1980–2000: Beginning In the late 1970s,
Didarul Alam Chowdhury was inspired by the Dhaka-based club
Abahani Limited Dhaka. He is a football organizer from
Chittagong. Didarul wanted to establish a wing of
Abahani in Chittagong for the betterment of Sports in Chittagong. He convened a meeting with other local organizers on 10 October 1980. With the meeting, Chittagong Abahani officially started its journey. Iqbal Khan, popular footballer of Chittagong and father of national cricketers
Tamim Iqbal &
Nafees Iqbal, played a vital role in Chittagong Abahani's inception. He also played for Chittagong Abahani. Chittagong Abahani won their first-ever Chittagong League title under his captaincy. Saif Powertec Limited becomes new sponsor of Chittagong Abahani. In 2015, Chittagong Abahani organised inaugural edition of
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup at
M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong before the 2015-16 domestic season. It was the first international club tournament at Chittagong since 1982. Chittagong Abahani won the tournament beating
Kolkata giant
East Bengal in final. The huge attendance of the final broke all the recent records. The port city outfit gave their arrival message as a rising giant with this tournament. In May 2016, Chittagong Abahani won
2016 Independence Cup under their first ever foreign coach
Jozef Pavlik. It was the first domestic major trophy of the club history. Chittagong Abahani finished at 2nd in
2016 BPL, their best result ever. They signed Bangladesh national team Captain
Mamunul Islam,
Bhutan international
Chencho Gyeltshen, former
Haiti international
Fabrice Noel &
Leonel Saint Preux for this season. Chittagong Abahani also become runners-up of
2017 Independence Cup,
2017 Federation Cup & finished 3rd in
2017-18 BPL. However, the Blue Pirates performed down in 2018–19 season as they knocked out from both tournaments in quarterfinal & obtained 8th position in the league.
Maruful Haque era ==Current squad==