# 2018 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2018 Federation Cup, also known as the Walton Federation Cup 2018 due to the sponsorship from Walton Group, was the 30th edition of the tournament. Thirteen teams competed for this cup. Consecutively winning the previous two editions of the tournament, Abahani completed their second hattrick and 11th Federation Cup title by defeating Bashundhara Kings in the finals by 3-1. This earned them a slot in the group stage of the 2019 AFC Cup.

## Venue

* Dhaka
* Bangabandhu National Stadium
* Capacity: 36,000

## Draw

The draw was held on 20 October 2018 at Bangladesh Football Federation house in Motijheel. The thirteen teams were divided into four groups and the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
* All 22 matches were played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
* Two matches of the group stage were played daily.
* All 22 matches were broadcast live on Channel 9

## Prize money

* Champion got US$5960.
* Runner-Up got US$3576.

## Group stages

* All matches were played at Dhaka
* Time listed are UTC+6:00.
Key to colours in group tables :
* Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Quarter-Finals

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Arambagh KS | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Chittagong Abahani | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Rahmatganj MFS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saif Sporting Club | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Team BJMC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Brothers Union | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sheikh Russel KC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Dhaka Abahani | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | NoFeL Sporting Club | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

* Time listed are UTC+6:00
* All matches were held at Dhaka
* In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 8 November | 8 November | | | |
| Arambagh | 2 | | | |
| Arambagh | 2 | 19 November | 19 November | | |
| Dhaka | 3 | 19 November | 19 November | |
| Dhaka | 3 | Dhaka | 4 | |
| 9 November | 9 November | | Dhaka | 4 | |
| 9 November | 9 November | Sheikh Jamal | 2 | |
| Saif | 1 | Sheikh Jamal | 2 | |
| Saif | 1 | | | | 23 November | 23 November |
| Sheikh Jamal | 2 | | | | 23 November | 23 November |
| Sheikh Jamal | 2 | | | | Dhaka | 3 |
| 10 November | 10 November | | | | | Dhaka | 3 |
| 10 November | 10 November | | | | Bashundhara | 1 |
| Sheikh Russel | 1 | | | | Bashundhara | 1 |
| Sheikh Russel | 1 | 20 November | 20 November | | | |
| Chittagong | 0 | 20 November | 20 November | | | |
| Chittagong | 0 | Sheikh Russel | 0 | | | |
| 11 November | 11 November | | Sheikh Russel | 0 | | | |
| 11 November | 11 November | Bashundhara | 1 | |
| Bashundhara | 5 | Bashundhara | 1 | |
| Team BJMC | 1 | | | |

### Final
## Goal scorers

    As of 23 November 2018
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Sunday Chizoba | Dhaka Abahani | 6 |
| 2 | Daniel Colindres | Bashundhara Kings | 5 |
| 3 | Marcos Vinícius | Bashundhara Kings | 3 |
| 3 | Landing Darboe | Dhaka Mohammedan | 3 |
| 3 | Denis Bolshakov | Saif Sporting Club | 3 |
| 3 | Otabek Valijonov | Team BJMC | 3 |
| 7 | Didarul Alam | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | 2 |
| 7 | Sainey Bojang | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | 2 |
| 7 | Solomon King | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | 2 |
| 7 | Motin Mia | Bashundhara Kings | 2 |
| 7 | Tawhidul Alam Sabuz | Bashundhara Kings | 2 |
| 7 | Shahriar Bappi | Arambagh KS | 2 |
| 7 | Raphael Odovin | Arambagh KS | 2 |
| 7 | Ikbol Babakhanov | Arambagh KS | 2 |
| 7 | Momodou Bah | Chittagong Abahani | 2 |
| 7 | Magalan Awala | Chittagong Abahani | 2 |
| 7 | Kervens Belfort | Dhaka Abahani | 2 |
| 7 | Kinsley Chigozie | Dhaka Mohammedan | 2 |
| 7 | Raphael Odovin | Sheikh Russel KC | 2 |