2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League

The 2016 Bangladesh Football Premier League (also known as JB Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons)^[1] was the ninth season of the Bangladesh Premier League since establishment of the league in 2007. A total of 12 teams competed in the league. The league began on 24 July 2016.^[2]

Bangladesh Premier League

Season	2015–16
Dates	24 July - 31 December 2016
Champions	Dhaka Abahani (5th titles)
Relegated	Uttar Baridhara Club Feni SC
AFC Cup	Dhaka Abahani
Matches played	132
Goals scored	342 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	19 goals Sunday Chizoba
Biggest home win	Chittagong Abahani 6–1 Uttar Baridhara (14 Aug 2016)
Biggest away win	Feni Soccer Club 1–5 Arambagh (1 October 2016)
Highest scoring	Brothers Union 4–5 Sheikh Jamal (25 September 2016)
Longest winning run	06 matches Dhaka Abahani
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Dhaka Abahani
Longest winless run	10 matches Feni Soccer Club
Longest losing run	09 matches Uttar Baridhara
← 2014–15 2017–18 →

Saif Global Sports are the right holder of BPL's ninth edition and they will accommodate the advertising, branding, TV transmission, radio, marketing rights of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016.

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club are the defending champions, having won their Bangladesh Premier League title the previous season.

BFF has agreed to provide a purse of Taka thirty lacs as appearance money to each of the 12 participant teams for their accommodation and transportation outside the capital.^[2]

A total of 24 matches out of 132 matches were to be played in Dhaka and rest of the matches played outside Dhaka.^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

The matches will be held in the seven venues.^[3][4]

Dhaka

Chittagong

Rajshahi

Gopalganj

Mymensingh

Barisal

Sylhet

Locations of teams in Bangladesh Premier League 2016

Stadium	Location
Bangabandhu Stadium	Dhaka
M. A. Aziz Stadium	Chittagong
Abdur Rab Serniabat Stadium	Barisal
Sylhet District Stadium	Sylhet
Rajshahi District Stadium	Rajshahi
Mymensingh Stadium	Mymensingh
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium	Gopalganj

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Brothers Union	Syed Nayeemuddin	Ebayet Hossen Komol	Biswas Builders Limited
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu	Mamunul Islam	SAIF POWERTEC
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.	György Kottán	Ariful Islam		FBT
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	Kazi Jasimuddin Ahmed Joshi	Tawhidul Alam Sabuz	Orion Group
Feni Soccer Club	Oladipupo Babalola	Akbor Hossain Ridon
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Abdul Qaium Sentu	Saidul Haque
Rahmatganj MFS	Kamal Babu	Shawkat Rasel	Tiger Cement
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.	Stefan Hansson	Yeasin Khan	YELLOW
Arambagh KS	Saiful Bari Titu	Mitul Hasan
Sheikh Russel KC	Shafiqul Islam Manik	Atiqur Rahman Meshu	Bashundhara Cement	Bashundhara Group
Team BJMC	Mong Kra Marma	Arifuzzaman Himel
Uttar Baridhara SC	Mir Mohammad Ali Faruk	Sohel Rana

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Brothers Union	Abass Inusah	Awudu Ibrahim	Walson Augustin	Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	Fabrice Noël	Leonel Saint-Preux	Tarik El Janaby	Chencho Gyeltshen
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.	Lee Tuck	Samad Yussif	Sunday Chizoba	Camara Sarba
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	Armand Joel Banaken Bassoken	Landry Pouemi	Patrice Nzekou Nguenheu	Ismael Bangoura
Feni Soccer Club	Camara Mamadou Uba	Thuam Frank	Uche Felix
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.	Landing Darboe	Wedson Anselme	Emeka Darlington
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Ahmed Kolo Musa	Mufta Lawal	Simon Ezeodika
Rahmatganj MFS	Siyo Zunapio	Dawda Ceesay	Momodou Lamin Jatta	Eleta Benjamin Jr.
Arambagh KS	Steve Thomas	Kester Akon	Thiago Tyson Silva
Sheikh Russel KC	Jean Jules Ikanga	Paul Emile Biyaga	Fikru Teferra
Team BJMC	Baybeck Esaie	Eleta Kingsley	Samson Iliasu	Samuel Adams
Uttar Baridhara SC	Collins Tiego	Kosoko Olasukanmi	Mansa Sylla	Leonardo Lima

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dhaka Abahani (C, Q)	22	15	7	0	48	16	+32	52	2017 AFC Cup
2	Chittagong Abahani	22	14	5	3	36	15	+21	47
3	Sheikh Jamal	22	8	8	6	34	30	+4	32
4	Brothers Union	22	7	9	6	37	34	+3	30
5	Muktijoddha	22	8	6	8	28	28	0	30
6	Arambagh KS	22	5	12	5	21	21	0	27
7	Rahmatganj MFS	22	7	6	9	30	35	−5	27
8	Sheikh Russel	22	6	7	9	19	24	−5	25
9	Team BJMC	22	5	10	7	29	36	−7	25
10	Mohammedan	22	3	11	8	20	29	−9	20
11	Feni Soccer Club (R)	22	4	6	12	21	35	−14	18	Relegation to 2017 BCL
12	Uttar Baridhara (R)	22	5	3	14	19	39	−20	18

Source: Soccerway FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition; (R) Relegated

Result

Home \ Away	AKS	BRO	CAL	DAL	FSC	MFS	SDC	SRK	BJM	MSC	MUK	UBS
Arambagh		2–2	0–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1
Brothers Union	2–1		0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	4–5	2–2	4–1	2–2	0–2	2–1
Chittagong Abahani	0–0	2–1		1–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	4–2	3–1	6–1
Dhaka Abahani	2–0	1–1	1–1		5–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	6–1	4–0
Feni Soccer Club	1–5	1–3	1–2	0–1		1–1	1–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0
Rahmatganj MFS	2–2	4–3	2–0	1–3	1–1		1–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–2	0–2
Sheikh Jamal	1–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	3–1	1–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–0
Sheikh Russel	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
Team BJMC	1–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	5–4	2–3	1–1		1–1	3–2	2–1
Mohammedan	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	2–2		2–2	0–1
Muktijoddha Sangsad	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0		0–1
Uttar Baridhara SC	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–4	0–2	3–5	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 342 goals scored in 132 matches, for an average of 2.59 goals per match (as of December 2016).

19 goals

• Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani)

14 goals

• Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie (Brothers Union)
• Samson Iliasu (Team BJMC)

13 goals

• Walson Augustin (Brothers Union)

12 goals

• Siyo Zunapio (Rahmatganj MFS)

10 goals

• Lee Tuck (Dhaka Abahani)

9 goals

• Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Emeka Darlington (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Landing Darboe (Sheikh Jamal DC)

8 goals

• Md Sajidur Rahman Sajid (Arambagh KS)
• Tawhidul Alam Sabuz (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)

7 goals

• Leonel Saint-Preux (Chittagong Abahani)
• Eleta Kingsley (Team BJMC)

6 goals

• Zahid Hossain (Chittagong Abahani)
• Ahmed Kolo Musa (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Chowmrin Rakhain (Feni Soccer Club)
• Jean Jules Ikanga (Sheikh Russel KC)

5 goals

• Towhidul Alam Towhid (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Uche Felix (Feni Soccer Club)
• Shakhawat Hossain Rony (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Mohammad Ibrahim (Chittagong Abahani)
• Nabib Newaj Jibon (Dhaka Abahani)
• Chencho Gyeltshen (Chittagong Abahani)

4 goals

• Mehbub Hasan Nayon (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Khalekurzaman Sabuj (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Ismael Bangoura (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
• Jafar Iqbal (Arambagh KS)
• Jewel Rana (Dhaka Abahani)
• Mannaf Rabby (Brothers Union)
• Abass Inusah (Brothers Union)
• Jonathan David (Dhaka Abahani)
• Jabed Khan (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)

3 goals

• Rubel Miya (Chittagong Abahani)
• Kester Akon (Arambagh KS)
• Mohammad Abdullah (Arambagh KS)
• Dawda Ceesay (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Zakir Hossain Jiku (Team BJMC)
• Didarul Alam (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Leonardo Lima (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Shafiqul Islam Bipul (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Mamunul Islam (Chittagong Abahani)

2 goals

• Enamul Haque (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Sentu Chandra Sen (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Md Alauddin (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Moklesur Rahman Mukul (Team BJMC)
• Collins Tiego (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Md Jummon Hossain (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Md Monir Alam (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Sohel Rana (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Aminur Rahman Sajib (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
• Patrice Nzekou Nguenheu (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
• Mahabul Islam Himu (Feni Soccer Club)
• Ndukaku Alison (Chittagong Abahani)
• Jamal Bhuyan (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Simon Ezeodika (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Shahran Halder (Feni Soccer Club)
• Thuam Frank (Feni Soccer Club)
• Md Shihab (Sheikh Jamal DC)

1 goal

• Sushanto Tripura (Feni Soccer Club)
• Md Rakib (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Abdul Malek (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
• Habibur Rahman Sohag (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Monjurur Rahman Manik (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Nazmul Islam Rasel (Brothers Union)
• Mohammed Parvez (Feni Soccer Club)
• Raihan Hasan (Chittagong Abahani)
• Shakil Ahmed (Chittagong Abahani)
• Kazi Shariful Islam Shajib (Arambagh KS)
• Rohit Sarker (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Md Akber Hossain Ridon (Feni Soccer Club)
• Masud Rana (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
• Mazharul Islam Sourov (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Simon Ezeodika (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Hemanta Vincent Biswas (Dhaka Abahani)
• Sarower Zaman Nipu (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Shah Alamgir Kabir Anik (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• MD Sohel (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Atiqur Rahman Fahad (Dhaka Abahani)
• Paul Emile Biyaga (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Momodou Lamin Jatta (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Thiago Tyson Silva (Arambagh KS)
• Faisal Ahmed Shitol (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Saad Uddin (Dhaka Abahani)
• Eleta Benjamin Jr. (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Nasirul Islam Nasir (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Shaikat Mahmud (Team BJMC)
• Sujon Biswas (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Wahed Ahmed (Dhaka Abahani)
• Shofiqul Islam Shofi (Brothers Union)
• Masuk Mia Jony (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
• Camara Mamadou Uba (Uttar Baridhara SC)
• Md Helal (Feni Soccer Club)
• Saikat Bhoumik (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Mohamed Mintu Sheikh (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Landry Pouemi (Dhaka Mohammedan SC)
• Mehedi Hassan Tapu (Team BJMC)
• Rafiqur Rahman Mamun (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Nasiruddin Chowdhury (Chittagong Abahani)
• Emon Mahmud Babu (Dhaka Abahani)
• Faisal Mahmud (Dhaka Abahani)
• Baybeck Esaie (Team BJMC)
• Imtiaz Sultan Jitu (Brothers Union)
• Rana (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Manik (Chittagong Abahani)
• Kawsar Ali Rabbi (Brothers Union)

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date	Ref.
Moro Mohammad	Feni Soccer Club	Sheikh Jamal DC	1–3	11 August 2016	[5]
Saidul Islam	Muktijoddha SKC	Rahmatganj MFS	1–2	30 September 2016	[6]
Krishna Pada	Brothers Union	Rahmatganj MFS	3–4	16 October 2016	[7]
Didarul Haque	Sheikh Jamal DC	Arambagh KS	0–2	1 November 2016	[8]
Bishwanath Ghosh	Dhaka Mohammedan	Chittagong Abahani	0–1	7 November 2016	[9]

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.
Sunday Chizoba	Dhaka Abahani	Feni Soccer Club	5–1	7 November 2022
Lee Tuck	Dhaka Abahani	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	6–1	19 November 2022
Eleta Kingsley	Team BJMC	Rahmatganj MFS	5–4	13 December 2022
Siyo Zunapio	Rahmatganj MFS	Team BJMC	4–5	13 December 2022