2024–25 Federation Cup (Bangladesh) Explained

The 2024–25 Federation Cup is the 36th edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual top-tier club football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Ten participants participating in the tournament. It being played from 3 December 2024 to 5 May 2025.^{[1] [2]}

Bashundhara Kings is the defending champions having defeated Mohammedan SC by 2–1 goals in the final on 22 May 2024.^[3]

Participating teams

The following ten clubs are participating in the tournament.

Team	Appearances	width=39%	Previous best performance
		Semi-finals (2019–20, 2023–24)
Bashundhara Kings		Champions (2019–20, 2020–21, 2023–24)
		Champions (1980, 1991, 2005)
Chittagong Abahani		Runners-up (2017)
		Champions (1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021–22)
		Champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2022–23)
		Group stages (2022–23)
		Runners-up (2019–20, 2021–22)
	TBC	Runners-up (1987)
	TBC	TBC

Venues

The matches are being played at these three venues across the country.

Comilla	Dhaka	Mymensingh
Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium	Bashundhara Kings Arena	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 25,000

Draw

The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 20 November 2024 15:00 BST at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka Bangladesh. The ten clubs were divided into two groups, top two group winners & runners-up form each group will qualify in the next round.^[4]

Group summary

Group A	Group B
Bashundhara Kings	Dhaka Mohammedan
Bangladesh Police FC	Dhaka Abahani
Fortis FC	Chittagong Abahani
Brothers Union	Rahmatganj MFS
Dhaka Wanderers Club

Round Matches Dates

Phase	Date
Group stages	3 December 2024 – 4 February 2025
QRF	8 – 15 April 2025
Final	5 May 2025

Match officials

Referees

• Mahaud Zamal Farooque Nahid
• Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayon

Assistant Referees

• Mahmud Hasan Mamun
• Sujoy Barua
• Md Khorshed Alam
• Md Shah Alam

Group stages

TiebreakersTeams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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Group B

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Qualification Round (QR) to the Final

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Individual awards

Man of the match

† Bold club indicates winner of the match

• Group Stage

• Qualification Round (QR) to the Final

• Final

See also

• 2024 Bangladesh Challenge Cup
• 2024–25 Bangladesh Premier League (football)

Notes and References

1. Web site: কিংস-মোহামেডান ম্যাচ দিয়ে পর্দা উঠবে ফুটবল মৌসুমের. 9 September 2024. bn. www.bd-pratidin.com. 9 September 2024.
2. Web site: কাটছাঁট করে ঘরোয়া ফুটবল আয়োজনের সিদ্ধান্ত. 19 August 2024. bn. www.jagonews24.com. 9 September 2024.
3. News: ফেডারেশন কাপ জিতে 'ট্রেবলের' আনন্দ বসুন্ধরা কিংসের. 22 May 2024. bn. www.kalerkantho.com. 9 September 2024.
4. Web site: ফেডারেশন কাপের ড্রয়ে একই গ্রুপে আবাহনী-মোহামেডান. 20 November 2024. bn. www.dailybangladesh.com. 21 November 2024.