Dhaka Abahani finish runners-up in BPL Football

May 28, 2025

UNB, Dhaka:

Six-time champions Dhaka Abahani Limited finished runners up in the 10-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Brothers Union Club 3-0 at Martyr Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla on Tuesday.

Local defender Asaduzzaman Bablu scored the first goal for the sky- blue Dhanmondi outfit Abahani in the 24th minute (1-0), Brazilian midfielder Raphael Augusto doubled the margin in the 51st minute (2-0) while local forward Mirajul Islam sealed the fate of the match scoring the 3rd goal for Abahani in the 86th minute (3-0).

In the day’s other match, coming from behind, last time champions Bashundhara Kings became 3rd in the league beating Dhaka Wanderers Club by 5-3 goals at their home ground of Bashundhara Kings Arena on Tuesday afternoon.

Striker Shekh Morsalin made a hat-trick for the Kings scoring three goals in the 42nd, 45+4th and 66th minutes, while forward Rakib Hossain and Mohammad Hossen Rahul scored one goal each for the Kings.

Midfielder Mohammad Sadik Ahmed, Shahinul Islam Sumon and Manjurul Karim scored one each for the relegated side Dhaka Wanderers Club in the 8th, 49th and 90+4 minutes respectively.

In the day’s other match, ride on a hat-trick hy Malian booter Souleymane Diabate, Dhaka Mohammedan SC, which clinched the first-ever BPL crown with three matches spare earlier, outplayed Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool by 6-1 goals at the Shaheed Barkat Stadium in Gazipur Tuesday afternoon.

Souleymane Diabate made a hattrick scoring five goals in the 5th, 23rd, 39th ,71st and 90th minutes while Sourav Dewan netted the other goal for the traditional black and whites Mohammedan in the 81st minute
R Tudu scored the consolation goal for the Youngmen’s Club Fakirerpool in the 86th minute..
In the day’s remaining match, coming from behind, Rahmatganj MFS finished 4th in the league outplaying Bangladesh Police FC by 4-1 goals at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Tuesday featuring a hat-trick by Ghana booter Samuel Boateng.