2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

Bangladesh Premier League
Season	2019–20
Dates	13 February – 15 March 2020
Champions	Not awarded
Relegated	No relegation
Matches played	36
Goals scored	95 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	5 goals; Eleta Kingsley (Arambagh KS); Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani)
Biggest home win	Dhaka Abahani 4–0 Dhaka Mohammedan; (4 March 2020)
Biggest away win	Uttar Baridhara SC 1–4 Dhaka Mohammedan; (14 March 2020)
Highest scoring	Bashundhara Kings 3–4 Chittagong Abahani; (15 March 2020)
Longest winning run	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club; (4 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club; (4 matches)
Longest winless run	Brothers Union; (5 matches)
Longest losing run	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC; (3 matches)
	← 2018–19 2020–2021 →

The 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League was the 12th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 13 football clubs competed in the league, and Bashundhara Kings were the defending champions. Bangladesh Police FC and Uttar Baridhara SC entered as the promoted teams from the 2018–19 Bangladesh Championship League.

The season began on 13 February 2020 and was suspended on 15 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. On 17 May 2020, the league was declared void by the BFF executive committee.^[1]

Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

On 16 March 2020, all sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until March 31 as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) postponed all Bangladesh Premier League and Women's Football League matches until March 31.^[2]

On 17 May 2020, The BFF executive committee, following an emergency meeting, declared the 12th edition of the league abandoned, scrapping promotion and relegation while cancelling the Independence Cup from the calendar.^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Abahani,Jamal,Brothers,Police,
Baridhara,Arambagh,Rahmatganj

Ctg Abahani

Mohammedan

Russel

Saif

Kings

Muktijoddha

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Locations of the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League teams


Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arambagh KS	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	36,000
Bangladesh Police FC	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	36,000
Bashundhara Kings	Nilphamari	Sheikh Kamal Stadium	20,000
Brothers Union	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	36,000
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	Chattogram	MA Aziz Stadium	30,000
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	36,000
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	Comilla	Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium	8,000
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	30,000
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Gopalganj	Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium	5,000
Rahmatganj MFS	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	36,000
Saif Sporting Club	Mymensingh	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium	12,000
Sheikh Russel KC	Sylhet	Sylhet District Stadium	25,000
Uttar Baridhara SC	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium	36,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Arambagh KS	Sheikh Jahidur Rahman	Didarul Houqe
Bangladesh Police FC	Nicolas Vitorović	Nazmul Islam Rasel	Nasir Group
Bashundhara Kings	Óscar Bruzón^[4]	Daniel Colindres	Bashundhara Group	Club manufactured kit
Brothers Union	Reza Parkas^[5]	Faisal Mahmud	Biswas Builders Limited
Chittagong Abahani Limited	Maruful Haque	Didier Brossou	Saif Power Battery	Noor Enterprise
Dhaka Abahani Limited	Mário Lemos	Nabib Newaj Jibon
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Limited	Sean Brendan Lane	Uryu Nagata
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited	Shafiqul Islam Manik	Monday Osagie
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Abdul Qaium Sentu	Norito Hashiguchi
Rahmatganj MFS	Syed Golam Jilani	Momodou Bah	Tiger Cement
Saif Sporting Club	Drago Mamić	Jamal Bhuyan	Saif Power Battery
Sheikh Russel KC	Saiful Bari Titu	Ashraful Islam Rana	Bashundhara Cement
Uttar Baridhara SC	Alfaz Ahmed^[6]	Landing Darboe	Saif Power Battery

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 :

: players who released during summer transfer window;

: players who registered during summer transfer window.

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
Arambagh KS	First	Mickael Yonta	Mostafa Kahraba	Eleta Benjamin Jr.	Eleta Kingsley
Arambagh KS	Second
Bangladesh Police FC	First	Antonio Laskov	Aidar Mambetaliev	Artur Muladjanov	Luka Rotković	Sidney Rivera
Bangladesh Police FC	Second
Bashundhara Kings	First	Nicolás Delmonte	Daniel Colindres^[7]	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	Mohamad Jalal Kdouh	Akhtam Nazarov^[8]
Bashundhara Kings	Second				Hernán Barcos
Brothers Union	First	Jean Jules Ikanga	Lancine Touré	Kingsley Chigozie	Otabek Valijonov	Tuychibaev Murodjon
Brothers Union	Second
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	First	Nixon Guylherme	Didier Brossou	Matthew Chinedu	Ikbol Bobohonov	Shukurali Pulatov
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	Second
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.	First	Maílson Alves^[9]	Alaaeldin Nasr Elmagraby	Kervens Belfort	Edgar Bernhardt	Sunday Chizoba
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.	Second
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	First	Uryu Nagata	Souleymane Diabate	Ousmane Berthe	Stanley Onyekachi Amadi	Ugochukwu Obi Moneke^[10]
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	Second
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.	First	Omar Jobe	Solomon King Kanform	Ballo Famoussa	Yusuke Kato	Monday Osagie
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.	Second
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	First	Albert Frank	Paul Emile Biyaga	Ismael Bangoura	Norito Hashiguchi	Cyril Oriaku
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Second
Rahmatganj MFS	First	Momodou Bah	Younoussa Camara	Kastan Igwe	Siyovush Asrorov	Akobir Turaev
Rahmatganj MFS	Second
Saif Sporting Club	First	Deiner Córdoba	Murolimzhon Akhmedov	Emery Bayisenge^[11]	Fayia Kobba Jr.^[12]	Jahongir Ergashev
Saif Sporting Club	Second
Sheikh Russel KC	First	Chris Herd	Alison Udoka	Raphael Odovin Onwrebe	Pedro Henrique Oliveira	Alisher Azizov
Sheikh Russel KC	Second
Uttar Baridhara SC	First	Leonardo Vieira Lima	Sangare Issouf	Landing Darboe	Simon Ezeodika Obieze	Furqat Hasanboev
Uttar Baridhara SC	Second

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dhaka Abahani Ltd.	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
2	Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	6	4	1	1	13	7	+6	13
3	Lt. Sheikh Jamal DC	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	12
4	Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	6	4	0	2	8	7	+1	12
5	Saif Sporting Club	6	3	2	1	8	5	+3	11
6	Bashundhara Kings	6	3	1	2	10	9	+1	10
7	Rahmatganj MFS	6	2	1	3	6	5	+1	7
8	Arambagh KS	5	1	2	2	6	9	−3	5
9	Bangladesh Police FC	5	1	2	2	4	7	−3	5
10	Sheikh Russel KC	6	1	2	3	4	7	−3	5
11	Brothers Union	5	0	4	1	6	7	−1	4
12	Uttar Baridhara SC	5	0	1	4	4	11	−7	1
13	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	5	0	1	4	4	12	−8	1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AKS	BK	BPFC	BU	CAL	DAL	MSC	SJDC	MUK	RAH	SSC	SRKC	UB
Arambagh	—						0–1		2–2		1–1
Kings		—			3–4								1–0
Police		1–1	—							0–2			2–1
Brothers		2–3	1–1	—		1–1
Ctg Abahani	1–2				—							2–0
Abahani			2–0		0–2	—	4–0		4–1	1–0
Mohammedan		1–0					—
Sheikh Jamal	4–1				0–2			—				2–0
Muktijoddha								1–2	—		0–2
Rahmatganj		1–2								—		0–0	3–1
Saif					2–2		1–0	1–2		1–0	—
Sheikh Russel				1–1			1–2		2–0			—
Baridhara				1–1			1–4						—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. 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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Team ╲ Round
Arambagh	9	5	6	8	11	8
Kings	3	3	2	3	4	6
Police	12	11	7	7	7	9
Brothers	6	8	9	9	9	11
Ctg Abahani	2	4	5	4	1	2
Abahani	1	2	1	1	2	1
Mohammedan	4	6	4	6	6	4
Sheikh Jamal	13	7	8	5	5	3
Muktijoddha	8	12	11	12	13	13
Rahmatganj	10	10	12	13	10	7
Saif	5	1	3	2	3	5
Sheikh Russel	7	9	10	10	8	10
Baridhara	11	13	13	11	12	12