Bangladesh Championship League

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Bangladesh Championship League
Bangladesh Championship League logo.png
Founded2012; 9 years ago (2012)
First season2012
CountryBangladesh
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12/14
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toBangladesh Premier League
Relegation toSenior Division Football League
Current championsSwadhinata KS
(2020–21)
Websitewww.bff.com.bd
Current: 2021 Bangladesh Championship League

Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) is the second-tier association football league of Bangladesh run by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It founded in 2012. The league is also known as TVS Championship League for sponsorship agreements from 2018–19.[1]

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.[2]

List of winners[]

Champions so far are:[2][3][4][5]

Season Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts
2012 12 5 5 2 14 11 3 20
2013 Chittagong Abahani 14 9 3 2 28 11 17 30
2014 Rahmatganj MFS 18 13 5 0 36 8 28 44
2015–16 Uttar Baridhara SC 14 7 6 1 18 9 9 27
2016 Fakirerpool Young Men's Club 14 7 6 1 15 8 7 27
2017 Bashundhara Kings 17 10 5 2 23 17 6 35
2018-19 Bangladesh Police FC 20 11 6 3 31 13 18 39
2019-20 League Cancelled 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Swadhinata KS 22 13 6 3 30 11 19 45

Performances by club[]

Performance in the Bangladesh Championship League by clubs

As of the end of 2020-21 season.

Club Winners Runners-up Years Won Years Runners-up
1 2012
Chittagong Abahani 1 2013
Uttar Baridhara SC 1 3 2015-16 2012, 2013, 2018-19
Rahmatganj MFS 1 2014
Farashganj SC 1 2014
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club 1 2016
Saif Sporting Club 1 2016
Bashundhara Kings 1 2017
NoFeL Sporting Club 1 2017
Bangladesh Police FC 1 2018-19
Arambagh KS 1 2015-16
Swadhinata KS 1 2020-21

Stats and players[]

Top Goalscorer[]

Year Player Club Goals
2017 Bangladesh NoFeL SC 12
2018-19 Bangladesh NoFeL SC 18
2019-20 League cancelled
2021 Bangladesh Ali Akbar Kanon Wari Club 13

Clubs and locations[]

Bangladesh Championship League is located in Bangladesh
Dhaka
Dhaka
Locations of teams in the 2017 Bangladesh Championship League

The following 11 clubs have competed in the Bangladesh Championship League during the 2018–19 season.

The venues for current season are:-

Sponsorship[]

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

Period Sponsors Type of Institute Notes References
2012-2014 Premier Bank Limited Bank At first season, Premier Bank Limited sponsored the title, Destiny Group was the co-sponsor of first season. [6][7]
2014-2015 Minister Freeze Electronics Premier Bank was named as a presenting sponsor while Pragati Insurance, Eastern Bank, Novo Air and Treasure Securities named as co-sponsors of the league. [8]
2015-2017 RB-Marcel Group Electronics They sponsored seasons: 2015/16 and 2017. [9][10]
2018-2019 International Sports Partner Distributor TVS brand is the 'title sponsor' as well as of BPL. [11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "BFF inks deal with ISP". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "Premier Bank remain with BCL". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-02-24. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  7. ^ সোমবার থেকে বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ. bangla.bdnews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Championship League logo unveiled". UNB. Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  9. ^ "MARCEL becomes title sponsor of BCL 2017". BFF. Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  10. ^ বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নস লিগের লোগো উন্মোচন. The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  11. ^ "Deal inked with ISP, new BPL title sponsor TVS". BFF. Archived from the original on 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2019-05-30.

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