Bangladesh Police FC

Bangladesh Police Football Club (also known as Bangladesh Police Athletic Club) is an association football team based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] The club was founded by Bangladesh Police. The services team had previously played in the Senior Division Football League in 1998 – then the second tier of football. In recent times, Police FC became champions of the Second Division Football League in 2014[2] to get promotions to the First Division before making their debut in the Bangladesh Championship League in 2015.[3] Police FC gained the promotion to Bangladesh Premier League for the very first time in the club's history by becoming champion of the 2018-19 Bangladesh Championship League.

Bangladesh Police Football Club
বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাব
Full nameBangladesh Police Football Club
Nickname(s)The Policemen
Short nameBPFC
Founded1972 (1972) (as Bangladesh Police FC)
GroundRafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium
Capacity25,000
PresidentBangladesh Benazir Ahmed
Head CoachRomania Aristică Cioabă
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2021–22BPL, 8th of 12
WebsiteClub website

History

BCL era
Season League Performance Note
2015–16 BCL 4/8 After being champion in the Second Division League in 2014, the police team applied to play in the Bangladesh Championship League. On 14 October 2015, the club registered to play in BCL.[4] They finished fourth in their first season at BCL.
2016 4/8 Like the first season, the second season, they finished the league in fourth place.
2017 7/10 The club finished their worst season by finishing seventh in this edition.
2018–19 1/11

Champion

 Police FC got promoted to the Bangladesh Premier League from the Bangladesh Championship League with three games still remaining to the end of the season.[5][6] This is the first time, the club has returned to the top-tier league after 2002.[7][8][9][10] Forward Amirul Islam of the club was the highest scorer in the league with 18 goals.

Nicolas Vitorović era

On 4 August 2019, Police FC appointed Cypriot Nicolas Vitorović as their first-ever foreign head coach for the upcoming season. On 31 December 2019, Bangladesh Police Football Club reached the semi-final of the Federation Cup for the first time, after beating a shaky Saif Sporting Club 3–1 in the third quarter-final.[11]

Shirt sponsors
Period Shirt sponsor
2015–16 Popular Life Insurance Limited[12][13][14]
2017–18 Runner Group[15]
2018–19 Nirman
2019–present Nasir Group

Current squad

Bangladesh Police FC squad for 2022–23 season.

As of 27 March 2023

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Bangladesh BAN Dinaj Hosen Jubed
2 DF Uzbekistan UZB Solibek Karimov
3 DF Bangladesh BAN Shamol Bepari
5 DF Bangladesh BAN Monjurur Rahman Manik
6 MF Bangladesh BAN Monaem Khan Raju (captain)
7 FW Bangladesh BAN M S Bablu
8 MF Bangladesh BAN Robiul Hasan
10 FW Venezuela VEN Edward Morillo
11 FW Bangladesh BAN Sahed Miah
12 MF Colombia COL Mateo Palacios
14 FW Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Abdullah
15 MF Bangladesh BAN Shamim Ahmed
16 FW Colombia COL Johan Arango
17 DF Bangladesh BAN Isa Faysal
18 MF Bangladesh BAN Fahim Morshed
19 FW Bangladesh BAN Arifur Rahman Raju
21 DF Kyrgyzstan KGZ Almazbek Malikov
22 GK Bangladesh BAN Rakibul Hasan Tusher
23 MF Bangladesh BAN Syed Shah Quazem Kirmane
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK Bangladesh BAN Roni Basfor
25 DF Bangladesh BAN Ismail Hossen
27 MF Bangladesh BAN Md Mithu
28 FW Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Al Amim
29 FW Bangladesh BAN Akikul Islam
30 FW Bangladesh BAN Zillur Rahman
31 GK Bangladesh BAN Mohammad Nehal
33 DF Bangladesh BAN Akibur Rahman
35 MF Bangladesh BAN Razuan Kabir
37 DF Bangladesh BAN Esanur Rahman
38 DF Bangladesh BAN Rasel Hossain
70 MF Bangladesh BAN Muhammed Choton
75 FW Bangladesh BAN Morshedul Islam
76 FW Bangladesh BAN Md Robel
77 DF Bangladesh BAN Joyonto Kumer Roy
99 FW Bangladesh BAN Amir Ali

Current technical staff
As of 17 October 2021
Position Name
Head coach Romania Aristică Cioabă
Assistant coach Bangladesh Mahbubul Haque Jewel
Bangladesh Jahan E Alam Nury
Goalkeeping coach Bangladesh Essam Saber Atris
Fitness coach Bangladesh Ashraful Islam
Manager Bangladesh Mohammad Abutaher
Event Manager Bangladesh Mahbub Ahemd Choudhury

Team records

Head coach's record
As of 12 May 2023
Head Coach Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W
S. M. Asifuzzaman Bangladesh February 2019 May 2019 20 11 6 3 31 13 055.00
Nicolas Vitorović Cyprus 4 August 2019[16] 31 August 2020 9 3 2 4 10 16 033.33
Pakir Ali Sri Lanka October 2020 August 2021 26 6 8 12 28 42 023.08
Aristică Cioabă Romania October 2021 Present 49 17 15 17 64 68 034.69

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Honours

League

Controversy

On 24 May 2019, The police constable, Shamim, assaulted BFF's competition manager Zaber Bin Ansari after being denied entry into the ground during that match against Feni Soccer Club.[17] Later, four more players joined him in the assault, just after the completion of the prize-giving ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. All four police players – Amirul Islam, Tarek Aziz, Azmi Omar, and Sarwar Hossain – have been given Tk one lakh fine for their involvement. Islam and Aziz have been suspended for two matches while Omar and Hossain have been handed nine-match bans each. Physiotherapist of the team, Santanu Mallik, too, has been banned for nine matches and fined Tk 2 lakh.

Constable Shamim has been given life-time stadium ban across the country.[18][19]

Notable players
  • The players below had senior international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for Bangladesh Police FC.

Asia

References
  1. "Bangladesh Police FC". Soccerway.
  2. প্রথম বিভাগে উত্তীর্ণ হলো পুলিশ অ্যাথলেটিক্স. Risingbd.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Police take Championship League crown". The Daily Star. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. পেশাদার ফুটবল লীগে পুলিশ. Jugantor (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  5. "Police FC promoted to BPL". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. প্রিমিয়ার লিগ ফুটবলে জায়গা করে নিল পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাব, Jamuna TV (in Bengali), 15 May 2019, archived from the original on 24 September 2022, retrieved 1 June 2019
  7. আবারও ফুটবলের সর্বোচ্চ পর্যায়ে পুলিশ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  8. "Police secure BPL promotion". The Daily Star. 16 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  9. "Bangladesh Police lift BCL trophy, Uttar Baridhara runners up". BFF. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  10. "BCL Football league final: Police FC beat Feni Soccer Club by 5-1 goals". The Independent. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  11. Hoque, Shishir (31 December 2019). "Police reach Fed Cup semis for first time". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  12. "Popular Life Insurance sponsors Bangladesh Police Football Team". Daily Sun. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  13. পুলিশ ফুটবল দল স্পন্সর পেল. Jugantor (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  14. "Popular boost for Police AC". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  15. বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাবের স্পন্সর রানার গ্রুপ. dmpnews.org (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  16. সাইপ্রাসের ফুটবল কোচ নিয়োগ দিয়েছে পুলিশ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 4 August 2019. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  17. Independent Television (24 May 2019), মাঠে ঢোকা নিয়ে পুলিশ-বাফুফে কর্মকর্তাদের মারপিট, আহত ৫ ।। BFF-Police (in Bengali), archived from the original on 24 September 2022, retrieved 1 June 2019
  18. "BFF fines Police; bans four players". The Daily Star. 28 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  19. "Police FC penalized for breaching code of conduct". BFF. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.


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