The Dacca Sporting Association (DSA) was formed in 1895 as an apex body for the control of sports in Dacca, and also played an important role in the spread of association football in eastern Bengal.
One such notable moment came in 1937, when DSA secured a victory against a visiting British side in 1937.
[6] Dacca made its national debut in the Santosh Trophy in the 1944–45 season, when it played its first match but lost 2–0 against Bengal.
[8] Following the independence and partition of India, the Dacca team became defunct as they could no longer participate in the national championships, as the region became a part of Pakistan as the province of East Bengal (later East Pakistan).
In 1961, after the National Championship was made division-based, Dacca Division would win the tournament in both 1961–62 and 1962.