List of Bangladeshi football champions

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Bangladesh League (1st tier)
Dhaka League (1948–1992)
Dhaka Premier Division League (1993–2006)
B.League (2007–2009)
Bangladesh League (2009–2011)
Bangladesh Premier League (2012–present)
Country
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Founded
1948 (officially)
Number of teams
11 (2022–23 season)
Current champions
Bashundhara Kings (2023)
Most successful club
Mohammedan SC (19 titles each)

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

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Champions before Independence

Dhaka League (1948–1971)

In 1948, the Dhaka Leaguewhich also went by Dhaka First Division League or 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.

SeasonChampions
1948 Victoria SC
1949 East Pakistan Gymkhana
1950 Dhaka Wanderers Club
1951 Dhaka Wanderers Club
1952 Bengal Government Press
1953 Dhaka Wanderers Club
1954 Dhaka Wanderers Club
1955 Dhaka Wanderers Club
1956 Dhaka Wanderers Club
1957 Mohammedan SC
1958 Azad Sporting Club
1959 Mohammedan SC
1960 Dhaka Wanderers Club
1961 Mohammedan SC
1962 Victoria SC
1963 Mohammedan SC
1964 Victoria SC
1965 Mohammedan SC
1966 Mohammedan SC
1967 East Pakistan IDC
1968 East Pakistan IDC
1969 Mohammedan SC
1970 East Pakistan IDC

Champions of Bangladesh

Dhaka League (1971–1992)

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

Dhaka Premier Division League (1993–2006)

The league was renamed to Dhaka Premier Division League in 1993.

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
1993 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Flag of Russia.svg Oleg Zhivotnikov (Mohammedan SC)13
1994 Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Mohammedan SC Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kazakov (Mohammedan SC)13
1995 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Flag of Bangladesh.svg Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)12
1996 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Flag of Bangladesh.svg Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)13
1997–98 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Flag of Bangladesh.svg Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)13
1999 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Flag of Bangladesh.svg Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)12
2000 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Flag of Ghana.svg Kennedy17
2001 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Rahmatganj MFS Flag of Nigeria.svg Emeka Ochilifu (Mohammedan SC)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Rezaul Karim Liton (Arambagh KS)
10
2002 Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Flag of Nigeria.svg Colly Barnes (Abahani Limited Dhaka)12
2003–04 Brothers Union Sheikh Russel KC Abahani Limited Dhaka Flag of Cameroon.svg Etigo (Mohammedan SC)16
2005 Brothers Union Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka Flag of Russia.svg Victor Edwards (Brothers Union)11
2005–06Not Held
2006–07Not Held

B.League (2007–2009)

In 2007, the B.League was introduced as Bangladesh's first professional national football league. It replaced the 1948 established semi–professional Dhaka League/Dhaka Premier Division League (currently the third-tier) 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 Dhaka League only allowed clubs from Dhaka to participate in the country's top division.

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
2007 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Muktijoddha SKC Flag of Nigeria.svg Junior Obagbemiro (Brothers Union)16
2008–09 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Sheikh Russel KC Flag of Nigeria.svg Alamu Bukola Olalekan (Mohammedan SC)18

Bangladesh League (2009–2011)

The league was renamed to Bangladesh League in 2009.

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
2009–10 Abahani Limited Dhaka Mohammedan SC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Flag of Bangladesh.svg Enamul Haque (Abahani Limited Dhaka)21
2010–11 Sheikh Jamal DC Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Sheikh Russel KC Flag of South Sudan.svg James Moga (Muktijoddha SKC)19

Bangladesh Premier League (2012–present)

The league was renamed to Bangladesh Premier League in 2012.

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeLeading goalscorerGoals
2011–12 Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Mohammedan SC Flag of Guinea.svg Ismael Bangoura (Team BJMC)17
2012–13 Sheikh Russel KC Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi Abahani Limited Dhaka Flag of Ghana.svg Osei Morrison (Mohammedan SC)12
2013–14 Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi Abahani Limited Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad KC Flag of Haiti.svg Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal DC)26
2014–15 Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi Sheikh Russel KC Mohammedan SC Flag of Nigeria.svg Emeka Darlington (Mohammedan SC)19
2015–16 Abahani Limited Dhaka Chittagong Abahani Limited Sheikh Russel KC Flag of Nigeria.svg Sunday Chizoba (Abahani Limited Dhaka)19
2017–18 Abahani Limited Dhaka Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi Chittagong Abahani Limited Flag of The Gambia.svg Solomon King Kanform (Sheikh Jamal DC)15
2018–19 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Sheikh Russel KC Flag of Nigeria.svg Raphael Odovin Onwrebe (Sheikh Russel KC)22
2019–20 Cancelled [1]
2020–21 Bashundhara Kings Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi Abahani Limited Dhaka Flag of Brazil.svg Robson Azevedo da Silva (Bashundhara Kings)21
2021–22 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Saif Sporting Club Flag of Mali.svg Souleymane Diabate (Mohammedan SC)21
2022–23 Bashundhara Kings Abahani Limited Dhaka Bangladesh Police FC Flag of Brazil.svg Dorielton (Bahsundhara Kings)20
2023–24 TBD

Total titles won

TitlesClubWinning seasonsLocation
19 Mohammedan Sporting Club 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002 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
4 Bashundhara Kings 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 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

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References

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