2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

Bangladesh Premier League
Season2021–22
Dates3 February - 2 August 2022
ChampionsBashundhara Kings (3rd title)
RelegatedSwadhinata KS
Baridhara
(BCL)
AFC Champions LeagueBashundhara Kings
AFC CupBashundhara Kings
Dhaka Abahani
Matches played132
Goals scored447 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer21 Goals
Souleymane Diabate (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Best goalkeeper11 Clean Sheets
Anisur Rahman Zico
Biggest home winDhaka Mohammedan 7–0 Rahmatganj MFS
(2 August 2022)
Biggest away winBaridhara 0–7 Saif Sporting Club
(26 July 2022)
Highest scoringSaif Sporting Club 5–3 Uttar Baridhara Club
(3 July 2022)
Rahmatganj MFS 7–1 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
(4 July 2022)
Longest winning run16 Matches
Bashundhara Kings
Longest unbeaten run21 Matches
Bashundhara Kings
Longest winless run5 Matches
Swadhinata KS
Longest losing run16 Matches
Swadhinata KS

The 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League, (Bengali: ২০২১/২২ বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লীগ) also known as TVS Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007.[1][2] A total of 12 football clubs competed 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

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Changes

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Promoted from 2021 BCL Relegated from 2021 BPL
Swadhinata KS Brothers Union
Arambagh KS

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
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

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Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Bangladesh Police FC Romania Aristică Cioabă Brazil Danilo Quipapá
Bashundhara Kings Spain Óscar Bruzón[7] Bangladesh Topu Barman Club manufactured kit Bashundhara Group
Chittagong Abahani Limited Bangladesh Maruful Haque Bangladesh Koushik Barua Ignite Battery
Dhaka Abahani Limited Portugal Mário Lemos Bangladesh Nabib Newaj Jibon Graphics Bird
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Limited Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik Mali Souleymane Diabate Orion Group
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited Nigeria Joseph Afusi The Gambia Solomon King Kanform
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Malaysia Raja Isa Japan Tetsuaki Misawa
Rahmatganj MFS Bangladesh Syed Golam Jilani Bangladesh Mahmudul Hasan Kiron Tiger Cement
Saif Sporting Club Argentina Andres Cruciani Bangladesh Jamal Bhuyan Saif Power Battery
Sheikh Russel KC Bangladesh Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Interim) Bangladesh Ashraful Islam Rana Graphics Bird Bashundhara Cement
Swadhinata KS Bangladesh Masud Alam Jahangir Bangladesh Mohammad Sazal Islam
Uttar Baridhara Club Bangladesh Ali Asgar Nasir Bangladesh Samin Yasar Juel Bashundhara Group

Head coaching changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Sheikh Russel KC Bangladesh Saiful Bari Titu Sacked 13 March 2022 11th Bangladesh Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Interim)[8] 13 March 2022
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Spain Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez Sacked 13 April 2022 3rd Nigeria Joseph Afusi[9] 13 April 2022
Dhaka Mohammedan England Sean Lane Resigned 29 May 2022 6th Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik 4 June 2022

Foreign players

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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 :
downward-facing red arrow: players who released during summer transfer window;
upward-facing green arrow: players who registered during summer transfer window.
Club Leg Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Bangladesh Police FC First Brazil Danilo Quipapá Brazil Denilson Rodrigues Roldão downward-facing red arrow Morocco Adil Kouskous downward-facing red arrow Afghanistan Amredin Sharifi
Second Ivory Coast Christian Kouakou upward-facing green arrow Ivory Coast Djedje Maximin Djawa upward-facing green arrow
Bashundhara Kings First Bosnia and Herzegovina Stojan Vranješ downward-facing red arrow Brazil Jonathan Fernandes downward-facing red arrow Brazil Robinho Iran Khaled Shafiei
Second Brazil Miguel Figueira upward-facing green arrow The Gambia Nuha Marong upward-facing green arrow
Chittagong Abahani Ltd. First Nigeria Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe Nigeria Peter Ebimobowei South Africa William Twala downward-facing red arrow Afghanistan Omid Popalzay
Second Nigeria Candy Augustine Agbane upward-facing green arrow
Dhaka Abahani Ltd. First Brazil Dorielton Brazil Raphael Augusto Costa Rica Daniel Colindres Iran Milad Sheykh Soleimani
Second
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. First Mali Souleymane Diabate Nigeria Ugochukwu Obi Moneke North Macedonia Jasmin Mecinovic Australia Aaron Reardon
Second
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. First The Gambia Solomon King Kanform The Gambia Sulayman Sillah downward-facing red arrow Nigeria Matthew Chinedu downward-facing red arrow Uzbekistan Otabek Valijonov
Second Nigeria Chijoke Alaekwe upward-facing green arrow Nigeria Musa Tachi Najare upward-facing green arrow
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC First Egypt Ahmed Shamsaldin downward-facing red arrow Guinea Younoussa Camara downward-facing red arrow Japan Soma Otani Japan Tetsuaki Misawa
Second Burundi Abdallah Sudi upward-facing green arrow Guinea Aboubacar Camara upward-facing green arrow
Rahmatganj MFS First Ivory Coast Lancine Toure Ghana Philip Adjah Nigeria Sunday Chizoba Tajikistan Siyovush Asrorov
Second
Saif Sporting Club First Nigeria Emeka Ogbugh Nigeria Mfon Udoh Rwanda Emery Bayisenge Uzbekistan Asror Gofurov
Second
Sheikh Russel KC First Brazil Ailton Machado downward-facing red arrow Brazil Thiago Amaral downward-facing red arrow Guinea-Bissau Esmaël Gonçalves downward-facing red arrow Kyrgyzstan Aizar Akmatov
Second Ivory Coast Didier Brossou upward-facing green arrow Ghana Richard Gadze upward-facing green arrow Nigeria Ismahil Akinade upward-facing green arrow
Swadhinata KS First Bosnia and Herzegovina Nedo Turković downward-facing red arrow Poland Rafał Zaborowski downward-facing red arrow Iran Siamak Kouroshi downward-facing red arrow Uzbekistan Nodir Mavlonov downward-facing red arrow
Second Brazil Reinaldo Viana upward-facing green arrow Brazil Wallace Lima upward-facing green arrow Serbia Ivan Marić upward-facing green arrow Japan Yuta Suzuki upward-facing green arrow
Uttar Baridhara Club First Egypt Mahmoud Sayed downward-facing red arrow Egypt Mostafa Kahraba Uzbekistan Evgeniy Kochnev Uzbekistan Saiddoston Fozilov
Second Ivory Coast Youssouf Mory Bamba upward-facing green arrow

League table

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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
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition; (R) Relegated


Results

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Home \ Away BPFC BK CAL DAL MSC SJDC MUK RAH SSC SRKC SKS UB
Police — 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–6 1–1 4–2 3–2
Kings 3–0 — 5–0 3–2 2–0 3–3 1–0 3–2 4–3 3–2 1–2 6–0
Ctg Abahani 3–2 0–1 — 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 3–4 1–2 3–2 4–2
Abahani 2–1 2–2 2–3 — 1–0 5–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 5–2
Mohammedan 0–0 1–1 3–3 2–4 — 3–1 2–1 7–0 1–3 1–1 3–2 3–0
Sheikh Jamal 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–1
Muktijoddha 1–4 2–3 1–1 3–4 2–1 0–3 — 0–1 3–3 0–0 2–1 1–2
Rahmatganj 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–5 3–3 7–1 — 1–3 3–2 1–1 3–1
Saif 1–0 0–2 3–3 4–2 0–2 2–2 2–3 4–2 — 0–1 1–2 3–0
Sheikh Russel 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 — 2–1 5–3
Swadhinata 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–5 1–5 1–4 — 0–2
Baridhara 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–5 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–7 3–2 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2022. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

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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.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Police119910875445677777756668
Kings8642211111111111111111
Ctg Abahani1355444554444555567787
Abahani4421122223222222222222
Mohammedan6564567767566666676555
Sheikh Jamal2113333332333334444444
Muktijoddha1212111211121210101111111111111010111110109
Rahmatganj10111211129898899910101111999910
Saif5236656676755443333333
Sheikh Russel78777810111110888888888876
Swadhinata378991111121212121212121212121212121212
Baridhara9101081010989910101099991010111111
Leader
Runners-up
Relegation to BCL
Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2022. Source: Soccerway

Season statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 446 goals scored in 132 matches, for an average of 3.38 goals per match.

21 goals

20 goals

18 goals

16 goals

12 goals

11 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player Club Opponent Result Date
Bangladesh Hasan Murad[10] Swadhinata KS Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 1–2 25 February 2022
Guinea Younoussa Camara Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Rahmatganj MFS 0–1 7 March 2022
Bangladesh Khokon Miah Uttar Baridhara Club Bashundhara Kings 0–6 29 April 2022

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
Brazil Dorielton Dhaka Abahani Rahmatganj MFS 3–0 13 February 2022 [11]
Nigeria Peter Ebimobowei Chittagong Abahani Saif Sporting Club 3–3 24 February 2022 [12]
Nigeria Emeka Ogbugh Saif Sporting Club Swadhinata KS 5–1 1 March 2022 [13]
Afghanistan Amredin Sharifi Bangladesh Police FC Swadhinata KS 4–2 7 March 2022 [14]
Nigeria Peter Ebimobowei Chittagong Abahani Uttar Baridhara Club 4–2 17 March 2022 [15]
Nigeria Matthew Chinedu Sheikh Jamal DC Swadhinata KS 3–1 3 April 2022 [16]
Mali Souleymane Diabate Dhaka Mohammedan Chittagong Abahani 3–3 8 May 2022

Clean Sheets

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Rank Player Club Clean

sheets

1 Bangladesh Anisur Rahman Zico Bashundhara Kings 11
2 Bangladesh Mohammad Nehal Bangladesh Police FC 7
3 Bangladesh Shahidul Alam Sohel Dhaka Abahani 5
4 Bangladesh Sujon Hossain Mohammedan Sporting Club 4
Bangladesh Mohammad Nayem Sheikh Jamal DC

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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  • Yellow cards:
Rank Club Yellow cards
1 Bashundhara Kings 45
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 47
3 Uttar Baridhara Club 43
4 Abahani Limited Dhaka 42
5 Bangladesh Police FC 40
6 Sheikh Russel KC 38
7 Mohammedan Sporting Club 36
8 Saif Sporting Club 33
9 Swadhinata KS 28
10 Chittagong Abahani 28
11 Sheikh Jamal DC 27
12 Rahmatganj MFS 26
  • Red cards:
Rank Club Red cards
1 Mohammedan Sporting Club 5
2 Bashundhara Kings 3
Chittagong Abahani 3
Rahmatganj MFS 3
Uttar Baridhara Club 3
Sheikh Russel KC 3
Saif SC 3
8 Sheikh Jamal DC 2
Abahani Limited Dhaka 2
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 2
Police FC 2
12 Swadhinata KS 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ ২৭ নভেম্বর স্বাধীনতা কাপ দিয়ে শুরু মৌসুম; লিগ হবে ঢাকার বাহিরে. Offside Bangladesh (in Bengali). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ নতুন বছরের প্রথম সপ্তাহেই শুরু হবে প্রিমিয়ার লিগ. Daily Jagonews24 (in Bengali). 16 September 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  3. ^ প্রিমিয়ার লীগের ভেন্যু চূড়ান্ত. BD Football Live (in Bengali). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ প্রিমিয়ার লিগ হবে ছয় ভেন্যুতে, বিকল্প হিসেবে থাকছে বসুন্ধরার স্পোর্টস কমপ্লেক্স. Daily Sports BD (in Bengali). 9 November 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. ^ বাংলাদেশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগ ফুটবল শুরু হচ্ছে ৩ ফেব্রুয়ারি. Daily Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Bashundhara Kings crowned BPL champions". Daily Sun. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Oscar Bruzon keen to work with Bashundhara Kings". The Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  8. ^ চাকরি হারালেন সাইফুল বারী. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  9. ^ আবারো আফুসিকে আনছে শেখ জামাল. Manab Zamin (in Bengali). 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  10. ^ রহমতগঞ্জকে তলানিতে ঠেলে দিলো মুক্তিযোদ্ধা (in Bengali).
  11. ^ "BPL Football: Dorielton's hattrick guides Dhaka Abahani to share top spot". UNB.
  12. ^ "Thankgod hat-trick rescues Ctg Abahani". The Daily Star.
  13. ^ "Ogbugh's hattrick enable Saif SC to earn 5-1 win over Swadhinata KS". UNB.
  14. ^ "Amiruddin treble spurs Swadhinata KS". New Age.
  15. ^ "Thankgod treble fires Ctg Abahani". New Age.
  16. ^ রাজশাহীতে চিনেদুর হ্যাটট্রিক. Prothom Alo (in Bengali).
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