2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season
2019–20 season | |
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President | Benazir Ahmed |
Head coach | Nicolas Vitorovic |
Stadium | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh[1] |
Bangladesh Premier League | 9th of 13 |
Federation Cup | Semi-finals |
Top goalscorer | League: MS Bablu (2 Goals) All: Sidney Rivera (5 Goals) |
Biggest win | Bangladesh Police 3–1 Saif SC Bangladesh Police 3–1 Arambagh KS |
Biggest defeat | Dhaka Abahani 4–0 Bangladesh Police |
The 2019–20 season was Bangladesh Police Football Club's first-ever[2] season in the top flight, Bangladesh Premier League.[3][4]
On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until March 31 as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Following that, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) postponed all Bangladesh Premier League matches until March 31.[5]
On 17 May 2020, The BFF executive committee, following an emergency meeting, declared the 12th edition of the league abandoned, scrapping promotion and relegation while cancelling the Independence Cup from the calendar.[6]
Summary
[edit]Pre-season
[edit]After promoting to the top-tier league, Police FC announced Nicolas Vitorovic as their head coach for upcoming season on August.[7][8] They signed Antonio Laskov, Luka Rotkovic, Aidar Mambetaliev, former Kyrgyzstan international Artur Muladjanov & Victor Onyilo to fill up foreign quota. However, Victor was replaced by Puerto Rico national team captain Sidney Rivera.[9] They also signed Bangladesh origin American footballer Sanjay Karim, which made headlines.[10][11] He practiced with the team for 2 months but couldn't play in domestic leagues & cups as he doesn't have ITC.[12] So his contract was terminated in January 2019.
Police FC played 4 friendlies in October & November. Police FC participated in a pre-season tournament Mymensingh DFA Challenge Cup, along with Saif SC & Chittagong Abahani. The first game was won in tie-breaker against Chittagong Abahani.[13][14] The second game also won against Saif SC in tie-breaker & Police FC qualified for the final.[15] The final match was lost by 1–0 against Chittagong Abahani & ended the pre-season with runners-up medal.[16]
December
[edit]Police FC started 2019–20 season on 18 December. They played their first Federation Cup game in 30 years. The match was lost by 4–0 against Dhaka Abahani.[17] However, the second game was won by 3–1 against Arambagh KS on 21 December & qualified for quarterfinal.[18] Sidney scored a brace & Shadin scored other in added time.[19][20] In quarterfinal, Police FC faced Saif SC on 31 December. The match was also won by 3–1.[21] Sidney scored a back to back brace when Bablu scored other.[22] Police FC qualified for the first-ever semi-final of their history.[23]
January
[edit]On 3 January, the Federation Cup semi-final was lost by 3–0 against defending runners-up Bashundhara Kings.[24][25] Thus, the Federation Cup campaign of Police FC ended.[26]
February
[edit]On 16 February, Police FC started their first BPL season against defending runners-up Dhaka Abahani.[27] The match was lost by 2–0.[28] On 20 February, Police FC held defending champion Bashundhara Kings by 1-1.[29][30] Nurul Faisal of Bashundhara scored an own goal.[31] Police faced another newly promoted team Uttar Baridhara on 24 February.[32] Police FC won the match by 2-1 & grabbed their first victory as Sidney & Laskov found the net.[33]
March
[edit]Police FC were held by Brother Union on 6 march. Bablu scored the goal for Police & the natch ended in 1-1.[34][35] On 13 March, Police FC tested second defeat against Rahmatganj MFS by 2–0.[36][37][38]
The other matches of the month were postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic .[39]
Pre-season and friendlies
[edit]12 October 2019 Friendly | Bangladesh Police FC | 0–3 | Chittagong Abahani | Dhaka |
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Stadium: APBN Ground |
17 October 2019 Friendly | Bangladesh Police FC | 2–1 | Saif SC | Dhaka |
3:30PM BST |
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Report | Stadium: APBN Ground |
7 November 2019 Friendly | Bangladesh Police FC | 2–0 | Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Dhaka |
3:30PM BST |
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Report |
28 November 2019 Friendly Match | Sheikh Russel KC | 1-1 | Bangladesh Police FC | Dhaka |
14:30 BST |
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Stadium: Bashundhara Ground |
4 December 2019 Mymensingh DFA Challenge Cup | Chittagong Abahani | 2-2 (3-4 p) | Bangladesh Police FC | Mymensingh |
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Report | Rotkovic Sidney | Stadium: Mymensingh Stadium |
6 December 2019 Friendly Match | Saif SC | 2-4 (2-3 p) | Bangladesh Police FC | Mymensingh |
14:30 BST | Stadium: Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium |
8 December 2019 Mymensingh DFA Challenge Cup Final | Chittagong Abahani | 1-0 | Bangladesh Police FC | Mymensingh |
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Report | Stadium: Mymensingh Stadium |
Current squad
[edit]Bangladesh Police FC squad for 2019–20 season.
- As of 22 March 2020
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Competition
[edit]Overview
[edit]Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
BPL | 16 February 2020 | TBD 2020 | Matchday 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 20.00 | |
Federation Cup | 18 December 2019 | 1 January 2020 | Group Stage | Semi-final | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 50.00 |
Independence Cup | 2020 | Group Stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — | ||
Total | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 33.33 |
Federation Cup
[edit]Group A
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Dhaka Abahani | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
2 | Bangladesh Police FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | Arambagh KS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
18 December 2019 Match 1 | Dhaka Abahani | 4–0 | Bangladesh Police FC | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka |
16:00 BST | Report | Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh) |
21 December 2019 Match 1 | Bangladesh Police FC | 3-1 | Arambagh KS | Dhaka |
4:00PM BST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mohammad Jalaluddin |
Knockout stage
[edit]31 December 2019 Quarterfinal | Saif SC | 1-3 | Bangladesh Police FC | Dhaka |
15:30 UTC+6:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mizanur Rahman |
3 January 2020 Semi-finals | Bangladesh Police FC | 0-3 | Bashundhara Kings | Dhaka |
18:30 BST | Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Saymoon Hasan Sany (Bangladesh) |
Premier League
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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7 | Rahmatganj MFS | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 |
8 | Arambagh KS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 |
9 | Bangladesh Police FC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
10 | Sheikh Russel KC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
11 | Brothers Union | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
Results summary
[edit]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 |
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 |
Last updated: 22 March 2020.
Source: Soccerway
Results by round
[edit]A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Matches
[edit]16 February 2020 1 | Dhaka Abahani | 2-0 | Bangladesh Police FC | Dhaka |
18:30 BST | Report | Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh) |
20 February 2020 2 | Bangladesh Police FC | 1-1 | Bashundhara Kings | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
16:00 BST | Report |
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Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Shohrab Hossain (Bangladesh) |
24 February 2020 3 | Bangladesh Police FC | 2–1 | Uttar Baridhara | Dhaka |
6:30PM BST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Bhuvon Torofder |
6 March 2020 4 | Brothers Union | 1–1 | Bangladesh Police FC | Dhaka |
6:30PM BST |
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Report |
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Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: Mahmud Zamal Farouqee Nahid |
13 March 2020 5 | Bangladesh Police FC | 0–2 | Rahmatganj MFS | Dhaka |
6:30PM BST | Report |
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Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium Referee: GM Chowdhury |
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