Bangladesh Women's Football League

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
Seasons

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]

History

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

Successful clubs by seasons

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

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

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

Current clubs (2023–24)

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

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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

All-time BWFL table

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

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

Stats and players

Seasonal statistics

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

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

Top scorers by season

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

2019–20

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

Best Player of the Season

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

Sponsorship

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

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

Stadiums

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

See also

References

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