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2025–26 Bangladesh Football League

Bangladesh Football League
Season2025–26
Dates26 September 2025 – 24 April 2026
CountryBangladesh
Teams10
Matches45
Goals111 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer10 goals:
Brazil Dorielton (Bashundhara Kings)
Biggest home winBashundhara Kings 5–0 Rahmatganj MFS (29 November)
Biggest away winFakirerpool 0–5 Dhaka Abahani (13 December)
Highest scoring6 goals:
Brothers Union 1–5 Bashundhara Kings (5 December)
Fakirerpool 3–3 Bashundhara Kings (3 January)
Longest winning run5 matches:
Bashundhara Kings (20 October – 12 December)
Longest unbeaten run7 matches:
Fortis FC (24 November – 3 January)
Longest winless run7 matches:
PWD SC (25 November – 3 January)
Longest losing run4 matches:
Arambagh (20 October – 6 December)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 3 January 2026.

The 2025–26 Bangladesh Football League, also known as the United Healthcare Bangladesh Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the 18th season of the country's top-tier Professional League since its establishment in 2007 and its first after being rebranded as the Bangladesh Football League. Mohammedan SC are the defending champions,[1] having won its 1st professional league title and 20th top-tier league title overall, ending a 22-year drought in 2024–25 season.[2][3][4][5][6]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025–26 Bangladesh Football League teams
Location of the Dhaka division football club tents and stadiums
2025–26 Bangladesh Football League clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Abahani Limited Cumilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium 18,000
Arambagh KS Manikganj Shaheed Miraj–Tapan Stadium 5,000
Bangladesh Police FC Gazipur Shaheed Barkat Stadium 5,000
Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Arena 6,000
Brothers Union Munshiganj Munshiganj Stadium 10,000
Fakirerpool YMC Manikganj Shaheed Miraj–Tapan Stadium 5,000
Fortis FC Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Arena 6,000
Mohammedan SC Cumilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium 18,000
Rahmatganj MFS Munshiganj Munshiganj Stadium 10,000
PWD Sports Club Gazipur Shaheed Barkat Stadium 5,000

Promotion/Relegation

Increase Promoted from 2024–25 BCL Decrease Relegated from 2024–25 BPL
PWD Sports Club

Arambagh KS

Chittagong Abahani

Dhaka Wanderers

Personnel, kits, sponsors

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Abahani Limited Bangladesh Maruful Haque Bangladesh Assaduzzaman Bablu
Arambagh KS Bangladesh Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon Bangladesh Md Rokey Sharif Metal
Bangladesh Police FC Bangladesh S. M. Asifuzzaman Bangladesh Manik Hossain Molla
Bashundhara Kings Argentina Mario Gómez Bangladesh Topu Barman Bashundhara Group
Brothers Union The Gambia Omar Sise Bangladesh Jamal Bhuyan 2WO Playwear
Fakirerpool YMC Bangladesh Sawpan Kumar Das Bangladesh Raficul Islam
Fortis FC Bangladesh Masud Parvez Kaiser The Gambia Pa Omar Babou TORR TORR Limited
Mohammedan SC Bangladesh Alfaz Ahmed Bangladesh Mehedi Hasan Mithu Wings
PWD Sports Club Bangladesh Md Anwar Hossain Bangladesh Sumon Kumar Das Designex
Rahmatganj MFS Bangladesh Kamal Babu The Gambia Solomon King Kanform

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming Coach Date of appointment
Bangladesh Police FC Germany Frank Bernhardt Mutual Consent May 2025 Pre-season Bangladesh S. M. Asifuzzaman[7] 21 July 2025
Bashundhara Kings Romania Valeriu Tița Mutual Consent 28 June 2025 Pre-season Brazil Sérgio Farias[8] 28 July 2025
Brazil Sérgio Farias[9] Signed by Duhok SC 11 August 2025 Pre-season Argentina Mario Gómez[10] 25 August 2025

Foreign players

Each team is allowed a maximum of five foreign players. A team could name four foreign players on the squad of each game. Also from this season, the footballers from South Asian Football Federation countries would count as local footballers.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Left Mid Season
Abahani Limited Brazil Bruno Matos Mali Souleymane Diabate Nigeria Emeka Ogbugh
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Arambagh Ghana Ben Quansah Ghana Kwame Kizito Ghana Shadrach Lantei-Mills India Prosenjit Chakraborty
Lebanon Haidar Awada
Nigeria Yaya John Denapo
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Bangladesh Police Brazil Danilo Quipapá Brazil Paulo Henrique The Gambia Foday Darboe Nigeria Moses Odo Uganda Shafiq Kagimu Nepal Kiran Chemjong
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Bhutan Orgyen Tshering Bhutan Sherub Dorji Nepal Ayush Ghalan
Bashundhara Kings Brazil Dorielton Nigeria Emmanuel Tony Agbaji Nigeria Sunday Emmanuel Brazil Raphael Augusto
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Brothers Union Guinea Ibrahima Barry Guinea Kerfala Kouyaté Guinea Mamoudou Conde Nigeria Samuel Chigozie Ononiwu Senegal Mouhamed Becaye Diarra Brazil Marcos Rudwere Silva
Ivory Coast Didier Brossou
Nepal Anjan Bista
Nepal Arik Bista
Nepal Sanish Shrestha
Nepal Yogesh Gurung
Nigeria Sunday Chizoba
Paraguay Fernando Presentado
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Pakistan Abdullah Shah Pakistan Alamgir Ghazi Pakistan Hayan Khattak Pakistan Shayak Dost Pakistan Umar Hayat
Fakierepool Ivory Coast Ouattara Ben Ibrahim Egypt Mostafa Kahraba Guinea Louis Lasana Beavogui Mali Fofana Abu Mohamed India Shubhajit Saha
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Fortis The Gambia Essa Jallow The Gambia Pa Omar Babou Nigeria Onyekachi Okafor
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Bhutan Dawa Tshering Nepal Ananta Tamang Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Mohammedan Ghana Bernard Morrison Ghana Emmanuel Eli Keke Ghana Samuel Boateng Uzbekistan Muzaffar Muzaffarov
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
PWD SC Brazil Jonathan Santana Ghana Kwadwo Acquah Ghana Kofi Junior Dabanka Russia Marat Devessa Tareck Ghana Anthony Amoh
Uzbekistan Akobir Turaev
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Bhutan Sangay Yoezer Pakistan Ali Uzair Pakistan Usman Ali
Rahmatganj The Gambia Adama Jammeh The Gambia Solomon King Kanform Ghana Andrews Kwadwo Appau Ghana Clement Adu Ghana Ernest Boateng
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Nepal Abhishek Limbu

Foreign players by confederation

Foreign players by confederation
AFC India (2),
  Nepal (3),
Lebanon (1),
Sri Lanka (1),
Bhutan (4)
Pakistan (8)
CAF Egypt (1),
Gambia (5),
Ghana (9),
Ivory Coast (1),
Mali (2),
Nigeria (7),
Uganda (1),
Guinea (3)
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL Brazil (5)
OFC
UEFA Russia (1)

Dual citizenship/heritage players

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6
Abahani Limited CanadaBangladesh Quazem Shah1 3
Arambagh
Bangladesh Police
Bashundhara Kings
Brothers Union DenmarkBangladesh Jamal Bhuyan1 3 NigeriaBangladesh Eleta Kingsley1 United StatesBangladesh Sanjay Karim 3 EnglandBangladesh Kasper Haque 3 SwedenBangladesh Ashik Rahman 3 SwedenBangladesh Anik Rahman 3
Fakirerpool ItalyBangladesh Bishal Das 3
Fortis
Mohammedan
PWD SC
Rahmatganj

Notes:

^1 Capped for Bangladesh national team.
^2 Capped for Bangladesh national football team age groups (U-17, U-20, and U-23)
^3 Carrying Bangladesh heritage.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bashundhara Kings 9 5 3 1 24 11 +13 18 Qualification for the AFC
Challenge League qualifying stage
2 Fortis 9 5 3 1 11 3 +8 18
3 Rahmatganj 9 4 3 2 12 11 +1 15
4 Bangladesh Police 9 3 5 1 9 6 +3 14
5 Dhaka Abahani 9 3 4 2 17 9 +8 13
6 Mohammedan 9 2 4 3 10 11 −1 10
7 Brothers Union 9 2 3 4 8 13 −5 9
8 Fakirerpool 9 2 3 4 9 18 −9 9
9 PWD 9 1 4 4 7 14 −7 7 Relegation for the
Bangladesh Championship League
10 Arambagh 9 1 2 6 4 15 −11 5
Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2026. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Results table

Home \ Away AKS BPFC BDK BUL DAL FYMC FFC MSC PWD RMFS
Arambagh — 0–3 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1
Bangladesh Police — 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Bashundhara Kings — 2–2 2–1 2–0 5–0
Brothers Union 0–1 1–5 — 2–0 1–1 0–0
Dhaka Abahani 3–0 2–0 1–2 — a 2–2
Fakirerpool 1–1 3–3 0–5 — 2–0 0–2
Fortis 0–0 0–0 3–0 — 2–0 2–0
Mohammedan 1–1 3–2 — 4–0 1–1
PWD SC 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 —
Rahmatganj 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2026. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Form

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
ArambaghDLLLLWDLL
Bangladesh PoliceWDDLDDWWD
Bashundhara KingsDWWWWWLDD
Brothers UnionLWWDLLLDD
Dhaka AbahaniDLLWDWDDW
FakirerpoolDLLWDLLWD
FortisWLDWDWWDW
MohammedanLDWLWLDDD
PWD SCDWLDLDDLL
RahmatganjDWWLWLWDD
Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2026. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Arambagh57910101091010
Bangladesh Police244666444
Bashundhara Kings321111111
Brothers Union963257877
Dhaka Abahani788774555
Fakirerpool69108891088
Fortis155332222
Mohammedan10107945666
PWD SC436598799
Rahmatganj812423333
Leader
Runners-up
Relegation to BCL
Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 2026. Source: Soccerway

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 111 goals scored in 45 matches, for an average of 2.47 goals per match (as of 3 January 2026). Source: Soccerway

10 goals
8 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Own goals

Hat-tricks

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match.

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Ghana Samuel Boateng Dhaka Mohammedan PWD SC (H) 4–0 6 December 2025 [11]

Most assists

As of 3 January 2026 (2026-01-03)
Rank Player Team Assists[12]
1
 The Gambia Solomon King Kanform Rahmatganj MFS
6
2
 Uganda Shafiq Kagimu Bangladesh Police
4
3
 Bangladesh Rakib Hossain Bashundhara Kings
3
Bangladesh Shekh Morsalin Dhaka Abahani

Clean sheets by goalkeepers

As of 3 January 2026 (2026-01-03)
Rank Player[12] Club Matches Cleansheets Clean sheets %
1 Sri Lanka Sujan Perera Fortis FC 9 7 77.78%
2 Bangladesh Mitul Marma Dhaka Abahani 9 5 55.56%
3 Bangladesh Ishaque Akonddo Brothers Union 7 3 42.86%
Bangladesh Rakibul Hasan Tushar Bangladesh Police 7 3 42.86%
Bangladesh Anisur Rahman Zico Bashundhara Kings 8 3 37.50%
Bangladesh Mamun Alif Rahmatganj MFS 9 3 33.33%

Teams with the most Clean Sheets

As of 3 January 2026
Rank Clubs Matches Cleansheets[13] Clean sheets %
1 Fortis FC 9 7 77.78%
2 Dhaka Abahani 9 5 55.56%
3 Bangladesh Police FC 9 4 44.44%
4 Bashundhara Kings 9 3 33.33%
Brothers Union 9 3 33.33%
PWD Sports Club 9 3 33.33%
Rahmatganj MFS 9 3 33.33%
8 Mohammedan 9 2 22.22%
9 Arambagh KS 9 1 11.11%
Fakirerpool 9 1 11.11%

Teams total Goals Scored

As of 3 January 2026
Rank Clubs Matches Goals Scored[14]
1 Bashundhara Kings 9 24
2 Abahani Limited Dhaka 9 17
3 Rahmatganj MFS 9 12
4 Fortis FC 9 11
5 Mohammedan SC 9 10
6 Bangladesh Police FC 9 9
Fakirerpool YMC 9 9
7 Brothers Union 9 8
8 PWD Sports Club 9 7
9 Arambagh KS 9 4

Teams total Goals Conceded

As of 3 January 2026
Rank Clubs Matches Goals Conceded[15]
1 Fakirerpool YMC 9 18
2 Arambagh KS 9 15
3 PWD Sports Club 9 14
4 Brothers Union 9 13
5 Bashundhara Kings 9 11
Mohammedan SC 9 11
Rahmatganj MFS 9 11
6 Abahani Limited Dhaka 9 9
7 Bangladesh Police FC 9 6
8 Fortis FC 9 3

Discipline

Player

As of 3 January 2026 (2026-01-03)
3 yellow cards
1 red card

Clubs

  • Yellow card Yellow cards:
As of 3 January 2026 (2026-01-03)
Rank Club Yellow cards[12]
1 Rahmatganj MFS 21
2 PWD Sports Club 19
3 Bangladesh Police 16
4 Bashundhara Kings 15
Brothers Union 15
6 Abahani Limited Dhaka 13
Arambagh KS 13
8 Fortis FC 12
9 Fakirerpool YMC 10
10 Mohammadan SC 9
Total 143
  • Red card Red cards:
As of 3 January 2026 (2026-01-03)
Rank Club Red cards/Sent off[12]
1 Bangladesh Police FC 1
Rahmatganj MFS 1
Abahani Limited Dhaka 1
Fortis FC 1
Fakirerpool YMC 1
Mohammedan SC 1
Total 6

See also

References

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  2. ^ "আসন্ন মৌসুমে কমছে বিদেশী, ডাগআউটে থাকবে না বাফুফের কমিটি সদস্যরা". www.offsidebangladesh.com (in Bengali). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ^ "নতুন মৌসুমের সূচি ও টিকিট বিতর্ক নিয়ে জরুরি বৈঠক বাফুফের". www.rupalibangladesh.com (in Bengali). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. ^ "তিন ঘণ্টায় বাফুফের তিন সভা". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ^ "দেশের ফুটবলে আগামী মৌসুমে রেকর্ড পাঁচ টুর্নামেন্ট". www.prothomalo.com (in Bengali). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  6. ^ "ঘরোয়া ফুটবলে প্রথমবার এক মৌসুমে হবে পাঁচটি আসর". www.jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  7. ^ "বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাবের নতুন কোচ এস এম আসিফুজ্জামান". dmpnews.org. July 21, 2025.
  8. ^ "Bashundhara Kings appoint Sergio Farias as the new head coach". daily-sun. July 10, 2025.
  9. ^ Report, Star Sports (August 12, 2025). "Kings without a head coach for AFC Challenge League!". The Daily Star.
  10. ^ "বসুন্ধরা কিংসের ডাগআউটে নতুন আর্জেন্টাইন কোচ". banglanews24.com. August 25, 2025.
  11. ^ "Boateng hattrick lifts Mohammedan". The Daily Star. 6 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d "BFL 2025–26 most assists statistics". www.soccerway.com. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. ^ "2025–26 BPL Team with most clean sheets statistics". footystats.org. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  14. ^ "2025–26 BPL Team total Goals Scored". footystats.org. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  15. ^ "2025–26 BPL Team total Goals Conceded". footystats.org. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
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