(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)
International football competition
The2023–24 Independence Cup, also known as the2023 Independence Cup was the 14th edition of theIndependence Cup.[1] A total of 13 teams were contested in the final tournament.[2][3]
Bashundhara Kings is the defending champion. They have won the title by beatingDhaka Mohammedan by 2−1 goals in the final on 18 December 2023.[4]
Originally theShaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium inCumilla was included as one of the host venues for the tournament, however, the district cricket league has prevented the Cumilla District Sports Association from lending the district stadium. Thus, instead of four, the tournament were held at three venues locations.[5]
The draw ceremony were held on 23 October 2023 at 3rd floor of BFF houseMotijheel, Dhaka. There are thirteen teams were divided into four groups. Top two team from each group will through in theKnockout stage.[6]
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout-stage
Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according topoints (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.
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);
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 apenalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Jonathan Fernandes
Rakib Hossain
Samuel Mensah Konney (Rahmatganj MFS)
Manas Karipov (Bangladesh Police FC)
Edis Ibargüen García (Bangladesh Police FC)
Muzaffar Muzaffarov (Mohammedan SC)
Cornelius Stewart (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
Valeriy Gryshyn (Fortis FC)
Sunday Emmanuel (Dhaka Mohammedan)
