Bangladesh Super League

Bangladesh Super League

Founded	18 January 2016
Country	Bangladesh
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	8
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	None
Domestic cup(s)	None
International cup(s)	None
TV partners	BTV

Bangladesh Super League (BSL) was a planned professional football league, sanctioned by Bangladesh Football Federation, that was meant to represented the sport's highest level in Bangladesh. The league was inaugurated by Bangladesh Football Federation on 18 January 2016. The league was to be contested by eight clubs, with the first season scheduled for 2017.

The tournament was cancelled due to few stadiums and problems with infrastructure.^{[citation needed]}

Foundation[]

On 18 January 2016, the Bangladesh Football Federation entered a 15-year deal with Saif Powertech and Celebrity Management Group. The 70-crores deal gave Powertech-CMG exclusive commercial rights to sponsorship, advertising, broadcasting, merchandising, video, franchising and rights to create a new football league.

The league will get technical assistance from Bangladesh Football Federation, which is in talks with Union of European Football Associations and South American Football Confederation for assistance with foreign coaches and management staff. Each team will have minimum five foreign players in playing eleven.

Teams[]

Chittagong, Rangpur, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Mymensingh.

Location	City	Stadium	Capacity
Proposed Teams
Barisal Kepler Chittagong Dhaka Sylhet Khulna Rajshahi Mymensingh Locations of the proposed teams	Chittagong	Cantonment Stadium, Cox's Bazar M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong	100,000 22,000
	Dhaka	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Purbachal International Arena, Purbachal Bir Shreshtha Mustafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka	36,000 70,000 25,000
	Sylhet	Sylhet Divisional Stadium, Sylhet Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet	22,000 18,000
	Mymensingh	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	36,000
	Barisal
	Khulna
	Rajshahi
	Rangpur

Rights holder[]

Saif Powertec Ltd. along with CMG have already bought the tournament rights for 15 years.^[1]

Logo[]

On 28 February 2016, the BSL logo was unveiled at a grand ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.^[2]

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