{{Infobox football club | clubname = PWD Sports Club | image = [[File:PWD Sports Club logo.png|150px]] | fullname = Public Works Department Sports Club | upright = 0.5 | nickname = | short name = PWDSC | founded = {{Start date and age|1954}} | chrtitle = President | chairman = Md Shamim Akhter | Precedent = | mgrtitle = Head Coach | manager = Md Anwar Hossain | ground = [[Shaheed Barkat Stadium]] | website = | capacity = 5,000 | owntitle = Owner | owner = [[Public Works Department (Bangladesh)|Public Works Department]] | league = [[Bangladesh Football League]] | season = [[2025–26 Bangladesh Football League|2025–26]] | position =[[Bangladesh Football League]], 8th of 10 | pattern_la1 = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_b1 = _whiteshoulders | pattern_ra1 = _shoulder_stripes_white_stripes | pattern_sh1 = _whitesides | pattern_so1 = | leftarm1 = ab0eab | body1 = ab0eab | rightarm1 = ab0eab | shorts1 = 471047 | socks1 = | pattern_la2 = | pattern_b2 = _blackstripes3 | pattern_ra2 = | pattern_sh2 = | pattern_so2 = | leftarm2 = 045e66 | body2 = 045e66 | rightarm2 = 045e66 | shorts2 = 045e66 | socks2 = | current = 2025–26 PWD Sports Club season }} '''PWD Sports Club''' ({{langx|bn|পিডব্লিউডি স্পোর্টস ক্লাব}}), also referred to as '''PWD SC''', is a professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Segunbagicha]] area of [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]. The club currently competes in the [[Bangladesh Football League]], the first tier of [[Football in Bangladesh|Bangladeshi football]], after being promoted from the second-tier [[Bangladesh Championship League]] in the [[2024–25 Bangladesh Championship League|2024–25 season]].
==History== ===Early years (1954–1979)=== PWD Sporting Club was founded in 1954 as a recreational program by some sports-loving engineers of the [[Public Works Department (Bangladesh)|Public Works Department]]. Some of the founding members of the club included its first president and chief engineer Eyaz Khan, Alhaj Uddin, Abdul Rahim, Fazlur Rahman, Fayyaz Ahmed, and Kazi Abdul Qader. The club tent was constructed on land owned by the Public Works Department in [[Segunbagicha]] of [[Dhaka]].<ref name="Book1">{{cite book|last=Mahmud|first=Dulal |script-title=bn:খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ ({{Translation|Liberation war in the playground}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon|year=2020|language=bn|isbn=978-984-8218-31-0}}</ref>
In 1956, the club entered domestic football in Dhaka through the [[Dhaka Third Division Football League|Third Division]] and became league champions in their first season. The following year, in 1957, the club became champions of the [[Dhaka Second Division Football League|Second Division]] and gained promotion to the top-tier. The club entered the [[Dhaka First Division Football League|First Division]] in 1958 and under the captaincy of Anjam Hossain, they finished in third-place.<ref name="Book1"/> In the same year, PWD, led by the [[Pakistan national football team|Pakistan national team]]'s central defender, [[Nabi Chowdhury]], participated in the [[Aga Khan Gold Cup]]. They defeated Central Jail and Sindh Youngmen's Club by 8–0 and 5–1, respectively,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Monday 22 September 1958|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19580922/286/0010|access-date=2024-08-24 |page=10|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Tuesday 23 September 1958 |url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19580923/185/0012|access-date=2024-08-24 |page=12|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> before losing 2–5 to [[Keamari Muhammadan FC|Keamari Muhammadan]] prior to the quarter-final.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) - Friday 26 September 1958|url=https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003221/19580926/165/0011|access-date=2024-08-24 |page=11|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
In 1965, PWD ended [[Victoria Sporting Club]]'s 67-game unbeaten streak in the league's sixth round. However, following the [[Independence of Bangladesh]], they elected a new club committee led by two of their previous members, Abdul Rahim and Fazlur Rahman. This change saw them battling relegation almost every season, with the exception of reaching the Super League round in 1974, 1976, and 1977. The club was relegated from the top-flight after finishing bottom of the league in 1979.
===Yo-yo years (1980–2013)=== The club decided against participating in the [[Dhaka Second Division Football League|Dhaka Second Division League]] in 1980 and began their hunt for promotion from 1981. PWD earned promotion back to the top-flight as the 1984 Second Division champion, with the help of their 16-goal striker, Mostafizur Rahman Mostak. In 1985, Mostak helped PWD remain in the top-flight by scoring 9 goals as the club finished sixth, 13 points clear of relegation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kironsportsdesk.com/2016/04/22/%e0%a6%9c%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%a4%e0%a7%80%e0%a7%9f-%e0%a6%ab%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%9f%e0%a6%ac%e0%a6%b2-%e0%a6%a6%e0%a6%b2%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%be%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%95-%e0%a6%b7%e0%a7%8d/|title=জাতীয় ফুটবল দলের সাবেক ষ্ট্রাইকার মুস্তাকের অকাল মৃত্যু|date=22 April 2016|website=Kiron Sports Desk|archive-date=11 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211172748/https://kironsportsdesk.com/2016/04/22/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D/|url-status=live}}</ref>
During the 1989–90 season, the club coached by former [[Sri Lanka national football team|Sri Lanka national team]] captain, [[Pakir Ali]], finished fourth in the league. PWD was also one of the initial members of the Dhaka Premier Division League in 1993;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bang93.html|title=Bangladesh 1993|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=16 February 2024|archive-date=15 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240215135008/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bang93.html|url-status=live}}</ref> however in 1994, they were relegated to the [[Dhaka First Division Football League (1993–2006)|First Division]] – then the second-tier of football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bang94.html|title=Bangladesh 1994|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=30 January 2023|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127013420/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bang94.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1996, PWD were relegated to the Second Division after finishing bottom of the table in the First Division. In 1999, the club were promoted back to the First Division as unbeaten league champions with 39 points from 11 games, however, their stay only lasted a season, and were once again relegated to the Second Division.
The club kept dropping down divisions, and were relegated to the [[Dhaka Third Division Football League|Dhaka Third Division League]] in 2005. The club returned to the Second Division as champions in 2009, determining their promotion before their final game of the season as group champions by defeating Tongi KC 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-80906|title=PWD, Swadhinata promoted to Div II|date=March 23, 2009|website=The Daily Star}}</ref> In 2014, after a gap of 20-years, the club returned to Dhaka's top-flight football league, the [[Dhaka Senior Division Football League|Dhaka Senior Division League]] – now serving as the country's third-tier. In their promotion campaign, the club coached by Arman Hossain, were runners-up in the Second Division, behind champions [[Bangladesh Police FC|Bangladesh Police]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.bff.com.bd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1911:four-teams-promote-to-1st-div&catid=34:latest-news&Itemid=74|title=Four teams promote to 1st Div|date=17 February 2014|website=archive.bff.com.bd|archive-date=28 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128143512/https://archive.bff.com.bd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1911:four-teams-promote-to-1st-div&catid=34:latest-news&Itemid=74|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/sports/794238/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A8|date=26 November 2023|language=bn|title=বিসিএলে সাফল্যই আমার বাকি : আরমান হোসাইন|website=Daily Nayadiganta}}</ref>
===Progression (2014–present)=== Although PWD guaranteed their return to the top-flight of [[Dhaka]] in 2014, the Senior Division League was not held again until three years later, in 2017. Following their initial promotion, the league was held only three times, meaning the club would be inactive in domestic football for much of the decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/sports/football/dmflc-promises-regular-leagues-1342927|title=DMFLC promises regular leagues|date=January 10, 2017|website=The Daily Star}}</ref> The club finished in third place in the [[2021–22 Dhaka Senior Division League]], behind [[Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda]] and [[Jatrabari KC]], which initially meant they missed out on promotion to the professional second-tier league, the [[Bangladesh Championship League]], by only two points. The club were also awarded with the ''Fair Play Trophy''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.footballbangladesh.com/2022/10/26/10876/|date=26 October 2022|title=Samaj Kalyan & Krira Prisad Mugda emerge champions|work=footballbangladesh.com|access-date=27 October 2022}}</ref>
In November 2023, PWD announced that they would be participating in the [[2023–24 Bangladesh Championship League]], as the champions and runners-up of the [[2021–22 Dhaka Senior Division League]] were unable to attain professional league club licensing, which opened the path to the third-place team, PWD, who successfully applied for the license.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailynayadiganta.com/sports/794741/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%9E%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C|title=বিসিএল খেলবে পিডব্লিউডি ও ফরাশগঞ্জ|date=28 November 2023|language=bn|website=Daily Nayadiganta}}</ref>
==Current squad== {{updated|10 April 2026}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1 |nat=BAN|pos=GK|name=Md Sarwar Jahan}} {{Fs player|no=2 |nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Sazal Islam Kalin}} {{Fs player|no=3 |nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Rashedul Islam Rashed}} {{Fs player|no=4 |nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Sumon Kumar Das}} {{Fs player|no=5 |nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Ashikur Rahman}} {{Fs player|no=6 |nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Abdullah Tofel}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Rumon Hossain}} {{Fs player|no=8 |nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Sohanur Rahman Sohan}} {{Fs player|no=9 |nat=BAN|pos=FW|name=[[Arman Foysal Akash]]}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=[[Mohammad Abdullah (footballer)|Mohammad Abdullah]]}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=BAN|pos=FW|name=Md Minhazul Karim Shadin}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Hasibul Islam Shanto}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Ratul}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Sharif}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=BAN|pos=FW|name=Md Jamir Uddin}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Tanvir Rana}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Sohel Hassan Rana}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=BHU|pos=DF|name=Sangay Yoezer}} {{fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Mazharul Islam Sourav}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=BAN|pos=FW|name=Md Abu Sayed}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=BAN|pos=GK|name=Md Anik Ahamed}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Rakibul Islam}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Imran Khan}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Saimon}} {{Fs player|no=26|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Sabbir Hossen}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=GHA|pos=DF|name=Kofi Junior Dabanka}} {{Fs player|no=28|nat=BAN|pos=GK|name=Md Rahul Hossain}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=BAN|pos=GK|name=Md Tahsin Saheb}} {{Fs player|no=32|nat=UZB|pos=FW|name=[[Akobir Turaev]]}} {{Fs player|no=34|nat=BAN|pos=FW|name=Said Rakib Khan Evan}} {{Fs player|no=35|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Jayanto Lal}} {{Fs player|no=36|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Mahin Sheikh}} {{Fs player|no=37|nat=GHA|pos=MF|name=Anthony Amoh}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=BAN|pos=DF|name=Md Rostom Islam Dukhu Mia}} {{Fs player|no=45|nat=BAN|pos=MF|name=Md Salahuddin}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=RUS|pos=FW|name=Marat Devessa Tareck}} {{fs end}}
==Personnel== ===Current technical staff=== {{updated|11 April 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- !Position !Name |- | Head Coach |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Anwar Hossain |- |Team Manager |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Iftekharul Islam |- |Assistant Manager |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Shafiqur Rahman<br/>{{flagicon|BAN}} Wahid Murad Azam<br/>{{flagicon|BAN}} Abrar Jahin Shrestha |- |Assistant Coach |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Shahanur Rahman |- |Assistant Manager |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Shafiqur Rahman |- |Team Leader |{{flagicon|BAN}} ANM Mazaharul Islam |- |Goalkeeping Coach |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Meraz |- |Media Officer |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Apel Mahmud |- |Masseur |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Saiful Islam |}
===Club officials=== {{updated|15 August 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- !Position !Name |- |President |{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Shamim Akhter |- |General Secretary |{{flagicon|BAN}} Moshiur Rahman Akondo |}
===Head coach=== {{updated|23 May 2026}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- !Head Coach !class="unsortable"|From !class="unsortable"|To !abbr="1"|P !abbr="0"|W !abbr="0"|D !abbr="1"|L !abbr="0"|GS !abbr="1"|GA !abbr="00"|%W |- |align=left|{{flagicon|BAN}} Md Anwar Hossain |align=left|21 February 2024 |align=left|Present {{WDL|53|24|13|16|for=69|against=53}} |}
==Honours== *'''[[Bangladesh Championship League]]''' **'''Champions (1)''': [[2024–25 Bangladesh Championship League|2024–25]] *'''[[Dhaka Second Division Football League|Dhaka Second Division League]]''' **'''Champions (3)''': 1957, 1984, 1999 **Runners-up (1): 2013 *'''[[Dhaka Third Division Football League|Dhaka Third Division League]]''' **'''Champions (2)''': 1956, 2009
==Notable players== *The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for ''PWD Sports Club''.
'''Asia''' *{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Nabi Chowdhury]] (1958)<ref>{{cite book |last=Dulal |first=Mahmud |script-title=bn:পাকিস্তান জাতীয় দল বাঙালি খেলোয়াড় ({{Translation|Bengali players in the Pakistan national team}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon|page=55—57|year=2014 |language=bn}}</ref> *{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Abdul Jabbar (footballer)|Abdul Jabbar]] (1964)<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Moatter |first=Mohammad |date=1 August 1970 |title=Players' gallery {{!}} Abdul Jabbar |work=[[The Pakistan Observer]] |pages=10}}</ref> *{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Abid Hussain Ghazi]] (1967–68)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan Observer 1967.08.25 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/newspapers/paob19670825-01.1.8|access-date=2025-04-11|website=gpa.eastview.com|archive-date=2025-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411114747/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19670825-01.1.8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistan Observer 1968.10.27 — South Asian Newspapers |url=https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/newspapers/paob19681027-01.1.11|access-date=2025-04-11|website=gpa.eastview.com|archive-date=2025-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411115353/https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/san/?a=d&d=paob19681027-01.1.11|url-status=live}}</ref> *{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Qadir Bakhsh]] (1971)<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |title=فٹ بال ہیروز کی دُنیا:پتلا کے نام سے مشہور قومی کپتان قادر بخش |trans-title=World of Football Heroes: National captain Qadir Bakhsh, known as Putla |url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-04-07/107050 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104160456/https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/sports/2013-04-07/107050 |archive-date=2025-01-04 |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=[[Daily Dunya]] |language=ur |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flagicon|SRI}} [[Ratnayaka Premalal]] (1991–92)<ref>{{cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann|first=Benjamin|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/80781/Ratnayaka_Premalal.html|title=Ratnayaka Premalal|website=National-Football-Teams.com|access-date=9 December 2025}}</ref> *{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Ali Uzair]] (2026–present)
==Other departments==
===Field Hockey=== PWD Sports Club has a [[field hockey]] team, which currently participates in the First Division Hockey League, the country's second-tier hockey league. The club gained promotion to the league in 2014 as champions of the Second Division Hockey League.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangladeshhockey.org/?p=968|title=Div II Hockey: PWD SC become champions|access-date=16 February 2024|publisher=Bangladesh Hockey Federation|archive-date=16 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216150555/https://bangladeshhockey.org/?p=968|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Cricket=== The club's [[cricket]] team competed in the [[Dhaka First Division Cricket League]] until the turn of the century. Most recently, in 2021, the team competed in the Summer Classic Cricket Tournament, where they reached the Super League round.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricheroes.com/scorecard/2044180/summer-classic-tournament/pwd-sports-club,,-vs-united-cricket-club-ucc-lko/summary|title=PWD Sports Club vs United Cricket Club UCC Lko Cricket Match|access-date=7 April 2024|publisher=CricHeroes}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of football clubs in Bangladesh]] * [[Football in Bangladesh|History of football in Bangladesh]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==Further reading== * {{cite book|last=Mahmud|first=Dulal |script-title=bn:খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ ({{Translation|Liberation war in the playground}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon|year=2020|language=bn|isbn=978-984-8218-31-0}} * {{cite book|last=Alam|first=Masud|script-title=bn:ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প ({{Translation|The story of football the story of footballers}})|publisher=Bishhoshahitto Bhobon|year=2017|language=bn|isbn=9789849134688}} * {{cite book|last=Mahmud|first=Noman|script-title=bn:ফুটবল পায়ে মুক্তির যুদ্ধ ({{Translation|Liberation war fought by football}})|publisher=[[Agamee Prakashani]]|year=2018|language=bn|isbn=978-984-8218-31-0}}
==External links== * [https://globalsportsarchive.com/team/soccer/pwd-sc/49942/ PWD Sports Club] at Global Sports Archive
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