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Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha

Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha () is a football team from Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is currently a team of Bangladesh Championship League (BCL). Kawran Bazar gained promotion from the Senior Division League in 2020.

History

Kawran Bazar Pragti Sangh, which was established around 1985, and carries out their club activities at the Kawran Bazar Panchstara Sahandya Artaddar Bahumukhi Cooperative association clubhouse, under president Mosharraf Hossain. The club were crowned champions of the 2018–19 Dhaka Senior Division League, thus gaining promotion to the Bangladesh Championship League, which is the country's second-tier.

Match-fixing allegation

In March 2022, investigations revealed that the club involved in match fixing, as evidence was found against coaches, managers and footballers of the team. The club's authorities and staff were involved in an online gambling event, and according to reports the players were given a reward of 50,000 TK if they played according to the bettor's instructions, during the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League season. The prices were fixed in separate categories from footballers to coaches-managers and others.

Mosharraf Hossain, the club's president, responded to the accusations, "I do not know anything about this. If something like this happened, action will definitely be taken". Within a few days after the allegations, the club sacked coach Rezaul Haque Jamal. During the same league season, many other Championship League clubs were accused of Spot-fixing.

Bangladesh Football Federation announced that they would start their own investigation about the match fixing allegations imposed on the Bangladesh Championship League clubs, as soon as the league season ended, In June 2022.

Current players

Kawran Bazar PS squad for 2021–22 season.

Head coach

Honours

League

References