The 2024–25 Federation Cup (also known as Bashundhara Group Federation Cup 2024–25 for sponsorship reasons) was the 36th edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual top-tier club football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation. It was played from 3 December 2024 to 29 April 2025. There were ten participants in the tournament.
Bashundhara Kings are the current champions having defeated Abahani Limited Dhaka in the final on 29 April 2025. They qualified for 2025–26 AFC Challenge League preliminary stage and the 2025 Bangladesh Challenge Cup.
Participating teams The following ten clubs were participated in the tournament. TeamAppearances Previous best performanceBangladesh Police Runners-up (1975)Bashundhara Kings Champions (2019–20, 2020–21, 2023–24)Brothers Union Champions (1980, 1991, 2005)Chittagong Abahani Runners-up (2017)Dhaka Abahani Champions (1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021–22)Mohammedan SC Champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2022–23)Fortis FC Group stages (2022–23)Rahmatganj MFS Runners-up (2019–20, 2021–22)Dhaka Wanderers 2ndRunners-up (1987)Fakirerpool YMC 1st TBC
Venues The matches were played at these three venues across the country.
ComillaDhakaMymensinghShaheed Dhirendranath Datta StadiumBashundhara Kings ArenaRafiq Uddin Bhuiyan StadiumCapacity: 18,000
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.
Group summary Group AGroup BBashundhara KingsDhaka MohammedanBangladesh PoliceDhaka AbahaniFortis FCChittagong AbahaniBrothers UnionRahmatganj MFSDhaka WanderersFakirerpool YMC
Round Matches Dates PhaseDateGroup stages3 December 2024 – 4 February 2025QRF8 –15 April 2025Final22 and 29 April 2025
Match officials The following officials were chosen for the competition. Referees
Mahaud Zamal Farooque Nahid Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayon Saymoon Hasan Sany Md Jalal Uddin Bituraj Barua Sabuj Kumar Das SM Jasim Akhter Md Alamgir Sarker Md Nazmul Huda Taposh Roy Anisur Rahman Sagor Md Nasir Uddin Md Abul Kalam Rumon Bhubon Mohon Tarofder
Assistant Referees Mahmud Hasan Mamun Sujoy Barua Md Khorshed Alam Md Shah Alam Md Nuruzzaman Sharifuzzaman Tipu Rasel Mahmud Sheikh Iqbal Alam Robin Khan Bikash Sarker Md Tarikul Islam Md Nafiz Sarkar Bayezid Mondol Md Monir Ahmmad Dhali Ahmed Rafshan Jani
Group stages Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners will qualify for QRF 1.Group runners-ups will advance to QRF 2. TiebreakersThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
Points obtained in all group matches: Head to head result. Goal difference in all group matches; Number of goals scored in all group matches.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stages
Round dates and venues All matches were played at neutral venues. RoundDateVenuesQRF 1 8 April 2025Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium, CumillaQRF 2Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium, MymensinghQRF 315 April 2025Bashundhara Kings Arena, DhakaFinal22 and 29 April 2025Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium, Mymensingh
Bracket
Matches
Final
Winners 36th Federation Cup (Bangladesh) 2024–25 WinnersBashundhara KingsFourth Titles
Statistics Goalscorers
Own goals † Bold Club indicates winner of the match Player Club Opponent Result Date 0–5
Hat-tricks † Bold Club indicates winner of the match Player For Against Result Date Ref 8–0 Brothers Union Dhaka Wanderers 8–0 6–0
Individual awards Man of the match
Group stage † Bold club indicates winner of the match Group Match no. Player Club Opponent1A 1 Topu Barman Bashundhara Kings Brothers Union 2 Rakibul Islam Tushar Fortis FC 2B 3 Mohammad Ibrahim Dhaka Abahani Chittagong Abahani 4 Rajon Howladar Rahmatganj MFS Mohammedan SC3A 5 Fortis FC Bashundhara Kings 6 Sazzad Hossain Brothers Union Dhaka Wanderers4B 7 Raju Ahmed Dhaka Mohammedan Chittagong Abahani 8 Nabib Newaj Jibon Rahmatganj MFS Fakirerpool YMC5A 9 Miguel Figueira Bashundhara Kings 10 Joy Kumar Fortis FC Dhaka Wanderers6B 11 Shanto Tudo Fakirerpool YMC Chittagong Abahani 12 Mohammad Ibrahim (2) Dhaka Abahani Dhaka Mohammedan7A 13 Ashraful Islam Rana Brothers Union Fortis FC 14 Mannaf Rabby Bangladesh Police Dhaka Wanderers8B 15 Mahdi Yusuf Khan Dhaka Abahani Fakirerpool YMC 16 Mostafa Kahraba Rahmatganj MFS Chittagong Abahani9A 17 Topu Barman (2) Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Wanderers 18 Bangladesh Police FC Brothers Union 10B 19 Mohammad Ridoy Dhaka Abahani Rahmatganj MFS 20 Moinul Islam Moin Dhaka Mohammedan Fakirerpool YMC
Knockout stage Round Match no. Player Club Opponent QRF 1 21 Mitul Marma QRF 2 22 Brothers Union QRF 3 23 Md Saad Uddin Final 24
Best Player Awards
Best PlayerTop GoalscorerBest GoalkeeperFair Play Award Topu Barman() 7 players Mitul Marma()
See also 2024 Bangladesh Challenge Cup 2024–25 Bangladesh Premier League
Notes
References
External links 2024–25 Federation Cup at Footystats 2024–25 Federation Cup at Soccerway 2024–25 Federation Cup at Sofascore 2024–25 Federation Cup at Flashscore