BCL transfers underway
The transfer window got underway yesterday for the Bangladesh Championship League, the second-tier of professional football league, even though none of the 11 participating teams showed up on the opening day of the three-week long transfer.
The league is scheduled to start on February 4 and the first leg of matches is scheduled to finish on April 17. Each team will play 20 matches at the Birshrestha Mostafa Kamal Stadium in double-legged system.
This time three new clubs – Shadhinota Krira Sangha, Wari Club and Dhaka City FC -- have been added to the roster while Farashganj SC, demoted from the Premier League, made the league an 11-team one unlike last year's 10.
“There were six applications for inclusion in the BCL, but having scrutinised everything, the league committee gave green signal to three of those teams while Farashganj were automatic inclusions as demoted from top-tier,” BFF's competition's manager Zaber AL Ansari said when asked about the criteria of the new inclusions.
The participating teams this time are: Farashganj SC, Victoria Sporting, Fakirerpool YMC, T&T Club, Uttar Baridhara, Police FC, Feni Soccer, Agrani Bank, Shadhinota Krira Sangha, Wari Club and Dhaka City FC.
Last year's champions Bashundhara Kings have already proven their worth in top-tier football, winning the Independence Cup title after finishing runners-up in the season-opening Federation Cup. NoFeL Sporting, the runners-up team of last season, are also plying their trade in top-tier this season while Kawranbazar PS were the only team among 10 teams to have been relegated.
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