2022 Bhutan Premier League

The 2022 Bhutan Premier League was the eleventh season of the unified league, rebranded as the Bhutan Premier League since 2019 (previously the Bhutan National League), the top national football competition in Bhutan.

Bhutan Premier League

Season	2022
Champions	Paro
2023–24 AFC Cup	Paro
Matches played	90
Goals scored	364 (4.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kazuo Homma (34 goals)
Biggest home win	Transport United 12–1 Paro Rinpung
Biggest away win	Takin 2–8 RTC FC
Highest scoring	Transport United 12–1 Paro Rinpung
← 2021 2023 →

Teams

Stadiums and locations

 

 

Thimphu

 

Paro

 

Punakha

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Stadium locations of the 2022 Bhutan Premier League

Team	Stadium	Location	Capacity
BFF Academy U-19	Changlimithang Stadium	Thimphu	15,000
Druk Lhayul^[1]	Changlimithang Stadium	Thimphu	15,000
Paro FC	Woochu Sports Arena	Paro	1,000
Paro Rinpung	Woochu Sports Arena	Paro	1,000
Royal Thimphu College FC	Changlimithang Stadium	Thimphu	15,000
FC Takin	Changlimithang Stadium	Thimphu	15,000
Tensung	Changlimithang Stadium	Thimphu	15,000
Thimphu City	Changlimithang Stadium	Thimphu	15,000
Transport United	Changlimithang Stadium	Thimphu	15,000
Ugyen Academy	Lekeythang Football Field	Punakha	10,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Paro (C)	18	15	3	0	65	8	+57	48	Qualification for AFC Cup preliminary round 1
2	Thimphu City	18	13	4	1	48	12	+36	43
3	Druk Lhayul	18	12	4	2	38	18	+20	40
4	Royal Thimphu College FC	18	9	3	6	44	25	+19	30
5	Transport United	18	8	4	6	54	23	+31	28
6	Ugyen Academy	18	7	4	7	33	31	+2	25
7	BFF Academy U-19	18	5	2	11	29	42	−13	17
8	Tensung	18	4	2	12	17	44	−27	14
9	FC Takin	18	2	0	16	15	78	−63	6
10	Paro Rinpung	18	1	2	15	21	83	−62	5

Source: Soccerway
(C) Champions

Seasonal statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Kazuo Homma	Paro	34
2	Tsenda Dorji	Transport United	16
3	Ekomobong Victor Philip	Druk Lhayul	11
	Chencho Gyeltshen	Paro
5	Santa Kumar Limbu	Ugyen Academy	10
6	Nima Tshering	Thimphu City	9
7	Aakash Dave	Transport United	7
	Jomoul François	Druk Lhayul
	Dawa Tshering	Thimphu City
10	Pemba Tshering	Paro Rinpung	6
	Orgyen Tshering	Thimphu City

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Chencho Gyeltshen	Paro	Tensung	8–0	15 August 2022	1
Kazuo Homma^5	Paro	Tensung	8–0	15 August 2022	1
Rinzin Dorji	BFF Academy U-19	Paro Rinpung	5–1	24 August 2022	2
Tsenda Dorji	Transport United	Tensung	3–1	10 September 2022	5
Aakash Dave^4	Transport United	Paro Rinpung	0–8	16 September 2022	5
Kazuo Honma	Paro	Paro Rinpung	6–0	22 September 2022	6
Kazuo Honma	Paro	BFF Academy	6–0	8 October 2022	7
Pemba Tshering	Paro Rinpung	Takin	5–2	12 October 2022	7
Kazuo Honma	Paro	Royal TC	3–1	17 October 2022	8
Nima Tshering	Thimphu City	Takin	7–1	18 November 2022	11
Santa Kumar Limbu	Ugyen Academy	Tensung	4–1	21 November 2022	12
Tsenda Dorji	Transport United	Takin	7–1	2 December 2022	13
Kazuo Honma	Paro	Ugyen Academy	4–0	3 December 2022	14
Sampa Tshering	Druk Lhayul	Takin	6–0	6 December 2022	14
Kazuo Honma^4	Paro	Transport United	5–0	16 December 2022	16
Tsenda Dorji	Transport United	Paro Rinpung	12–1	21 December 2022	17
Pemba Tshering	Paro Rinpung	Ugyen Academy	6–7	1 January 2023	18
Santa Kumar Limbu^4	Ugyen Academy	Paro Rinpung	6–7	1 January 2023	18
Sherub Dorji	RTC FC	Takin	2–8	3 January 2023	18

• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals
• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

References

1. @YanLawOfficial (June 26, 2022). (Tweet). Archived from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022 – via Twitter.

External links

• Facebook page of Bhutan Football Federation
• Facebook page of Bhutan Premier League
• Season statistics at RSSSF