2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

Bangladesh Premier League
Season2025–26
Dates19 September 2025–24 April 2026
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League will be the 18th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. Mohammedan SC are the defending champions,[1] having won its 1st BPL title and 20th top-tier league titles overall, ending a 22-year drought in 2024–25 season.[2][3][4][5][6]

Teams

Changes

Promoted from 2024–25 BCL Relegated from 2024–25 BPL
PWD Sports Club

Arambagh KS

Chittagong Abahani

Dhaka Wanderers

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League teams
Location of the Dhaka division football club tents and stadiums
2025–26 Bangladesh Premier League clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Abahani Limited Dhaka Dhaka National Stadium, Dhaka 36,000
Arambagh KS Munshiganj Munshiganj Stadium 10,000
Brothers Union
Rahmatganj MFS
Bangladesh Police FC Mymensingh Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium 10,000
Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Arena 14,000
Fakirerpool YMC Gazipur Shaheed Barkat Stadium 5,000
Fortis FC Rajshahi Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium 15,000
Mohammedan SC Comilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium 18,000
PWD Sports Club Dhaka TBD

Personnel, kits, sponsors

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest)
Dhaka Abahani Bangladesh Maruful Haque
Arambagh KS
Bangladesh Police FC Bangladesh Isa Faysal
Bashundhara Kings Bangladesh Topu Barman Pocket Bashundhara Group
Brothers Union Bangladesh Jamal Bhuyan
Fakirerpool YMC Enadeka
Fortis FC The Gambia Pa Omar Babou TORR TORR Limited
Mohammedan SC Bangladesh Alfaz Ahmed Wingers
PWD Sports Club
Rahmatganj MFS

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming Coach Date of appointment
Bangladesh Police Bangladesh Mahabubul Haque Jowel Mutual Consent 1 June 2025 Pre-season Bangladesh S. M. Asifuzzaman 21 July 2025

Foreign players

Each team is allowed a maximum of five foreign players. A team could name four foreign players on the squad of each game. Also from this season, the footballers from South Asian Football Federation countries would count as local footballers.

Team Player 1 Player2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Unregistered player(s) SAFF Player(s)
Abahani Limited Brazil Bruno Matos Mali Souleymane Diabate Nigeria Emeka Ogbugh
Arambagh KS Ghana Ben Quansah Ghana Shadrach Lantei-Mills Lebanon Haidar Awada Nigeria Yaya John Denapo India Prosenjit Chakraborty
Bangladesh Police Brazil Danilo Quipapá Brazil Paulo Henrique The Gambia Foday Darboe Uganda Shafiq Kagimu Bhutan Orgyen Tshering
Nepal Ayush Ghalan
Nepal Kiran Chemjong
Bashundhara Kings Brazil Dorielton Brazil Raphael Augusto Nigeria Emmanuel Tony Agbaji Nigeria Sunday Emmanuel
Brothers Union Brazil Marcos Rudwere Silva Ivory Coast Didier Brossou Nigeria Sunday Chizoba Paraguay Fernando Presentado Senegal Mouhamed Becaye Diarra Nepal Anjan Bista
Nepal Arik Bista
Nepal Sanish Shrestha
Nepal Yogesh Gurung
Fakirerpool YMC Ivory Coast Ouattara Ben Ibrahim Egypt Mostafa Kahraba Mali Fofana Abu Mohamed
Fortis FC The Gambia Essa Jallow The Gambia Pa Omar Babou Nigeria Onyekachi Okafor Nepal Ananta Tamang
Sri Lanka Sujan Perera
Mohammedan SC Ghana Bernard Morrison Ghana Emmanuel Eli Keke Ghana Samuel Boateng Uzbekistan Muzaffar Muzaffarov
PWD Sports Club Ghana Anthony Amoh Ghana Kofi Junior Dabanka Uzbekistan Akobir Turaev
Rahmatganj MFS The Gambia Adama Jammeh The Gambia Solomon King Kanform Ghana Andrews Kwadwo Appau Ghana Clement Adu Nepal Abhishek Limbu

Foreign players by confederation

Foreign players by confederation
AFC  Lebanon(1)  Uzbekistan (2)
CAF  Egypt (1),  Gambia (5),  Ghana (9),  Ivory Coast (2),  Mali (2),  Nigeria (6),  Senegal (1),  Uganda (1)
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL  Brazil (6),  Paraguay (2)
OFC
UEFA

Dual citizenship/heritage players

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Abahani Limited CanadaBangladesh Quazem Shah1 3 EnglandBangladesh Mahdi Khan
Arambagh KS
Bangladesh Police FC
Bashundhara Kings EnglandBangladesh Cuba Mitchell FinlandBangladesh Tariq Kazi1
Brothers Union DenmarkBangladesh Jamal Bhuyan1 NigeriaBangladesh Eleta Kingsley1
Fakierepool YMC
Fortis FC
Mohammedan SC
PWD SC
Rahmatganj MFS

Notes:

^1 Capped for Bangladesh national team.
^2 Capped for Bangladesh national football team age groups (U-17, U-20, and U-23)
^3 Carrying Bangladesh heritage.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Arambagh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying stage
and Challenge Cup
2 Dhaka Abahani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Bashundhara Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Bangladesh Police 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Brothers Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fortis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fakirerpool 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mohammedan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 PWD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rahmatganj MFS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation for the Bangladesh Championship League
First match(es) will be played: 19 September 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Results table

Home \ Away AKS BPFC BDK BUL DAL FYMC FFC MSC PWD RMFS
Arambagh
Bangladesh Police
Bashundhara Kings
Brothers Union
Dhaka Abahani
Fakirerpool
Fortis
Mohammedan
PWD SC
Rahmatganj
First match(es) will be played: 19 September 2025. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Form

First match(es) will be played on 19 September 2025. Source:
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

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.

Leader
Runners-up
Relegation to BCL
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League stage matches

League stage matches

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Season statistics

Scoring

Goalscorers

Own goals

Hat-tricks

Most assists

Discipline

Player

Clubs

See also

References

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