{{short description|Bangladeshi Association football club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Arambagh FA | image = Arambagh_Football_Academy_logo.png | fullname = Arambagh Football Academy | nickname = | founded = {{Start date and age|1981}} | chrtitle = President | chairman = Md Farhad Hossain | mgrtitle = Head Coach | manager = Tipu Sultan | ground = [[Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium|BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium]] | capacity = 25,000 | owntitle = | owner = | league = [[Dhaka Senior Division Football League|Dhaka Senior Division League]] | season = [[2025–26 Dhaka Senior Division League|2025–26]] | position = 13th of 17 | website = | kit_alt1 = Home Kit | pattern_la1 = | pattern_b1 = _thinorangesidesorangeshoulders2 | pattern_ra1 = | pattern_sh1 = _whitesides | leftarm1 = 0b7de0 | body1 = 0b7de0 | rightarm1 = 0b7de0 | shorts1 = 0b7de0 | socks1 = | kit_alt2 = Away Kit | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = _thinbluesideblueshoulders2 | pattern_ra2 = | leftarm2 = fa8816 | body2 = fa8816 | rightarm2 = fa8816 | shorts2 = fa8816 | socks2 = | current = 2025–26 Dhaka Senior Division League }} '''Arambagh Football Academy''' ({{langx|bn|আরামবাগ ফুটবল একাডেমি}}) is the junior team of the [[Dhaka]] based club [[Arambagh KS]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyjanakantha.com/sports/news/715200|language=bn|title=আরামবাগ ফুটবল একাডেমি ফুটবল ফেস্টিভ্যালের পুরস্কার বিতরণ|access-date=29 June 2024|website=Daily Janakantha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyjanakantha.com/sports/news/715291|language=bn|title=আরামবাগ ফুটবল একাডেমির ফুটবল ফেস্টিভ্যাল|access-date=29 June 2024|website=Daily Janakantha}}</ref> It currently competes in [[Dhaka Senior Division Football League|Dhaka Senior Division League]], the third-tier of [[Football in Bangladesh|Bangladeshi football]], alongside its main team.
==History== ===1981–2017=== In 1981, [[Arambagh KS|Arambagh Krira Sangha]] formed a junior team to participate in the inaugural [[Pioneer Football League (Bangladesh)|Pioneer Football League]]. The team became champions in 1984 defeating Aminbazar Club 2–1 in the final, and earned promotion to the [[Dhaka Third Division Football League|Third Division]]. Nonetheless, the team were relegated and returned to competing in the Pioneer League within a season.
In 2014, the team won the Under 10-12 Football Festival arranged by the [[Bangladesh Football Federation]] (BFF).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/sport/article879053.bdnews|language=bn|title=খুদে ফুটবলারদের ‘উৎসবে’ চ্যাম্পিয়ন আরামবাগ একাডেমি|date=9 November 2014|access-date=26 July 2024|website=bangla.bdnews24.com}}</ref> In 2016, after a 31-year absence, the team coached by Ibrahim Khalil Kala returned to the Third Division as champions of the Pioneer League once again. In the final held at [[National Stadium, Dhaka|Bangabandhu National Stadium]], they defeated Gazipur City Football Academy 2–0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/arambagh-fa-clinch-title-1206517|title=Arambagh FA clinch title|access-date=29 June 2024|date=9 April 2016|website=The Daily Star}}</ref>
===2018–present=== In their first season back in the Third Division, the club became champions of the league held in 2018, earning a total of 23 points to secure their place in the [[Dhaka Second Division Football League|Second Division]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/football/143862/champion-arambagh-fa-s-campaign-ends-with-win|date=21 April 2018|access-date=29 June 2024|title=Champion Arambagh FA's campaign ends with win|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> The team entered the Second Division in the [[2021–22 Dhaka Second Division Football League|2021–22 season]], finishing seventh in their group of nine teams. The club earned 22 points from 14 games in the [[2022–23 Dhaka Second Division Football League|2022–23 season]] and were bound to finish third. However, after the original runners-up, [[Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan football team|BKSP]], were disqualified in the 12th round, Arambagh clinched promotion to the [[Dhaka Senior Division Football League|Senior Division]] as the runners-up. In the league table published by the BFF, Arambagh finished with a negative goal difference, scoring four times and conceding eight.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/sports/798841/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AA-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97|language=bn|title=রানার্সআপ আরামবাগ|access-date=29 June 2024|website=Daily Nayadiganta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ফুটবলে এক বছরের নিষেধাজ্ঞায় বিকেএসপি |url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/sport/2023/12/10/1344292|access-date=10 December 2023|website=Kalerkanhto|language=bn}}</ref> Arambagh Football Academy currently participates in the Dhaka Senior Division League [[2025–26 Dhaka Senior Division League|2025–26 season]], the third tier of the Bangladeshi football pyramid, fielding its senior and junior combined team in the competition and holding the [https://www.sofascore.com/football/tournament/bangladesh/dhaka-senior-division-league/31232#id:86784 13th] position of the league table.<ref>{{cite web|URL=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/837904|date=4 November 2025|title=Dhaka Senior Division Football League returns after a season|language=en|work=Daily Sun|access-date=4 November 2025}}</ref>
==Current squad== {{updated|2 November 2025}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Bangladesh|pos=GK|name=Abdullah Al Mahbub}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Jahid Hasan}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Md Rezaul Karim}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Md Tarikul Islam}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Md Habibur Rahman Tutul|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Farhan Morshed Emon}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Bangladesh|pos=MF|name=Md Magdad Ali}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Bangladesh|pos=MF|name=Mohammad Emranul Hoque}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Nurul Alam}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Ajanta Chakma}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Md Shorgo Molla}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Md Tuhin Ali Shovo}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Md Rajiur Rahman Raju}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Md Rabbi Yasin Emon}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Ifti Hasan}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Bangladesh|pos=MF|name=Hridoy Das}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Bangladesh|pos=MF|name=Md Tuhin Mia}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Md Mohinul Hoque}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Md Reyad Hossen}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Mahim Uzzaman}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Mohammed Nayem Fayez Fahim}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=Bangladesh|pos=GK|name=Ragib-Al-Anzum Nirob|other=[[Captain (association football)|Captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Md Sadman Sakib Sawon}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Bangladesh|pos=DF|name=Sheikh Shadman Sakib Purno}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=Bangladesh|pos=GK|name=Md Zia Uddin Zia}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=Bangladesh|pos=MF|name=Md Nihad Mia}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=Bangladesh|pos=MF|name=Abdullah Al Hasan}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Md Shohan Shek}} {{Fs player|no=29|nat=Bangladesh|pos=FW|name=Sheikh Farid}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Bangladesh|pos=GK|name=Shibolee Chakma}} {{Fs end}}
==Personnel== ===Current technical staff=== {{updated|15 January 2026}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Position ! Name |- | Team Manager | {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Md Abdus Sattar |- |Head Coach |{{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} Md Tipu Sultan |- | Team Leader | {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} Md Sumon |- | Technical Director |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Riaz Aftab Sunny |- |Assistant Manager |{{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} Md Biplob Hossain Mitu |- |Media Manager |{{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} Md. Yeasin Molla |- |Security Officer |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Anowar Hossain Bappy |- |Equipment Manager |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Mohiuddin Joy |- |Ball Boy |{{flagicon|BAN}} Mainuddin Emon |}
==Team records== ===Head coach record=== {{Updated|18 January 2026}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center" !Head Coach ! class="unsortable" |From ! class="unsortable" |To ! abbr="3" |P ! abbr="1" |W ! abbr="1" |D ! abbr="1" |L ! abbr="4" |GS ! abbr="6" |GA ! abbr="50" |%W |- | align="left" |{{flagicon|BAN}} Muhammad Asraful Haque | align="left" |25 June 2024 | align="left" |31 December 2024 {{WDL|6|4|2|0|for=9|against=3}} |- | align="left" |{{flagicon|BAN}} Tipu Sultan | align="left" |1 August 2025 | align="left" |Present {{WDL|16|4|4|8|for=18|against=27}} |}
==Honours== *'''[[Dhaka Second Division Football League|Dhaka Second Division League]]''' **Runners-up (1): [[2022–23 Dhaka Second Division Football League|2022–23]] *'''[[Dhaka Third Division Football League|Dhaka Third Division League]]''' **'''Champions (1)''': 2018 *'''[[Pioneer Football League (Bangladesh)|Pioneer League]]''' **'''Champions (2)''': 1984, 2016
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{facebook|AFADHAKA1000}} * [https://bdleague.com/club/arambagh-fa/ Arambagh Football Academy] at BD League
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