# 2021–22 in Bangladeshi football

The following article presents a summary of the 2021–22 football (soccer) season in Bangladesh, which is the 50th season of competitive football in the country.

## National Team
### Bangladesh men's national football team
#### 2021 SAFF Championship

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Advance to the final |
| 2 | Nepal | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 | Advance to the final |
| 3 | Maldives (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

##### Matches
#### Results and fixtures
## Bangladesh Premier League

The league will start on January and schedule to end TBD.

### Teams

* Bashundhara Kings
* Bangladesh Police FC
* Chittagong Abahani
* Dhaka Abahani
* Dhaka Mohammedan
* Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
* Rahmatganj MFS
* Saif SC
* Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
* Sheikh Russel KC
* Swadhinata KS
* Uttar Baridhara

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings (C, Q) | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 53 | 21 | +32 | 57 | Qualification for 2023 AFC Champions League Play-off round or 2023 AFC Cup Group Stage |
| 2 | Dhaka Abahani (Q) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for 2023 AFC Cup Play-off round |
| 3 | Saif Sporting Club | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 37 | |
| 4 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 35 | |
| 5 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 33 | |
| 6 | Sheikh Russel KC | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 31 | +4 | 31 | |
| 7 | Chittagong Abahani | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 31 | |
| 8 | Bangladesh Police FC | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 30 | |
| 9 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 19 | |
| 10 | Rahmatganj MFS | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 18 | |
| 11 | Uttar Baridhara Club (R) | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 58 | −34 | 14 | Relegation to Bangladesh Championship League |
| 12 | Swadhinata KS (R) | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 50 | −28 | 10 | Relegation to Bangladesh Championship League |

## Bangladesh Championship League

The league kicked off from 20 February 2022 and ended on 13 June 2022.

### Teams

* Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
* Uttara FC
* Gopalganj Sporting Club
* Farashganj SC
* Dhaka WC
* NoFeL Sporting Club
* T&T Club Motijheel
* BFF Elite Academy FC
* Fakierpool YMC
* Kawran Bazar PS
* Wari Club
* Fortis FC
* Swadhinata KS
* Brothers Union (will not participate in the upcoming 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League season)

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Fortis FC (C, P) | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 9 | +20 | 47 | Qualification to 2022–23 BPL |
| 2 | AFC Uttara (P) | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 14 | +22 | 42 | Qualification to 2022–23 BPL |
| 3 | NoFeL Sporting Club | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 17 | +19 | 38 | |
| 4 | BFF Elite Academy | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 31 | |
| 5 | Gopalganj Sporting Club | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 31 | |
| 6 | Fakirerpool YMC | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 29 | |
| 7 | Uttara FC | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 27 | |
| 8 | Wari Club | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 25 | |
| 9 | Dhaka Wanderers | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 25 | |
| 10 | Agrani Bank Ltd. SC | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 24 | |
| 11 | Farashganj SC (R) | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 23 | Relegation to Senior Division Football League |
| 12 | Kawran Bazar PS (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 45 | −34 | 13 | Relegation to Senior Division Football League |

## Senior Division League

The league kicked off from 10 August 2022 and ended on 26 October 2022.

### Teams

* Arambagh KS (couldn't participate in this edition of the league as FIFA imposed a transfer-ban on the club)
* Dhaka City FC (withdrew due to unknown reason)
* PWD Sports Club
* Jatrabari KC
* Mohakhali Ekadosh
* Badda Jagoroni Sangsad
* Bangladesh Boys Club
* Koshaituli Somaj Kollayan Parishad
* Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda
* East End Club
* Dilkusha Sporting Club
* Nobabpur Krira Chakra
* Basabo Torun Shangha
* Sadharan Bima Corporation Sporting Club
* Friends Social Welfare Organization
* Victoria Sporting Club

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda (C, P) | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 31 | Qualification for the BCL 2023–24 |
| 2 | Jatrabari KC (P) | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 27 | Qualification for the BCL 2023–24 |
| 3 | PWD Sporting Club | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 24 | |
| 4 | Koshaituli SKP | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 22 | |
| 5 | Mohakhali Ekadosh | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Badda Jagoroni | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 18 | |
| 7 | Bangladesh Boys Club | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 | |
| 8 | Nobabpur KC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 14 | |
| 9 | Sadharan Bima CSC | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 14 | |
| 10 | Basabo Torun Shangha | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 13 | |
| 11 | Friends Social WO | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 13 | |
| 12 | East End Club (R) | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 11 | Relegation to the Second Division League 2022–23 |
| 13 | Victoria Sporting Club (R) | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 10 | Relegation to the Second Division League 2022–23 |
| 14 | Dilkusha Sporting Club (R) | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 6 | Relegation to the Second Division League 2022–23 |

## Domestic Cups
### Independence Cup

| Competition | Champions | Ref |
| Independence Cup (Bangladesh) | Dhaka Abahani | |

### Federation Cup

| Competition | Champions | Ref |
| Bangladesh Federation Cup | Dhaka Abahani | |

## Youth Competition Champions

| Competition | Champions |
| Sheikh Russel U-18 Gold Cup | Wari Thana |
| BFF U-18 Football League | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club U-18 |
| BFF U-16 Football Tournament | Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha U-16 |

## Bangladeshi clubs in International Competition
### AFC Cup

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MBSG | BSK | BFC | MAZ |
| 1 | Mohun Bagan SG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Inter-zone play-off semi-finals | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |
| 2 | Bashundhara Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | | — | 0−0 | — | — |
| 4 | Maziya (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 0 | | 1–3 | — | 2–6 | — |

## Women's Football

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 1 | +99 | 33 | Champion |
| 2 | ARB College SC | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 5 | +66 | 30 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Uttara FC Women | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 23 | |
| 4 | Siraj Srity Songsod | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 15 | +14 | 19 | |
| 5 | Barishal Football Academy | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 18 | +6 | 15 | |
| 6 | Nasrin Sporting Club | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 15 | |
| 7 | Cumilla United | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 26 | −14 | 13 | |
| 8 | Suddopuskorini Jubo SC | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 13 | |
| 9 | Jamalpur Kacharipara Akadas | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 13 | |
| 10 | FC Brahmanbaria | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 47 | −32 | 11 | |
| 11 | Dhaka Rangers FC | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 47 | −41 | 5 | |
| 12 | Farashganj SC Women | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 55 | −53 | 0 | |