Bangladesh Premier League (football)

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Bangladesh Premier League
File:Bangladesh Premier League (football) 2019 logo.png
Organising bodiesBangladesh Football Federation
Founded2 March 2007; 17 years ago (2 March 2007)
CountryBangladesh
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toBCL
Domestic cup(s)Federation Cup
Independence Cup
International cup(s)AFC Champions League
AFC Cup
Current championsBashundhara Kings (3rd title)
(2021–22)
Most championshipsDhaka Abahani
(6 titles)
Most appearancesBangladesh Nasiruddin Chowdhury (206)
Top goalscorerNigeria Sunday Chizoba (132)
TV partnersT Sports
Websitebff.com.bd
Current: 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League

The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), officially known as TVS Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a top tier of Bangladeshi professional football league pyramid. It is run directly by the professional football league committee of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Dhaka Derby is one of the most popular matches in the league.[1] The league is the successor of Dhaka Premier Division League, which existed from 1948 to 2006.[2][3][4][5]

History

Founded in 2007, the league was previously known as the B League. The league was renamed to Bangladesh League in 2009[6] Then in 2012, it was renamed to Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).[7] The start of BPL marked the start of professional league and a wide open national league.

The first B League match took place on 2 March 2007 between Dhaka Abahani and Muktijoddha Sangsad KC. The match, which took place at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, ended in a goalless draw.[8][9] The next day in Khulna, Prashanta Dey scored the first goal in the history of professional football in the country as Khulna Abahani blanked the capital side Rahmatganj MFS 2–0.[10] On 27 March 2007, Alfaz Ahmed netted the first hat-trick in B.League history to give Muktijoddha SKC a 4–1 win over Rahmatganj MFS.[11]

Dhaka Abahani have won the league a record six times since 2007. During 2015–16 Bangladesh Football Premier League, Dhaka Abahani also became the first team to win the professional league title with an unbeaten record.[12]

Competition format

Champions

Successful clubs by seasons

Further information: List of Bangladeshi football champions
Edition Season Champions Runners–up Third place Ref.
1st 2007 Abahani Limited Dhaka Dhaka Mohammedan Muktijoddha Sangsad KC [13]
2nd 2008–09 Abahani Limited Dhaka Dhaka Mohammedan Sheikh Russel KC [14]
3rd 2009–10 Abahani Limited Dhaka Dhaka Mohammedan Sheikh Russel KC [15]
4th 2010–11 Sheikh Jamal DC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Sheikh Russel KC [16]
5th 2012 Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Dhaka Mohammedan [17]
6th 2012–13 Sheikh Russel KC Sheikh Jamal DC Abahani Limited Dhaka [18]
7th 2013–14 Sheikh Jamal DC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC [19]
8th 2014–15 Sheikh Jamal DC Sheikh Russel KC Dhaka Mohammedan [20]
9th 2015–16 Abahani Limited Dhaka Chittagong Abahani Limited Sheikh Russel KC [21]
10th 2017–18 Abahani Limited Dhaka Sheikh Jamal DC Chittagong Abahani Limited [22]
11th 2018–19 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Sheikh Russel KC [23]
12th 2019–20 Competition abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh [24]
13th 2020–21 Bashundhara Kings Sheikh Jamal DC Abahani Limited Dhaka [25]
14th 2021–22 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Saif Sporting Club

Performance by clubs

Further information: List of football clubs in Bangladesh
Club
 Titles Runners–up Winning seasons Runners–up seasons
Abahani Limited Dhaka 6 3 2007, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012, 2015–16, 2017–18 2013–14, 2018–19, 2021–22
Sheikh Jamal DC 3 3 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15 2012–13, 2017–18, 2020–21
Bashundhara Kings 3 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Sheikh Russel KC 1 1 2012–13 2014–15
Dhaka Mohammedan 3 2007, 2008–09, 2009–10
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 2 2010–11, 2012
Chittagong Abahani Limited 1 2015–16

Clubs

Current clubs (2021–22)

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Locations of the 2021–22 Bangladesh Premier League teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bangladesh Police FC Rajshahi Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium 15,000
Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Arena 14,000
Chittagong Abahani Ltd. Comilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium 18,000
Dhaka Abahani Ltd. Sylhet Sylhet District Stadium 15,000
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. Comilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium 18,000
Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd. Munshigonj Bir Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium 10,000
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Gopalganj Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium 5,000
Rahmatganj MFS Sylhet Sylhet District Stadium 15,000
Saif Sporting Club Munshigonj Bir Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium 10,000
Sheikh Russel KC Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Arena 14,000
Swadhinata KS Rajshahi Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium 15,000
Uttar Baridhara Club Gopalganj Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium 5,000

Former clubs

The following clubs are not competing in the Bangladesh Football Premier League during the 2021–22 season but competed in the Premier League for at least one season.

Club Current league
Beanibazar SC Defunct
Farashganj SC Bangladesh Championship League
Feni Soccer Club Dhaka Second Division Football League
Khulna Abahani Defunct
Chittagong Mohammedan SC Defunct
Narayanganj Suktara Sangsad Defunct
NoFeL Sporting Club Bangladesh Championship League
Team BJMC Defunct
Brothers Union Ltd. Bangladesh Championship League
Arambagh KS Dhaka Senior Division Football League

All-time BPL table

The all-time BPL table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in BPL since its inception in 2007. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2021–22 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2022–23 season.[26] Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column.

All-time table
Pos. Club Seasons Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 1st 2nd 3rd Debut Since/Last App. Relegated Best
1 Abahani Limited Dhaka 14 638 289 191 65 33 582 213 +369 6 3 2 2007 2007 1
2 Sheikh Russel KC 14 488 289 138 74 77 444 295 +149 1 1 5 2007 2007 1
3 Dhaka Mohammedan 14 483 289 132 87 70 460 296 +164 0 3 2 2007 2007 2
4 Sheikh Jamal DC 11 428 224 123 59 42 435 257 +178 3 3 0 2010–11 2010–11 1
5 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 14 376 288 103 67 118 365 363 +2 0 2 2 2007 2007 2
6 Brothers Union Ltd. 13 314 266 77 83 106 327 381 −54 0 0 0 2007 2020–21 1 4
7 Chittagong Abahani 12 306 253 81 66 107 275 355 −80 0 1 1 2007 2012–13 1 2
8 Rahmatganj MFS 12 224 246 54 62 130 275 449 −174 0 0 0 2007 2014–15 1 7
9 Arambagh KS 11 221 219 56 53 110 224 349 −125 0 0 0 2007 2020–21 2 5
10 Bashundhara Kings 4 195 76 62 9 5 177 54 +123 3 0 0 2018–19 2018–19 1
11 Saif SC 5 180 98 53 21 24 184 119 +65 0 0 1 2017–18 2017–18 3
12 Team BJMC 7 167 151 41 44 66 178 214 −36 0 0 0 2010–11 2018–19 1 4
13 Feni SC 7 136 151 30 46 75 143 232 −89 0 0 0 2009–10 2015–16 4
14 Farashganj SC 7 131 148 28 47 73 123 221 −98 0 0 0 2007 2017–18 3 6
15 Chittagong Mohammedan 4 99 86 24 27 35 81 116 −35 0 0 0 2007 2010–11 1 5
16 Uttar Baridhara Club 5 64 100 14 22 64 98 256 −158 0 0 0 2013–14 2015–16 3 10
17 Bangladesh Police FC 3 60 51 15 15 21 59 78 −19 0 0 0 2019–20 2019–20 8
18 Khulna Abahani 2 21 40 5 6 29 31 102 −71 0 0 0 2007 2008–09 1 9
19 NoFeL SC 1 20 24 5 5 14 23 42 −19 0 0 0 2018–19 2018–19 1 12
20 Narayanganj SS 1 20 24 4 8 12 12 35 −23 0 0 0 2009–10 2009–10 1 12
21 Beanibazar SC 1 17 24 3 8 13 19 43 −24 0 0 0 2009–10 2009–10 1 13
22 Swadhinata KS 1 10 22 2 4 16 22 50 –28 0 0 0 2021–22 2021–22 1 12
23 Fortis FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2022–23 2022–23 –
24 AFC Uttara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2022–23 2022–23 –

League or status at 2022–23 season:

2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League teams
Bangladesh Championship League teams
Dhaka Senior Division Football League teams
No information
Defunct clubs

Head coaches

In terms of coaching performance, after the first 11 seasons of the BPL, a Bangladeshi head coach has won the BPL six times while a foreign head coach has won it five times. Pakir Ali of Sri Lanka was the first foreign head coach to win the BPL while the second coach was Ali Akbar Pourmoslemi of Iran. Spaniard Óscar Bruzón was the most recent foreign coach to win the BPL in the 2018–19 season.

Amalesh Sen was the first Bangladeshi coach to win the BPL in the league's opening season and he has the most BPL championships at three. Maruful Haque and Atiqur Rahman Atiq the only other Bangladeshi coach to win the Bangladesh Premier League.

The current head coaches in the Bangladesh Premier League are:

Current head coaches
Team Head Coach
AFC Uttara Bangladesh Sheikh Zahidur Rahman Milon Molla
Bashundhara Kings Spain Óscar Bruzón
Bangladesh Police FC Romania Aristică Cioabă
Chittagong Abahani Limited Bangladesh Saiful Bari Titu
Dhaka Abahani Limited Portugal Mário Lemos
Dhaka Mohammedan SC Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik
Fortis FC Bangladesh Masud Parvez Kaisar
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Malaysia Raja Isa
Rahmatganj MFS Bangladesh Syed Golam Jilani
Sheikh Jamal DC Bangladesh Maruful Haque
Sheikh Russel KC Bangladesh Zulfiker Mahmud Mintu
Winning head coaches
Head coach Club Wins Winning years
Bangladesh Amalesh Sen Dhaka Abahani Limited 3 2007, 2008–09, 2009–10
Spain Óscar Bruzón Bashundhara Kings 3 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
Bangladesh Maruful Haque Sheikh Russel KC
Sheikh Jamal DC 		2 2012–13
2013–14
Austria György Kottán Dhaka Abahani Limited 1 2015–16
Bangladesh Atiqur Rahman Atiq Dhaka Abahani Limited 1 2017–18
Iran Ali Akbar Pourmoslemi Dhaka Abahani Limited 1 2012
Nigeria Joseph Afusi Sheikh Jamal DC 1 2014–15
Sri Lanka Pakir Ali Sheikh Jamal DC 1 2010–11

Stats and players

Seasonal statistics

As of August 2022
Season Total Goals Matches played Average per Game
2007 273 110 2.48
2008–09 280 110 2.54
2009–10 391 156 2.50
2010–11 337 132 2.55
2012 295 110 2.68
2012–13 162 72 2.25
2013–14 382 135 2.82
2014–15 332 110 3.01
2015–16 342 132 2.59
2017–18 302 132 2.28
2018–19 439 156 2.81
2019–20 95 36 2.64
2020–21 472 156 3.03
2021–22 447 132 3.39

Top scorers

As of August 2022

Season after season, players in the BPL compete for the golden boot title, which is awarded at the end of each season to the top scorer throughout the entire season. The most recent winner of the golden boot is Souleymane Diabate, who won the golden boot at the end of the 2021–22 season after scoring 21 goals. Raphael Odovin Onwrebe is both currently the holders of the most golden boot titles with two golden boots. The five Nigerians make up the six golden boots won by Nigerians, the most of any nationality in the league. While to date Enamul Haque remains the only local golden boot winner, claiming the award in 2009–10.

BPL Golden Boot winners[27]
Year Nationality Player Club Goals Ref.
2007 Nigeria Elijah Obagbemiro Junior Brothers Union 16 [28]
2008–09 Nigeria Alamu Bukola Olalekan Dhaka Mohammedan 18
2009–10 Bangladesh Enamul Haque Dhaka Abahani 21 [29]
2010–11 South Sudan James Moga Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 19
2012 Guinea Ismael Bangoura Team BJMC 17
2012–13 Ghana Osei Morrison Dhaka Mohammedan 11 [30]
2013–14 Haiti Wedson Anselme Sheikh Jamal DC 26 [31]
2014–15 Nigeria Emeka Darlington Sheikh Jamal DC 19 [32]
2015–16 Nigeria Sunday Chizoba Dhaka Abahani 19 [33]
2017–18 The Gambia Solomon King Kanform Sheikh Jamal DC 15
Nigeria Raphael Odovin Onwrebe
2018–19 Nigeria Raphael Odovin Onwrebe Sheikh Russel KC 22
2019–20 Nigeria/Bangladesh Eleta Kingsley Arambagh KS 5
Nigeria Sunday Chizoba Dhaka Abahani
2020–21 Brazil Robson Azevedo da Silva Bashundhara Kings 21
2021–22 Mali Souleymane Diabate Dhaka Mohammedan 21

Bangladeshi top scorers

Year Player Club Goals
2007 Jahid Hasan Ameli Dhaka Abahani 12
2008–09 Alfaz Ahmed Sheikh Russel KC 16
2009–10 Enamul Haque Dhaka Abahani 21
2010–11 Mithun Chowdhury Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 16
2012 Mithun Chowdhury Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 6
2012–13 Shakhawat Hossain Rony Dhaka Abahani 7
2013–14 Mithun Chowdhury Sheikh Russel KC 14
2014–15 Enamul Haque Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 13
2015–16 MD Sajidur Rahman Sajid Arambagh KS 8
Tawhidul Alam Sabuz Dhaka Mohammedan
2017–18 Tawhidul Alam Sabuz Chittagong Abahani 8
2018–19 Nabib Newaj Jibon Dhaka Abahani 16
2019–20 Eleta Kingsley Arambagh KS 5
2020–21 Jewel Rana Dhaka Abahani 10
Sumon Reza Uttar Baridhara Club
2021–22 Eleta Kingsley Bashundhara Kings 6

Records

All-time top scorers

As of August 2022
BPL all-time top scorers
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years
1 Nigeria Sunday Chizoba 132 110+ 2010–
2 Bangladesh Zahid Hasan Ameli 73 173+ 2007–2019
3 Bangladesh Mithun Chowdhury 56 143 0.39 2008–2019
4 Bangladesh Enamul Haque 47+ 56+ 2007–2019
5 The Gambia Solomon King Kanform 45 88 0.51 2017–2022
6 Mali Souleymane Diabate 44 62 0.71 2018–
7 Nigeria/Bangladesh Eleta Kingsley 43 80 0.54 2011–
8 Nigeria Raphael Odovin Onwrebe 39 44 0.89 2017–2019
9 Bangladesh Tawhidul Alam Sabuz 38+ 71+ 2009–
10 Bangladesh Nabib Newaj Jibon 38 104 0.37 2013–

Appearances

As of August 2022
BPL all-time most appearances
Rank Player Apps Years
1 Bangladesh Nasiruddin Chowdhury 206 2009–
2 Bangladesh Zahid Hasan Ameli 173+ 2007–2019
3 Bangladesh Mithun Chowdhury 143 2008–2019
4 Bangladesh Yeasin Khan 131 2012–
5 Bangladesh Habibur Rahman Sohag 124 2009–
6 Nigeria Sunday Chizoba 111+ 2010–
7 Bangladesh Ashraful Islam Rana 107 2015–
8 Bangladesh Nabib Newaj Jibon 104 2013–
9 Bangladesh Mohamed Sohel Rana 101 2010–
10 Bangladesh Zahid Hossain 98 2008–2022

Italics denotes players still playing professional football,
Bold denotes players still playing in the Bangladesh Premier League.

Awards

Player of the Season

Season Player Team
2007 Bangladesh Jahid Hasan Ameli[34] Dhaka Abahani
2018–19 Costa Rica Daniel Colindres Bashundhara Kings
2020–21 Brazil Robson Azevedo da Silva Bashundhara Kings

Young Player of the Season

Season Player Team
2018–19 Bangladesh Robiul Hasan Arambagh KS
2020–21 Bangladesh Nihat Jaman Ucchash[35] Arambagh KS

Sponsorship

Period Sponsor Notes Ref.
2007–10 Citycell Bangladesh Football Federation(BFF) signed a three-year partnership deal with Citycell.

Citycell was co- sponsor for the Federation Cup, the B. League and the School football tournament across the country.

[36]
2010–13 Grameenphone
2013–14 Nitol-Tata Nitol-Tata Group sponsored of the Bangladesh Premier League after 35 matches into the ongoing league. [3][37]
2014–15 Manyavar Besides Manyavar; KFC, Pragati Insurance, Amber Group and Treasurer had joined the country's professional football league as co-sponsors. [38][39][40]
2015–16 JB Group JB group had bought the title rights for Tk 4 crores. [41][42][43][44]
2016–18 Saif Power Battery Saif Power Battery bought the title rights this for Tk 1.5 crores. [41]
2018–Present TVS BFF ink a one-year deal with TVS after finishing first leg of season. [45][46][47][48]

Media coverage

132 matches of season 2015–2016 were broadcast live at BTV World and Boishakhi TV, also live commentary was produced by Radio Next FM.[49] Every match of this league has been streaming live on BFF's page of Mycujoo platform from 2018 to 2019 season. Bangla TV started broadcasting selected matches of the BPL 2018–19 matches live from 9 May 2019.[46] The first sports channel of Bangladesh T sports started to broadcast the matches of BPL 2020–21 from 13 January 2021.

Stadiums

Home stadiums of current clubs (2021–22)
Bangladesh Police FC Bashundhara Kings Chittagong Abahani Ltd. Dhaka Abahani Ltd. Dhaka Mohammedan SC Ltd. Lt. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd.
Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium,Rajshahi Bashundhara Kings Arena,Dhaka Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium,Comilla Sylhet District Stadium,Sylhet Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium,Comilla Bir Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium,Munshigonj
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 10,000
Freedom Fighter(Muktijoddha) Memorial Stadium outfield.jpg Bashundhara Kings Arena.jpg File:Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium.jpg File:Sylhet District Stadium.jpg File:Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium.jpg File:Munshiganj Stadium.jpg
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Rahmatganj MFS Saif Sporting Club Sheikh Russel KC Swadhinata KS Uttar Baridhara Club
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium,Gopalganj Sylhet District Stadium,Sylhet Bir Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium,Munshigonj Bashundhara Kings Arena,Dhaka Muktijuddho Smriti Stadium,Rajshahi Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium,Gopalganj
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 14,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 5,000
File:Sylhet District Stadium.jpg File:Munshiganj Stadium.jpg Bashundhara Kings Arena.jpg Freedom Fighter(Muktijoddha) Memorial Stadium outfield.jpg

BPL clubs in Asia

Continental qualification

See also: AFC Club Competitions Ranking

Bangladesh Premier League teams can qualify for the top Asian club competitions – the AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs and AFC Cup – through their performance in the league. Before the 2012–13 season Bangladeshi clubs were only allowed entry to the now defunct AFC President's Cup, which was a competition targeted for emerging football nations. Since the 2021–22 season the league winners are allowed entry to the qualifying play-offs of the AFC Champions League.[50]

Abahani Limited Dhaka was the first Bangladesh Premier League club to club to play in Asian competition when they participated in the 2008 AFC President's Cup. The club qualified for the competition, after winning the first edition of the league in 2007. The first six seasons of the league Bangladeshi clubs only participated in the AFC President's Cup, until Sheikh Russel KC the winners of the 2012–13 league season were given entry 2015 AFC Cup qualifying play-off. The winners of the 2013–14 season of the league Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club, were the first Bangladeshi club to be given direct entry into the AFC Cup, during the 2016 AFC Cup.

On July 2022, it was confrimed that Bashundhara Kings, the winners of the 2021–22 league season will partake in the AFC Champions League Play-off round, while holding an automatic place in the AFC Cup group stages if they are unable to advance past the play-offs. Meanwhile the runner-up of the league will take part in the qualifiers of the AFC Cup or will directly qualify for the competition if the league winners advance past the AFC Champions League play-offs. The leagues third place team along with the Federation Cup champions, will remain standby for the AFC Cup Play-off round if the league winners succeed to qualify for the AFC Champions League main stage.[51]

Extracted from the 2022 ranking of nations by their AFC club points
Ranking Member association Club points 100% ACL 2024–25
(GS+PO) 		AFC Cup 2024–25
(GS+PO)
2022[52] 2021[53] Mvmt Region Region Mvmt 2019[54] 2020 2021[55] 2022[56] Total
17 22 Rise +5 W 10 Rise +3 Kuwait Kuwait 3.433 0.000 7.070 4.160 14.663 23.940 1+0 2+0
18 16 Fall -2 W 11 Fall -2 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 5.267 0.000 3.125 5.960 14.352 23.432 0+1 1+1
19 21 Rise +2 W 12 Same position — Bangladesh Bangladesh 6.933 0.000 2.790 3.760 13.483 22.013 0+1 1+1
20 25 Rise +5 W 13 Rise +1 Bahrain Bahrain 2.500 0.000 5.510 5.215 13.225 21.592 - 2+0
21 24 Rise +3 E 8 Rise +3 Singapore Singapore 4.133 0.000 0.000 8.380 12.513 20.429 1+0 2+0

Updated on 5 October 2022. (Source)

BPL clubs in AFC tournament

Main article: Bangladeshi clubs in the AFC Cup
BPL clubs performance in AFC competitions
Season AFC Cup Position AFC Champions League Position
2012–13 Sheikh Russel KC Preliminary round
2013–14 Sheikh Jamal DC Group stage
2014–15 Not held
2015–16 Dhaka Abahani Group stage
2017–18 Dhaka Abahani Group stage
Saif SC Preliminary round
2018 Dhaka Abahani Interzone play-off semi-finals
2018–19 Bashundhara Kings Cancelled
Dhaka Abahani Cancelled
2019–20 Bashundhara Kings Group stage
Dhaka Abahani Withdraw
2020–21 Bashundhara Kings Group stage
Dhaka Abahani Play-off round

Defunct

Competitions previously run by AFC include:

Season AFC President's Cup Position
2007 Dhaka Abahani Group stage
2008-09 Dhaka Abahani Group stage
2009-10 Dhaka Abahani Group stage
2010-11 Sheikh Jamal DC Group stage
2012 Dhaka Abahani Group stage
2012-13 Sheikh Russel KC Group stage winners

See also

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