Bashundhara Kings clinch maiden Federation Cup title

Title-aspirants Bashundhara Kings clinched their maiden title of Federation Cup Football Tournament by beating Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society 2-1 in the final of the thirty-first edition of the meet on Sunday.

The match started at 4:00 pm at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the capital.

Star-studded Bashundhara Kings reached final pulling down high flying Bangladesh Police Football Club by 3-0 goals in the second semifinal on Friday.

Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Champions started mission in the season’s curtain raiser soccer meet with an aim to bag their maiden Fed Cup title.

After beating lowly Brothers Union Limited by 1-0 goal in the first group match, Kings suffered a shocking 0-2 goals defeat against Chattogram Abahani Ltd in the second match.

But Kings bounced back on the race eliminating Group D Champions Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra by 4-1 goals in the tie-breaker of the nail-biting 4th and last quarterfinal as the match was locked in 1-1 draw in the stipulated time. Both sides failed to extend their margin in the extra time.

Last year, Bashundhara Kings bagged their maiden Bangladesh Premier League title securing 63 points, five points ahead of runners-up Dhaka Abahani, from 24 matches with twenty wins, three draws and one defeat while Rahmatganj MFS finished 10th in the thirteen-team meet securing 22 points from 24 matches with just four wins, ten draws and ten defeats.

The stats shows, Kings defeated lowly Rahmatganj in both home and away matches by 1-0 goal and 3-2 goals respectively.

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