Wikipedia

Bangladesh Women's Football League

(Redirected from 2022–23 Bangladesh Women's Football League)

The Bangladesh Women's Football League (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নারী ফুটবল লিগ),officially known as UCB Women's Football League for sponsorship reasons and simply as WFL, is the highest level of women's club football competition of Bangladesh. Established in 2011, the league is run by Bangladesh Football Federation.[3]

Bangladesh Women's Football League
Organising bodyBangladesh Football Federation
Founded2 October 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-02)
CountryBangladesh Bangladesh
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Number of teams12[1]
Level on pyramid1
Current championsNasrin Sporting Club (1st title)
(2023–24)
Most championshipsBashundhara Kings (3 titles)
Most appearancesSabina Khatun (42)
Top goalscorerSabina Khatun (134)[2]
TV partnersT Sports
Websitebff.com.bd
Current: 2023–24 Bangladesh Womens Football League

History

edit
See also: List of Bangladesh Women's Football League seasons

Bangladesh Women's Football League is the country's top flight domestic women's football league which is founded in 2011 by Bangladesh Football Federation.[4] After two consecutive season, the league was postponed for indefinite time because of unknown reason. After a long gap of 7 years, Bangladesh Football Federation organised the third edition in 2020. Currently Cholo Kheli Trust is the Strategic partner for Bangladesh Women's Football and for next three years. Cholo Kheli Trust, a charitable foundation formed to work in the fields of Sports, Education, Health combined with Information, create strategies and execute them in association with respective Ministries. Inspire next generation youth of Bangladesh to love, appreciate and pick sports and Play. The Trust also want them to be well Educated, Healthy and be informed by the Best standards in the World.

Champions

edit

Successful clubs by seasons

edit
BWFL 2011–12 & 2012–13 season
Edition Season Winner Result Runner Up
1st 2011–12 Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Women 2–0[5] Dhaka Mohammedan Women
2nd 2012–13 Dhaka Abahani Women 3–1[6] Dhaka Mohammedan Women
BWFL season (2019–20) – present
Edition Season Champion Runner Up Ref.
3rd 2019–20 Bashundhara Kings Women Nasrin Sporting Club [7]
4th 2020–21 Bashundhara Kings Women ARB College SC [8]
5th 2021–22 Bashundhara Kings Women ARB College SC [9]
6th 2023–24 Nasrin Sporting Club ARB College SC

Performance by clubs

edit
Club
 Titles Runners–up Winning seasons Runners–up seasons
Bashundhara Kings Women 3 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
Nasrin Sporting Club 1 1 2023–24 2019–20
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Women 1 2011–12
Dhaka Abahani Women 1 2012–13
ARB College SC 3 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
Dhaka Mohammedan Women 2 2011–12, 2012–13
Nasrin Sporting Club 1 2023–24

Clubs

edit
Main article: List of Bangladesh Women's Football League clubs

Current clubs (2023–24)

edit

Nine clubs were competes in the 2023–24 Bangladesh Womens Football League.

class=notpageimage|
Locations of the 2023–24 Bangladesh Women's Football League teams
Team Location
ARB College Sporting Club Noakhali
Bangladesh Army FC Women Dhaka
Dhaka Rangers FC Dhaka
Farashganj SC Farashganj Dhaka
Jamalpur Kacharipara Akadas Jamalpur
Nasrin Sporting Club Dhaka
Siraj Srity Songsod Rajshahi
Suddopuskorini Jubo SC Rangpur
Uttara FC Uttara Dhaka

Former clubs

edit

All-time BWFL table

edit
All-time table season (2023–24)-present
Pos. Club Seasons Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD 1st 2nd Debut Last/Recent App. Relegated Best
1 Bashundhara Kings Women 3 111 37 37 0 0 342 2 +340 3 0 2019–20 2021–22 1
2 ARB College SC 3 85 33 28 1 4 195 16 +179 0 3 2020–21 2023–24 2
3 Nasrin SC 4 83 45 26 5 14 156 122 +34 1 1 2019–20 2023–24 1
4 Jamalpur Kacharipara XI 4 48 45 15 3 27 65 202 -137 0 0 2019–20 2023–24 3
5 FC Brahmanbaria 2 35 25 10 5 11 36 79 -43 0 0 2020–21 2021–22 3
6 Cumilla United 3 35 37 9 8 20 35 123 -88 0 0 2019–20 2021–22 3
7 Siraj Srity Songsod 2 30 19 9 3 7 45 21 +24 0 0 2021–22 2023–24 5
8 Uttara FC Women 2 29 19 9 2 8 30 42 -12 0 0 2021–22 2023–24 4
9 Suddopuskorini Jubo SC 3 29 33 9 2 22 47 114 -67 0 0 2020–21 2023–24 4
10 Bangladesh Army 1 18 8 6 0 2 24 5 +19 0 0 2023–24 2023–24 3
11 Barishal Football Academy 1 15 11 5 0 6 24 18 +6 0 0 2021–22 2021–22 5
12 FC Uttar Bongo 1 12 16 5 1 6 27 40 -13 0 0 2019–20 2019–20 1 4
13 Begum Anowara SC 1 12 12 4 0 8 13 38 -25 0 0 2019–20 2019–20 11
14 Dhaka Rangers FC 2 12 19 3 3 13 18 76 -58 0 0 2021–22 2023–24 1 7
15 Farashganj SC Women 2 9 19 3 0 16 13 80 -67 0 0 2021–22 2023–24 6
16 Kachijhuli SC 1 8 14 2 2 10 10 47 -37 0 0 2020–21 2020–21 1 7
17 Spartan MK Gallactico Sylhet FC 1 7 12 2 1 9 9 61 -52 0 0 2019–20 2019–20 1 6

Head coaches

edit
Current head coaches
Team Head coach
ARB College SC   Golam Rayhan Bapon
Bangladesh Army FC Women   Golam Rabbani Choton
Dhaka Rangers FC   Md Shofiqul Hasan Polash
Farashganj SC   Khokon Dash
Jamalpur Kacharipara Akadas   Md Shofiqul Islam
Nasrin Sporting Club   Shohel Rahman
Suddopuskorini Jubo SC   Shamim Khan Miskin
Siraj Srity Songsod   Md Shahiduzzaman Kamal
Uttara FC   Md Jaman Ahmed
Winning head coaches
Head coach Club Wins Winning years
  Mosharraf Badal Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Women 1 2011–12
  Mahmuda Sharifa Oditi Bashundhara Kings 1 2019–20
  Abu Faisal Ahmed Bashundhara Kings 1 2020–21
  Syed Golam Jilani Bashundhara Kings 1 2021–22
  Shohel Rahman Nasrin Sporting Club 1 2023–24

Stats and players

edit

Seasonal statistics

edit
As of 28 May 2024
Season Matches played Total Goals Goals Average per Game
2011–12 - - -
2012–13 12 129 10.75
2019–20 42 259 6.17
2020–21 56 299 5.34
2021–22 66 331 5.02
2023–24 36 200 5.55

Top goal scorers

edit
As of 30 May 2024
BWFL All-time top scorers
Rank Player Seasons Apps Goals
1   Sabina Khatun 5 40 132
2   Krishna Rani Sarkar 3 33 53
3   Aklima Khatun 3 36
4   Tohura Khatun 3 28 33
5   Aungmraching Marma 1 5 29
6   Sirat Jahan Shopna 18 25
7  Mosammat Sagorika 2 25
8   Anuching Mogini 3 24
9   Swapna Rani 23
10   Mosammat Sultana 3 23

Top scorers by season

edit
Season Player Club Goals
2011–12   Sabina Khatun Sheikh Jamal DC Women 25[10]
2012–13   Aungmraching Marma Dhaka Abahani Women 29[11]

2019–20

  Sabina Khatun Bashundhara Kings Women 35[12]
2020–21   Krishna Rani Sarkar Bashundhara Kings Women 28[13]
2021–22   Aklima Khatun ARB College SC 25[14]
2023–24   Sabina Khatun Nasrin Sporting Club 17

Best Player of the Season

edit
Season Player Team
2011–12   Sui Nu Pru Marma Dhaka Mohammedan Women
2012–13   Sabina Khatun Dhaka Mohammedan Women
2019–20   Tohura Khatun[15] Bashundhara Kings
2020–21   Sohagi Kisku[16] ARB College SC
2021–22   Shahida Akter Ripa ARB College SC
2023–24   Mosammat Sultana Bangladesh Army FC Women

Sponsorship

edit
Period Sponsor Name Ref.
2011 – 2013 Walton
2019 – 2021 Tricotex
2021–22 Bashundhara Group Bashundhara Group Women's Football League
2023–24 United Commercial Bank UCB Bangladesh Women's Football League

Media coverage

edit

T Sports broadcast the 2020–21 season of the league. The 2021–22 season was broadcast by the official YouTube channel of BFF.

Stadiums

edit

All of the matches of women's premier league is played in Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium[17]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "নারী লিগে অংশ নিবে ১২ দল!". Offside Bangladesh. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. ^ গোল মেশিন সাবিন খাতুনের 'গোলের সেঞ্চুরি'(In Bengali). Daily Sports BD (in Bengali). 19 June 2021. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's football league to begin on Jan 31". UNB. 26 December 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. ^ "BWFL deferred one week". Dhaka Tribune. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Sheikh Jamal win women's league". The Daily Star. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Abahani girls beat Mohammedans, clinch football title". Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Unstoppable Kings clinch Women's Football League". Dhaka Tribune. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Bashundhara Kings retain title". The Daily Star. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Kings women break ARB CSC's resistance to seal hattrick WFL title". The Daily Star. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Jamal clinch women's title". archive.bff.com.bd. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Abahani clinch women's football league title". Dhaka Mirror. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Kings conclude league with 119 goals in 12 matches". Dhaka Tribune. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Krishna crowned top scorer trophy WFL 2021". Daily Sun. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Unheralded Aklima outshines Sabina, Krishna". The Daily Star. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  15. ^ "সাবিনা-কৃষ্ণাকে টপকে লীগের সেরা তহুরা (In Bengali)". Daily Bangla Tribune. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Bashndhara Kings Won the WFL 2020-21 Championship title!". Bangladesh Football Federation. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  17. ^ trumptree360. "Bashndhara Kings Won the WFL 2020-21 Championship title! |". BFF. Retrieved 17 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Women%27s_Football_League&oldid=1252660398"