Bangladesh Championship League

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Bangladesh Championship League
Country	Bangladesh
Confederation	AFC
Founded	2012 (2012)
First season	2012
Number of teams	8
Levels on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Bangladesh Premier League
Domestic cup(s)	Federation Cup
Current champions	Chittagong Abahani (1st title) (2013)
Most championships	Coxcity & Chittagong Abahani (1 title each)
Website	www.bffonline.com
2013 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 begin 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]

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

Total Championships

Club	Number of Championships
Coxcity SC	1
Chittagong Abahani	1

Clubs and locations

Dhaka

Chittagong

Locations of teams in the 2013 Bangladesh Championship League

The following 8 clubs competed in the Bangladesh Championship League during the 2013 season.

Agrani Bank SC, Dhaka
Chittagong Abahani, Chittagong
Dhaka United SC, Dhaka
Farashganj SC, Dhaka
Rahmatganj MFS, Dhaka
Uttar Baridhara SC, Dhaka
Victoria SC, Dhaka
Wari Club, Dhaka

The venues for last season were-

Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka
MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong

Sponsorship

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

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "BCL 2012 points table". BFF. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
↑ "BCL 2013 points table". BFF. Retrieved 13 June 2013.

External links

Bangladesh Football Federation

v t e Football in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Football Federation

National teams	Men's Women's U-23 U-20 U-17

National leagues	Bangladesh Premier League Bangladesh Championship League

Domestic cup comp.	Federation Cup Super Cup Independence Cup

Regional leagues	Dhaka League Chittagong League Rajshahi League Cox's Bazar League Comilla League

Defunct comp.	National Football Championship Aga Khan Gold Cup Bangabandhu Cup Sher-e-Bangla Cup

List of clubs List of venues

v t e Bangladesh football seasons

National Championship	2000 2001-02 2003 2004 2005-06

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

Bangladesh Championship League	2012 2013

v t e Second level football leagues of Asia (AFC)

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^† Provisional Associated Member

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