2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League (football)
Season | 2021–22 |
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Matches played | 54 |
Goals scored | 148 (2.74 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 11 goals Peter Ebimobowei (Chittagong Abahani) |
Biggest home win | Bashundhara Kings 5–0 Chittagong Abahani (11 March 2022) |
Biggest away win | Swadhinata KS 1–5 Saif Sporting Club (1 March 2022) |
Highest scoring | Bashundhara Kings 4–3 Saif Sporting Club (16 March 2022) |
Longest winning run | 8 Matches Bashundhara Kings |
Longest unbeaten run | 9 Matches Sheikh Jamal DC |
Longest winless run | 8 Matches Swadhinata KS |
Longest losing run | 5 Matches Sheikh Russel KC |
← 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 18 March 2022. |
The 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League is the ongoing 14th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007.[1][2] A total of 12 football clubs are competing in the league. The country's top-flight football competition, was started from 3 February 2022.[3][4][5]
Bashundhara Kings were the champions as 2021 season winner.[6]
Teams[]
Changes[]
Promoted from 2021 BCL | Relegated from 2021 BPL |
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Swadhinata KS | Brothers Union Arambagh KS |
Stadiums and locations[]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Bangladesh Police FC | Rajshahi | Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium | 15,000 |
Bashundhara Kings | Dhaka | Bashundhara Kings Arena | 14,000 |
Chittagong Abahani Ltd. | Comilla | Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium | 18,000 |
Dhaka Abahani Ltd. | Sylhet | Sylhet District Stadium | 15,000 |
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. | Comilla | Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium | 18,000 |
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. | Munshigonj | Bir Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium | 10,000 |
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Gopalganj | Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium | 5,000 |
Rahmatganj MFS | Sylhet | Sylhet District Stadium | 15,000 |
Saif Sporting Club | Munshigonj | Bir Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium | 10,000 |
Sheikh Russel KC | Dhaka | Bashundhara Kings Arena | 14,000 |
Swadhinata KS | Rajshahi | Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium | 15,000 |
Uttar Baridhara Club | Gopalganj | Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium | 5,000 |
Personnel and kits[]
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) |
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Bangladesh Police FC | Aristică Cioabă | Danilo Quipapá | ||
Bashundhara Kings | Óscar Bruzón[7] | Topu Barman | Club manufactured kit | Bashundhara Group |
Chittagong Abahani Limited | Maruful Haque | Koushik Barua | Ignite Battery | |
Dhaka Abahani Limited | Mário Lemos | Nabib Newaj Jibon | Graphics Bird | |
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Limited | Sean Lane | Souleymane Diabate | Orion Group | |
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited | Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez | Solomon King Kanform | ||
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Raja Isa | Tetsuaki Misawa | ||
Rahmatganj MFS | Syed Golam Jilani | Mahmudul Hasan Kiron | Tiger Cement | |
Saif Sporting Club | Andres Cruciani | Jamal Bhuyan | Saif Power Battery | |
Sheikh Russel KC | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Interim) | Ashraful Islam Rana | Graphics Bird | Bashundhara Cement |
Swadhinata KS | Masud Alam Jahangir | Mohammad Sazal Islam | ||
Uttar Baridhara Club | Ali Asgar Nasir | Samin Yasar Juel | Bashundhara Group |
Head coaching changes[]
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Sheikh Russel KC | Saiful Bari Titu | Sacked | 13 March 2022 | 11th | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Interim)[8] | 13 March 2022 |
Foreign players[]
Other foreign players. | |
AFC quota players. | |
No foreign player registered. |
Bold names refer to international players who have already played or are still playing.
- Note :
: players who released during summer transfer window;
: players who registered during summer transfer window.
Club | Leg | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
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Bangladesh Police FC | First | Danilo Quipapá | Denilson Rodrigues Roldão | Adil Kouskous | Amredin Sharifi |
Second | |||||
Bashundhara Kings | First | Stojan Vranješ | Jonathan Fernandes | Robinho | Khaled Shafiei |
Second | |||||
Chittagong Abahani Ltd. | First | Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe | Peter Ebimobowei | William Twala | Omid Popalzay |
Second | |||||
Dhaka Abahani Ltd. | First | Dorielton | Raphael Augusto | Daniel Colindres | Milad Sheykh Soleimani |
Second | |||||
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. | First | Souleymane Diabate | Ugochukwu Obi Moneke | Jasmin Mecinovic | Aaron Reardon |
Second | |||||
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. | First | Solomon King Kanform | Sulayman Sillah | Matthew Chinedu | Otabek Valijonov |
Second | |||||
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | First | Ahmed Shamsaldin | Younoussa Camara | Soma Otani | Tetsuaki Misawa |
Second | |||||
Rahmatganj MFS | First | Lancine Toure | Philip Adjah | Sunday Chizoba | Siyovush Asrorov |
Second | |||||
Saif Sporting Club | First | Emeka Ogbugh | Mfon Udoh | Emery Bayisenge | Asror Gofurov |
Second | |||||
Sheikh Russel KC | First | Ailton Machado | Thiago Amaral | Esmaël Gonçalves | Aizar Akmatov |
Second | |||||
Swadhinata KS | First | Nedo Turković | Rafał Zaborowski | Siamak Kouroshi | Nodir Mavlonov |
Second | |||||
Uttar Baridhara Club | First | Mahmoud Sayed | Mostafa Kahraba | Evgeniy Kochnev | Saiddoston Fozilov |
Second |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Bashundhara Kings | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 24 | Qualification for 2023 AFC Champions League Play-off round |
2 | Dhaka Abahani | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 18 | Qualification for 2023 AFC Cup Play-off round |
3 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 17 | Standby team for 2023 AFC Cup |
4 | Bangladesh Police FC | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 15 | |
5 | Chittagong Abahani | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 15 | |
6 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 13 | |
7 | Saif Sporting Club | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 11 | |
8 | Rahmatganj MFS | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 8 | |
9 | Uttar Baridhara Club | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | −6 | 8 | |
10 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | |
11 | Sheikh Russel KC | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 6 | Relegation to Bangladesh Championship League |
12 | Swadhinata KS | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 6 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Results[]
Positions by round[]
The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.
Leader | |
Runners-up | |
Relegation to BCL |
Season statistics[]
Goalscorers[]
There have been 148 goals scored in 54 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match (as of 18 March 2022).
11 goals
- Peter Ebimobowei (Chittagong Abahani)
9 goals
6 goals
- Dorielton Gomes (Dhaka Abahani)
- Solomon King Kanform (Sheikh Jamal DC)
- Emeka Ogbugh (Saif Sporting Club)
5 goals
- Souleyman Diabate (Dhaka Mohammedan)
- Sunday Chizoba (Rahmatganj MFS)
4 goals
- Amredin Sharifi (Bangladesh Police FC)
- Philip Adjah (Rahmatganj MFS)
- Adil Kouskous (Bangladesh Police FC)
- Matthew Chinedu (Sheikh Jamal DC)
3 goals
- Omid Popalzay (Chittagong Abahani)
- Sujon Biswas (Uttar Baridhara Club)
- Nedo Turković (Swadhinata KS)
- Aizar Akmatov (Sheikh Russel KC)
- Mfon Udoh (Saif Sporting Club)
- Emery Bayisenge (Saif Sporting Club)
- Evgeniy Kochnev (Uttar Baridhara Club)
2 goals
- Aminur Rahman Sajib (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
- Eleta Kingsley (Bashundhara Kings)
- Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Saif Sporting Club)
- Mohammed Ibrahim (Bashundhara Kings)
- Mohammad Jewel (Sheikh Russel KC)
- Motin Mia (Bashundhara Kings)
- Nabib Newaj Jibon (Dhaka Abahani)
- Sumon Reza (Bashundhara Kings)
- Daniel Colindres (Dhaka Abahani)
- Sulayman Sillah (Sheikh Jamal DC)
- Esmaël Gonçalves (Sheikh Russel KC)
- Soma Otani (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
- Saiddoston Fozilov (Uttar Baridhara Club)
1 goal
- Arif Hossain (Uttar Baridhara Club)
- Didarul Alam (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
- Ekbal Hussain (Swadhinata KS)
- Enamul Islam (Rahmatganj MFS)
- Faisal Ahmed Shitol (Bangladesh Police FC)
- Jahidul Alam (Swadhinata KS)
- Jewel Rana (Dhaka Abahani)
- Kamrul Islam (Chittagong Abahani)
- Maraz Hossain (Saif Sporting Club)
- Mohammed Atikuzzaman (Sheikh Jamal DC)
- Rasel Ahmed (Swadhinata KS)
- Riyadul Hasan Rafi (Saif Sporting Club)
- Rubel Miya (Chittagong Abahani)
- Sahed Hossain (Dhaka Mohammedan)
- Saif Shamsud (Dhaka Mohammedan)
- Sazzad Hossain (Saif Sporting Club)
- Shahriar Emon (Dhaka Mohammedan)
- Sohel Rana (Dhaka Abahani)
- Tawhidul Alam Sabuz (Bashundhara Kings)
- Yeasin Arafat (Bashundhara Kings)
- Zillur Rahman (Swadhinata KS)
- Stojan Vranješ (Bashundhara Kings)
- Danilo Quipapá (Bangladesh Police FC)
- Denilson Rodrigues Roldão (Bangladesh Police FC)
- Raphael Augusto (Dhaka Abahani)
- Lancine Touré (Rahmatganj MFS)
- Khaled Shafiei (Bashundhara Kings)
- Milad Sheykh Soleimani (Dhaka Abahani)
- Tetsuaki Misawa (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
- Rafał Zaborowski (Swadhinata KS)
- William Twala (Chittagong Abahani)
- Siyovush Asrorov (Rahmatganj MFS)
- Asror Gofurov (Saif Sporting Club)
- Nodir Mavlonov (Swadhinata KS)
- Otabek Valijonov (Sheikh Jamal DC)
Own goals[]
† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
Player | Club | Opponent | Result | Date |
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Hasan Murad[9] | Swadhinata KS | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 1–2 | 25 February 2022 |
Younoussa Camara | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Rahmatganj MFS | 0–1 | 7 March 2022 |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Dorielton | Dhaka Abahani | Rahmatganj MFS | 3–0 | 13 February 2022 | [10] |
Peter Ebimobowei | Chittagong Abahani | Saif Sporting Club | 3–3 | 24 February 2022 | [11] |
Emeka Ogbugh | Saif Sporting Club | Swadhinata KS | 5–1 | 1 March 2022 | [12] |
Amredin Sharifi | Bangladesh Police FC | Swadhinata KS | 4–2 | 7 March 2022 | [13] |
Peter Ebimobowei | Chittagong Abahani | Uttar Baridhara Club | 4–2 | 17 March 2022 | [14] |
Most Assists[]
- As of 18 February 2022
Rank | Player | Club | Assists[15] |
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1 | Daniel Collindres | Dhaka Abahani | 3 |
Soloman King K. | Sheikh Jamal DC | 3 | |
3 | Jafar Iqbal | Mohammedan SC | 2 |
Mahdi Yusuf Khan | Bashundhara Kings | 3 | |
Nururl Naium Faisal | Dhaka Abahani | 2 | |
Dorielton | Dhaka Abahani | 2 |
Discipline[]
- As of 18 February 2022
Player[]
- Most yellow cards: 3
- Md Shakil Hossain (Swadhinata KS)
- Most red cards: 2
- Md Masud Rana (Dhaka Mohammedan)
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