2020–21 in Bangladeshi football

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The following article presents a summary of the 2020–21 football (soccer) season in Bangladesh, which is the 49th season of competitive football in the country.

Football in Bangladesh
Season2020-21
Men's football
BPLBashundhara Kings
BCLSwadhinata KS
Federation CupBashundhara Kings
← 2019-20 Bangladesh 2021-22 →

National Team[edit]

Bangladesh men's national football team[edit]

Results and fixtures

13 November 2020 Friendly Bangladesh 2–0    Nepal Dhaka, Bangladesh
17:00 UTC+6
  • Jibon 10'
  • Sufil 80'
Report Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Bituraj Barua (Bangladesh)
17 November 2020 Friendly Bangladesh 0–0    Nepal Dhaka, Bangladesh
17:00 UTC+6 Report Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)
4 December 2020 2022 World Cup qualification Qatar  5–0 Bangladesh Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)
23 March 2021 2021 Three Nations Cup Bangladesh 1–0  Kyrgyzstan U23 Kathmandu, Nepal
16:45 UTC+6 Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
27 March 2021 2021 Three Nations Cup Nepal    0–0 Bangladesh Kathmandu, Nepal
18:45 UTC+6 Report Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)
29 March 2021 2021 Three Nations Cup Nepal    2–1 Bangladesh Kathmandu, Nepal
18:45 UTC+6
Report
Stadium: Dasarath Rangasala Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)

Bangladesh Premier League[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bashundhara Kings (C, Q) 24 21 2 1 60 10 +50 65 Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage
2 Sheikh Jamal DC[a] 24 15 7 2 53 28 +25 52
3 Dhaka Abahani (Q) 24 13 8 3 65 29 +36 47 Qualification for AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
4 Saif Sporting Club 24 14 2 8 48 37 +11 44
5 Chittagong Abahani 24 13 5 6 38 28 +10 44
6 Dhaka Mohammedan 24 12 7 5 36 25 +11 43
7 Sheikh Russel KC 24 11 3 10 36 31 +5 36
8 Rahmatganj MFS 24 6 7 11 23 31 −8 25
9 Bangladesh Police FC 24 6 7 11 26 39 −13 25
10 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 24 4 7 13 18 34 −16 19
11 Uttar Baridhara Club 24 4 7 13 33 63 −30 19
12 Arambagh KS (R) 24 2 2 20 20 66 −46 8 Demotion to First Division League[b]
13 Brothers Union (R) 24 1 4 19 16 51 −35 7 Relegation to Bangladesh Championship League
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheikh Jamal cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they were not granted an AFC Cup license for 2022.[1]
  2. ^ Arambagah KS demoted to the First Division League for two years after their involvement in live betting, spot fixing, match manipulation and online betting in three BPL matches.


  1. ^ "List of Licensed Clubs for the 2022 AFC Cup" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-25.

Federation Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]

Key to colour in group tables
Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sheikh Russel KC 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 1
3 Bangladesh Police FC 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
Source: Soccerway


Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Saif Sporting Club 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Uttar Baridhara Club 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3 Arambagh KS 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4 Brothers Union 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: Soccerway


Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bashundhara Kings 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Chittagong Abahani 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3 Rahmatganj MFS 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: Soccerway


Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dhaka Abahani 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Mohammedan SC 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3
3 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: Soccerway


Knockout-stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

 
Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 January 2021
 
 
Sheikh Russel KC0
 
6 January 2021
 
Chittagong Abahani (a.e.t.)2
 
Chittagong Abahani0
 
2 January 2021
 
Saif Sporting Club3
 
Saif Sporting Club (p)2 (7)
 
10 January 2021
 
Mohammedan SC2 (6)
 
Saif Sporting Club0
 
3 January 2021
 
Bashundhara Kings1
 
Bashundhara Kings2
 
7 January 2021
 
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club0
 
Bashundhara Kings (a.e.t.)3
 
4 January 2021
 
Dhaka Abahani1
 
Dhaka Abahani1
 
 
Uttar Baridhara Club0
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

Sheikh Russel KC0–2 (a.e.t.)Chittagong Abahani
Report Rakib 107'
Mannaf 113'



Dhaka Abahani1–0Uttar Baridhara Club
Wagsley 90+5' Report

Semi-finals[edit]


Bashundhara Kings3–1 (a.e.t.)Dhaka Abahani
Report

Final[edit]

Championship League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BPL
1 Swadhinata KS (C, P) 22 13 6 3 30 11 +19 45 Qualification to 2021–22 BPL
2 NoFeL Sporting Club 22 13 5 4 34 10 +24 44
3 Fortis FC 22 12 7 3 40 17 +23 43
4 Kawran Bazar PS 22 12 5 5 32 17 +15 41
5 Agrani Bank Ltd. SC 22 6 9 7 18 20 −2 27
6 Dhaka WC 22 7 6 9 22 28 −6 27
7 Fakirerpool YMC 22 6 8 8 25 21 +4 26
8 Farashganj SC 22 5 10 7 25 27 −2 25
9 Uttara FC 22 6 7 9 20 23 −3 25
10 Wari Club 22 5 10 7 20 24 −4 25
11 Dhaka City FC (R) 22 4 9 9 14 25 −11 21 Relegation to 2021–22 First Division Football League
12 Victoria SC (R) 22 0 4 18 8 65 −57 4
Source: Sofascore
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated