List of Bangladeshi football champions

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.

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
Bangladesh
Founded
1948 (officially)
Number of teams
11 (2022–23 season)
Current champions
Bashundhara Kings (2023)
Most successful club
Mohammedan SC (19 titles each)

Champions before Independence

Dhaka League (1948–1970)

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.

Season	Champions
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)

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

Dhaka Premier Division League (1993–2006)

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

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1993	Mohammedan SC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Oleg Zhivotnikov (Mohammedan SC)	13
1994	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Mohammedan SC	Andrey Kazakov (Mohammedan SC)	13
1995	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan SC	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)	12
1996	Mohammedan SC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)	13
1997–98	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Mohammedan SC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)	13
1999	Mohammedan SC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha SKC)	12
2000	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan SC	Kennedy	17
2001	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan SC	Rahmatganj MFS	Emeka Ochilifu (Mohammedan SC)   Rezaul Karim Liton (Arambagh KS)	10
2002	Mohammedan SC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Colly Barnes (Abahani Limited Dhaka)	12
2003–04	Brothers Union	Sheikh Russel KC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Etigo (Mohammedan SC)	16
2005	Brothers Union	Mohammedan SC	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Victor Edwards (Brothers Union)	11
2005–06	Not Held
2006–07	Not 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.

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
2007	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan SC	Muktijoddha SKC	Junior Obagbemiro (Brothers Union)	16
2008–09	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan SC	Sheikh Russel KC	Alamu Bukola Olalekan (Mohammedan SC)	18

Bangladesh League (2009–2011)

The league was renamed to Bangladesh League in 2009.

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
2009–10	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Mohammedan SC	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Enamul Haque (Abahani Limited Dhaka)	21
2010–11	Sheikh Jamal DC	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Sheikh Russel KC	James Moga (Muktijoddha SKC)	19

Bangladesh Premier League (2012–present)

The league was renamed to Bangladesh Premier League in 2012.

Season	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
2011–12	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Mohammedan SC	Ismael Bangoura (Team BJMC)	17
2012–13	Sheikh Russel KC	Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Osei Morrison (Mohammedan SC)	12
2013–14	Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal DC)	26
2014–15	Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi	Sheikh Russel KC	Mohammedan SC	Emeka Darlington (Mohammedan SC)	19
2015–16	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Chittagong Abahani Limited	Sheikh Russel KC	Sunday Chizoba (Abahani Limited Dhaka)	19
2017–18	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi	Chittagong Abahani Limited	Solomon King Kanform (Sheikh Jamal DC)	15
2018–19	Bashundhara Kings	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Sheikh Russel KC	Raphael Odovin Onwrebe (Sheikh Russel KC)	22
2019–20	Cancelled^[1]
2020–21	Bashundhara Kings	Sheikh Jamal Dhhanmondi	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Robson Azevedo da Silva (Bashundhara Kings)	21
2021–22	Bashundhara Kings	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Saif Sporting Club	Souleymane Diabate (Mohammedan SC)	21
2022–23	Bashundhara Kings	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Bangladesh Police FC	Dorielton (Bahsundhara Kings)	20
2023–24	TBD

Total titles won

Titles	Club	Winning seasons	Location
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

See also

• Bangladesh Premier League
• Dhaka League
• Bangladesh Super Cup
• Bangladeshi football league system
• Football in Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Women's Football League

References

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

External links

• Champions at RSSSF