2022–23 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2022–23 Federation Cup (due to sponsorship from Bashundhara Group also known as Bashundhara Group Federation Cup 2022–23) was the 34th edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual top-tier clubs football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). The eleven participants were contest in the tournament. The tournament were played from 20 December 2022 – 30 May 2023.^[1][2] The winner of the tournament will earn the slot of playing Qualifying play-off of 2023–24 AFC Cup.

2022–23 Federation Cup

Bashundhara Group Federation Cup 2022–23
Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
City	3
Dates	20 December 2022 – 30 May 2023
Teams	11
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mohammedan Sporting Club (11th title)
Runners-up	Abahani Limited
Third place	Bashundhara Kings
Fourth place	Sheikh Russel KC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	72 (3.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Souleymane Diabate (8 goals each)
Best player(s)	Souleymane Diabate
Fair play award	Bashundhara Kings
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Mohammedan SC are current champions having defeated Abahani Limited Dhaka by 4(4)–(2)4 to lift the trophy for the eleventh time.^[3]

Participating teams

The following eleven teams will contest in the tournament.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
AFC Uttara	Debut
Bangladesh Police FC	4th	Semi-finals (2019–20)
Bashundhara Kings	5th	Champions (2019–20, 2020–21)
Chittagong Abahani	12th	Runners-up (2017)
Abahani Limited Dhaka	34th	Champions (1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021–22)
Mohammedan SC	34th	Champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009)
Fortis FC	Debut
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	34th	Champions (1994, 2001, 2003)
Rahmatganj MFS	34th	Runners-up (2019–20, 2021–22)
Sheikh Russel KC	28	Champions (2012)
Sheikh Jamal DC	12th	Champions (2011-12, 2013, 2015)

Venues

The matches were played at these three venues across the country.

Comilla	Gopalganj	Munshigonj
Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium	Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium	Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 10,000
Comilla   Gopalganj   Munshigonj

Draw

The draw ceremony were held on 16:00 25 November 2022 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are eleven team was divided into three groups. The top two teams from each group and two best third-placed teams will qualify for the Knock out stages.^[4]

Group summary

Group A	Group B	Group C
Sheikh Jamal DC	Bashundhara Kings	Abahani Limited Dhaka
Mohammedan SC	Chittagong Abahani	Sheikh Russel KC
Rahmatganj MFS	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Bangladesh Police FC
AFC Uttara	Fortis FC

Round Matches Dates

Phase	Date
Group stages	20 December 2022 – 3 February 2023
Quarter-finals	4 April–2 May 2023
Semi-finals	9–16 May 2023
Third-place	23 May 2023
Final	30 May 2023

Match officials

Referees

•   Sabuj Das
•   Md Anisur Rahman Sagor
•   Md Nasir Uddin
•   Bhubon Mohon Tarafder
•   Md Jalal Uddin
•   Md Alamgir Sarkar
•   Rimon Mahmud

Assistant Referees

•   Md Rasel Mahmud
•   Bayezid Mondol
•   Mehedi Hasan Emon
•   Sheikh Iqbal Alam
•   Md Shah Alam
•   Sujoy Barua
•   Soumik Pal
•   Md Rimon Mahmud
•   Md Nuruzzaman
•   Anwar Hossain Saju
•   Sabbir Salek Shuvo
•   Md Monir Dhali
•   Biash Sarkar

Group stages

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners, runners-ups and two best third-placed teams will advance to the Knockout-stage.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times listed below are local, BST (UTC+06:00).

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan SC	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to knockout phase
2	Rahmatganj MFS	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
3	Sheikh Jamal DC	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	AFC Uttara	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: Footystats
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

20 December 2022

14:30

AFC Uttara	0–3	Sheikh Jamal DC
	Report	Otabek Valizhonov   1' (pen.) Kawshik Barua   75' Mannaf Rabby   78'

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Sabuj Das

20 December 2022

14:30

Mohammedan SC	1–0	Rahmatganj MFS
Diabate   75'	Report

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalganj

Referee: Md Anisur Rahman Sagor

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10 January 2023

14:45

Rahmatganj MFS	3–0	Sheikh Jamal DC
Fatkhullo   16' Michael   45+2' Jhoaho Hinestroza   76'	Report

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Md Alamgir Sarkar

10 January 2023

14:45

Mohammedan SC	7–0	AFC Uttara
Muzaffar Muzaffarov   5', 52' Roger   7' Febles   39' Sazzad   49', 60' Shahriar Emon   52'	Report

Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium, Cumilla

Referee: Rimon Mahmud

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31 January 2023

15:00

AFC Uttara	1–2	Rahmatganj MFS
Rohit Sarker   6'	Report	Jhoaho Hinestroza   71' (pen.) Khondoker Ashraful Islam   74'

Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium, Cumilla

Referee: Rimon Mahmud

31 January 2023

15:00

Mohammedan SC	2–2	Sheikh Jamal DC
Arif Hossain   28' Ashraful Haque Asif   71'	Report	Stewart   54' Sulayman Sillah   76'

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalganj

Referee: Md Jalal Uddin

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bashundhara Kings	3	3	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Chittagong Abahani	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
3	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Fortis FC	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Source: Footystats
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

27 December 2022

14:30

Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Fortis FC
Asror Gafurov   53', 94'	Report

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Md Nasir Uddin

27 December 2022

14:30

Chittagong Abahani	1–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Ojukwu David Ifegwu   90'	Report

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalganj

Referee: Bhubon Mohon Tarafder

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17 January 2023

15:00

Fortis FC	0–0	Chittagong Abahani
	Report

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Md Jalal Uddin

17 January 2023

15:00

Bashundhara Kings	4–3	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Robinho   15' Asror Gafurov   36' Sumon   49' Dorielton   82'	Report	Emmanuel   38', 90' (pen.) Ndikumana   87'

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalganj

Referee: Md Alamgir Sarkar

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7 February 2023

15:15

Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Chittagong Abahani
Topu   40' Miguel   55' (pen.)	Report

Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium, Cumilla

Referee: Bhubon Mohon Tarofder

7 February 2023

15:15

Fortis FC	1–2	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Sabuz   85'	Report	Emmanuel   44' Ndikumana   90+1'

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Md Nasir Uddin

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Abahani Limited Dhaka	2	2	0	0	4	3	+1	6	Advance to knockout phase
2	Sheikh Russel KC	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3
3	Bangladesh Police FC	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0

Source: Footystats
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

3 January 2023

14:45

Bangladesh Police FC	0–1	Abahani Limited Dhaka
	Report	Monjurur   41' (o.g.)

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Bhubon Mohon Tarafder

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24 January 2023

15:00

Bangladesh Police FC	0–1	Sheikh Russel KC
	Report	Ucchash   76'

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Md Jalal Uddin

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28 February 2023

15:45

Abahani Limited Dhaka	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Sheikh Russel KC
Mehedi   16' Eleta   48' Peter   89'	Report	Dipok   67' Didier   79' (pen.) Khalekuzzaman Sabuj   84'
Penalties
Peter   Yousef   Rahmat   Maraz   Colindres   Reza	5–4	Didier   Udoh   Timur Talipov   Hemanta   Ibrahim   Yeasin

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalganj

Referee: Md Nasir Uddin

Ranking of third-placed teams

Due to groups having different numbers of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups are not considered for this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	A	Sheikh Jamal DC	2	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1	knockout phase
2	B	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	2	0	0	2	3	5	−2	0^[a]
3	C	Bangladesh Police FC	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0^[a]

Source: Soccerway
Notes:

1. Goals scored: Muktijoddha SKC: 3, Police FC: 0.^[5]

Knockout stage

• In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	4 April–Munshigonj
	Bashundhara Kings	3
					9 May–Gopalganj
	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	1
					Bashundhara Kings	1
	18 April–Cumilla
					Mohammedan SC	2
	Chittagong Abahani	1
									30 May–Cumilla
	Mohammedan SC	4
									Mohammedan SC(p)	4 (4)
	11 April–Gopalganj
									Abahani Limited Dhaka	4 (2)
	Abahani Limited Dhaka	1
					16 May–Cumilla
	Sheikh Jamal DC	0
					Abahani Limited Dhaka	3
	2 May–Munshigonj
					Sheikh Russel KC	0			Third place
	Sheikh Russel KC	1
									23 May–Gopalganj
	Rahmatganj MFS	0
									Bashundhara Kings	2
									Sheikh Russel KC	1

Quarter-finals

4 April 2023

15:15

Bashundhara Kings	3–1	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Dorielton   42', 79' Robinho   81'	Report	Emmanuel   34'

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Md Anisur Rahman Sagor

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11 April 2023

15:15

Abahani Limited Dhaka	1–0	Sheikh Jamal DC
Augusto   81'	Report

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalganj

Referee: Md Nasir Uddin

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18 April 2023

15:15

Mohammedan SC	4–1	Chittagong Abahani
Emmanuel   20' Muzzafar Muzaffarov   35' Diabate   48', 70'	Report	Augustine   77' (pen.)

Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium, Cumilla

Attendance: 150

Referee: Md Alamgir Sarkar

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2 May 2023

15:15

Sheikh Russel KC	1–0	Rahmatganj MFS
Ikechukwu   13'	Report

Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium, Munshigonj

Referee: Md Anisur Rahman Sagor

Semi-finals

9 May 2023

15:15

Bashundhara Kings	1–2	Mohammedan SC
Dorielton   43'	Report	Emmanuel   3' Diabte   55'

Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium, Gopalganj

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Bhubon Mohon Tarafder

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16 May 2023

15:15

Abahani Limited Dhaka	3–0	Sheikh Russel KC
Colindres   37' Fahim   51', 70'	Report

Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium, Cumilla

Referee: Md Mizanur Rahman

Third-place

23 May 2023

15:15

Bashundhara Kings	2–1	Sheikh Russel KC
Khalekuzzaman Sabuj   85' (o.g.) Figueira   90+1'	Report	Brossou   7'

Bashundhara Kings Arena, Dhaka

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Md Nasir Uddin

Final

30 May 2023

15:15

Mohammedan SC	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Abahani Limited Dhaka
Diabate   57', 61', 84', 105+4'	Report	Fahim   17' Colindres   43' Emeka   66' Rahmat   118'
Penalties
Diabate   Alamgir   Roger   Emon   Kamrul	4–2	Augusto   Emeka   Yousef   Colindres

Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium, Cumilla

Attendance: 12,600

Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

34th Federation Cup (Bangladesh) 2022–23 Winners
Mohammedan SC Eleventh Title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 72 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match. Source: Footystats

8 Goals

•   Souleymane Diabate (Mohammedan SC)

4 Goals

•   Emmanuel Uzochukwu (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
•   Dorielton Gomes Nascimento (Bashundhara Kings)

3 Goals

•   Asror Gafurov (Bashundhara Kings)
•   Muzaffar Muzaffarov (Mohammedan SC)
•   Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Abahani Limited Dhaka)

2 Goals

•   Robson Azevedo da Silva (Bashundhara Kings)
•   Jhoaho Hinestroza (Rahmatganj MFS)
•   Sazzad Hossain (Mohammedan SC)
•   Landry Ndikumana (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
•   Sunday Emmanuel (Mohammedan SC)
•   Kpehi Didier Brossou (Sheikh Russel KC)
•   Miguel Figueira (Bashundhara Kings)
•   Daniel Colindres (Abahani Limited Dhaka)

1 Goal

•   Arif Hossain (Mohammedan SC)
•   Ashraful Haque Asif (Mohammedan SC)
•   Nihat Jaman Ucchash (Sheikh Russel KC)
•   Shahriar Emon (Mohammedan SC)
•   Sumon Reza (Bashundhara Kings)
•   Roger Duarte (Mohammedan SC)
•   Michael Vinícius Silva de Morais (Rahmatganj MFS)
•   Sabuz Hossain (Fortis FC)
•   Topu Barman (Bashundhara Kings)
•   Khondoker Ashraful Islam (Rahmatganj MFS)
•   Rohit Sarker (AFC Uttara)
•   Mehedi Hasan Royal (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
•   Dipok Roy (Sheikh Russel KC)
•   Khalekuzzaman Sabuj (Sheikh Russel KC)
•   Eleta Kingsley (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
•   Kawshik Barua (Sheikh Jamal DC)
•   Mannaf Rabbi (Sheikh Jamal DC)
•   Daniel Febles (Mohammedan SC)
•   Fatkhullo Fatkhulloyev (Rahmatganj MFS)
•   Otabek Valizhonov (Sheikh Jamal DC)
•   Ojukwu David Ifegwu (Chittagong Abahani)
•   Candy Augustine Agbane (Chittagong Abahani)
•   Cornelius Stewart (Sheikh Jamal DC)
•   Sulayman Sillah (Sheikh Jamal DC)
•   Peter Nworah (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
•   Raphael Augusto (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
•   Kenneth Ikechukwu (Sheikh Russel KC)
•   Emeka Ogbugh (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
•   Rahmat Mia (Abahani Limited Dhaka)

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date
Monjurur Rahman Manik	Bangladesh Police FC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	0–1	3 January 2023
Khalekuzzaman Sabuj	Sheikh Russel KC	Bashundhara Kings	1–2	23 May 2023^[6]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Souleymane Diabate ^4	Dhaka Mohammedan	Dhaka Abahani	(4) 4–4 (2)	30 May 2023	^[7]

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Goalscorer	Best Player
Souleymane Diabate	Souleymane Diabate	Souleymane Diabate

See also

• 2022–23 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)
• 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

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