Bangladesh Super League (BSL) was a planned professional football league, sanctioned by Bangladesh Football Federation, that was meant to represent the sport's highest level in Bangladesh. The league was inaugurated by Bangladesh Football Federation on 18 January 2016. The league was to be contested by eight clubs, with the first season scheduled for 2017.
The tournament was cancelled due to few stadiums and problems with infrastructure.
Foundation On 18 January 2016, the Bangladesh Football Federation entered a 15-year deal with Saif Powertech and Celebrity Management Group. The 70-crores deal gave Powertech-CMG exclusive commercial rights to sponsorship, advertising, broadcasting, merchandising, video, franchising and rights to create a new football league.
The league will get technical assistance from Bangladesh Football Federation, which is in talks with Union of European Football Associations and South American Football Confederation for assistance with foreign coaches and management staff. Each team will have minimum five foreign players in playing eleven.
Teams Proposed Teams Team City Stadium Capacity Dhaka City Dhaka Bangabandhu National Stadium 36,000 Comilla City Comilla Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium 18,000 Rajshahi Silk City Rajshahi Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium 15,000 Khulna Sundarban FC Khulna Khulna District Stadium 12,000 FC Barisal Barisal Sraheed Abdur Rab Serniabad Stadium 30,000 Sylhet United Sylhet Sylhet District Stadium 18,500 Rangpur United Rangpur Sheikh Rasel Stadium 25,000 FC Mymensingh Mymensingh Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium 25,000 Chittagong Port FC Chittagong M. A. Aziz Stadium 30,000 Faridpur Padma FC Faridpur Sheikh Jamal Stadium 30,000
Rights holder Saif Powertec Ltd. along with CMG have already bought the tournament rights for 15 years.
Logo On 28 February 2016, the BSL logo was unveiled at a grand ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.
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