| Club: | Saif Sporting Club |
| Cup2 Result: | Cancelled |
| Cup2: | Independence Cup |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Saif Powertec Limited |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Paul Put (until 26 February) Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (interim; from 26 February to 8 March) Stewart Hall (from 9 March to 31 July)[1] Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (from 1 August) |
| Stadium: | Bangabandhu National Stadium |
| League: | Bangladesh Premier League |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Federation Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Final |
| League Topscorer: | John Okoli (18) |
| Season Topscorer: | John Okoli (18) |
| Largest Win: | 6–1 vs Brothers Union |
| Largest Loss: | 2–5 vs Chittagong Abahani |
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| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 season is the Saif SC's[2] 5th season since its establishment in 2016[3] and their 4th consecutive season in the Bangladesh Premier League after promoting in 2017.[4] [5]
On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until 31 March as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. So beginning of this season was delayed.[6] [7] [8]
Before beginning of the season, Saif Sporting Club was looking forward to replace their head coach Drago Mamic & renew contract with team captain Jamal Bhuyan.[9] [10] Saif was also interested to replace foreign players & some local youths.[11] Jahongir Ergashev and Murolimzhon Akhmedov already left the club to join FK Khujand and FC Neftchi respectively. On 24 September, it was announced that Emery Bayisenge joining Rwandan club AS Kigali on a one-year loan deal from Saif SC. As of a Rwandan news publisher, the transfer fee was 12 millions Rwandan franc.[12]
On 29 October, managing director Nasiruddin Chowdhury confirmed that they’re bringing belgian coach Paul Put to replace Mamic.
On 31 October, Saif SC sent names of three players they want to let go for the 2020-21 season to BFF. The players were forward Mehebub Hasan Nayan & Kafsut Taius along with defender Nazmul Hossain Akondo.[13]
On 11 November, the club officially announced the signing of Emmanuel Ariwachukwu, John Okoli, Kenneth Ikechukwu and Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev.
On 29 November, Saif SC played a pre-season friendly with Bangladesh Police FC. The match was won by 2-0 as Kenneth & John found the net.
Saif Sporting Club Limited squad for 2020–21 season.
| Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | MF | Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev | FK Mash'al Mubarek | Free transfer | [14] | |
| 8 | FW | John Okoli | Bandırmaspor | Free transfer | [15] [16] | |
| 15 | DF |  Emmanuel Ariwachukwu |  FK Andijon | Free transfer | [17] | |
| 32 | FW | Kenneth Ikechukwu | Göcmenköy IYSK | Free transfer | [18] | |
| 6 | MF | Jamal Bhuyan | Kolkata Mohammedan | End of loan | [19] [20] | |
| Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | FW | Jafar Iqbal | Dhaka Mohammedan | ৳150000 ($1780) | [21] [22] | |
| 9 | FW | Fayia Kobba Jr. | Unknown | Free transfer | ||
| 11 | FW | Mehebub Hasan Nayan | Rahmatganj MFS | Free transfer | ||
| 15 | MF | Murolimzhon Akhmedov | FC Neftchi Kochkor-Ata | Free transfer | 1 August 2020 | |
| 23 | MF | Deiner Córdoba | Unknown | Free transfer | [23] | |
| 25 | DF | Nazmul Hossain Akondo | Arambagh KS | November 2020 | ||
| 62 | FW |  Jahongir Ergashev | FK Khujand | Free transfer | 18 July 2020 | |
| 99 | FW | Kafsut Taius | Free Agent | - | ||
| 26 | DF | Ariful Islam | Sheikh Jamal DC | ৳5,00,000 ($5,900) | [24] | |
| – | FW | Shakib Bepary | Dhaka Wanderers Club | Free transfer | ||
| Player | Transferred to | Fee | Start Date | End Date | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | MF | Jamal Bhuyan | Kolkata Mohammedan | not disclosed | 5 November 2020 | [25] [26] | |
| – | MF | Emon Mollah | Uttar Baridhara Club | Free | End of season | ||
| 8 | A.S. Kigali | $12,200 | End of season | [27] [28] | |||
Note :Italic names refer to the players who have transferred from the youth team.
| Rank | Player | Position | Total | BPL | Federation Cup | Independence Cup | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Okoli | MF | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Kenneth Ikechukwu | FW | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | |
| 3 | Sazzad Hossain | MF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Yeasin Arafat | DF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Foysal Ahmed Fahim | FW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Maraz Hossain | FW | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Emmanuel Ariwachukwu | DF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Arifur Rahman | FW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev | MF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Riyadul Hasan Rafi | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamal Bhuyan | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Own goals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 63 | 48 | 15 | 0 | |||