Dhaka First Division Football League

Dhaka First Division Football League was the second tier football league in Bangladesh which was established in 1993 by the Bangladesh Football Federation. In 2007, with the introduction of Bangladesh's first professional league, the Bangladesh Premier League (B.League), the First Division League was shut down and merged to the previous top-tier, the Dhaka League, which was re-introduced as the new second-tier, called the Dhaka Senior Division Football League (currently the 3rd-tier).[1]

Dhaka First Division Football League
Founded1993 (1993)
First season1993
Folded2006
CountryBangladesh Bangladesh
ConfederationAFC
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid2 (1993–2006)
Promotion toDhaka Senior Division League
Relegation toDhaka Second Division League
Last championsRahmatganj MFS
Most championshipsVictoria SC (3 titles)

History
Main article: Dhaka Senior Division Football League

In 1993, the Bangladesh Football Federation replaced the Dhaka Second Division Football League (which was the second-tier to the Dhaka League since they both started in 1948), with the Dhaka First Division Football League. The Dhaka League was renamed as the Dhaka Premier Division League, being the country's premier football competition, while the Second Division and Third Division served as the third and fourth-tier respectively.[2]

In 2007, the league was shut down and merged to the top-tier, the Dhaka Premier Division League (Dhaka League), which was re-introduced as the Dhaka Senior Division Football League, the second-tier to the country's first top-tier professional national football league, the Bangladesh Premier League (and later became the third-tier in 2012 after the introduction of a second-tier professional national football league, the Bangladesh Championship League).[3][4]

Champions
Season Champion[5] Runner Up
1993 Fakirerpool Young Men's Club Bangladesh Boys
1994 Rahmatganj MFS Farashganj SC
1995 East End Club Bangladesh Boys
1996 Victoria SC Rahmatganj MFS
1997–98 Badda Jagarani Chakra Mirpur Chalantika SC
1999 Victoria SC Dhanmondi Club
2000 Agrani Bank Ltd. SC Fakirerpool Young Men's Club
2001 Victoria SC Badda Jagarani Chakra
2002 Dhaka Wanderers Club Sheikh Russel KC
2003 Fakirerpool Young Men's Club Farashganj SC
Dipali JS
2004–05 Rahmatganj MFS Badda Jagarani Chakra
2005 Not Held
2006 Not Held

References
  1. "১৯ দল নিয়ে তৃতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লীগ". www.jugantor.com.
  2. Pratidin, Bangladesh (February 14, 2022). "ফুটবল লিগের ৫০ বছর". বাংলাদেশ প্রতিদিন.
  3. "Premier Bank title sponsor of BCL". The Daily Star. February 3, 2012.
  4. "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 948". archive.thedailystar.net.
  5. "Bangladesh - List of Champions". RSSSF.
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