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| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 13 February – 15 March 2020 |
| Champions | Not awarded |
| Relegated | No relegation |
| Matches | 36 |
| Goals | 95 (2.64 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 5 goals Eleta Kingsley (Arambagh KS) Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani) |
| Biggest home win | Dhaka Abahani 4–0Dhaka Mohammedan (4 March 2020) |
| Biggest away win | Uttar Baridhara SC 1–4Dhaka Mohammedan (14 March 2020) |
| Highest scoring | Bashundhara Kings 3–4Chittagong Abahani (15 March 2020) |
| Longest winning run | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (4 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club (4 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Brothers Union (5 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC (3 matches) |
2020–21 → | |
The2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League was the 12th season of theBangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 13 football clubs competed in the league, andBashundhara Kings were the defending champions.Bangladesh Police FC andUttar Baridhara SC entered as the promoted teams from the2018–19 Bangladesh Championship League.
The season began on 13 February 2020 and was suspended on 15 March 2020, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. On 17 May 2020, the league was declared void by the BFF executive committee.[1]
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 (BFF) postponed all Bangladesh Premier League and Women's Football League matches until March 31.[2]
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.[3]
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Shirt sponsor | Kit manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arambagh KS |  Sheikh Jahidur Rahman | Didarul Houqe | ||
| Bangladesh Police FC |  Nicolas Vitorović | Nazmul Islam Rasel | Nasir Group | |
| Bashundhara Kings |  Óscar Bruzón[4] |  Daniel Colindres | Bashundhara Group | Club manufactured kit |
| Brothers Union |  Reza Parkas[5] | Faisal Mahmud | Biswas Builders Limited | |
| Chittagong Abahani Limited | Maruful Haque |  Didier Brossou | Saif Power Battery | Noor Enterprise |
| Dhaka Abahani Limited |  Mário Lemos | Nabib Newaj Jibon | ||
| Dhaka Mohammedan SC Limited |  Sean Brendan Lane |  Uryu Nagata | ||
| Lt.Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited | Shafiqul Islam Manik |  Solomon King Kanform | ||
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Abdul Qaium Sentu | Norito Hashiguchi | ||
| Rahmatganj MFS | Syed Golam Jilani | Momodou Bah | Tiger Cement | |
| Saif Sporting Club |  Drago Mamić | Jamal Bhuyan | Saif Power Battery | |
| Sheikh Russel KC | Saiful Bari Titu | Ashraful Islam Rana | Bashundhara Cement | |
| Uttar Baridhara SC | Alfaz Ahmed[6] | Landing Darboe | Saif Power Battery |
| Other foreign players. | |
| AFC quota players. | |
| No foreign player registered. |
Bold names refer to international players who have already played or are still playing.
: players who released during summer transfer window;
: players who registered during summer transfer window.| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhaka Abahani Ltd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 |
| 2 | Chittagong Abahani Ltd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 13 |
| 3 | Lt. Sheikh Jamal DC | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 12 |
| 4 | Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 12 |
| 5 | Saif Sporting Club | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 11 |
| 6 | Bashundhara Kings | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 10 |
| 7 | Rahmatganj MFS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
| 8 | Arambagh KS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 |
| 9 | Bangladesh Police FC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
| 10 | Sheikh Russel KC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
| 11 | Brothers Union | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
| 12 | Uttar Baridhara SC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 1 |
| 13 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 1 |
| Home \ Away | AKS | BK | BPFC | BU | CAL | DAL | MSC | SJDC | MUK | RAH | SSC | SRKC | UB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arambagh | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Kings | — | 3–4 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| Police | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–1 | |||||||||
| Brothers | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | |||||||||
| Ctg Abahani | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| Abahani | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
| Mohammedan | 1–0 | — | |||||||||||
| Sheikh Jamal | 4–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | |||||||||
| Muktijoddha | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| Rahmatganj | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | |||||||||
| Saif | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | ||||||||
| Sheikh Russel | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | |||||||||
| Baridhara | 1–1 | 1–4 | — |
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.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arambagh | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kings | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Police | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Brothers | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ctg Abahani | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abahani | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mohammedan | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sheikh Jamal | 13 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Muktijoddha | 8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rahmatganj | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saif | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sheikh Russel | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Baridhara | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Leader | |
| Relegation toBCL |
There have been 95 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match (as of 15 March 2020).
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
Nixon Guylherme (Chittagong Abahani) Omar Jobe (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)3 goals
Ballo Famoussa (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)Didier Brossou (Chittagong Abahani)Solomon King Konform (Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club)Daniel Colindres (Bashundhara Kings)
Kervens Belfort (Dhaka Abahani)
Matthew Chinedu (Chittagong Abahani) Ugochukwu Obi Moneke (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Emery Bayisenge (Saif SC)
Otabek Valijonov (Brothers Union)2 goals
Arif Hossain (Uttar Baridhara SC)Mohammad Ibrahim (Bashundhara Kings)Nabib Newaj Jibon (Dhaka Abahani)Yeasin Arafat (Saif SC) Momodou Bah (Rahmatganj MFS)
Edgar Bernhardt (Dhaka Abahani)
Souleymane Diabate (Dhaka Mohammedan) Kingsley Chigozie (Brothers Union) Raphael Odovin Onwrebe (Sheikh Russel KC) Akobir Turaev (Rahmatganj MFS)1 goal
Nicolás Delmonte (Bashundhara Kings)Amir Hakim Bappy (Dhaka Mohammedan)Arifur Rahman (Saif SC)Arup Kumar Baidya (Brothers Union) Didarul Hoque (Arambagh KS)Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Saif SC)Jayed Ahmed (Saif SC) Maruf Ahmed (Uttar Baridhara SC) Mohammad Sohel Rana (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)Nasirul Islam Nasir (Chittagong Abahani) Sahed Hossain (Dhaka Mohammedan) Sanowar Hossain (Rahmatganj MFS)Shakhawat Hossain Rony (Chittagong Abahani) SM Bablu (Bangladesh Police FC)Tawhidul Alam Sabuz (Bashundhara Kings) Mannaf Rabby (Chittagong Abahani) Albert Frank (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC)
Antonio Laskov (Bangladesh Police FC)
Paul Emile Biyaga (Muktijoddha Sangsad KC) Landing Darboe (Uttar Baridhara SC)Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov (Bashundhara Kings)Alison Udoka (Sheikh Russel KC)
Sidney Rivera (Bangladesh Police FC)
Akhtam Nazarov (Bashundhara Kings)Siyovush Asrorov (Rahmatganj MFS)
Pedro Henrique Oliveira (Sheikh Russel KC) Nurul Naium Faisal (Bashundhara Kings) vsBangladesh Police FC Eleta Benjamin Jr. (Arambagh KS) vsMuktijoddha Sangsad KCSumon Reza (Uttar Baridhara SC) vsDhaka MohammedanSource:Soccerway
† Bold Club indicates winner of the match
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sunday Chizoba4 | Dhaka Abahani | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 4–1 | 15 March 2020 | [13] |
4 Player scored 4 goals.
