2025–26 Bangladesh Football League

Bangladesh Football League
Season2025–26
Dates26 September 2025 – 24 April 2026
Teams10
Matches35
Goals84 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer8 goals:
Dorielton (Bashundhara Kings)
Biggest home winBashundhara Kings 5–0 Rahmatganj MFS (29 November)
Biggest away winFakirerpool 0–5 Dhaka Abahani (13 December)
Highest scoring6 goals:
Brothers Union 1–5 Bashundhara Kings (6 December)
Longest winning run5 matches:
Bashundhara Kings
Longest unbeaten run6 matches:
Bashundhara Kings
Longest winless run5 matches:
Arambagh
Longest losing run4 matches:
Arambagh
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 20 December 2025.

The 2025–26 Bangladesh Football League, also known as the United Healthcare Bangladesh Football League for sponsorship reasons, is the 18th season of the country's top-tier Professional League since its establishment in 2007 and its first after being rebranded as the Bangladesh Football League. Mohammedan SC are the defending champions,[1] having won its 1st professional league title and 20th top-tier league title overall, ending a 22-year drought in 2024–25 season.[2][3][4][5][6]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025–26 Bangladesh Football League teams
Location of the Dhaka division football club tents and stadiums
2025–26 Bangladesh Football League clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Abahani Limited Cumilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium 18,000
Arambagh KS Manikganj Shaheed Miraj–Tapan Stadium 5,000
Bangladesh Police FC Gazipur Shaheed Barkat Stadium 5,000
Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Arena 6,000
Brothers Union Munshiganj Munshiganj Stadium 10,000
Fakirerpool YMC Manikganj Shaheed Miraj–Tapan Stadium 5,000
Fortis FC Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Arena 6,000
Mohammedan SC Cumilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium 18,000
Rahmatganj MFS Munshiganj Munshiganj Stadium 10,000
PWD Sports Club Gazipur Shaheed Barkat Stadium 5,000

Promotion/Relegation

Promoted from 2024–25 BCL Relegated from 2024–25 BPL
PWD Sports Club

Arambagh KS

Chittagong Abahani

Dhaka Wanderers

Personnel, kits, sponsors

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Abahani Limited Maruful Haque Assaduzzaman Bablu
Arambagh KS Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon Md Rokey Sharif Metal
Bangladesh Police FC S. M. Asifuzzaman Manik Hossain Molla
Bashundhara Kings Mario Gómez Topu Barman Bashundhara Group
Brothers Union Omar Sise Jamal Bhuyan 2WO Playwear
Fakirerpool YMC Sawpan Kumar Das Raficul Islam
Fortis FC Masud Parvez Kaiser Pa Omar Babou TORR TORR Limited
Mohammedan SC Alfaz Ahmed Mehedi Hasan Mithu Wings
PWD Sports Club Md Anwar Hossain Sumon Kumar Das Designex
Rahmatganj MFS Kamal Babu Solomon King Kanform

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming Coach Date of appointment
Bangladesh Police FC Frank Bernhardt Mutual Consent May 2025 Pre-season S. M. Asifuzzaman[7] 21 July 2025
Bashundhara Kings Valeriu Tița Mutual Consent 28 June 2025 Pre-season Sérgio Farias[8] 28 July 2025
Sérgio Farias[9] Signed by Duhok SC 11 August 2025 Pre-season Mario Gómez[10] 25 August 2025

Foreign players

Each team is allowed a maximum of five foreign players. A team could name four foreign players on the squad of each game. Also from this season, the footballers from South Asian Football Federation countries would count as local footballers.

Team Player 1 Player2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 SAFF Player(s) Unregistered player(s)
Abahani Limited Bruno Matos Souleymane Diabate Emeka Ogbugh
Arambagh Ben Quansah Shadrach Lantei-Mills Haidar Awada Yaya John Denapo Prosenjit Chakraborty
Bangladesh Police Danilo Quipapá Paulo Henrique Foday Darboe Shafiq Kagimu Orgyen Tshering
Ayush Ghalan
Kiran Chemjong
Bashundhara Kings Dorielton Raphael Augusto Emmanuel Tony Agbaji Sunday Emmanuel
Brothers Union Marcos Rudwere Silva Didier Brossou Sunday Chizoba Fernando Presentado Mouhamed Becaye Diarra Anjan Bista
Arik Bista
Sanish Shrestha
Yogesh Gurung
Fakierepool Ouattara Ben Ibrahim Mostafa Kahraba Fofana Abu Mohamed Shubhajit Saha
Fortis Essa Jallow Pa Omar Babou Onyekachi Okafor Ananta Tamang
Sujan Perera
Mohammedan Bernard Morrison Emmanuel Eli Keke Samuel Boateng Muzaffar Muzaffarov
PWD SC Anthony Amoh Kofi Junior Dabanka Akobir Turaev
Rahmatganj Adama Jammeh Solomon King Kanform Andrews Kwadwo Appau Clement Adu Abhishek Limbu

Foreign players by confederation

Foreign players by confederation
AFC India (2),
  Nepal (8),
Lebanon (1),
Sri Lanka (1),
Uzbekistan (2)
CAF Egypt (1),
Gambia (5),
Ghana (9),
Ivory Coast (2),
Mali (2),
Nigeria (6),
Senegal (1),
Uganda (1)
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL Brazil (6),
Paraguay (1)
OFC
UEFA

Dual citizenship/heritage players

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Abahani Limited Quazem Shah1 3 Mahdi Khan3
Arambagh
Bangladesh Police
Bashundhara Kings Cuba Mitchell3 Tariq Kazi1
Brothers Union Jamal Bhuyan1 3 Eleta Kingsley1
Fakirerpool Bishal Das 3
Fortis
Mohammedan
PWD SC
Rahmatganj

Notes:

^1 Capped for Bangladesh national team.
^2 Capped for Bangladesh national football team age groups (U-17, U-20, and U-23)
^3 Carrying Bangladesh heritage.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bashundhara Kings 7 5 1 1 19 6 +13 16 Qualification for the AFC
Challenge League qualifying stage
2 Fortis 7 4 2 1 8 2 +6 14
3 Rahmatganj 7 4 1 2 10 9 +1 13
4 Bangladesh Police 7 2 4 1 5 5 0 10
5 Dhaka Abahani 7 2 3 2 12 7 +5 9
6 Mohammedan 7 2 2 3 9 10 −1 8
7 PWD 7 1 4 2 6 10 −4 7
8 Brothers Union 7 2 1 4 7 12 −5 7
9 Arambagh 7 1 2 4 4 9 −5 5 Relegation for the
Bangladesh Championship League
10 Fakirerpool 7 1 2 4 4 14 −10 5
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Results table

Home \ Away AKS BPFC BDK BUL DAL FYMC FFC MSC PWD RMFS
Arambagh — 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–1
Bangladesh Police — 2–1 1–1 1–1
Bashundhara Kings — 2–1 2–0 5–0
Brothers Union 0–1 1–5 — 2–0
Dhaka Abahani 2–0 1–2 — a 2–2
Fakirerpool 1–1 0–5 — 2–0 0–2
Fortis 0–0 0–0 3–0 — 2–0
Mohammedan 1–1 3–2 —
PWD SC 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–4 —
Rahmatganj 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Form

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
ArambaghDLLLLWD
Bangladesh PoliceWDDLDDW
Bashundhara KingsDWWWWWL
Brothers UnionLWWDLLL
Dhaka AbahaniDLLWDWD
FakirerpoolDLLWDLL
FortisWLDWDWW
MohammedanLDWLWLD
PWD SCDWLDLDD
RahmatganjDWWLWLW
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: Soccerway
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Arambagh5791010109
Bangladesh Police2446664
Bashundhara Kings3211111
Brothers Union9632578
Dhaka Abahani7887745
Fakirerpool691088910
Fortis1553322
Mohammedan101079456
PWD SC4365987
Rahmatganj8124233
Leader
Runners-up
Relegation to BCL
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: Soccerway

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 84 goals scored in 35 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match (as of 20 December 2025). Source: Soccerway

8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Own goals

Hat-tricks

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match.

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Samuel Boateng Dhaka Mohammedan PWD SC (H) 4–0 6 December 2025 [11]

Most assists

As of 19 December 2025 (2025-12-19)
Rank Player Team Assists[12]
1
 Solomon King Kanform Rahmatganj MFS
5
2
 Rakib Hossain Bashundhara Kings
3
3
 Minhazul Karim Shadin PWD SC
2
Saad Uddin Bashundhara Kings
Shafiq Kagimu Bangladesh Police
Sohel Rana Jr. Bashundhara Kings

Clean sheets by goalkeepers

As of 29 November 2025 (2025-11-29)
Rank Player[12] Club Matches Cleansheets Clean sheets %
1 Sujan Perera Fortis FC 4 3 75.00%
2 Anisur Rahman Zico Bashundhara Kings 3 2 66.67%
3 Ishaque Akonddo Brothers Union 4 2 50.00%
Mamun Alif Rahmatganj MFS 4 2 50.00%
Md Anik Ahamed PWD SC 4 2 50.00%
Mitul Marma Dhaka Abahani 4 2 50.00%
Kiran Chemjong Bangladesh Police 2 1 50.00%
Rakibul Hasan Tushar Bangladesh Police 2 1 50.00%

Teams with the most Clean Sheets

As of 29 November 2025
Rank Clubs Matches Cleansheets[13] Clean sheets %
1 Fortis FC 4 3 75.00%
2 Bangladesh Police FC 4 2 50.00%
Bashundhara Kings 4 2 50.00%
Brothers Union 4 2 50.00%
Dhaka Abahani 4 2 50.00%
PWD Sports Club 4 2 50.00%
Rahmatganj MFS 4 2 50.00%
8 Fakirerpool 4 1 25.00%
9 Arambagh KS 4 0 0.00%
Mohammedan 4 0 0.00%

Teams total Goals Scored

As of 20 October 2025
Rank Clubs Matches Goals Scored[14]
1 Bashundhara Kings 2 4
2 Fortis FC 2 3
PWD Sports Club 2 3
3 Brothers Union 2 2
Bangladesh Police FC 2 2
Rahmatganj MFS 2 2
4 Abahani Limited Dhaka 2 1
Arambagh KS 2 1
Mohahmmedan SC 2 1
Fakirerpool YMC 2 1

Teams total Goals Conceded

As of 20 October 2025
Rank Clubs Matches Goals Conceded[15]
1 Bashundhara Kings 2 3
Mohahmmedan SC 2 3
Fakirerpool YMC 2 3
2 Abahani Limited Dhaka 2 2
Arambagh KS 2 2
Fortis FC 2 2
PWD Sports Club 2 2
Brothers Union 2 2
3 Bangladesh Police FC 2 1
4 Rahmatganj MFS 2 0

Discipline

Player

As of 6 December 2025 (2025-12-06)
3 yellow cards
1 red card

Clubs

  • Yellow cards:
As of 13 December 2025 (2025-12-13)
Rank Club Yellow cards[12]
1 Rahmatganj MFS 15
2 Bangladesh Police 12
3 Arambagh KS 10
PWD Sports Club 10
4 Brothers Union 9
Bashundhara Kings 9
Fortis FC 9
Abahani Limited Dhaka 9
5 Fakirerpool YMC 8
6 Mohammadan SC 7
  • Red cards:
As of 13 December 2025 (2025-12-13)
Rank Club Red cards/Sent off[12]
1 Rahmatganj MFS 1
Abahani Limited Dhaka 1
Fortis FC 1
Mohammedan SC 1

See also

References

  1. ^ "২৩ বছর পর লিগ চ্যাম্পিয়ন মোহামেডান". www.jaijaidinbd.com (in Bengali). 17 May 2025. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
  2. ^ "আসন্ন মৌসুমে কমছে বিদেশী, ডাগআউটে থাকবে না বাফুফের কমিটি সদস্যরা". www.offsidebangladesh.com (in Bengali). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ^ "নতুন মৌসুমের সূচি ও টিকিট বিতর্ক নিয়ে জরুরি বৈঠক বাফুফের". www.rupalibangladesh.com (in Bengali). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  4. ^ "তিন ঘণ্টায় বাফুফের তিন সভা". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). 29 May 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  5. ^ "দেশের ফুটবলে আগামী মৌসুমে রেকর্ড পাঁচ টুর্নামেন্ট". www.prothomalo.com (in Bengali). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  6. ^ "ঘরোয়া ফুটবলে প্রথমবার এক মৌসুমে হবে পাঁচটি আসর". www.jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  7. ^ "বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাবের নতুন কোচ এস এম আসিফুজ্জামান". dmpnews.org. July 21, 2025.
  8. ^ "Bashundhara Kings appoint Sergio Farias as the new head coach". daily-sun. July 10, 2025.
  9. ^ Report, Star Sports (August 12, 2025). "Kings without a head coach for AFC Challenge League!". The Daily Star.
  10. ^ "বসুন্ধরা কিংসের ডাগআউটে নতুন আর্জেন্টাইন কোচ". banglanews24.com. August 25, 2025.
  11. ^ "Boateng hattrick lifts Mohammedan". The Daily Star. 6 December 2025. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d "BFL 2025–26 most assists statistics". www.soccerway.com. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  13. ^ "2025–26 BPL Team with most clean sheets statistics". footystats.org. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  14. ^ "2025–26 BPL Team total Goals Scored". footystats.org. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  15. ^ "2025–26 BPL Team total Goals Conceded". footystats.org. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.