2021–22 in Bangladeshi football

Football in Bangladesh
Season	2021-22
Men's football
BPL	Bashundhara Kings
BCL	Fortis FC
1st Division	Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda
2nd Division	Saif SC Youth Team
4th Division	Barishal Academy
U-18 League	Sheikh Jamal DC U-18
U-16 League	Kawran Bazar PS U-16
Independence Cup	Dhaka Abahani
Federation Cup	Dhaka Abahani
Women's football
BWFL	Bashundhara Kings Women

The following article presents a summary of the 2021–22 football (soccer) season in Bangladesh, which is the 50th season of competitive football in the country.^[1]^[2]^[3]

National Team

Bangladesh men's national football team

2021 SAFF Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	8	Advance to the final
2	Nepal	4	2	1	1	5	4	+1	7	Advance to the final
3	Maldives (H)	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
4	Bangladesh	4	1	2	1	3	4	−1	5
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	1	3	2	5	−3	1

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head to Head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored^[4]
(H) Hosts

Matches

1 October 2021 2021 SAFF Championship	Sri Lanka	0–1	Bangladesh	Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5		Report	Barman 56' (pen.)	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)

4 October 2021 2021 SAFF Championship	Bangladesh	1–1	India	Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5	Arafat 74'	Report	Chhetri 26'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Majed Al-Shamrani (Saudi Arabia)

7 October 2021 2021 SAFF Championship	Maldives	2–0	Bangladesh	Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5	Mohamed 55' Ashfaq 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hassan (Iraq)

13 October 2021 2021 SAFF Championship	Bangladesh	1–1	Nepal	Malé, Maldives
16:00 UTC+5	Reza 9'	Report	Bista 88' (pen.)	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Akhrol Riskullaev (Uzbekistan)

Results and fixtures

3 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Bangladesh	1–1	Afghanistan	Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3	Barman 83'	Report	Sharifi 47'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar (Iran)

7 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Bangladesh	0–2	India	Doha, Qatar
17:00 UTC+3		Report	Chhetri 79', 90+2'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 495 Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)

15 June 2021 2022 World Cup qualification	Bangladesh	0–3	Oman	Doha, Qatar
20:00 UTC+3		Report	Al-Ghafri 22' Al-Hajri 60', 80'	Stadium: Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium Attendance: 885 Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

5 September 2021 2021 Three Nations Cup	Bangladesh	0–2	Palestine	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:30 UTC+6		Report	Kharoub 33' Hamed 47'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium

7 September 2021 2021 Three Nations Cup	Kyrgyzstan	4–1	Bangladesh	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:30 UTC+6	Moldozhunusov 10' Shukurov 39' Rustamov 46' Duyshobekov 89'	Report	Sufil 53'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium

9 September 2021 Unofficial Friendly	Kyrgyzstan U23	3–2	Bangladesh	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
20:30 UTC+6			Sumon 11', 64'	Stadium: Dolen Omurzakov Stadium

7 October 2021 2021 SAFF Championship	Maldives	2–0	Bangladesh	Malé, Maldives
21:00 UTC+5	Mohamed 55' Ashfaq 74' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Yousif Saeed Hassan (Iraq)

10 November 2021 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament	Bangladesh	1–1	Seychelles	Colombo, Sri Lanka
15:30 UTC+5:30	M.Ibrahim 17'	Report	B. Labrosse 88'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Referee: Kasun Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

13 November 2021 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament	Bangladesh	2–1	Maldives	Colombo, Sri Lanka
16:30 UTC+5:30	J. Bhuyan 12' T. Barman 86' (pen.)	Report	A. Ibrahim 33'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)

16 November 2021 2021 Four Nations Football Tournament	Sri Lanka	2–1	Bangladesh	Colombo, Sri Lanka
21:30 UTC+5:30	W. Razeek 25', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	J. Rana 71'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground

Bangladesh Premier League

The league will start on January and schedule to end TBD.^[5]

Teams

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bashundhara Kings (C, Q)	22	18	3	1	53	21	+32	57	Qualification for 2023 AFC Champions League Play-off round or 2023 AFC Cup Group Stage
2	Dhaka Abahani (Q)	22	14	5	3	55	31	+24	47	Qualification for 2023 AFC Cup Play-off round
3	Saif Sporting Club	22	11	4	7	58	37	+21	37
4	Sheikh Jamal DC	22	9	8	5	34	31	+3	35
5	Dhaka Mohammedan	22	8	9	5	39	26	+13	33
6	Sheikh Russel KC	22	8	7	7	35	31	+4	31
7	Chittagong Abahani	22	8	7	7	39	42	−3	31
8	Bangladesh Police FC	22	8	6	8	28	32	−4	30
9	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	22	5	4	13	27	42	−15	19
10	Rahmatganj MFS	22	4	6	12	33	46	−13	18
11	Uttar Baridhara Club (R)	22	3	5	14	24	58	−34	14	Relegation to Bangladesh Championship League
12	Swadhinata KS (R)	22	2	4	16	22	50	−28	10	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

Bangladesh Championship League

The league kicked off from 20 February 2022 and ended on 13 June 2022.^[6]^[7]

Teams

Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
Uttara FC
Gopalganj Sporting Club
Farashganj SC
Dhaka WC
NoFeL Sporting Club
T&T Club Motijheel
BFF Elite Academy FC
Fakierpool YMC
Kawran Bazar PS
Wari Club
Fortis FC
Swadhinata KS
~~Brothers Union~~ (will not participate in the upcoming 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League season)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortis FC (C, P)	22	13	8	1	29	9	+20	47	Qualification to 2022–23 BPL
2	AFC Uttara (P)	22	11	9	2	36	14	+22	42	Qualification to 2022–23 BPL
3	NoFeL Sporting Club	22	10	8	4	36	17	+19	38
4	BFF Elite Academy	22	9	4	9	24	20	+4	31
5	Gopalganj Sporting Club	22	8	7	7	20	20	0	31
6	Fakirerpool YMC	22	6	11	5	26	21	+5	29
7	Uttara FC	22	7	6	9	33	40	−7	27
8	Wari Club	22	6	7	9	19	20	−1	25
9	Dhaka Wanderers	22	6	7	9	26	34	−8	25
10	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	22	7	3	12	24	39	−15	24
11	Farashganj SC (R)	22	5	8	9	19	24	−5	23	Relegation to Senior Division Football League
12	Kawran Bazar PS (R)	22	3	4	15	11	45	−34	13	Relegation to Senior Division Football League

Source: GSA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Senior Division League

The league kicked off from 10 August 2022 and ended on 26 October 2022.^[8]

Teams

~~Arambagh KS~~ (couldn't participate in this edition of the league as FIFA imposed a transfer-ban on the club)
~~Dhaka City FC~~ (withdrew due to unknown reason)
PWD Sports Club
Jatrabari KC
Mohakhali Ekadosh
Badda Jagoroni Sangsad
Bangladesh Boys Club
Koshaituli Somaj Kollayan Parishad
Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda
East End Club
Dilkusha Sporting Club
Nobabpur Krira Chakra
Basabo Torun Shangha
Sadharan Bima Corporation Sporting Club
Friends Social Welfare Organization
Victoria Sporting Club

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda (C, P)	13	9	4	0	21	8	+13	31	Qualification for the BCL 2023–24
2	Jatrabari KC (P)	13	8	3	2	18	4	+14	27	Qualification for the BCL 2023–24
3	PWD Sporting Club	13	7	3	3	14	5	+9	24
4	Koshaituli SKP	13	6	4	3	15	8	+7	22
5	Mohakhali Ekadosh	12	5	3	4	11	8	+3	18
6	Badda Jagoroni	12	5	3	4	17	15	+2	18
7	Bangladesh Boys Club	13	3	7	3	7	7	0	16
8	Nobabpur KC	12	4	2	6	9	12	−3	14
9	Sadharan Bima CSC	12	3	5	4	9	13	−4	14
10	Basabo Torun Shangha	13	2	7	4	6	10	−4	13
11	Friends Social WO	13	3	4	6	6	12	−6	13
12	East End Club (R)	12	3	2	7	10	17	−7	11	Relegation to the Second Division League 2022–23
13	Victoria Sporting Club (R)	13	2	4	7	7	16	−9	10
14	Dilkusha Sporting Club (R)	12	1	3	8	7	22	−15	6

Source: BFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Second Division League

Domestic Cups

Independence Cup

Competition	Champions	Ref
Independence Cup (Bangladesh)	Dhaka Abahani	^[9]

Federation Cup

Competition	Champions	Ref
Bangladesh Federation Cup	Dhaka Abahani

Youth Competition Champions

Competition	Champions	Ref
Sheikh Russel U-18 Gold Cup	Wari Thana	^[10]
BFF U-18 Football League	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club U-18	^[11]
BFF U-16 Football Tournament	Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha U-16	^[12]

Bangladeshi clubs in International Competition

AFC Cup

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MBSG	BSK	BFC	MAZ
1	ATK Mohun Bagan	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals	—	1–1	2–0	—
2	Bashundhara Kings	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5		—	—	—	2–0
3	Bengaluru	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4		—	0−0	—	—
4	Maziya (H)	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0		1–3	—	2–6	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

18 August 2021 (2021-08-18)	Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Maziya	National Football Stadium, Malé
21:00 UTC+5	Irufaan 25' (o.g.) Robinho 40'	Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: o Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21)	Bengaluru	0−0	Bashundhara Kings	National Football Stadium, Malé
16:00 UTC+5		Live Report Stats Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

24 August 2021 (2021-08-24)	ATK Mohun Bagan	v	Bashundhara Kings	National Football Stadium, Malé
	Williams 62'	Live Report Stats Report	Fernandes 28'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

Women's Football

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bashundhara Kings	11	11	0	0	100	1	+99	33	Champion
2	ARB College SC	11	10	0	1	71	5	+66	30	Runner-up
3	Uttara FC Women	11	7	2	2	25	7	+18	23
4	Siraj Srity Songsod	11	6	1	4	29	15	+14	19
5	Barishal Football Academy	11	5	0	6	24	18	+6	15
6	Nasrin Sporting Club	11	4	3	4	18	39	−21	15
7	Cumilla United	11	3	4	4	12	26	−14	13
8	Suddopuskorini Jubo SC	11	4	1	6	17	33	−16	13
9	Jamalpur Kacharipara Akadas	11	4	1	6	12	38	−26	13
10	FC Brahmanbaria	11	3	2	6	15	47	−32	11
11	Dhaka Rangers FC	11	1	2	8	6	47	−41	5
12	Farashganj SC Women	11	0	0	11	2	55	−53	0

Source: Azscore

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