Dhaka, March 10: As a result of winning the 'Bangladesh Premier League 2015-16', Dhaka Abahani Limited has booked a place to compete in the upcoming AFC Cup 2017.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) organizes this tournament every year comprising of the latest league winners of every Asian nation.

In this edition of the tournament, 36 clubs have been divided into 9 groups, each consisting of 4 teams.

The teams have been divided into 5 zones: West, Central, South, East and ASEAN.

Among the 9 groups, 6 are from West and ASEAN zone combined  and the other three zones have one group each.

Dhaka Abahani Limited have been included in E Group of South Asia Zone.

The other teams in this group are JSW Bengaluru FC (India), Mohun Bagan AC (India) and Maziya Sports and Recreation Club (Maldives).

In the group phase, each team will play every other team in home and away basis in league format.

Therefore, every team will have to play 6 games each - 3 home and 3 away matches. 3 points will be awarded to the winning team and 0 to the losing team whereas the teams will get 1 point each in case of a draw.

A the end of the group phase, the 'group champion' team will then compete in the inter-zonal semi-final.

The match schedule of Dhaka Abahani Limited is as follows:

14.03.2017 - Dhaka Abahani Ltd. Vs Maziya Sports and RC, 6:10 pm at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

04.04.2017 - Mohun Bagan AC Vs Dhaka Abahani Ltd., 7:00 pm at Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata

18.04.2017 - Bengaluru FC Vs Dhaka Abahani Ltd., 7:00 pm at Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru

03.05.2017 - Dhaka Abahani Ltd. Vs Bengaluru FC, 6:10 pm at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

17.05.2017 - Maziya Sports and RC Vs Dhaka Abahani Ltd., 4:00 pm at National Stadium, Malé

31.05.2017 - Dhaka Abahani Ltd. Vs Mohun Bagan AC, 7:45 pm at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

The match tickets have already been printed as per AFC instructions. Gate no. 1 of Bangabandhu National Stadium will be exclusively reserved for the invited guests. No tickets will be required to enter through it.

The prices of the VIP seats of gate no. 2 is Tk 100 and of gate no. 3 is Tk 150.

However, spectators will be able to enjoy the match from the East and West gallery with a 50 taka ticket.

Tickets will be available at the club office in Dhanmondi, at the BFF House and at the stadium's ticket counters a day before the matches.

As no one will be allowed to enter the stadium without tickets for security reasons, interested students are asked to collect complementary tickets from the club office in advance by showing their ID cards.

Dhaka Abahani Limited are ready and prepared for a successful campaign in this edition of the tournament. They are hopeful of doing well and bringing glory for themselves as well as the nation.