2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football)


The 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League is the 12th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 13 football clubs will compete in the league.
Bashundhara Kings are the defending champions. Bangladesh Police FC and Uttar Baridhara SC entered as the promoted teams from the 2018–19 Bangladesh Championship League.
The season began on 13 February 2020 and was suspended on 15 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bangladesh. On 17 May 2020, the league was declared void by the BFF executive committee.

Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic

On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until March 31 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.
Bangladesh Football Federation postponed all Bangladesh Premier League and Women’s Football League matches until March 31.
On 17 May 2020, The BFF executive committee, following an emergency meeting, declared the 12th edition of the league abandoned, scrapping promotion and relegation while cancelling the Independence Cup from the calendar.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Arambagh KSDhakaBangabandhu National Stadium36,000
Bangladesh Police FCDhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium

36,000
Bashundhara KingsNilphamariSheikh Kamal Stadium20,000
Brothers UnionDhakaBangabandhu National Stadium36,000
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.ChattogramMA Aziz Stadium30,000
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.DhakaBangabandhu National Stadium36,000
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.ComillaShaheed Dhirendranath Stadium8,000
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.DhakaBangabandhu National Stadium30,000
Muktijoddha Sangsad KCGopalganjSheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium5,000
Rahmatganj MFSDhakaBangabandhu National Stadium36,000
Saif Sporting ClubMymensinghRafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium12,000
Sheikh Russel KCSylhetSylhet District Stadium25,000
Uttar Baridhara SCDhakaBangabandhu National Stadium36,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Foreign players

Bold names refer to international players who have already played or are still playing.
ClubLegPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5
Arambagh KSFirst Mickael Yonta Mostafa Kahraba Eleta Benjamin Jr. Eleta Kingsley
Arambagh KSSecond
Bangladesh Police FCFirst Antonio Laskov Aidar Mambetaliev Artur Muladjanov Luka Rotković Sidney Rivera
Bangladesh Police FCSecond
Bashundhara KingsFirst Nicolás Delmonte Daniel Colindres Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov Mohamad Jalal Kdouh Akhtam Nazarov
Bashundhara KingsSecond Hernán Barcos
Brothers UnionFirst Jean Jules Ikanga Lancine Touré Kingsley Chigozie Otabek Valijonov Tuychibaev Murodjon
Brothers UnionSecond
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.First Nixon Guylherme Didier Brossou Matthew Chinedu Ikbol Bobohonov Shukurali Pulatov
Chittagong Abahani Ltd.Second
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.First Maílson Alves Alaaeldin Nasr Elmagraby Kervens Belfort Edgar Bernhardt Sunday Chizoba
Dhaka Abahani Ltd.Second
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.First Uryu Nagata Souleymane Diabate Ousmane Berthe Stanley Onyekachi Amadi Ugochukwu Obi Moneke
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd.Second
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.First Omar Jobe Solomon King Kanform Ballo Famoussa Yusuke Kato Monday Osagie
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.Second
Muktijoddha Sangsad KCFirst Albert Frank Paul Emile Biyaga Ismael Bangoura Norito Hashiguchi Cyril Oriaku
Muktijoddha Sangsad KCSecond
Rahmatganj MFSFirst Momodou Bah Younoussa Camara Kastan Igwe Siyovush Asrorov Akobir Turaev
Rahmatganj MFSSecond
Saif Sporting ClubFirst Deiner Córdoba Murolimzhon Akhmedov Emery Bayisenge Fayia Kobba Jr. Jahongir Ergashev
Saif Sporting ClubSecond
Sheikh Russel KCFirst Chris Herd Alison Udoka Raphael Odovin Onwrebe Pedro Henrique Oliveira Alisher Azizov
Sheikh Russel KCSecond
Uttar Baridhara SCFirst Leonardo Vieira Lima Sangare Issouf Landing Darboe Simon Ezeodika Obieze Furqat Hasanboev
Uttar Baridhara SCSecond

League table

Results

Positions by round

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.

Statistics

Goalscorers

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Sunday Chizoba 4Dhaka AbahaniMuktijoddha Sangsad KC4–115 3 2020

4 Player scored 4 goals.