2022 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League

Martyr's Memorial B-Division League

Season	2022
Dates	2 March 2022 - 10 April 2022 [1]
Champions	Church Boys United
Promoted	Church Boys United Khumaltar Youth Club
Relegated	Jhamsikhel Youth Club Samajik Youth Club
Matches played	91
Goals scored	258 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	11 goals Aashish Chapagain
Highest scoring	7 goals Church Boys 5–2 Tushal Madhyapur 5–2 Samajik
← 2020-21 2025 → All statistics correct as of complete.

The 2022 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League season was the 2022 edition of the Martyr's Memorial B-Division League. The tournament started on 2 March 2022. ^[2]

Changes from last season

Promoted to A Division League

• Church Boys United
• FC Khumaltar

Promoted from C-Division League

• Birgunj United
• Church Boys United
• Samajik Youth Club

Relegated to C-Division League

• Jhamsikhel Youth Club
• Samajik Youth Club

Teams

A total of 14 teams contested the league with a relegation system. Ten teams from the 2020 season, one team relegated from A-Division and three teams promoted from C-Division participated in the league. Saraswati Youth Club was relegated from 2019–20 season, while Church Boys, Birgunj United Club and Samajik Yuwa Club were promoted from the 2021 season. ^[3]

Team	Location	Previous Season
Tushal Youth Club	Kathmandu, Bagmati Province	10th
Bansbari Club		3rd
Ranipokhari Corner Team		9th
Shree Kumari Club		8th
Saraswati Youth Club		14 (A-Division)
Church Boys United		1st (C-Division)
Khumaltar Youth Club	Lalitpur, Bagmati Province	2nd
Boys Union Club		4th
Jhamsikhel Youth Club		11th
Madhyapur Youth Association	Madhyapur Thimi, Bagmati Province	5th
Shree Bhagwati Club	Tokha, Bagmati Province	6th
Nayabasti Youth Club	Gokarneshwar, Bagmati Province	7th
Samajik Youth Club		3rd (C-Division)
Birgunj United	Birgunj, Madhesh Province	2nd (C-Division)

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit sponsor
Bansbari Club			Around the Himalayas Siddharta Bank [4]
Ranipokhari Corner Team			McDowell's No.1
Shree Kumari Club		Nir Bahadur Ale [5]	Agricultural Development Bank of Nepal
Saraswati Youth Club
Khumaltar Youth Club		Sabin K.C. [6]	Season Family Restaurant
Boys Union Club		Bishnu Bahadur Sunar	Motul
Jhamsikhel Youth Club			Prabhu Bank
Tushal Youth Club
Madhyapur Youth Association			BIZZ Education Conultancy [7]
Shree Bhagwati Club	Sailesh Karmacharya [8]		Tokha Municipality
Nayabasti Youth Club			Gokarneshwar Municipality
Samajik Youth Club
Church Boys United		Sanam Rai
Birgunj United		Dilmani Chaudhary	WINgel

Venues

The league was played centrally in one venue in Lalitpur. ^[9] For the final matchday, selected matches were played at Dasarath Rangasala. ^[10]

Kathmandu

Lalitpur

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Nepal

Kathmandu	Lalitpur
Dasarath Rangasala	ANFA Complex
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 6,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Church Boys United (C, P)	13	9	2	2	31	12	+19	29	Promotion to Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
2	Khumaltar Youth Club (P)	13	7	1	5	20	15	+5	22 [a]
3	Ranipokhari Corner Team	13	6	4	3	20	12	+8	22 [a]
4	Bansbari Club	13	5	4	4	20	17	+3	19
5	Shree Bhagwati Club	13	5	3	5	19	21	−2	18
6	Saraswoti Youth Club	13	4	5	4	18	21	−3	17 [b]
7	Madhyapur Youth Association	13	5	2	6	15	19	−4	17 [b]
8	Boys Union Club	13	4	4	5	18	24	−6	16 [c]
9	Birgunj United	13	4	4	5	18	18	0	16 [c]
10	Shree Kumari Club	13	3	7	3	19	20	−1	16 [c]
11	Tushal Youth Club	13	2	9	2	15	13	+2	15 [d]
12	Nayabasti Youth Club	13	3	6	4	17	23	−6	15 [d]
13	Samajik Youth Club (R)	13	4	2	7	17	22	−5	14	Relegation to Martyr's Memorial C-Division League
14	Jhamsikhel Youth Club (R)	13	2	3	8	11	21	−10	9

Source: ANFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Khumaltar ahead of Ranipokhari on head-to-head. KHU 3–1 RCT
2. Saraswati ahead of Madhyapur on head-to-head. SAR 2–1 MYA
3. Boys Union ahead of Birgunj United and Shree Kumari on head-to-head points. Boys Union 6, Birgunj United 3, Shree Kumari 0.
4. TUS 1–1 NYB. Tushal ahead of Nayabasti on goal difference. Tuhsal +2, Nayabasti -6

Results

Home \ Away	BC	BU	BUC	CBU	JYC	KYC	MYA	NYC	RCT	SYC	SAYC	SBC	SKC	TYC
Bansbari Club	—	1–1				0–1	6–0				1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0
Birgunj United	1–1	—	0–1	1–1				2–2	2–2	1–0	5–0
Boys Union Club		1–0	—	1–6	1–3			2–3	1–1	1–3		1–2
Church Boys United		1–1	6–1	—		2–0	2–0					1–2	1–1	5–2
Jhamsikhel Youth Club			3–1		—	0–2	1–3	1–1		0–1	1–1	1–3		0–0
Khumaltar Youth Club	1–0			0–2	2–0	—	0–1	4–0	3–1		1–2			0–3
Madhyapur Youth Association	0–6			0–2	3–1	1–0	—		0–2	5–2	1–2			0–0
Nayabasti Youth Club		2–2	3–2		1–1	0–4		—	1–0	2–1		1–1	2–2
Ranipokhari Corner Team		2–2	1–1			1–3	2–0	0–1	—		2–0	2–0	1–1
Samajik Youth Club		0–1	3–1		1–0		2–5	1–2		—		2–3	3–3	2–0
Saraswoti Youth Club	3–1	0–5			1–1	2–1	2–1		0–2		—		1–1	2–2
Shree Bhagwati Club	1–2		2–1	2–1	3–1			1–1	0–2	3–2		—
Shree Kumari Club	1–1			1–1				2–2	1–1	3–3	1–1		—	1–1
Tushal Youth Club	0–0			2–5	0–0	3–0	0–0			0–2	2–2		1–1	—

Source: ANFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Church Boys United	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Khumaltar Youth Club	5	5	3	5	9	5	8	11	9	4	4	3	2
Ranipokhari Corner Team	10	6	6	7	4	6	7	5	2	5	2	2	3
Bansbari Club	12	12	13	9	10	10	6	8	5	3	5	7	4
Shree Bhagwati Club	4	2	2	2	3	1	3	4	4	7	7	9	5
Saraswoti Youth Club	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	2	3	2	3	4	6
Madhyapur Youth Association	1	4	10	13	14	14	12	10	11	10	9	11	7
Boys Union Club	6	7	11	11	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	8
Birgunj United	9	10	7	8	8	8	5	7	10	11	10	5	9
Shree Kumari Club	8	9	8	10	11	11	10	9	6	9	11	6	10
Tushal Youth Club	14	14	12	12	6	7	9	6	8	8	8	10	11
Nayabasti Youth Club	7	8	9	4	5	4	2	3	7	6	6	8	12
Samajik Youth Club	13	13	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13
Jhamsikhel Youth Club	11	11	5	6	7	9	13	13	14	13	14	14	14

	Champion
	Promoted
	Relegation to C-Division

Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2022. Source: ANFA

Broadcast rights

All matches are streamed live on Eleven Sports. ^[11]

Controversy

On 23 March 2022, after losing against Bansbari Club, officials of Shree Bhagawati attacked referee Suman Shrestha. ^[12] The following day, All Nepal Football Association sanctioned Shree Bhagawati Club coach Sailesh Karmacharya by banning him for three games. The club was also fined NPR 50,000. ^[8]

References

1. "बी डिभिजन लिगको खेलतालिका सार्वजनिक". Goal Nepal. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
2. "B Division League: Three Matches Scheduled For Today!". Goal Nepal. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
3. "Church Boys win 'C' Division League; Birgunj United and Samajik Yuwa also promoted". ANFA. ANFA.
4. "Bansbari Club and Siddhartha Bank Sign A Sponsorship Agreement". Goal Nepal. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
5. "Church Boys miss chance to stretch lead at top, Bansbari rout Madhyapur". All Nepal Football Association. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
6. "Khumaltar Youth Club promoted to A Division League". Hamro Khelkud. 10 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
7. "Madhyapur, Bizz Education sign sponsorship agreement". The Kathmandu Post.
8. "Shree Bhagawati coach banned for three matches, club fined 50k". All Nepal Football Association. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
9. "Sahid Smarak 'B' Division League – 2078 Match Fixtures" (PDF). The All Nepal Football Association. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
10. "Sahid Samrak B Division League". The All Nepal Football Association. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
11. "Martyr's Memorial 'B' Division League 2078". Eleven Sports.
12. "Bansbari, Shree Bhagawati match gets unruly, Madhyapur defeat Jhamsikhel". All Nepal Football Association. Retrieved 24 March 2022.