2000 National Football League (Bangladesh)

Last updated
National Football League
Season2000
Dates9 February — 6 April
Champions Dhaka Abahani
Matches played18
Goals scored41 (2.28 per match)
Best Player Tanvir Chowdhury
Top goalscorer3 goals
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Saifur Rahman Moni (Chittagong Abahani)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Md Rakib Hossain (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Flag of Ghana.svg Kennedy
(Dhaka Abahani)
Biggest home win Chittagong Abahani 3–0 Rajshahi Abahani
(11 February 2000)
Biggest away winRajshahi Abahani 1–0 Abahani KC Khulna
(6 March 2000)
Highest scoring Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 5–1 Netorkana Mohammedan
Longest unbeaten run Dhaka Abahani
(6 Matches)
Longest losing runRajshahi Abahani
Netorkana Mohammedan
(3 Matches)
2001–02 →

The 2000 National Football League was the inaugural season of the country's first football league held on a national scale. The league was also known as the Nitol-Tata National Football League due to sponsorship reasons.

Contents

The league included the top three finishing clubs from the 1999 season of the country's top-tier football league at the time, the Dhaka Premier Division League. The clubs were the league champions Dhaka Mohammedan, runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and third-place Dhaka Abahani. Additionally, the district league champions of Chittagong (Chittagong Abahani), Khulna (Khulna Abahani), and Rajshahi (Rajshahi Abahani) were also given direct entry to the league. Chaturanga Jubo Sangha from Sylhet won a play-off against the champions of Barisal to secure their place in the league. Netrokona-based Mohammedan SC was also granted permission to enter the league. [1]

Summary

On 4 January 2000, the three Dhaka clubs: Dhaka Mohammedan, Dhaka Abahani, and Muktijoddha Sangsad KC submitted their squad lists. [2] On 7 January, Netrokona Mohammedan SC, Chittagong Abahani, Rajshahi Abahani KC, Khulna Abahani KC and Sylhet Chaturanga Jubo Sangha announced their squads. [3]

The first round games were played in Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi. In the final round, all games were held in Dhaka.

First round

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Chittagong Abahani 320163+36 Qualification for Final Round
2 Dhaka Mohammedan 320152+36
3Khulna Abahani320134−16
4Rajshahi Abahani300305−50
Source: rsssf.com
Dhaka Mohammedan 3–0 Khulna Abahani
Report
M. A. Aziz Stadium , Chittagong
Chittagong Abahani 3–0 Rajshahi Abahani
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M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Chittagong Abahani 1–2 Khulna Abahani
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Khulna District Stadium , Khulna
Dhaka Mohammedan 1–0 Rajshahi Abahani
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Khulna District Stadium, Khulna

Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad 321072+57 Qualification for Final Round
2 Dhaka Abahani 321082+67
3Chaturanga JS310214−33
4Netorkana Mohammedan3003210−80
Source: rsssf.com
Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad 1–0 Chaturanga JS
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M. A. Aziz Stadium , Chittagong
Dhaka Abahani 4–1 Netorkana Mohammedan
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M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Dhaka Abahani 1–1 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
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Khulna District Stadium , Khulna
Chaturanga JS 1–0 Netrokona Mohammedan
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Khulna District Stadium, Khulna
  • Note: The game was abandoned at Chaturanga JS leading 0-1, after the Chaturanga players attacked the referee.

Final round

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Dhaka Abahani (C)6420102+814
2 Dhaka Mohammedan 632184+411
3 Chittagong Abahani 6312107+310
4 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad 6213108+27
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Dhaka Mohammedan 1–1 Chittagong Abahani
Report
Mirpur Stadium , Dhaka
Dhaka Abahani 1–0 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Mohammedan 2–1 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
Report
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Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Abahani 1–0 Chittagong Abahani
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Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Chittagong Abahani 3–2 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
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Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Abahani 0–0 Dhaka Mohammedan
Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka

Individual awards

Best coach

Best player

Best club

Best referee

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh 2000". RSSSF . Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dhaka teams bag the elite". The Daily Star. January 3, 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "BFF announces players' lists". The Daily Star. January 7, 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 "আমি হয়তো ছিলাম সেই সময়ের আদর্শ ফুটবলার". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "জীবন-মৃত্যুর সন্ধিক্ষণে তানভীর". Prothomalo (in Bengali). May 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024.
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