2021–22 Chittagong Abahani season

Chittagong Abahani
2021–22 season
President	M. Abdul Latif
Head coach	Maruful Haque
Stadium	Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium
Bangladesh Premier League	4th
Federation Cup	Quarter-final
Independence Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Peter Ebimobowei; (6); All: Peter Ebimobowei; (8)
Biggest win	Bangladesh Police FC 0–2 Chittagong Abahani
Biggest defeat	Bashundhara Kings 3–0 Chittagong Abahani
	← 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 9 February, 2022.

The 2021–22 season is the Chittagong Abahani's 42nd season since its establishment in 1980 and their 12th season in the Bangladesh Premier League.^[1]^[2] This also remarks their 8th consecutive season in the top flight after getting promoted in 2014.^[3]^[4] In addition to domestic league, Ctg Abahani will participate on this season's edition of Federation Cup and Independence Cup.^[5]

Players[]

As of 26 November 2021

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date Of Birth	Year Signed	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Azad Hossain	GK	(1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 (age 23)	2018	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
22	Nayeem Mia	GK	(1998-12-21) 21 December 1998 (age 23)	2021	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka
25	SK Saiful Islam	GK	(1992-03-03) 3 March 1992 (age 30)	2021	Saif Sporting Club
30	Showkat Hossen Hasan	GK	(1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 23)	2021	Fortis FC
31	Emon Hawladar	GK	(2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 19)	2021	Saif Sporting Club
Defenders
2	Kamrul Islam	LB/CB	(1998-12-25) 25 December 1998 (age 23)	2021	Dhaka Mohammedan
3	Shawkat Russel	CB	(1991-02-04) 4 February 1991 (age 31)	2019	Sheikh Jamal DC
4	Soeb Mia	RB	(1992-01-03) 3 January 1992 (age 30)	2021	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
5	Jalal Mia	CB	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 27)	2021	Bangladesh Police FC
15	Apu Ahamed	CB	(1992-04-30) 30 April 1992 (age 29)	2019	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
16	Sakib Sultan Rafu	RB	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 24)	2021	NoFeL SC
23	Monir Alam	LB/RB	(2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 21)	2018	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
26	Yisa Anifowoshe	CB/DM	(1992-10-11) 11 October 1992 (age 29)	2021	Bahrain SC
28	Amit Hasan	LB/LW	(2002-12-22) 22 December 2002 (age 19)	2021	Fortis FC
55	Nazim Uddin Mithu	CB	(1996-12-02) 2 December 1996 (age 25)	2021	NoFeL SC
Midfielders
6	Arafat Hossen	DM	(1995-05-07) 7 May 1995 (age 26)	2021	Rahmatganj MFS
8	Saker Ullah	DM/CM	(1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 26)	2019	NoFeL SC
10	Shohel Rana	DM/AM/LW	(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 25)	2019	Rahmatganj MFS
12	Koushik Barua	CM/AM	(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 26)	2014	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
14	Mohammad Munna	DM	(1998-08-10) 10 August 1998 (age 23)	2021	Fakirerpool YMC
18	Robiul Hasan	AM/LW	(1999-06-26) 26 June 1999 (age 22)	2021	Dhaka Mohammedan
19	Omid Popalzay	AM	(1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 26)	2021	Olimpia Grudziądz
21	Rasedul Islam	AM/LW	(2003-11-04) 4 November 2003 (age 18)	2021	Bashundhara Kings U18
Forwards
7	Mohamed Zahid Hossain	RW	(1988-01-15) 15 January 1988 (age 34)	2021	Sheikh Jamal DC
9	Shakawat Hossain Rony	CF	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 30)	2019	Sheikh Jamal DC
11	Rubel Mia	RW/CF	(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 27)	2021	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka
17	Arifur Rahman	LW	(1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 (age 23)	2021	Saif Sporting Club
20	William Twala	RW/LW	(1990-02-21) 21 February 1990 (age 32)	2021	Madan Maharaj FC
24	Toriqul Islam Julfikar	CF	(1997-06-10) 10 June 1997 (age 24)	2021	Sheikh Jamal DC
27	Peter Ebimobowei	CF/SS	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 28)	2021	Al-Nahda Club
99	Masum Mia	RW/LW	(2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 19)	2021	NoFeL SC

Transfers[]

In[]

No.	Pos	Player	Previous club	Fee	Date
18	MF	Robiul Hasan	Dhaka Mohammedan	Free transfer	September 2021
14	MF	Mohammad Munna	Fakirerpool YMC	Free transfer	September 2021
4	DF	Soeb Mia	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Free transfer	September 2021
55	DF	Nazim Uddin Mithu	NoFeL SC	Free transfer	September 2021
6	MF	Arafat Hossen	Rahmatganj MFS	Free transfer	September 2021
17	FW	Arifur Rahman	Saif Sporting Club	Free transfer	September 2021
25	GK	SK Saiful Islam	Saif Sporting Club	Free transfer	October 2021
11	FW	Rubel Miya	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka	Free transfer	November 2021
22	GK	Nayeem Mia	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka	Free transfer	November 2021
2	DF	Kamrul Islam	Dhaka Mohammedan	Free transfer	November 2021
27	FW	Peter Ebimobowei		Free transfer
26	DF	Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe		Free transfer
20	FW	William Twala		Free transfer
19	MF	Omid Popalzay		Free transfer

Out[]

No.	Pos	Player	Moved to	Fee	Date
25	DF	Shukurali Pulatov	TBD	Free transfer	August 2021
4	MF	Manik Hossain Molla	Sheikh Russel KC	Free transfer	September 2021
5	DF	Monjurur Rahman Manik	Saif SC	Free transfer	September 2021
6	DF	Nasirul Islam Nasir	Saif SC	Free transfer	September 2021
7	FW	Rakib Hossain	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Free transfer	September 2021
9	FW	Nixon Guylherme	Kelantan F.C.	Free transfer	September 2021
14	MF	Monaem Khan Raju	Bangladesh Police FC	Free transfer	November 2021
17	MF	Mannaf Rabby	Sheikh Russel KC	Free transfer	September 2021
19	MF	Kawsar Ali Rabbi	Saif Sporting Club	Free transfer	September 2021
26	DF	Saddam Hossain Anny	Saif Sporting Club	Free transfer	October 2021
33	GK	Mohammad Nayem	Sheikh Jamal DC	Free transfer	September 2021
40	GK	Nasarul Islam Hero	Swadhinata KS	Free transfer	September 2021

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

22 November 2021 Friendly	Sheikh Jamal DC	2–1	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
8:30 BST (UTC+6)	Jose Hernandez Otabek		Peter	Stadium: Sheikh Jamal DC Football Ground

19 January 2022 Friendly	Police FC	2–1	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
			Shohel Rana	Stadium: BUET Ground

Competition[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
BPL	5 February 2022		Matchday 1		5	2	3	0	9	7	+2	040.00
Federation Cup	28 December 2021	2 January 2022	Group Stage	Quarter-final	3	1	0	2	4	4	+0	033.33
Independence Cup	30 November 2021	8 December 2021	Group Stage	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	000.00
Total					11	3	5	3	15	16	−1	027.27

Last updated: 24 February 2022
Source: Soccerway

Independence Cup[]

Group stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 23 November 2021.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Bashundhara Kings	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Qualified for Knockout stage
2	Bangladesh Police FC	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2	Qualified for Knockout stage
3	Chittagong Abahani	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2
4	Bangladesh Navy	3	0	2	1	2	8	−6	2

Source: Global Sports Achive
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30) 1	Chittagong Abahani	1-1	Bangladesh Police FC	Dhaka
16:00 BST (UTC+6)	Peter 58' (pen.) Rubel 67'	Report	Raju 21' Denilson 48' Rokey 73'	Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Md Mizanur Rahman

4 December 2021 (2021-12-04) 2		1-1	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Jewel 14', 71' Sohel 46' Shakil 89'	Report	Shohel 38' 85' Kamrul 45' Yisa 45+3', 89'	Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Saymoon Sany

8 December 2021 (2021-12-08) 3	Bashundhara Kings	3-0	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Rimon Hossain 1' Robinho 22' Ibrahim 83' Motin 88'	Report	Yisa 36' Azad 81'	Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Md Alamgir Sarkar

Federation Cup[]

Group Stage[]

The draw for the group stage was held on 23 December 2021.^[7]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
1	Saif Sporting Club	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Chittagong Abahani	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Bangladesh Police FC	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

28 December 2022 (2022-12-28)	Bangladesh Police FC	0–2	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
16:00 BST (UTC+6)	Isa 21'	Report	Arifur 24' William 60'	Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

30 December 2022 (2022-12-30)	Chittagong Abahani	1–2	Saif Sporting Club	Dhaka
18:45 BST (UTC+6)	Rasedul 2' Arifur 64', 84'	Report	Maraz 35' Gafurov 39' Riyadul 78'	Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Saymoon Sany

Knockout phase[]

2 January 2022 (2022-01-02) Quarter-finals	Mohammedan SC	2–1	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
16:30 BST (UTC+6)	Sujon 35' Arafat 65' (o.g.) Emon 74' Anik 71' Obi Moneke 89'	Report	Shohel 28' Kamrul 45+2' Peter 90' Koushik 90+1'	Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Anisur Rahman

Bangladesh Premier League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Sheikh Jamal DC	9	4	5	0	14	8	+6	17	Standby team for 2023 AFC Cup
4	Bangladesh Police FC	8	4	2	2	10	8	+2	14
5	Chittagong Abahani	8	3	3	2	13	16	−3	12
6	Saif Sporting Club	9	3	2	4	18	16	+2	11
7	Dhaka Mohammedan	8	2	4	2	6	6	0	10

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2022. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
5	2	3	0	9	7	+2	9	1	1	0	3	2	+1	1	2	0	6	5	+1

Last updated: 24 February 2022.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	D
Position	1	3	5	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2022. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[]

5 February 2022 1	Chittagong Abahani	2-1	Rahmatganj MFS	Munshiganj
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Peter 53' Rubel 72' Shohel 84'	Report	M. Kiron 1' Adjah 4'	Stadium: SBS Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium Referee: Bhubon Torofder

9 February 2022 2	Sheikh Russel KC	1–1	Chittagong Abahani	Tongi
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Akmatov 16' Jewel 20'	Report	Zahid 9' Peter 33' Kamrul 60'	Stadium: Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium Referee: Bhubon Torofder

14 February 2022 3	Chittagong Abahani	1-1	Mohammedan SC	Tongi
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Kamrul 47' Zahid 56' Koushik 59'	Report	Diabate 28' Masud Rana 59' 90+1'	Stadium: Shaheed Ahsan Ullah Master Stadium Referee: Symoon Hasan Sany

19 February 2022 4	Swadhinata KS	1–2	Chittagong Abahani	Rajshahi
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Jahedul 79'	Report	Peter 24' (pen.) Shawkat 53' William 58' 85' Saiful 90+4'	Stadium: Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium Referee: Mizanur Rahman

24 February 2022 5	Saif SC	3–3	Chittagong Abahani	Munshiganj
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	5' Emeka 58' (pen.), 80' (pen.)	Report	Peter Ebi 45+2' (pen.), 67', 90+3', 90+4'	Stadium: SBS Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium Referee: Mizanur Rahman

	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka	2–3	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
17:30 BST (UTC+6)		Report		Stadium: [[]]

Statistics[]

Squad statistics[]

As of matches played till 9 February 2022

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		BPL		Federation Cup		Independence Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Azad Hossain	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	DF		Kamrul Islam	7	0	2	0	2	0	3	0
3	DF		Shawkat Russel	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF		Soeb Mia	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF		Jalal Mia	5	0	0	0	3	0	2	0
6	MF		Arafat Hossen	8	0	0+2	0	3	0	2+1	0
7	FW		Mohamed Zahid Hossain^{[Note 1]}	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	-
8	MF		Saker Ullah	6	0	0+1	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
9	FW		Shakawat Hossain Rony^{[Note 1]}	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	-
10	MF		Shohel Rana	7	0	2	0	2+1	0	2	0
11	FW		Rubel Miya	8	1	0+2	1	2+1	0	3	0
12	MF		Koushik Barua	8	0	1+1	0	2+1	0	3	0
14	MF		Mohammad Munna	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	DF		Apu Ahamed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Sakib Sultan Rafu	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
17	FW		Arifur Rahman	8	2	2	0	1+2	2	1+2	0
18	MF		Robiul Hasan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Omid Popalzay	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		William Twala	8	1	1+1	0	2+1	1	1+2	0
21	MF		Rasedul Islam	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
22	GK		Nayeem Mia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF		Monir Alam	8	0	2	0	2+1	0	3	0
24	FW		Toriqul Islam Julfikar	3	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
25	GK		SK Saiful Islam	6	0	2	0	3	0	0+1	0
26	DF		Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe	8	1	2	0	3	0	3	1
27	FW		Peter Ebimobowei	6	4	2	2	0+1	1	3	1
28	DF		Amit Hasan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Showkat Hossen Hasan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Emon Hawladar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF		Nazim Uddin Mithu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW		Masum Mia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Source: Soccerway

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Independence Cup: Mohamed Zahid Hossain and Shakawat Hossain Rony played for their own services team in Independence Cup.

Goalscorers[]

As of matches played till 24 February 2022

Rank	Player	Position	Total	BPL	Federation Cup	Independence Cup
1	Peter Ebimobowei	FW	8	6	1	1
2	Arifur Rahman	FW	2	0	2	0
3	Rubel Miya	FW	1	1	0	0
	Kamrul Islam	DF	1	1	0	0
	Omid Popalzay	MF	1	1	0	0
	William Twala	FW	1	0	1	0
	Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe	DF	1	0	0	1
Own goals			0	0	0	0
Total			14	9	3	2

Assists[]

As of matches played till 24 February 2022

Rank	Player	Position	Total	BPL	Federation Cup	Independence Cup
1	Shohel Rana	MF	3	2	1	0
1	Kamrul Islam	DF	2	0	1	1
2	Soeb Mia	DF	1	0	1	0
	Zahid Hossain	FW	1	1	0	0,
	Koushik Barua	MF	1	1	0	0
	Omid Popalzay	MF	1	1	0	0
Total			9	5	3	1

Reference[]

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