Bangladesh Football League (1st tier) Dhaka First Division League (1971–1992)Dhaka Premier Division League (1993–2006)B.League (2007–2009)Bangladesh League (2009–2011)Bangladesh Premier League (2012–2025)Bangladesh Football League (2025–present) Country Founded 1948 (recognized) Number of teams 10 (2024–25 season) Current champions Bashundhara Kings (6th title) Most successful club Mohammedan (20 titles each) The Bangladeshi football champions are the winners of the top league in Bangladesh, the Dhaka First Division League from 1971 to 1992, the Dhaka Premier Division League from 1993 to 2006, and the Bangladesh Football League since 2007.
Pre-independence era
Dhaka First Division League (1948–1970) The district-based Dhaka First Division League, also known as the Dhaka Senior Division League, was the top football competition in the region following the partition of India. Unlike other district-based leagues in the province, the Dhaka Football League, as the province's premier football competition, was administered by the province's main sports governing body, the East Pakistan Sports Federation until the independence of Bangladesh.
Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top Scorer Goals 1948 Victoria Wari Unknown Unknown 1949 EP Gymkhana Dhaka Wanderers Victoria Unknown 1950 Dhaka Wanderers EP Gymkhana EB Railway Unknown 1951 Dhaka Wanderers Unknown Unknown Unknown 1952 EBG Press Dhaka Wanderers Unknown Rashid Chunna (EBG Press) Unknown 1953 Dhaka Wanderers Azad Unknown Anwar Hossain (Azad) 49 1954 Dhaka Wanderers EBG Press EP Rifles Unknown 1955 Dhaka Wanderers None Unknown Unknown 1956 Dhaka Wanderers Mohammedan Unknown Unknown 1957 Mohammedan Dhaka Wanderers Unknown Unknown 1958 Azad Central Printing Press Mohammedan Tajul Islam Manna (Azad) 25 1959 Mohammedan Dhaka Wanderers Central Printing Press Ashraf Chowdhury (Mohammedan) 16 1960 Dhaka Wanderers Mohammedan DC Mills Muhammad Yaqub (Dhaka Wanderers) 26 1961 Mohammedan Victoria Dhaka Wanderers Ghulam Abbas Baloch (Mohammedan) 421962VictoriaDhaka WanderersMohammedan Ghulam Abbas Baloch (Victoria)38 1963 Mohammedan Dhaka Wanderers PWD Qayyum Changezi (Mohammedan) 27 1964 Victoria Mohammedan PWD Muhammad Umer (Victoria) 32 1965 Mohammedan Victoria Unknown Unknown 1966 Mohammedan Dhaka Wanderers EPIDC Moosa Ghazi (Mohammedan) 51 1967 EPIDC Mohammedan Victoria Unknown 1968 EPIDC Mohammedan Dhaka Wanderers Ayub Dar (East Pakistan IDC) 31 1969 Mohammedan Dilkusha EPIDC Ali Nawaz Baloch (Mohammedan) 45 1970 EPIDC Dhaka Wanderers Unknown Unknown
Champions of Bangladesh Dhaka First Division League (1971–1992)
Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top Scorer Goals1971 Not held due to the Bangladesh Liberation War1972 Not completed1973 BIDC Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Dhaka Wanderers Rahmatganj Kazi Salahuddin (Dhaka Abahani) 241974 Dhaka Abahani Dilkusha BIDC Golam Shahid Neelu (Dilkusha) 161975 Mohammedan BJMC Dhaka Abahani AKM Nowsheruzzaman (Mohammedan) 211976 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani None Hafizuddin Ahmed (Mohammedan) Abdul Halim (PWD) 131977 Dhaka Abahani Rahmatganj None Kazi Salahuddin (Dhaka Abahani) 141978 Mohammedan Brothers Union Dhaka Abahani Enayetur Rahman Khan (Mohammedan) 131979 BJMC Dhaka Abahani Brothers Union Kazi Salahuddin (Dhaka Abahani) 141980 Mohammedan BJMC Brothers Union Kazi Salahuddin (Dhaka Abahani) 151981 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan BJMC Brothers Union Mohammed Mohsin (Brothers Union) 201982 Mohammedan SC Dhaka Abahani Rahmatganj MFS Abdus Salam Murshedy (Mohammedan) 271983 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Brothers Union Arif Abdul Khalek (Brothers Union) 141984 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Rahmatganj Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Dhaka Abahani) 171985 Dhaka Abahani Brothers Union Mohammedan Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Dhaka Abahani) 181986 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Brothers Union Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Dhaka Abahani) 201987 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Dhaka Abahani) 14 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Brothers Union Bijan Taheri (Mohammedan) 241989–90 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Brothers Union Sheikh Mohammad Aslam (Dhaka Abahani) 111991 Not Held1991–92 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Brothers Union Azamat Abduraimov (Mohammedan) 17
Dhaka Premier Division League (1993–2006) The Dhaka Premier Division League was introduced as the top-tier in 1993.
Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top Scorer Goals1993 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Oleg Zhivotnikov (Mohammedan) 131994 Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Mohammedan Andrey Kazakov (Mohammedan) 131995 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Muktijoddha Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha) 121996 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha) 13 Muktijoddha Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha) 131999 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib (Muktijoddha) 122000 Muktijoddha Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Kennedy (Dhaka Abahani) 172001 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Rahmatganj Emeka Ochilifu (Mohammedan) Rezaul Karim Liton (Arambagh) 102002 Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Colly Barnes (Dhaka Abahani) 122003–04 Brothers Union Sheikh Russel Dhaka Abahani Etigo (Mohammedan) 162005 Brothers Union Mohammedan Dhaka Abahani Victor Edwards (Brothers Union) 112005–06 Not Held2006–07 Not Held
B.League (2007–2009) In 2007, the B.League was introduced as Bangladesh's first professional national football league. It replaced the semi–professional district-based Dhaka Premier Division League 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 top-tier only allowed clubs from Dhaka to participate. Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top Scorer Goals2007 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Muktijoddha Junior Obagbemiro (Brothers Union) 16 Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Sheikh Russel Alamu Bukola Olalekan (Mohammedan) 18
Bangladesh League (2009–2011) The league was renamed to Bangladesh League in 2009. Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top Scorer Goals Dhaka Abahani Mohammedan Muktijoddha Enamul Haque (Dhaka Abahani) 212010 Sheikh Jamal Muktijoddha Sheikh Russel James Moga (Muktijoddha) 19
Bangladesh Premier League (2012–2025) The league was renamed to Bangladesh Premier League in 2012. Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top Scorer Goals2011–12 Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Mohammedan Ismael Bangoura (BJMC) 17 2012–13 Sheikh Russel Sheikh Jamal Dhaka Abahani Osei Morrison (Mohammedan) 122013–14 Sheikh Jamal Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha Wedson Anselme (Sheikh Jamal) 262014–15 Sheikh Jamal Sheikh Russel KC Mohammedan Emeka Darlington (Mohammedan) 192015–16 Dhaka Abahani Chittagong Abahani Sheikh Russel Sunday Chizoba (Dhaka Abahani) 192017–18 Dhaka Abahani Sheikh Jamal Chittagong Abahani Solomon King Kanform (Sheikh Jamal) 152018–19 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Abahani Sheikh Russel Raphael Odovin Onwrebe (Sheikh Russel) 222019–20Cancelled2020–21 Bashundhara Kings Sheikh Jamal Dhaka Abahani Robson Azevedo da Silva (Bashundhara Kings) 21 2021–22 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Abahani Saif Souleymane Diabate (Mohammedan) 212022–23 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Abahani Bangladesh Police Dorielton (Bahsundhara Kings) 20 2023–24Bashundhara Kings Mohammedan SC Dhaka Abahani Cornelius Stewart (Dhaka Abahani) 192024–25Mohammedan SC Dhaka Abahani Bashundhara Kings Samuel Boateng (Rahmatganj) 21
Bangladesh Football League (2025–present) The league was renamed to Bangladesh Football League in 2025. Season Champions Runner-up Third place Top Scorer Goals Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Abahani Fortis Dorielton (Bashundhara Kings) 20 2026–27
Winning clubs
Pre-independence
Club Titles Season LocationMohammedan 7 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969 DhakaDhaka Wanderers 7 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960 DhakaEPIDC 3 1967, 1968, 1970 DhakaVictoria 3 1948, 1962, 1964 DhakaEP Gymkhana 1 1949 DhakaBG Press 1 1952 DhakaAzad 1 1958 Dhaka
Post-independence
Club Titles Season LocationDhaka Abahani 17 1974, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2017–18 DhakaMohammedan 13 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988–89, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2024–25 DhakaBashundhara Kings 6 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2025–26 DhakaSheikh Jamal 3 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15 DhakaBJMC/BIDC 2 1973, 1979 DhakaMuktijoddha 2 1997–98, 2000 DhakaBrothers Union 2 2003–04, 2005 DhakaSheikh Russel 1 2012–13 Dhaka
See also Bangladesh Football League Dhaka Premier Division Football League Dhaka First Division Football League Bangladesh Super Cup Bangladeshi football league system Football in Bangladesh Bangladesh Women's Football League List of Dhaka Football League champions
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