Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

**Federation Cup**
Founded	1980;44 years ago
Region	Bangladesh
Number of teams	12; 10 (2023-24)
Qualifier for	AFC Cup
Related competitions	Bangladesh Premier League
Current champions	Mohammedan Sporting Club (11th titles)
Most successful club(s)	Abahani Limited Dhaka (12th titles)
Television broadcasters	T Sports
Website	www.bff.com.bd
	2023–24 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

Last updated February 15, 2024

Federation Cup, also known as Bangladesh Federation Cup, is Bangladesh's premier cup competition in men's association football. The competition started in 1980 and is run by the Bangladesh Football Federation which is responsible for all types of competitive matches in the country. The teams from the country's premier league and other clubs compete in the tournament while occasionally Indian sides were invited in the past. Most of the matches are played in the country's main football venue Bangabandhu National Stadium. The winners of the tournament earn a slot in the qualifying round of the AFC Cup.

Competition format

A total of 13 teams participate in the final round. The groups are drawn out by the Bangladesh Football Federation before the tournament. Teams are split into 4 groups and the two top teams from each group qualify for the knockout rounds. A group winner deciding match is held if two teams are on equal on points and Goal difference. Following the group-stages fixtures ending in a tie after extra time will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.^[1]

Results

Results of previous tournaments are listed. In 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2014 the competition was not held.^[2]^[3]

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score	Ref.
1980	Mohammedan Sporting Club & Brothers Union		0–0
1981	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Abahani Krira Chakra	2–0
1982	Abahani Krira Chakra & Mohammedan Sporting Club		0–0
1983	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Abahani Krira Chakra	2–0
1984	Mohammedan Sporting Club & Abahani Krira Chakra (Match abandoned due to riots)		0–0 (before riots began)
1985	Abahani Krira Chakra	Brothers Union	1–0
1986	Abahani Krira Chakra	Brothers Union	2–1
1987	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Dhaka Wanderers Club	1–0
1988	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan Sporting Club	1–0
1989	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Abahani Limited Dhaka	2–1 (a.e.t.)
1991	Brothers Union	Mohammedan Sporting Club	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)
1994	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	3–2
1995	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Abahani Limited Dhaka	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)
1997	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Arambagh Krira Sangha	2–1
1999	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	0-0 (a.e.t.) (5–3 p)
2000	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan Sporting Club	2–1
2001	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Arambagh Krira Sangha	3–0
2002	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	2–0
2003	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Mohammedan Sporting Club	2–1 (a.e.t.)
2005	Brothers Union	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	1–0
2008	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Abahani Limited Dhaka	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	^[4]
2009	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Abahani Limited Dhaka	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	^[5]
2010	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	5–3 (a.e.t.)	^[6]
2011–12	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Team BJMC	3–1	^[7]
2012	Sheikh Russel KC	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2–1 (a.e.t.)
2013	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	1–0	^[8]
2015	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	6–4 (a.e.t.)	^[9]
2016	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Arambagh Krira Sangha	1–0	^[10]
2017	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Chittagong Abahani	3–1	^[11]
2018	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Bashundhara Kings	3–1	^[12]
2019–20	Bashundhara Kings	Rahmatganj MFS	2–1	^[13]
2020–21	Bashundhara Kings	Saif Sporting Club	1–0	^[14]
2021–22	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Rahmatganj MFS	2–1	^[15]
2022–23	Mohammedan Sporting Club	Abahani Limited Dhaka	4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	^[16]
2023–24

Statistics by club

Team	Winner	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Abahani Limited Dhaka	12	8	1982*, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021–22	1981, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2009, 2022–23
Mohammedan Sporting Club	11	4	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2022–23	1988, 1991, 2000, 2003
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	3	5	1994, 2001, 2003	1999, 2002, 2005, 2013, 2015
Brothers Union	3	2	1980, 1991, 2005*	1985, 1986
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	3	2	2011–12, 2013, 2015	2010, 2012
Bashundhara Kings	2	1	2019–20, 2020–21	2018
Sheikh Russel KC	1	0	2012
Arambagh Krira Sangha	0	3		1997, 2001, 2016
Dhaka Wanderers Club	0	1		1987
Team BJMC	0	1		2011–12
Chittagong Abahani	0	1		2017
Rahmatganj MFS	0	2		2019–20, 2021–22
Saif Sporting Club	0	1		2020–21

Top goalscorers by edition

As of 9 January 2022

Years	Players	Clubs	Goals
1987	Rizvi Karim Rumi Rumman Bin Wali Sabbir	BRTC Mohammedan Sporting Club	4
2001	Mominur Rahman Momin	Prantik Krira Chakra	7
2009	Alamu Bukola Olalekan	Mohammedan Sporting Club	8
2010	James Moga	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	7
2011–12	Assogba Allen Abdul Rasheed Ajagun Ernest Emako-Siankam Lucky Divine	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Team BJMC Sheikh Russel KC Rahmatganj MFS	4
2012	Jahid Hasan Ameli	Sheikh Russel KC	7
2013	Sony Norde	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	7
2015	Wedson Anselme	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	6
2016	Kester Akon	Arambagh KS	4
2017	Emeka Darlington	Abahani Limited Dhaka	3
2018	Sunday Chizoba	Abahani Limited Dhaka	6
2019–20	Sidney Rivera	Bangladesh Police FC	4
2020–21	Raúl Becerra Kenneth Ikechukwu	Bashundhara Kings Saif Sporting Club	5
2021–22	Dorielton Gomes Philip Adjah	Abahani Limited Dhaka Rahmatganj MFS	4
2022–23	Souleymane Diabate	Mohammedan SC	8
2023–24

Sponsorship

The tournament is currently sponsored by Bashundhara Group. Below is a list of sponsors:^[17]

Period	Sponsor
1980–1988	No main sponsor
1989	Coca-Cola
1991–1994	No main sponsor
1995	Beximco
1997	No main sponsor
1999	Pedrolo Pump
2000	No main sponsor
2001	Nitol Group
2002	Muktijoddha Sangsad
2003–2005	Kohinoor Chemical
2008–2009	Citycell
2010–2012	Grameenphone
2013–2018	Walton
2019–20	TVS Motor Company
2020–2021	Walton
2021–	Bashundhara Group

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[2] "Bangladesh - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF . Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[3] "Federation Cup". Bangladesh Football FEderation. 2010. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[4] "Arman does it for his mom". 2 September 2008.

[5] "Mohammedan keep the Cup". 20 October 2009.

[6] "Fed Cup Abahani's". 31 October 2010.

[7] "Classy Jamal clinch Cup". 25 January 2012.

[8] "Sk Jamal take the crown". 14 December 2013.

[9] "Sk Jamal retain title". 6 March 2015.

[10] "Abahani Win Fed Cup Title". bff.com.bd. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[11] "Dhaka Abahani lift 10th Fed Cup title | Daily Sun |".

[12] "Abahani seal hattrick title". 24 November 2018.

[13] "Kings clinch Fed Cup". Dhaka Tribune. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[14] "Bashundhara Kings clinch Federation Cup title beating Saif Sporting". Daily Sun. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[15] "ফেডারেশন কাপে আবাহনীর শিরোপা পুনরুদ্ধার". Daily Football Bangladesh (in Bengali). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

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