2025–26 Bangladesh Football League

Bangladesh Football League
Season2025–26
Dates26 September 2025 – 24 April 2026
CountryBangladesh
Teams10
ChampionsBashundhara Kings
Matches55
Goals141 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorer13 goals:
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 run8 matches:
Fortis FC (24 November – 7 March)
Longest winless run9 matches:
PWD SC (25 November – 14 March)
Longest losing run4 matches:
Arambagh (20 October – 6 December)
PWD SC (27 December – 14 March)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 14 March 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

Promoted from 2024–25 BCL 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 Maruful Haque Assaduzzaman Bablu
Arambagh KS Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon Md Rokey Sharif Metal
Bangladesh Police FC S. M. Asifuzzaman Manik Hossain Molla
Bashundhara Kings Mario Gómez Topu Barman Bashundhara Group
Brothers Union K.M. Zabid Hossain Jamal Bhuyan 2WO Playwear
Fakirerpool YMC Sawpan Kumar Das Raficul Islam
Fortis FC Masud Parvez Kaiser Pa Omar Babou TORR TORR Limited
Mohammedan SC Alfaz Ahmed Mehedi Hasan Mithu Wings
PWD Sports Club Md Anwar Hossain Sumon Kumar Das Designex
Rahmatganj MFS Kamal Babu Solomon King Kanform

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming Coach Date of appointment
Brothers Union Omar Sisse Demoted to assistant September 2025 Pre-season K.M. Zabid Hossain September 2025
Bangladesh Police FC Frank Bernhardt Mutual Consent May 2025 Pre-season S. M. Asifuzzaman[7] 21 July 2025
Bashundhara Kings Valeriu Tița Mutual Consent 28 June 2025 Pre-season Sérgio Farias[8] 28 July 2025
Sérgio Farias[9] Signed by Duhok SC 11 August 2025 Pre-season 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 Bruno Matos Souleymane Diabate Emeka Ogbugh
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Arambagh Ben Quansah Kwame Kizito Shadrach Lantei-Mills Prosenjit Chakraborty
Haidar Awada
Yaya John Denapo
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Bangladesh Police Danilo Quipapá Paulo Henrique Foday Darboe Moses Odo Shafiq Kagimu Kiran Chemjong
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Orgyen Tshering Sherub Dorji Ayush Ghalan
Bashundhara Kings Dorielton Emmanuel Tony Agbaji Sunday Emmanuel Raphael Augusto
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Brothers Union Ibrahima Barry Kerfala Kouyaté Mamoudou Conde Samuel Chigozie Ononiwu Mouhamed Becaye Diarra Marcos Rudwere Silva
Didier Brossou
Anjan Bista
Arik Bista
Sanish Shrestha
Yogesh Gurung
Sunday Chizoba
Fernando Presentado
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Abdullah Shah Alamgir Ghazi Hayyaan Khattak Shayak Dost Umar Hayat
Fakierepool Ouattara Ben Ibrahim Mostafa Kahraba Louis Lansana Beavogui Fofana Abu Mohamed Shubhajit Saha
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Fortis Essa Jallow Pa Omar Babou Onyekachi Okafor
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Dawa Tshering Ananta Tamang Sujan Perera
Mohammedan Bernard Morrison Emmanuel Eli Keke Samuel Boateng Muzaffar Muzaffarov
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
PWD SC Jonathan Santana Kwadwo Acquah Kofi Junior Dabanka Marat Devessa Tareck Anthony Amoh
Akobir Turaev
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
Sangay Yoezer Ali Uzair Usman Ali
Rahmatganj Adama Jammeh Solomon King Kanform Andrews Kwadwo Appau Clement Adu Ernest Boateng
SAFF Player 1 SAFF Player 2 SAFF Player 3 SAFF Player 4 SAFF Player 5
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 Quazem Shah1 3
Arambagh
Bangladesh Police
Bashundhara Kings
Brothers Union Jamal Bhuyan1 3 Eleta Kingsley1 Sanjay Karim 3 Kasper Haque 3 Ashik Rahman 3 Anik Rahman 3
Fakirerpool 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 11 7 3 1 29 13 +16 24 Qualification for the AFC
Challenge League qualifying stage
2 Fortis 11 6 3 2 15 7 +8 21
3 Dhaka Abahani 11 5 4 2 23 11 +12 19
4 Rahmatganj 11 5 3 3 16 15 +1 18
5 Bangladesh Police 11 3 7 1 11 8 +3 16
6 Mohammedan 11 2 5 4 12 14 −2 11
7 Brothers Union 11 2 4 5 10 16 −6 10
8 Fakirerpool 11 2 4 5 10 22 −12 10
9 Arambagh 11 2 3 6 8 16 −8 9 Relegation for the
Bangladesh Championship League
10 PWD 11 1 4 6 7 19 −12 7
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 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 1–1 0–1 0–1
Bangladesh Police — 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1
Bashundhara Kings — 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 5–0
Brothers Union 0–1 1–5 — 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0
Dhaka Abahani 3–0 2–0 1–2 — a 2–2 4–1
Fakirerpool 1–1 3–3 0–5 — 2–0 0–2
Fortis 0–0 2–3 0–0 3–0 — 2–0 2–0
Mohammedan 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–2 — 4–0 1–1
PWD SC 0–3 0–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 —
Rahmatganj 3–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 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
ArambaghDLLLLWDLLDW
Bangladesh PoliceWDDLDDWWDDD
Bashundhara KingsDWWWWWLDDWW
Brothers UnionLWWDLLLDDDL
Dhaka AbahaniDLLWDWDDWWW
FakirerpoolDLLWDLLWDDL
FortisWLDWDWWDWWL
MohammedanLDWLWLDDDLD
PWD SCDWLDLDDLLLL
RahmatganjDWWLWLWDDLW
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 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
Arambagh57910101091010109
Bangladesh Police24466644445
Bashundhara Kings32111111111
Brothers Union96325787777
Dhaka Abahani78877455533
Fakirerpool6910889108888
Fortis15533222222
Mohammedan1010794566666
PWD SC436598799910
Rahmatganj81242333354
Leader
Runners-up
Relegation to BCL
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2026. Source: Soccerway

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 141 goals scored in 55 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match (as of 14 March 2026). Source: Soccerway

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

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match.

Player Club Opponent Result Date Ref
Ashikur Rahman PWD SC Arambagh KS 0–3 14 March 2026

Hat-tricks

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match.

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Samuel Boateng Dhaka Mohammedan PWD SC (H) 4–0 6 December 2025 [11]
Dorielton Bashundhara Kings Fortis FC (A) 2–3 14 March 2026 [12]

Most assists

As of 14 March 2026 (2026-03-14)
Rank Player Team Assists[13]
1 Dorielton Bashundhara Kings 12
2 Rakib Hossain Abahani Limited Dhaka 8
3 Solomon King Kanform Rahmatganj MFS 6
Pa Omar Babou Fortis FC 6
4 Foysal Ahmed Fahim Bashundhara Kings 5

Clean sheets by goalkeepers

As of 14 March 2026 (2026-03-14)
Rank Player[13] Club Matches Cleansheets Clean sheets %
1 Sujan Perera Fortis FC 11 7 64.00
2 Mitul Marma Dhaka Abahani 11 5 45.00
3 Anisur Rahman Zico Bashundhara Kings 10 4 40.00
Mohamed Sujon Hossain Mohammedan SC 17 4 24.00
5 Mamun Alif Rahmatganj MFS 10 3 30.00

Teams with the most Clean Sheets

As of 14 March 2026
Rank Clubs Matches Cleansheets[14] Clean sheets %
1 Fortis FC 11 7 64.00
2 Dhaka Abahani 11 5 45.00
3 Bangladesh Police FC 11 4 36.00%
Bashundhara Kings 11 4 36.00%
Rahmatganj MFS 11 4 36.00%

Teams total Goals Scored

As of 14 March 2026
Rank Clubs Matches Goals Scored[15]
1 Bashundhara Kings 11 29
2 Abahani Limited Dhaka 11 23
3 Rahmatganj MFS 11 16
4 Fortis FC 11 15
5 Mohammedan SC 11 12

Teams total Goals Conceded

As of 14 March 2026
Rank Clubs Matches Goals Conceded[16]
1 Fakirerpool YMC 11 22
2 PWD Sports Club 11 19
3 Arambagh KS 11 16
Brothers Union 11 16
5 Rahmatganj MFS 11 15

Discipline

Players

As of 14 March 2026 (2026-03-14)
5 yellow cards
1 red card

Yellow cards statistics

  • Yellow cards:
As of 14 March 2026 (2026-03-14)
Rank Club Yellow cards[13]
1 Rahmatganj MFS 23
2 Bashundhara Kings 22
3 PWD Sports Club 21
4 Bangladesh Police FC 17
Brothers Union 17
5 Fortis FC 16
6 Arambagh KS 15
Abahani Limited Dhaka 15
7 Mohammadan SC 13
8 Fakirerpool YMC 12
Total 171

Red card statistics

  • Red cards:
As of 14 March 2026 (2026-03-14)
Rank Club Red cards/Sent off[13]
1 Fortis FC 2
2 Bangladesh Police FC 1
Rahmatganj MFS 1
Abahani Limited Dhaka 1
Fakirerpool YMC 1
Mohammedan SC 1
Total 7

See also

References

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