2020–21 Abahani Limited Dhaka season
2020–21 season | |||
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Director | Kazi Nabil Ahmed | ||
Head coach | Mário Lemos | ||
Stadium | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | ||
Bangladesh Premier League | 3rd | ||
Federation Cup | Semi final | ||
Independence Cup | Did not held | ||
AFC Cup | Withdrawn[note 1] | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Kervens Belfort (17) All: Kervens Belfort (19) | ||
Biggest win | 0–8 Vs Uttar Baridhara Club (26 August 2021) | ||
Biggest defeat | 1–4 Vs Bashundhara Kings (28 February 2021) | ||
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← 2019–20 2021–22 → | |||
All statistics correct as of 20 September 2021. |
The 2020–21 season was the Abahani Limited Dhaka's 13th consecutive season in the Bangladesh Premier League since initiation of the league, and 46th overall season in the top flight of Bangladeshi football.[1][2][3][4] 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed due to the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. So beginning of this season was delayed.
Season review
Pre-season
Abahani Dhaka wasn’t so active in the transfer window as the club wanted to sign one or two new foreign players only. However, Brazilian defender Maílson Alves already left the club on a free transfer in September. In October, it was confirmed that the club will renew the contract of Portuguese head coach Mário Lemos.[5] It was also confirmed that Abahani won't release any local player.[6][7] Though they signed goalkeeper Shuhagh Hossain.
Players
Dhaka Abahani Limited squad for 2020–21 season.
- As of 1 July 2021
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
No. | Pos | Player | Previous club | Fee | Date | Source |
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9 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Free transfer | 20 November 2020 | [8] |
80 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free transfer | 30 November 2020 | [9] |
19 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free transfer | 9 December 2020 | [10] |
30 | GK | ![]() | ![]() | Free transfer | 9 December 2020 | |
17 | FW | ![]() | Free agent | Free transfer | 7 April 2021 | [11] |
Out
No. | Pos | Player | Moved to | Fee | Date | Source |
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- | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free | 1 August 2020 | |
19 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free | 8 September 2020 | |
10 | FW | ![]() | No Club | Free | 1 November 2020 | |
17 | MF | ![]() | ![]() | Free | 1 December 2020 | |
9 | FW | ![]() | ![]() | Free | 5 April 2021 | [11] |
13 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free | April 2021 |
Pre-season and friendlies
14 December 2020 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 3–0 | Uttar Baridhara | Dhaka |
14:30 BST | Stadium: Abahani Field |
7 April 2021 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 2–1 | Uttar Baridhara | Dhaka |
14:30 BST | Stadium: Abahani Field |
Competitions
Overview
Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
BPL | 14 January 2021 | 20 September 2021 | Matchday 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 054.17 |
Federation Cup | 24 December 2020 | 7 January 2021 | Group Stage | Semi-final | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 075.00 |
AFC Cup | April 2021 | Cancelled[note 1] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | ||
Independence Cup | TBD | TBD | Group Stage | Didn't held | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
Total | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 72 | 33 | +39 | 057.14 |
Last updated: 20 September 2021
Source: Soccerway
Federation Cup
Group stage
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Dhaka Abahani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Quarter Finals |
2 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
24 December 2020 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 3–0 | Dhaka Mohammedan | Dhaka |
19:15 BST | Masih ![]() Jewel ![]() | Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium |
30 December 2020 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 1–2 | Abahani Limited Dhaka | Dhaka |
17:45 BST | Rohit ![]() | Report | Masih ![]() Belfort ![]() | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Jalal Uddin |
Knockout phase
4 January 2021 Quarter Final | Abahani Limited Dhaka | 1–0 | Uttar Baridhara Club | Dhaka |
16:00 BST | Torres ![]() | Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Alomgir Sarker |
7 January 2021 Semi Final | Bashundhara Kings | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Abahani Limited Dhaka | Dhaka |
16:00 BST | Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Sujit Banerjee |
Premier League
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Bashundhara Kings (C, Q) | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 10 | +50 | 65 | Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage |
2 | Sheikh Jamal DC[a] | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 52 | |
3 | Dhaka Abahani (Q) | 24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 65 | 29 | +36 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Cup qualifying play-offs |
4 | Saif Sporting Club | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 44 | |
5 | Chittagong Abahani | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 28 | +10 | 44 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualify for the AFC competition
Notes:
- ^ Sheikh Jamal cannot qualify for Asian Football Confederation competitions as they were not granted an AFC Cup license for 2022.[12]
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
24 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 64 | 29 | +35 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 12 | +24 |
Last updated: 20 September 2021.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
14 January 2021 Round 1 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 1–0 | Bangladesh Police FC | Dhaka |
16:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: GM Chowdhury |
19 January 2021 Round 2 | Brothers Union | 0–2 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
18:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bhubon Torofdar |
23 January 2021 Round 3 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 1–0 | Rahmatganj MFS | Dhaka |
15:30 BST | Report | Mehebub Nayan ![]() | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mizanur Rahman |
28 January 2021 Round 4 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 2–2 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Comilla |
15:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Comilla Stadium Referee: Mohammad Jalaluddin |
1 February 2021 Round 5 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 1–1 | Chittagong Abahani | Dhaka |
15:30 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: M. Rahman (Bangladesh) |
5 February 2021 Round 6 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | 1–4 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
18:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: M. Uddin (Bangladesh) |
9 February 2021 Round 7 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 2–2 | Sheikh Jamal DC | Dhaka |
15:30 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: G.Chawdhury Nayan (Bangladesh) |
13 February 2021 Round 8 | Arambagh KS | 0–4 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Munshigonj |
15:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Munshigonj Stadium Referee: B. Torofdar (Bangladesh) |
16 February 2021 Round 9 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 2–0 | Saif Sporting Club | Dhaka |
15:30 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: M. Rahman (Bangladesh) |
20 February 2021 Round 10 | Sheikh Russel KC | 1–1 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
18:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: M. Uddin (Bangladesh) |
28 February 2021 Round 12 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 1–4 | Bashundhara Kings | Dhaka |
16:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: B.Barua (Bangladesh) |
4 March 2021 Round 13 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 2–1 | Uttar Baridhara Club | Dhaka |
18:45 BST | Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: M. Nahid (Bangladesh) |
30 April 2021 Round 14 | Police FC | 2–2 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
19:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: M. Rahman (Bangladesh) |
4 May 2021 Round 15 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 5–2 | Brothers Union | Dhaka |
16:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: GM Chowdury |
7 May 2021 Round 16 | Rahmatganj MFS | 0–6 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
16:00 BST | Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bituraj Barua |
26 June 2021 Round 17 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 1–1 | Mohammedan SC | Dhaka |
17:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mizanur Rahman |
1 July 2021 Round 18 | Chittagong Abahani | 0–2 | Dhaka Abahani | Dhaka |
17:00 BST |
| Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohammed Jalaluddin |
18 July 2021 Round 19 | Dhaka Abahani | 2–4 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Dhaka |
18:45 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bituraj Barua |
6 August 2021 Round 20 | Sheikh Jamal DC | 2–2 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
16:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bituraj Barua |
9 August 2021 Round 21 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 6–1 | Arambagh KS | Dhaka |
18:15 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohammed Jalaluddin |
13 August 2021 Round 22 | Saif SC | 3–2 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
16:00 BST | Saad Uddin ![]() Saighani ![]()
![]() | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohammed Jalaluddin |
17 August 2021 Round 23 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | 5–1 | Sheikh Russel KC | Dhaka |
16:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohan Bhaban |
20 September 2021 Round 25 | Bashundhara Kings | 1–1 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
16:00 BST (UTC+6) |
| Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bituraj Barua | |
Note: This match was rescheduled from August to September due to Bashundhara Kings's 2021 AFC Cup group stage matches. |
26 August 2021 Round 26 | Uttar Baridhara Club | 0–8 | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka | Dhaka |
16:00 BST |
| Report |
| Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohammed Saymon Hassan |
AFC Cup
Qualifying play-offs
- Preliminary round 2
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April 2021 (2021-04) | Abahani Ltd. Dhaka ![]() | Cancelled[note 1] | ![]() | TBC |
16:30 UTC+6 | Stats Report |
Statistics
Goalscorers
- As of matches played till 20 September 2021
Rank | Nat. | Player | Position | Total | BPL | Federation Cup | Independence Cup |
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1 | ![]() | Kervens Belfort | FW | 19 | 17 | 2 | – |
2 | ![]() | Jewel Rana | FW | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() | Francisco Wagsley | FW | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | Sunday Chizoba | FW | 9 | 9 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() | Masih Saighani | DF | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() | Raphael Augusto | MF | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() | Dipok Roy | MF | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
![]() | Faisal Ahmed Shitol | FW | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
9 | ![]() | Saad Uddin | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
![]() | Sohel Rana | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
![]() | Mamunul Islam | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
![]() | Nasiruddin Chowdhury | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
![]() | Rubel Miya | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
![]() | Mamun Miah | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
![]() | Mohammad Sohel Rana | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Own | 4 | 4 | |||||
Total | 74 | 66 | 8 | 0 |
Notes
- ^ a b c The preliminary round 2 match between Abahani Limited Dhaka and Eagles was originally scheduled to be played on 14 April 2021, 16:30 UTC+6, at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, but was rescheduled to be played on 21 April 2021, 17:30 UTC+5:45, at Dasharath Rangasala, Kathmandu (Nepal), due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh which caused a lockdown starting from 14 April.[13] However, it had been further postponed.[14] On 30 April 2021, AFC finally decided that Abahani Limited Dhaka considered to have withdrawn from the competition and that the situation constituted an event of force majeure. AFC awarded the play-off slot to Eagles.[15]
References
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