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| Full name | Sporting Bengal United Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Bengal Tigers | ||
| Founded | 1996; 29 years ago (1996) | ||
| Stadium | Mile End Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 2,000 (439 seated) | ||
| Chairman | Khayrul Alam | ||
| Manager | Blaine Horne | ||
| League | Isthmian League North Division | ||
| 2023–24 | Essex Senior League, 5th of 19 (promoted via play-offs_ 21 | ||
| Website | https://sportingfoundation.com/sporting-bengal/ | ||
Sporting Bengal United Football Club is an Englishfootball team fromMile End, in theLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets. They currently play in theIsthmian League North Division.
The club was formed in 1996 to encourage Asian football in London. They initially played in the London Intermediate League until they were granted senior status in 2003 by theLondon Football Association, following a tour to Bangladesh, where they played theBangladesh national team.[1] In the same year, Sporting Bengal joined theKent League. In 2005, they were one of the first Asian teams to play in theFA Cup, along withLondon APSA of theEssex Senior League, whose roots are in the neighbouring borough ofNewham.
In 2011 the club signed up exWycombe Wanderers andWimbledon strikerShahed Ahmed. They were also unusual in being the only Kent League club to play their home matches north of theRiver Thames, outside the traditional borders ofKent.
In 2016–17, the club reached the first qualifying round stage of the FA Cup for the first time under manager Imrul Gazi. In 2021, Shipon Miah was appointed as manager. The club suffered relegation in the 2021–22 season, going down to theEastern Counties League but achieved promotion via the playoffs the following season under the management of Steve Clark after beating Stanway Pegasus in a penalty shootout in the final to return to the Essex Senior League. The club then achieved a second consecutive promotion during the 2023–24 season following a 3–1 win overRomford in the Essex Senior League playoff finals. This resulted in Sporting Bengal achieving step 4 status for the first time in its history. In the 2024–25 season, the team play in theIsthmian League North Division.
