# 2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League

The 2020–21 Bangladesh Championship League was the 9th season of the Bangladesh Championship League since its establishment in 2012. A total of 12 football clubs are competing in the league. T&T Club Motijheel withdrew from the league due to their financial issues. Swadhinata KS clinched their first title, with NoFeL SC following in second.
The league was kicked off on 7 February 2021. It was originally scheduled to be completed within 25 June, but ended on 19 July as the league was postponed few times due to coronavirus pandemic.

## Team
### Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:
* ↑ BJMC not taking part in the competition as they postponed their football activities in 2019 after suffering relegation from the top tier.

### Teams locations

| Team | Location |
| Agrani Bank Ltd. SC | Dhaka |
| Dhaka City FC | Dhaka (Khilkhet) |
| Dhaka WC | Dhaka (Motijheel) |
| Farashganj SC | Dhaka (Farashganj) |
| Fakirerpool YMC | Dhaka (Motijheel) |
| Fortis FC | Dhaka (Badda) |
| Kawran Bazar PS | Dhaka (Kawran Bazar) |
| NoFeL Sporting Club | Noakhali |
| Swadhinata KS | Dhaka (Khilgaon) |
| Uttara FC | Dhaka (Uttara) |
| Wari Club | Dhaka (Motijheel) |
| Victoria SC | Dhaka (Motijheel) |

## Venues

All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium & Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
| Dhaka | Dhaka | Dhaka |
| Bangabandhu National Stadium | Dhaka | BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium |
| Capacity: 36,000 | Dhaka | Capacity: 25,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | BPL |
| 1 | Swadhinata KS (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 45 | Qualification to 2021–22 BPL |
| 2 | NoFeL Sporting Club | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 10 | +24 | 44 | |
| 3 | Fortis FC | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 43 | |
| 4 | Kawran Bazar PS | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 41 | |
| 5 | Agrani Bank Ltd. SC | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 27 | |
| 6 | Dhaka WC | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 27 | |
| 7 | Fakirerpool YMC | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 26 | |
| 8 | Farashganj SC | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 25 | |
| 9 | Uttara FC | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 23 | −3 | 25 | |
| 10 | Wari Club | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 25 | |
| 11 | Dhaka City FC (R) | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 21 | Relegation to 2021–22 First Division Football League |
| 12 | Victoria SC (R) | 22 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 65 | −57 | 4 | Relegation to 2021–22 First Division Football League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | SKS | KPS | ABL | NSC | FSC | FYMC | WC | FFC | UFC | DWC | DCFC | VSC |
| Swadhinata KS | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Kawran Bazar PS | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| Agrani Bank Ltd. SC | 0–0 | 3–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| NoFeL Sporting Club | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 |
| Farashganj SC | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Fakirerpool YMC | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Wari Club | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Fortis FC | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 |
| Uttara FC | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Dhaka WC | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Dhaka City FC | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Victoria SC | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–8 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |

## Season statistics
### Goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ali Akbar Kanon | Wari Club Dhaka | 13 |
| 2 | Zillur Rahman | Fortis FC | 12 |
| 3 | Kankar Biswas | Fakirerpool YMC | 11 |
| 4 | Emon Hossen | Kawran Bazar PS | 10 |
| 5 | Fuad Hasan | Uttara FC, NoFeL SC | 8 |
| 5 | Jibon Miah | Farashganj SC | 8 |
| 5 | Masud Rana | Uttara FC | 8 |
| 8 | Md Hazanuzzaman | Fortis FC | 7 |
| 8 | Shawkat Hossen | Agrani Bank Ltd. SC | 7 |
| 10 | Naim Uddin | Swadhinata KS | 6 |
| 10 | Abdullah Al Mamun | NoFeL SC | 6 |
| 10 | Jakir Hossain Ziku | Fortis FC | 6 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Emon Hossen | Kawran Bazar PS | Victoria SC | 5–0 | 10 June 2021 | |
| Ali Akbar Kanon | Wari Club | Victoria SC | 3-1 | 14 June 2021 | |

### Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
| Player | Club | Opponent | Result | Date |
| Tutul | Fakirerpool YMC | Fortis FC | 2–1 | 19 March 2021 |
| Tara | Fortis FC | Swadhinata KS | 4-2 | 15 June 2021 |

## Cleansheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Md Raju Chowdhury | Swadhinata KS | 15 |
| 2 | Ashim Kumar Das | NoFeL SC | 13 |
| 3 | Mithun Khalifa | Agrani Bank Ltd. SC | 9 |
| 4 | Mohammad Ali | Farashganj SC | 8 |
| 4 | Uttam Barua | Fortis FC | 8 |
| 4 | Md Robiul Karim | Kawran Bazar PS | 8 |
| 7 | Shimul Kumar Das | Dhaka City FC | 7 |
| 7 | Khandaker Saad Ishtiaque | Fakirerpool YMC | 7 |
| 9 | Jahid Hasan Rabbi | Uttara FC | 6 |
| 10 | Sujon Chowdhury | Wari Club | 5 |