Local Football in Bangladesh
Throughout history, football has been the most popular sport in
Bangladesh. Although it is under neglect from both the government and authorities
including the country’s football federation, known as Bangladesh Football Federation
(BFF). The federation is responsible for organising all club championships and
the professional league.
Compared to the past, the standard of Bangladeshi football
has not improved with the expectation due to mismanagement, lack of support and
poor investment.
The time before the 1990s saw national soccer fever in league football
specifically in the Dhaka League. In the 1940s, most prominent clubs were Dhaka Wanderers, Victoria SC, Wari Club, Mohammedan
SC, EP Gymkhana, Railways and
Fire service. The first Dhaka League was won by Bangladeshi Victoria SC in 1948. Bangladeshi
clubs such as BKSP
and Bangladesh Red played with success in international football tournaments
like Aga Khan Gold Cup, President Gold Cup, Dana Cup and Gothia Cup.
BKSP won the later
two in 1990 while Bangladesh Red were runners-up in the first President Gold
Cup in 1981 and won it in 1989.Clubs
Among a total of 4,100 clubs, the most renowned clubs today are namely Abahani Limited, Mohammedan SC, Muktijoddha SKS, Brothers Union and Sheikh Russel KC.Domestic tournaments
- Bangladesh League, formerly known as B.League, is the national pro league and the top-tier league in Bangladeshi football. Before that, the Dhaka League was the most renowned and top-tier football league.
- National Football Championship is the second-tier football league replaced by the pro league in 2007 as the top-tier league.
- Federation Cup is the top national cup competition.
- Super Cup is the highest budgeted football tournament organized by BFF.
Famous Former Players
- Kazi Salahuddin
- Salam Murshedi
- Ashrafuddin Chunnu
- Shahidur Rahman Shantu
- Abdul Karim Rahman Tajmul
- Jahidul Islam
- Imran Ahmed Abedin
- Hamzah Uddin Haque
- Sheikh Aslam
- Sayeed Hassan Kanan
- Yazid Miah Choudhury
- Syed Abdus Samad
- Kaiser Hamid
- Md Bakhtiar Uddin Khan
- Arif Khan Joy
- Sam Warren
Star Players
- Aminul Haque (Mohammedan SC)
- Md Bakhtiar Uddin Khan (Mohammedan SC)
- Mohammed Waly Faisal(Abahani Limited)
- Rajanti Kanta Barman (Muktijoddha SKS)
- Aziz Al-Arman (Muktijoddha SKS)
- Hassan Al Mamun (Muktijoddha SKS)
- Jahid Hasan Emily (Abahani Limited)
History
Bangladesh League is the top-tier association football league of Bangladesh
run by the country's football association. It was
previously known as the B.League that began in 2007 and in 2009 the
league was renamed to the current one. It marked the start of the professional
era and an open wide national league.
A national football
championship was first started in 2007, before that, the Dhaka
League was renowned as the top-tier football league in Bangladesh.In 2007, the winner of the Dhaka League and top club teams mainly from Dhaka and other parts of the country were promoted to the first pro league. The B.League replaced the National Football Championship as the premier national league. A total of 12 clubs were scheduled to participate.
With clubs playing professional football from all over the country and not from the capital only unlike the Dhaka League, the professional league even then failed to gain the popularity of the Dhaka League and to improve the country's football.
No second division league was introduced until in 2011 and this hampered the fate of the relegated teams. Clubs were selected from regional leagues especially from the Dhaka League and called up.
List of Champions:
Season
|
Club
|
P
|
W
|
D
|
L
|
GF
|
GA
|
Pts
|
2007
|
Dhaka
Abahani
|
20
|
14
|
5
|
1
|
36
|
8
|
47
|
2008-09
|
Dhaka
Abahani
|
20
|
16
|
2
|
2
|
45
|
11
|
50
|
2009-10
|
Dhaka
Abahani
|
24
|
22
|
1
|
1
|
63
|
8
|
67
|
2010-11
|
Sheikh
Jamal
|
22
|
15
|
6
|
1
|
42
|
12
|
51
|
2012
|
Dhaka
Abahani
|
20
|
13
|
6
|
1
|
42
|
15
|
45
|
Bangladesh League 2011-12 teams locations and stadiums
Club
|
Stadium
|
Location
|
Arambagh
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Brothers Union
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Dhaka
Abahani
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Dhaka Mohammedan
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Farashganj
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Feni Sokar Club
|
Bangladesh Army Stadium
|
Feni
|
Muktijoddha
Sangsad
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Rahmatganj
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Sheikh Jamal
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Sheikh Russell
|
Bangabandhu National Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Team BJMC
|
Tangail Stadium
|
Dhaka
|
Topscorers
Year
|
Top
scorer
|
Team
|
Goals
|
|
2004
|
  |
Saifur Rahman Moni
Twaiti Younes |
Muktijoddha Sangsad KC
Sheikh Russell |
7
|
2007
|
 |
Elijah Obagbemiro
Junior
|
Brothers Union
|
16
|
2009
|
|
Alamu Bukola Olalekan
|
Dhaka
Mohammedan
|
18
|
2012
|
 |
Ismael
Bangoura
|
Team BJMC
|
17
|
