This is the list of professional football clubs and sport clubs with a football team in Bangladesh. There is a total of 40 clubs in Bangladesh playing football.[1]
Bangladesh Premier League
edit- As of 9 April 2024
The Bangladesh Premier League is the top tier of Bangladeshi professional football league pyramid, since 2007. It is run directly by the professional football league committee of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
Bangladesh Championship League
editBangladesh Championship League is the second-tier football league of Bangladesh run by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It was founded in 2012.
- PWD Sports Club
- Uttara FC
- Farashganj SC
- Dhaka WC
- NoFeL Sporting Club
- BFF Elite Football Academy (Academy team and they will not be subject to promotion or relegation regardless of their position in the points table of the league)
- Fakierpool YMC
- Wari Club
- As of 9 April 2024
Dhaka League
editDhaka League, currently known as Dhaka Senior Division League, is the third tier of football league in Bangladesh played by clubs in Dhaka.[2] It is the country's most historic league and existed even before the nations independence. The league had its first season in 1948.
- Dhaka United SC
- PWD SC
- Jatrabari Krira Chakra
- Mohakhali XI
- Badda Jagoroni Sangsad
- Bangladesh Boys Club
- T&T Club Motijheel
- Koshaituli Samaj Kollyan Sangsad
- Nawabpur Krira Sangha
- Basabo Tarun Sangha
- Sadharan Bima Sangstha
- Friends Social Organisation
- Dhaka City FC
- Victoria SC
- As of 31 January 2022
Dhaka Second Division Football League
editDhaka Second Division Football League is the fourth-tier football league in Bangladesh.[3] The league was founded in 1948 while Bangladesh were under the Pakistani control.[4]
- City Club
- Asaduzzaman FA
- Jahid Ahsan Sohel KC
- Shantinagar Club
- Alamgir Shomaj Kollayan KS
- Kallol Shangha
- The Muslim Institute
- Dipali Jubo Shangha
- Narinda JLC
- Bikrampur Kings
- As of 31 January 2022
Dhaka Third Division Football League
editDhaka Third Division Football League is the fifth tier football league in Bangladesh which was established in 1948 by the Bangladesh Football Federation.[5]
- As of 9 September 2021
Pioneer Football League
editPioneer Football League is the fifth tier football league in Bangladesh. The Pioneer Football League is the only age-level league played under the Bangladesh Football Federation. Each year, 64 under-16 boys teams from across country take part in the preliminary round of the league. The teams are divided into 8 groups of 8 to play in eight zones in the preliminary round.
- Note. This is not the complete list of the clubs participating in the Pioneer Football League in recent seasons .
- As of 9 September 2021
References
edit- ^ "Bangladesh country info on FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.
- ^ "Football in Bangladesh - Azam Mahmood". Bdsportsvision.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Dhaka football returns to life". NEWAGE. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "DMLFC promises regular leagues". The Daily Star. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "Saif Power Tec Third Division League from Jan 2019". Bangladesh Football Federation. 30 November 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.