Bangladesh Championship League

Bangladesh Championship League
Country	Bangladesh
Confederation	AFC
Founded	2012 (2012)
First season	2012
Number of teams	7
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Bangladesh Premier League
Domestic cup(s)	Federation Cup
Current champions	Bangladesh Police Club (1st title) (2015)
Most championships	Coxcity, Chittagong Abahani & Rahmatganj, Bangladesh Police Club (1 title each)
Website	www.bff.com.bd
2015 Bangladesh Championship League

Bangladesh Championship League is the second-tier association football league of Bangladesh run by the country's football association. It is also known as Premier Bank Championship League for sponsorship reason.

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.^[1]

List of winners

Champions so far are:^[1]^[2]^[3]

Season	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2012	Coxcity SC	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

Total Championships

Club	Number of Championships
Chittagong Abahani	1
Coxcity SC	1
Rahmatganj MFS	1

Clubs and locations

Dhaka

Locations of teams in the 2014 Bangladesh Championship League

The following 8 clubs have competed in the Bangladesh Championship League during the 2015 season.

Agrani Bank SC, Dhaka
Arambagh Krira Sangha, Dhaka
Badda Jagarani Sangsad, Dhaka
Farashganj SC, Dhaka
Rahmatganj MFS, Dhaka
Victoria SC, Dhaka
Wari Club, Dhaka
Bangladesh Police Club, Dhaka

The venues for current season are-

Sponsorship

Bangladeshi private bank Premier Bank Ltd. is the sponsor of the league since the first season.

References

1 2 "BCL 2012 points table". BFF. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
↑ "BCL 2013 points table". BFF. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
↑ "BCL 2014 points table". BFF. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

External links

Bangladesh Football Federation

Football in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Football Federation

National teams	Men's Women's U-23 U-20 Women's U-20 U-17 Women's U-20 U-14 Women's U-14 Futsal Beach soccer

National leagues	Bangladesh Premier League Bangladesh Championship League

Domestic cups	Federation Cup Super Cup Independence Cup

Regional leagues	Dhaka League Sher-e-Bangla Cup Chittagong League Rajshahi League Cox's Bazar League Comilla League

International cup	Bangabandhu Cup 1996 1999 2015 2016

Former Cups	National Football Championship Aga Khan Gold Cup President's Gold Cup

List of clubs List of venues

Bangladesh football seasons

National Championship (Defunct)	2000 2001-02 2003 2004 2005-06

B.League/Bangladesh Premier League	2007 2008–09 2009–10 2010-11 2012 2012–13 2013–14 2015

Bangladesh Championship League	2012 2013 2014

Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup	2015

Second level football leagues of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China PR East Timor Guam Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Korea DPR Korea Republic Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Northern Mariana Islands^† Oman Pakistan Palestine (West Bank; Gaza Strip) Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

^† Provisional Associated Member

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