Abahani Limited Dhaka

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Abahani Limited Dhaka (Bengali: আবাহনী লিমিটেড ঢাকা), also referred to as Dhaka Abahani or Abahani Limited, is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in the Dhanmondi area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club currently competes in the Bangladesh Football League, the top flight of Bangladeshi football. The club was founded as Abahani Krira Chakra (Bengali: আবাহনী ক্রীড়া চক্র), through the re-organisation of Iqbal Sporting Club in 1972 by Sheikh Kamal, the eldest son of the first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The club was converted into a Limited company in 1989. Abahani Limited Dhaka is regarded as one of the country's most renowned and well supported clubs. Since emerging on the domestic football scene, the club has formed an enduring rivalry with the neighbouring Dhaka Mohammedan, known as the Dhaka Derby. Considered as one of the most decorated football clubs in Bangladesh. The club has won eleven Dhaka League titles, which was the highest tier in Bangladesh until...

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