# 2020–21 Abahani Limited Dhaka season

The 2020–21 season was the Abahani Limited Dhaka's 13th consecutive season in the Bangladesh Premier League since initiation of the league, and 46th overall season in the top flight of Bangladeshi football. 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed due to the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. So beginning of this season was delayed.

## Season review
### Pre-season

Abahani Dhaka wasn’t so active in the transfer window as the club wanted to sign one or two new foreign players only. However, Brazilian defender Maílson Alves already left the club on a free transfer in September. In October, it was confirmed that the club will renew the contract of Portuguese head coach Mário Lemos. It was also confirmed that Abahani won't release any local player. Though they signed goalkeeper Shuhagh Hossain.

## Players

Dhaka Abahani Limited squad for 2020–21 season.
    As of 1 July 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BAN | Shahidul Alam Sohel |
| 2 | DF | BAN | Raihan Hasan |
| 3 | DF | BAN | Waly Faisal |
| 4 | DF | BAN | Nasiruddin Chowdhury |
| 5 | DF | BAN | Tutul Hossain Badsha |
| 6 | MF | BAN | Mamunul Islam |
| 7 | MF | BAN | Sohel Rana (2nd captain) |
| 8 | MF | BAN | Pranotosh Kumar Das |
| 10 | FW | BAN | Nabib Newaj Jibon (Captain) |
| 11 | FW | BAN | Rubel Miya |
| 12 | MF | BAN | Jewel Rana |
| 14 | DF | BAN | Mamun Miah |
| 15 | FW | BAN | Saad Uddin |
| 16 | MF | BAN | Mohamed Sohel Rana |
| 17 | FW | NGA | Sunday Chizoba |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | GK | BAN | Sultan Ahmed Shakil |
| 19 | DF | AFG | Masih Saighani |
| 20 | FW | HAI | Kervens Belfort |
| 21 | DF | BAN | Muhammad Nazim Uddin |
| 22 | GK | BAN | Mohammad Nayeem Mia |
| 23 | MF | BAN | Mohammad Ridoy |
| 24 | MF | BAN | Dipok Roy |
| 25 | GK | BAN | Mohammad Shamim Hossen |
| 26 | DF | BAN | Syed Arafat Hossain Tasin |
| 27 | FW | BAN | Faisal Ahmed Shitol |
| 29 | DF | BAN | Shakir Ahmed |
| 30 | GK | BAN | Shohug Hossain Palash |
| 35 | MF | BAN | Al Amin Hassan Aanaf |
| 80 | MF | BRA | Raphael Augusto |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Previous club | Fee | Date |
| 9 | FW | Francisco Wagsley | Borneo FC | Free transfer | 20 November 2020 |
| 80 | MF | Raphael Augusto | Bengaluru FC | Free transfer | 30 November 2020 |
| 19 | DF | Masih Saighani | Chennaiyin FC | Free transfer | 9 December 2020 |
| 30 | GK | Shuhagh Hossain | Team BJMC | Free transfer | 9 December 2020 |
| 17 | FW | Sunday Chizoba | Free agent | Free transfer | 7 April 2021 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Moved to | Fee | Date |
| - | DF | Alaaeldin Nasr Elmagraby | Rahmatganj MFS | Free | 1 August 2020 |
| 19 | DF | Maílson Alves | SER Caxias | Free | 8 September 2020 |
| 10 | FW | Sunday Chizoba | No Club | Free | 1 November 2020 |
| 17 | MF | Edgar Bernhardt | FC Dordoi Bishkek | Free | 1 December 2020 |
| 9 | FW | Francisco Wagsley | Borneo F.C. | Free | 5 April 2021 |
| 13 | DF | Atiqur Rahman Meshu | Brothers Union | Free | April 2021 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| BPL | 14 January 2021 | 20 September 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 054.17 |
| Federation Cup | 24 December 2020 | 7 January 2021 | Group Stage | Semi-final | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 075.00 |
| AFC Cup | April 2021 | | Cancelled | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Independence Cup | TBD | TBD | Group Stage | Didn't held | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 057.14 |
Last updated: 20 September 2021 Source: Soccerway

### Federation Cup
#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dhaka Abahani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Quarter Finals |
| 2 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Quarter Finals |
| 3 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

#### Knockout phase
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ Sheikh Jamal cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they were not granted an AFC Cup license for 2022.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 September 2021. Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | - | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | W | D | - | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | L | W | - | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### AFC Cup
#### Qualifying play-offs
##### Preliminary round 2
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

    As of matches played till 20 September 2021
| Rank | Nat. | Player | Position | Total | BPL | Federation Cup | Independence Cup |
| 1 | | Kervens Belfort | FW | 19 | 17 | 2 | – |
| 2 | | Jewel Rana | FW | 12 | 10 | 2 | – |
| 3 | | Francisco Wagsley | FW | 9 | 7 | 2 | – |
| 4 | | Sunday Chizoba | FW | 9 | 9 | 0 | – |
| 5 | | Masih Saighani | DF | 6 | 4 | 2 | – |
| 6 | | Raphael Augusto | MF | 4 | 4 | 0 | – |
| 7 | | Dipok Roy | MF | 2 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 7 | | Faisal Ahmed Shitol | FW | 2 | 2 | 0 | – |
| 9 | | Saad Uddin | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 9 | | Sohel Rana | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 9 | | Mamunul Islam | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 9 | | Nasiruddin Chowdhury | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 9 | | Rubel Miya | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 9 | | Mamun Miah | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | – |
| 9 | | Mohammad Sohel Rana | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Own | Own | Own | Own | 4 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 74 | 66 | 8 | 0 |