2022–23 Federation Cup (Bangladesh) Explained

Tourney Name:	Federation Cup
Year:	2022–23
Other Titles:	Bashundhara Group Federation Cup 2022–23
Dates:	20 December 2022 – 30 May 2023
Size:	300px
Country:	Bangladesh
City:	3
Num Teams:	11
Venues:	3
Cities:	3
Champion Other:	Mohammedan Sporting Club
Count:	11
Second Other:	Abahani Limited
Third Other:	Bashundhara Kings
Fourth Other:	Sheikh Russel KC
Matches:	23
Goals:	72
Top Scorer:	Souleymane Diabate (8 goals each)
Player:	Souleymane Diabate
Fair Play:	Bashundhara Kings
Prevseason:	2021–22
Nextseason:	2023–24

The 2022–23 Federation Cup (due to sponsorship from Bashundhara Group also known as Bashundhara Group Federation Cup 2022–23) was the 34th edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual top-tier clubs football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). The eleven participants were contest in the tournament. The tournament were played from 20 December 2022 – 30 May 2023.^[1] ^[2] The winner of the tournament will earn the slot of playing Qualifying play-off of 2023–24 AFC Cup.

Mohammedan SC are current champions having defeated Abahani Limited Dhaka by 4(4)–(2)4 to lift the trophy for the eleventh time.^[3]

Participating teams

The following eleven teams will contest in the tournament.

Team	Appearances	Previous best performance

		Semi-finals (2019–20)
Bashundhara Kings		Champions (2019–20, 2020–21)
Chittagong Abahani		Runners-up (2017)
		Champions (1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021–22)
		Champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009)

Muktijoddha Sangsad KC		Champions (1994, 2001, 2003)
		Runners-up (2019–20, 2021–22)
		Champions (2012)
		Champions (2011-12, 2013, 2015)

Venues

The matches were played at these three venues across the country.

Comilla	Gopalganj	Munshigonj
Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium	Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium	Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 10,000

Draw

The draw ceremony were held on 16:00 25 November 2022 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are eleven team was divided into three groups. The top two teams from each group and two best third-placed teams will qualify for the Knock out stages.^[4]

Group summary

Group A	Group B	Group C
Sheikh Jamal DC	Bashundhara Kings	Abahani Limited Dhaka
Mohammedan SC	Chittagong Abahani	Sheikh Russel KC
Rahmatganj MFS	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Bangladesh Police FC
AFC Uttara	Fortis FC

Round Matches Dates

Phase	Date
Group stages	20 December 2022 – 3 February 2023
Quarter-finals	4 April–2 May 2023
Semi-finals	9–16 May 2023
Third-place	23 May 2023
Final	30 May 2023

Match officials

Referees

Sabuj Das
Md Anisur Rahman Sagor
Md Nasir Uddin
Bhubon Mohon Tarafder
Md Jalal Uddin
Md Alamgir Sarkar
Rimon Mahmud

Assistant Referees

Md Rasel Mahmud Jibon
Bayezid Mondol
Mehedi Hasan Emon
Sheikh Iqbal Alam
Md Shah Alam
Sujoy Barua
Soumik Pal
Md Rimon Mahmud
Md Nuruzzaman
Anwar Hossain Saju
Sabbir Salek Shuvo
Md Monir Ahmmad Dhali
Biash Sarkar

Group stages

TiebreakersTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Due to groups having different numbers of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups are not considered for this ranking.

Knockout stage

In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.