2020–21 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2020–21 Federation Cup (due to sponsorship from Walton also known as Walton Federation Cup 2020) was the 32nd edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual club football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation. The 13 participants is competing in the tournament. The tournament has started on 22 December 2020.^[2][3] The winner of the tournament will earn the slot of playing Qualifying play-off of 2022 AFC Cup.

2020–21 Federation Cup

Walton Federation Cup 2020
Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	22 December 2020 – 10 January 2021[1]
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Bashundhara Kings (2nd title)
Runners-up	Saif Sporting Club
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	64 (2.91 per match)
Top scorer(s)	5 goals Raúl Becerra (Bashundhara Kings) Kenneth Ikechukwu (Saif SC)
Best player(s)	Kenneth Ikechukwu
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of completed.

Bashundhara Kings are current champions. The club have defeated Rahmatganj MFS by 2–1 on 5 January 2020 to lift the trophy for the first time.^[4]

Venue

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000

Participating teams

The following teams contest in the tournament.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance
Arambagh KS	32nd	Runners-up (1997, 2001, 2016)
Bangladesh Police FC	2nd	Runners-up (1975)
Bashundhara Kings	3rd	Champions (2019–20, 2020–21)
Brothers Union	32nd	Champions (1980, 1991, 2005)
Chittagong Abahani	32nd	Champions (2017)
Dhaka Abahani	32nd	Champions (1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Mohammedan SC	32nd	Champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009)
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	32nd	Champions (1994, 2001, 2003)
Rahmatganj MFS	32nd	Runners-up (2019–20)
Sheikh Russel KC	26th	Champions (2012)
Sheikh Jamal DC	10th	Champions (2011-12, 2013, 2015)
Saif Sporting Club	4th	Runners-up (2020–21)
Uttar Baridhara Club	2nd	Quarter-finals (2020–21)

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 13 December 2020 at 12:00 BST on the 3rd floor of BFF House Motijheel, Dhaka. The thirteen teams were divided into four groups. The top two teams from each group will move into the Quarter-Finals.^[5]

Group stage

• All matches will be held at Dhaka
• Time listed are UTC+6:00

Key to colour in group tables
	Group Winners and Runners-up advance to the Knockout stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sheikh Russel KC	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1
3	Bangladesh Police FC	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1

Source: Soccerway

24 December 2020

16:45 BST

Sheikh Russel KC	1–0	Bangladesh Police FC
Asrorov 50'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: M. Z. F. Nahid (Bangladesh)

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27 December 2020

17:45 BST

Bangladesh Police FC	2–2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Shadin 10' Ariful 78' (o.g.)	Report	Jobe 51' Solomon 79'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Md Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

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30 December 2020

17:45 BST

Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	2–3	Sheikh Russel KC
Solomon 49(pen.)', 90(pen.)'	Report	Asrorov 6' Ugochukwu 39' Toklis 59'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: MD. Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saif Sporting Club	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Uttar Baridhara Club	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Arambagh KS	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Brothers Union	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: Soccerway

23 December 2020

15:15 BST

Saif Sporting Club	3–0	Uttar Baridhara Club
Sayed 49' (o.g.) Ikechukwu 64' Fahim 69'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Bitu Raj Barua (Bangladesh)

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23 December 2020

17:45 BST

Arambagh KS	2–0	Brothers Union
Chizoba 44' Murad 90'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

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26 December 2020

17:15 BST

Uttar Baridhara Club	3–2	Arambagh KS
Sumon 24' Sujon 30' Kahraba 44'	Report	Chizoba 37' Ucchash 75'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

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26 December 2020

20:00 BST

Saif Sporting Club	6–1	Brothers Union
Ikechukwu 20', 64' Yeasin 36' Arifur 49' Maraz 77' Sazzad 80'	Report	Siyo 90+3' (pen.)

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: M. Z. F. Nahid (Bangladesh)

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29 December 2020

15:15 BST

Brothers Union	0–3	Uttar Baridhara Club
	Report	Kochnev 14' Sumon 27' Sayed 61'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Bitu Raj Barua (Bangladesh)

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29 December 2020

17:45 BST

Saif Sporting Club	1–0	Arambagh KS
Arifur 56'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Alomgir Sarker (Bangladesh)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bashundhara Kings	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Chittagong Abahani	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Rahmatganj MFS	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: Soccerway

22 December 2020

17:30 BST

Bashundhara Kings	3–0	Rahmatganj MFS
Becerra 43' Robinho 53' Nasr 65' (o.g.)	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Sujit Banarjee (Bangladesh)

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25 December 2020

18:00 BST

Rahmatganj MFS	0–1	Chittagong Abahani
	Report	Nixon 36'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Bhovon Mohon Talukdar (Bangladesh)

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28 December 2020

17:00 BST

Chittagong Abahani	0–1	Bashundhara Kings
	Report	Becerra 49'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: MD. Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dhaka Abahani	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Mohammedan SC	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Source: Soccerway

24 December 2020

19:15 BST

Dhaka Abahani	3–0	Mohammedan SC
Masih 41' Jewel 45', 53'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)

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27 December 2020

15:15 BST

Mohammedan SC	4–1	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Shohag 42' Atiquzzaman 75' Nurat 80', 83'	Report	Kholdarov 68'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Jashim Akter (Bangladesh)

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30 December 2020

15:15 BST

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	1–2	Dhaka Abahani
Rohit 87'	Report	Masih 30' Belfort 69'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Knockout-stage

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

Bracket

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	1 January 2021
	Sheikh Russel KC	0
					6 January 2021
	Chittagong Abahani (a.e.t.)	2
					Chittagong Abahani	0
	2 January 2021
					Saif Sporting Club	3
	Saif Sporting Club (p)	2 (7)
									10 January 2021
	Mohammedan SC	2 (6)
									Saif Sporting Club	0
	3 January 2021
									Bashundhara Kings	1
	Bashundhara Kings	2
					7 January 2021
	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	0
					Bashundhara Kings (a.e.t.)	3
	4 January 2021
					Dhaka Abahani	1
	Dhaka Abahani	1
	Uttar Baridhara Club	0

Quarter-finals

1 January 2021

16:00 BST

Sheikh Russel KC	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Chittagong Abahani
	Report	Rakib 107' Mannaf 113'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Anisur Rahman (Bangladesh)

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2 January 2021

16:00 BST

Saif Sporting Club	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Mohammedan SC
Ariwachukwu 7' Ikechukwu 13'	Report	Atikuzzaman 1' Diabate 44'
Penalties
Ikechukwu Shahed Okoli Yeasin Ariwachukwu Rahim Rahmat Sirozhiddin	7–6	Diabate Sajib Nagata Sohag Mithu Coulidiati Bappy Atikuzzaman

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: S.M. Jashim Akter (Bangladesh)

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3 January 2021

16:00 BST

Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
Becerra 10' Robinho 89'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

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4 January 2021

16:00 BST

Dhaka Abahani	1–0	Uttar Baridhara Club
Wagsley 90+5'	Report

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Alomgir Sarker (Bangladesh)

Semi-finals

6 January 2021

16:00 BST

Chittagong Abahani	0–3	Saif Sporting Club
	Report	Ariwachukwu 8' Ikechukwu 71' Yeasin 90'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

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7 January 2021

16:00 BST

Bashundhara Kings	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Dhaka Abahani
Fernandes 51', 120+1' Becerra 111'	Report	Wagsley 31'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Sujit Banarjee (Bangladesh)

Final

The final was held at Home of football Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, on 10 January 2021 between Saif Sporting Club and Bashundhara Kings. Bashundhara won the match on 0–1 scoreline.^[6][7]

10 January 2021

16:00 BST

Saif Sporting Club	0–1	Bashundhara Kings
	Report	Becerra 52'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Referee: Jalal Uddin (Bangladesh)

Goalscorers

There have been 64 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

5 goals

• Raúl Becerra (Bashundhara Kings)
• Kenneth Ikechukwu (Saif SC)

3 goals

• Solomon King Kanform (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)

2 goals

• Masih Saighani (Dhaka Abahani)
• Arifur Rahman (Saif SC)
• Jewel Rana (Dhaka Abahani)
• Mohamed Atikuzzaman (Mohammedan SC)
• Sumon Reza (Uttar Baridhara Club)
• Yeasin Arafat (Saif SC)
• Fernandes (Bashundhara Kings)
• Francisco Wagsley (Dhaka Abahani)
• Robinho (Bashundhara Kings)
• Christopher Chizoba (Arambagh KS)
• Emmanuel Ariwachukwu (Saif SC)
• Mohammed Abiola Nurat (Mohammedan SC)
• Siyovush Asrorov (Sheikh Russel KC)

1 goal

• Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Saif SC)
• Habibur Rahman Sohag (Mohammedan SC)
• Mannaf Rabby (Chittagong Abahani)
• Maraz Hossain Opi (Saif SC)
• Mohammad Shadin (Bangladesh Police FC)
• Murad Hossain (Arambagh KS)
• Nihat Jaman Ucchash (Arambagh KS)
• Rakib Hossain (Chittagong Abahani)
• Rohit Sarkar (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Sazzad Hossain (Saif SC)
• Sujon Biswas (Uttar Baridhara Club)
• Toklis Ahmed (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Nixon Guylherme (Chittagong Abahani)
• Siyo Zunapio (Brothers Union)
• Mahmoud Sayed (Uttar Baridhara Club)
• Mostafa Kahraba (Uttar Baridhara Club)
• Pa Omar Jobe (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)
• Kervens Belfort (Dhaka Abahani)
• Souleymane Diabate (Mohammedan SC)
• Ugochukwu Obi Moneke (Sheikh Russel KC)
• Akbarali Kholdarov (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
• Evgeniy Kochnev (Uttar Baridhara Club)

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date
Alaaeldin Nasr Elmagraby	Rahmatganj MFS	Bashundhara Kings	0–3	22 December 2020
Mahmoud Sayed	Uttar Baridhara Club	Saif SC	0–3	23 December 2020
Ariful Islam	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Bangladesh Police FC	2–2	27 December 2020

Broadcaster

• The private satellite TV channel T Sports has broadcast all matches live.