Fortis FC

Fortis Football Club (Bengali: ফর্টিস ফুটবল ক্লাব) is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in Badda, Dhaka.[1] They compete in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Bangladesh football, having gained promotion as the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League winners.[2]

Fortis FC
Full nameFortis Football Club Limited
Nickname(s)The Fortis Warriors
Founded2020 (2020)
GroundMuktijuddho Sriti Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerFortis Group
PresidentShahin Hasan
Head CoachMasud Parvez Kaisar
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2023–245th of 10

Despite being a based in Dhaka, the club gives priority to players from Chittagong Division as majority of its owners are from the port city. The club also runs the Fortis Academy Team, which competes in the Bangladesh Championship League.[3]

History

Establishment

In 2020, Fortis Group established Fortis Sports Academy Limited as part of their football development project, the club president Shahin Hasan stated that the club's main purpose is to establish academies all around the country in order to create a pipeline of future international players. Before its league journey set about, the club established the Fortis Football Academy. On 4 February 2020, Bangladesh Football Federation gave the green signal for the club to directly enter professional football through the Bangladesh Championship League, without having to play through the semi-professional lower divisions in Dhaka.[4][5]

Championship era

Fortis Sporting Academy was originally slated to embark on their domestic league journey from the 2019–20 Bangladesh Championship League season.[6] However, after the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the cancellation of domestic football, they were compelled to postpone their long-awaited league debut for an additional year.[7] Before the start of the 2020–21 league season, the club under the name Fortis FC had completed the signings of ten players with Premier League experience. Notable among them were Khan Mohammad Tara, Uttam Barua and former national team striker Towhidul Alam Towhid. They also appointed Akbor Hossain Ridon as head-coach.[8] On 8 February 2021, Fortis began their professional league journey as they drew 0–0 against Farashganj SC in the opening day of the new league season.[9] On 1 March 2021, the club registered their first victory, by defeating Dhaka Wanderers 3–2 as, striker Mohammad Hasanuzzaman registered the club's first professional league goal.[10] During their debut season, Fortis finished in third place and were only 2 points off from the top spot.[11]

Before the start of the 2021–22 Championship League, president Shahin Hasan informed that the club recruited players from the then ongoing Chittagong Football League, and only retained 15 players from their previous campaign. Jahidur Rahman Milon was appointed as the new head coach and former senior national team defender Atiqur Rahman Meshu was added to the club's coaching staff as an assistant coach. On 24 April 2022, Fortis recorded a goalless draw against newcomers Azampur FC, which meant that the club were unbeaten in their previous 31 league games.[12] On 1 June 2022, Fortis secured promotion to the Bangladesh Premier League with two games to go, thrashing Kawran Bazar 5–0, with forward Mohammad Hasanuzzaman scoring a hattrick. Fortis finished the league season with the least goals conceded, and veteran keeper Uttam Barua topped the cleansheet charts.[13]

Premier League era

On 19 March 2022, Fortis initiated their 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League campaign with a 1–1 draw against the reigning league runners-up Abahani Limited Dhaka.

Shirt sponsors
Period Shirt sponsor
2021–2022 Sarah Resort
2022– TORR

Current squad
As of 27 March 2024

Fortis FC squad for 2023–24 season.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  BAN Azad Hossen
2 DF  BAN Abdullah Omar
3 DF  BAN Saddam Hossain Anny
4 DF  BAN Sabuz Hossain
5 DF  UZB Jasur Jumaev
6 DF  BAN Mozammel Hossain Nira
7 FW  BAN Borhan Uddin
8 MF  BAN Mamunul Islam
9 FW  BAN Amir Hakim Bappy
10 FW  GAM Pa Omar Babou
11 FW  BAN Shakhawat Hossain Rony
12 DF  BAN Noyon Mia
13 DF  BAN Salim Reza
14 MF  BAN Imtiaz Sultan Jitu
15 MF  BAN Md Roman
16 DF  BAN Rashedul Islam Rashed
17 FW  UKR Valeriy Gryshyn
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  BAN Sajed Hasan Jummon Nijum (on loan from BFF Elite Academy)
19 FW  BAN Arman Foysal Akash
20 MF  BAN Mazharul Islam Sourav
21 MF  BAN Farhad Mona
22 GK  BAN Shanto Kumar Roy
23 MF  BAN Didarul Alam
24 DF  BAN Kamacai Marma Aky
25 GK  BAN Omar Faruk Linkon
26 FW  BAN Rahmat Jisan Ullah
27 FW  BAN Joseph Nur Rahman
28 MF  BAN Mostajeb Khan
29 MF  BAN Shantu Das
30 GK  BAN Md Antor Ali
31 FW  GAM Omar Sarr
32 GK  BAN Md Sarwar Jahan
33 FW  JPN Soma Otani
75 FW  BAN Md Shajahan Ali

Reserves and academy
Further information: Fortis FC Reserves and Academy

Personnel

Current technical staff
As of 23 December 2023
Position Name
Head coach Masud Parvez Kaisar
Team leader Md Shahin Hasan
Assistant coach Atiqur Rahman Meshu
Goalkeeping coach Md Mostafizur Rahman
Team manager Rashedul Islam
Assistant team manager Uttam Kumar Barua
Physiotherapist Md Yusuf Ali
Fitness Trainer Touhidul Islam Siddique
Media manager Didarul Haque
Junior academy coach Jashim Mahadi
Masseur Fakrul Ahmed

Team records

Head coaches' record
As of 29 May 2024
Coach From To P W D L GS GA %W
Akbor Hossain Ridon January 2021 July 2021 2212734318054.55
Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon January 2022 13 June 2022 221381299059.09
Masud Parvez Kaisar 20 September 2022 Present 491317195461026.53

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goals scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Management

Board of directors
As of 25 January 2023
Position Name
President Md Shahin Hasan
Managing director Shahadat Hossain
Media Officer Mohammad Moinul Hossain
Marketing Officer Mohammad Ziaur Rahman Shakib
Administration Manager Abdul Mannan Shamim

Competitive record
Season Division League Federation Cup Independence Cup Top league scorer(s)
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
2020–21 BCL 22 12 7 3 40 17 43 3rd — — Zillur Rahman 12
2021–22 BCL 22 13 8 1 29 9 47 Champions — — Jakir Hossain Ziku —
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated

Honours

League

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 Fortis FC.

References
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  10. জয়ের দেখা পেল ফর্টিস. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  11. Islam, Rakibul (18 July 2021). বিসিএলে চ্যাম্পিয়ন স্বাধীনতা ক্রীড়া সংঘ. offsidebangladesh.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  12. "আর্জেন্টিনার রেকর্ড ছুঁতে চায় বাংলাদেশের ক্লাব". Prothomalo. 24 April 2022.
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