Indian Super League's newly-crowned champions ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) will be rechristened as Mohun Bagan Super Giants from the next season onwards.
Indian Super Leagueโs newly-crowned champions ATK Mohun Bagan (ATKMB) will be rechristened as Mohun Bagan Super Giants from the next season onwards. [Latest News](/latest-news) [Sanjeev Goenka](/topic/sanjeev-goenka)made the announcement after the ISL final here on Sunday.
Kolkata: Minutes after ATK Mohun Bagan emerged champions in ISL 2022-23 in Margao on Saturday, principal owner Sanjiv Goenka announced that from next .
In 2020, six-year-old ISL team ATK and then 131-year-old Mohun Bagan entered into a historic merger to emerge as ATK Mohun Bagan. "The club will be renamed Mohun Bagan Super Giants from next season. The clubs supporters have since then been demanding a change in name with #boycottATK and #removeATK trending regularly on social media.
Long after a penalty shootout saw Mohun Bagan emerge as the ISL champion on Saturday, the maroon-and-green supporters can't stop celebrating.
Rishob Dutta and his friends went to the airport in the morning to welcome their beloved team but were late for the celebrations. Between the airport gate and the team bus, the followers hugged and congratulated the players. Mohin Palli Club in north Kolkata arranged a small picnic for all the supporters with Bengali-style mutton and rice on Sunday evening on the club premises.
Club owner Sanjeev Goenka made the official announcement on Saturday after ATK Mohun Bagan's win over Bengaluru FC in the ISL 2022-23 final.
Interestingly, Goenka owned Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise is also called Lucknow Super Giants which will begin its campaign this season on April 1 against Delhi Capitals. Newly crowned Indian Super League (ISL) champions ATK Mohun Bagan will be renamed as Mohun Bagan Super Giants from the 2023-24 season. However, not all fans were impressed with some of the club's loyal supporters objecting to the ATK prefix in the team name which will now be removed.
Vishal Kaith makes crucial penalty save to give ATK Mohun Bagan their maiden ISL crown after match ends 2-2 after extra time.
The pattern was set in the early exchanges: Bengaluru would keep the ball, Bagan would look to hit them on the counter. Krishna made amends for his early mistake by winning a penalty in added time of the first half, which was duly converted by Chhetri. Petratos, nevertheless, stepped up and once again beat Sandhu to level the scores and force the match into extra time, where Bagan had a golden chance to seal the tie but forward Manvir Singh missed an open header. It might not be a role Chhetri loves to play but heโs often made a difference, like in the semifinals against On a high after winning 10 out of 11 matches this calendar year, the former champions and the unlikely finalists had the worst possible start to the final. In warp speed, a bunch of green-and-maroon shirts sprinted past him and jumped on the goalkeeper Vishal Kaith; ATK Mohun Baganโs Mr.