Дхака Вандерерс Клаб

Founded in 1937, the club was first known as Muslim Wanderers, until it became Dhaka Wanderers over time as a bunch of sports-lovers from Old Dhaka brought the club into a prominent position in the local sports arena. Under the teams president Abdul Gaffar who came from the Nawab's of Dhaka, they became a popular name in Bengali football after its debut in the Dhaka football scene. With the help of Pakistani defender Gafur Baloch and legendary winger Mari Chowdhury, Wanderers lifted the first-division trophy 5 times. Before Bangladesh's independence in 1971, Wanderers had Bengali talents like Nabi Chowdhury, Kabir Ahmed, Amir Jang Ghaznabi, Ashraf Chowdhury, Manzur Hasan Mintu, Wazed Ali Miyazi, Zakaria Pintoo and Wazed Gazi to only name a few. The clubs most prominent players Mari, Shantoo and Pintoo got the chance to represent the Pakistan national team, while Pintoo later went on to become captain of both Shadhin Bangla Football Team and Bangladesh. The clubs strength was evident when they participated in the Aga Khan Gold Cup, winning 7–0 and 1–0 respectively, against the senior national team of both Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Including their first league trophy in 1950, the club won a total of seven Dhaka League titles from 1950 to 1960. The historic club also won the league every season from 1950 to 1956, except for the 1952 season, however, like all their other achievements the trophies were burnt during a local riot. During the fifties and sixties, the Wanderers and Mohammedan rivalry was the biggest and most anticipated game in Bengali football. Former Bangladesh prime minister Bangabundhu Sheikh Mujibur Rhaman, was also a regular player at the club during the early 40s and 50s. During the 1972 Dhaka League season, Wanderers striker “Boro” Nazir Ahmed, scored a hattrick against Dilkusha SC, becoming the first player to achieve this feat since the country's independence. Nonetheless, over time after the nations Independence in 1971, the rivalry with Mohammedan SC had lost its presence, as the club moved to the second division in the nineties, losing its huge support base and popularity all over the country. After being relegated from the top-flight again in 2005, the club was an irregular face in domestic competitions, dropping down to the Senior Division League and was only able to achieve promotion to the second-tier in 2020 after runner-up.