2021 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2021 Independence Cup also known as Riviera Independence Cup 2021 due to the sponsorship from Riviera. It was the 11th edition of the Independence Cup, the main domestic annual top tier clubs football tournament organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). The fifteen participants were competed this edition in the tournament.

Dhaka Abahani is the defending champion, having defeated 3–0 goals Bashundhara Kings in the final of the tournament.

Participating teams
The following fifteen teams were contested in the tournament.

Venue
All matches was held at BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Draw
The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 23 November 2021 15:00 at 3rd floors of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka, Bangladesh. There are fifteen teams were divided into four groups. Top two team's from each group will through Knockout stage.

Match officials

 * Referees


 * Bitura Barua
 * Md Saymoon Hasan Sany
 * Md Jalaluddin
 * Md Anisur Rahman Sagor
 * Md Jasim Akter
 * Md Mizanur Rahman
 * Md Alamgir Sarkar
 * Md Shorab Hossain
 * GM Chowdhury Nayan
 * Mahmud Zamil Farouqee Nahid


 * Assistant Referees


 * Md Shah Alam
 * Sujoy Borua
 * Md Nuruzzaman
 * Junayed Sharif
 * Md Monir Dhali
 * Md Mahmudul Hasan Mamun
 * Sharifuzzaman Tipu
 * Mehedi Hasan Emon
 * Md Rasel Mia
 * Bayezid Mondol
 * Sheikh Iqbal Alam
 * Md Khorshed Islam
 * Sheikh Farid

Group stages
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.
 * Tiebreakers
 * 1) Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 * 2) Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 * 3) Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
 * 4) 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;
 * 5) Goal difference in all group matches;
 * 6) Goals scored in all group matches;
 * 7) Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
 * 8) 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);
 * 9) Drawing of lots.

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.

Own goals
† Bold Club indicates winner of the match