Bangladesh Police FC

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Bangladesh Police Football Club
বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাব
Logo of Bangladesh Police FC.png
Full nameBangladesh Police Football Club
Nickname(s)The Policemen
Short nameBPFC
Founded1972
GroundBangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity36,000
PresidentBangladesh Benazir Ahmed
Head CoachRomania Aristică Cioabă
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2019–20BPL, 9th of 13
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Bangladesh Police Football Club (also known as Bangladesh Police Athletic Club) is an association football team based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] The club was founded by Bangladesh Police. The services team had previously played in the Senior Division Football League in 1998 – then the second tier of football. In recent times, Police FC became champions of the Second Division Football League in 2014[2] to get promotions to the First Division before making their debut in the Bangladesh Championship League in 2015.[3] Police FC gained the promotion to Bangladesh Premier League for the very first time in the club's history by becoming champion of the 2018-19 Bangladesh Championship League.

History[]

BCL era[]

Season League Performance Note
2015–16 BCL 4/8 After being champion in the Second Division League in 2014, the police team applied to play in the Bangladesh Championship League. On 14 October 2015, the club registered to play in BCL.[4] They finished fourth in their first season at BCL.
2016 4/8 Like the first season, the second season, they finished the league in fourth place.
2017 7/10 The club finished their worst season by finishing seventh in this edition.
2018–19 1/11

Champion

Police FC got promoted to the Bangladesh Premier League from the Bangladesh Championship League with three games still remaining to the end of the season.[5][6] This is the first time, the club has returned to the top-tier league after 2002.[7][8][9][10] Forward Amirul Islam of the club was the highest scorer in the league with 18 goals.

Nicolas Vitorović era[]

On 4 August 2019, Police FC appointed Cypriot Nicolas Vitorović as their first-ever foreign head coach for the upcoming season. On 31 December 2019, Bangladesh Police Football Club reached the semi-final of the Federation Cup for the first time, after beating a shaky Saif Sporting Club 3–1 in the third quarter-final.[11]

Shirt sponsors[]

Period Shirt sponsor
2015–16 Popular Life Insurance Limited[12][13][14]
2017–18 Runner Group[15]
2018–19 Nirman
2019–Present Nasir Group

Current squad[]

Bangladesh Police FC squad for 2021–22 season.

As of 25 December 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bangladesh BAN Dinaj Hosen Jubed
2 DF Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Rocky
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Rashedul Alam Moni
4 DF Brazil BRA Danilo Quipapá (Captain)
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Monaem Khan Raju
7 FW Bangladesh BAN M S Bablu
8 MF Brazil BRA Denilson Rodrigues Roldão
9 FW Afghanistan AFG Amredin Sharifi
10 MF Morocco MAR Adil Kouskous
11 MF Bangladesh BAN Faisal Ahmed
12 FW Bangladesh BAN Arifur Rahman Raju
13 FW Bangladesh BAN Atikur Rahman Atik
14 MF Bangladesh BAN Shahedul Alam Shahed
15 MF Bangladesh BAN Shamim Ahmed
16 MF Bangladesh BAN Noman Ahmed Rubel
17 DF Bangladesh BAN Isa Faysal
18 MF Bangladesh BAN Saifur Rahman Asif
19 DF Bangladesh BAN Rabiul Islam
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Bangladesh BAN Mohamed Amirul Islam
21 MF Bangladesh BAN Mohidul Islam
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Ariful Islam
25 DF Bangladesh BAN Ismail Hossen
27 FW Bangladesh BAN Faisal Ahmed Shitol
28 FW Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Al Amim
29 FW Bangladesh BAN Robel Junior
31 GK Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Nehal
33 DF Bangladesh BAN Akibur Rahman
37 DF Bangladesh BAN Esanur Rahman
38 DF Bangladesh BAN Rasel Hossain
39 FW Bangladesh BAN Mizanur Rahman Mizan
40 FW Bangladesh BAN Rashedul Islam Jihan
60 GK Bangladesh BAN Roni Basfor
70 DF Bangladesh BAN Raja Sheikh
60 GK Bangladesh BAN Saiful Islam Khan
77 DF Bangladesh BAN Joyonto Kumar Roy
99 MF Bangladesh BAN Umor Faruk Mithu

Current technical staff[]

As of 17 October 2021
Position Name
Head Coach Romania Aristică Cioabă
Assistant Coach Bangladesh Mahbubul Haque Jewel
Bangladesh Shamim Al Mamun
Goalkeeping Coach Bangladesh Sha Alam Tutul
Fitness Coach Bangladesh Ashraful Islam
Manager Bangladesh Sheikh Maruf Hasan

Team records[]

Head coach's record[]

As of 28 December 2021
Head Coach Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W
S. M. Asifuzzaman Bangladesh February 2019 May 2019 20 11 6 3 31 13 055.00
Nicolas Vitorović Cyprus 4 August 2019[16] 31 August 2020 9 3 2 4 10 16 033.33
Pakir Ali Sri Lanka October 2020 August 2021 26 6 8 12 28 42 023.08
Aristică Cioabă Romania October 2021 Present 7 1 3 3 5 8 014.29

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Honours[]

League[]

Controversy[]

On 24 May 2019, The police constable, Shamim, assaulted BFF's competition manager Zaber Bin Ansari after being denied entry into the ground during that match against Feni Soccer Club.[17] Later, four more players joined him in the assault, just after the completion of the prize-giving ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. All four police players – Amirul Islam, Tarek Aziz, Azmi Omar, and Sarwar Hossain – have been given Tk one lakh fine for their involvement. Islam and Aziz have been suspended for two matches while Omar and Hossain have been handed nine-match bans each. Physiotherapist of the team, Santanu Mallik, too, has been banned for nine matches and fined Tk 2 lakh.

Constable Shamim has been given life-time stadium ban across the country.[18][19]

Notable players[]

Had international caps for their respective countries whilst playing for Bangladesh Police FC.

Asia

References[]

  1. ^ "Bangladesh Police FC". Soccerway.
  2. ^ প্রথম বিভাগে উত্তীর্ণ হলো পুলিশ অ্যাথলেটিক্স. Risingbd.com (in Bengali).
  3. ^ "Police take Championship League crown". The Daily Star. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. ^ পেশাদার ফুটবল লীগে পুলিশ. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Police FC promoted to BPL". Dhaka Tribune.
  6. ^ প্রিমিয়ার লিগ ফুটবলে জায়গা করে নিল পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাব, Jamuna TV (in Bengali), 15 May 2019, retrieved 1 June 2019
  7. ^ আবারও ফুটবলের সর্বোচ্চ পর্যায়ে পুলিশ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Police secure BPL promotion". The Daily Star. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Bangladesh Police lift BCL trophy, Uttar Baridhara runners up". BFF. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  10. ^ "BCL Football league final: Police FC beat Feni Soccer Club by 5-1 goals". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  11. ^ Hoque, Shishir (31 December 2019). "Police reach Fed Cup semis for first time". Dhaka Tribune.
  12. ^ "Popular Life Insurance sponsors Bangladesh Police Football Team". Daily Sun. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  13. ^ পুলিশ ফুটবল দল স্পন্সর পেল. Jugantor (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  14. ^ "Popular boost for Police AC". The Daily Star.
  15. ^ বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাবের স্পন্সর রানার গ্রুপ. dmpnews.org (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  16. ^ সাইপ্রাসের ফুটবল কোচ নিয়োগ দিয়েছে পুলিশ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  17. ^ Independent Television (24 May 2019), মাঠে ঢোকা নিয়ে পুলিশ-বাফুফে কর্মকর্তাদের মারপিট, আহত ৫ ।। BFF-Police (in Bengali), retrieved 1 June 2019
  18. ^ "BFF fines Police; bans four players". The Daily Star. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Police FC penalized for breaching code of conduct". BFF. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

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