Mridul Banerjee surprised to get the sack
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Mohammedan officials and players during a photo session. Image Source: MDS[/caption]Kolkata: Mohammedan Sporting club on Saturday appointed Ranjan Chowdhury as the coach for the forthcoming 2nd Division I League. The century old club from Kolkata kept its tradition of sacking their coach mid-season. Ranjan Chowdhury replaced Mridul Banerjee who was the coach for Md. Sporting during the Calcutta League. Mridul, who was adjudged the Best Coach by Indian Football Association (IFA) this year, was given the golden handshake. He coached Md Sporting to become runners up of Calcutta League after a gap of 8 years.
Mridul, who is now busy with the Bengal team for the ensuing Santosh Trophy was left in dark about his axe as Mohammedan coach. Speaking from Bokaro, Mridul said, “I am not aware of it, as no one from the club approached me. I took the job of Bengal coach after informing Qamarduddin.”
He added, “I coached the team to become the runners up of Kolkata League. But this is the treatment I received from the officials. I will think about coaching Md Sporting club in future.”
Newly appointed coach Ranjan Chowdhury will have very little time to work with the players before the 2nd Division I League kicks off from the third week of January. Mohammedan has been grouped along with Southern Samity, Neroca FC and Hindustan club. Md. Sporting will begin their campaign against Southern Samity on January 21.
According to Ranjan Chowdhury, “We have very little time to prepare ourselves. All the teams will be tough. We will take one match at a time.”
The Kolkata outfit has signed three foreigners - Lancin Toure , Leonce Dodoz and Van Labia. The club has also registered experienced Dipendu Biswas. Ranjan will be assisted by Suman Ghoshal.
According to club official Iqbal Ahmed, “We have tried to cook a good biriyani but we still have some spices to add.
The Md. Sporting players will start training from Monday at the club ground.
List of Mohammedan Sporting players registered for 2nd Division I League
Goal-keepers: Shankar Roy, Sayan Roy, SK.Sadekuddin
Defenders: Rana Gharami(C), Sourav Chakraborty, Lancine Toure(F), Sonam Chong Sherpa, Nitesh Chikara, Pranjit Lama Tamang, Kamran Farooque, Kilp Namgyal Barfungpa.
Midfielders: Mumtaz Akhter, Dipankar Das, Kunal Ghosh, Rochhingpuia, SK.Faiaz, Dipendu Dowari, Atinder Mani, Vanlabia, Parminder Singh, Imran Khan.
Forwards: Leonce Dodoz, Alaxandre Tabillon, Manvir Singh, Dipendu Biswas, Aamir Hossain, Rajkumar Saradar.
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