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2015–16 Bangladesh Championship League

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Bangladesh Championship League
Season2015–16
Dates29 November 2016 – 9 January 2017[1]
ChampionsFakirerpool Young Men's Club
RelegatedChittagong Mohammedan
PromotedSaif Sporting Club
Matches played56
Goals scored106 (1.89 per match)
Top goalscorerArifur Rahman (Victoria SC)
(6 goals)
Biggest winVictoria SC 4–0 Chittagong Mohammedan
T&T Club Motijheel 4–0 Kawran Bazar
Highest scoringAgrani Bank Ltd. SC 4–1 Victoria SC
(5 goals)
Longest winning runFakirerpool Young Men's Club
Saif Sporting Club
T&T Club Motijheel
Longest unbeaten runSaif Sporting Club
(14 goals)
Longest winless runChittagong Mohammedan
(7 goals)
Longest losing runChittagong Mohammedan
(3 games)
2017

The Bangladesh Championship League 2015–16 (also known as the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League 2015–16 for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the Bangladesh Championship League, Bangladesh's second-tier professional football league.[2] The league began on 29 October 2016 and ended on 9 January 2017.[3][4][5][6][7]

Team changes

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A total of eight teams participated in the league with the top to being promoted to the BPL while the bottom placed would be relegated to the Dhaka Senior Division League.[8][9]

To BCL

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Direct entry

From BCL

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Promoted to the BPL

Relegated to Dhaka Senior Division League

N.B: No team was promoted from lower tier as the Dhaka Senior Division League was not held the previous season.

Participating clubs

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Team Location
Agrani Bank Ltd. SC Dhaka
Chittagong Mohammedan SC Chittagong
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club (Fakirarpool), Dhaka
Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha (Kawran Bazar), Dhaka
Bangladesh Police FC Dhaka
Saif Sporting Club Dhaka
T&T Club Motijheel (Motijheel), Dhaka
Victoria SC (Gendaria), Dhaka

Venue

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All matches will be played in the following venue.[3]

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000
Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fakirerpool Young Men's Club[a] (C) 14 7 6 1 15 8 +7 27
2 Saif Sporting Club (P) 14 6 8 0 19 10 +9 26 Promotion to 2017–18 BPL
3 Agrani Bank Ltd. SC 14 6 2 6 13 14 −1 20
4 Bangladesh Police FC 14 4 6 4 11 9 +2 18
5 T&T Club Motijheel 14 4 5 5 14 14 0 17
6 Victoria SC 14 3 5 6 14 16 −2 14
7 Kawran Bazar 14 2 8 4 7 12 −5 14
8 Chittagong Mohammedan (R) 14 2 4 8 13 23 −10 10 Relegation to 2018–19 Dhaka Senior Division League
Source: bff.com.bd RSSSF GSA
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Fakirerpool Young Men's Club decided to not parrticipate in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League due to fund crisis[10]

Season statistics

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As of 9 January 2017

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[11]
1 Bangladesh Arifur Rahman Victoria SC 6
2 Bangladesh Zahidul Islam Dalim Fakirerpool Young Men's Club 5
Bangladesh Matiur Munna Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
Bangladesh Motin Mia Saif Sporting Club
Bangladesh Md Farhad Chittagong Mohammedan
6 Bangladesh Mohammad Jewel Fakirerpool Young Men's Club 4
Bangladesh Rahim Uddin Saif Sporting Club
Bangladesh Ariful Islam Saif Sporting Club
Bangladesh Zillur Rahman Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
Bangladesh Ousai Mong Marma Chittagong Mohammedan

References

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  1. ^ "বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগের পুরস্কার বিতরণ". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "মার্সেল বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগের পুরস্কার বিতরণী শনিবার". Risingbd Online (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "BCL Football kicks off Oct 29". The New Nation. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "শুরু হচ্ছে বাংলাদেশ চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "SAIF Sporting Club face T&T Club in opener today". The New Nation. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Fakirerpool champions". The Daily Star. January 10, 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Fakirerpool returns on track after 22-year gap". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Three teams inserted into C'ship League". The Daily Star. September 11, 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  9. ^ "চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ লিগ দিয়ে ফিরছে চট্টগ্রাম মোহামেডান". bdnews24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  10. ^ প্রিমিয়ারে খেলতে চায় না ফকিরেরপুল. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Marcel Bangladesh Championship League 2015-16". archive.bff.com.bd. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
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