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.^[1][2]

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2023–24 Federation Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Bangladesh
City	3
Dates	26 December 2023 –22 May 2024
Teams	10
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bashundhara Kings (3rd title)
Runners-up	Mohammedan SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	61 (3.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Washington Brandão (Abahani Limited Dhaka) (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Robson Azevedo (Bashundhara Kings)
Best goalkeeper	Mehedi Hasan Srabon (Bashundhara Kings)
Fair play award	Abahani Limited Dhaka
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Bashundhara Kings is the defending champions having defeated Mohammedan SC by 2–1 goals in the final on 22 May 2024.^[3]

The following eleven teams will take part in the tournament.

The matches are being played following these four venues.

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Munshigonj	Mymensingh
Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium	Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 15,000
Munshigonj Mymensingh Gopalganj Dhaka Location of the stadiums of 2023–24 Federation Cup (Bangladesh)
Gopalganj	Dhaka
Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium	Bashundhara Kings Arena
Capacity: 5,000	Capacity: 14,000

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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.^[4]

Referees

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

(†): working as both referee and assistant

Tiebreakers

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.

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.

• 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.

• 2023–24 Independence Cup (Bangladesh)