2023–24 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
City	3
Dates	26 December 2023 –21 May 2024
Teams	10
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	14 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Washington Brandão Abahani Limited Dhaka (3 goals)

The 2023–24 Federation Cup (due to sponsorship from Bashundhara Group also known as Bashundhara Group Federation Cup 2023–24) is the 35th edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual top-tier club football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Ten participants are competing in the tournament. It began from 26 December 2023 and the final will be played on 21 May 2024.^[1][2]

Mohammedan SC are current champions having defeated Abahani Limited Dhaka by 4(4)–(2)4 to lift the trophy for the eleventh time.^[3]

Participating teams

The following eleven teams will take part in the tournament.

Venues

The matches will be played following these three venues.

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

Group summary

Round Matches Dates

Draw

The draw ceremony were held on 13 December 2023 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are ten team was divided into three groups. Top two team from each group and two best third-placed teams will through in the Knockout stage.^[4]

Match officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

• Bikash Sarker
• Md Khorshed Islam
• Sharifuzzaman Tipu
• Md Nazmul Huda
• Mehedi Hasan Emon
• Md Monir Ahmed Dhali
• Md Kamruzzaman
• Md Alamgir Sarker

(†): working as both referee and assistant

Group stages

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.

Knockout stage

• 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.

Statistics

Hat-tricks

† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Washington Brandão	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Brothers Union	6–0	16 January 2024	[5]

Individual awards

See also

• 2023–24 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

References