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2000 National Football League (Bangladesh)

The 2000 National Football League was the inaugural season of the country's first football league held on a national scale. The league was also known as the Nitol-Tata National Football League due to sponsorship reasons.

National Football League
Season2000
Dates9 February — 6 April
ChampionsAbahani Limited Dhaka
Matches played18
Goals scored41 (2.28 per match)
Best PlayerTanvir Chowdhury
Top goalscorer3 goals
Bangladesh Saifur Rahman Moni (Chittagong Abahani)
Bangladesh Md Rakib Hossain (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Ghana Kennedy
(Abahani Limited Dhaka)
Biggest home winChittagong Abahani 3–0 Rajshahi Abahani
(11 February 2000)
Biggest away winRajshahi Abahani 1–0 Abahani KC Khulna
(6 March 2000)
Highest scoringMuktijoddha Sangsad KC 5–1 Netorkana Mohammedan
Longest unbeaten runAbahani Limited Dhaka
(6 Matches)
Longest losing runRajshahi Abahani
Netorkana Mohammedan
(3 Matches)

The league included the top three finishing clubs from the 1999 season of the country's top-tier football league at the time, the Dhaka Premier Division League (Dhaka League). The clubs were the Dhaka League champions Mohammedan SC, runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and third-place Abahani Limited Dhaka. Additionally, the district league champions of Chittagong (Chittagong Abahani), Khulna (Khulna Abahani KC), and Rajshahi (Rajshahi Abahani KC) also entered the league. Chaturanga Jubo Sangha from Sylhet won a play-off against the champions of Barisal to secure their place in the league. Netrokona-based Mohammedan SC was also granted permission to enter the league.[1]

Summary

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On 4 January 2000, the three Dhaka clubs: Mohammedan SC, Abahani Limited Dhaka, and Muktijoddha Sangsad KC submitted their squad lists.[2] On 7 January, Netrokona Mohammedan SC, Chittagong Abahani, Rajshahi Abahani KC, Khulna Abahani KC and Sylhet Chaturanga Jubo Sangha announced their squads.[3]

The first round games were played in Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi. In the final round, all games were held in Dhaka.

First round

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chittagong Abahani 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Qualification for Final Round
2 Dhaka Mohammedan 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3 Khulna Abahani 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
4 Rajshahi Abahani 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: rsssf.com
Dhaka Mohammedan3–0Khulna Abahani
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Chittagong Abahani3–0Rajshahi Abahani
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M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Chittagong Abahani1–2Khulna Abahani
  • Sourav Majumder Raju   ?'
 Report
  • Hasan Imam Rikto   ?', ?'
Dhaka Mohammedan1–0Rajshahi Abahani
  • Rakib Hossain   ?'
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Khulna District Stadium, Khulna
Chittagong Abahani2–1Dhaka Mohammedan
  • Moni   ?'
  • Md Asif   ?'
 Report
  • Rakib Hossain   ?'
Khulna Abahani1–0Rajshahi Abahani
  • Sheikh Jamal   ?'
 Report
Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium, Rajshahi

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Qualification for Final Round
2 Dhaka Abahani 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
3 Chaturanga JS 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4 Netorkana Mohammedan 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: rsssf.com
Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad1–0Chaturanga JS
  • Bakhtiar Uddin   ?'
 Report
Dhaka Abahani4–1Netorkana Mohammedan
  • Kanchan   ?'
  • Shahajuddin Tipu   ?'
  • Arman   ?'
  • Kennedy   ?'
 Report
  • Saiful   ?'
M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Dhaka Abahani1–1Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
  • Kennedy   ?'
 Report
Chaturanga JS1–0Netrokona Mohammedan
  • Md Milan   ?'
 Report
Khulna District Stadium, Khulna
Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad5–1Netrokona Mohammedan
  • Majedur Rahman Tushar   ?'
  • Mujibur Rahman Ritu   ?'
  • Bakhtiar Uddin   ?'
  • Saiful Islam Khokon   ?'
  • Liton   ?'
 Report
  • Masud Khan Jhony   ?'
Dhaka Abahaniabd. (0–1)
3–0
Walkover		Chaturanga JS
Report
  • Walid   ?'
Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium, Rajshahi
  • Note: The game was abandoned at Chaturanga JS leading 0-1, after the Chaturanga players attacked the referee.

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dhaka Abahani 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 Champions
2 Dhaka Mohammedan 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11
3 Chittagong Abahani 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
4 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad 6 2 1 3 10 8 +2 7
Source: rsssf.com
Dhaka Mohammedan1–1Chittagong Abahani
 Report
Dhaka Abahani1–0Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
 Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Mohammedan2–1Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
  • Andre   ?'
  • Rakib Hossain   ?'
 Report
  • Baretto   ?'
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Abahani1–0Chittagong Abahani
  • Kennedy   ?'
 Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Chittagong Abahani3–2Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
  • Sourav Majumder Raju   ?'
  • Biplab   ?'
  • Nurul Islam   ?'
 Report
  • Majedur Rahman Tushar   ?'
  • Baretto   ?'
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Dhaka Abahani0–0Dhaka Mohammedan
Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka

Individual awards

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Best coach

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Best player

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Best club

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Best referee

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  •   Ram Krishna Gosh

References

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  1. ^ "Bangladesh 2000". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Dhaka teams bag the elite". The Daily Star. January 3, 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  3. ^ "BFF announces players' lists". The Daily Star. January 7, 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b "আমি হয়তো ছিলাম সেই সময়ের আদর্শ ফুটবলার". www.kalerkantho.com (in Bengali). September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on 25 November 2023.
  5. ^ "জীবন-মৃত্যুর সন্ধিক্ষণে তানভীর". Prothomalo (in Bengali). May 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2024.
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