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Bashundhara Kings

2020–21 season
Owner	Bashundhara Group
President	Imrul Hassan
Head coach	Óscar Bruzón
Stadium	Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium, Cumilla
Bangladesh Premier League	1st of 13
Federation Cup	Winners
Independence Cup	TBC
AFC Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Robinho (20) All: Robinho (23)
Biggest win	6–0 Vs Uttar Baridhara Club (30 April 2021)
Biggest defeat	1–2 Vs Chittagong Abahani (18 July 2021)
Home colours Away colours
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All statistics correct as of 24 August 2021.

The 2020–21 season is Bashundhara Kings's 8th season as a football club since its creation in 2013, and its 3rd consecutive season in the top-flight. In addition to domestic league, Bashundhara participated on this season's edition of Federation Cup and AFC Cup. The season covered the period from December 2020 to September 2021, with the late ending to the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.

Current squad

As of 14 May 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BAN Mitul Hasan 2 DF  BAN Sushanto Tripura 3 DF  BAN Nurul Naium Faisal 4 DF  BAN Topu Barman (captain) 6 MF  BAN Emon Mahmud Babu 7 MF  BAN Masuk Mia Jony 8 MF  BRA Fernandes 9 FW  ARG Raúl Becerra 10 FW  BRA Robinho (on loan from Fluminense) 11 FW  BAN Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 12 DF  BAN Bishwanath Ghosh 13 MF  BAN Atiqur Rahman Fahad 14 DF  BAN Yeasin Khan 15 MF  BAN Biplu Ahmed

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  BAN Mahbubur Rahman Sufil 18 MF  BAN Sheikh Alamgir Kabir Rana 19 MF  BAN Mohammad Ibrahim 20 FW  BAN Eleta Kingsley 21 FW  BAN Rasel Ahmed 22 GK  BAN Anisur Rahman Zico 29 FW  BAN Motin Mia 32 GK  BAN Mehedi Hasan 36 GK  BAN Hamidur Rahman Remon 40 DF  BAN Tariq Kazi 41 FW  BAN Obaidur Rahman Nawbab 44 DF  IRN Khaled Shafiei 49 DF  BAN Tareq Miah 58 MF  BAN Mahdi Khan 71 FW  BAN Rimon Hossain 99 MF  BAN Fahim Morshed

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Pos	Player	Previous club	Fee	Date	Source
8	MF	Jonathan Fernandes	Botafogo	Free	21 August 2020
44	DF	Khaled Shafiei	Saipa F.C.	Free	30 October 2020
9	FW	Raúl Becerra	Umm Salal SC	Free	31 October 2020
58	MF	Mahdi Khan	Sporting Bengal United F.C.	Free	21 December 2020
20	FW	Eleta Kingsley	Arambagh KS	Free	1 April 2021
41	FW	Obidur Rahman Nawbab	Al-Duhail SC	Free	8 April 2021

Loans in

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
10	FW	Robinho	Fluminense	Free	5 August 2020

Transfers out

No.	Pos	Player	Moved to	Fee	Date	Source
91	DF	Akhtam Nazarov	FC Istiklol	Free	12 June 2020
35	DF	Nicolás Delmonte	Zamora CF	Free	13 June 2020
26	FW	Daniel Colindres	Saprissa	Free	11 June 2020
20	MF	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	FC Abdysh-Ata Kant	Free	12 June 2020
28	FW	Hernan Barcos	A.C.R. Messina	Free	31 October 2020
27	FW	Nihat Jaman Ucchash	Arambagh KS	Free	3 November 2020
88	MF	Robiul Hasan	Dhaka Mohammedan	৳1500000 ($17700)	17 April 2021

Pre-season & friendlies

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Void or Postponed   Fixtures

Maldives tour

In 2020, Bashundhara Kings were going to play two friendlies against TC Sports Club and Maziya S&RC as a part of pre-season camp in Maldives, but later cancelled.

October 2020

TC Sports Club

Cancelled

Bashundhara Kings

Maldives

October 2020

Maziya S&RC

Cancelled

Bashundhara Kings

Maldives

Friendly

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 20 September 2021
Source: Competitions

Federation Cup

Group stage

Group C

22 December 2020 Group Stage	Bashundhara Kings	3-0	Rahmatganj MFS	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
17:30 BST	Becerra 43' Robinho 53' Nasr 65' (o.g.)	Report		Referee: Sujit Banarjee (Bangladesh)

28 December 2020 Group Stage	Chittagong Abahani	0–1	Bashundhara Kings	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
17:00 BST		Report	Becerra 49'	Referee: MD. Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Knockout phage

3 January 2021 Quarter-final	Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Becerra 10' Robinho 89'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bitu Raj Barua (Bangladesh)

10 January 2021 Final	Saif Sporting Club	0–1	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
16:00 BST		Report	Becerra 52'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Premier League

League table

1. Sheikh Jamal cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they were not granted an AFC Cup license for 2022.

Results summary

Last updated: 20 September 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Matches

13 January 2021 Round 1	Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Uttar Baridhara	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Becerra 35' Ibrahim 55'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

19 January 2021 Round 2	Bangladesh Police FC	1–2	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
15:30 BST	Touré 42'	Report	Robinho 16', 45+1'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

23 January 2021 Round 3	Bashundhara Kings	1–0	Brothers Union	Cumilla
15:00 BST	Robinho 63'	Report		Stadium: Comilla Stadium

27 January 2021 Round 4	Rahmatganj MFS	0–3	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
18:00 BST		Report	Robinho 34'(P) Kiran 45+2'(O.G) Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 86'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

1 February 2021 Round 5	Bashundhara Kings	4–1	Mohammedan	Comilla
15:00 BST	Becerra 10', 81'(P) Robinho 45+1' Fernandes 50'	Report	Nurat 22'	Stadium: Comilla Stadium

5 February 2021 Round 6	Chittagong Abahani	0–1	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
15:00 BST		Report	Sufil 62'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

8 February 2021 Round 7	Bashundhara Kings	3–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Comilla
15:00 BST	Robinho 9' Becerra 44' Sabuz 75'	Report		Stadium: Comilla Stadium

16 February 2021 Round 9	Bashundhara Kings	6–1	Arambagh KS	Comilla
15:00 BST	Becerra 3', 65', 74' Robinho 32', 42', 77'	Report	Nihat 16'	Stadium: Comilla Stadium

20 February 2021 Round 10	Saif SC	1–2	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
15:30 BST	John Okoli 18'	Report	Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 34' Robinho 37'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

24 February 2021 Round 11	Bashundhara Kings	4 – 0	Sheikh Russel KC	Comilla
15:00 BST	Becerra 23', 74' Robinho 42', 83'	Report		Stadium: Comilla Stadium

28 February 2021 Round 12	Dhaka Abahani	1–4	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Chowdhury 56' Belfort 82' (P)	Report	Becerra 18', 76' Khaled Shafiei 25' Fernandes 51' Biplu 73'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium

4 May 2021 Round 15	Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Police FC	Dhaka
19:00 BST	Robinho 17 Shafiei 35' Biplu 54' Topu 58'  84' Sabuz 62'	Report	Joy 16'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bituraj Barua

7 May 2021 Round 16	Brothers Union	1–5	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
21:00 BST	F. Hasanboev 36' Awala 71' Oriaku 79'	Report	Fernandes 21' Robinho 45' 80' Sabuz 59' 74' M.Khan 83'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Symoon Hasan Sany

14 September 2021 Round 23	Bashundhara Kings	3–0	Saif SC	Dhaka
16:00 BST (UTC+6)	Eleta 54' 63' Tariq  70' Robinho 80'	Report	Rafi  17'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Anisur Rahman
Note: This match was rescheduled from August to September due to Bashundhara Kings's 2021 AFC Cup group stage matches.

20 September 2021 Round 25	Bashundhara Kings	1–1	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Barman 37'	Report	Barman 28' (o.g.) M. Ridoy  36' Rayhan  81' S. Uddin  90+3'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bituraj Barua
Note: This match was rescheduled from August to September due to Bashundhara Kings's 2021 AFC Cup group stage matches.

AFC CUP

Group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ATK Mohun Bagan	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Inter-zone play-off semi-finals
2	Bashundhara Kings	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5
3	Bengaluru	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	Maziya (H)	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

18 August 2021 (2021-08-18) 2021 AFC Cup group stage	Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Maziya	Malé, Maldives
22:00 BST (UTC+6)	M.Irrufaan 25' (o.g.) Robinho 40' Fahad  86'	Stats Report		Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)

21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) 2021 AFC Cup group stage	Bengaluru	0−0	Bashundhara Kings	Malé, Maldives
17:00 BST (UTC+6)	Musavu-King  21' Parag  41'	Live Report Stats Report	Tariq  45' Khaled  47'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) 2021 AFC Cup group stage	ATK Mohun Bagan	1–1	Bashundhara Kings	Malé, Maldives
17:00 UTC+6	Kotal  13' Tangri  49' Williams 62'	Stats Report	Becerra  6' Bishwanath  20' Fernandes 28'  80' Zoni  39' Fahad  45' Sushanto  45+3'	Stadium: National Football Stadium Referee: Qassim Al-Hatmi (Oman)

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of match played till 20 September 2021

Rank	Player	Position	Total	BPL	AFC Cup	Federation Cup	Independence Cup
1	Robinho	FW	24	21	1	2	0
2	Raúl Becerra	FW	21	16	0	5	0
3	Fernandes	MF	10	7	1	2	0
4	Tawhidul Alam Sabuz	FW	6	6	0	0	0
5	Topu Barman	DF	2	0	0	0
6	Mohammad Ibrahim	MF	1	1	0	0	0
	Mahbubur Rahman Sufil	FW	1	1	0	0	0
	Biplu Ahmed	MF	1	1	0	0	0
	Khaled Shafiei	DF	1	1	0	0	0
	Eleta Kingsley	FW	1	1	0	0	0
Own goal			4	1	1	1	0
Total			71	58	3	10	0

Source: Matches

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