2015–16 Bangladesh Championship League

The Bangladesh Championship League 2015–16 (also known as the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League 2015–16 for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the Bangladesh Championship League, Bangladesh's second-tier professional football league.[2] The league began on 29 October 2016 and ended on 9 January 2017.[3][4][5][6]

Bangladesh Championship League
Season2015–16
Dates29 November 2016 – 9 January 2017[1]
ChampionsFakirerpool Young Men's Club
RelegatedChittagong Mohammedan
PromotedSaif Sporting Club
Matches played56
Goals scored106 (1.89 per match)
Top goalscorerArifur Rahman (Victoria SC)
(6 goals)
Biggest winVictoria SC 4–0 Chittagong Mohammedan
T&T Club Motijheel 4–0 Kawran Bazar
Highest scoringAgrani Bank Ltd. SC 4–1 Victoria SC
(5 goals)
Longest winning runFakirerpool Young Men's Club
Saif Sporting Club
T&T Club Motijheel
Longest unbeaten runSaif Sporting Club
(14 goals)
Longest winless runChittagong Mohammedan
(7 goals)
Longest losing runChittagong Mohammedan
(3 games)
2017

Team changes edit

A total of eight teams participated in the league with the top to being promoted to the BPL while the bottom placed would be relegated to the Dhaka Senior Division League.[7][8]

To BCL edit

Direct entry

From BCL edit

Promoted to the BPL

Relegated to Dhaka Senior Division League

N.B: No team was promoted from lower tier as the Dhaka Senior Division League was not held the previous season.

Participating clubs edit

TeamLocation
Agrani Bank Ltd. SCDhaka
Chittagong Mohammedan SCChittagong
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club(Fakirarpool), Dhaka
Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha(Kawran Bazar), Dhaka
Bangladesh Police FCDhaka
Saif Sporting ClubDhaka
T&T Club Motijheel(Motijheel), Dhaka
Victoria SC(Gendaria), Dhaka

Venue edit

All matches will be played in the following venue.[3]

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000
Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Standings edit

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Fakirerpool Young Men's Club[a] (C)14761158+727
2Saif Sporting Club (P)146801910+926Promotion to 2017–18 BPL
3Agrani Bank Ltd. SC146261314−120
4Bangladesh Police FC14464119+218
5T&T Club Motijheel144551414017
6Victoria SC143561416−214
7Kawran Bazar14284712−514
8Chittagong Mohammedan (R)142481323−1010Relegation to 2018–19 Dhaka Senior Division League
Source: bff.com.bd Rsssf.com GSA
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Fakirerpool Young Men's Club decided to not parrticipate in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League due to fund crisis[9]

Season statistics edit

As of 9 January 2017

Top scorers edit

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Arifur Rahman[10]Victoria SC6
2 Zahidul Islam DalimFakirerpool Young Men's Club5
Matiur MunnaAgrani Bank Ltd. SC
Motin MiaSaif Sporting Club
Md FarhadChittagong Mohammedan
6 Mohammad JewelFakirerpool Young Men's Club4
Rahim UddinSaif Sporting Club
Ariful IslamSaif Sporting Club
Zillur RahmanAgrani Bank Ltd. SC
Ousai Mong MarmaChittagong Mohammedan

References edit

  1. ^ "বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগের পুরস্কার বিতরণ". banglanews24.com.
  2. ^ "মার্সেল বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগের পুরস্কার বিতরণী শনিবার". Risingbd Online Bangla News Portal.
  3. ^ a b "BCL Football kicks off Oct 29". The New Nation.
  4. ^ "শুরু হচ্ছে বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ". Bangla Tribune.
  5. ^ "SAIF Sporting Club face T&T Club in opener today". The New Nation.
  6. ^ "Fakirerpool champions". The Daily Star. January 10, 2017.
  7. ^ "Three teams inserted into C'ship League". The Daily Star. September 11, 2016.
  8. ^ "চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ দিয়ে ফিরছে চট্টগ্রাম মোহামেডান". bdnews24.
  9. ^ প্রিমিয়ারে খেলতে চায় না ফকিরেরপুল. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Fakirerpool returns on track after 22-year gap - Sports - observerbd.com". The Daily Observer.

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