Competition: | Bangladesh Premier League |
Winners: | Bashundhara Kings (1st title) |
Relegated: | Team BJMC NoFeL Sporting Club |
Continentalcup1: | AFC Cup |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Abahani |
Matches: | 156 |
Total Goals: | 439 |
Biggest Home Win: | |
Biggest Away Win: | |
Highest Scoring: | |
Longest Wins: | 14 matches Bashundhara Kings |
Longest Unbeaten: | 20 matches Bashundhara Kings |
Longest Winless: | 15 matches Team BJMC |
Longest Losses: | 7 matches Brothers Union |
Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
Nextseason: | 2019-20 |
Dates: | 18 January 2019 – 3 August 2019[1] |
Season: | 2018–19 |
Best Player: | Daniel Colindres |
Best Goalkeeper: | Ashraful Islam Rana |
The 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League[2] (also known as TVS Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reason) was the 11th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 13 football clubs competed in the league. Dhaka Abahani were the defending champions. Bashundhara Kings and NoFeL Sporting Club were entered as the promoted teams from the 2017 Bangladesh Championship League. The league was delayed[2] [3] and was rescheduled to start from 18 January 2019. Six venues hosted the matches.
Debutant Bashundhara Kings clinched their first title.
Bangladesh became the latest member association to adopt AFC's 3+1 rule which will allow clubs to recruit one player of Asian origin in addition to their regular quota of three foreigners.
The Bangladesh Football Federation executive committee decided to embrace the new AFC rule which encourages the mobility of talented Asian players and provides a fillip to the regional game.[4]
Twelve teams were competed In previous season. This season, thirteen teams competed in the league, – the top eleven teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Bashundhara Kings and NoFeL Sporting Club (both the teams are playing BPL for the first time). They replaced Farashganj SC.
FIFA and the AFC directed the BFF that matches of the professional league would have to organize at least five different venues.
Primarily, teams have applied for eight venues to the BFF. Abahani Limited, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Mohammedan Sporting Club, choose Bangabandhu National Stadium as their home venue. Arambagh and Saif Sporting Club applied for Mymensingh Stadium, Rahmatganj and Brothers for Birsreshtha Kamlapur Stadium, or Goplaganj Stadium, Sheikh Russel, Muktijoddha, newcomers Bashundhara Kings applied for Nilphamari Stadium, NOFEL for Noakhali, or MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, Team BJMC and Chittagong Abahani wanted Rajshahi Stadium as their home venue.[5] After inspecting the facilities of these applied venues, BFF has sanctioned the following six stadiums for clubs:
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Shirt sponsor | Kit manufacturer | |
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Arambagh KS | Maruful Haque[6] | Rabiul Hasan | |||
Bashundhara Kings | Óscar Bruzón[7] | Daniel Colindres | |||
Brothers Union | Mohidur Rahman | Emrul Hasan | Biswas Builders Limited & NovoAir | ||
Chittagong Abahani Limited | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu | Monaem Khan Raju | Saif Power Battery | ||
Dhaka Abahani Limited | Shahidul Alam Sohel | FBT | |||
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Limited | Sean Lane | Jahid Hasan Ameli | K–Sports | Prime Sports | |
Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited | Shafiqul Islam Manik | Solomon King Kanform | A4 Bashundhara Paper | ||
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Abdul Qaium Sentu[8] | Anik Ahmed | |||
NoFeL Sporting Club | Kamal Babu | Monsur Alam | Saif Power Battery | ||
Rahmatganj MFS | Syed Golam Jilani | Monday Osagie | Tiger Cement | ||
Saif Sporting Club | Johnny McKinstry | Jamal Bhuyan | Saif Power Battery | ||
Sheikh Russel KC | Saiful Bari Titu[9] | Ashraful Islam Rana | Bashundhara Cement | ||
Team BJMC | Jahidul Islam Milon | Samson Iliasu |
Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Week | Table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment | |
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Dhaka Mohammedan | Ali Asgar Nasir | Resigned | 16 February 2019 | 6 | 11 | Sean Lane | 4 April 2019 | |
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | Joseph Afusi | End of contract | 29 April 2019 | 13 | 7 | Shafiqul Islam Manik | 1 May 2019 | |
Brothers Union | Syed Nayeemuddin | – | – | 13 | 11 | Mohidur Rahman | – |
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.
As of 3 August 2019
† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
Player | Club | Opponent | Result | Date | |
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Ashraful Karim | Brothers Union | Sheikh Russel KC | 2–3 | ||
Ballo Famoussa | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Dhaka Abahani | 0–2 | 28 January 2019 | |
Riyadul Hasan Rafi | Saif Sporting Club | Brothers Union | 2–1 | ||
Yeasin Khan | Sheikh Russel KC | Saif Sporting Club | 1–1 | ||
Shofiqul Islam | Brothers Union | Chittagong Abahani | 2–3 | ||
Uttom Ray | Brothers Union | Dhaka Abahani | 0–4 | ||
Monir Hossain | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | Dhaka Mohammedan | 1–1 | 22 February 2019 | |
Zahidul Islam Babu | Arambagh KS | Bashundhara Kings | 2–3 | ||
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | Dhaka Abahani | 3–4 | |||
Tutul Hossain Badsha | Dhaka Abahani | Brothers Union | 5–3 | ||
Dhaka Abahani | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | 4–1 |
† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
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Ballo Famoussa | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | 3–0 | [17] | ||
Zahid Hossain | Arambagh KS | Dhaka Mohammedan | 4–1 | [18] | ||
Nabib Newaj Jibon | Dhaka Abahani | Rahmatganj MFS | 5–1 | [19] | ||
Sunday Chizoba | Dhaka Abahani | Rahmatganj MFS | 5–2 | [20] | ||
Ismael Bangoura | NoFeL Sporting Club | Rahmatganj MFS | 5–2 | [21] | ||
Ismael Bangoura | NoFeL Sporting Club | Team BJMC | 4–3 | [22] | ||
Motin Mia | Bashundhara Kings | Brothers Union | 5–0 | |||
Raphael Odovin Onwrebe | Sheikh Russel KC | NoFeL Sporting Club | 4–0 | [23] | ||
Matthew Chinedu | Arambagh KS | Brothers Union | 5–2 | |||
Raphael Odovin Onwrebe | Sheikh Russel KC | Team BJMC | 3–1 |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
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1 | Anisur Rahman Zico | Bashundhara Kings | 12 | |
2 | Ashraful Islam Rana | Sheikh Russel KC | 11 |
Award | Winner | Club | |
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BPL Coach of the Season | Óscar Bruzón | Bashundhara Kings | |
BPL Player of the Season | Daniel Colindres | Bashundhara Kings | |
BPL Goalkeeper of the Season | Ashraful Islam Rana | Sheikh Russel KC | |
BPL Emerging Player of the Season | Rabiul Hasan | Arambagh KS | |
Fair Play Trophy | Sheikh Russel KC |