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 লিগ) 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

Changes

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

Stadiums and locations

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

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
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 Shafiqul Islam Manik Souleymane Diabate Orion Group
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited Joseph Afusi 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
Sheikh Russel KC Saiful Bari Titu Sacked 13 March 2022 11th Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Interim)[8] 13 March 2022
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Juan Manuel Martínez Sáez Sacked 13 April 2022 3rd Joseph Afusi[9] 13 April 2022
Dhaka Mohammedan Sean Lane Resigned 29 May 2022 6th Shafiqul Islam Manik 4 June 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
Bangladesh Police FC First Danilo Quipapá Denilson Rodrigues Roldão Adil Kouskous Amredin Sharifi
Second Christian Kouakou Djedje Maximin Djawa
Bashundhara Kings First Stojan Vranješ Jonathan Fernandes Robinho Khaled Shafiei
Second Miguel Figueira Nuha Marong
Chittagong Abahani Ltd. First Kehinde Yisa Anifowoshe Peter Ebimobowei William Twala Omid Popalzay
Second Candy Augustine Agbane
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 Chijoke Alaekwe Musa Tachi Najare
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC First Ahmed Shamsaldin Younoussa Camara Soma Otani Tetsuaki Misawa
Second Abdallah Sudi Aboubacar Camara
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 Didier Brossou Richard Gadze Ismahil Akinade
Swadhinata KS First Nedo Turković Rafał Zaborowski Siamak Kouroshi Nodir Mavlonov
Second Reinaldo Viana Wallace Lima Ivan Marić Yuta Suzuki
Uttar Baridhara Club First Mahmoud Sayed Mostafa Kahraba Evgeniy Kochnev Saiddoston Fozilov
Second Youssouf Mory Bamba

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

Results

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

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

Goalscorers

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

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

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

Hat-tricks

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

Clean Sheets

Rank Player Club Clean

sheets

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

Discipline

Player

Club

  • 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

    References

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