The 2023–24 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as the ABG Bashundhara Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 16th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 10 football clubs were competed in the league. The country's top-flight football competition was started on 22 December 2023 and ended on 29 May 2024.[2]
The Bashundhara Kings are the defending champions, having won a record 5th consecutive title with previous season.[3]
Rule changes from last season
The number of player registrations of participating teams is increased by 1 player from 35 players to 36 players.
A club can sign maximum of six foreigners including at least one player who hails from an AFC affiliated nation. However, the AFC "3+1" foreign players rule (three players of any nationality and one from an AFC MA) will be in effect at any instant of a match.[2][4]
Teams
Ten teams will compete in the league – the top nine teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Bangladesh Championship League. The promoted teams are Brothers Union and Gopalganj Sporting Club. Brothers will return to the top flight after an absence of two years, while Gopalganj will make their debut in the Premier League. They are replacing Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and AFC Uttara, who were relegated to the Bangladesh Championship League after respective spells of sixteen years and one year in the top flight. Muktijoddha suffered relegation for the first time since the inception of the Premier League in 2007.[5] On the final day of the players' registration window, Gopalganj Sporting Club confirmed their withdrawal from the BPL due to the financial shortage.[6] In May 2024, the BFF announced that there will be only one relegation this season as the league was kicked off with reduced participants after Gopalganj's withdrawal.[7] On July 17, 2024, the BFF announced that there would be no relegations made from the league, allowing the previously relegated Brothers Union to retain their place in the league for the following season.[8][9]
Each team is allowed a maximum of six foreign players, including one player from any of the Asian Football Confederation countries.[4] A team could name four foreign players on the squad of each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation.
Names in bold refer to players who have senior international cap(s) for their respective nations.
Player's name in italics indicates the player was officially registered but later didn't join the club, has been out of the squad or left the club/released within the season, after the pre-season transfer window, or in the mid-season transfer window.
Bashundhara's Mfon Udoh and Didier Brossou both had season-long contract with the club. The club registered Didier in the pre-season window while Mfon stayed in the club as unregistered player. Correspondingly, the club registered Mfon in the mid-season window while Didier stayed in the club as unregistered player till end of the season.
Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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.
The 'Player of the round' is selected by fans through a poll conducted on the official Facebook page of BPL after each gameweek. The nominated players are the MOTM winners of each match of the relevant round.