2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League

Bangladesh Championship League
Season	2020–21
Dates	7 February 2021 - 19 July 2021
Champions	Swadhinata KS; 1st title
Promoted	Swadhinata KS
Relegated	Victoria SC; Dhaka City FC
Matches played	132
Goals scored	288 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ali Akbar Kanon; (13 goals)
Longest winning run	6 matches ; Swadhinata KS
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches ; Fortis FC
Longest winless run	22 matches ; Victoria SC
Longest losing run	6 matches ; Victoria SC
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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]

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:

To BCL

Relegated from BPL

Promoted from Dhaka Senior Division League

From BCL

Promoted to BPL

Relegated to Dhaka Senior Division League

Soccer Club Feni

^ 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	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	Relegation to 2021–22 First Division Football League

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
8	Shawkat Hossen	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	7
10	Naim Uddin	Swadhinata KS	6
	Abdullah Al Mamun	NoFeL SC
	Jakir Hossain Ziku	Fortis FC

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Emon Hossen	Kawran Bazar PS	Victoria SC	5–0	10 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

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date
Tutul	Fakirerpool YMC	Fortis FC	2–1	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
7	Khandaker Saad Ishtiaque	Fakirerpool YMC	7
9	Jahid Hasan Rabbi	Uttara FC	6
10	Sujon Chowdhury	Wari Club	5

References

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

[1] Islam, Rakibul (2021-02-07). "আজ মাঠে গড়াচ্ছে চ্যাম্পিয়নশীপ লীগ". অফসাইড. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

[2] "চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ টিএন্ডটিকে ছাড়াই". Jugantor. Retrieved 2021-04-06.

[3] Islam, Rakibul (2021-07-18). "বিসিএলে চ্যাম্পিয়ন স্বাধীনতা ক্রীড়া সংঘ". অফসাইড. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

[4] "BCL kicks off February". UNB. 6 January 2021.

[5] চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ শুরু ৭ ফেব্রুয়ারি. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-01-30.

[6] "BCL 2019-20 season suspended". Dhaka Tribune. May 20, 2020.

[7] Islam, Rakibul (2021-05-04). "৩১ মে থেকে শুরু বিসিএল এর দ্বিতীয় পর্ব!". অফসাইড. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

[8] Islam, Rakibul (2021-05-26). "শেষ হলো বিসিএলের দ্বিতীয় পর্বের দলবদল!". অফসাইড. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

[9] আর ফুটবল খেলবে না বিজেএমসি. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 24 February 2020.

[:0-11] "Bangladesh Championship League 2020/2021 - Results, fixtures, tables and stats - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

[12] "Bangladesh Football Federation on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.^{[user-generated source]}

[13] Islam, Rakibul (2021-06-10). "বিসিএলে কাওরান বাজার ও অগ্রণী ব্যাংকের বড় জয়!". অফসাইড. Retrieved 2021-06-11.

[14] "Bangladesh Football Federation on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-27.^{[user-generated source]}

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