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,^[1] is the second-tier professional football league of Bangladesh run by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It was founded in 2012.

Bangladesh Championship League

Founded	2012; 13 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	PWD SC (2024-25)
Website	bff.com.bd
Current: 2024–25 Bangladesh Championship League

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	Cox City Sporting Club	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
2014–15	Uttar Baridhara SC	14	7	6	1	18	9	9	27
2015–16	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	Competition cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh[6]
2021	Swadhinata KS	22	13	6	3	30	11	19	45
2021–22	Fortis FC	22	13	8	1	29	9	20	47
2022–23	Brothers Union	20	16	3	1	30	6	24	51
2023–24	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	14	8	3	3	28	14	14	27
2024–25	PWD SC	18	12	4	2	31	7	24	40

Performances by club

As of the end of 2023–24 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
Saif Sporting Club		1		2015–16
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
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	2		2015–16, 2023–24
Dhaka Wanderers		1		2023–24

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	17
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

Dhaka

Locations of teams in the 2024–25 Bangladesh Championship League

The following 10 clubs have competed in the Bangladesh Championship League during the 2024–25 season.

• PWD Sports Club
• Arambagh KS
• City Club
• Farashganj Sporting Club
• BFF Elite Football Academy
• BRTC SC
• Dhaka Rangers
• Uttar Baridhara
• Wari Club
• Little Friends Club

The venues for the current season are:-

Dhaka	Dhaka	Gazipur
Bashundhara Kings Arena Practice Ground	Fortis Ground	Shaheed Barkat Stadium
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 5,000

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

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