2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

For the Bangladeshi cricket, see Bangladesh Premier League.

The 2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League will be the 18th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. Mohammedan SC are the defending champions,^[1] having won its 1st BPL title and 20th top-tier league titles overall, ending a 22-year drought in 2024–25 season.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Bangladesh Premier League

Season	2025–26
Dates	19 September 2025–24 April 2026
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Teams

Changes

Promoted from 2024–25 BCL	Relegated from 2024–25 BPL
PWD Sports Club Arambagh KS	Chittagong Abahani Dhaka Wanderers

Stadiums and locations

Rahmatganj

Brothers Union

Kings

Mohammedan

Abahani

Locations of the 2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Dhaka Abahani	Dhaka	Dhaka National Stadium	36,000
Arambagh KS
Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka	Bashundhara Kings Arena	14,000
Bangladesh Police FC
Brothers Union	Munshiganj	Munshiganj Stadium	10,000
Fakirerpool YMC
Fortis FC
Mohammedan	Dhaka	Dhaka National Stadium	36,000
PWD Sports Club
Rahmatganj MFS	Munshiganj	Munshiganj Stadium	10,000

Personnel, kits, sponsors

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing Coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming Coach	Date of appointment
Bangladesh Police	Mahabubul Haque Jowel	Mutual Consent	1 June 2025	Pre-season	S. M. Asifuzzaman	21 July 2025

Foreign players

Each team is allowed a maximum of five foreign players. A team could name four foreign players on the squad of each game. Also from this season, the footballers from South Asian Football Federation countries would count as local footballers.

Team	Player 1	Player2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Unregistered player(s)	SAFF Player(s)
Abahani Limited	Bruno Matos	Souleymane Diabate	Emeka Ogbugh
Arambagh KS	Ben Quansah	Shadrach Lantei-Mills	Haidar Awada	Yaya John Denapo			Prosenjit Chakraborty
Bangladesh Police	Danilo Quipapá	Paulo Henrique	Foday Darboe	Shafiq Kagimu			Orgyen Tshering Ayush Ghalan Kiran Chemjong
Bashundhara Kings	Dorielton	Raphael Augusto	Emmanuel Tony Agbaji	Sunday Emmanuel
Brothers Union	Marcos Rudwere Silva	Didier Brossou	Sunday Chizoba	Fernando Presentado	Mouhamed Becaye Diarra		Anjan Bista Arik Bista Sanish Shrestha Yogesh Gurung
Fakirerpool YMC	Ouattara Ben Ibrahim	Mostafa Kahraba	Fofana Abu Mohamed
Fortis FC	Essa Jallow	Pa Omar Babou	Onyekachi Okafor				Ananta Tamang Sujan Perera
Mohammedan SC	Bernard Morrison	Emmanuel Eli Keke	Samuel Boateng	Muzaffar Muzaffarov
PWD Sports Club	Anthony Amoh	Kofi Junior Dabanka	Akobir Turaev
Rahmatganj MFS	Adama Jammeh	Solomon King Kanform	Andrews Kwadwo Appau	Clement Adu			Abhishek Limbu

Dual citizenship/heritage players

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
Abahani Limited	Quazem Shah1 3	Mahdi Khan
Arambagh KS
Bangladesh Police FC
Bashundhara Kings	Cuba Mitchell	Tariq Kazi1
Brothers Union	Jamal Bhuyan1	Eleta Kingsley1
Fakierepool YMC
Fortis FC
Mohammedan SC
PWD SC
Rahmatganj MFS

Notes:

^1 Capped for Bangladesh national team.

^2 Capped for Bangladesh national football team age groups (U-17, U-20, and U-23)

^3 Carrying Bangladesh heritage.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arambagh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying stage and Challenge Cup
2	Dhaka Abahani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Bashundhara Kings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Bangladesh Police	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Brothers Union	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Fortis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Fakirerpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Mohammedan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	PWD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Rahmatganj MFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation for the Bangladesh Championship League

First match(es) will be played: 19 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Results table

Home \ Away	AKS	BPFC	BDK	BUL	DAL	FYMC	FFC	MSC	PWD	RMFS
Arambagh	—
Bangladesh Police		—
Bashundhara Kings			—
Brothers Union				—
Dhaka Abahani					—
Fakirerpool						—
Fortis							—
Mohammedan								—
PWD SC									—
Rahmatganj										—

First match(es) will be played: 19 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Form

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Arambagh
Bangladesh Police
Bashundhara Kings
Brothers Union
Dhaka Abahani
Fakirerpool
Fortis
Mohammedan
PWD SC
Rahmatganj

First match(es) will be played on 19 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Arambagh
Bangladesh Police
Bashundhara Kings
Brothers Union
Dhaka Abahani
Fakirerpool
Fortis
Mohammedan
PWD SC
Rahmatganj

	Leader
	Runners-up
	Relegation to BCL

First match(es) will be played on 19 September 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

League stage matches

League stage matches

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Season statistics

Scoring

Goalscorers

Own goals

Hat-tricks

Most assists

Discipline

Player

Clubs

See also

• 2025–26 BCL
• 2025–26 Federation Cup
• 2025–26 Super Cup
• 2025–26 Independence Cup
• 2025 Challenge Cup