2017–18 Bangladesh Football Premier League

The 2017–18 Bangladesh Football Premier League (also known as SAIF Power Battery Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons^[1]) is the tenth season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 12 teams are competing in the league. Saif Global Sports are the right holder of BPL's tenth edition and they accommodate the advertising, branding, TV transmission, radio, marketing rights of the Bangladesh Premier League 2016–17. The league started from July 28, 2017. Fakirerpool Young Men's Club was promoted as the champion of 2016 BCL season. They were the 13th team to took part in this season, but they did not, due to fund crisis.^[2]

Bangladesh Premier League

Season	2017–18
Dates	28 July 2017-13 January 2018
Champions	Dhaka Abahani (6th titles)
Relegated	Farashganj SC
AFC Cup	Dhaka Abahani Saif Sporting Club
Matches played	132
Goals scored	302 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorer	15 Goals Solomon King Kanform Raphael Odovin Onwrebe (Shiekh Jamal)
Highest scoring	Arambagh KS 4-6 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club 11 December 2017
Longest winning run	9 Matches Dhaka Abahani
Longest unbeaten run	14 Matches Saif Sporting Club
Longest winless run	18 Matches Rahmatganj MFS
Longest losing run	5 Matches Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
← 2015–16 2018–19 →

Dhaka Abahani are the defending champions, having won their Bangladesh Premier League title the previous season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

The matches were held in a single venue.

Dhaka

Locations of teams in Bangladesh Premier League 2017-18

Stadium	Location
Bangabandhu Stadium	Dhaka

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Shirt sponsor	Kit manufacturer
Brothers Union	Nicolas Vitorovic	Ashraful Karim	Biswas Builders Limited
Chittagong Abahani Limited	Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu	Zahid Hossain	SAIF Powertec Limited
Dhaka Abahani Limited	Atiqur Rahman	Mamun Miah
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Limited	Rashed Ahmed Pappu	Jahid Hasan Ameli	Orion Group
Farashganj SC	Mohidur Rahman	Joshimuddin Sujon
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Masud Parvez Kaiser	Saidul Haque
Rahmatganj MFS	Kamal Babu	Naimur Rahman Sahed	Tiger Cement
Saif Sporting Club	Ryan Northmore	Jamal Bhuyan	SAIF Powertec Limited
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited	Mahabub Hossain Roksy	Didarul Haque
Sheikh Moni Arambagh KS	Maruful Haque	Abu Sufiyan Sufil
Sheikh Russel KC	Shafiqul Islam Manik	Shahedul Alam Shahed	Bashundhara Cement	Bashundhara Group
Team BJMC	Saidul Islam	Arifuzzaman Himel

Managerial Changes

Team	Outgoing Manager	Incoming Manager	Appointment
Brothers Union	Giovanni Scanu	Nicolas Vitorovic	After Round 4 of 1st leg[3]
Dhaka Mohammedan	Syed Nayeemuddin	Rashed Ahmed Pappu
Saif Sporting Club	Kim Grant	Ryan Northmore	Mid-transfer Window
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Joseph Afusi	Mahabub Hossain Roksy	After Round 1 of Leg 2
Farashganj SC	Mohammad Abu Yusuf	Mohidur Rahman
Dhaka Abahani	Drago Mamić	Atiqur Rahman
Chittagong Abahani	Saiful Bari Titu	Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu	After Round 9 of Leg 2
Team BJMC	Jakaria Babu	Saidul Islam

Foreign Players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Former players
Brothers Union	Siyo Zunapio	Twum Frank	Walson Augustin	Samuel Adams
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	Afeez Oladipo	Mufta Lawal	Ndukaku Udoka Alison	Leonel Saint-Preux
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.	Landing Darboe	Samad Yussif	Emeka Onuoha	Sunday Chizoba
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie	Samuel Adams	Samson Iliasu	Walson Augustin
Farashganj SC	Lamine Camara	Malick Mendy	Matthew Chinedu
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.	Momodou Bah	Raphael Odovin	Solomon King
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Islam Mohamed Zaky	Abass Inusah	Ngwoke Ejike Collins	Magalan Ugochukwu Lionel William Ndoe Mekong
Rahmatganj MFS	Mustapha Jatta	Ismael Bangoura	Monday Osagie	Dawda Ceesay Afeez Oladipo
Saif Sporting Club	Alvi Fokou Fopa	Deiner Córdoba	Hember Valencia	Wedson Anselme Charlie Sheringham
Arambagh KS	Jean Jules Ikanga	Alamu Bukola Olaleken	Kingsley Chukwudi Nkurumeh
Sheikh Russel KC	Ahmed Said	Dawda Ceesay	Eleta Benjamin Jr.	Islam Mohamed Zaky Bidari García Jacques Francois
Team BJMC	Baybeck Esaie	Yoko Samnic Steve Thomas	Eleta Kingsley	Ismael Bangoura

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dhaka Abahani Ltd.[a] (C, Q)	22	16	4	2	35	13	+22	52	Qualification to 2018 AFC Cup[b]
2	Sheikh Jamal DC	22	14	5	3	45	23	+22	47
3	Chittagong Abahani Ltd.	22	13	5	4	27	13	+14	44
4	Saif Sporting Club (Q)	22	11	8	3	30	16	+14	41	Qualification to 2018 AFC Cup[b]
5	Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.	22	9	5	8	31	26	+5	32
6	Sheikh Russel KC	22	6	9	7	21	21	0	27
7	Brothers Union	22	5	7	10	20	30	−10	22
8	Arambagh KS	22	5	6	11	25	35	−10	21
9	Team BJMC	22	4	8	10	15	27	−12	20
10	Rahmatganj MFS	22	3	9	10	19	30	−11	18
11	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	22	5	3	14	18	33	−15	18
12	Farashganj SC (R)	22	4	5	13	16	35	−19	17	Relegation to BCL 2018–19

Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2018. Source: FIFA
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Dhaka Abahani Ltd. qualified 2018 AFC Cup by winning 2017 Bangladesh Federation Cup
2. Only Dhaka Abahani, Saif, and Mohammedan are eligible to represent Bangladesh in the AFC Cup.^[4]

Season Statistics

Goalscorers

There have been 302 goals scored in 132 matches, for an average of 2.29 goals per match (as of February 2018).

15 goals

• Solomon King Kanform (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Raphael Odovin Onwrebe (Sheikh Jamal DC)

13 goals

• Nkwocha Kingsley Chigozie (Dhaka Mohammedan)

10 goals

• Siyo Zunapio (Brothers Union)

9 goals

• Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani)
• Alamu Bukola Olalekan (Arambagh KS)

8 goals

• Eleta Kingsley (Team BJMC)
• Tawhidul Alam Sabuz (Chittagong Abahani)

7 goals

• Walson Augustin (Brothers Union & Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Emeka Onuoha (Dhaka Abahani)

6 goals

• Matthew Chinedu (Farashganj SC)
• Dawda Ceesay (Rahmatganj MFS & Sheikh Russel KC)
• Nasir Chowdhury (Dhaka Abahani)
• Magalan Ugochukwu (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Charlie Sheringham (Saif Sporting Club)

5 goals

• Jewel Rana (Saif Sporting Club)
• Deiner Córdoba (Saif Sporting Club)
• Afeez Oladipo (Chittagong Abahani & Rahmatganj MFS)

4 goals

• Zahid Hossain (Chittagong Abahani
• Nabib Newaj Jibon (Dhaka Abahani)
• Ismael Bangoura (Rahmatganj MFS & Team BJMC)
• Momodou Bah (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Islam Mohamed Zaky (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC & Sheikh Russel KC)
• Ndukaku Udoka Alison (Chittagong Abahani)

3 goals

• Motin Mia (Saif Sporting Club)
• Samson Iliasu (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Zahid Parvez Chowdhury (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Rubel Miya (Dhaka Abahani)
• Nurul Absar (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Mohammed Julfikar (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Fazlay Rabbi (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Landing Darboe (Dhaka Abahani)

2 goals

• Khalekurzaman Sabuj (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Biplu Ahmed (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Nazmul Islam Rasel (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Mohammed Rajon Miya (Arambagh KS)
• Sohel Rana (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Rashedul Islam Shuvo (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Mohammed Ibrahim (Saif SC)
• Deiner Córdoba (Saif SC)
• Sumon Ali (Arambagh KS)
• Shaharier Bappy (Arambagh KS)
• Abu Sufian Zahid (Arambagh KS)
• Mohamed Shamim (Farashganj SC)
• Uttam Kumar Banik (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Toklis Ahmed (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Abass Inusah (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Mohamed Mesbah (Brothers Union)
• Abdullah Al-Mamun (Team BJMC)
• Topu Barman (Saif SC)
• Jean Jules Ikanga (Arambagh KS)
• Mohammed Biplob (Brothers Union)
• Mohamed Alamgir (Farashganj SC)
• Jacques Francois (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Monday Osagie (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Towhidul Alam Towhid (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Mithun Chowdhury (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Wedson Anselme (Saif SC)
• Amzad Ali Shamim (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Mohamed Elias (Rahmatganj MFS)

1 goal

• Emon Mahmud Babu (Dhaka Abahani)
• Mohammed Abdullah (Chittagong Abahani)
• Mohammad Jewel (Arambagh KS)
• Javed Khan (Sheikh Jamal DC)
• Hemanta Vincent Biswas (Saif SC)
• Naimur Rahman Shahed (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Pasbon Molla (Team BJMC)
• Leonel Saint-Preux (Chittagong Abahani Ltd.)
• Monsur Amin (Chittagong Abahani Ltd.)
• Saad Uddin (Dhaka Abahani)
• Shahedul Alam Shahed (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Rabiul Hasan (Arambagh KS)
• Twum Frank (Brothers Union)
• Faisal Mahmud (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Mohammad Sujon (Farashganj SC)
• Yeasin Khan (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Zahid Hasan Ameli (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Jamal Bhuyan (Saif SC)
• Mamunul Islam (Chittagong Abahani)
• Saikat Mahmud Munna (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Anik Hossain (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Tahidur Lilon (Farashganj SC)
• Mohammed Sohel Rana (Arambagh KS)
• Mahmudul Biswas Munna (Farashganj SC)
• Sushanto Tripura (Chittagong Abahani Ltd.)
• Nasirul Islam Nasir (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Baybeck Esaie (Team BJMC)
• Soeb Mia (Team BJMC)
• Mohamed Mintu Sheikh (Dhaka Mohammedan)
• Kingsley Chukwudi Nkurumeh (Arambagh KS)
• Jafar Iqbal (Chittagong Abahani Ltd.)
• Monaem Khan Raju (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Asif Hossain Rimon (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Lamine Camara (Farashganj SC)
• Bishal Das (Brothers Union)
• Yoko Samnic Steve Thomas (Team BJMC)
• Mehedi Hassan Tapu (Team BJMC)
• Ariful Islam Shanto (Brothers Union)
• Arif (Arambagh KS)
• Minhajul Abedin Ballu (Farashganj SC)
• Eleta Benjamin Jr. (Sheikh Russel KC)

Source: Soccerway

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date
Malick Mendy	Farashganj SC	Dhaka Abahani	0–2	30 July 2017
M. Monir	Dhaka Mohammedan	Sheikh Jamal DC	0–2	29 July 2017
Arafat Hossain	Arambagh KS	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	0–2	9 August 2017
Ashraful Karim	Brothers Union	Arambagh KS	1–2	18 August 2017
Ndukaku Alison	Chittagong Abahani	Sheikh Russel KC	3–1	12 August 2017
Jalal Miya	Arambagh KS	Sheikh Jamal DC	1–3	21 August 2017
Shaharier Bappy	Arambagh KS	Sheikh Jamal DC	1–3	21 August 2017
Eleta Benjamin Jr.	Sheikh Russel KC	Farashganj SC	2–1	27 August 2017
Siyo Zunapio	Brothers Union	Chittagong Abahani	0–2	10 September 2017
Arup Kumar Baidya	Sheikh Russel KC	Saif SC	1–2	2 January 2018

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Hember Valencia	Saif Sporting Club	Brothers Union	5–0	26 August 2017	[5]
Raphael Odovin 4	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Farashganj SC	5–0	13 October 2017	[6]
Raphael Odovin	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Arambagh KS	6–4	11 December 2017	[7]

⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10
  • Malick Mendy (Farashganj SC)

• Most yellow cards: 7
  • Sushanto Tripura (Chittagong Abahani)
  • Faysal Ahmed (Rahmatganj MFS)
  • Enamul Haque Sharif (Dhaka Mohammedan)

• Most yellow cards: 6
  • Arif Khan Joy (Brothers Union)
  • Mohammed Uddin Sujon (Farashganj SC)
  • Mehedi Hasan Royal (Team BJMC)

• Most red cards: 2
  • Arif Khan Joy (Brothers Union)