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Saif Sporting Club

Saif Sporting Club
Full name Saif Sporting Club Limited
Founded August 2016; 17 months ago (August 2016)
Ground Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka
Ground Capacity 36,000
Owner Saif Global Sports Limited
Managing Director Bangladesh Nasiruddin Chowdhury
Head coach England Ryan Northmore
League Bangladesh Premier League
2016–17 4th
Current season

Saif Sporting Club is a football team of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is currently a team of Bangladesh Football Premier League.

The club is owned by Saif Global Sports Limited. The main goal of the club is to bring professionalism in every step.

Saif Sporting Club formed officially in August 2016. On September 10, 2016 Bangladesh Football Federation gave the green signal to the club to participate in 2016 Bangladesh Championship League.

The club appointed the Serbian Nikola Kavazovic as their first head coach in September 2016. He was the first ever foreign coach in Bangladesh Championship League history, which is the second-tier football league of the country.Riyadul Hasan Rafi was the first ever captain of the club.

Saif Sporting Club played their first official match against T & T Club on October 29, 2016, during 2016 Bangladesh Championship League.Sumon Ali scored the first ever goal for the club in same match where the club was victorious by 3-1 goal margin.
They finished the league as runners-up and got promoted to Bangladesh Football Premier League. They were unbeaten through the season with six wins and eight draws.Motin Mia scored 5 goals from 12 matches for the club and won the player of the tournament award.

The club went to Kolkata for their preseason conditioning camp in March 2017. They are the first ever Bangladeshi club to go abroad for preseason camp. On March 22, 2017, they played their first friendly against I-League 2nd Division side Southern Samity, where the match ended with a 2–2 scoreline. Sajid and Sava was the scorer for Saif SC. On March 28 they beat East Bengal F.C. youth team by 1-0. Rahim was the scorer of that winning goal. On April 10, 2017, they played another friendly against East Bengal F.C. youth team and the match ended with 1-1 scoreline. Motin Mia was the scorer from Saif SC.


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