2013–14 Bangladesh Football Premier League

7th professional season of the top-flight football league in Bangladesh Football league season

Bangladesh Premier League
Season	2013–14
Dates	27 December 2013 - 25 July 2014
Champions	Sheikh Jamal
Relegated	Baridhara
AFC Cup	Sheikh Russel
Matches played	135
Goals scored	382 (2.83 per match)
Top goalscorer	26 goals Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal)
Biggest home win	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 8–0 Uttar Baridhara SC (25 July 2015) Sheikh Jamal DC 8–0 Uttar Baridhara SC (20 March 2015)
Biggest away win	Chittagong Abahani 1–8 Sheikh Jamal DC (14 June 2014)
Highest scoring	Chittagong Abahani 1–8 Sheikh Jamal DC (14 June 2014)
Longest winning run	5 matches Dhaka Abahani
Longest unbeaten run	19 matches Sheikh Jamal DC
Longest winless run	14 matches Feni Soccer Club Uttar Baridhara SC
Longest losing run	10 matches Uttar Baridhara SC
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 Bangladesh Premier League is also known as Nitol-Tata Bangladesh Premier League due to the sponsorship from Nitol-Tata. It was the 7th edition of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 10 football clubs competed in the league. The country's top-flight football competition was started on 27 December 2013.

Sheikh Russell are the defending champions after claiming their first Bangladesh Premier League championship.

Teams and locations

Chittagong

Dhaka

Gopalganjclass=notpageimage| Locations of teams in the 2013-14 Bangladesh Premier League

Arambagh representing the city of Dhaka were relegated last season and replaced by Chittagong Abahani the 2013 Bangladesh Championship League champions and Baridhara.

Club	Stadium	Location
Baridhara	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Brothers Union	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Chittagong Abahani	MA Aziz Stadium	Chittagong
Dhaka Abahani	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Dhaka Mohammedan	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Feni Soccer Club	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Muktijoddha Sangsad	Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium	Gopalganj
Sheikh Jamal	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Sheikh Russell	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka
Team BJMC	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka

Foreign players

Club	Leg	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	First	Ikechukwu Okemmira	Wedson Anselme	Sony Norde	Emeka Darlington	Emmanuel Ariwachukwu	Ali Abdullahi	Femi Orunnimi
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Second
Sheikh Russel KC	First	Francisco Usúcar	Pascal Millien	Ricardo Cousine	Youness Roux	Mohamed Amine Bourichy	Maxime Roger
Sheikh Russel KC	Second
Dhaka Abahani	First	Samad Yussif	Osei Morrison	Luiz Romulo de Castro	Mbenoun Ekele Patrick	Yoko Samnick	Andre Luis de Souza	Awudu Ibrahim
Dhaka Abahani	Second	Leonildo Soares
Dhaka Mohammedan	First	Bayebeck Fombagne Esaie	Chuka Charles	Owadokun Sesan Idowu	Mostafa Mohamed Seddik	Damien Chigozie	Henry Felix
Dhaka Mohammedan	Second
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	First	Mohamed Elgilant Mahmoud Nagi	Atsafack Gerard Ledoux	Eleta Kingsley	Agbulu Inalegwu	Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie	Sunday Chizoba	Eleta Benjamin Jr.
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Second
Brothers Union	First	Victor Ighelohbo Antoni	Nche Francis Kingsley	Batamack Jean Eric	Kester Akon	Isshah Yousuf	Simon Ezeodka
Brothers Union	Second	Walson Augustin
Team BJMC	First	Samson Iliasu	Jean J Ikanga	Ousmane Cherif	Uche Felix	Ismael Bangoura
Team BJMC	Second
Feni Soccer Club	First	Ahmed Samson	Okpoko Anthony Kezito Arinze	Momodou Lamin	Matthew Mendy	Wassiou Okalawon	Landing Darboe	Kabba Jobe
Feni Soccer Club	Second	Chuka Charles
Chittagong Abahani	First	Mohamed Conte (Bangoura)	Unwana David Udoh (Bright)	Napoleon Gabriel	Michael Dumba
Chittagong Abahani	Second	Ousman Cherif
Uttar Baridhara	First	Akindelek Oubowale	Kosoko Olasukanmi	Obafunsho Quadri Lanre	Imtiaz Quasim (Saqib)	Faiz Alam	Collins Tiego
Uttar Baridhara	Second

Standings

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (C, Q)	27	19	7	1	78	26	+52	64	2016 AFC Cup
2	Dhaka Abahani Limited	27	14	10	3	36	16	+20	52
3	Muktijoddha Sangsad	27	14	7	6	54	26	+28	49
4	Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club	27	12	9	6	36	25	+11	45
5	Brothers Union	27	10	8	9	35	33	+2	38
6	Sheikh Russel KC	27	8	8	11	38	35	+3	32
7	Team BJMC	27	8	6	13	39	49	−10	30
8	Chittagong Abahani	27	6	7	14	18	39	−21	25
9	Feni Soccer Club	27	2	12	13	30	48	−18	18
10	Baridhara (R)	27	2	6	19	18	85	−67	12	2014–15 Bangladesh Championship League

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 382 goals scored in 135 matches, for an average of 2.83 goals per match (as of 31 March 2015).

26 goals

Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal DC)

21 goals

Emeka Darlington (Sheikh Jamal DC)

17 goals

Kingsley Chigozie (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

15 goals

14 goals

Mithun Chowdhury (Sheikh Russel KC)

13 goals

Sony Norde (Sheikh Jamal)
Ismael Bangoura (Team BJMC)
Osei Morrison (Dhaka Abahani)

12 goals

Samson Illiasu (Team BJMC)

9 goals

Zahid Hasan Ameli (Dhaka Mohammedan)

8 goals

Walson Augustin (Brothers Union)

7 goals

Kester Akon (Brothers Union)

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

Ricardo Cousine (Sheikh Russel KC)
Matthew Mendy (Feni Soccer Club)
Rubel Miya (Brothers Union)
Nasiruddin Chowdhury (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Leonildo Soares (Dhaka Abahani)
Ousman Cherif (Chittagong Abahani)
Shahedul Alam Shahed (Dhaka Abahani)
Shakhawat Hossain Rony (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Aminur Rahman Sajib (Team BJMC)

3 goals

Shohidul Islam Shopon (Uttar Baridhara SC)
Uche Felix (Team BJMC)
Pascal Millien (Sheikh Russel KC)
Jamal Hossain (Dhaka Abahani)
Sabuz Kumar Bizwas (Sheikh Russel KC)
Jabed Khan (Chittagong Abahani)
Faisal Mahmud (Brothers Union)
Abdullah Parvez (Team BJMC)
Tawhidul Alam Sabuz (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Md. Dulal (Uttar Baridhara SC)
Ali Hasan (Feni Soccer Club)
Shakil Ahmed (Sheikh Russel KC)
Eleta Benjamin (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Enamul Haque (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

2 goals

Youness Roux (Sheikh Russel KC)
Wassiou Okalawon (Feni Soccer Club)
Victory Antony (Brothers Union)
Emdadul Haque Manu (Uttar Baridhara SC)
Mostafa Mohamed Seddik (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Motiur Rahman (Feni Soccer Club)
Md. Biplop (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Sohel Miah (Chittagong Abahani)
Sujon Biswas (Uttar Baridhara SC)
Mbenoun Ekele Patrick (Dhaka Abahani)
Md. Robin (Sheikh Russel KC)
Damien Chigozie (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Shafikul Islam Bipul (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Azmal Hossian Bidyut (Feni Soccer Club)
Anwar Hossain (Sheikh Russel KC)
Md. Sumon (Sheikh Russel KC)
Mamunul Islam (Sheikh Jamal DC)
Nasirul Islam Nasir (Dhaka Abahani)
Toklis Ahmed (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Atiqur Rahman Meshu (Dhaka Abahani)
Mohammad Ibrahim (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Iqbal (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

1 goal

Ahsanul Haque Milon (Chittagong Abahani)
Maxime Roger (Sheikh Russel KC)
Napoleon Gabriel (Chittagong Abahani)
Nche Francis (Brothers Union)
Ikechukwu Okemmira (Sheikh Jamal DC)
Zahid Hossain (Sheikh Russel KC)
Jewel Rana (Brothers Union)
Safautur Rahman (Chittagong Abahani)
Mejbabul Haque Manik (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Masuk Mia Jony (Chittagong Abahani)
Sayed Rased Turzo (Feni Soccer Club)
Isshah Yousuf (Brothers Union)
Agbulu Inalegwu (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Kosoko Olasukanmi (Uttar Baridhara SC)
Saiful Islam (Team BJMC)
Mohamed Conte (Chittagong Abahani)
MD. Towhidul Alam (Dhaka Abahani)
Kabba Jobe (Feni Soccer Club)
Ismael Jahed (Chittagong Abahani)
Faiz Alam (Uttar Baridhara SC)
Ali Abdullahi (Sheikh Jamal DC)
Sohel Rana (Sheikh Jamal DC)
Akbar Hossain Ridon (Feni Soccer Club)
Sobuj Das Rogu (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Abdul Hannan (Chittagong Abahani)
Henry Felix (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Topu Barman (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Mostapha (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
Atiqur Rahman Fahad (Chittagong Abahani)
Nabib Newaj Jibon (Team BJMC)
Shapon (Team BJMC)
Md. Jony (Chittagong Abahani)
Rajib (Team BJMC)
Abdul Malek (Brothers Union)
Sohel Rana (Sheikh Russel KC)
Shafikul Islam (Brothers Union)
Arup Kumar Baidya (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Yusuf Sifat (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Chowmrin (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date
Saiful	Team BJMC	Sheikh Jamal DC	2–2	22 February 2014
Nasirul Islam Nasir	Dhaka Abahani	Brothers Union	0–1	18 April 2014

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mithun Chowdhury	Sheikh Russel KC	Uttar Baridhara SC	4–0	27 December 2013
Emeka Darlington	Sheikh Jamal DC	Brothers Union	4–1	8 January 2014
Emeka Darlington	Sheikh Jamal DC	Uttar Baridhara	8–0	20 March 2014
Wedson Anselme	Sheikh Jamal DC	Uttar Baridhara	8–0	20 March 2014
Kester Akon	Brothers Union	Uttar Baridhara	5–1	11 May 2014
Sunday Chizoba	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Chittagong Abahani	6–0	13 May 2014
Kingsley Chigozie	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Chittagong Abahani	6–0	13 May 2014
Emeka Darlington	Sheikh Jamal DC	Chittagong Abahani	8–1	14 June 2014
Mithun Chowdhury	Sheikh Russel KC	Uttar Baridhara SC	7–1	15 June 2014
Kingsley Chigozie	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Team BJMC	4–1	21 June 2014
Sony Norde	Sheikh Jamal DC	Feni Soccer Club	5–2	24 June 2014
Wedson Anselme	Sheikh Jamal DC	Team BJMC	4–1	10 July 2014
Landing Darboe	Feni Soccer Club	Uttar Baridhara	4–1	16 July 2014
Osei Morrison	Dhaka Abahani	Sheikh Russel KC	5–2	19 July 2014
Shakhawat Hossain Rony	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Uttar Baridhara	6–0	20 July 2014
Sunday Chizoba	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Uttar Baridhara	8–0	25 July 2014

Player scored n goals.

References

"Nitol Tata to sponsor BPL". Daily Star. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
"Fixture of Bangladesh Premier League-2013-14". Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
"Brothers bring back Naeemuddin as coach". archive.dhakatribune.com. 16 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
"Baridhara stun BJMC, exact sweet revenge". archive.dhakatribune.com. 5 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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Former clubs	Arambagh Chittagong Mohammedan Farashganj Khulna Abahani SC Narayanganj Suktara Sangsad NoFeL Swadhinata Uttar Baridhara Azampur Uttara Muktijoddha Sangsad Sheikh Jamal DC Sheikh Russel KC
Dissolved clubs	Beanibazar Team BJMC Feni Saif Sporting
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2024–25 Venues	Bashundhara Kings Arena Munshigonj Stadium Shaheed Barkat Stadium Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium
Organisations	Bangladesh Football Federation
Winners Managers Performance in Asian competition Top level Leagues

v t e Bangladesh football seasons
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Challenge Cup	2024
National Football Championship	2020 2021–22
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Dhaka Senior Division Football League	2014–15 2017 2018–19 2021–22 2024
Dhaka Second Division Football League	2018–19 2021–22 2022–23
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BFF U-18 Football League	2021–22 2023–24
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Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Vietnam
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AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup
National team competitions	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup 2013 East Asian Games 2013 Southeast Asian Games 2013 WAFF Championship
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Super Cups	China Japan Malaysia Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
Regional club competitions	2014 GCC Club Cup 2014 Mekong Club Championship
AFC club competitions	AFC Champions League Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC Cup Qualifying play-off Group stage Knock-out stage Final AFC President's Cup
National team competitions	2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification 2014 AFC Challenge Cup 2014 AFF Championship 2013 WAFF Championship 2014 Gulf Cup of Nations

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