2023–24 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)

The 2023–24 Independence Cup, also known as the 2023 Independence Cup was the 13th edition of the Independence Cup. A total of 13 teams were contested in the final tournament.

Bashundhara Kings is the defending champion. They have won the title by beating Dhaka Mohammedan by 2−1 goals in the final on 18 December 2023.

Participating teams
The following thirteen teams were participated in the tournament.

Venues
Originally the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla was included as one of the host venues for the tournament, however, the district cricket league has prevented the Cumilla District Sports Association from lending the district stadium. Thus, instead of four, the tournament were held at three venues locations.

Draw
The draw ceremony were held on 23 October 2023 at 3rd floor of BFF house Motijheel, Dhaka. There are thirteen teams were divided into four groups. Top two team from each group will through in the Knockout stage.

Match officials

 * Referees


 * Jashim Akther ( † )
 * Md Alamgir Sarker ( † )
 * Md Anisur Rahman Sagor ( † )
 * Mahmud Zamil Farouqee Nahid ( † )
 * Md Mizanur Rahman
 * Golam Mourshed Chowdhury Nayan
 * Bituraj Barua
 * Md Jalal Uddin
 * Md Saymoon Hasan Sany
 * Bhubon Mohon Torafder


 * Assistant Referees


 * Md Nuruzzaman
 * Sujoy Barua
 * Rasel Mahmud
 * Bituraj Barua
 * Junayed Sharif
 * Md Mizanur Rahman
 * Shafiqul Islam Emon
 * Bikash Sarker
 * Md Mahmudul Hasan Mamun
 * Sheikh Iqbal Alam
 * Md Shah Alam
 * Sabuj Kumar Das
 * Md Shohrab Hossain
 * Monir Ahmed Dhali

( † ): working as both referee and assistant referee.

Play-off
All times at local (UTC+6)

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.

Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: