# Mohun Bagan Super Giant Youths

Mohun Bagan Super Giant Youths is the reserve team and youth system of the Indian Super League side Mohun Bagan Super Giant. The U-21 and the reserve teams are generally referred to as last stage of progression into the senior squad. The reserve team participates in the Calcutta Football League. Youth teams also participate in the RF Development League and the AIFF Elite League. The concept for a youth team was conceived and materialised under the leadership of Balai Das Chattopadhyay in 1944.

## History

Mohun Bagan collaborated with Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) to establish a residential academy for youth development in 2002. On 20 July 2002 Mohun Bagan SAIL Football Academy was set up in Durgapur, and the primary objective of the academy was "Spot and Groom the Youth", with the best of training using modern techniques, tactics, physical and psychological conditioning, and related inputs, so that in near future, India could see them in the national platform.
In 2007 the club had appointed a famous Brazilian football expert Prof. Luiz Greco, as the Technical Director of the youth teams of Mohun Bagan SAIL Football Academy.
The academy teams won various trophies across the country. The academy's greatest feat was achieved in 2006 when the club's U14 team qualified for the Final Round of Nike Premier Cup (Under-14), a worldwide club tournament hosted by Manchester United, by beating East Bengal in the National Qualifier and Singapore Sports School in the final of South-East Asia Qualifier. Till then no Indian team had ever participated at the premier level since independence. The team faced some of the top clubs like Manchester United, São Paulo, Athletic Bilbao and Ferencvárosi in the group stage and, Brussels and Universidad Católica in the 17-20th place play-offs semi-finals and 19th place play-off final respectively. Unfortunately the team didn't win any match and ranked 20th in the tournament among the 20 qualified teams over the world.
From 2015 to 2018 the U-19 team participated in the prestigious IFA Shield, which was organised as an U-19 tournament due to the busy schedules of the clubs' senior teams. Mohun Bagan was the runners-up for two consecutive seasons, 2017 and 2018.
In 2017 the U-15 team defeated ATK by a record 13–0 scoreline in the opening match of AIFF U15 Youth League.
In 2019 the U-19 team also participated in a regional franchise-based Talent Hunt league called Zee Bangla Football League that featured the top 4 clubs of West Bengal (Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Mohammedan and Aryan) along with 16 franchise teams representing various districts of the state. The organisers declared both Mohun Bagan and East Bengal as the winners after the final match was abandoned due to fan unrest.
After the ownership changes of the footballing section of Mohun Bagan, the youth academy, although merged with ATK Reserves And Academy, was disbanded for the next two seasons.
In June 2022, fresh trials were conducted under senior team head coach Juan Ferrando to set up new under-13, under-15 and under-18 teams, and UEFA Pro License holder Spanish coach Josep Maria Roma Gilbert was appointed from Al Hilal to take charge of the U-21 team. In the 2022–23 U-17 Youth Cup, the team failed to qualify for the knockout stages. The reserve team of Mohun Bagan participated in the Reliance Foundation Development League for the first time. This competition is predominantly for the under-21 age group, with five under-23 players allowed in the squad and three in the playing XI. They successfully secured a third place and qualified for Next Gen Cup where they ranked 6th. The reserve side also participated in the CFL Premier Division under the senior team's assistant coach Bastob Roy who replaced Gilbert from the new season.
As of the 2024-25 season, the Mohun Bagan Youths team participates in various age group Regional and National level tournaments -
* AIFF Sub Junior League (U13)
* AIFF Junior League (U15)
* Reliance Foundation Youth Sports (U15)
* Indian Youth League (U17)
* Dream Sports Championship (U17)
* Chief Minister's Cup (U21/Reserves)
* Bhadreshwar Gold Cup (U21/Reserves)
* Reliance Foundation Development League (U21/Reserves)
* Calcutta Premiere Division (U23/Reserves)

## Players

U-13 Squad
    As of 2 March 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Sayan Debnath |
| 21 | GK | IND | Hiranmoy Das |
| 31 | GK | IND | Rupam Biswas |
| 2 | DF | IND | Ishan Manna |
| 3 | DF | IND | Gourav Sil |
| 4 | DF | IND | Jishu Chakraborty |
| 5 | DF | IND | Srijan Koley |
| 27 | DF | IND | Ali Hussain |
| 32 | DF | IND | Souvik Sikdar |
| 6 | MF | IND | Nirab Roy |
| 7 | MF | IND | Karthik Hembram |
| 8 | MF | IND | Syed Bashir Anowar |
| 11 | MF | IND | Jiyon Hansda |
| 12 | MF | IND | Ehsan Mondal |
| 28 | MF | IND | Lorence Kishku |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | IND | Bijoy Das |
| 33 | MF | IND | Rony Karmakar |
| 34 | MF | IND | Subrata Mandi |
| 42 | MF | IND | Rupam Manna |
| 45 | MF | IND | Sk Sakib |
| 46 | MF | IND | Sk Sakibuddin |
| 48 | MF | IND | Bakibillah |
| 49 | MF | IND | Abhijit Hansda |
| 9 | FW | IND | Shagnik Kundu |
| 10 | FW | IND | Sidu Soren |
| 30 | FW | IND | Archisman Paul |
| 35 | FW | IND | Anubrata Baul Das |
| 36 | FW | IND | Raj Mudi |
| 37 | FW | IND | Sandip Roy |
Coach : Chanchal Saha

## Statistics

As of 8 March 2025
| Season | Team | Tournament | Result | Played | Won | Draw | Lose |
| 2022–23 | Under-17 | 2022–23 Indian Elite League | 3rd of 5 in Group stage | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022–23 | Under-21/Reserves | 2023 Reliance Foundation Development League | 3rd | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022–23 | Under-21/Reserves | 2023 Next Gen Cup | 6th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | Under-13 | AIFF Sub Junior League | 3rd out of 6 in Regional qualifiers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023–24 | Under-15 | AIFF Junior League | Quarter finals | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023–24 | Under-17 | 2023–24 Indian Elite League | 3rd out of 4 in Final group | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023–24 | Under-21/Reserves | 2023 Calcutta Premier Division | 5th of 6 in super six | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023–24 | Under-21/Reserves | 2024 Reliance Foundation Development League | 3rd of 5 in National Group | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024–25 | Under-13 | AIFF Sub Junior League | Zonal Champions | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024–25 | Under-15 | AIFF Junior League | Zonal Champions | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Under-15 | Reliance Foundation Youth Sports | Zonal Champions | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Under-17 | 2024–25 Indian Youth League | Group Champions | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Under-17 | Dream Sports Championship u17 | Kolkata Zonal Champions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Under-21/Reserves | Chief Minister's Cup 2024 | 1st | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Under-21/Reserves | Bhadreshwar Gold Cup | 1st | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024–25 | Under-21/Reserves | 2025 Reliance Foundation Development League | TBD | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024–25 | Under-23/Reserves | 2024 Calcutta Premier Division | 7th of 12 in Group Stage | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

## Honours
### Global

* South-East Asia Qualifiers for Manchester United Premier Cup : 2006

### National

* National Football League U-19 (1): 2004–05
* RFDL : 2023-24
* Chief Minister's Cup (1): 2024-25

### Regional

* Zee Bangla U-19 Football League (1): 2019
* Bhadreshwar Gold Cup (1): 2024-25

## Notable players

* Sunil Chhetri
* Subrata Pal
* Sandip Nandy
* Subhankar Adhikari
* Abhash Thapa
* Pintu Mahata
* Deepak Tangri
* Souvik Chakrabarti
* Subha Ghosh
* Deep Saha
* Rahim Ali
* Sourav Das
* Akshunna Tyagi
* Sheikh Sahil
* Kiyan Nassiri
* Suhail Bhat
* Arsh Anwer Shaikh
* Lalrinliana Hnamte