Dhaka Second Division Football League
Logo of 2021–22 season
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)[1]
First season1948
CountryBangladesh Bangladesh
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams18
Level on pyramid2 (1948–1992)
3 (1993–2011)
4 (2012–present)
Promotion toDhaka Senior Division League
Relegation toDhaka Third Division League
Current championsJatrabari Jhatika Shangshad
Most championshipsUnknown
TV partnersBangladesh Football Federation
(on Facebook and YouTube)
Websitebff.com.bd
Current: 2022–23 Dhaka Second Division Football League

The Dhaka Second Division Football League (Bengali: ঢাকা দ্বিতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লীগ) is the fourth-tier football league in Bangladesh and the second-highest league division in Dhaka.[2] The league was officially founded in 1948 as the second tier of the First Division – Dhaka League, when Bangladesh was under Pakistani rule.

Until 1992, it served as the second tier of Bangladeshi football before being replaced by the now-defunct Dhaka First Division Football League (1993–2006 second-tier version). In 2012, the league was further demoted to become the country's fourth tier. The two top-finishing teams in the Super League round are automatically promoted to the Dhaka Senior Division League (formerly Dhaka League).[3][4][5]

The league is the second-highest division of semi-professional football in the country and is run by the Dhaka Metropolitan Football Committee under the supervision of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).[6]

Format

As of 2022–2023

Structure

Further information: Bangladeshi football league system

Level

League / Division

1

Bangladesh Premier League
11 clubs - 2 relegation

2

Bangladesh Championship League
11 clubs - 2 promotion, 2 relegation

3

Dhaka Senior Division Football League
14 clubs – 2 promotion, 3 relegation

4

Dhaka Second Division Football League
18 clubs, split into 2 groups – 3 promotion, 2 relegation

5

Dhaka Third Division Football League
18 clubs, split into 2 groups – 5 promotion, 2 relegation

6

Bangladesh Pioneer Football League
unlimited number of clubs - 4 promotion

Results

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2023)

Second-tier league: 1948–1992

Season Champion Promoted Runners-up Ref.
1948 East Pakistan Gymkhana None [7]
1950 Fire Service SC & Azad Sporting Club None [8]
1951 Bengal Government Press None [9]
1953 Central Printing Press & Stationery Club None [10]
1955 Dhakeswari Cotton Mill None [11]
1957 PWD Sports Club None [12]
1958–59 Kamal Sporting Club None [13]
1964 Rahmatganj MFS None [14]
1965 EPIDC None [15]
1967 East End Club None [8]
1968 Dilkusha SC None [16]
1969 Pakistan Sporting None [8]
1870 Iqbal Sporting Club None [17]
1971 Not Held
1972 Not completed
1973 BRTC Sports Club None [18]
1974 Brothers Union None [19]
1975 Shantinagar Club None [18]
1976 Sadharan Bima CSC None [18]
1977 Fire Service SC None [18]
1978 Dhanmondi Club None [18]
1979 Arambagh KS None [18]
1980 Farashganj SC None [18]
1981 Not Held [18]
1982 BRTC Sports Club None [20]
1983 Muktijoddha Sangsad KC None [21]
1984 PWD Sports Club None [22]
1985 Mirpur Chalantika KC None [23]
1986 Adamjee Jute Mills SSC None [24]
1987 Fakirerpool Young Men's Club Agrani Bank Ltd. SC [25]
1988–89 Team BJMC Wari Club [26]
1989–90 Eskaton Sabuj Sangha Club Police AC [27]
1990–91 Not Held
1991–92 Bangladesh Boys Club East End Club [28]
From 1993 to 2006 the Dhaka First Division Football League acted as the second-tier.
From 2007 to 2011 the Dhaka Senior Division Football League acted as the second-tier.
Since 2012 the Bangladesh Championship League acts as the second-tier.

Third-tier league: 1993–2011

Season Champion Promoted Runners-up Promoted Third-place Ref.
From 1948 to 1992 the Dhaka Third Division Football League acted as the third-tier
1993–94 Shantinagar Club The Muslim Institute None [29]
1994–95 Police AC Badda Jagoroni Club None [30]
1996 Shantinagar Club Dhaka Wanderers Club None [31]
1997–98 Prantik KC[32] The Muslim Institute None [33]
1999–00 PWD Sports Club[34] Sadharan Bima CSC None [35]
2000–01 Not Held [36]
2001–02 Sheikh Russel KC[37] East End Club Dhaka Wanderers Club[38] [39]
2003 Mohakhali Ekadash Dipali Jubo Sangha None [40]
2004 Unknown
2005 Unknown
2006 Unknown
2007 Unknown
2008 Uttar Baridhara Club T&T Club Motijheel None [41]
Since 2012 the Dhaka Senior Division Football League acts as the third-tier.

Fourth-tier league: 2012–present

Season Champion Promoted Runners-up Promoted Third-place Promoted Fourth-place Ref.
From 1981 to 1992 the Bangladesh Pioneer Football League acted as the fourth-tier
From 1994 to 2011 the Dhaka Third Division Football League acted as the fourth-tier
2012 Bashabo Tarun Sangha[42] Friends Social Welfare Organization Bangladesh Boys Club Swadhinata KS [43]
2013–14 Police AC[note 1] PWD Sports Club Kawran Bazar PS Sadharan Bima CSC [44]
2014 Not Held [45]
2015 Not Held [45]
2016–17 Koshaituli Somaj Kallyan Parishad Nawabpur Krira Sangha None None [46]
2017–18 Not Held [45]
2018–19 Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda East End Club Dilkusha SC None [47]
2019–20 Not Held [48]
2020–21 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh [49]
2021–22 Saif Sporting Club Youth Team Siddikbazar Dhaka Jr. SC None None [50]
2022–23 Jatrabari Jhatika Shangshad[51] Arambagh FA None None [52]

Top scorers

Season Player Club Goals Ref.
1968 Kazi Salahuddin Dilkusha SC 14 [53]
1974 Mohammed Mohsin Brothers Union 22 [54]
1982 Monir Hossain Manu BRTC Sports Club 14 [20]
1983 Shahinur Kabir Shimul Muktijoddha Sangsad KC 16 [55]
1984 Mostafizur Rahman Mostak PWD Sports Club 17 [56]
1986 Mohammed Noman Rayer Bazar AC 10 [57]
1987 Mizanur Rahman Mizan Fakirerpool Young Men's Club 7 [58]
1988–89 Tushar Barua Team BJMC 9 [26]
2001–02 Bashir Ahmed Mohakhali Ekadosh 15 [38]
2021–22 Saifullah Sardar Jahid Ahsan Sohel KC 14 [50]
2022–23 Aryan Sikder Jatrabari Jhatika Shangshad 11 [51]

Match-Fixing

2017

On 8 June 2017, Bangladesh Football Federation relegated Dhaka United Sports Club and Friends Social Welfare Organisation during the 2016–17 league after both clubs were found guilty of playing a fixed match. They were both fined Tk 50000, while three of the Dhaka United Sports Club players were suspended for different terms following their involvement in the fixed-match which led to Friends Social Welfare Organisation winning the game and thus avoiding relegation.[59]

2021–22

On 10 November 2022, Bangladesh Football Federation found both BG Press Sports and Recreation Club and Khilgaon Football Academy guilty of match-fixing. Both clubs were also fined Tk5 lakhs each. BG Press had three points deducted, while the club general secretary, Shikdar Moshiur Rahman, head coach Md Delowar Hossain and team manager Md Rafiqul Islam Sarkar, were banned from football activities for six months. Five players of BG Press – Salman Rahman, Mostafizur Rahman, Shahin Alam Pranto, Swadhin Biswas and Mehedi Hasan were also banned for six months, while Md Tanis Mia has been suspended for three months. Khilgaon Football Academy were already relegated from the league, and the club's president Hazi Md Nazrul Islam, general secretary Md Rafiqul Islam, head coach Md Habibur Rahman and team manager Faruk Ahmed were banned from taking part in football activities for six months.[60]

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Notes

  1. ^ Police AC were directly promoted to the Bangladesh Championship League after meeting the cirterion required to enter the professional football league.

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