2023–24 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

The 2023–24 Bangladesh Premier League will be the 16th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 11 football clubs will be competing in the league. The country's top-flight football competition will kick-off in December 2023.[1] Bashundhara Kings are the defending champions, having won a record 4th consecutive title the previous season.[2]

Bangladesh Premier League
Season2023–24
DatesDecember 2023 – July 2024
2024–25 →

Rule changes from last season
  • The number of player registrations of participating teams is increased by 1 player from 35 players to 36 players.
  • A club can sign maximum of six foreigners including at least one player who hails from an AFC affiliated nation. However, the AFC "3+1" foreign players rule (three players of any nationality and one from an AFC MA) will be in effect at any instant of a match.[1][3]

Teams

Eleven teams will compete in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Bangladesh Championship League. The promoted teams are Brothers Union and Gopalganj Sporting Club. Brothers will return to the top flight after an absence of two years, while Gopalganj will make their debut in the Premier League. They are replacing Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and AFC Uttara, who were relegated to the Bangladesh Championship League after respective spells of sixteen years and one year in the top flight. Muktijoddha suffered relegation for the first time since the inception of the Premier League in 2007.[4]

Changes
Promoted from 2022-23 BCLRelegated from 2022-23 BPL
Brothers Union
Gopalganj Sporting Club		 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
AFC Uttara

Personnel and kits
Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Abahani Limited Dhaka Argentina Andrés Cruciani Bangladesh Mohammad Ridoy
Bangladesh Police FC Romania Aristică Cioabă Bangladesh Isa Faysal
Bashundhara Kings Spain Óscar Bruzón[5] Bangladesh Topu Barman Club manufactured kit Bashundhara Group
Brothers Union The Gambia Omar Sisse Bangladesh Sobuj Das Raghu
Chittagong Abahani Bangladesh Mahbubul Haque Jewel[6] Ignite Battery
Fortis FC Bangladesh Masud Parvez Kaiser[7] TORR Limited
Mohammedan SC Bangladesh Alfaz Ahmed[8] Mali Souleymane Diabate Max Group
Rahmatganj MFS Bangladesh Kamal Babu The Gambia Dawda Ceesay Tiger Cement
Sheikh Jamal DC North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski Bangladesh Atiqur Rahman Fahad Bashundhara Tissue
Sheikh Russel KC North Macedonia Jugoslav Trenchovski Bangladesh Emon Babu Bashundhara Cement

Coaching changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Sheikh Russel KC Bangladesh Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu Contract expired August 2023 Pre-season North Macedonia Jugoslav Trenchovski[9] 19 August 2023
Sheikh Jamal DC Bangladesh Maruful Haque August 2023 North Macedonia Marjan Sekulovski[10] 31 August 2023
Abahani Limited Dhaka Portugal Mário Lemos October 2023 Argentina Andrés Cruciani[11] 13 October 2023
Brothers Union Bangladesh Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon 20 April 2023 The Gambia Omar Sisse October 2023

Foreign players

Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to six per team, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries.[3] A team could name four foreign players on the squad of each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation.

Other foreign players.
AFC quota players.
No foreign player registered.
Note :

downward-facing red arrow: players who released during winter transfer window;

upward-facing green arrow: players who registered during winter transfer window.

Bold names refer to players who have senior international cap(s) for their respective nations.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Abahani Limited Dhaka Brazil Bruninho Brazil Fernandes Brazil Washington Brandão Nigeria Emeka Ogbugh Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Cornelius Stewart Iran Milad Sheykh
Bangladesh Police FC Colombia Edis Ibargüen Colombia Mateo Palacios Venezuela Edward Morillo Kyrgyzstan Manas Karipov Kyrgyzstan Mustafa Yusupov
Bashundhara Kings Brazil Dorielton Brazil Miguel Figueira Brazil Robinho Ivory Coast Didier Brossou Uzbekistan Asror Gofurov Uzbekistan Boburbek Yuldashov
Brothers Union Egypt Mostafa Kahraba The Gambia N.N. Essa Uzbekistan Bunyod Shodiev Uzbekistan Otabek Valizhonov
Chittagong Abahani Nigeria Abu Azeez Nigeria Lawal Muritala Nigeria Ojukwu David Ifegwu
Fortis FC The Gambia Omar Sarr The Gambia Pa Omar Babou Ukraine Valeriy Gryshyn Uzbekistan Jasur Jumaev
Mohammedan SC Ivory Coast Dosso Sidik Mali Souleymane Diabate Nigeria Emmanuel Agbaji Nigeria Sunday Emmanuel Japan Uryu Nagata Uzbekistan Muzaffar Muzaffarov
Rahmatganj MFS The Gambia Dawda Ceesay Ghana Ernest Boateng Ghana Samuel Mensah Konney Uzbekistan Ikhtiyor Tashpulatov Uzbekistan Iskandar Siddikzhonov
Sheikh Jamal DC Brazil Higor Leite Colombia Bladimir Diaz Nigeria Stanley Dimgba Uzbekistan Shakhzod Shaymanov Uzbekistan Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov
Sheikh Russel KC Burundi Landry Ndikumana Haiti Frantzety Herard Nigeria Ganiu Ogungbe Japan Kodai Iida Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Malikov Uzbekistan Abdurakhmon Abdulkhakov

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Abahani Ltd. Dhaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League play-off round
2 Bangladesh Police FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bashundhara Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Brothers Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Chittagong Abahani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fortis FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Mohammedan SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rahmatganj MFS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sheikh Jamal DC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Championship League
10 Sheikh Russel KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Results

Results table
Home \ Away ALD BPFC BDK BUL CAL FFC MSC RMFS SJDC SRKC
Abahani Ltd. Dhaka —
Bangladesh Police —
Bashundhara Kings —
Brothers Union —
Chittagong Abahani —
Fortis FC —
Mohammedan —
Rahmatganj —
Sheikh Jamal —
Sheikh Russel —
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.

Leader
Runners-up
Relegation to BCL
Source:

Results by games
Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

See also

References
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  2. "Kings emerge champions for record fourth time a row". dhakatribune.com. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  3. "Registration of foreign footballers increases to six". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. "The financial dilemma of Muktijoddha's relegation". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  5. "Bruzon extends contract with Kings". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  6. "Official Announcement". Retrieved 2023-04-06 – via Twitter.
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  9. "Sk Russel KC appoint Jugoslav as new head coach". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  10. offsidebangladesh (2023-09-01). "শেখ জামালে মেসিডোনিয়ান কোচ মারজান!". অফসাইড. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
  11. "১৬ বছর পর আবার আবাহনীর দায়িত্বে ক্রুসিয়ানি". www.banglatribune.com (in Bengali). 13 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.


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