2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League

The 2013–14 Bangladesh Premier League is also known as Nitol-Tata Bangladesh Premier League due to the sponsorship from Nitol-Tata.^[1] It was the 7th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 10 football clubs competed in the league. The country's top-flight football competition was started on 27 December 2013.^[2]

Sheikh Russell are the defending champions after claiming their first Bangladesh Premier League championship.

Teams and locations

Chittagong

Dhaka

Gopalganj

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Locations of teams in the 2013-14 Bangladesh Premier League

Baridhara

.

Club	Stadium	Location
Baridhara	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Brothers Union	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Chittagong Abahani	MA Aziz Stadium	Chittagong
Dhaka Abahani	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Dhaka Mohammedan	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Feni Soccer Club	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Muktijoddha Sangsad	Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium	Gopalganj
Sheikh Jamal	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Sheikh Russell	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Team BJMC	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka

Foreign players

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	First	Ikechukwu Okemmira	Wedson Anselme	Sony Norde	Emeka Darlington	Emmanuel Ariwachukwu	Ali Abdullahi	Femi Orunnimi
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Second
Sheikh Russel KC	First	Francisco Usúcar	Pascal Millien	Ricardo Cousine	Youness Roux	Mohamed Amine Bourichy	Maxime Roger
Sheikh Russel KC	Second
Dhaka Abahani	First	Samad Yussif	Osei Morrison	Luiz Romulo de Castro	Mbenoun Ekele Patrick	Yoko Samnick	Andre Luis de Souza	Awudu Ibrahim
Dhaka Abahani	Second	Leonildo Soares
Dhaka Mohammedan	First	Bayebeck Fombagne Esaie	Chuka Charles	Owadokun Sesan Idowu	Mostafa Mohamed Seddik	Damien Chigozie	Henry Felix
Dhaka Mohammedan	Second
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	First	Mohamed Elgilant Mahmoud Nagi	Atsafack Gerard Ledoux	Eleta Kingsley	Agbulu Inalegwu	Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie	Sunday Chizoba	Eleta Benjamin Jr.
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Second
Brothers Union	First	Victor Ighelohbo Antoni	Nche Francis Kingsley	Batamack Jean Eric	Kester Akon	Isshah Yousuf	Simon Ezeodka
Brothers Union	Second	Walson Augustin
Team BJMC	First	Samson Iliasu	Jean J Ikanga	Ousmane Cherif	Uche Felix	Ismael Bangoura
Team BJMC	Second
Feni Soccer Club	First	Ahmed Samson	Okpoko Anthony Kezito Arinze	Momodou Lamin	Matthew Mendy	Wassiou Okalawon	Landing Darboe	Kabba Jobe
Feni Soccer Club	Second	Chuka Charles
Chittagong Abahani	First	Mohamed Conte (Bangoura)	Unwana David Udoh (Bright)	Napoleon Gabriel	Michael Dumba
Chittagong Abahani	Second	Ousman Cherif
Uttar Baridhara	First	Akindelek Oubowale	Kosoko Olasukanmi	Obafunsho Quadri Lanre	Imtiaz Quasim (Saqib)^[3]	Faiz Alam^[4]	Collins Tiego
Uttar Baridhara	Second

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (C, Q)	27	19	7	1	78	26	+52	64	2016 AFC Cup
2	Dhaka Abahani Limited	27	14	10	3	36	16	+20	52
3	Muktijoddha Sangsad	27	14	7	6	54	26	+28	49
4	Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club	27	12	9	6	36	25	+11	45
5	Brothers Union	27	10	8	9	35	33	+2	38
6	Sheikh Russel KC	27	8	8	11	38	35	+3	32
7	Team BJMC	27	8	6	13	39	49	−10	30
8	Chittagong Abahani	27	6	7	14	18	39	−21	25
9	Feni Soccer Club	27	2	12	13	30	48	−18	18
10	Baridhara (R)	27	2	6	19	18	85	−67	12	2014–15 Bangladesh Championship League

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 382 goals scored in 135 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match (as of 31 March 2015).

26 goals

Sheikh Jamal DC
)

21 goals

Sheikh Jamal DC
)

17 goals

Kingsley Chigozie (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

15 goals

Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Sunday Chizoba (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

14 goals

Mithun Chowdhury (Sheikh Russel KC)

13 goals

Sony Norde (Sheikh Jamal
)

Ismael Bangoura (Team BJMC)
Dhaka Abahani
)

12 goals

Samson Illiasu (Team BJMC)

9 goals

Dhaka Mohammedan
)

8 goals

Walson Augustin (Brothers Union)

7 goals

Kester Akon (Brothers Union)

6 goals

Dhaka Abahani
)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Uttar Baridhara SC
)

5 goals

Simon Ezeodka (Brothers Union)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Eleta Kingsley (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

4 goals

Ricardo Cousine (Sheikh Russel KC)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Rubel Miya (Brothers Union)
Nasiruddin Chowdhury (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Dhaka Abahani
)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Dhaka Abahani
)
Shakhawat Hossain Rony (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Aminur Rahman Sajib (Team BJMC)

3 goals

Uttar Baridhara SC
)
Uche Felix (Team BJMC)
Pascal Millien (Sheikh Russel KC)
Dhaka Abahani
)
Sabuz Kumar Bizwas (Sheikh Russel KC)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Faisal Mahmud (Brothers Union)
Abdullah Parvez (Team BJMC)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Uttar Baridhara SC
)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Shakil Ahmed (Sheikh Russel KC)
Eleta Benjamin (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Enamul Haque (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

2 goals

Youness Roux (Sheikh Russel KC)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Victory Antony (Brothers Union)
Uttar Baridhara SC
)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Md. Biplop (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Uttar Baridhara SC
)
Dhaka Abahani
)
Md. Robin (Sheikh Russel KC)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Shafikul Islam Bipul (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Anwar Hossain (Sheikh Russel KC)
Md. Sumon (Sheikh Russel KC)
Sheikh Jamal DC
)
Dhaka Abahani
)
Toklis Ahmed (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Dhaka Abahani
)
Mohammad Ibrahim (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Iqbal (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

1 goal

Chittagong Abahani
)
Maxime Roger (Sheikh Russel KC)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Nche Francis (Brothers Union)
Sheikh Jamal DC
)
Zahid Hossain (Sheikh Russel KC)
Jewel Rana (Brothers Union)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Isshah Yousuf (Brothers Union)
Agbulu Inalegwu (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Uttar Baridhara SC
)
Saiful Islam (Team BJMC)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Dhaka Abahani
)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Uttar Baridhara SC
)
Sheikh Jamal DC
)
Sheikh Jamal DC
)
Feni Soccer Club
)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Mostapha (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Nabib Newaj Jibon (Team BJMC)
Shapon (Team BJMC)
Chittagong Abahani
)
Rajib (Team BJMC)
Abdul Malek (Brothers Union)
Sohel Rana (Sheikh Russel KC)
Shafikul Islam (Brothers Union)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Dhaka Mohammedan
)
Chowmrin (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date
Saiful	Team BJMC	Sheikh Jamal DC	2–2	22 February 2014
Nasirul Islam Nasir	Dhaka Abahani	Brothers Union	0–1	18 April 2014

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mithun Chowdhury	Sheikh Russel KC	Uttar Baridhara SC	4–0	27 December 2013
Emeka Darlington	Sheikh Jamal DC	Brothers Union	4–1	8 January 2014
Emeka Darlington ⁴	Sheikh Jamal DC	Uttar Baridhara	8–0	20 March 2014
Wedson Anselme	Sheikh Jamal DC	Uttar Baridhara	8–0	20 March 2014
Kester Akon	Brothers Union	Uttar Baridhara	5–1	11 May 2014
Sunday Chizoba	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Chittagong Abahani	6–0	13 May 2014
Kingsley Chigozie	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Chittagong Abahani	6–0	13 May 2014
Emeka Darlington	Sheikh Jamal DC	Chittagong Abahani	8–1	14 June 2014
Mithun Chowdhury ⁵	Sheikh Russel KC	Uttar Baridhara SC	7–1	15 June 2014
Kingsley Chigozie	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Team BJMC	4–1	21 June 2014
Sony Norde	Sheikh Jamal DC	Feni Soccer Club	5–2	24 June 2014
Wedson Anselme	Sheikh Jamal DC	Team BJMC	4–1	10 July 2014
Landing Darboe	Feni Soccer Club	Uttar Baridhara	4–1	16 July 2014
Osei Morrison	Dhaka Abahani	Sheikh Russel KC	5–2	19 July 2014
Shakhawat Hossain Rony	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Uttar Baridhara	6–0	20 July 2014
Sunday Chizoba	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Uttar Baridhara	8–0	25 July 2014

ⁿ Player scored n goals.

References

^ "Nitol Tata to sponsor BPL". Daily Star. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ "Fixture of Bangladesh Premier League-2013-14". Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
^ "Brothers bring back Naeemuddin as coach". archive.dhakatribune.com. 16 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ "Baridhara stun BJMC, exact sweet revenge". archive.dhakatribune.com. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[1] "Nitol Tata to sponsor BPL". Daily Star. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.

[2] "Fixture of Bangladesh Premier League-2013-14". Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.

[3] "Brothers bring back Naeemuddin as coach". archive.dhakatribune.com. 16 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[4] "Baridhara stun BJMC, exact sweet revenge". archive.dhakatribune.com. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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