| Competition: | Bangladesh Premier League |
| Winners: | Bashundhara Kings (2nd titles) |
| Relegated: | Arambagh KS Brothers Union |
| Matches: | 156 |
| Total Goals: | 472 |
| League Topscorer: | 21 goals Robinho |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Longest Wins: | 9 matches Bashundhara Kings |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 17 matches Bashundhara Kings |
| Longest Winless: | 15 matches Arambagh KS |
| Longest Losses: | 8 matches Arambagh KS |
| Prevseason: | |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
| Dates: | 13 January – 20 September 2021 |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Abahani |
| Best Player: | Robinho |
The 2020–21 Bangladesh Premier League was the 13th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 13 football clubs are competing in the league. The country's top-flight football competition, Bangladesh Premier League 2020–21 season is kicked off on January 13 after 10 months.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The previous season was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[7] Bashundhara Kings are the defending champions as 2018–19 season winner.
Bangladesh Football Federation had stopped organizing matches outside the capital due to a nationwide lockdown due to the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases. From the twentieth round, Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium and from the twenty-first round, Bangladesh Army Stadium began to be used as the venue of the league to reduce the pressure on the Bangabandhu National Stadium.[8]
| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arambagh KS | Sheikh Jahidur Rahman | Md Sayde | M Sports | Nilsagor Group | |
| Bangladesh Police FC |  Pakir Ali |  Lancine Toure | |||
| Bashundhara Kings |  Óscar Bruzón[9] | Topu Barman | Club manufactured kit | ||
| Brothers Union |  Reza Parkas | Arup Kumar Baidya | Biswas Builders Limited | ||
| Chittagong Abahani Limited |  Maruful Haque | Didier Brossou | Noor Enterprise | Ignite Battery | |
| Dhaka Abahani Limited | Nabib Newaj Jibon | Graphics Bird | |||
| Dhaka Mohammedan SC Limited | Sean Lane |  Uryu Nagata | Orion Group | ||
| Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited | Mosharraf Hossain Badal (Interim) |  Solomon King Kanform | Bashundhara A4 Paper | ||
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC |  Raja Isa | Yusuke Kato | Hishab[10] | ||
| Rahmatganj MFS | Syed Golam Jilani | Russel Mahmud Liton | Tiger Cement | ||
| Saif Sporting Club | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu | Jamal Bhuyan | Saif Power Battery | ||
| Sheikh Russel KC | Saiful Bari Titu | Ashraful Islam Rana | Bashundhara Cement | ||
| Uttar Baridhara Club | Mahabub Ali Manik | Sumon Reza | Bashundhara Group |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arambagh KS | Subarata Bhattacharya Jr. | Sacked | January 2021 | 13th | Douglas Silva[11] | 3 February 2021 | |
| Uttar Baridhara Club | Sheikh Jahidur Rahman | Sacked | 31 January 2021 | 11th | Mahabub Ali Manik | February 2021 | |
| Brothers Union | Abdul Qaium Sentu | Resigned | 16 February 2021 | 12th | Reza Parkas[12] | 10 March 2021 | |
| Saif Sporting Club |  Paul Put | Mutual Consent | 26 February 2021 | 7th | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu (Interim)[13] | 26 February 2021 | |
| Arambagh KS | Douglas Silva | Sacked | 1 March 2021 | 13th | Sheikh Jahidur Rahman[14] | 7 March 2021 | |
| Saif Sporting Club | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu | End of interim spell | 8 March 2021 | 4th | Stewart Hall[15] | 9 March 2021 | |
| Saif Sporting Club | Stewart Hall | End of contract | 1 August 2021 | 6th | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu | 1 August 2021 | |
| Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | Shafiqul Islam Manik[16] | Sacked | 9 August 2021 | 2nd | Mosharraf Hossain Badal (Interim) | 9 August 2021 |
| Other foreign players. | ||
| AFC quota players. | ||
| No foreign player registered. |
Note :
: players who released during summer transfer window;
: players who registered during summer transfer window.
| Club | Leg | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arambagh KS | First |  Sadick Adams |  Bradie Smith | ||
| Second |  Dilshod Nazirov | Ildar Mamatkazin | Islomjon Abdukodirov | Kholmurod Kholmurodov | |
| First | Ballo Famoussa | Frederic Pooda | Lancine Toure |  Murolimzhon Akhmedov | |
| Second | |||||
| Bashundhara Kings | First |  Raúl Becerra | Fernandes | ||
| Second | |||||
| Brothers Union | First |  Samson Iliasu | Furqat Hasanboev | ||
| Second | Momodou Bah | Cyril Oriaku | |||
| Chittagong Abahani Ltd. | First | Nixon Guylherme | Didier Brossou | Matthew Chinedu | Shukurali Pulatov |
| Second | |||||
| Dhaka Abahani Ltd. | First | Raphael Augusto |  Kervens Belfort |  Masih Saighani | |
| Second | |||||
| Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. | First |  Mounzir Coulidiati |  Souleymane Diabate | Mohammed Abiola Nurat | Uryu Nagata |
| Second |  Yassan Ouatching | ||||
| Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. | First | Pa Omar Jobe | Solomon King Kanform | Sulayman Sillah | Otabek Valijonov |
| Second | |||||
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | First | Christian Bekamenga |  Younoussa Camara | Yusuke Kato | Akbarali Kholdarov |
| Second | Ballo Famoussa | Ibrahim Abou Dicko | |||
| Rahmatganj MFS | First | Lorougnon Christ Remi |  Alaaeldin Nasr Elmagraby |  Dilshod Vasiev | Khurshed Beknazarov |
| Second | |||||
| Saif Sporting Club | First | Emmanuel Ariwachukwu | John Okoli | Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev | |
| Second | |||||
| Sheikh Russel KC | First | Giancarlo Lopes Rodrigues | Ugochukwu Obi Moneke | Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov | Siyovush Asrorov |
| Second | |||||
| First | Mahmoud Sayed | Mostafa Kahraba | Evgeniy Kochnev | Saiddoston Fozilov | |
| Second | Youssouf Mory Bamba |
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.
† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
| Player | Club | Opponent | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahamudul Hasan Kiron | Rahmatganj MFS | Bashundhara Kings | 0–3 | ||
| Soeb Mia | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Sheikh Russel KC | 0–1 | ||
| Saiddoston Fozilov | Uttar Baridhara Club | Dhaka Abahani | 1–2 | ||
| Habibur Rahman Shohag | Dhaka Mohammedan | Arambagh KS | 2–1 | ||
| Rahmatganj MFS | Dhaka Abahani | 0–6 | |||
| Saiddoston Fozilov | Uttar Baridhara Club | Chittagong Abahani | 3–4 | ||
| Asaduzzaman Bablu | Sheikh Russel KC | Saif Sporting Club | 2–4 | ||
| Jahangir Alam Sajeeb | Bangladesh Police FC | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club | 1–2 | ||
| Bashundhara Kings | Dhaka Abahani | 1–1 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pa Omar Jobe 4 | 6–0 | [17] | ||||
| Ugochukwu Obi Moneke | 4–0 | |||||
| Raúl Becerra | 6–1 | |||||
| Robinho | 6–1 | |||||
| Kervens Belfort | 6–0 | |||||
| Jewel Rana | 6–1 | |||||
| Pa Omar Jobe | 5–1 | |||||
| Christian Kouakou | 3–1 | |||||
| Kervens Belfort 4 | 8–0 |
| Rank | Club | Yellow cards | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammedan Sporting Club | 48 | |
| 2 | Arambagh Krira Sangha | 44 | |
| 3 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 43 | |
| 4 | Saif Sporting Club | 40 | |
| 5 | Uttar Baridhara Club | 37 | |
| Brothers Union | 37 | ||
| 7 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 36 | |
| 8 | Chittagong Abahani | 31 | |
| 9 | Bashundhara Kings | 30 | |
| 10 | Rahmatganj MFS | 28 | |
| 11 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 26 | |
| 12 | Sheikh Russel KC | 21 | |
| 13 | Bangladesh Police FC | 20 |
| Rank | Club | Red cards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 4 |
| 2 | Bashundhara Kings | 2 |
| Chittagong Abahani | 2 | |
| Rahmatganj MFS | 2 | |
| 5 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 1 |
| Brothers Union | 1 | |
| Mohammedan Sporting Club | 1 | |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 1 |
| Award | Winner | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPL Coach of the Season | Óscar Bruzón | Bashundhara Kings | |
| BPL Player of the Season | Robson Azevedo da Silva | Bashundhara Kings | |
| BPL Goalkeeper of the Season | Anisur Rahman Zico | Bashundhara Kings | |
| BPL Emerging Player of the Season | Nihat Jaman Ucchash | Arambagh KS | |
| Fair Play Trophy | Dhaka Abahani |