2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

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2021–22
Dates3 February - 2 August 2022
ChampionsBashundhara Kings (3rd title)
Relegated
AFC Cup
Bashundhara Kings
Dhaka 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]

2021 season winner.[6]

Teams

Changes

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

Stadiums and locations

Police
Swadhinata
Saif
Kings
Russel
Baridhara
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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

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
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

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

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
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
Candy Augustine Agbane
upward-facing green arrow
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.
 First
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
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
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
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
Aizar Akmatov
Second
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

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 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
Baridhara
9101081010989910101099991010111111
Leader
Runners-up
Relegation to BCL
Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2022. Source: Soccerway