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Bangladesh Championship League

Founded	2012; 12 years ago (2012)
First season	2012
Country	Bangladesh
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	11
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Bangladesh Premier League
Relegation to	Senior Division Football League
Current champions	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club (2023–24)
Website	bff.com.bd
Current: 2023–24 Bangladesh Championship League

Bangladesh Championship League (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ), simply known as the BCL and officially ABG Bashundhara Bangladesh Championship League since 2023 for sponsorship reasons, is the second-tier professional football league of Bangladesh run by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It was founded in 2012.

History

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) introduced the country's first professional football league in 2007. The 2nd tier professional league began with the 2012 season of Premier League. BFF introduced the second-tier league in 2012 as season 5 of Premier League was commencing.

List of winners

Champions so far are:

Performances by club

Performance in the Bangladesh Championship League by clubs

As of the end of 2023–24 season.

Stats and players

Top Goalscorer

Year	Player	Club	Goals
2012	Toufiq Hasan Gofur	Agrani Bank SC	12
2013	Nabib Newaj Jibon	Uttar Baridhara SC	12
2014	Nurul Absar	Rahmatganj MFS	11
2014–15	Mohammed Palash	Arambagh KS	7
2015–16	Arifur Rahman	Victoria SC	6
2017	Ariful Islam	NoFeL SC	12
2018–19	Amirul Islam	Bangladesh Police FC	18
2019–20	League cancelled
2020–21	Ali Akbar Kanon	Wari Club	13
2021–22	Moinul Islam Moin	Uttara FC	18
2022–23	Mirajul Islam	BFF Elite Football Academy	19
2023–24	Rafayel Tudu	Fakirerpool YMC	12

Clubs and locations

The following 8 clubs have competed in the Bangladesh Championship League during the 2023–24 season.

• PWD Sports Club
• Farashganj Sporting Club
• BFF Elite Football Academy
• Dhaka Wanderers Club
• Fakirerpool Young Men's Club
• NoFeL Sporting Club
• Uttara FC
• Wari Club

The venues for the current season are:-

• Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka

Sponsorship

Here is the list of sponsors of BCL since its inception:

See also

• Bangladesh Premier League
• Federation Cup
• Sport in Bangladesh
• Football in Bangladesh
• Cricket in Bangladesh

References

1. "Bashundhara Group's ABG Limited to support National Women's Football Team". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 2024-02-25.
2. ^ "BCL 2012 points table". BFF. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
3. "BCL 2013 points table". BFF. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
4. "BCL 2014 points table". BFF. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
5. "Marcel Bangladesh Championship League 2017 Standings". BFF. Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
6. "BFF cancels football season". The Daily Star. 17 May 2020.
7. "Premier Bank remain with BCL". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
8. সোমবার থেকে বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ. bangla.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
9. "Bangladesh Championship League logo unveiled". UNB. Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
10. "MARCEL becomes title sponsor of BCL 2017". BFF. Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
11. বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নস লিগের লোগো উন্মোচন. The Daily Ittefaq. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
12. "Deal inked with ISP, new BPL title sponsor TVS". BFF. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-05-30.

External links

• Bangladesh Football Federation – official website (archived)

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