2024–25 Bashundhara Kings season

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The 2024–25 season was the Bashundhara Kings's 12th competitive professional season since its creation in 2013, and 7th consecutive season in Bangladesh Premier League, country's top-tier football league. In addition to the domestic league, Bashundhara Kings is participated in this season's edition of AFC Challenge League, Federation Cup and Challenge Cup.^[2]

OwnerBashundhara Group

PresidentImrul Hassan^[1]

Head coachValeriu Tita

StadiumBashundhara Kings Arena

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Bashundhara Kings

2024–25 season

Owner

Bashundhara Group

President

Imrul Hassan^[1]

Head coach

Valeriu Tita

Stadium

Bashundhara Kings Arena

Bangladesh Premier League

3rd of 10

Federation Cup

Champions

Challenge Cup

Champions

AFC Challenge League

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League: Rakib Hossain
(11 goals)
All: Rakib Hossain
(12 goals)

Biggest win

7–0 Vs Fakirerpool YMC
(Away)
Premier League
(20 May 2025)
7–0 Vs Chittagong Abahani
(Home)
Premier League
(29 November 2024)

Biggest defeat

0–4 Vs

East Bengal FC
(Neutral)
AFC Challenge League
(29 October 2024)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2023–24

2025–26 →

Players

Players and squad numbers last updated on 26 October 2024.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

More information No., Nat. ...

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date of birth	Year signed	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Anisur Rahman Zico (Vice-captain)	GK	(1997-08-10) 10 August 1997 (age 28)	2018	Saif Sporting Club
27	Shahin Molla	GK		2024
30	Mehedi Hasan	GK	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 22)	2020	Youth team
50	Mehedi Hasan Srabon	GK	(2005-08-12) 12 August 2005 (age 20)	2023	Muktijoddha SKC
66	Md. Asif	GK	(2006-10-20) 20 October 2006 (age 19)	2023	BFF Elite Academy
Defenders
2	Isaiah Ejeh	RB / CB	(2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 (age 23)	2024	Kwara United
4	Topu Barman (Vice-captain)	CB	(1994-12-20) 20 December 1994 (age 31)	2019	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka
5	Tutul Hossain Badsha	CB	(1999-08-20) 20 August 1999 (age 26)	2022	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka
12	Bishwanath Ghosh	RB / CB	(1999-05-30) 30 May 1999 (age 27)	2019	Sheikh Russel KC
18	Mohammed Jahid Hossen	LB	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 24)	2023	Mohammedan SC
22	Md Saad Uddin	RB / RM / RW	(1998-09-01) 1 September 1998 (age 27)	2022	Sheikh Russel KC
28	Yousuf Ali			2024
40	Tariq Kazi	RWB / LWB / CB	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 25)	2019	Ilves
52	Insan Hossain			2024
71	Rimon Hossain	LB / LM	(2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 20)	2019	Arambagh FA
90	Riaj Molla			2024
Midfielders
6	Md Sohel Rana	DM / CM / AM	(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 30)	2023	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka
8	Miguel Figueira	AM	(2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 26)	2022	Goias
14	Chandon Roy	DM / CM	(2007-05-04) 4 May 2007 (age 19)	2024	Sheikh Russel KC
17	Sohel Rana	CM / DM / AM	(1995-03-27) 27 March 1995 (age 31)	2021	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka
29	Mohsin Ahmed			2024
	Didier Brossou (remained as unregistered player in BPL 2nd phase)	CM / AM	(1989-12-23) 23 December 1989 (age 36)	2023	Sheikh Russel KC
24	Suibur Rahman Mizan			2024
33	Shekh Morsalin	AM / CM	(2005-11-25) 25 November 2005 (age 20)	2021	Alamgir Somaj Kollayan KS
37	Mojibur Rahman Jony	CM / AM	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 21)	2023	Fortis FC
44	Md Sabbir Hossain	CM / DM / LB	(2003-06-28) 28 June 2003 (age 22)	2022	Swadhinata KS
47	Akmol Hossan Noyon			2024
69	Mahmudul Hasan			2024
95	Fernandes			2024
Forwards
7	Rakib Hossain	RW / SS	(1998-11-18) 18 November 1998 (age 27)	2022	Abahani Ltd. Dhaka
9	Jared Khasa	RW / CF	(1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 28)	2024	Karpaty Lviv
11	Foysal Ahmed Fahim	RW / CF	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 24)	2024	Sheikh Jamal DC
19	Rabby Hossen Rahul	LW / RW	(2007-12-30) 30 December 2007 (age 18)	2021	Bikrampur Kings
23	Rafiqul Islam	LW / RW	(2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 22)	2023	Fortis FC
Left during the season
10	Robinho (captain)	LW / RW / AM	(1995-07-21) 21 July 1995 (age 30)	2020	Fluminense FC

Transfers

Transfers in

More information No., Position ...

No.	Position	Player	Previous club	Fee	Date
6	MF	Fernandes	Abahani Limited	Free	1 August 2024
11	FW	Foysal Ahmed Fahim	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	Free	19 August 2024
19	FW	Md Rabby Hossen Rahul	Brothers Union	Loan Return	19 August 2024
52	FW	Md Insane Hossain	Brothers Union	Loan Return	19 August 2024
29	MF	Mohsin Ahmed	Brothers Union	Free	19 August 2024
27	GK	MD Sahin Molla	Uttar Baridhara Club	Free	19 August 2024
14	MF	Chandon Roy	Sheikh Russel KC	Free	19 August 2024
2	DF	Isaiah Ejeh	Kwara United F.C.	Free	20 August 2024
	FW	Valeriy Hryshyn	Fortis FC	Loan transfer	20 August 2024
	DF	Jasur Jumaev	Fortis FC	Loan transfer	20 August 2024
9	FW	Jared Khasa	FC Karpaty Lviv	Free	22 August 2024

Transfers out

More information No., Position ...

No.	Position	Player	Moved To	Fee	Date	Ref.
44	DF	Boburbek Yuldashov	FC Bunyodkor	Free	27 July 2024
77	MF	Asror Gofurov	Qizilqum FC	Free	30 July 2024

Pre-season and friendlies

11 October 2024 (2024-10-11)	Bashundhara Kings	4–0	Brothers Union	Dhaka
17:30 BST (UTC+6)	Fahim ×2 Morsalin Sarr			Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

17 October 2024 (2024-10-17)	Bashundhara Kings	4–1	Fortis FC	Dhaka
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Fernandes Jony Morsalin Ejeh		Mamunul	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Overall

More information Competition, First match ...

Competition	First match	Last match	Final Position
BPL	29 November 2024	27 May 2025	3rd
AFC Challenge League	26 October 2024	1 November 2024	4th in Group Stage
Federation Cup	3 December 20234	29 April 2025	Champions
Challenge Cup	22 November 2024	22 November 2024	Champions

Overview

More information Competition, Record ...

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
BPL	18	9	5	4	45	15	+30	050.00
AFC Challenge League	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	000.00
Federation Cup	7	5	0	2	13	7	+6	071.43
Challenge Cup	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total	29	15	5	9	62	30	+32	051.72

Source: Competitions

Premier League

League table

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mohammedan^[a] (C)	18	13	3	2	46	16	+30	42
2	Dhaka Abahani	18	10	5	3	31	8	+23	35	Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying stage
3	Bashundhara Kings (W)	18	9	5	4	45	15	+30	32	Qualification for the AFC Challenge League qualifying stage^[b]
4	Rahmatganj	18	9	3	6	39	25	+14	30
5	Brothers Union	18	7	6	5	28	18	+10	27

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.
(C) Champion; (W) Cup Winner
Notes:

[a]
Mohammedan does not possess an AFC Challenge League licence.
[b]
as Federation Cup winners.

Results summary

More information Overall, Home ...


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	9	5	4	65	20	+45	32	5	2	2	45	15	+30	4	3	2	20	5	+15

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

More information Round, Ground ...

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	D	W
Position	1	5	3	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

29 November 2024 (2024-11-29) 1	Bashundhara Kings	7–0	Chittagong Abahani	Dhaka
17:30 BST (UTC+6)	Khasa 3', 39' Fahim 23' Miguel 29' Ejeh 59' Jony 70' Rakib 73', 84'	Report	Ashik 52'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Anisur Rahman Man of the Match: Miguel

6 December 2024 (2024-12-06) 2	Mohammedan SC	1–0	Bashundhara Kings	Cumilla
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Minhajul 17' Sujon Diabate 58' Muzaffarov 88' Shakib 90+5'	Report	Sadd 8' Sohel 42' Rimon 56' Miguel 88'	Stadium: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium Referee: Md Saymoon Hassan Sany

14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) 3	Bashundhara Kings	4–1	Rahmatganj MFS	Dhaka
BST (UTC+6) 17:30	Sohel Rana 3' Fernandes 10' Miguel 45+1' Md Sohel Rana 25' 53' Topu 76'		Jibon 12'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Jashim Akhter

20 December 2024 (2024-12-20) 4	Abahani Limited Dhaka	1–0	Bashundhara Kings	Cumilla
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Sumon 2'			Stadium: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium Referee: Md Jalal Uddin

27 December 2024 (2024-12-27) 5	Bashundhara Kings	1–1	Brothers Union	Dhaka
17:30 BST (UTC+6)	Jony 57' 90+7' Topu 81' Figueira 90'	Report	Sufil 20' C. Sene 39' Sohel 45+6' Rahmat 77'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Anisur Rahman Sagor

3 January 2025 (2025-01-03) 6	Bangladesh Police FC	0–5	Bashundhara Kings	Mymensingh
14:45 BST	Morshedul Islam 44' Alexander Moreno 85' J. Ahmed 90+3'	Report	F. Fahim 3' J. Fernandes 10', 38' 90+4' M. Jony 13' 52' R. Hossain 50' T. Barman 73' Isaiah Ejeh 74' M. Figueira 89' 90+5'	Stadium: Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium Referee: Saymoon Hasan Sany

10 January 2025 (2025-01-10) 7	Bashundhara Kings	4–1	Fakirerpool YMC	Dhaka
17:30 BST (UTC+6)	Fernandes 69' Foysal 72' Rafiqul 75' Rakib 83'	Report	Tutul 2' (o.g.) Tias Das 11' 33' Md Sabbir Hossain 33' Segun Oduduwa 45+2'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Anisur Rahman Sagor

18 January 2025 (2025-01-18) 8	Fortis FC	1–1	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
17:30 BST (UTC+6)	A. Fahad 30' M. Abdullah 63' Noyon Mia 70'	Report	T. Barman 11' R. Hossain 38' S. Rana 65'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Jashim Akhter

24 January 2025 (2025-01-24) 9	Dhaka Wanderers Club	0–5	Bashundhara Kings	Gazipur
14:45 BST (UTC+6)	Nazmul 21' Md Shawon 54' Shakib Biswas 74'	Report	Fernandes 11' Sohel 29' Topu 38' Saad 56' Rakib 66' Figueira 75'	Stadium: Shaheed Barkat Stadium Referee: Taposh Roy

22 February 2025 10	Chittagong Abahani	0–2	Bashundhara Kings	Mymensingh
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Md Akmol Hossan Noyon 10' Sohanur Rahman 90+4'	Report	Foysal 20' Figueira 30' (pen.)	Stadium: Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium Referee: Mohammed Nasiruddin

12 April 2025 11	Bashundhara Kings	1–2	Mohammedan SC	Dhaka
17:30 BST (UTC+6)	Rakib 25' Rimon 15' 49' Sohel 90'	Report	Arif Hossain 2' Souleymane 19', 86' 26'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

26 April 2025 (2025-04-26) 12	Rahmatganj MFS	0–0	Bashundhara Kings	Munshigonj
15:30 BST (UTC+6)	M. Oshie 34' M. Royal 87'	Report		Stadium: Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium Referee: Anisur Rahman Sagor

2 May 2025 (2025-05-02) 13	Bashundhara Kings	2–0	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Dhaka
19:30 BST (UTC+6)	Fahim 16', 49' Rimon 45+1' Sohel 90+2' 90+9' Saad 90+9' Mehedi 90+9'	Report	Shahin 90+9'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Bhubon Mohon Tarafder

9 May 2025 14	Brothers Union	0–0	Bashundhara Kings	Munshiganj
16:00 BST (UTC+6)	S. Tripura 21' Sazzad 77' Mfon 89'	Report	Md Yousuf Ali 24' Sohel Jr 63'	Stadium: Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium Referee: Sabuj Kumar Das

16 May 2025 (2025-05-16) 15	Bashundhara Kings	0–1	Bangladesh Police FC	Dhaka
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	F. Fahim 70'	Report	S. Kirmane 10' D. Roy 50' Md Anik Hossain 71'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Mohamad Alamgir Sarkar

20 May 2025 (2025-05-20) 16	Fakirerpool YMC	0–7	Bashundhara Kings	Gazipur
16:00 BST (UTC+6)	Shanto Tudo 22' Mohamed Fofana 52' Ben Ibrahim Ouattara 57'	Report	Rakib 23', 68', 77', 88' Asror Gofurov 36' Fahim 38' Rafiqul 47' Daciel Santos 57' Sohel 78'	Stadium: Shaheed Barkat Stadium Referee: Nazmul Huda

24 May 2025 (2025-05-24) 17	Bashundhara Kings	1–1	Fortis FC	Dhaka
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Fahim 24' Mojibur 43' Sohel 57' Morsalin 80'	Report	Essa Jallow 20' Abdullah 67' 68'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Jashim Akhter

27 May 2025 18	Bashundhara Kings	5–3	Dhaka Wanderers Club	Dhaka
16:45 BST (UTC+6)	Rakib 41' Morsalin 37' 42', 45+5', 68' Md Rabby 81' Md Yousuf Ali 86'	Report	Sadik Ahmed 45' Shahidul Islam 49' Nazmul 65' Mohammad Manzurul Karim 90+4'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Abul Kalam Rumon

Bangladesh Challenge Cup

Match

22 November 2024	Bashundhara Kings	3–1	Mohammedan SC	Dhaka
17:00 BST (UTC+6)	Topu 73' Fahim 81' Miguel 90+7'	Report	Diabate 7'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Virendra Rai (Bhutan)

Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

Group stage

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bashundhara Kings	4	3	0	1	9	4	+5	9	Qualified for QRF 1
2	Brothers Union	4	2	1	1	9	1	+8	7	Advanced to QRF 2
3	Fortis	4	2	1	1	5	1	+4	7
4	Bangladesh Police	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
5	Dhaka Wanderers	4	0	0	4	1	18	−17	0

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stages tiebreakers

3 December 2024	Bashundhara Kings	1–0	Brothers Union	Cumilla
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Topu 69'	Report		Stadium: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium Referee: Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayon

17 December 2024	Bashundhara Kings	0–2	Fortis FC	Dhaka
14:30 BST (UTC+6)		Report	Jasur Jumaev 72' Abdullah 80'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

31 December 2024	Bangladesh Police FC	2–3	Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Al Amin 7', 54'	Report	Topu 6' Miguel 10' Fernandes 53'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Jasim Akhter

28 January 2025	Bashundhara Kings	5–0	Dhaka Wanderers	Cumilla
14:45 BST (UTC+6)	Miguel 18' Sohel Sr. 40' Rasel 55' (o.g.) Sohel Jr. 70' Topu 77'	Report		Stadium: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium Referee: Bhubon Mohon Torafder

Qualification round

8 April 2025	Bashundhara Kings	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Dhaka Abahani	Cumilla
14:45 BST (UTC+6)	Jony 57'	Report	Akash 84'	Stadium: Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium Referee: Md Symoon Hasan Sany
	Penalties
	Fernandes Morsalin Rahul Daciel		Jafar Augusto Emeka Sabuz Ibrahim

15 April 2025	Bashundhara Kings	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Rahmatganj MFS	Dhaka
14:45 BST (UTC+6)	Rakib 82' Md Insan Hossain 113'	Report	Solomon King Kanform 75'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Md Jalal Uddin

Final

22 & 29 April 2025^[a]	Dhaka Abahani	1–1^[b] (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Bashundhara Kings	Mymensingh
15:00 (Rescheduled)^[c]	Ibrahim 15'	Report	Lescano 6'	Stadium: Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium Referee: Saymoon Hasan Sany
	Penalties
	Augusto Emeka Sabuz Mirajul		Fernandez Morsalin Md Insan Hossain Topu Daciel

[a]
The final match was held on 22 April 2025, at 2:45 PM. But later, the match was temporarily suspended due to excessive rain and poor lighting at the end. The remainder of the match was later moved to 3:00 PM on 29 April 2025.
[b]
The match was temporarily suspended due to poor lighting.
[c]
The original time of this match was 14:45 UTC on April 22.

AFC Challenge League

Group stage

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EAB	NJM	PAR	BSK
1	East Bengal	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Advance to Quarter-finals		3–2	2–2
2	Nejmeh	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6					1–0
3	Paro (H)	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4			1–2
4	Bashundhara Kings	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0		0–4		1–2

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

26 October 2024 (2024-10-26)	Nejmeh	1–0	Bashundhara Kings	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
21:00 BST (UTC+6)	Saad 49' (o.g.)	Report		Attendance: 300 Referee: Jin Jingyuan (China)

29 October 2024 (2024-10-29)	Bashundhara Kings	0–4	East Bengal	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
21:00 BST (UTC+6)		Report	Diamantakos 1' Souvik 20' Nandhakumar 26' Anwar 33'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Mohammad Deham (Bahrain)

1 November 2024 (2024-11-01)	Bashundhara Kings	1–2	Paro	Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan
21:00 BST (UTC+6)	Gryshyn 12'	Report	Wangdi 23' Jumayev 55' (o.g.)	Attendance: 869 Referee: Mohammad Mofeed Naser Ghabayen (Jordan)

Statistics

As of 27 May 2025

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Position	Total	BPL	Federation Cup	Challenge League	Challenge Cup
1	Rakib Hossain	MF	12	11	1	0	0
2	Miguel Figueira	MF	8	5	2	0	1
3	Foysal Ahmed Fahim	MF	7	6	0	0	1
	Topu Barman	DF	7	3	3	0	1
	Jonathan Fernandes	MF	6	5	1	0	0
4	Shekh Morsalin	FW	4	4	0	0	0
4	Mojibur Rahman Jony	MF	4	3	1	0	0
5	Sohel Rana	MF	3	2	1	0	0
6	Rafiqul Islam	MF	2	2	0	0	0
6	Jared Khasa	MF	2	2	0	0	0
7	Md Rabby Hossen Rahul	MF	1	1	0	0	0
	Md Insan Hossain	DF	1	0	1	0	0
	Sohel Rana Jr	MF	1	0	1	0	0
	Juan Lescano	FW	1	0	1	0	0
	Asror Gafurov	MF	1	1	0	0	0
	Valeriy Hryshyn	FW	1	0	0	1	0
Total			61	45	12	1	3

2024–25 Bashundhara Kings season

Players

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overall

Overview

Premier League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Bangladesh Challenge Cup

Match

Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

Group stage

Group A

Qualification round

Final

AFC Challenge League

Group stage

Group A

Statistics

References

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	9	5	4	65	20	+45	32	5	2	2	45	15	+30	4	3	2	20	5	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	9	5	4	65	20	+45	32	5	2	2	45	15	+30	4	3	2	20	5	+15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	9	5	4	65	20	+45	32	5	2	2	45	15	+30	4	3	2	20	5	+15