2017–18 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2017–18 Independence Cup was the 10th edition of the Independence Cup association football tournament in Bangladesh. It was known as the Walton Independence Cup 2017–18^[1][2] for sponsorship reasons.

2017–18 Independence Cup

Tournament details
Country	Bangladesh
Dates	16 January – 10 February 2018
Teams	12
Defending champions	Chittagong Abahani
Final positions
Champions	Arambagh KS (1st title)
Runners-up	Chittagong Abahani
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	38 (2 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	3 Goals Mohammad Jewel (Arambagh KS)
Awards
Best player	Mohammad Arifur Rahman (Arambagh KS)
← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 18 November 2018.

A total of 12 teams competed beginning 16 January 2018.^[3] Only local players are eligible to play.^[4]

Chittagong Abahani won the previous edition of the tournament.

Venues

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held the BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka on 11 January 2018.^[5] The twelve participants were divided into four groups, and the top two teams from each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group stages

• All matches played at Dhaka
• Time Listed are UTC+6:00

Key to colours in group tables
	Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Quarter-Finals

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Rahmatganj MFS	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Mohammedan SC	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on 17 January 2018. Source: ScoreBing

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17 January 2018

17:45

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	1–1	Mohammedan SC
Nurul Absar 35'	Report	Zahid Hasan Ameli 57'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

19 January 2018

17:45

Rahmatganj MFS	0–0	Mohammedan SC
	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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24 January 2018

17:45

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2–2	Rahmatganj MFS
Jabed Khan 39' Rakib Sarkar 67'	Report	Rashedul Shuvo 62' Mohamed Elias 79'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Farashganj SC	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Advance to Quarter-Finals
2	Brothers Union	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2018. Source: ScoreBing

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16 January 2018

17:30

Brothers Union	1–2	Farashganj SC
Bishal Das 89'	Report	Forhad Mona 22', 84'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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18 January 2018

17:45

Farashganj SC	1–1	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Mohamed Alamgir 25'	Report	Amirul Islam 47'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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20 January 2018

16:00

Brothers Union	1–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Bishal Das 20'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Abahani Limited Dhaka	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Advance to Quarter-Finals
2	Sheikh Russel KC	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Team BJMC	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 25 January 2018. Source: ScoreBing

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17 January 2018

17:45

Abahani Limited Dhaka	2–0	Team BJMC
Nabib Newaj Jibon 24' Atiqur Rahman Fahad 83'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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19 January 2018

15:15

Sheikh Russel KC	2–1	Team BJMC
Mehebub Hasan Nayon 80' Sobuj Biswas 93'	Report	Mohamed Hedayetullah Robin 87'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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25 January 2018

15:45

Abahani Limited Dhaka	1–0	Sheikh Russel KC
Sobuj Biswas (o.g.)	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chittagong Abahani	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	Advance to Quarter-Finals
2	Arambagh KS	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
3	Saif Sporting Club	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 January 2018. Source: ScoreBing

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16 January 2018

15:30

Saif Sporting Club	1–1	Chittagong Abahani
Jewel Rana		Masuk Mia Jony

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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18 January 2018

15:30

Saif Sporting Club	0–0	Arambagh KS

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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26 January 2018

15:45

Chittagong Abahani	1–1	Arambagh KS
Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 90+3'	Report	Mohammad Jewel 51'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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Bracket

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club		2
	Brothers Union		0
						Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club		0
						Arambagh KS		1
	Farashganj SC		0
	Rahmatganj MFS		1
											Arambagh KS		2
											Chittagong Abahani		0
	Abahani Limited Dhaka		0
	Arambagh KS		3
						Rahmatganj MFS		0
						Chittagong Abahani		1
	Chittagong Abahani		4
	Sheikh Russel KC		3

Quarter-finals

27 January 2018

16:00. BDST

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2–0	Brothers Union
Nurul Absar 55' Zahid Parvez Chowdhury 83'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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28 January 2018

16:00 BDST

Farashganj SC	0–1	Rahmatganj MFS
		Khalequzzaman Sabuj 50' (o.g.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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2 February 2018

16:00 BDST

Abahani Limited Dhaka	0–3	Arambagh KS
	Report	Mahbubur Rahman Sufil 62' Mohammad Jewel 81' Shahriar Bappy 85'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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3 February 2018

16:00 BDST

Chittagong Abahani	4–2	Sheikh Russel KC
Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 9' Sohel Rana 18' Mohammad Abdullah 42' Shakhawat Hossain Rony 44'		Mehebub Hasan Nayon 12' Mohammad Javed 73'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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Semi-finals

5 February 2018

16:00 BDST

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	0–1	Arambagh KS
		Mohammad Jewel 90'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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6 February 2018

16:00 BDST

Rahmatganj MFS	0–1	Chittagong Abahani
		Shakhawat Hossain Rony 45+2' (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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Final

10 February 2018

16:00 BST

Arambagh KS	2–0	Chittagong Abahani
Mohammad Arifur Rahman 20' Mohammad Rockey 45'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 12,410

Referee: Iqbal Chowdhury (Bangladesh)

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Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

3 goals

• Mohammad Jewel (Arambagh KS)

2 goals

• Shakhawat Hossain Rony (Chittagong Abahani)
• Nurul Absar (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Bishal Das (Brothers Union)
• Forhad Mona (Farashganj SC)
• Tawhidul Alam Sabuz (Chittagong Abahani)
• Mehebub Hasan Nayon (Sheikh Russel KC)

1 goal

• Zahid Parvez Chowdhury (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Mahbubur Rahman Sufil (Arambagh KS)
• Shahriar Bappy (Arambagh KS)
• Sohel Rana (Chittagong Abahani)
• Mohammad Abdullah (Chittagong Abahani)
• Mohammad Javed (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Mohammad Arifur Rahman (Arambagh KS)
• Zahid Hasan Ameli (Mohammedan SC)
• Jabed Khan (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Rakib Sarkar (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Rashedul Shuvo (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Mohamed Elias (Rahmatganj MFS)
• Nabib Newaj Jibon (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
• Atiqur Rahman Fahad (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
• Sobuj Biswas (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Mohamed Hedayetullah Robin Team BJMC
• Mohamed Alamgir (Farashganj SC)
• Amirul Islam (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Masuk Mia Jony (Chittagong Abahani)
• Jewel Rana (Saif Sporting Club)
• Mohammad Rockey (Arambagh KS)

2 own goals

• Sobuj Biswas (against Abahani Limited Dhaka)
• Khalekurzaman Sabuj (against Farashganj SC)