Bangladesh Premier League (football)
| Country |
 Bangladesh
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|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC |
| Founded | 2 March 2007 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | BCL |
| Domestic cup(s) |
Federation Cup Super Cup Independence Cup (Bangladesh) |
| International cup(s) | AFC Cup |
| Current champions |
Dhaka Abahani (5th titles) (2016) |
| Most championships | Dhaka Abahani (5 titles) |
| TV partners | Boishakhi TV (live matches) |
| Website | www |
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Bangladesh Premier League is the top-tier association football league of Bangladesh run by the country's football federation. It is the country's most popular sports league after the BPL. It was previously known as the B. League that began in 2007. The league was renamed to Bangladesh League in 2009. In 2012 it was renamed to the current name. It marked the start of the professional era and an open wide national league. It was sponsored by Manyavar for the 2015 season, thus known as Manyavar Bangladesh Premier League. In the following season, 2016, it is sponsored by the JB Group. The Dhaka Derby is one of the most popular matches in the league.
A national football championship was first started in 2000, before that, the Dhaka League was renowned as the top-tier football league in Bangladesh.
In 2007, the winner of the Dhaka League and top club teams mainly from Dhaka and other parts of the country were promoted to the first professional league. The B.League replaced the National Football Championship as the premier national league. A total of 12 clubs were scheduled to participate before Sylhet DSA withdrew and were not replaced.
With clubs playing professional football from all over the country and not from the capital only unlike the Dhaka League, the professional league even then failed to gain the popularity of the Dhaka League and to improve the country's football.
The 2009–10 season brought, along with the change in name of the league, newly built football clubs like Beanibazar. This might seem promising for the country's football.
No second division league was introduced until in 2011 and this hampered the fate of the relegated teams. Clubs were selected from regional leagues especially from the Dhaka League and called up.
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