusa | |
| 2017-18 | Haiti | Sony Nordé | |
| 2017-18 | India | Kingshuk Debnath | |
| 2018-19 | Nigeria | Eze Kingsley Obumneme | |
| 2018-19 | Haiti | Sony Nordé | |
| 2019-20 | India | Dhanachandra Singh | |
| 2020-21 | India | Pritam Kotal | |
| 2020-21 | India | Arindam Bhattacharya | |
| 2020-21 | India | Sandesh Jhingan | |
| 2020-21 | Spain | Edu García | |
| 2020-21 | Fiji | Roy Krishna | |
| 2021-22 | Fiji | Roy Krishna | |
| 2021-22 | India | Subhasish Bose | |
| 2021-22 | India | Pritam Kotal | |
| 2022-23 | India | Pritam Kotal | |
| 2022-23 | Finland | Joni Kauko | |
| 2022-23 | Guinea | Florentin Pogba | |
| 2022-23 | India | Subhasish Bose | |
| 2023-24 | India | Subhasish Bose | Was the captain of the first ISL winning team in 2023-24. |
| 2024-25 | India | Subhasish Bose | Was the captain of the first ISL winning team in 2023-24. |
* ↑ Although, Nigerian Bernard Operanozie was the first foreigner to lead Mohun Bagan, in 1993, but he was not a first-choice captain and was handed down the captainship after Amit Bhadra missed few games due to injury.
* ↑ Kingshuk became the first-choice captain after Nordé left the club before the end of the season.
* ↑ Nordé became the first-choice captain after he joined the club mid-season.
* ↑ Subhasish Bose did not start any match as the team captain.
* 1 2 3 Subhasish Bose, Joni Kauko and Florentin Pogba did not start any match as the team captain.

### By nationality

As of August 2024
| Nationality | No. of players | First (Season) | Last (Season) |
| Asia ||||
| India | 71 | Manilal Sen (1889) | Subhasish Bose (2024–25) |
| Japan | 1 | Katsumi Yusa (2016–17) | Katsumi Yusa (2016–17) |
| Total | 72 |
| Africa ||||
| Nigeria | 2 | Odafa Onyeka Okolie (2012–13) | Eze Kingsley Obumneme (2018–19) |
| Guinea | 1 | Florentin Pogba (2022–23) | Florentin Pogba (2022–23) |
| Total | 3 |
| Europe ||||
| Spain | 1 | Edu García (2020–21) | Edu García (2020–21) |
| Finland | 1 | Joni Kauko (2022–23) | Joni Kauko (2022–23) |
| Total | 2 |
| North America ||||
| Haiti | 1 | Sony Nordé (2017–18) | Sony Nordé (2018–19) |
| Total | 1 |
| South America ||||
| Brazil | 1 | José Ramirez Barreto (2006) | José Ramirez Barreto (2011–12) |
| Total | 1 |
| Oceania ||||
| Fiji | 1 | Roy Krishna (2020–21) | Roy Krishna (2021–22) |
| Total | 1 |