2024–25 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Bangladesh |
| City | 3 |
| Dates | 3 December 2024– 5 May 2025 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
The 2024–25 Federation Cup will be the 36th edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual top-tier club football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Ten participants will participate in the tournament. It will be played from 3 December 2024 to 5 May 2025.[1][2]
Bashundhara Kings is the defending champions having defeated Mohammedan SC by 2–1 goals in the final on 22 May 2024.[3]
Participating teams
[edit]The following ten clubs will participate in the tournament.
| Team | Appearances | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh Police FC | 6th | Semi-finals (2019–20, 2023–24) |
| Bashundhara Kings |
6th | Champions (2019–20, 2020–21, 2023–24) |
| Brothers Union | 34th | Champions (1980, 1991, 2005) |
| Chittagong Abahani | 14th | Runners-up (2017) |
| Abahani Limited Dhaka | 36th | Champions (1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021–22) |
| Mohammedan SC | 36th | Champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2022–23) |
| Fortis FC | 3rd | Group stages (2022–23) |
| Rahmatganj MFS | 36th | Runners-up (2019–20, 2021–22) |
| Dhaka Wanderers Club | TBC | Runners-up (1987) |
| Fakirerpool Young Men's Club | TBC | TBC |
Venues
[edit]The matches will be played at these three venues across the country.
| Comilla | Dhaka | Mymensingh |
|---|---|---|
| Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium | Bashundhara Kings Arena | Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 6,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
Draw
[edit]The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 20 November 2024 15:00 BST at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka Bangladesh. The ten clubs were divided into two groups, top two group winners & runners-up form each group will qualify in the next round.[4]
Group summary
[edit]| Group A | Group B |
|---|---|
| Bashundhara Kings | Dhaka Mohammedan |
| Bangladesh Police FC | Dhaka Abahani |
| Fortis FC | Chittagong Abahani |
| Brothers Union | Rahmatganj MFS |
| Dhaka Wanderers Club | Fakirerpool YMC |
Round Matches Dates
[edit]| Phase | Date |
|---|---|
| Group stages | 3 December 2024 – 4 February 2025 |
| QRF | 8 – 15 April 2025 |
| Final | 5 May 2025 |
Match officials
[edit]Group stages
[edit]| Key to colours in group tables | |
|---|---|
| Group winners, runners-ups will advance to Qualification Round (QR) to the Final. | |
- Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (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.
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh Police FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to QRF 1 |
| 2 | Bashundhara Kings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to QRF 2 |
| 3 | Brothers Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Dhaka Wanderers Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Fortis FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stages tiebreakers
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chittagong Abahani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to QRF 1 |
| 2 | Dhaka Abahani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to QRF 2 |
| 3 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Fakirerpool Young Men's Club | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Rahmatganj MFS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Group stages tiebreakers
Qualification Round (QR) to the Final
[edit]| QRF 1 | QRF 3 | Final | |||||||||||
| Group A Winners | Winner of QRF 1 | ||||||||||||
| Group B Winners | Winner of QRF 3 | ||||||||||||
| Loser of QRF 1 | |||||||||||||
| QRF 2 | Winner of QRF 2 | ||||||||||||
| Group A Runners-up | |||||||||||||
| Group B Runners-up | |||||||||||||
Qualification Round (QR) to the Final 1
[edit]| Group A Winners | v | Group B Winners |
|---|---|---|
Qualification Round (QR) to the Final 2
[edit]| Group A runners-up | v | Group B runners-up |
|---|---|---|
Qualification Round (QR) to the Final 3
[edit]| QRF 1 Losers | v | QRF 2 Winners |
|---|---|---|
Final
[edit]| QRF 1 Winners | v | QRF 3 Winners |
|---|---|---|
Statistics
[edit]Goalscorers
[edit]There have been 0 goals scored in 0 matches, for an average of -nan goals per match (as of 3 December 2024).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "কিংস-মোহামেডান ম্যাচ দিয়ে পর্দা উঠবে ফুটবল মৌসুমের". www.bd-pratidin.com (in Bengali). September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "কাটছাঁট করে ঘরোয়া ফুটবল আয়োজনের সিদ্ধান্ত". www.jagonews24.com (in Bengali). August 19, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "ফেডারেশন কাপ জিতে 'ট্রেবলের' আনন্দ বসুন্ধরা কিংসের". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). May 22, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ "ফেডারেশন কাপের ড্রয়ে একই গ্রুপে আবাহনী-মোহামেডান". www.dailybangladesh.com (in Bengali). November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.