Throughout their history, Brothers Union has built a reputation for spotting and developing young talent, especially during the club's legendary coach Abdul Gafur Baloch's regime from 1972 to 1986.

[7][8][9] In 1972, Gafur Baloch started holding trails for Brothers Union Youth team, mainly consisting of high school students in Gopibag.

The four-storey building belonged to Saifuddin Ahmed Manik, and Selim who was given the team's captaincy, persuaded his brother to let the players camp in the two flats on the ground floor without having to pay rent.

[12] A stable source of funding was eventually provided by Sadeque Hossain Khoka, a former mayor and minister of Dhaka, who served as the club's general secretary from 1972 to 1979.

[14][15] The late 70s saw the clubs attacking duo of Mohammed Mohsin and Hasanuzzaman Bablu establish themselves as one of best in the league, while few of their unsung heroes were left-back Noman Nannu, midfielder Abdus Salam and striker Fazlu, who were all products of their youth team.

In 1979, Gafur Baloch introduced teenage winger Khandoker Wasim Iqbal to the Dhaka football scene, who scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Mohammedan SC in the league.

Brothers had to wait till 1980 to enjoy their first major trophy success as they shared the first edition of the Federation Cup title with Mohammedan SC, after the final ended 0–0.

However, the title triumph was followed by a number of setbacks, as long-term serving defender Shahiduddin Ahmed Selim announced his retirement and coach Gafur Baloch, also ended his decade-long career with Brothers.

[10] In 1984, the injured Mohsin became player cum coach, and guided the club into making Bangladesh domestic football history by defeating Dilkusha SC 15–0 in the league.

After taking 2–0 lead early on in the game, Wasim Iqbal's famous miss to make it 3–0 led to the Oranges lose the match 3–2, ending hopes for their maiden First Division title.

[22] The strong coaching staff was accompanied with the signings of regular national team players including Arman Mia, Alfaz Ahmed, Mohammed Sujan and Biplob Bhattacharjee.

Amidst all the doubt that team would go on to create history by winning the clubs inaugural Premier Division title, with Alfaz Ahmed and Arman Mia establishing one of the best attacking partnerships in the league.

[25] Arman Mia and Alfaz Ahmed's goals in the semi-final against Abahani Limited[26] set up an underdog final between Brothers and Muktijoddha KSC, which The Oranges eventually won 2–4 on penalties, due to substitute goalkeeper Mohammed Ali's heroics.

[21] Towards the end of that year, Brothers won the Bordoloi Trophy in India, defeating Shillong XI 1–0 in the final, this was also the clubs first international achievement.

He led The Oranges to the Federation Cup title after 14 years, in front of a 10,000-strong crowd at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, which mainly consisted of Brothers fans.

Moroccan striker Adil Okero scored the lone goal against Muktijodda Sangsad to clinch the title, while goalkeeper Atiqul Islam Tareq also produced a man of the match performance.

After a disappointing continental campaign, Wazi Gazi's team bounced back by winning the Premier Division title for the consecutive time, while the clubs Russian striker Edward Victor was also the leagues top scorer.

They opened the tournament with a 2–0 defeat to Bahrain champions Al-Muharraq SC,[33] and in the next match tied 2–2 with India's Federation Cup winners Mahindra United, with goals from Zahid Hasan Ameli and Abul Hossain.

They ended their AFC Cup campaign with a goalless draw against Al-Muharraq and a 0–1 defeat at the hands of Mahindra United, to finish bottom of their group with a −9 goal difference.

The incident occurred just before the final whistle, after Brothers midfielder Rezaul Karim Liton attacked the referee upon receiving a second yellow card and being sent off.

Nonetheless, the club lost many integral players from their consecutive league title triumphs to Dhaka Abahani, while coach Wazed Gazi also departed for Sheikh Russel KC.

[40] The following season, Brothers appointed club legend Khandoker Wasim Iqbal as head coach[41] and managed to rope in former captain Mohammed Sujan on a contract worth Tk 10 lakh.

[47] Before the 2009–10 Bangladesh League began, Brothers, lost their star players, Zahid Hossain, Rezaul Karim Liton and Shakil Ahmed along with many other starters.

[50][51][52] In 2017, Brothers Union assembled a team worth Tk 1.4 crore[53] and appointed Indian coach Subrata Bhattacharya Jr., but they only managed a seventh-place finish.

[55] On 17 August 2021, Brothers Union lost by 4–0 goals against Muktijoddha Sangsad KC which confirmed the club's relegation from the 2020–21 Bangladesh Premier League.

[58] The following season, the club chose not to participate in the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League, with Amer Khan stating that the Oranges had failed to prepare adequately due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[64][65] However, following the Non-cooperation movement in August 2024, the BFF decided against relegating the club due to the financial difficulties faced by the majority of top-flight teams at the time.