Bangladesh Challenge Cup

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Bangladesh Challenge Cup
Organising body Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF)
Founded2024;1 year ago (2024)
RegionBangladesh
Number of teams2
Related competitions
Current champions Bashundhara Kings
(1st title)
Most successful club(s) Bashundhara Kings
(1 title)
Television broadcasters T Sports
T Sports YouTube
Soccerball current event.svg 2025 Bangladesh Challenge Cup

The Bangladesh Challenge Cup, also known as the Challenge Cup is Bangladesh football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Bangladesh Premier League season and the winners of the Federation Cup. [1] If the league champions also won the cup, then the cup runners-up provide the opposition. [2] [3] Bashundhara Kings is the first club win this cup, beating Mohammedan SC on 3-1 margin. [4]

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History

2024

The 2024 Bangladesh Challenge Cup, also known as the Bangladesh 2.0 Challenge Cup, marked the inaugural edition of this exciting new football competition. This annual event pits the champions of the previous League season against the winners of the Previous Federation Cup.

The first edition of the Challenge Cup took place on 22 November, 2024, with Bashundhara Kings emerging as the inaugural champions. The match was played at Bashundhara Kings Arena.

As Bashundhara had won both the league and the cup, the Federation Cup runners-up, Mohammedan SC, were their opponents in the final. Kings secured a 3–1 victory, etching their name in the history books as the first-ever winners of the Bangladesh Challenge Cup. [5]

Results

Bangladesh Challenge Cup winners
YearWinnersScoreRunners-upVenueAttendanceRef(s)
2024 Bashundhara Kings 2–1 Mohammedan SC Bashundhara Kings Arena Unknown [6]
2025

Statistics by club

TeamWinnerRunners-upYears wonYears runners-up
Bashundhara Kings 1 2024
Mohammedan SC 1 2024

See also

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