Fortis FC

Fortis Football Club (Bengali: ফর্টিস ফুটবল ক্লাব) is a Bangladeshi professional football club based in Badda, Dhaka.^[2] They compete in the Bangladesh Premier League, the top flight of Bangladesh football, having gained promotion as the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League winners.^[3]

Fortis FC
ফর্টিস এফসি

Full name	Fortis Football Club Limited
Nickname(s)	The Fortis Warriors
Founded	2020; 5 years ago (2020)
Stadium	Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium[1]
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Fortis Group
President	Shahin Hasan
Head Coach	Masud Parvez Kaisar
League	Bangladesh Premier League
2023–24	5th of 10
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

Championship era

Fortis Sporting Academy was originally slated to embark on their domestic league journey from the 2019–20 Bangladesh Championship League season.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11] During their debut season, Fortis finished in third place and were only 2 points off from the top spot.^[12]

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.^[13] 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.^[14]

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 Dhaka Abahani.^[15]

Shirt sponsors

Period	Shirt sponsor
2021–2022	Sarah Resort
2022–	TORR

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 August 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BAN Azad Hossen 2 DF  BAN Abdullah Omar Sajib 3 DF  BAN Saddam Hossain Anny 4 DF  BAN Md Rocky 5 DF  UZB Jasur Jumaev 6 MF  BAN Md Farhad Mona 7 FW  BAN Borhan Uddin 8 MF  BAN Mamunul Islam 9 FW  GAM Omar Sarr 10 FW  GAM Pa Omar Babou 11 FW  BAN Shakhawat Hossain Rony 12 DF  BAN Noyon Mia 13 MF  BAN Atiqur Rahman Fahad 14 DF  BAN Monjurur Rahman Manik 15 DF  GAM Essa Jallow 16 DF  BAN Rashedul Islam Rashed 17 FW  UKR Valeriy Hryshyn

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  BAN Sajed Hasan Jummon Nijum 19 FW  BAN Piash Ahmed Nova 20 MF  BAN Mazharul Islam Sourav 21 MF  BAN Riaj Uddin Sagor 22 GK  BAN Shanto Kumar Roy 23 MF  BAN Didarul Alam 24 DF  BAN Kamacai Marma Aky 25 GK  BAN Md Sarwar Jahan 26 FW  BAN Rahmat Jisan Ullah 27 MF  BAN Joy Kumar 28 DF  BAN Md Shajahan Ali 29 MF  BAN Shantu Das 30 GK  BAN Md Atick Hasan Sourov 31 DF  BAN Mominur Fakir 31 MF  BAN Mohammad Abdullah 77 MF  BAN Biplu Ahmed

Reserves and academy

Further information: Fortis FC Reserves and Academy

Personnel

Current technical staff

As of 19 August 2024

Position	Name
Head coach	Masud Parvez Kaisar
Team leader	Md Shahin Hasan
Assistant coach	Vacant
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 24 May 2025

Coach	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W
Akbor Hossain Ridon	January 2021	July 2021	22	12	7	3	43	18	054.55
Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon	January 2022	13 June 2022	22	13	8	1	29	9	059.09
Masud Parvez Kaisar	20 September 2022	Present	70	20	27	23	79	77	028.57

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

• Bangladesh Championship League
  • Winners (1): 2021–22

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.

Asia Amredin Sharifi (2022–2023) Anjan Bista (2024)[16]