2018 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2018 Federation Cup, also known as the Walton Federation Cup 2018^[2] due to the sponsorship from Walton Group, was the 30th edition of the tournament. Thirteen teams competed for this cup. Consecutively winning the previous two editions of the tournament, Abahani completed their second hattrick and 11th Federation Cup title by defeating Bashundhara Kings in the finals by 3-1.^[3] This earned them a slot in the group stage of the 2019 AFC Cup.

2018 Federation Cup

Walton Federation Cup 2018
Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	27 October – 23 November 2018[1]
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Dhaka Abahani (11th title)
Runners-up	Bashundhara Kings
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	74 (3.36 per match)
Attendance	209,069 (9,503 per match)
Top scorer(s)	6 Goals Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani)
Best player(s)	Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani)
← 2017 2019-20 → All statistics correct as of 31 March 2019.

Venue

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000

Draw

The draw was held on 20 October 2018 at Bangladesh Football Federation house in Motijheel. The thirteen teams were divided into four groups and the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.^[3]

• All 22 matches were played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
• Two matches of the group stage were played daily.
• All 22 matches were broadcast live on Channel 9

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Prize money

• Champion got US$5960.
• Runner-Up got US$3576.

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Group stages

• All matches were 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

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Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arambagh KS	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	6	Quarterfinals
2	Chittagong Abahani	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	3
3	Rahmatganj MFS	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: azscore

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27 October 2018

17:00 BST

Chittagong Abahani	3–1	Rahmatganj MFS
35' Mamadou Bah 72' Magalan Awala 76' Mufta Lawal	Report	57' Rakib Hossain

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 9140

Referee: A. Rahman Dhali (Bangladesh)

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30 October 2018

17:00 BST

Rahmatganj MFS	1–3	Arambagh KS
90+3' Siyo Zunapio	Report	45+', 66' Matthew Chinedu 80' Arifur Rahman

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 1942

Referee: I. Alam (Bangladesh)

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4 November 2018

17:00 BST

Arambagh KS	2–2	Chittagong Abahani
45+2' (pen.) Ikbol Babakhanov 85' Shahriar Bappi	Report	8' Magalan Awala 29' Mamadou Bah
Penalties
I. Babakhanov Rajon Robiul J. Sujon K. Chukwudi	4–2	M. Lawal N. Rasel D. Tagoe K. Bose

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 4610

Referee: M. Daly (Bangladesh)

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saif Sporting Club	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Quarterfinals
2	Team BJMC	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Brothers Union	2	0	0	2	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2018. Source: NowGoal

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28 October 2018

17:15 BST

Saif Sporting Club	3–1	Team BJMC
Park Seung-il 5' (pen.) Jafar Iqbal 66' Denis Bolshakov 89' (pen.)	Report	Abdullah Al Parvez 12'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 1740

Referee: Md. Sagar (Bangladesh)

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31 October 2018

17:15 BST

Team BJMC	3–2	Brothers Union
Otabek Valijonov 45+', 54', 58'	Report	Leonardo Vieira Lima 26' Everton Souza Santos 51'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 1841

Referee: O. Gani (Bangladesh)

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5 November 2018

15:15 BST

Brothers Union	0–5	Saif Sporting Club
		Denis Bolshakov 40', 90+5' Rahmat Mia 13' Jabed Khan 30' Sazzad Hossain 84'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 7400

Referee: G. Chaudhury Nayan (Bangladesh)

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheikh Russel KC	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	6	Quarterfinals
2	Dhaka Abahani	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2018. Source: Dhaka Tribune

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28 October 2018

15:15 BST

Dhaka Abahani	1–0	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Mamunul Islam 64'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 4810

Referee: S. Alam (Bangladesh)

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31 October 2018

15:15 BST

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	0–2	Sheikh Russel KC
		Raphael Odovin 70' Alex Rafael 90+2'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 10418

Referee: M. Dhali (Bangladesh)

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5 November 2018

17:15 BST

Sheikh Russel KC	1–0	Dhaka Abahani
Alisher Azizov 30'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 16413

Referee: B. Gour (Bangladesh)

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bashundhara Kings	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5	Quarterfinals
2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Dhaka Mohammedan	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	NoFeL Sporting Club	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2018. Source: FlashScoremobi

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29 October 2018

15:15 BST

Dhaka Mohammedan	2–5	Bashundhara Kings
Landing Darboe 16', 68' (pen.)	Report	Marcos Vinícius 90+3', 90+4' Daniel Colindres 22' (pen.) Jorge Gotor 71' Motin Mia 78'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 9003

Referee: M. Nuruzzaman (Bangladesh)

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29 October 2018

17:15 BST

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2–1	NoFeL Sporting Club
Solomon King 45+2' Shakhawat Hossain Rony 60'	Report	Ismael Bangoura 45+4'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 12490

Referee: S. Imon (Bangladesh)

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3 November 2018

15:15 BST

NoFeL Sporting Club	0–2	Dhaka Mohammedan
		Nkwocha Kingsley 69', 70'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 17340

Referee: A. Rahman (Bangladesh)

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3 November 2018

17:15 BST

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	1–1	Bashundhara Kings
Solomon King 12'		Marcos Vinícius 8'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 12170

Referee: M. Hossain (Bangladesh)

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6 November 2018

15:15 BST

Bashundhara Kings	1–1	NoFeL Sporting Club
Masuk Mia Jony 37'		Ashraful Islam 61'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 5618

Referee: R. Rashid (Bangladesh)

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6 November 2018

17:15 BST

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	1–1	Dhaka Mohammedan
Luciano Araya 48'		Landing Darboe 33'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 19237

Referee: Sharifuzzaman (Bangladesh)

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Knockout stage

• Time listed are UTC+6:00
• All matches were held at Dhaka
• In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	8 November
	Arambagh	2
					19 November
	Dhaka	3
					Dhaka	4
	9 November
					Sheikh Jamal	2
	Saif	1
									23 November
	Sheikh Jamal	2
									Dhaka	3
	10 November
									Bashundhara	1
	Sheikh Russel	1
					20 November
	Chittagong	0
					Sheikh Russel	0
	11 November
					Bashundhara	1
	Bashundhara	5
	Team BJMC	1

Quarterfinals

8 November 2018

17:00 BST

Arambagh KS	2–3	Dhaka Abahani
Shahriar Bappi 7' Ikbol Babakhanov 33' (pen.)	Report	Sunday Chizoba 30' Sohel Rana 44' Kervens Belfort 90+5'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 3714

Referee: Bharat Chandra Gour (Bangladesh)

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9 November 2018

17:00 BST

Saif Sporting Club	1–2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Deiner Córdoba 71'	Report	Sainey Bojang 30', 76'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 1019

Referee: Ferdous Ahamed (Bangladesh)

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10 November 2018

17:00 BST

Sheikh Russel KC	1–0	Chittagong Abahani
Raphael Odovin 47'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 6158

Referee: Sujit Chandan Banarjee (Bangladesh)

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11 November 2018

17:00 BST

Bashundhara Kings	5–1	Team BJMC
Daniel Colindres 2', 9', 15' Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 70' Motin Mia 79'	Report	Samson Iliasu 87' (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 15710

Referee: Mohammad Alamgir (Bangladesh)

Semifinals

19 November 2018

17:00 BST

Dhaka Abahani	4–2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Masih Saighani 56' Sunday Chizoba 65' (pen.), 82', 86'	Report	Didarul Alam 79', 84'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 11,420

Referee: M. Nahid (Bangladesh)

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20 November 2018

17:00 BST

Sheikh Russel KC	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bashundhara Kings
	Report	Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 118'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 17,411

Referee: B. Talukdar (Bangladesh)

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Final

23 November 2018

16:30 BST

Dhaka Abahani	3-1	Bashundhara Kings
Chizoba 50', 79' Belfort 82'	Report	Colindres 21'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 19,465

Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

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Goal scorers

As of 23 November 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sunday Chizoba	Dhaka Abahani	6
2	Daniel Colindres	Bashundhara Kings	5
3	Marcos Vinícius	Bashundhara Kings	3
	Landing Darboe	Dhaka Mohammedan
	Denis Bolshakov	Saif Sporting Club
	Otabek Valijonov	Team BJMC
7	Didarul Alam	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2
	Sainey Bojang	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
	Solomon King	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
	Motin Mia	Bashundhara Kings
	Tawhidul Alam Sabuz	Bashundhara Kings
	Shahriar Bappi	Arambagh KS
	Raphael Odovin	Arambagh KS
	Ikbol Babakhanov	Arambagh KS
	Momodou Bah	Chittagong Abahani
	Magalan Awala	Chittagong Abahani
	Kervens Belfort	Dhaka Abahani
	Kinsley Chigozie	Dhaka Mohammedan
	Raphael Odovin	Sheikh Russel KC