2000 National Football League (Bangladesh)

The 2000 National Football League was the inaugural season of the country's first football league held on a national scale. The league was also known as the Nitol-Tata National Football League due to sponsorship reasons.

National Football League
Season2000
Dates9 February — 6 April
ChampionsAbahani Limited Dhaka
Matches played18
Goals scored41 (2.28 per match)
Biggest home winChittagong Abahani 3–0 Rajshahi Abahani
(11 February 2000)
Biggest away winRajshahi Abahani 1–0 Abahani KC Khulna
(6 March 2000)
Highest scoringMuktijoddha Sangsad KC 5–1 Netorkana Mohammedan
Longest unbeaten runAbahani Limited Dhaka
(6 Matches)
Longest losing runRajshahi Abahani
Netorkana Mohammedan
(3 Matches)

The league included the top three finishing clubs from the 1999 season of the country's top-tier football league at the time, the Dhaka Premier Division League (Dhaka League). The clubs were the Dhaka League champions Mohammedan SC, runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and third-place Abahani Limited Dhaka. Additionally, the district league champions of Chittagong (Chittagong Abahani), Khulna (Khulna Abahani KC), and Rajshahi (Rajshahi Abahani KC) also entered the league. Chaturanga Jubo Sangha from Sylhet won a play-off against the champions of Barisal to secure their place in the league. Netrokona-based Mohammedan SC was also granted permission to enter the league.[1]

Summary

On 4 January 2000, the three Dhaka clubs: Mohammedan SC Abahani Limited Dhaka, and Muktijoddha Sangsad KC submitted their squad lists.[2] On 7 January, Netrokona Mohammedan SC, Chittagong Abahani, Rajshahi Abahani KC, Khulna Abahani KC and Sylhet Chaturanga Jubo Sangha announced their squads.[3]

The first phase matches were played in Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi. In the final phase all fixtures were held in Dhaka.

First phase

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Chittagong Abahani 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6 Qualification for Final Phase
2 Mohammedan SC 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3 Khulna Abahani 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
4 Rajshahi Abahani 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: rsssf.com

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Muktijoddha Sangsad 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Qualification for Final Phase
2 Chaturanga JS 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
3 Abahani Limited Dhaka 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
4 Netorkana Mohammedan SC 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: rsssf.com

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Abahani Limited Dhaka 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14 Champions
2 Mohammedan SC 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11
3 Chittagong Abahani 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
4 Muktijoddha Sangsad 6 2 1 3 10 8 +2 7
Source: rsssf.com

References
  1. "Bangladesh 2000". www.rsssf.org.
  2. Reporter, Sports (January 3, 2000). "Dhaka teams bag the elite". The Daily Star.
  3. Reporter, Sports (January 7, 2000). "BFF announces players' lists". The Daily Star.


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