# 2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League

The 2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League (also known as JB Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League since establishment of the league in 2007. A total of 12 teams competed in the league. The league began on 24 July 2016.
Saif Global Sports are the right holder of BPL's ninth edition and they will accommodate the advertising, branding, TV transmission, radio, marketing rights of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016.
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club are the defending champions, having won their Bangladesh Premier League title the previous season.
BFF has agreed to provide a purse of Taka thirty lacs as appearance money to each of the 12 participant teams for their accommodation and transportation outside the capital.
A total of 24 matches out of 132 matches were to be played in Dhaka and rest of the matches played outside Dhaka.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

The matches will be held in the seven venues.
| Stadium | Location |
| Bangabandhu Stadium | Dhaka |
| M. A. Aziz Stadium | Chittagong |
| Abdur Rab Serniabat Stadium | Barisal |
| Sylhet District Stadium | Sylhet |
| Rajshahi District Stadium | Rajshahi |
| Mymensingh Stadium | Mymensingh |
| Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium | Gopalganj |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Shirt sponsor | Kit manufacturer |
| Brothers Union | Syed Nayeemuddin | Ebayet Hossen Komol | Biswas Builders Limited | |
| Chittagong Abahani Ltd. | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu | Mamunul Islam | SAIF POWERTEC | |
| Dhaka Abahani Ltd. | György Kottán | Ariful Islam | | FBT |
| Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. | Kazi Jasimuddin Ahmed Joshi | Tawhidul Alam Sabuz | Orion Group | |
| Feni Soccer Club | Oladipupo Babalola | Akbor Hossain Ridon | | |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Abdul Qaium Sentu | Saidul Haque | | |
| Rahmatganj MFS | Kamal Babu | Shawkat Rasel | Tiger Cement | |
| Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. | Stefan Hansson | Yeasin Khan | YELLOW | |
| Arambagh KS | Saiful Bari Titu | Mitul Hasan | | |
| Sheikh Russel KC | Shafiqul Islam Manik | Atiqur Rahman Meshu | Bashundhara Cement | Bashundhara Group |
| Team BJMC | Mong Kra Marma | Arifuzzaman Himel | | |
| Uttar Baridhara SC | Mir Mohammad Ali Faruk | Sohel Rana | | |

## Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
| Brothers Union | Abass Inusah | Awudu Ibrahim | Walson Augustin | Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie |
| Chittagong Abahani Ltd. | Fabrice Noël | Leonel Saint-Preux | Tarik El Janaby | Chencho Gyeltshen |
| Dhaka Abahani Ltd. | Lee Tuck | Samad Yussif | Sunday Chizoba | Camara Sarba |
| Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. | Armand Joel Banaken Bassoken | Landry Pouemi | Patrice Nzekou Nguenheu | Ismael Bangoura |
| Feni Soccer Club | Camara Mamadou Uba | Thuam Frank | Uche Felix | |
| Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. | Landing Darboe | Wedson Anselme | Emeka Darlington | |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Ahmed Kolo Musa | Mufta Lawal | Simon Ezeodika | |
| Rahmatganj MFS | Siyo Zunapio | Dawda Ceesay | Momodou Lamin Jatta | Eleta Benjamin Jr. |
| Arambagh KS | Steve Thomas | Kester Akon | Thiago Tyson Silva | |
| Sheikh Russel KC | Jean Jules Ikanga | Paul Emile Biyaga | Fikru Teferra | |
| Team BJMC | Baybeck Esaie | Eleta Kingsley | Samson Iliasu | Samuel Adams |
| Uttar Baridhara SC | Collins Tiego | Kosoko Olasukanmi | Mansa Sylla | Leonardo Lima |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dhaka Abahani (C, Q) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 16 | +32 | 52 | 2017 AFC Cup |
| 2 | Chittagong Abahani | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 47 | |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 32 | |
| 4 | Brothers Union | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 30 | |
| 5 | Muktijoddha | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 30 | |
| 6 | Arambagh KS | 22 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 27 | |
| 7 | Rahmatganj MFS | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 27 | |
| 8 | Sheikh Russel | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 25 | |
| 9 | Team BJMC | 22 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 25 | |
| 10 | Mohammedan | 22 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 20 | |
| 11 | Feni Soccer Club (R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 18 | Relegation to 2017 BCL |
| 12 | Uttar Baridhara (R) | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 18 | Relegation to 2017 BCL |

## Result

| Home \ Away | AKS | BRO | CAL | DAL | FSC | MFS | SDC | SRK | BJM | MSC | MUK | UBS |
| Arambagh | | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 |
| Brothers Union | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Chittagong Abahani | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 6–1 |
| Dhaka Abahani | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 4–0 |
| Feni Soccer Club | 1–5 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Rahmatganj MFS | 2–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |
| Sheikh Jamal | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Sheikh Russel | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Team BJMC | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Mohammedan | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 0–1 |
| Uttar Baridhara SC | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Goalscorers

There have been 342 goals scored in 132 matches, for an average of 2.59 goals per match (as of December 2016).
19 goals
* Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani)
14 goals
* Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie (Brothers Union)
* Samson Iliasu (Team BJMC)
13 goals
* Walson Augustin (Brothers Union)
12 goals
* Siyo Zunapio (Rahmatganj MFS)
10 goals
* Lee Tuck (Dhaka Abahani)
9 goals
* Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal DC)
* Emeka Darlington (Sheikh Jamal DC)
* Landing Darboe (Sheikh Jamal DC)
8 goals
* Md Sajidur Rahman Sajid (Arambagh KS)
* Tawhidul Alam Sabuz (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
7 goals
* Leonel Saint-Preux (Chittagong Abahani)
* Eleta Kingsley (Team BJMC)
6 goals
* Zahid Hossain (Chittagong Abahani)
* Ahmed Kolo Musa (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Chowmrin Rakhain (Feni Soccer Club)
* Jean Jules Ikanga (Sheikh Russel KC)
5 goals
* Towhidul Alam Towhid (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Uche Felix (Feni Soccer Club)
* Shakhawat Hossain Rony (Sheikh Russel KC)
* Mohammad Ibrahim (Chittagong Abahani)
* Nabib Newaj Jibon (Dhaka Abahani)
* Chencho Gyeltshen (Chittagong Abahani)
4 goals
* Mehbub Hasan Nayon (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Khalekurzaman Sabuj (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Ismael Bangoura (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
* Jafar Iqbal (Arambagh KS)
* Jewel Rana (Dhaka Abahani)
* Mannaf Rabby (Brothers Union)
* Abass Inusah (Brothers Union)
* Jonathan David (Dhaka Abahani)
* Jabed Khan (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
3 goals
* Rubel Miya (Chittagong Abahani)
* Kester Akon (Arambagh KS)
* Mohammad Abdullah (Arambagh KS)
* Dawda Ceesay (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Zakir Hossain Jiku (Team BJMC)
* Didarul Alam (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Leonardo Lima (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Shafiqul Islam Bipul (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Mamunul Islam (Chittagong Abahani)
2 goals
* Enamul Haque (Sheikh Jamal DC)
* Sentu Chandra Sen (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Md Alauddin (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Moklesur Rahman Mukul (Team BJMC)
* Collins Tiego (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Md Jummon Hossain (Sheikh Russel KC)
* Md Monir Alam (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Sohel Rana (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Aminur Rahman Sajib (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
* Patrice Nzekou Nguenheu (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
* Mahabul Islam Himu (Feni Soccer Club)
* Ndukaku Alison (Chittagong Abahani)
* Jamal Bhuyan (Sheikh Russel KC)
* Simon Ezeodika (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Shahran Halder (Feni Soccer Club)
* Thuam Frank (Feni Soccer Club)
* Md Shihab (Sheikh Jamal DC)
1 goal
* Sushanto Tripura (Feni Soccer Club)
* Md Rakib (Sheikh Jamal DC)
* Abdul Malek (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
* Habibur Rahman Sohag (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Monjurur Rahman Manik (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Nazmul Islam Rasel (Brothers Union)
* Mohammed Parvez (Feni Soccer Club)
* Raihan Hasan (Chittagong Abahani)
* Shakil Ahmed (Chittagong Abahani)
* Kazi Shariful Islam Shajib (Arambagh KS)
* Rohit Sarker (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Md Akber Hossain Ridon (Feni Soccer Club)
* Masud Rana (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
* Mazharul Islam Sourov (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Simon Ezeodika (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Hemanta Vincent Biswas (Dhaka Abahani)
* Sarower Zaman Nipu (Sheikh Jamal DC)
* Shah Alamgir Kabir Anik (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* MD Sohel (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Atiqur Rahman Fahad (Dhaka Abahani)
* Paul Emile Biyaga (Sheikh Russel KC)
* Momodou Lamin Jatta (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Thiago Tyson Silva (Arambagh KS)
* Faisal Ahmed Shitol (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Saad Uddin (Dhaka Abahani)
* Eleta Benjamin Jr. (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Nasirul Islam Nasir (Sheikh Russel KC)
* Shaikat Mahmud (Team BJMC)
* Sujon Biswas (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Wahed Ahmed (Dhaka Abahani)
* Shofiqul Islam Shofi (Brothers Union)
* Masuk Mia Jony (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
* Camara Mamadou Uba (Uttar Baridhara SC)
* Md Helal (Feni Soccer Club)
* Saikat Bhoumik (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
* Mohamed Mintu Sheikh (Sheikh Russel KC)
* Landry Pouemi (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
* Mehedi Hassan Tapu (Team BJMC)
* Rafiqur Rahman Mamun (Rahmatganj MFS)
* Nasiruddin Chowdhury (Chittagong Abahani)
* Emon Mahmud Babu (Dhaka Abahani)
* Faisal Mahmud (Dhaka Abahani)
* Baybeck Esaie (Team BJMC)
* Imtiaz Sultan Jitu (Brothers Union)
* Rana (Sheikh Russel KC)
* Manik (Chittagong Abahani)
* Kawsar Ali Rabbi (Brothers Union)

### Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
| Player | Club | Opponent | Result | Date |
| Moro Mohammad | Feni Soccer Club | Sheikh Jamal DC | 1–3 | 11 August 2016 |
| Saidul Islam | Muktijoddha SKC | Rahmatganj MFS | 1–2 | 30 September 2016 |
| Krishna Pada | Brothers Union | Rahmatganj MFS | 3–4 | 16 October 2016 |
| Didarul Haque | Sheikh Jamal DC | Arambagh KS | 0–2 | 1 November 2016 |
| Bishwanath Ghosh | Dhaka Mohammedan | Chittagong Abahani | 0–1 | 7 November 2016 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Sunday Chizoba | Dhaka Abahani | Feni Soccer Club | 5–1 | 7 November 2022 |
| Lee Tuck | Dhaka Abahani | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 6–1 | 19 November 2022 |
| Eleta Kingsley | Team BJMC | Rahmatganj MFS | 5–4 | 13 December 2022 |
| Siyo Zunapio | Rahmatganj MFS | Team BJMC | 4–5 | 13 December 2022 |