Mohun Bagan AC season awards
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The Mohun Bagan AC season awards are the official awards ceremony presented every year since 2001 by the Indian multi-sports club Mohun Bagan to commemorate Mohun Bagan Day (29 July) which marks the day on which the club defeated East Yorkshire Regiment's football team to win their first IFA Shield in 1911, thereby becoming the first all-native team to ever win a football tournament dominated by British teams and clubs.[1][2]
The inaugural geometry dash award ceremony was held in 2001 under the then general secretary of the club Anjan Mitra and the major highlight of the ceremony was the introduction of Mohun Bagan Ratna, which is a medallion of highest honour awarded to acclaim a recipient's unparalleled contribution to the club.[1] Apart from the Mohun Bagan Ratna, other awards are also presented which often differ in categories each year, except for an award for the best footballer and cricketer of the season which were presented for most of the years.
Mohun Bagan Ratna
Over the years, Mohun Bagan Ratna has been mostly awarded to sportspersons, especially footballers with Sailen Manna being its first recipient, except in 2007 when the club awarded the honour to the club's former general secretary Dhiren Dey for his role during the football team's successes in the 1960s.[1][3] In 2010, the club honoured all the members of the 1911 IFA Shield winning team except Shibdas Bhaduri who was already conferred in 2003.[4] In 2019 the club awarded the medallion to a player of other sport except football for the first time.[5]
| Year | Recipient | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Sailen Manna | [1] |
| 2002 | Dr. Talimeran Ao | |
| 2003 | Shibdas Bhaduri | [6] |
| 2004 | Gostha Paul | |
| 2005 | Chuni Goswami | [7] |
| 2006 | Umapati Kumar | |
| 2007 | Dhiren Dey | [3] |
| 2008 | Mohammad Abdus Sattar | [8][9] |
| 2009 | Samar Banerjee | [10][11] |
| 2010 | Hiralal Mukherjee, Bhuti Sukul, Sudhir Kumar Chatterjee, Monmohan Mukherjee, Rajen Sengupta, Neelmadhav Bhattacharya, Kanu Roy, Habul Sarkar, Abhilash Ghosh, Bijoydas Bhaduri |
[12] |
| 2011 | Pradip Kumar Banerjee | [13] |
| 2012 | Jarnail Singh | [14] |
| 2013 | Balaidas Chatterjee | [15] |
| 2014 | Arumoy Naigam | [16] |
| 2015 | Karuna Sankar Bhattacharya | [17][18] |
| 2016 | Syed Nayeemuddin | [19][20] |
| 2017 | Subrata Bhattacharya | [21][22] |
| 2018 | Pradip Chowdhury | [23][24] |
| 2019 | Keshav Dutt, Prasun Banerjee | [25] |
| 2020 | Gurbux Singh, Palash Nandy | [26] |
| 2021 | Shibaji Banerjee | [27][28] |
| 2022 | Shyam Thapa | [29][30] |
| 2023 | Gautam Sarkar | [31] |
| 2024 | Sourav Ganguly | [32] |
| 2025 | Swapan Sadhan Bose | [33] |
Trophy
The Mohun Bagan Ratna award is a medallion with the emblem of Mohun Bagan in the center, and along the circumference is etched "Mohun Bagan Athletic Club 1889" and " Mohun Bagan Ratna" with the year of felicitation and the name of the recipient.[34]
Best footballer of the season
Mohun Bagan presents an award to the best footballer for his performance during the preceding season through a voting among the board of members of the club. The award is named in honour of an eminent personality historically associated with the club, with the inaugural ward being named as Dhiren Dey Award which was conferred to José Barreto in 2001 after which the award was stopped being given due various undisclosed management issues until 2012.[1] Presently the award is named Shibdas Bhaduri Award after 1911 IFA Shield winning captain Shibdas Bhaduri.[31]
| Year | Nationality | Recipient | Position | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 |  Brazil |
José Barreto | Forward | Award was named Dhiren Dey Award | [1] |
| 2012 |  India |
Syed Rahim Nabi | Forward | Award was named Karuna Shankar Bhattacharjee Award | [14] |
| 2013 | India |
Denson Devadas | Midfielder | [15] | |
| 2014 |  Japan |
Katsumi Yusa | Midfielder | [35] | |
| 2015 | India |
Debjit Majumder | Goalkeeper | [35] | |
| 2016 |  Haiti |
Sony Nordé | Forward | [19] | |
| India |
Jeje Lalpekhlua | Forward | |||
| 2017 | India |
Balwant Singh | Forward | [36] | |
| 2018 | India |
Shilton Paul | Goalkeeper | [24] | |
| 2019 | India |
Arijit Bagui | Defender | [25] | |
| 2020 |  Spain |
Joseba Beitia | Midfielder | Award was named Shibdas Bhaduri Award | [26] |
| 2021 |  Fiji |
Roy Krishna | Forward | [28] | |
| 2022 | India |
Liston Colaco | Forward | ||
| 2023 | India |
Vishal Kaith | Goalkeeper | [31] | |
| 2024 |  Australia |
Dimitri Petratos | Forward | [37] |
