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Saif Sporting Club

2020–21 season
Owner	Saif Powertec Limited
Head coach	Paul Put (until 26 February) Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (interim; from 26 February to 8 March) Stewart Hall (from 9 March to 31 July) Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (from 1 August)
Stadium	Bangabandhu National Stadium
Bangladesh Premier League	4th
Federation Cup	Final
Independence Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: John Okoli (18) All: John Okoli (18)
Biggest win	6–1 vs Brothers Union
Biggest defeat	2–5 vs Chittagong Abahani
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The 2020–21 season is the Saif SC's 5th season since its establishment in 2016 and their 4th consecutive season in the Bangladesh Premier League after promoting in 2017.

On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until 31 March as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. So beginning of this season was delayed.

Season review

Pre-season

Before beginning of the season, Saif Sporting Club was looking forward to replace their head coach Drago Mamic & renew contract with team captain Jamal Bhuyan. Saif was also interested to replace foreign players & some local youths. Jahongir Ergashev and Murolimzhon Akhmedov already left the club to join FK Khujand and FC Neftchi respectively. On 24 September, it was announced that Emery Bayisenge joining Rwandan club AS Kigali on a one-year loan deal from Saif SC. As of a Rwandan news publisher, the transfer fee was 12 millions Rwandan franc.

On 29 October, managing director Nasiruddin Chowdhury confirmed that they’re bringing belgian coach Paul Put to replace Mamic.

On 31 October, Saif SC sent names of three players they want to let go for the 2020-21 season to BFF. The players were forward Mehebub Hasan Nayan & Kafsut Taius along with defender Nazmul Hossain Akondo.

On 11 November, the club officially announced the signing of Emmanuel Ariwachukwu, John Okoli, Kenneth Ikechukwu and Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev.

On 29 November, Saif SC played a pre-season friendly with Bangladesh Police FC. The match was won by 2-0 as Kenneth & John found the net.

Players

Saif Sporting Club Limited squad for 2020–21 season.

As of 19 April 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 Pappu Hossain 2 DF  BAN Yeasin Arafat 3 DF  BAN Rahmat Mia 4 MF  UZB Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev 5 DF  BAN Riyadul Hasan Rafi (Vice-captain) 6 MF  BAN Jamal Bhuyan (Captain) 8 FW  NGA John Okoli 10 MF  BAN Shahedul Alam Shahed Sr. 12 MF  BAN Sazzad Hossain 14 MF  BAN Mohammad Al Amin 15 DF  NGA Emmanuel Ariwachukwu 17 FW  BAN Foysal Ahmed Fahim 19 FW  BAN Arifur Rahman 20 FW  BAN Maraz Hossain Opi 21 DF  BAN Imran Hasan Rimon 22 GK  BAN Shanto Kumar Ray

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 MF  BAN Sagor Hossain 28 MF  BAN Abu Shaeid 29 FW  BAN Rahim Uddin 30 GK  BAN Saiful Islam 31 GK  BAN Emon Hawladar 32 FW  NGA Kenneth Ikechukwu 33 DF  BAN Abid Ahmed 34 MF  BAN Jayed Ahmed 41 DF  BAN Tanvir Hossain 44 DF  BAN Sabuz Hossain 55 DF  BAN Sobug Chandra Das 88 MF  BAN Nayan Miah

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
4	MF	Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev	FK Mash'al Mubarek	Free transfer	11 November 2020
8	FW	John Okoli	Bandırmaspor	Free transfer	11 November 2020
15	DF	Emmanuel Ariwachukwu	FK Andijon	Free transfer	11 November 2020
32	FW	Kenneth Ikechukwu	Göcmenköy IYSK	Free transfer	11 November 2020
6	MF	Jamal Bhuyan	Kolkata Mohammedan	End of loan	17 March 2021

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
7	FW	Jafar Iqbal	Dhaka Mohammedan	৳150000 ($1780)	11 December 2020
9	FW	Fayia Kobba Jr.	Unknown	Free transfer	November 2020
11	FW	Mehebub Hasan Nayan	Rahmatganj MFS	Free transfer	October 2020
15	MF	Murolimzhon Akhmedov	FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata	Free transfer	1 August 2020
23	MF	Deiner Córdoba	Unknown	Free transfer	1 November 2020
25	DF	Nazmul Hossain Akondo	Arambagh KS	November 2020	October 2020
62	FW	Jahongir Ergashev	FK Khujand	Free transfer	18 July 2020
99	FW	Kafsut Taius	Free Agent	-	October 2020
26	DF	Ariful Islam	Sheikh Jamal DC	৳5,00,000 ($5,900)	24 March 2021
–	FW	Shakib Bepary	Dhaka Wanderers Club	Free transfer	January 2021

Loans out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Start Date	End Date	Source
6	MF	Jamal Bhuyan	Kolkata Mohammedan	not disclosed	5 November 2020	17 March 2021
–	MF	Emon Mollah	Uttar Baridhara Club	Free	December 2020	End of season
8	DF	Emery Bayisenge	A.S. Kigali	$12,200	24 September 2020	End of season

Note :

Italic names refer to the players who have transferred from the youth team.

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 14 September 2021
Source: GSA

Federation Cup

Group stage

Group B

23 December 2020	Saif Sporting Club	3-0	Uttar Baridhara	Dhaka
15:15 BST	Sayed 49' (o.g.) Ikechukwu 64' Fahim 69'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bitu Raj Barua

26 December 2020	Saif Sporting Club	6–1	Brothers Union	Dhaka
20:00 BST	Ikechukwu 20', 64' Yeasin 36' Arifur 49' Maraz 77' Sazzad 80'	Report	Siyo 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: M. Z. F. Nahid

Knockout phase

2 January 2021 Quarter Final	Saif Sporting Club	2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p)	Dhaka Mohammedan	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Ariwachukwu 7' Ikechukwu 13'	Report	Atiquzzaman 1' Diabate 44'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: S.M. Jashim Akter
	Penalties
	Ikechukwu Shahed Okoli Yeasin Ariwachukwu Rahim Rahmat Sirozhiddin		Diabate Sajib Nagata Shohag Mithu Coulidiati Bappy Atiquzzaman

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: 14 September 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Matches

11 May 2021 Round 17	Saif SC	4–1	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Dhaka
19:00 BST	Okoli 11' 23' Ikechukwu 45+1' Yeasin 77'  78' Rakhmatullaev  86'	Report	Alamgir Anik  31' Sajon Mia 44' Mohiudeen  52' Royal  64' Y. Camara  88'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Jasim Akhter

15 July 2021 Round 18	Sheikh Jamal DC	3–1	Saif SC	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Rezaul  13' Monir Hossain  37' Jobe 45+2' Otabek Validjanov 76'  87'	Report	Okoli 56	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bituraj Barua

19 July 2021 Round 19	Saif SC	4–3	Arambagh KS	Dhaka
16:30 BST	Ariwachukwu 30'  43' Yeasin  48' Rimon  60' Maraz 74' Fahim 76' Jamal 88'	Report	Abdukadyrov 37' Babu  43' Kholmurodov 78' Arafat Mia 84'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohamad Alamgir

10 August 2021 Round 21	Sheikh Russel KC	2–4	Saif SC	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Mohammad Abdullah 14' Obi Moneke 14' 63'	Report	Bablu 9' (o.g.) Ikechukwu 27' 52' Okoli 40' Sirojiddin  42'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mizanur Rahman

13 August 2021 Round 22	Saif SC	3–2	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Ikechukwu 43' 81' Okoli 45+2' Riyadul Hasan Rafi  50' Rimon  72'	Report	Saad Uddin  15' Masih Saighani  46' Kervens Belfort 76' Jewel Rana 78' Ridoy  84'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohammed Jalal Uddin

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.

19 August 2021 Round 24	Uttar Baridhara Club	1–3	Saif SC	Dhaka
16:00 BST	S. Rana  40' M. Kahraba  64' Maruf Ahmed 75'	Report	Rimon  41' Okoli 28'  64' 90+5' Ikechukwu 66'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mahmud Zamal Farouqee Nahid

24 August 2021 Round 25	Saif SC	2–0	Police FC	Dhaka
16:00 BST	Fahim 29'  60' Ikechukwu 90'	Report		Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Alomgir Sarker

27 August 2021 Round 26	Brothers Union	0–1	Saif SC	Dhaka
18:15 BST	Ahsanur  69' Furqatjon  77' Uttom Roy  90+3'	Report	Maraz 56'	Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mahmud Zamal Farouqee Nahid

Statistics

Goals

As of matches played till 14 September 2021

Rank	Player	Position	Total	BPL	Federation Cup	Independence Cup
1	John Okoli	MF	18	18	0	0
2	Kenneth Ikechukwu	FW	16	11	5	0
3	Sazzad Hossain	MF	4	3	1	0
	Yeasin Arafat	DF	4	2	2	0
	Foysal Ahmed Fahim	FW	4	3	1	0
	Maraz Hossain	FW	4	3	1	0
	Emmanuel Ariwachukwu	DF	4	2	2	0
8	Arifur Rahman	FW	3	1	2	0
9	Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev	MF	2	2	0	0
10	Riyadul Hasan Rafi	DF	1	1	0	0
	Jamal Bhuyan	MF	1	1	0	0
Own goals			2	1	1	0
Total			63	48	15	0

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