2022–23 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2022–23 Independence Cup, also known as Bashundhara Group Independence Cup 2022 due to sponsorship from Bashundhara Group. It was the 13th edition of the Independence Cup, the oldest official club football tournament in Bangladesh. A total of 16 teams were contested in the tournament including two coming through qualifying round.

Bashundhara Kings is the defending champion. They have won the title by beating Sheikh Russel KC by 2(4)−2(1) penalties shoot out on 5 December 2022.

Participating teams The following sixteen teams will contest in the tournament.

Team Appearances Previous best performanceAFC Uttara1stDebut Bangladesh Police FC 2nd Semi-finals (2021–22)Bashundhara Kings Champions (2018)BFF Elite Academy 1stDebut Chittagong Abahani Champions (2016)Abahani Limited Dhaka Champions (1990,2021–22)Dhaka Mohammedan Champions (1972, 1991, 2014)Fortis FC1stDebut Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Champions (2005)Fakirerpool YMC 2nd Group-stage (2005)Rahmatganj MFS Semi-finals (2017-18)Sheikh Russel KC Champions (2013)Sheikh Jamal DC Runners-up (2012–13)Uttara FC 1stDebut Bangladesh Navy 2ndGroup-stage (2021–22)Bangladesh Air Force 2ndGroup-stage (2021–22)

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

ComillaGopalganjMunshigonjComilla District StadiumSheikh Fazlul Haque Mani StadiumMunshigonj District StadiumCapacity: 18,000Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 10,000

Draw The draw ceremony were held on 31 October 2022 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are sixteen team was divided into four groups. Top two team from each group will through in the Knockout stage.

Group summary Group AGroup BDhaka MohammedanAFC UttaraFortis FCBashundhara KingsSheikh Russel KCFakirerpool YMC Bangladesh NavyChittagong AbahaniGroup CGroup DAbahani Limited DhakaBangladesh Police FCMuktijoddha Sangsad KCBFF Elite AcademyBangladesh Air ForceRahmatganj MFSUttara FCSheikh Jamal DC Pair-1Pair-2Little Friends ClubBangladesh NavyBangladesh Air ForceBangladesh Army

Round and dates Dates/YearRoundMatch dates5 November – 5 December 2022Qualifying stages 05 - 6 November 2022Group stages13 – 24 November 2022Quarter-finals26 – 27 November 2022Semi-finals30 November – 1 December 2022Third-position 4 December 2022Final5 December 2022

Match officials Referees

Md Anisur Rahman Sagor Anwar Hossain Bituraj Barua Md Mizanur Rahman Md Nasiruddin Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayan Bhubon Mohon Tarafder Sabuj Das Rimon Mahmud

Assistant Referees

Md Nuruzzaman Md Jahid Hasan Sheikh Iqbal Alam Md Alamgir Sarker Rasel Mahmud Md Monir Dhali Md Mahmudul Hasan Mamun Sujoy Barua Junayed Sharif Ahmed Rafsan Joni Robin Khan Mehedi Hasan Emon Shah Alam Shafiqul Islam Emon Soumik Pal Bikash Sarker

Qualifying play-offs +Play-off 1 Team 1ScoreTeam 2Little Friends Club2–2(p 4–5)Bangladesh Air Force

+Play-off 2Team 1ScoreTeam 2Bangladesh Navy 2–2(p 4–3)Bangladesh Army

Matches All times at local (UTC+6)

Group stages Key to colours in group tablesGroup 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. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group; 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); Drawing of lots.

Group A

Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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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.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Third-place

Final

Statistics Goalscorers

Own goals † Bold Club indicates winner of the match Player Club Opponent Result Date Md Rakib Hasan Uttara FCDhaka Abahani0–2 Rasel Hossain Bangladesh Police FCSheikh Jamal DC4–3 Md Al-Amin Bangladesh Police FCRahmatganj MFS5–4 Md Shakil Hossain Sheikh Jamal DCDhaka Abahani1–2

Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref Dorielton 6 Bashundhara Kings Fakirerpool YMC 14–0 Robinho Bashundhara Kings Fakirerpool YMC 14–0 Cornelius Stewart Sheikh Jamal DC BFF Elite Academy 3–0 n Player scored n goals.

Winners 12th Independence Cup (Bangladesh) 2022–23 WinnersBashundhara KingsSecond Title

Awards Player of the Match MatchPlayer of the MatchPlayerClubSemi-finals 1 Didier BrossouSheikh Russel KCSemi-finals 2 Rakib HossainBashundhara KingsThird-place Yousef Mohammad Dhaka AbahaniFinal Anisur Rahman ZicoBashundhara Kings

See also

2022–23 Federation Cup (Bangladesh) 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League

References