2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League

Bangladesh Championship League
Season	2021–22
Dates	20 February–13 June 2022
Champions	Fortis FC ; 1st title
Promoted	Fortis FC ; AFC Uttara; (BPL)
Relegated	Kawran Bazar PS ; Farashganj SC
Matches played	132
Goals scored	306 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	18 goals; Moinul Islam Moin (Uttara FC)
Highest scoring	Uttara FC 2–5 BFF Elite Football Academy; (29 March 2022)
Longest winning run	3 Matches ; NoFeL SC
Longest unbeaten run	3 Matches ; Fortis FC
Longest winless run	5 Matches ; Kawran Bazar PS
Longest losing run	4 Matches ; Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League was the 10th season of the Bangladesh Championship League since its establishment in 2012. A total of 12 football clubs are competing in the league. The Brothers Union withdrew from the league due to the internal mismanagement and financial issue of the club.^[1] The league kicked off from 20 February and concluded on 13 June 2022.^[2]^[3]

Swadhinata KS were the champion of previous 2020–21 season.^[4]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the previous season:

To BCL

Directly promoted

Relegated from the BPL

Brothers Union

From BCL

Promoted to the BPL

Swadhinata KS

Relegated to Dhaka Senior Division Football League

N.B: No team promoted from lower tier as the Dhaka Senior Division Football League was not held last season.

Venue

All matches were played at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Dhaka	Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Team locations

Team	Location
Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	Dhaka
Azampur Football Club	Dhaka (Uttara)
BFF Elite Academy	Dhaka (Motijheel)
Gopalganj Sporting Club	Gopalganj
Dhaka WC	Dhaka (Motijheel)
Farashganj SC	Dhaka (Farashganj)
Fakirerpool YMC	Dhaka (Motijheel)
Fortis FC	Dhaka (Badda)
Kawran Bazar PS	Dhaka (Kawran Bazar)
NoFeL Sporting Club	Noakhali
Uttara FC	Dhaka (Uttara)
Wari Club	Dhaka (Motijheel)

Personnel and sponsoring


Team	Head coach	Captain
AFC Uttara	Monowar Hossain	Md Saddam Hossain
Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	Md Rasedul Hasan Shamim	Md Ranju Shikder
BFF Elite Football Academy	Rashed Ahmed	Parved Ahmed
Dhaka Wanderers Club	Md Ekramur Rahman	Minhaz Uddin
Uttara FC	Md Mahbub Ali Manik	Md Moinul Islam Moin
Gopalganj Sporting Club	Abdur Razzaque	Md Mujahid Hossain Mollik
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	Md Shahdat Hossain	Md Parvez
Farashganj SC	Md Saiful Islam Chonchal	Ashim Kumar Das
Fortis FC	Sheikh Jahidur Rahman Milon	Uttam Barua
Kawran Bazar PS	Md Rezaul Haque Jamal	Mohammad Ashraf Uddin
NoFeL Sporting Club	Md Arman Hossain	Md Shamim Sheikh
Wari Club	Kamal Ahmed Babu	Sumon Kumar Das

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fortis FC (C, P)	22	13	8	1	29	9	+20	47	Qualification to 2022–23 BPL
2	AFC Uttara (P)	22	11	9	2	34	14	+20	42	Qualification to 2022–23 BPL
3	NoFeL Sporting Club	22	10	8	4	36	17	+19	38
4	BFF Elite Academy	22	9	4	9	24	20	+4	31
5	Gopalganj Sporting Club	22	8	7	7	20	20	0	31
6	Fakirerpool YMC	22	6	11	5	26	21	+5	29
7	Uttara FC	22	7	6	9	33	40	−7	27
8	Wari Club	22	6	7	9	19	20	−1	25
9	Dhaka Wanderers	22	6	7	9	26	34	−8	25
10	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	22	7	3	12	24	39	−15	24
11	Farashganj SC (R)	22	5	8	9	19	24	−5	23	Relegation to Senior Division Football League
12	Kawran Bazar PS (R)	22	3	4	15	11	45	−34	13	Relegation to Senior Division Football League

Source: GSA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored;
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ABL	AFC	BEA	GSC	DWC	FSC	FYMC	FFC	KPS	NSC	UFC	WC
Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	—	1–5	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–1	1–4	3–0	0–2
AFC	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0
BFF Elite Academy	0–1	0–1	—	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
Gopalganj Sporting Club	0–1	2–5	0–2	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1
Dhaka Wanderers	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	—	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–4	2–2	2–1
Farashganj SC	1–2	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	4–0	0–1	2–4	2–2
Fakirerpool YMC	3–0	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–0	1–3	—	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2
Fortis FC	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Kawran Bazar PS	0–2	0–3	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–5	0–5	—	0–0	0–2	1–0
NoFeL Sporting Club	6–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	4–1	—	2–1	4–2
Uttara FC	2–2	0–4	2–5	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	—	2–1
Wari Club	1–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	—

Source: GSA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Agrani Bank SC	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	10
Azampur FC	1	2	3	5	6	4	6	2	5	5	4	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
BFF Elite Academy	3	3	1	2	4	2	4	3	3	3	6	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Gopalganj SC	7	9	11	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	5	6	6	8	8	6	8	5	5	5	6	5
Dhaka WC	9	5	7	1	2	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	9
Farashganj SC	5	6	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Fakirerpool YMC	4	7	8	3	1	5	2	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6
Fortis FC	6	8	5	7	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kawran Bazar PS	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
NoFeL SC	10	10	9	9	5	3	5	6	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Uttara FC	8	4	4	6	8	7	3	5	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	7	6	7	8	7	7	7
Wari Club	2	1	2	4	6	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	9	10	7	8	8	8

	Leader
	Runners-up
	Relegation to Dhaka League

Source: GSA

Season statistics

Goalscorers

As of 24 April 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[5]
1	Md Moinul Islam Moin	Uttara FC	18
2	Mirajul Islam	BFF Elite Football Academy	10
3	Dalim Barman	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	7
3	Md Rafiqul Islam	NoFeL Sporting Club	7
5	Jahingir Hossain	AFC Uttara	6
6	Md Murad Hossain	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	5
6	Md Mishu Mia	Uttara FC	5
8	Md Nazmul Hossain	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	3
	Md Musa	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	3
	Shafin Ahmed	Wari Club	3

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Dalim Barman	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	Kawran Bazar PS	5–1	10 March 2022

Own goals

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	Club	Opponent	Result	Date
Md Khokan Miah	Uttara FC	Kawran Bazar PS	2–2	26 February 2022
Ashim Kumar Das	Farashganj SC	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	1–1	2 March 2022
Tariqul Islam	Kawran Bazar PS	Farashganj SC	0–4	7 March 2022
Uttam Barua	Fortis FC	NoFeL Sporting Club	2–2	5 March 2022
Shahriar Hossain	Dhaka Wanderers Club	Uttara FC	3–1	21 April 2022
Md Shanto	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	3–2	11 May 2022
Shaharul	Gopalganj Sporting Club	AFC Uttara	2–5	21 May 2022
Rana	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	NoFeL Sporting Club	1–4	1 June 2022

Discipline

Most Red cards

As of 10 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Red Cards^[5]
1	Md Abdullah Omar	Fortis FC	1
	Parvej Ahmed	BFF Elite Football Academy	1
	Md Akramul Haque	Gopalganj Sporting Club	1
	Afroj Ali	NoFeL Sporting Club	1
	Md Murad Hossain	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	1
	Md Roton	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	1
	Md Ripon Sheikh	Gopalganj Sporting Club	1
	Showkat Mia	AFC Uttara	1
	Md Shanto	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	1
	Md Rafiqul Islam	NoFeL Sporting Club	1

Most Yellow cards

As of 7 April 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Yellow Cards^[5]
1	Md Sujon	AFC Uttara	5
2	Shahriar Hossain Rimon	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	4
2	Md Shariful Islam	NoFeL Sporting Club	4
3	Md Akramul Haque	Gopalganj Sporting Club	1
3	Parvej Ahmed	BFF Elite Football Academy	1

Cleansheets

As of 11 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	Goals conceded^[5]
1	Uttam Barua	Fortis FC	9	3
2	Md Jihad Hasan	NoFeL Sporting Club	7	7
	Shimul Kumar Das	NoFeL Sporting Club	7	6
	Md Salim	Gopalganj Sporting Club	5	4
	Md Shohanur Rahman	BFF Elite Football Academy	5	10
	Md Shuhag Hossain	AFC Uttara	5	4
	Md Rabiul Islam	Kawran Bazar PS	5	5
4	Ashim Kumar Das	Farashganj SC	4	12
4	Khandeker Saad	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	4	11
5	Md Sujon Chowdhury	Wari Club	2	2

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