Bangladesh Championship League

Bangladesh Championship League (abbr. BCL; Bengali: বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ) is the second-tier professional football league of Bangladesh run by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It was founded in 2012. The league is also known as TVS Championship League for sponsorship agreements from 2018–19.[1]

Bangladesh Championship League
Founded2012 (2012)
First season2012
CountryBangladesh Bangladesh
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams12/14
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toBangladesh Premier League
Relegation toSenior Division Football League
Current championsBrothers Union
(2022–23)
Websitebff.com.bd
Current: 2022–23 Bangladesh Championship League
Seasons

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
2012Cox City Sporting Club125521411320
2013Chittagong Abahani1493228111730
2014Rahmatganj MFS1813503682844
2014–15Uttar Baridhara SC14761189927
2016Fakirerpool Young Men's Club14761158727
2017Bashundhara Kings1710522317635
2018-19Bangladesh Police FC20116331131839
2019-20

Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh[6]

2021 Swadhinata KS22136330111945
2021–22 Fortis FC2213812992047
2022–23 Brothers Union2016313062451

Performances by club

Performance in the Bangladesh Championship League by clubs

As of the end of 2021-22 season.

Club Winners Runners-up Years Won Years Runners-up
Cox City Sporting Club 1 2012
Chittagong Abahani 1 2013
Uttar Baridhara SC 1 3 2014-15 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 2014-15
Swadhinata KS 1 2020-21
Fortis FC 1 2021-22
AFC Uttara 1 2021-22
Brothers Union 1 2022-23
BFF Elite Football Academy 1 2022-23

Stats and players

Top Goalscorer
Year Player Club Goals
2013 Bangladesh Nabib Newaj JibonUttar Baridhara SC12
2016 Bangladesh Arifur RahmanVictoria SC6
2017 Bangladesh Ariful IslamNoFeL SC12
2018–19 Bangladesh Amirul IslamBangladesh Police FC18
2019–20 League cancelled
2020–21 Bangladesh Ali Akbar KanonWari Club13
2021–22 Bangladesh Moinul Islam MoinUttara FC18
2022–23 Bangladesh Mirajul IslamBFF Elite Football Academy19

Clubs and locations
Bangladesh Championship League is located in Bangladesh
Dhaka
Dhaka
Locations of teams in the 2022–23 Bangladesh Championship League

The following 11 clubs have competed in the Bangladesh Championship League during the 2022–23 season.

The venues for the 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. [7][8]
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. [9]
2015-2017 RB-Marcel Group Electronics They sponsored seasons: 2015/16 and 2017. [10][11]
2018-2019 International Sports Partner Distributor TVS brand is the 'title sponsor' as well as of BPL. [12]

See also

References
  1. "BFF inks deal with ISP". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  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.
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