Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup

Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup (Bengali: শেখ কামাল আন্তর্জাতিক ক্লাব কাপ), also known as Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup, is a biennial international club football tournament held in Bangladesh. The inaugural edition took place in 2015. It is hosted by the Chittagong Abahani in association with the Bangladesh Football Federation. The tournament is held in the M. A. Aziz Stadium, in the port city of Chittagong.

Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup
Founded2015 (2015)
Number of teams8
Current championsMalaysia Terengganu
(1st title)
Most successful team(s)Bangladesh Chittagong Abahani
Maldives TC Sports Club
Malaysia Terengganu
Television broadcastersBangla TV
Channel Nine
2019 Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup

Eight clubs from various countries participate in the tournament.

Tournament summaries

Year Final Semi-finals
Champion Score Second Place Semi-finalist Semi-finalist
2015 Bangladesh
Chittagong Abahani
3–1 India
East Bengal
Afghanistan
De Spin Ghar Bazan
Bangladesh
Mohammedan Dhaka
2017 Maldives
TC Sports Club[1]
2–2
4–2 (p)
South Korea
Pocheon Citizen
Nepal
Manang Marshyangdi
Bangladesh
Chittagong Abahani
2019 Malaysia
Terengganu[2]
2–1 Bangladesh
Chittagong Abahani
India
Gokulam Kerala
India
Mohun Bagan
2021 Didn't happen due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh[3]
2023 TBD[4]

Participating teams

19 different clubs from 11 countries have participated in the tournament.

† Bold year represents the champion of that year.

SL Team Participation Year Country League
1 Bangladesh Chittagong Abahani 2015, 2017, 2019 Bangladesh Bangladesh Premier League
2 Maldives TC Sports Club 2017, 2019 Maldives Dhivehi Premier League
3 Bangladesh Dhaka Abahani 2015, 2017 Bangladesh Bangladesh Premier League
4 Bangladesh Dhaka Mohammedan 2015, 2017 Bangladesh Bangladesh Premier League
5 Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings FC 2019 Bangladesh Bangladesh Premier League
6 India Kolkata Mohammedan 2015 India I-League 2nd Division
7 India East Bengal FC 2015 India I-League
8 India Chennai City FC 2019 India I-League
9 India Gokulam Kerala FC 2019 India I-League
10 India Mohun Bagan AC 2019 India I-League, CFL
11 Pakistan K-Electric F.C. 2015 Pakistan Pakistan Premier League
12 Sri Lanka Solid SC 2015 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Premier League
13 Afghanistan De Spin Ghar Bazan F.C. 2015 Afghanistan Afghan Premier League
14 Afghanistan Shaheen Asmayee F.C. 2017 Afghanistan Afghan Premier League
15 South Korea FC Pocheon 2017 South Korea K3 League Advanced
16 Kyrgyzstan FC Alga Bishkek 2017 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan League
17 Nepal Manang Marshyangdi Club 2017 Nepal Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
18 Malaysia Terengganu FC 2019 Malaysia Malaysia Super League
19 Laos Young Elephants FC 2019 Laos Lao Premier League

Statistics

All-time top scorers

Rank Name Club Years Goals
1England Lee Tuck Terengganu FC 2019 6
2Bangladesh Eleta Kingsley Chittagong Abahani, Bashundhara Kings 2015, 2019
5
3Afghanistan Amredin Sharifi Shaheen Asmayee F.C. 2017 4
Bangladesh Zahid Hossain Chittagong Abahani 2015
Pakistan Muhammad Rasool K-Electric F.C. 2015
BrazilJapan Bruno Suzuki Terengganu FC 2019
Uganda Henry Kisekka Gokulam Kerala F.C. 2019
Nigeria Matthew Chinedu   Chittagong Abahani 2019

Top scorers by edition

Year Player(s) Club Goals
2015 Chittagong Abahani 5
2017 Shaheen Asmayee F.C. 4
2019 Terengganu F.C. 6

References

  1. "2nd Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup: TC Sports overcome Pocheon in dramatic finale". Dhaka Tribune. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  2. "Terengganu down Ctg Abahani". Dhaka Tribune. 31 October 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. আবারো আয়োজিত হবে শেখ কামাল আন্তর্জাতিক ক্লাব কাপ | Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup | Somoy TV, archived from the original on 2022-09-24, retrieved 2022-09-24
  4. ali, abdul (2022-09-14). "২০২৩ সালে আবারো মাঠে গড়াবে শেখ কামাল ফুটবল টুর্নামেন্ট". Suprobhat Bangladesh. Retrieved 2022-09-24.


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