2020–21 Bashundhara Kings season

The 2020–21 season is Bashundhara Kings's 8th season as a football club since its creation in 2013, and its 3rd consecutive season in the top-flight.[3][4] In addition to domestic league, Bashundhara participated on this season's edition of Federation Cup and AFC Cup.[5] The season covered the period from December 2020 to September 2021, with the late ending to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[6]

Bashundhara Kings
2020–21 season
OwnerBashundhara Group
PresidentBangladesh Imrul Hassan[1]
Head coachSpain Óscar Bruzón
StadiumShaheed Dhirendranath Stadium, Cumilla
Bangladesh Premier League1st of 13
Federation CupWinners [2]
Independence CupTBC
AFC CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Robinho (20)

All:
Robinho (23)
Biggest win6–0 Vs Uttar Baridhara Club
(30 April 2021)
Biggest defeat1–2 Vs Chittagong Abahani
(18 July 2021)
All statistics correct as of 24 August 2021.

Current squad edit

As of 14 May 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   BAN Mitul Hasan
2 DF   BAN Sushanto Tripura
3 DF   BAN Nurul Naium Faisal
4 DF   BAN Topu Barman (captain)
6 MF   BAN Emon Mahmud Babu
7 MF   BAN Masuk Mia Jony
8 MF   BRA Fernandes
9 FW   ARG Raúl Becerra
10 FW   BRA Robinho (on loan from Fluminense)
11 FW   BAN Tawhidul Alam Sabuz
12 DF   BAN Bishwanath Ghosh
13 MF   BAN Atiqur Rahman Fahad
14 DF   BAN Yeasin Khan
15 MF   BAN Biplu Ahmed
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   BAN Mahbubur Rahman Sufil
18 MF   BAN Sheikh Alamgir Kabir Rana
19 MF   BAN Mohammad Ibrahim
20 FW   BAN Eleta Kingsley
21 FW   BAN Rasel Ahmed
22 GK   BAN Anisur Rahman Zico
29 FW   BAN Motin Mia
32 GK   BAN Mehedi Hasan
36 GK   BAN Hamidur Rahman Remon
40 DF   BAN Tariq Kazi
41 FW   BAN Obaidur Rahman Nawbab
44 DF   IRN Khaled Shafiei
49 DF   BAN Tareq Miah
58 MF   BAN Mahdi Khan
71 FW   BAN Rimon Hossain
99 MF   BAN Fahim Morshed

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

No. Pos Player Previous club Fee Date Source
8 MF   Jonathan Fernandes   Botafogo Free 21 August 2020 [7]
44 DF   Khaled Shafiei   Saipa F.C. Free 30 October 2020 [8]
9 FW   Raúl Becerra   Umm Salal SC Free 31 October 2020 [9]
58 MF   Mahdi Khan   Sporting Bengal United F.C. Free 21 December 2020
20 FW   Eleta Kingsley   Arambagh KS Free 1 April 2021 [10]
41 FW   Obidur Rahman Nawbab   Al-Duhail SC Free 8 April 2021 [11]

Loans in edit

No. Pos Player Transferred from Fee Date Source
10 FW   Robinho   Fluminense Free 5 August 2020 [12]

Transfers out edit

No. Pos Player Moved to Fee Date Source
91 DF   Akhtam Nazarov   FC Istiklol Free 12 June 2020 [13]
35 DF   Nicolás Delmonte   Zamora CF Free 13 June 2020 [14]
26 FW   Daniel Colindres   Saprissa Free 11 June 2020 [15]
20 MF   Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov   FC Abdysh-Ata Kant Free 12 June 2020 [16]
28 FW   Hernan Barcos   A.C.R. Messina Free 31 October 2020 [17]
27 FW   Nihat Jaman Ucchash   Arambagh KS Free 3 November 2020
88 MF   Robiul Hasan   Dhaka Mohammedan ৳1500000 ($17700) 17 April 2021 [18]

Pre-season & friendlies edit

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void or Postponed   Fixtures

Maldives tour edit

In 2020, Bashundhara Kings were going to play two friendlies against TC Sports Club and Maziya S&RC as a part of pre-season camp in Maldives, but later cancelled.[19]

October 2020 TC Sports Club   Cancelled Bashundhara Kings   Maldives
October 2020 Maziya S&RC   Cancelled Bashundhara Kings   Maldives

Friendly edit

1 December 2020 Bashundhara Kings 2–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Bangladesh
Stadium: Bashundhara Sports Complex Ground
6 June 2021 Bashundhara Kings 4–1 Uttar Baridhara Club Bangladesh
  • Nawab    
    Becerra    
Report
  • Sujon Biswas
Stadium: Bashundhara Sports Complex Ground
15 June 2021 Bashundhara Kings 2–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Dhaka
Report Stadium: Bashundhara Sports Complex Ground
19 June 2021 Bashundhara Kings 1–0 Sheikh Russel KC Dhaka
Report Stadium: Bashundhara Sports Complex Ground

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
BPL 13 January 2021 20 September 2021 Matchday 1 Winner 23 20 2 1 57 10 +47 086.96
Federation Cup 22 December 2020 10 January 2021 Group stage Winner 5 5 0 0 10 1 +9 100.00
Independence Cup September 2021 October 2021 Group stage Did not held 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !
AFC Cup 18 August 2021 24 August 2021 Group stage Group !
Total 28 25 2 1 67 11 +56 089.29

Last updated: 20 September 2021
Source: Competitions

Federation Cup edit

Group stage edit

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bashundhara Kings 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 6 Knockout-stage
2 Chittagong Abahani 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3 Rahmatganj MFS 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4 0
Source: Soccerway

Knockout phage edit

7 January 2021 Semi-final Bashundhara Kings 3–1 (a.e.t.) Dhaka Abahani Dhaka
16:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Sujit Banarjee (Bangladesh)

Premier League edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bashundhara Kings (C, Q) 24 21 2 1 60 10 +50 65 Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage
2 Sheikh Jamal DC[a] 24 15 7 2 53 28 +25 52
3 Dhaka Abahani (Q) 24 13 8 3 65 29 +36 47 Qualification for AFC Cup qualifying play-offs
4 Saif Sporting Club 24 14 2 8 48 37 +11 44
5 Chittagong Abahani 24 13 5 6 38 28 +10 44
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheikh Jamal cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they were not granted an AFC Cup license for 2022.[20]


Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
23 20 2 1 57 10  +47 62 9 1 1 28 6  +22 11 1 0 29 4  +25

Last updated: 20 September 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHA-AHAHAHAHAAH
ResultWWWWWWWDWWWW-WWWWWLWWWWD
Position211111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2021 (2021-09-20). Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches edit

13 January 2021 Round 1 Bashundhara Kings 2–0 Uttar Baridhara Dhaka
16:00 BST Becerra   35'
Ibrahim   55'
Report Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
19 January 2021 Round 2 Bangladesh Police FC 1–2 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
15:30 BST Touré   42' Report Robinho   16', 45+1' Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
23 January 2021 Round 3 Bashundhara Kings 1–0 Brothers Union Cumilla
15:00 BST Robinho   63' Report Stadium: Comilla Stadium
27 January 2021 Round 4 Rahmatganj MFS 0–3 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
18:00 BST Report Robinho   34'(P)
Kiran   45+2'(O.G)
Tawhidul Alam Sabuz   86'
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
1 February 2021 Round 5 Bashundhara Kings 4–1 Mohammedan Comilla
15:00 BST Becerra   10', 81'(P)
Robinho   45+1'
Fernandes   50'
Report Nurat   22' Stadium: Comilla Stadium
5 February 2021 Round 6 Chittagong Abahani 0–1 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
15:00 BST Report Sufil   62' Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
8 February 2021 Round 7 Bashundhara Kings 3–0 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Comilla
15:00 BST Robinho   9'
Becerra   44'
Sabuz   75'
Report Stadium: Comilla Stadium
14 February 2021 Round 8 Sheikh Jamal DC 0–0 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
15:30 BST Report Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
16 February 2021 Round 9 Bashundhara Kings 6–1 Arambagh KS Comilla
15:00 BST Becerra   3', 65', 74'
Robinho   32', 42', 77'
Report Nihat   16' Stadium: Comilla Stadium
20 February 2021 Round 10 Saif SC 1–2 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
15:30 BST John Okoli   18' Report Tawhidul Alam Sabuz   34'
Robinho   37'
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
24 February 2021 Round 11 Bashundhara Kings 4 – 0 Sheikh Russel KC Comilla
15:00 BST Becerra   23', 74'
Robinho  42', 83'
Report Stadium: Comilla Stadium
28 February 2021 Round 12 Dhaka Abahani 1–4 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
16:00 BST
  • Chowdhury  56'
  • Belfort   82' (P)
Report Becerra   18', 76'
Khaled Shafiei   25'
Fernandes   51'
Biplu  73'
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
30 April 2021 Round 14 Uttar Baridhara SC 0–6 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
16:00 BST Report
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Arisuz Rahman Sagor
4 May 2021 Round 15 Bashundhara Kings 2–0 Police FC Dhaka
19:00 BST
  84'
Sabuz   62'
Report
  • Joy  16'
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Bituraj Barua
7 May 2021 Round 16 Brothers Union 1–5 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
21:00 BST
  • F. Hasanboev   36'
  • Awala  71'
  • Oriaku  79'
Report Fernandes   21'
Robinho   45'   80'
Sabuz   59'   74'
M.Khan  83'
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Symoon Hasan Sany
27 June 2021 Round 17 Bashundhara Kings 2–1 Rahmatganj MFS Dhaka
17:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Mohammed Jalaluddin
30 June 2021 Round 18 Dhaka Mohammedan 0–1 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
16:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Jasim Akter
18 July 2021 Round 19 Bashundhara Kings 1–2 Chittagong Abahani Dhaka
16:30 BST
Report
  • M. Chinedu   39', 89'
  • M. Nayeem   49'
  • Rakib   51'
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Jasim Akhter
4 August 2021 Round 20 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 0–3 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
16:00 BST
  • B. Famoussa   68'
Report
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Jalal Uddin
9 August 2021 Round 21 Bashundhara Kings 2–0 Sheikh Jamal DC Dhaka
14:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Anisur Rahman
12 August 2021 Round 22 Arambagh KS 0–1 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
16:00 BST
  • R.Rony   84'
  • M. Molla   90+4'
Report
Stadium: BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Referee: Shohrab Hossain
14 September 2021 Round 23 Bashundhara Kings 3–0 Saif SC Dhaka
16:00 BST (UTC+6) Eleta   54'   63'
Tariq   70'
Robinho   80'
Report Rafi   17' Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Anisur Rahman
Note: This match was rescheduled from August to September due to Bashundhara Kings's 2021 AFC Cup group stage matches.
17 September 2021 Round 24 Sheikh Russel KC 0–1 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka
16:00 BST Report
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Mohammad Alamgir
Note: This match was rescheduled from August to September due to Bashundhara Kings's 2021 AFC Cup group stage matches.
20 September 2021 Round 25 Bashundhara Kings 1–1 Abahani Ltd. Dhaka Dhaka
16:00 BST
Report

M. Ridoy   36' Rayhan   81'

S. Uddin   90+3'
Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Referee: Bituraj Barua
Note: This match was rescheduled from August to September due to Bashundhara Kings's 2021 AFC Cup group stage matches.

AFC CUP edit

Group stage edit

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   ATK Mohun Bagan 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
2   Bashundhara Kings 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3   Bengaluru 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
4   Maziya (H) 3 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) 2021 AFC Cup group stage Bashundhara Kings   2–0   Maziya Malé, Maldives
22:00 BST (UTC+6)
Stats Report Stadium: National Football Stadium
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) 2021 AFC Cup group stage ATK Mohun Bagan   1–1   Bashundhara Kings Malé, Maldives
17:00 UTC+6
Stats Report
Stadium: National Football Stadium
Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

As of match played till 20 September 2021
Rank Player Position Total BPL AFC Cup Federation Cup Independence Cup
1   Robinho FW 24 21 1 2 0
2   Raúl Becerra FW 21 16 0 5 0
3   Fernandes MF 10 7 1 2 0
4   Tawhidul Alam Sabuz FW 6 6 0 0 0
5   Topu Barman DF 2 0 0 0
6   Mohammad Ibrahim MF 1 1 0 0 0
  Mahbubur Rahman Sufil FW 1 1 0 0 0
  Biplu Ahmed MF 1 1 0 0 0
  Khaled Shafiei DF 1 1 0 0 0
  Eleta Kingsley FW 1 1 0 0 0
Own goal 4 1 1 1 0
Total 71 58 3 10 0

Source: Matches

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