2023–24 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2023–24 Federation Cup (also known as ABG Bashundhara Federation Cup 2023–24 for sponsorship reasons) was the 35th edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual top-tier club football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). Ten participants were participated in the tournament. It was played from 26 December 2023 to 22 May 2024.

Bashundhara Kings is the defending champions having defeated Mohammedan SC by 2–1 goals in the final on 22 May 2024.

Participating teams
The following eleven teams will take part in the tournament.

Venues
The matches were being played following these four venues.

Draw
The draw ceremony were held on 13 December 2023 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are ten team was divided into three groups. Top two team from each group and two best third-placed teams were through in the Knockout stage.

Match officials

 * Referees


 * Md Mizanur Rahman
 * Md Anisur Rahman Sagor
 * Md Nasir Uddin
 * Jashim Akther
 * Bituraj Barua
 * Md Alamgir Sarker ( † )
 * Sabuj Das
 * Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayon
 * Jasim Akhter
 * Saymoon Hasan Sany ( † )

( † ): working as both referee and assistant
 * Assistant Referees
 * Bikash Sarker
 * Md Khorshed Islam
 * Sharifuzzaman Tipu
 * Md Nazmul Huda
 * Mehedi Hasan Emon
 * Sujoy Barua
 * Md Monir Ahmmad Dhali
 * Md Nuruzzaman
 * Jashim Akter ( † )
 * Md Kamruzzaman
 * Md Alamgir Sarker

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.

Ranking of third-placed teams
Due to groups having different numbers of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups are considered null and void for this ranking.

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.

Goalscorers

 * 5 Goals
 * 🇧🇷 Washington Brandão (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
 * 4 Goals
 * Cornelius Stewart (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
 * 🇳🇬 Sunday Emmanuel (Mohammedan SC)
 * 3 Goals
 * Jafar Iqbal (Mohammedan SC)
 * 2 Goals
 * 🇺🇿 Muzaffar Muzaffarov (Mohammedan SC)
 * 🇧🇷 Dorielton Gomes (Bashundhara Kings)
 * Shakil Ali (Chittagong Abahani)
 * Foysal Ahmed Fahim (Sheikh Jamal DC)
 * 🇳🇬 Stanley Dimgba (Sheikh Jamal DC)
 * Pa Omar Babou (Fortis FC)
 * 🇨🇴 Edis Ibargüen García (Bangladesh Police FC)
 * Syed Shah Quazem Kirmane (Bangladesh Police FC)
 * 1 Goal
 * 🇧🇷 Miguel Figueira (Bashundhara Kings)
 * 🇳🇬 Abu Azeez (Chittagong Abahani)
 * Amiruzzaman Saymon (Chittagong Abahani)
 * Mohammad Abdullah (Sheikh Jamal DC)
 * Sazzad Hossain (Sheikh Jamal DC)
 * Shahriar Emon (Mohammedan SC)
 * Sourav Dewan (Mohammedan SC)
 * Nabib Newaj Jibon (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
 * 🇧🇷 Bruninho Goncalves Rocha (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
 * 🇧🇷 Jonathan Fernandes (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
 * 🇳🇬 Emeka Ogbugh (Abahani Limited Dhaka)
 * Jahid Hasan (Bashundhara Kings)
 * Sohel Rana (Bashundhara Kings)
 * 🇳🇬 Mfon Udoh (Bashundhara Kings)
 * 🇺🇿 Asror Gafurov (Bashundhara Kings)
 * 🇧🇷 Robinho Azevedo (Bashundhara Kings)
 * Mohammad Ibrahim (Bashundhara Kings)
 * 🇺🇿 Otabek Valizhonov (Brothers Union)
 * Sajed Hasan Jummon Nijum (Fortis FC)
 * Amir Hakim Bappy (Fortis FC)
 * 🇬🇭 Ernest Boateng (Rahmatganj MFS)
 * Dawda Ceesay (Rahmatganj MFS)
 * 🇬🇭 Samuel Mensah Konney (Rahmatganj MFS)
 * Sekou Sylla (Sheikh Russel KC)
 * 🇧🇮 Landry Ndikumana (Sheikh Russel KC)
 * Sahed Miah (Bangladesh Police FC)
 * 🇺🇿 Javokhir Sokhibov (Bangladesh Police FC)
 * 🇺🇿 Abdullaev Azamat (Bangladesh Police FC)
 * 🇺🇿 Akhrorbek Uktamov (Bangladesh Police FC)

Hat-tricks
† Bold Club indicates winner of the match

Man of the match

 * Washington Brandão won the most Man of the match awards.(3)

† Bold club indicates winner of the match


 * Group Stage


 * Knockout Stage