2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League

The 2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League was the 9th season of the Bangladesh Championship League since its establishment in 2012.[1] A total of 12 football clubs are competing in the league. T&T Club Motijheel withdrew from the league due to their financial issues.[2] Swadhinata KS clinched their first title, with NoFeL SC following in second.[3]

Bangladesh Championship League
Season2020–21
Dates7 February 2021 - 19 July 2021
ChampionsSwadhinata KS
1st title
PromotedSwadhinata KS
RelegatedVictoria SC
Dhaka City FC
Matches played132
Goals scored288 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerAli Akbar Kanon
(13 goals)
Longest winning run6 matches
Swadhinata KS
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Fortis FC
Longest winless run22 matches
Victoria SC
Longest losing run6 matches
Victoria SC

The league was kicked off on 7 February 2021.[4][5] It was originally scheduled to be completed within 25 June, but ended on 19 July as the league was postponed few times due to coronavirus pandemic.[6][7][8]

Team

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:

  1. BJMC not taking part in the competition as they postponed their football activities in 2019 after suffering relegation from the top tier.[9]

Teams locations

Team Location
Agrani Bank Ltd. SC Dhaka
Dhaka City FC Dhaka (Khilkhet)
Dhaka WC Dhaka (Motijheel)
Farashganj SC Dhaka (Farashganj)
Fakirerpool YMC Dhaka (Motijheel)
Fortis FC Dhaka (Badda)
Kawran Bazar PS Dhaka (Kawran Bazar)
NoFeL Sporting Club Noakhali
Swadhinata KS Dhaka (Khilgaon)
Uttara FC Dhaka (Uttara)
Wari Club Dhaka (Motijheel)
Victoria SC Dhaka (Motijheel)

Venues

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium & Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 25,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts BPL
1 Swadhinata KS (C, P) 22 13 6 3 30 11 +19 45 Qualification to 2021–22 BPL
2 NoFeL Sporting Club 22 13 5 4 34 10 +24 44
3 Fortis FC 22 12 7 3 40 17 +23 43
4 Kawran Bazar PS 22 12 5 5 32 17 +15 41
5 Agrani Bank Ltd. SC 22 6 9 7 18 20 2 27
6 Dhaka WC 22 7 6 9 22 28 6 27
7 Fakirerpool YMC 22 6 8 8 25 21 +4 26
8 Farashganj SC 22 5 10 7 25 27 2 25
9 Uttara FC 22 6 7 9 20 23 3 25
10 Wari Club 22 5 10 7 20 24 4 25
11 Dhaka City FC (R) 22 4 9 9 14 25 11 21 Relegation to 2021–22 First Division Football League
12 Victoria SC (R) 22 0 4 18 8 65 57 4
Source: Sofascore
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away SKS KPS ABL NSC FSC FYMC WC FFC UFC DWC DCFC VSC
Swadhinata KS 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–0 3–0
Kawran Bazar PS 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–1 5–0
Agrani Bank Ltd. SC 0–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
NoFeL Sporting Club 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–4 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 6–0
Farashganj SC 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–5 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
Fakirerpool YMC 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–1
Wari Club 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0
Fortis FC 4–2 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 5–0
Uttara FC 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0
Dhaka WC 0–1 0–3 3–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–1
Dhaka City FC 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1
Victoria SC 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 0–5 0–4 1–3 2–8 0–4 0–2 0–1
Source: Sofascore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[10]
1 Ali Akbar Kanon Wari Club Dhaka 13
2 Zillur Rahman Fortis FC 12
3 Kankar Biswas Fakirerpool YMC 11
4 Emon Hossen Kawran Bazar PS 10
5 Fuad Hasan Uttara FC, NoFeL SC 8
Jibon Miah Farashganj SC
Masud Rana Uttara FC
8 Md Hazanuzzaman Fortis FC 7
Shawkat Hossen Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
10 Naim Uddin Swadhinata KS 6
Abdullah Al Mamun NoFeL SC
Jakir Hossain Ziku Fortis FC

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Emon HossenKawran Bazar PSVictoria SC5–010 June 2021[11][12]
Ali Akbar Kanon Wari Club Victoria SC 3-1 14 June 2021 [13]

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

PlayerClubOpponentResultDate
TutulFakirerpool YMCFortis FC2–1 19 March 2021
Tara Fortis FC Swadhinata KS 4-2 15 June 2021

Cleansheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[10]
1 Md Raju Chowdhury Swadhinata KS 15
2 Ashim Kumar Das NoFeL SC 13
3 Mithun Khalifa Agrani Bank Ltd. SC 9
4 Mohammad Ali Farashganj SC 8
Uttam Barua Fortis FC
Md Robiul Karim Kawran Bazar PS
7 Shimul Kumar Das Dhaka City FC 7
Khandaker Saad Ishtiaque Fakirerpool YMC
9 Jahid Hasan Rabbi Uttara FC 6
10 Sujon Chowdhury Wari Club 5

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