| Competition: | Bangladesh Premier League |
| Dates: | 9 December 2022–22 July 2023 |
| Winners: | Bashundhara Kings (4th title) |
| Relegated: | AFC Uttara Muktijoddha Sangsad KC |
| Continentalcup2: | AFC Challenge League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Bashundhara Kings |
| Matches: | 110 |
| Total Goals: | 324 |
| League Topscorer Section: | Goalscorers |
| League Topscorer: | Overall: (20 goals) Dorielton Gomes (Bashundhara Kings) Local Topscorer: (8 goals) Eleta Kingsley (Abahani Limited Dhaka) |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Longest Wins: | 10 matches Bashundhara Kings |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 14 matches Bashundhara Kings |
| Longest Winless: | 20 matches AFC Uttara |
| Longest Losses: | 5 matches AFC Uttara Muktijoddha Sangsad KC |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Best Player: | Best Player: Robinho Azevedo (Bashundhara Kings) Best Local Player: Rakib Hossain (Bashundhara Kings) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Anisur Rahman Zico (11 Clean Sheets) (Bashundhara Kings) |
The 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League was the 15th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. The league was contested by 11 teams including AFC Uttara and Fortis FC, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 2021–22 Championship League. The season started on 9 December 2022 and concluded on 22 July 2023.[1]
Defending champions Bashundhara Kings won their four title in a row, making them the first-ever team to win four successive title in the country.[2] They secured the title beating Sheikh Russel KC in the highest scoring match of the season with three matches to spare.[3]
Eleven teams are competing in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the BCL. The promoted teams are AFC Uttara and Fortis FC, who are new to the top flight. They replaced Swadhinata KS and Uttar Baridhara Club (both teams relegated after just one year back in the top flight).
| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Uttara |  Ali Asgar Nasir | Istekharul Alam Shakil | ||
| Bangladesh Police FC |  Aristică Cioabă | Monaem Khan Raju | ||
| Bashundhara Kings |  Óscar Bruzón[7] | Topu Barman | Club manufactured kit | |
| Chittagong Abahani | Mahbubul Haque [8] |  Shukurali Pulatov | Ignite Battery | |
| Dhaka Abahani | Mário Lemos |  Raphael Augusto | ||
| Mohammedan SC | Alfaz Ahmed (interim)[9] |  Souleymane Diabate | Max Group | |
| Fortis FC | Masud Parvez Kaiser | Danilo Quipapá | TORR Limited | |
| Sheikh Jamal DC | Maruful Haque | Raihan Hasan | Bashundhara Tissue | |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC |  Raja Isa | Aminur Rahman Sajib | ||
| Rahmatganj MFS | Kamal Babu | Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov | Tiger Cement | |
| Sheikh Russel KC | Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu | Jamal Bhuyan | Bashundhara Cement | |
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Uttara | Monowar Hossain Moyna | Demoted to an assistant coach role | Unknown | Pre-season | Ali Asgar Nasir | November 2022 | |
| Fortis FC | Zahidur Rahman Milon Molla | Contract expired | September 2022 | Masud Parvez Kaisar[10] | October 2022 | ||
| Chittagong Abahani | Maruful Haque[11] | Signed by Sheikh Jamal DC | October 2022 | Saiful Bari Titu[12] [13] | November 2022 | ||
| Rahmatganj MFS | Syed Golam Jilani | Signed by Bashundhara Kings Women | October 2022 | Kamal Babu | October 2022 | ||
| Sheikh Jamal DC | Joseph Afusi | Contract expired | October 2022 | Maruful Haque[14] [15] | October 2022 | ||
| Chittagong Abahani | Saiful Bari Titu[16] [17] | Sacked | 12 February 2023 | 10th | Mahbubul Haque[18] | 12 February 2023 | |
| Mohammedan SC | Shafiqul Islam Manik[19] | Sacked | 6 March 2023 | 6th | Alfaz Ahmed (interim)[20] | 6 March 2023 |
| Other foreign players. | ||
| AFC quota players. | ||
| No foreign player registered. |
Note :
: players who released during winter transfer window;
: players who registered during winter transfer window.
| Club | Leg | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFC Uttara | First |  Nzau Miguel Lutumba |  Sultanbek Momunov | |||
| Second |  Richard Maturana |  Younoussa Camara |  Alan Koroev | |||
| Bangladesh Police FC | First | Mateo Palacios | Behnam Habibi | Almazbek Malikov |  Jose Alexander Hernandez | Edward Morillo |
| Second | Solibek Karimov | |||||
| Bashundhara Kings | First | Dorielton | Miguel Figueira | Robinho |  Reza Khanzadeh | Asror Gofurov |
| Second | ||||||
| Chittagong Abahani | First |  Candy Augustine | Ojukwu David Ifegwu | Shukurali Pulatov | ||
| Second | ||||||
| Dhaka Abahani | First | Raphael Augusto | Daniel Colindres | Peter Nworah |  Yousef Mohammad | |
| Second | Emeka Ogbugh | |||||
| Mohammedan SC | First | Roger Duarte | Meysam Shahmakvandzadeh | Souleymane Diabate | Muzaffar Muzaffarov |  Daniel Febles |
| Second | Sunday Emmanuel | |||||
| Fortis FC | First |  Amredin Sharifi | Danilo Quipapá | Thiago Bonfim | ||
| Second | Gaira Joof | |||||
| Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. | First |  Sulayman Sillah |  Jorge Aguilar | Nodir Mavlonov | Otabek Valizhonov | Cornelius Stewart |
| Second | ||||||
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | First |  Landry Ndikumana | Soma Otani | Adeyinka Najeem | Emmanuel Uzochukwu | Jimmy Dzingai |
| Second | ||||||
| Rahmatganj MFS | First | Jhoaho Rivelino Hinestroza | Igor Cesar Rodrigues Santana |  Fatkhullo Fatkhulloyev | Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov | |
| Second | Bunyod Shodiev | |||||
| Sheikh Russel KC | First |  Didier Brossou | Mfon Udoh | Timur Talipov | ||
| Second |
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.
Robinho Azevedo (Bashundhara Kings) Miguel Figueira (Bashundhara Kings) Ojukwu David Ifegwu (Chittagong Abahani) Edward Morillo (Bangladesh Police FC) Jean Didier Brossou (Sheikh Russel KC) Sunday Emmanuel (Mohammedan SC) Kenneth Ikechukwu (Sheikh Russel KC) Landry Ndikumana (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC) Muzaffar Muzaffarov (Mohammedan SC) Amredin Sharifi (Fortis FC) Mateo Palacios (Bangladesh Police FC) Peter Ebimobowei (Rahmatganj MFS) Peter Nworah (Dhaka Abahani) Asror Gafurov (Bashundhara Kings) Otabek Valizhonov (Sheikh Jamal DC) Richard Maturana (AFC Uttara) Emeka Ogbugh (Dhaka Abahani) Nodir Mavlonov (Sheikh Jamal DC) Michael Vinícius (Rahmatganj MFS) Jose Alexander Hernandez (Bangladesh Police FC) Daniel Febles (Mohammedan SC) Sultanbek Momunov (AFC Uttara) Danilo Quipapá (Fortis FC)
Junior Mapuku (Sheikh Russel KC) Almazbek Malikov (Bangladesh Police FC) Raphael Augusto (Dhaka Abahani) Yousef Mohammad (Dhaka Abahani) Ulysse Diallo (Rahmatganj MFS) Luiz Júnior (Fortis FC)
Soma Otani (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC) Jhoaho Hinestroza (Rahmatganj MFS) Timur Talipov (Sheikh Russel KC) Shokhrukhbek Kholmatov (Rahmatganj MFS) Shukurali Pulatov (Chittagong Abahani)
Mostafa Kahraba (Chittagong Abahani)† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souleymane Diabate | Mohammedan SC | AFC Uttara | 0–6 (A) | [21] [22] | ||
| Foysal Ahmed Fahim | Dhaka Abahani | AFC Uttara | 0–7 (A) | [23] | ||
| Eleta Kingsley | Dhaka Abahani | AFC Uttara | 0–7 (A) | |||
| Souleymane Diabate | Mohammedan SC | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 1–6 (A) | [24] | ||
| Daniel Colindres | Dhaka Abahani | Rahmatganj MFS | 0–4 (H) | [25] | ||
| Dorielton 4 | Bashundhara Kings | Sheikh Russel KC | 4–6 (H) | [26] | ||
| Souleymane Diabate | Mohammedan SC | AFC Uttara | 6–0 (H) | [27] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | Assists | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robinho | Bashundhara Kings | 10 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Dorielton Gomes | Bashundhara Kings | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| Souleymane Diabate | Mohammedan SC | 16 | 5 | 21 | |
| 4 | Daniel Colindres | Dhaka Abahani | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Miguel Figueira | Bashundhara Kings | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| 6 | Edward Morillo | Bangladesh Police FC | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | Mfon Udoh | Sheikh Russel KC | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Cornelius Stewart | Sheikh Jamal DC | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Ojukwu David Ifegwu | Chittagong Abahani | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Johan Arango | Bangladesh Police FC | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Matches | Cleansheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anisur Rahman Zico | Bashundhara Kings | 17 | 11 |
| 2 | Sujon Hossain | Mohammedan SC | 16 | 7 |
| 3 | Rakibul Hasan Tushar | Police FC | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Shahidul Alam Sohel | Dhaka Abahani | 17 | 6 |
| 5 | Mitul Marma | Fortis FC | 15 | 4 |
| Mehedi Hasan Srabon | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 16 | 4 | |
| Ashraful Islam Rana | Sheikh Russel KC | 16 | 4 |
| Rank | Club | Yellow cards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bashundhara Kings | 42 |
| 2 | Police FC | 41 |
| 3 | Chittagong Abahani | 38 |
| 4 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 34 |
| 5 | Mohammedan SC | 33 |
| AFC Uttara | 33 | |
| 7 | Fortis FC | 30 |
| 8 | Rahmatganj MFS | 29 |
| 9 | Dhaka Abahani | 27 |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 27 | |
| Sheikh Russel KC | 27 |
| Rank | Club | Red cards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chittagong Abahani | 3 |
| 2 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 2 |
| 3 | AFC Uttara | 1 |
| Bashundhara Kings | 1 | |
| Dhaka Abahani | 1 | |
| Rahmatganj MFS | 1 | |
| Fortis FC | 1 | |
| Police FC | 1 | |
| Mohammedan SC | 1 |