2023–24 Fortis FC season

Fortis FC
2023–24 season
Owner	Fortis Group
President	Md Shahin Hasan
Head coach	Masud Parvez Kaisar
Stadium	Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium
Bangladesh Premier League	TBD
Federation Cup	TBD
Independence Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Valeriy Gryshyn (5 goals); All: Valeriy Gryshyn ; Pa Omar Babou ; (5 goals)
Biggest win	3–1 v Sheikh Russel KC; (Neutral); 23 January 2023; (Federation Cup)
Biggest defeat	1–3 v Bashundhara Kings; (Neutral); 12 January 2023; (Premier League)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →
	All statistics correct as of 24 February 2024.

The 2023–24 season was Fortis FC's 4th season since its establishment in 2020 and their 2nd season in the Bangladesh Premier League.^[1]^[2]^[3] They achieved promotion to the Bangladesh Premier league after being crowned the 2021–22 Bangladesh Championship League title.^[4]^[5] In addition to domestic league, Fortis FC was participated on this season's edition of Federation Cup and Independence Cup. The season covered the period from 1 August 2023 to 22 July 2024.^[6]

Players[edit]

As of 23 December 2023

No.	Player	Position(s)	Date Of Birth	Year Signed	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Azad Hossain	GK	(1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 (age 25)	2022	Chittagong Abahani Limited
22	Shanto Kumar Roy	GK	(2003-09-02) 2 September 2003 (age 20)	2022	Saif Sporting Club
25	Omar Faruk Linkon	GK	(1997-01-25) 25 January 1997 (age 27)	2023	Rahmatganj MFS
30	Md Antor Ali	GK		2023	Fortis Academy
Defenders
2	Abdullah Omar Sajib	CB	(1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 29)	2020
3	Saddam Hossain Anny	LB	(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 33)	2023	Rahmatganj MFS
4	Sabuz Hossain	CB	(2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 21)	2022	Saif Sporting Club
5	Jasur Jumaev	CB	(2000-01-16) 16 January 2000 (age 24)	2023	Xorazm Urganch
6	Mojammel Hossain Nira	RB	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 25)	2022	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
12	Noyon Mia	RB	(1999-02-06) 6 February 1999 (age 25)	2023	Rahmatganj MFS
13	Salim Reza	CB	(1993-08-10) 10 August 1993 (age 30)	2023	Sheikh Russel KC
16	Rashedul Islam Rashed	LB	(1990-01-15) 15 January 1990 (age 34)	2023	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
24	Kamacai Marma Aky	CB		2023	Fortis Academy
Midfielders
8	Mamunul Islam	CM	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988 (age 35)	2022	Rahmatganj MFS
14	Imtiaz Sultan Jitu	CM	(1990-02-10) 10 February 1990 (age 34)	2023	Abahani Limited Dhaka
15	Md Roman	AM	(1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 27)	2023	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
20	Mazharul Islam Sourav	DM	(1990-01-01) 1 January 1990 (age 34)	2022	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi
21	Farhad Mona	DM	(2002-06-24) 24 June 2002 (age 21)	2023	Chittagong Abahani Limited
23	Didarul Alam	AM/LM	(1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 28)	2022	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
28	Mostajeb Khan	CM	(2000-04-04) 4 April 2000 (age 24)	2020	Chittagong Abahani Limited
29	Shantu Das	DM		2023	Uttara FC
Forwards
7	Borhan Uddin	RW	(2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 22)	2020	Tongi Krira Chakra
9	Amir Hakim Bappy	RW	(2001-03-11) 11 March 2001 (age 23)	2023	Mohammedan SC
10	Pa Omar Babou	FW	(1998-10-01) 1 October 1998 (age 25)	2023	SCC Mohammédia
11	Shakhawat Hossain Rony	CF	(1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 32)	2022	Chittagong Abahani Limited
17	Valeriy Gryshyn	RW/LW/AM	(1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 29)	2023	Phnom Penh Crown FC
19	Arman Foysal Akash	CF/AM	(2004-01-13) 13 January 2004 (age 20)	2023	AFC Uttara
26	Rahmat Ullah Jisan	CF	(2005-06-03) 3 June 2005 (age 18)	2023	Fortis Academy
27	Joseph Nur Rahman	CF/RW	(1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 37)	2023	Fortis FC
31	Omar Sarr	CF		2023

Friendlies[edit]

Pre-season[edit]

10 October 2023 (2023-10-10)	Fortis FC	4–1	Bangladesh Navy	Badda, Dhaka
19:00 UTC+6				Stadium: Frotis Sports Ground

Mid-season[edit]

26 November 2023 (2023-11-26)	Fortis FC	1–4	Sheikh Jamal DC	Dhaka
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Gryshyn 41'	Report	Sazzad 45' Bladimir 48' Stanley 59' Al Amin 80'	Stadium: Fortis Training Ground

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Player	From	Fee	Source
29 July 2023	FW	12	Amir Hakim Bappy	Mohammedan SC	Free	^[6]
October 2023	FW	19	Arman Foysal Akash	AFC Uttara	Free
October 2023	MF	29	Shantu Das	Uttara FC	Free
October 2023	DF	16	Rashedul Islam Rashed	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Free
October 2023	GK	25	Omar Faruk Linkon	Rahmatganj MFS	Free
October 2023	DF	13	Salim Reza	Sheikh Russel KC	Free
October 2023	MF	14	Imtiaz Sultan Jitu	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Free
October 2023	MF	15	Md Roman	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Free
October 2023	MF	21	Farhad Mona	Chittagong Abahani Limited	Free
October 2023	DF	3	Saddam Hossain Anny	Rahmatganj MFS	Free
October 2023	FW	29	Joseph Nur Rahman	Free Agent	Free
October 2023	DF	5	Jasur Jumaev	Xorazm Urganch	Free
October 2023	FW	17	Valeriy Gryshyn	Phnom Penh Crown FC	Free
October 2023	FW	31	Omar Sarr	Free Agent	Free
October 2023	FW	26	Rahmat Ullah Jisan	Fortis FC Academy	Promoted
October 2023	GK	30	Md Antor Ali	Fortis FC Academy	Promoted
October 2023	DF	24	Kamacai Marma Aky	Fortis FC Academy	Promoted

Loans in[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Date	On loan until	Source
18	MF	Sajed Hasan Jummon Nijum	BFF Elite Academy	Tk 7.25 lakh	26 August 2023	23 July 2024	^[7]

Transfers out[edit]

Date	Position	No.	Player	Moved to	Fee	Source
1 September 2023	DF	4	Danilo Quipapá	Free Agent	Released

Loans out[edit]

No.	Position	Player	Loaned to	Fee	Date	On loan until	Ref.
4	MF	Danilo Quipapá	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Free	1 August 2023	31 August 2023	^[8]

Competitions[edit]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Overall[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Final Position
BPL	22 December 2023	TBD
Federation Cup	26 December 2023	TBD
Independence Cup	31 October 2023	4 November 2023	Group stage

Overview[edit]

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
BPL	9	3	3	3	11	11	+0	033.33
Independence Cup	2	0	0	2	1	1	+0	000.00
Federation Cup	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Total	13	4	3	6	15	14	+1	030.77

Last updated: 24 February 2024
Source: Competitions

Premier League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Bangladesh Police FC	13	5	3	5	15	14	+1	18
5	Chittagong Abahani	13	4	4	5	17	21	−4	16
6	Fortis FC	13	4	4	5	14	18	−4	16
7	Sheikh Jamal DC	13	4	3	6	11	16	−5	15
8	Sheikh Russel KC	13	2	5	6	12	16	−4	11

Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	3	3	3	12	10	+2	12	2	2	1	8	6	+2	1	1	2	4	4	0

Last updated: 24 February 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	W
Position	7	5	8	6	7	6	8	7	5

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2024. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches[edit]

22 December 2023 (2023-12-22) 1	Fortis FC	1–2	Mohammedan SC	Rajshahi
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Jumaev 15' Sarr 43'	Report	Emon 13' Muzaffarov 29' Emmanuel 90'	Stadium: Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium Referee: Sabuj Kumar Das

30 December 2023 (2023-12-30) 2	Fortis FC	1–0	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Rajshahi
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Valeriy 37' Rashedul 67' Bappy 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium Referee: Bhubon Mohon Tarafder

12 January 2024 (2024-01-12) 3	Bashundhara Kings	3–1	Fortis FC	Dhaka
17:00 BST (UTC+6)	Rakib 9' Dori 21' 27' Rimon 77'	Report	Tariq 13' (o.g.)	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Mohammed Jalal Uddin

19 January 2023 (2023-01-19) 4	Fortis FC	2–2	Rahmatganj MFS	Rajshahi
14:45 BST (UTC+6)	Jumaev 22' Valeriy 68' Roy 71' Babou 82' (pen.)	Report	Ceesay 31' Boateng 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium Referee: Md Mizanur Rahman

27 January 2023 (2023-01-27) 5	Sheikh Russel KC	0–0	Fortis FC	Dhaka
14:45 BST (UTC+6)	Emon 36' Monir 51' Chandon 69'	Report	Babou 36' Farhad 43' Jumaev 46' Noyon 90'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Sobus Kumar Das

3 February 2023 (2023-02-03) 6	Fortis FC	2–2	Brothers Union	Rajshahi
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Babou 41' (pen.) Roman 53' Valeriy 78'	Report	Rahul 8' Monir 52' Otabek 63' Sufil 69'	Stadium: Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium Referee: Bhubon Mohon Tarafder

10 February 2023 (2023-02-10) 7	Sheikh Jamal DC	1–0	Fortis FC	Gopalganj
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Kholmatov 49' Sazzad 59' Fahim 63' Fahad 83' 90+3'	Report	Rashed 41' Farhad 48' Babou 83'	Stadium: Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium Referee: Md Mizanur Rahman

16 February 2023 (2023-02-16) 8	Fortis FC	2–1	Bangladesh Police	Rajshahi
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Omar 45+1' Pa Omar 51' Sourav 61' Valeriy 90+4'	Report	Morillo 80'	Stadium: Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium Referee: Md Nasir Uddin

24 February 2024 (2024-02-24) 9	Chittagong Abahani	0–2	Fortis FC	Munshigonj
15:00 BST (UTC+6)	Muritala 63'	Report	Farhad 28' Sabuz 46' Jumayev 64' Muritala 76' (o.g.) Sarr 82'	Stadium: Bir Sreshtho Fl. Lt. Matiur Rahman Stadium Referee: Mohammed Jalal Uddin

Independence Cup[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	D	GF	GA	Pts	Qualification
1	Mohammedan SC	2	2	3	3	2	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Bangladesh Army	2	2	2	2	2	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Fortis FC	2	2	1	1	2

Source: GSA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) 1	Fortis FC	0–0	Bangladesh Army	Dhaka
14:30 BST (UTC+6)		Report	Imran 50'	Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena Referee: Bituraj Barua

4 November 2023 (2023-11-04) 2	Fortis FC	1–1	Mohammedan SC	Munshiganj
14:30 BST (UTC+6)	Gryshyn 30' Farhad 75'	Report	Arif 45+2' Minhajul 74'	Stadium: Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium Referee: Bhubon Mohon Torafder

Federation Cup[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bashundhara Kings	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Fortis FC	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3	Advance to Knockout stage
3	Sheikh Russel KC	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Qualified as a best third place team to knockout stage

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: Group stages tiebreakers

26 December 2023 (2023-12-26) 1	Bashundhara Kings	1–0	Fortis FC	Gopalganj
14:00 BST (UTC+6)	Dorielton 11'	Report		Stadium: Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium Referee: Md Anisur Rahman Sagor

23 January 2024 (2024-01-23) 2	Sheikh Russel KC	1–3	Fortis FC	Munshigonj
14:45 BST (UTC+6)	Landry 69'	Report	Babou 10' (pen.), 72' Bappy 51'	Stadium: Shaheed Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium Referee: Md Alamgir Sarker

Knockout stages[edit]

30 March 2024 (2024-03-30) 3	Fortis FC	v	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Dhaka
:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	BPL	Federation Cup	Independence Cup	Total
1	17	FW	Valeriy Gryshyn	4	0	1	5
1	10	FW	Pa Omar Babou	3	2	0	5
2	31	FW	Omar Sarr	2	0	0	2
3	12	FW	Amir Hakim Bappy	0	1	0	1
Own goals (from the opponents)				2	0	0	2
Total				11	3	1	15

Last updated: 24 February 2024
Source: Matches

References[edit]

^ "Fortis FC Ltd – Soccer – Team Profile – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ "কমলাপুরে ফর্টিসের উৎসব". Bangla Tribune. 2 June 2022.
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^ "বিসিএলের শিরোপা উল্লাস সেরে বিপিএলের পথে ফর্টিস!". offsidebangladesh.com. June 11, 2022.
^ "বিপিএল নিশ্চিত করলো ফর্টিস!". offsidebangladesh.com. June 2, 2022.
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^ "বাফুফের নিলামে সর্বোচ্চ ১৩ লাখে বসুন্ধরা কিংসের ঘরে গোলকিপার আসিফ". Prothomalo. August 26, 2023. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023.
^ "ধারে বিদেশি ফুটবলার খুঁজছে আবাহনী". SAMAKAL. 28 July 2023.

[1] "Fortis FC Ltd – Soccer – Team Profile – Results, fixtures, squad, statistics – Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2023-01-03.

[2] "কমলাপুরে ফর্টিসের উৎসব". Bangla Tribune. 2 June 2022.

[3] "Fortis FC post win in BCL". BSS. 27 May 2022.

[4] "বিসিএলের শিরোপা উল্লাস সেরে বিপিএলের পথে ফর্টিস!". offsidebangladesh.com. June 11, 2022.

[5] "বিপিএল নিশ্চিত করলো ফর্টিস!". offsidebangladesh.com. June 2, 2022.

[transfers1-6] "দলবদলের উত্তাপ ক্লাব ফুটবলে". SAMAKAL. 24 July 2023.

[7] "বাফুফের নিলামে সর্বোচ্চ ১৩ লাখে বসুন্ধরা কিংসের ঘরে গোলকিপার আসিফ". Prothomalo. August 26, 2023. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023.

[8] "ধারে বিদেশি ফুটবলার খুঁজছে আবাহনী". SAMAKAL. 28 July 2023.

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