The 2020–21 season is Saif SC's 5th season since its establishment in 2016 and their 4th consecutive season in the Bangladesh Premier League after promoting in 2017.
On 16 March 2020, all sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until 31 March as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. So the beginning of this season was delayed.
Season review Pre-season Before the beginning of the season, Saif Sporting Club was looking forward to replacing their head coach, Drago Mamic, and renewing their contract with team captain Jamal Bhuyan. Saif was also interested to replace foreign players & some local youths. Jahongir Ergashev and Murolimzhon Akhmedov already left the club to join FK Khujand and FC Neftchi, respectively. On 24 September, it was announced that Emery Bayisenge was joining Rwandan club AS Kigali on a one-year loan deal from Saif SC. According to a Rwandan news publisher, the transfer fee was 12 million Rwandan francs.
On 29 October, managing director Nasiruddin Chowdhury confirmed that they were bringing Belgian coach Paul Put to replace Mamic.
On 31 October, Saif SC sent names of three players they want to let go for the 2020–21 season to BFF. The players were forward Mehebub Hasan Nayan & Kafsut Taius along with defender Nazmul Hossain Akondo.
On 11 November, the club officially announced the signing of Emmanuel Ariwachukwu, John Okoli, Kenneth Ikechukwu, and Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev.
On 29 November, Saif SC played a pre-season friendly with Bangladesh Police FC. The match was won 2–0 as Kenneth & John found the net.
Players Saif Sporting Club Limited squad for the 2020–21 season.
Transfers In PlayerTransferred fromFeeDateSource4MF Sirozhiddin Rakhmatullaev FK Mash'al MubarekFree transfer8FW John OkoliBandırmasporFree transfer15DF Emmanuel Ariwachukwu FK AndijonFree transfer32FW Kenneth Ikechukwu Göcmenköy IYSKFree transfer6MF Jamal Bhuyan Kolkata MohammedanEnd of loan
Out PlayerTransferred toFeeDateSource7FW Jafar Iqbal Dhaka Mohammedan৳150000 ($1780)9FW Fayia Kobba Jr.UnknownFree transfer11FW Mehebub Hasan Nayan Rahmatganj MFSFree transfer15MF Murolimzhon Akhmedov FC Neftchi Kochkor-AtaFree transfer1 August 202023MF Deiner CórdobaUnknownFree transfer25DF Nazmul Hossain Akondo Arambagh KSNovember 202062FW Jahongir Ergashev FK KhujandFree transfer18 July 202099FW Kafsut TaiusFree Agent -26DF Ariful Islam Sheikh Jamal DC৳5,00,000 ($5,900)–FW Shakib Bepary Dhaka Wanderers ClubFree transfer
Loans out PlayerTransferred toFeeStart dateEnd dateSource6MF Jamal Bhuyan Kolkata Mohammedannot disclosed5 November 2020–MF Emon Mollah Uttar Baridhara ClubFreeEnd of season8 A.S. Kigali$12,200End of season
Note : Italic names refer to the players who have transferred from the youth team.
Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions Overview
Federation Cup
Group stage Group B
Knockout phase
Premier League
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Statistics
Goals
RankPlayerPositionTotalBPLFederation CupIndependence Cup1 John OkoliMF1818002 Kenneth IkechukwuFW 1611503 Sazzad HossainMF 4310 Yeasin ArafatDF 4220 Foysal Ahmed FahimFW 4310 Maraz HossainFW 4310 Emmanuel AriwachukwuDF 42208 Arifur RahmanFW 31209 Sirozhiddin RakhmatullaevMF220010 Riyadul Hasan RafiDF1100 Jamal BhuyanMF1100Own goals2110Total6348150
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