2016 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

Football tournament season

2016 Independence Cup
Tournament details
Country	Bangladesh
Dates	1 April - 7 May 2016
Teams	12
Defending champions	Dhaka Mohammedan
Final positions
Champions	Chittagong Abahani (1st title)
Runner-up	Dhaka Abahani
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	91 (2.76 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	(6 goals) Eleta Kingsley Sunday Chizoba
Best player	Leonel Saint-Preux
← 2014 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 27 March 2018.

The 2016 Independence Cup also known as KFC Independence Cup due to the sponsorship from KFC is the 7th edition of the tournament. A total of 12 teams completing in this tournament. Dhaka Mohammedan was the winner of previous edition of the tournament.

Venues

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000

Group stage

The twelve participants were divided into two groups. The top two teams for each group qualified for the semifinals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	5	4	1	0	12	2	+10	13
Chittagong Abahani	5	3	1	1	9	7	+2	10
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	5	3	0	2	7	6	+1	9
Dhaka Mohammedan	5	2	0	3	10	8	+2	6
Brothers Union	5	2	0	3	5	11	−6	6
Uttar Baridhara SC	5	0	0	5	1	10	−9	0

Source: 2 April 201618:30

Brothers Union	2-0	Uttar Baridhara SC
Mezbah Uddin 34' Nkwocha Kingsley 84'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium 4 April 201618:30

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2-0	Dhaka Mohammedan
Enamul Haque 9' Wedson Anselme 16'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 5 April 201618:30

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	0-2	Chittagong Abahani
		Tarik El Janaby 31' (pen.) Fabrice Noel 76'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 6 April 201618:30

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	5-0	Brothers Union
Wedson Anselme 21', 72', 84' Emeka Onuoha 24', 75'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 7 April 201618:30

Dhaka Mohammedan	2-0	Uttar Baridhara SC
Masuk Mia Jony 11' Ismael Bangoura 90+4'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 9 April 201616:00

Uttar Baridhara SC	0-1	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
		Monir Alam 20' (o.g.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium 10 April 201618:30

Brothers Union	0-1	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
		Kolo Musa 40'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 11 April 201617:00

Chittagong Abahani	2-1	Uttar Baridhara SC
Zahid Hossain 49' Fabrice Noel 65'		Sobuj 89'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 12 April 201617:00

Dhaka Mohammedan	1-2	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Ismael Bangoura 90+2'		Landry Pouemi 73'(o.g.) Kolo Musa 82'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 13 April 201617:00

Brothers Union	0-3	Chittagong Abahani
		Leonel Saint-Preux 30', 55' Zahid Hossain 77'(pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium 15 April 201617:00

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	3-0	Uttar Baridhara SC
Kolo Musa 17', 34', 55'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 17 April 201619:15

Dhaka Mohammedan	5-1	Chittagong Abahani
Ismael Bangoura 21', 50' Biplu Ahmed 32' Masuk Mia Jony 60' Yousuf Sifat		Zahid Hossain 36' (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium 19 April 201617:30

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	3-1	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Emeka Onuoha 13' Landing Darboe 43' Wedson Anselme 45+1'		Mobarak Hossain (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium 21 April 201617:30

Dhaka Mohammedan	2-3	Brothers Union
Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 54' Biplu Ahmed 66'		Mannaf Rabbi 51', 52' Awudu Ibrahim 75'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 22 April 201617:30

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	1-1	Chittagong Abahani
Emeka Onuoha 19'(pen.)		Alison Udoka 74'

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sheikh Russel KC	5	3	1	1	7	5	+2	10
Dhaka Abahani	5	2	3	0	9	3	+6	9
Team BJMC	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	7
Rahmatganj MFS	5	1	2	2	6	7	−1	5
Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS	5	0	4	1	2	3	−1	4
Feni Soccer Club	5	0	3	2	4	11	−7	3

Source: 1 April 201616:30

Team BJMC	1-0	Rahmatganj MFS
Eleta Kingsley 39'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium 3 April 201618:30

Dhaka Abahani	1-1	Feni Soccer Club
Camara Sarba 45+1'		Choumrin Rakhine 84' (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium 5 April 201616:00

Sheikh Russel KC	2-1	Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS
Fikru Teferra 4' Paul Emile Biyaga 82'		Kester Akon 2'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 6 April 201616:00

Feni Soccer Club	2-3	Rahmatganj MFS
Thuam Frank 11', 90+5'		Sohel Mia 25' Zunapio Siyo 66', 72'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 7 April 201616:00

Sheikh Russel KC	3-2	Team BJMC
Fikru Teferra 4(pen.)', 11', 76'		Mehedi Hossein Tapu 7' Samson Iliasu 83'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 9 April 201618:30

Dhaka Abahani	5-0	Team BJMC
Lee Tuck 23' Camara Sarba 28', 67' Sunday Chizoba 84', 89'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 10 April 201616:00

Feni Soccer Club	1-1	Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS
Iqbal Hossain Bhuiyan 65'		Mohammad Abdullah 59'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 11 April 201619:15

Sheikh Russel KC	2-1	Rahmatganj MFS
Fikru Teferra 5' Paul Emile Biyaga 15'		Syed Rashed Turzo 85'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 12 April 201619:15

Team BJMC	0-0	Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS

Bangabandhu National Stadium 13 April 201619:15

Sheikh Russel KC	0-0	Feni Soccer Club

Bangabandhu National Stadium 15 April 201619:15

Rahmatganj MFS	0-0	Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS

Bangabandhu National Stadium 17 April 201617:00

Dhaka Abahani	0-0	Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS

Bangabandhu National Stadium 18 April 201617:30

Team BJMC	6-0	Feni Soccer Club
Eleta Kingsley 36', 38', 45', 50', 73' Samson Iliasu 87'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 20 April 201617:30

Dhaka Abahani	2-2	Rahmatganj MFS
Rohan Ricketts 7' Camara Sarba 85'		Zunapio Siyo 38' Nurul Absar 71'

Bangabandhu National Stadium 23 April 201617:30

Dhaka Abahani	1-0	Sheikh Russel KC
Jewel Rana 72'

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

3 May

Sheikh Jamal DC	0
		7 May
Dhaka Abahani	6
		Dhaka Abahani	0
4 May
		Chittagong Abahani	2
Chittagong Abahani	1(4)

Sheikh Russel KC	1(2)

Semi Final 1

3 May 201617:30

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	0-6	Dhaka Abahani
		Lee Tuck 48(pen.)', 50' Sunday Chizoba 60', 64', 81', 83'

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Semi Final 2

4 May 201617:30

Chittagong Abahani	1-1 (a.e.t.)	Sheikh Russel KC
Rubel Miya 66'		Fikru Teferra 45+2'
Penalties
Tarik El Janaby Alison Udoka Leonel Saint-Preux Zahid Hossain	4–2	Fikru Teferra Valery Nahayo Mithun Chowdhury Shahedul Alam Shahed

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Final

7 May 201617:30

Dhaka Abahani	0-2	Chittagong Abahani
		Leonel Saint-Preux 55' Rubel Miya 62'

Bangabandhu National StadiumReferee: Azad Rahman

Top scorers

No.	Name	Club	Goals
1.	Sunday Chizoba	Dhaka Abahani	6
2.	Fikru Teferra	Sheikh Russel KC	6
3.	Eleta Kingsley	Team BJMC	6
4.	Wedson Anselme	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	5
5.	Kolo Musa	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	5

References

"Football Season 2016 will begin with Independence Cup". The Daily Observer. Dhaka. 25 November 2015.
"Independence Cup to begin March 30". The Daily Star. 25 March 2016.
"Results Modhumoti Bank Independence Cup Football Tounament [sic] 2014". Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2016-03-30.

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