List of Bangladeshi football champions

Bangladesh Football League
(1st tier)
Dhaka First Division League (1948–1992)
Dhaka Premier Division League (1993–2006)
B.League (2007–2009)
Bangladesh League (2009–2011)
Bangladesh Premier League (2012–present)
Country
Bangladesh
Founded
1948 (officially)
Number of teams
10 (2024–25 season)
Current champions
Mohammedan SC (1st BPL titles)
Most successful club
Mohammedan SC (20 titles each)

The Bangladeshi football champions are the winners of the top league in Bangladesh, the Dhaka First Division League from 1948 to 1992, the Dhaka Premier Division League from 1993 to 2006, and the Bangladesh Premier League since 2007.

Champions before Independence

Dhaka First Division League (1948–1970)

In 1948, the Dhaka First Division League, also referred to as the Dhaka Senior Division League, was officially recognized and functioned as the top-tier football league of East Bengal (1948–1954), East Pakistan (1955–1948), and eventually Bangladesh following the country's independence in 1971. Although the league had been operating unofficially since 1915, the champions until its official recognition are mostly unrecorded.

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1948 Victoria SC Wari Club Unknown Unknown
1949 East Pakistan Gymkhana Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown Unknown
1950 Dhaka Wanderers Club East Pakistan Gymkhana Unknown Unknown
1951 Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown Unknown Unknown
1952 Bengal Government Press Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown Rashid Chunna (Bengal Government Press) Unknown
1953 Dhaka Wanderers Club Azad AC Unknown Unknown
1954 Dhaka Wanderers Club Azad SC Unknown Anwar Hossain (Azad SC) 26
1955 Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown Unknown Unknown
1956 Dhaka Wanderers Club Mohammedan SC Unknown Unknown
1957 Mohammedan SC Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown Unknown
1958 Azad AC Central Printing Press Mohammedan SC Tajul Islam Manna (Azad SC) 25
1959 Mohammedan SC Dhaka Wanderers Club Central Printing Press Ashraf Chowdhury (Mohammedan SC) 16
1960 Dhaka Wanderers Club Victoria SC Unknown Unknown
1961 Mohammedan SC Victoria SC Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown
1962 Victoria SC Mohammedan SC Unknown Unknown
1963 Mohammedan SC Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown Qayyum Changezi (Mohammedan SC) 24
1964 Victoria SC Mohammedan SC Unknown Unknown
1965 Mohammedan SC Victoria SC Unknown Unknown
1966 Mohammedan SC Dhaka Wanderers Club East Pakistan IDC Moosa Ghazi (Mohammedan SC) 51
1967 East Pakistan IDC Mohammedan SC Victoria SC Unknown
1968 East Pakistan IDC Mohammedan SC Dhaka Wanderers Club Ayub Dar (East Pakistan IDC) 31
1969 Mohammedan SC Dilkusha SC East Pakistan IDC Ali Nawaz Baloch (Mohammedan SC) 45
1970 East Pakistan IDC Dhaka Wanderers Club Unknown Unknown

Champions of Bangladesh

Dhaka First Division League (1971–1992)

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1971 Not held due to the Bangladesh Liberation War
1972 Not completed
1973 BIDC Mohammedan SC
Abahani Krira Chakra
Dhaka Wanderers Club		 Rahmatganj MFS Kazi Salahuddin (Abahani Krira Chakra) 24
1974 Abahani Krira Chakra Dilkusha SC BIDC Golam Shahid Neelu (Dilkusha SC) 16
1975 Mohammedan SC BJIC Abahani Krira Chakra AKM Nowsheruzzaman (Mohammedan SC) 21
1976 Mohammedan SC Abahani Krira Chakra None Hafizuddin Ahmed (Mohammedan SC)
Mohammad Abdul Halim (PWD SC)		 13
1977 Abahani Krira Chakra Rahmatganj MFS None Kazi Salahuddin (Abahani Krira Chakra) 14
1978 Mohammedan SC Brothers Union Abahani Krira Chakra Enayetur Rahman Khan (Mohammedan SC) 13
1979 Team BJMC Abahani Krira Chakra Brothers Union Kazi Salahuddin (Abahani Krira Chakra) 14
1980 Mohammedan SC Team BJMC Brothers Union Kazi Salahuddin (Abahani Krira Chakra) 15
1981 Abahani Krira Chakra Mohammedan SC
Team BJMC		 Brothers Union Mohammed Mohsin (Brothers Union) 20
1982 Mohammedan SC Abahani Krira Chakra Rahmatganj MFS Abdus Salam Murshedy (Mohammedan SC) 27
1983 Abahani Krira Chakra Mohammedan SC Brothers Union Arif Abdul Khalek (Brothers Union) 14
1984 Abahani Krira Chakra Mohammedan SC Rahmatganj MFS Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Abahani Krira Chakra) 17
1985 Abahani Krira Chakra Brothers Union Mohammedan SC Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Abahani Krira Chakra) 18
1986 Mohammedan SC Abahani Krira Chakra Brothers Union Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Abahani Krira Chakra) 20
1987 Mohammedan SC Abahani Krira Chakra Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Abahani Krira Chakra) 14
1988–89 Mohammedan SC Abahani Krira Chakra Brothers Union Bijan Taheri (Mohammedan SC) 24
1989–90 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Brothers Union Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Abahani Limited Dhaka) 11
1991 Not Held
1992 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Brothers Union Azamat Abduraimov (Mohammedan SC) 17

Dhaka Premier Division League (1993–2006)

The top-tier was reintroduced as the Dhaka Premier Division League in 1993.

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
1993 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Oleg Zhivotnikov (Mohammedan SC) 13
1994 Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Mohammedan SC Andrey Kazakov (Mohammedan SC) 13
1995 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC) 12
1996 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC) 13
1997–98 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC) 13
1999 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC) 12
2000 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Kennedy 17
2001 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Rahmatganj MFS Emeka Ochilifu (Mohammedan SC)
Rezaul Karim Liton (Arambagh KS)		 10
2002 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Colly Barnes (Abahani Limited Dhaka) 12
2003–04 Brothers Union Sheikh Russel KC Abahani Limited Dhaka Etigo (Mohammedan SC) 16
2005 Brothers Union Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Victor Edwards (Brothers Union) 11
2005–06 Not Held
2006–07 Not Held

B.League (2007–2009)

In 2007, the B.League was introduced as Bangladesh's first professional national football league. It replaced the semi–professional Dhaka Premier Division League as the country's top-tier. In an attempt to decentralise domestic football Bangladesh Football Federation introduced the professional league and gave entry to clubs from Khulna, Chittagong and Sylhet in the first edition. Previously the top-tier only allowed clubs from Dhaka to participate.

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2007 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Muktijoddha SKC Junior Obagbemiro (Brothers Union) 16
2008–09 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Sheikh Russel KC Alamu Bukola Olalekan (Mohammedan SC) 18

Bangladesh League (2009–2011)

The league was renamed to Bangladesh League in 2009.

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2009–10 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Enamul Haque (Abahani Limited Dhaka) 21
2010–11 Sheikh Jamal DC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Sheikh Russel KC James Moga (Muktijoddha SKC) 19

Bangladesh Premier League (2012–present)

The league was renamed to Bangladesh Premier League in 2012.

Season Champions Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer Goals
2011–12 Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Mohammedan SC Ismael Bangoura
(Team BJMC)		 17
2012–13 Sheikh Russel KC Sheikh Jamal DC Abahani Limited Dhaka Osei Morrison (Mohammedan SC) 12
2013–14 Sheikh Jamal DC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal DC) 26
2014–15 Sheikh Jamal DC Sheikh Russel KC Mohammedan SC Emeka Darlington (Mohammedan SC) 19
2015–16 Abahani Limited Dhaka Chittagong Abahani Limited Sheikh Russel KC Sunday Chizoba (Abahani Limited Dhaka) 19
2017–18 Abahani Limited Dhaka Sheikh Jamal DC Chittagong Abahani Limited Solomon King Kanform (Sheikh Jamal DC) 15
2018–19 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Sheikh Russel KC Raphael Odovin Onwrebe (Sheikh Russel KC) 22
2019–20 Cancelled[1]
2020–21 Bashundhara Kings Sheikh Jamal DC Abahani Limited Dhaka Robson Azevedo da Silva (Bashundhara Kings) 21
2021–22 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Saif Sporting Club Souleymane Diabate (Mohammedan SC) 21
2022–23 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Bangladesh Police FC Dorielton
(Bahsundhara Kings)		 20
2023–24 Bashundhara Kings Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Cornelius Stewart (Abahani Limited Dhaka) 19
2024–25 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Bashundhara Kings Samuel Boateng (Rahmatganj MFS) 21

Total titles won

Titles Club Winning seasons Location
20 Mohammedan Sporting Club 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2024–25 Dhaka
17 Abahani Limited Dhaka 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012, 2016, 2017–18 Dhaka
7 Dhaka Wanderers Club 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960 Dhaka
5 Team BJMC/BJIC/BIDC/EPIDC 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973, 1979 Dhaka
5 Bashundhara Kings 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023-24 Dhaka
3 Victoria Sporting Club 1948, 1962, 1964 Dhaka
3 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15 Dhaka
2 Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra 1997–98, 2000 Dhaka
2 Brothers Union Limited 2003–04, 2005 Dhaka
1 East Pakistan Gymkhana 1949 Dhaka
1 Bengal Government Press 1952 Dhaka
1 Azad Sporting Club 1958 Dhaka
1 Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra 2012–13 Dhaka

See also

References

  1. ^ "BFF cancels football season". The Daily Star. 17 May 2020.
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