Chittagong Abahani Limited
| Full name | Chittagong Abahani Limited | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Blue Pirates (Bengali: ব্লু পাইরেটস) | ||
| Short name | CAL | ||
| Founded | 10 October 1980 | ||
| Ground | Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||
| President | M. Abdul Latif | ||
| Head coach | Md. Tajuddin Taju | ||
| League | Bangladesh Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | Premier League, 10th of 10 | ||
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| Departments of Chittagong Abahani | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Football (Men's) |
Football (Reserves & Youth) |
Cricket (Men's) |
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Chittagong Abahani Limited (Bengali: চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী লিমিটেড), also spelled as Chattogram Abahani or Chittagong Abahoni, is a sports club based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. A wing of Abahani Limited was established at Chittagong in 1980, known as Chittagong Abahani. It is one of the most successful football clubs in the country. It currently competes in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top tier of Bangladeshi football.
The team was relegated from the BPL in the 2010–11 season. It regained promotion to the BPL by becoming champion of the 2013 Bangladesh Championship League. The club host Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup, a bi-annual tournament in memory of their founder, Sheikh Kamal. They won the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2015. The club won their first major domestic trophy in 2016 by winning the 2016 Independence Cup under the guidance of Slovak coach Jozef Pavlik. Chittagong Abahani had a fierce rivalry with Chittagong Mohammedan earlier in Chittagong Premier League and later in Bangladesh Premier League.