The 2005 Dhaka Premier Division League, also known as the Premier Bank Dhaka Premier Division League for sponsorship reasons was the 29th season of the top-tier football league in Bangladesh and the final season in which the league served as the country's top division. The league started on 28 May and ended on 12 September 2005.
The top seven teams qualified for the 2007 B.League, the inaugural season of Bangladesh's professional football league. Meanwhile, the bottom three teams, who were originally supposed to participate in the First Division, eventually took part in the merger of the First Division and Premier Division Leagues, which served as the second-tier until 2012.
Venue The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the sole venue used for the league. Dhaka Bangabandhu National Stadium Capacity: 36,000
Regular season League table
Result table
Championship playoff A playoff match was arranged by the Bangladesh Football Federation and the league committee on 12 September 2005, after Mohammedan and Brothers Union tied the final league game 1–1 on 9 September, finishing with equal points, as goal difference was not used to determine positions. Final
GK Mohammed Ali (GK) LB Masoud Rana RB Mohiuddin Ibnul SirajiCB Jewel Rana CB Mohammed Sujan (c) CB Amit Khan Shuvro MF Hicham Inani MF Pranotosh Kumar Das MF Abul Hossain CF Victor Edwards CF Zahid Hasan Ameli Substitutions:RB Jahangir Patwary MF Rezaul Karim Liton CF Saiful Islam Khokon Head coach: Wazed Gazi GK Biplob Bhattacharjee (GK) RB Hassan Al-Mamun LB Mohammed Rony CB Kazi Nazrul IslamCB Peter Odaf MF Motiur Rahman Munna MF Asadur Rahman Asad MF Faisal Mahmud CF Ashraful Kader Manju CF Alfaz Ahmed (c)CF Donald Robert Substitutions:MF Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib MF Abdul Kayum Sentu FW Mohamed Zahid Hossain Manager: Kazi Jasimuddin Joshi
Final table
Top scorers Rank Scorer Club Goals 1 Victor EdwardsBrothers Union 12 2 Audu IbrahimDhaka Abahani 11 3 Shahajuddin TipuDhaka Abahani 10 Rokonuzzaman KanchanMuktijoddha Sangsad Maksudul Alam BulbulSheikh Russel 6 Alfaz AhmedMohammedan SC 8 Ashraful Kader ManjuMohammedan SC Rezaul Karim LitonBrothers Union Mohamed Hedayetullah RobinFakirerpool Paul NwachukwuMuktijoddha Sangsad Abdel Majid BurjugaSheikh Russel
Records On 2 June 2005, Sheikh Russel KC defeated Fakirerpool YMC 10–0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, marking the second-largest margin of victory in the country's top-tier domestic football league, only behind Brothers Union's 15–0 victory over Dilkusha SC in 1984.
References
External links Dhaka Premier League 2005 at RSSSF