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2023–24 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

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2023–24 Independence Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBangladesh
DatesQualifying:
20–23 October 2023
Competition proper:
27 October – 18 December 2023
Teams13
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBashundhara Kings (3rd title)
Runners-upDhaka Mohammedan
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored45 (2.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Jonathan Fernandes
(Bashundhara Kings)
Brazil Higor Leite
(Sheikh Jamal DC)
Brazil Dorielton Gomes
(Bashundhara Kings)
(3 goals each)
Best player(s)Bangladesh Rakib Hossain
(Bashundhara Kings)
Fair play awardDhaka Mohammedan
(Note: All statistics do not include qualifying play-offs)

The 2023–24 Independence Cup, also known as the 2023 Independence Cup was the 13th edition of the Independence Cup.[1] A total of 13 teams were contested in the final tournament.[2][3]

Bashundhara Kings is the defending champion. They have won the title by beating Dhaka Mohammedan by 2−1 goals in the final on 18 December 2023.[4]

Participating teams

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The following thirteen teams were participated in the tournament.

Team Appearances Previous best performance
Bangladesh Police FC 3rd Semi-finals (2021–22)
Bashundhara Kings 4th Champions (2018, 2022–23)
Brothers Union 11th Quarter finals (2017–18, 2018)
Chittagong Abahani 8th Champions (2016)
Abahani Limited Dhaka 13th Champions (1990, 2021–22)
Mohammedan SC 13th Champions (1972, 1991, 2014)
Fortis FC 2nd Group stages (2022–23)
Rahmatganj MFS 13th Semi-finals (2017-18)
Sheikh Russel KC 9th Champions (2013)
Sheikh Jamal DC 9th Runners-up (2012–13)
Bangladesh Army 3rd Quarter-final (1991)
Bangladesh Navy 3rd Group-stage (2022–23)
Bangladesh Air Force 3rd Group-stage (2022–23)

Venues

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Originally the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla was included as one of the host venues for the tournament, however, the district cricket league has prevented the Cumilla District Sports Association from lending the district stadium. Thus, instead of four, the tournament were held at three venues locations.[5]

Munshigonj
Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium
Capacity: 10,000
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Location of the stadiums for the 2023–24 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)
Gopalganj Dhaka
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium Bashundhara Kings Arena
Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 14,000

Round and dates

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Dates/Year Round Match dates
27 October–18 December 2023 Qualifying stages 20–23 October 2023
Group stages 27 October – 1 December 2023
Quarter-finals 3–5 December 2023
Semi-finals 15 December 2023
Final 18 December 2023

Draw

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The draw ceremony were held on 23 October 2023 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are thirteen teams were divided into four groups. Top two team from each group will through in the Knockout stage.[6]

Group Summary

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Group A Group B
Bangladesh Police FC Abahani Limited Dhaka
Sheikh Jamal DC Sheikh Russel KC
Brothers Union Rahmatganj MFS
Bangladesh Air Force
Group C Group D
Mohammedan SC Bashundhara Kings
Fortis FC Chittagong Abahani
Bangladesh Army Bangladesh Navy
Qualifying Pair-1 Qualifying Pair-2
Bangladesh Air Force Football Team Bangladesh Army Football Team
Bangladesh Navy Football Team Dhaka University Football Team

Match officials

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Referees
  • Bangladesh Jashim Akther (†)
  • Bangladesh Md Alamgir Sarker (†)
  • Bangladesh Md Anisur Rahman Sagor (†)
  • Bangladesh Mahmud Zamil Farouqee Nahid (†)
  • Bangladesh Md Mizanur Rahman
  • Bangladesh Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayan
  • Bangladesh Bituraj Barua
  • Bangladesh Md Jalal Uddin
  • Bangladesh Md Saymoon Hasan Sany
  • Bangladesh Bhubon Mohon Torafder
Assistant Referees
  • Bangladesh Md Nuruzzaman
  • Bangladesh Sujoy Barua
  • Bangladesh Rasel Mahmud
  • Bangladesh Bituraj Barua
  • Bangladesh Junayed Sharif
  • Bangladesh Md Mizanur Rahman
  • Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Emon
  • Bangladesh Bikash Sarker
  • Bangladesh Md Mahmudul Hasan Mamun
  • Bangladesh Sheikh Iqbal Alam
  • Bangladesh Md Shah Alam
  • Bangladesh Sabuj Kumar Das
  • Bangladesh Md Shohrab Hossain
  • Bangladesh Monir Ahmed Dhali

(†): working as both referee and assistant referee.

Qualifying play-offs

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Play-off 1
Team 1 Score Team 2
Bangladesh Army 2–0 Bangladesh Air Force
Play-off 2
Team 1 Score Team 2
Bangladesh Navy 2–0 Dhaka University
Elimination play-offs
Team 1 Score Team 2
Bangladesh Air Force 2–0 Dhaka University

Matches

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Play-off

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All times at local (UTC+6)

Bangladesh Air Force0–2Bangladesh Army
Report
  • Emtiyaz Raihan 57'
  • Mijanur Rahman 89'
Referee: Md Anisur Rahman Sagor
Dhaka University0–2Bangladesh Navy
Report
Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

Elimination play-offs

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Bangladesh Air Force2–0Dhaka University
  • Khalidul Islam Samy 30'
  • Reza 63'
 Report
Referee: Mahmud Zamil Farouqee Nahid

Group stages

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Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout-stage

Tiebreakers

Teams 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.
All times listed below are local, BST (UTC+06:00).

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bangladesh Police FC 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Sheikh Jamal DC 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
3 Brothers Union 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6 0
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bangladesh Police FC2–0Brothers Union
  • Manas Karipov 23'
  • Edis Ibargüen García 67'
 Report
Referee: Saymoon Hasan Sany
Brothers Union0–4Sheikh Jamal DC
Report
Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker
Sheikh Jamal DC0–1Bangladesh Police FC
Report
  • Manas Karipov 26'
Referee: Md Jalal Uddin

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Abahani Limited Dhaka 3 3 0 0 6 0 +6 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Rahmatganj MFS 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
3 Sheikh Russel KC 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4 Bangladesh Air Force 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Abahani Limited Dhaka2–0Bangladesh Air Force
 Report
Referee: Md Anisur Rahman Sagor
Sheikh Russel KC0–0Rahmatganj MFS
Report
Referee: Md Mizanur Rahman
Bangladesh Air Force0–1Sheikh Russel KC
Report
Referee: Bhubon Mohon Torafder
Rahmatganj MFS0–2Abahani Limited Dhaka
Report
Referee: Md Saymoon Hasan Sany
Rahmatganj MFS4–1Bangladesh Air Force
  • Murad Hossain Chowdhury 33'
  • Samin Yasir Juel 44', 55'
  • Rofiqul Islam Sumon 90+4'
 Report
  • Juwel Miah 32'
Referee: Bituraj Barua
Abahani Limited Dhaka2–0Sheikh Russel KC
 Report
Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mohammedan SC 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Bangladesh Army 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3 Fortis FC 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Mohammedan SC2–2Bangladesh Army
  • Arif Hossain 20'
  • Jafar 67'
 Report
  • Emtiyaz Raihan 9'
  • Ranju Sikder 24'
Referee: Bituraj Barua
Bangladesh Army0–0Fortis FC
Report
Referee: Md Jalal Uddin
Fortis FC1–1Mohammedan SC
 Report
Referee: Bhubon Mohon Torafder

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bashundhara Kings 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Advance to Knockout stage
2 Chittagong Abahani 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2
3 Bangladesh Navy FT 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Bashundhara Kings1–0Bangladesh Navy
 Report
Referee: Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayan
Bangladesh Navy1–1Chittagong Abahani
  • Salim Reza 12'
 Report
Referee: Mahmud Zamil Farouqee Nahid
Chittagong Abahani0–0Bashundhara Kings
Report
Referee: Bhubon Mohon Torafder

Knockout stage

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  • In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
3 December–Dhaka
 
 
Bangladesh Police FC1
 
15 December –Gopalganj
 
Rahmatganj MFS2
 
 Rahmatganj MFS0
 
5 December –Munshigonj
 
Dhaka Mohammedan1
 
Dhaka Mohammedan1
 
18 December–Gopalganj
 
 Chittagong Abahani 0
 
Dhaka Mohammedan1
 
3 December –Dhaka
 
Bashundhara Kings2
 
Dhaka Abahani1 (p)(3)
 
15 December–Dhaka
 
Sheikh Jamal DC1 (2)
 
Dhaka Abahani0
 
5 December –Dhaka
 
 Bashundhara Kings4
 
Bashundhara Kings2
 
 
Bangladesh Army1
 

Quarter-finals

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Bangladesh Police FC1–2Rahmatganj MFS
  • Edis Ibargüen García (pen), 23'
 Report
  • Samuel Mensah Konney 29', 31'
Referee: Md Jalal Uddin
Abahani Limited Dhaka1–1Sheikh Jamal DC
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Referee: Bituraj Barua
Mohammedan SC1–0Chittagong Abahani
 Report
Referee: Jashim Akhter
Bashundhara Kings2–1Bangladesh Army
 Report
Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

Semi-finals

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Rahmatganj MFS0–1Mohammedan SC
Report
Referee: Bituraj Barua
Abahani Limited Dhaka0–4Bashundhara Kings
Report
Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

Final

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Mohammedan SC1–2Bashundhara Kings
 Report
Referee: Md Jalal Uddin

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There have been 45 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.05 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: GSA

Winners

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13th Independence Cup (Bangladesh) 2023–24
Winners
Bashundhara Kings
Third Title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Fair Play Award Best goalkeeper Best player
Mohammedan SC[7] None[7] Bangladesh Rakib Hossain
(Bashundhara Kings)[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "লিগ কমিটির দায়িত্ব নিয়েই চমকের ইঙ্গিত সালাউদ্দিনের!". Offside Desk (in Bengali). September 24, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "ঢাবির হার দিয়ে শুরু ঘরোয়া ফুটবল মৌসুম". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). October 20, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
  3. ^ "২৭ অক্টোবর স্বাধীনতা কাপ দিয়ে শুরু নতুন মৌসুম". www.deshrupantor.com (in Bengali). October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "১০ জন নিয়েই চ্যাম্পিয়ন কিংস". www.dhakapost.com (in Bengali). Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Abahani, Kings placed in separate groups". The Daily Star. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "আবারও কিংসের গ্রুপে চট্টগ্রাম আবাহনী, শেখ রাসেলের সঙ্গী আবাহনী". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Independence Cup Football: Bashundhara Kings clinch title beating Dhaka Mohammedan 2-1 in final". www.unb.com.bd. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
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