2025–26 Bengal Super League

Bengal Super League
Season2025–26
Dates14 December 2025 – 1 February 2026
ChampionsHowrah Hooghly Warriors (1st title)
Matches61
Goals163 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerPaulo Cezar

Richmond Kwasi

(11 goals each)
Best goalkeeperSourav Samanta
Highest scoring8-1
North Bengal United vs Medinipur
Longest winning run4 matches
Burdwan Blasters
Sundarban Bengal Auto
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
JHR Royal City
Longest winless run11 matches
Kopa Tigers Birbhum
Longest losing run7 matches
Medinipur
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 1 February 2026.

The 2025–26 Bengal Super League was the inaugural season of the Bengal Super League, a men's professional franchise football league in West Bengal, India. It is organised by the Indian Football Association (IFA) and Shrachi Sports. It featured 8 clubs and held matches across West Bengal.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Clubs

Locations of the BSL clubs
Club City Stadium Capacity
Burdwan Blasters[a] Bardhaman Spandan Stadium 4,000
Howrah Hooghly Warriors[b] Howrah Sailen Manna Stadium 15,000
JHR Royal City[c] Malda DSA Malda Stadium 15,000
Berhampore Berhampore Stadium 5,000
Kopa Tigers Birbhum[d] Bolpur Bolpur Stadium 15,000
Medinipur Midnapore Sri Aurobindo Stadium 10,000
North 24 Parganas Naihati Bankimanjali Stadium 25,000
North Bengal United Siliguri Kanchenjunga Stadium 40,000
Sundarban Bengal Auto Canning Canning Sports Complex 12,000
  1. ^ The club is based in Bardhaman but will play its home games in Bolpur.
  2. ^ The club is based in Howrah but will play two home games in Kalyani.
  3. ^ The club will play first four home games in Malda and last three in Berhampore.
  4. ^ The club is based in Bolpur but will play one home game in Kalyani.

Personnel and sponsorship

Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Burdwan Blasters Sandip Nandy Deep Halder
Howrah Hooghly Warriors José Barreto Avilash Paul Trak Only Jaya Industries
JHR Royal City Saheed Ramon Salman Kalliyath Hanzala Interior Designer JHR Group
Kopa Tigers Birbhum Georgi Raev Komron Tursunov Trak Only Accompany Group
Medinipur Jayanta Sen Nuhu Seidu Issahak Trak Only
North 24 Parganas Goutam Ghosh Tarak Hembram Trak Only
North Bengal United Biswajit Bhattacharya Amit Chakraborty Silco
Sundarban Bengal Auto Mehtab Hossain Sena Ralte Trak Only TVS Apache Series

Foreign players

Clubs must include a minimum of seven state-grown players, including under-19 footballers, along with up to two foreign and two outstation players in the playing XI.[8]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Burdwan Blasters Komenan Issifou Modou Mbengue Christopher Chizoba Latif Kiyemba
Howrah Hooghly Warriors Paulo Cézar William Sessegnon Seila Toure
JHR Royal City Adama Coulibaly Alê Júnior João Vitor De Paula Tchê Tchê
Kopa Tigers Birbhum Komron Tursunov
Medinipur Nuhu Seidu Issahak Kwame Oppong Sie Outtara Raymond Onyai
North 24 Parganas Joshua Quintana Ortuzar
North Bengal United Ebenezer Amoh Abdul Samed Ango
Sundarban Bengal Auto Suleman Mohammed Richmond Kwasi Henry Kisekka

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 JHR Royal City 14 7 6 1 22 5 +17 27 Advance to semi-finals
2 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 14 8 3 3 29 16 +13 27
3 Sundarban Bengal Auto 14 7 3 4 20 11 +9 24
4 North 24 Parganas 14 6 5 3 19 13 +6 23
5 North Bengal United 14 6 2 6 18 12 +6 20
6 Burdwan Blasters 14 5 4 5 18 16 +2 19
7 Medinipur 14 2 2 10 11 39 −28 8
8 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 14 1 3 10 10 35 −25 6
Updated to match(es) played on 28 January 2026. Source: Bengal Super League

Penalty shootout table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 North 24 Parganas 14 8 5 1 0 0 0 29 Penalty shoot-out Cup Winners
2 North Bengal United 14 7 3 4 0 0 0 24
3 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 14 6 5 3 0 0 0 23
4 Medinipur 14 4 5 5 0 0 0 17
5 Sundarban Bengal Auto 14 4 5 5 0 0 0 17
6 Burdwan Blasters 14 4 4 6 0 0 0 16
7 JHR Royal City 14 4 4 6 0 0 0 16
8 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 14 1 5 8 0 0 0 8
Updated to match(es) played on 28 January 2026. Source: Bengal Super League

Results

Home \ Away BUB HHW JRC KTB MED NPG NBU SBA
BUB — 4–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–2
HHW 2–1 — 0–0 3–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 1–2
JRC 3–0 1–1 — 2–0 6–1 2–0 3–1 0–1
KTB 1–3 0–4 1–4 — 5–1 1–1 1–2 0–7
MED 1–4 0–5 0–0 1–0 — 1–2 1–8 0–2
NPG 1–1 1–2 0–2 4–0 2–1 — 2–1 1–1
NBU 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 — 1–0
SBA 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2026. Source: Bengal Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

Match1234567891011121314
Burdwan BlastersLDLLLWWWWDWDLD
JHR Royal CityWLWWWDDWDDDWWD
Howrah Hooghly WarriorsWWLWWLDWWWDLWD
Kopa Tigers BirbhumLLLDLDLLLLLDLW
MedinipurLDLLWDWLLLLLLL
North 24 ParganasWLWLDDWLWDWDDW
North Bengal UnitedLWWDLWLLDWWLWL
Sundarban Bengal AutoWWWWDLLWLDWLWD
Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2026. Source: Bengal Super League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314
Burdwan Blasters56777775555666
JHR Royal City34322111222222
Howrah Hooghly Warriors21433332111311
Kopa Tigers Birbhum88888888888888
Medinipur67666667777777
North 24 Parganas13254544444444
North Bengal United75545456666555
Sundarban Bengal Auto42111223333133
Updated to match(es) played on 9 January 2025. Source: Bengal Super League

Matches

Round 1

14 December 2025 JHR Royal City 3–1 North Bengal United Malda
16:00
  • Hansda 30', 90+7' (pen.)
  • João Vitor De Paula 26'
 Report
  • Adama Coulibaly 50' (o.g.)
 Stadium: DSA Malda Stadium
Player of the Match: Robi Hansda (JHR Royal City)
15 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters 1–2 Sundarban Bengal Auto Bolpur
13:00
Report
  • Richmond Kwasi 72'
  • Aqib Nawab 77'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Aqib Nawab (Sundarban Bengal Auto)
15 December 2025 North 24 Parganas 4–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Naihati
16:00
  • Tanmoy Ghosh 16'
  • Mrinmoy Mahapatra 29'
  • Zomuansanga 85'
  • Kuntal Pakhira 86'
 Report Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Player of the Match: Tanmoy Ghosh (North 24 Parganas)
16 December 2025 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 3–1 Medinipur Howrah
13:00
  • Paulo Cézar 55', 67' (pen.)
  • Koustav Dutta 85'
 Report
  • Sudip Das 1'
 Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
Player of the Match: Paulo Cézar (Howrah Hooghly Warriors)

Round 2

17 December 2025 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 1–2 North Bengal United Bolpur
13:00
  • Akash Mondal 43'
 Report
  • Shlok Tiwari 18', 38'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Shlok Tiwari (North Bengal United)
17 December 2025 JHR Royal City 0–1 Sundarban Bengal Auto Malda
16:00 Report
  • Richmond Kwasi 79'
 Stadium: DSA Malda Stadium
Player of the Match: Richmond Kwasi (Sundarban Bengal Auto)
18 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters 1–1 Medinipur Bolpur
13:00
  • Mbengue Modou 44'
 Report
  • Somnath Pramanick 63'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Sudip Kumar Das (Medinipur)
19 December 2025 North 24 Parganas 1–2 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Naihati
13:00
  • Kuntal Pakhira 13'
 Report
  • Akash Das 45+3'
  • Sahil Harijan 81'
 Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Player of the Match: Kuntal Pakhira (North 24 Parganas)

Round 3

19 December 2025 JHR Royal City 2–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Malda
16:00
Report Stadium: DSA Malda Stadium
Player of the Match: Sajan Sahani (JHR Royal City)
20 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters 0–2 North Bengal United Bolpur
13:00 Report
  • Sanju Santra 26'
  • David Motla 61'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Sanju Santra (North Bengal United)
21 December 2025 North 24 Parganas 2–1 Medinipur Naihati
16:00
  • Tarak Hembram 12', 76'
 Report
  • Asish 44'
 Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Player of the Match: Tarak Hembram (North 24 Parganas)
22 December 2025 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 1–2 Sundarban Bengal Auto Kalyani
16:00
  • Jiyabul Hossain 20'
 Report
  • Aquib Nawab 29' (pen.)
  • Kwasi Richmond 37'
 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Player of the Match: Subrata Santra (Sundarban Bengal Auto)

Round 4

22 December 2025 JHR Royal City 3–0 Burdwan Blasters Malda
13:00
Report Stadium: DSA Malda Stadium
Player of the Match: Jota (JHR Royal City)
23 December 2025 North Bengal United 0–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Siliguri
13:00 Report Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Player of the Match: Ebenezer Amoh (North Bengal United)
24 December 2025 Medinipur 0–2 Sundarban Bengal Auto Midnapore
13:00 Report
  • Md. Tafique 5'
  • Richmond Kwasi 9'
 Stadium: Aurobindo Stadium
Player of the Match: Md. Tafique (Sundarban Bengal Auto)
25 December 2025 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 3–2 North 24 Parganas Kalyani
16:00
  • Sahil Harijan 27'
  • William Sessegnon 44'
  • Paulo Cézar 90+4'
 Report
  • Quintana Ortuzar 33'
  • Ankan Bhattacharjee 57'
 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Player of the Match: Paulo Cézar (Howrah Hooghly Warriors)

Round 5

26 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters 0–1 JHR Royal City Bolpur
13:00
Report Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Adama Coulibaly (JHR Royal City)
27 December 2025 North 24 Parganas 1–1 Sundarban Bengal Auto Naihati
13:00
  • Zomuansanga 90+1'
 Report
  • Aquib Nawab 47'
 Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Player of the Match: Zomuansanga (North 24 Parganas)
27 December 2025 Medinipur 1–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Midnapore
16:00
  • Arpan Seth 49'
 Report Stadium: Aurobindo Stadium
Player of the Match: Arpan Seth (Medinipur)
28 December 2025 North Bengal United 1–2 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Siliguri
13:00
  • Ebenezer Amoh 19'
 Report
  • Paulo Cézar 49'
  • David Singh Lourembam 78'
 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Player of the Match: David Singh Lourembam (Howrah Hooghly Warriors)

Round 6

29 December 2025 Medinipur 0–0 JHR Royal City Midnapore
13:00 Report Stadium: Aurobindo Stadium
Player of the Match: Sudip Kumar Das (Medinipur)
30 December 2025 North Bengal United 1–0 Sundarban Bengal Auto Siliguri
13:00
  • Abdul Samed Ango 90+4'
 Report Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Player of the Match: Raja Barman (North Bengal United)
30 December 2025 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 1–1 North 24 Parganas Bolpur
16:00
  • Marshal Hembram 42'
 Report
  • Rohmingthanga 29'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Tarak Hembram (North 24 Parganas)
31 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters 4–1 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Bolpur
13:00
Report
  • Faiz Khan 80'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Christopher Chizoba (Burdwan Blasters)

Round 7

1 January 2026 Sundarban Bengal Auto 0–2 Medinipur Canning
13:00 Report
  • Sudip Kumar Das 45+3'
  • Kush 81'
 Stadium: Canning Sports Complex
Player of the Match: Sayan Roy (Medinipur)
2 January 2026 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 0–0 JHR Royal City Howrah
13:00 Report Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
Player of the Match: Avilash Paul (Howrah Hooghly Warriors)
2 January 2026 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 1–3 Burdwan Blasters Bolpur
16:00
  • Marshal Hembram 8'
 Report
Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Latif Kiyemba (Burdwan Blasters)
3 January 2026 North Bengal United 0–1 North 24 Parganas Siliguri
13:00 Report
  • Zomuansanga 81'
 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Player of the Match: Zomuansanga (North 24 Parganas)

Round 8

4 January 2026 Sundarban Bengal Auto 2–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Canning
13:00
  • Richmond Kwasi 6'
  • Aquib Nawab 38'
 Report Stadium: Canning Sports Complex
Player of the Match: Richmond Kwasi (Sundarban Bengal Auto)
5 January 2026 North 24 Parganas 0–2 JHR Royal City Naihati
13:00 Report
  • Hansda 21'
  • Riswan Shoukath 51'
 Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Player of the Match: Sourav Samanta (JHR Royal City)
5 January 2026 North Bengal United 0–1 Burdwan Blasters Siliguri
16:00 Report
  • Latif Kiyemba 28'
 Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Player of the Match: Latif Kiyemba (Burdwan Blasters)
6 January 2026 Medinipur 0–5 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Midnapore
13:00 Report
  • Koustav Dutta 16', 72'
  • Paulo Cézar 26'
  • Mallick 61'
  • Subhradip 90+3'
 Stadium: Aurobindo Stadium
Player of the Match: Koustav Dutta (Howrah Hooghly Warriors)

Round 9

7 January 2026 North Bengal United 0–0 JHR Royal City Siliguri
16:00 Report Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Player of the Match: David Motla (North Bengal United)
8 January 2026 Medinipur 1–2 North 24 Parganas Midnapore
13:00
  • Sie Outtara 9'
 Report
  • Amit 14'
  • Zoumansanga 35'
 Stadium: Aurobindo Stadium
Player of the Match: Ankan Bhattacharya (North 24 Parganas)
8 January 2026 Sundarban Bengal Auto 0–1 Burdwan Blasters Canning
16:00 Report
Stadium: Canning Sports Complex
9 January 2026 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 3–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Howrah
13:00
  • Faiz Iftikar 74'
  • Adarsh Tamang 78' (pen.)
  • Sk. Jiyabul 89'
 Report Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
Player of the Match: Adarsh Tamang (Howrah Hooghly Warriors)

Round 10

10 January 2026 North Bengal United 1–0 Medinipur Siliguri
13:00
  • David Motla 55'
 Report Stadium: Kanchenjunga Stadium
Player of the Match: Raja Barman (North Bengal United)
11 January 2026 Sundarban Bengal Auto 0–0 JHR Royal City Canning
13:00 Report Stadium: Canning Sports Complex
Player of the Match: Faisal Ali (JHR Royal City)
11 January 2026 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 0–4 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Bolpur
16:00 Report
  • Toure 10'
  • Paswan 63'
  • Lourembam David Singh 73'
  • Aman 87'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
12 January 2026 Burdwan Blasters 0–0 North 24 Parganas Bolpur
16:00 Report Stadium: Bolpur Stadium

Round 11

13 January 2026 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 0–7 Sundarban Bengal Auto Bolpur
13:00 Report Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
14 January 2026 JHR Royal City 1–1 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Kalyani
13:00 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
26 January 2026 North 24 Parganas 2–1 North Bengal United Naihati
13:00 Report Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
15 January 2026 Medinipur 1–4 Burdwan Blasters Midnapore
13:00 Report Stadium: Aurobindo Stadium

Round 12

16 January 2026 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 0–1 North Bengal United Howrah
13:00 Report Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
17 January 2026 JHR Royal City 6–1 Medinipur Kalyani
13:00 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
17 January 2026 Burdwan Blasters 1–1 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Bolpur
16:00 Report Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
18 January 2026 Sundarban Bengal Auto 0–2 North 24 Parganas Canning
13:00 Report Stadium: Canning Sports Complex

Round 13

19 January 2026 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 1–4 JHR Royal City Bolpur
13:00 Report Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
24 January 2026 Medinipur 1–8 North Bengal United Kalyani
13:00 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
20 January 2026 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 2–1 Burdwan Blasters Naihati
13:00 Report Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
21 January 2026 JHR Royal City 0–0 North 24 Parganas Naihati
13:00 Report Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium

Round 14

21 January 2026 Sundarban Bengal Auto 1–0 North Bengal United Canning
16:00 Report Stadium: Canning Sports Complex
22 January 2026 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 5–1 Medinipur Bolpur
13:00 Report Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
23 January 2026 North 24 Parganas 1–1 Burdwan Blasters Naihati
13:00 Report Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
23 January 2026 Sundarban Bengal Auto 2–2 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Canning
16:00 Report Stadium: Canning Sports Complex

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
1 JHR Royal City 0 3 3
4 North 24 Parganas 1 0 1
1 JHR Royal City 2
2 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 3
2 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 4 0 4
3 Sundarban Bengal Auto 3 0 3

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 28 January, and the second legs were played on 30 January 2026.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
JHR Royal City 3–1 North 24 Parganas 0–1 3–0
Howrah Hooghly Warriors 4–3 Sundarban Bengal Auto 4–3 0–0

Leg 1

JHR Royal City0–1North 24 Parganas
Howrah Hooghly Warriors4–3Sundarban Bengal Auto
  • Paulo 41' (pen.), 45+4', 88'
  • Faiz 66'
  • Kwasi 54', 74'
  • Kipgen 89'

Leg 2

Sundarban Bengal Auto0–0Howrah Hooghly Warriors
North 24 Parganas0–3JHR Royal City
  • Sourav 24'
  • Jota 80'
  • Amil Naim 90'

Final

JHR Royal City2–3 (a.e.t.)Howrah Hooghly Warriors
  • Kisku 45'
  • Sumit 90+2'
  • Seila 33'
  • Gayen 58'
  • Koustav 120'

Season awards

Award Player Club
Top scorer Paulo Cézar Howrah Hooghly Warriors
Richmond Kwasi Sundarban Bengal Auto
Best player Adama Coulibaly JHR Royal City
Best emerging player (U19) Aman Yadav Howrah Hooghly Warriors
Best goalkeeper Sourav Samanta JHR Royal City
Penalty shoot-out cup N/a North 24 Parganas
Fair play N/a North Bengal United

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of February 2025
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Paulo Cezar 11
1 Richmond Kwasi 11

See also

References

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