2000 National Football League (Bangladesh)

National Football League
Season2000
Dates9 February — 6 April
ChampionsDhaka Abahani
Matches18
Goals41 (2.28 per match)
Best PlayerTanvir Chowdhury
Top goalscorer3 goals
Saifur Rahman Moni (Chittagong Abahani)
Md Rakib Hossain (Dhaka Mohammedan)
Kennedy
(Dhaka Abahani)
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 runDhaka Abahani
(6 Matches)
Longest losing runRajshahi Abahani
Netorkana Mohammedan
(3 Matches)

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.

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. The clubs were the league champions Dhaka Mohammedan, runners-up Muktijoddha Sangsad KC and third-place Dhaka Abahani. Additionally, the district league champions of Chittagong (Chittagong Abahani), Khulna (Khulna Abahani), and Rajshahi (Rajshahi Abahani) were also given direct entry to 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: Dhaka Mohammedan, Dhaka Abahani, 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 round games were played in Chittagong, Khulna and Rajshahi. In the final round, all games were held in Dhaka.

First round

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 Round
2 Dhaka Mohammedan 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
Dhaka Mohammedan3–0Khulna Abahani
  • Munna 24'
  • Alfaz 59'
  • Dawn 76'
 Report
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ibrahim Nesar
Chittagong Abahani3–0Rajshahi Abahani
 Report
M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ibrahim Nesar
Chittagong Abahani1–2Khulna Abahani
  • Sourav Majumder Raju 89'
 Report
  • Hasan Imam Rikto 73', 75'
Referee: Ram Krishna Ghosh
Dhaka Mohammedan1–0Rajshahi Abahani
 Report
Khulna District Stadium, Khulna
Referee: Abdur Rakib
Chittagong Abahani2–1Dhaka Mohammedan
  • Moni 17'
  • Md Yusuf 85'
 Report
Referee: Ehsanul Haque
Khulna Abahani1–0Rajshahi Abahani
  • Kazi Jamal Hossain 41'
 Report
Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium, Rajshahi
Referee: R Alam

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Qualification for Final Round
2 Dhaka Abahani 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7
3 Chaturanga JS 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
4 Netorkana Mohammedan 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: rsssf.com
Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad1–0Chaturanga JS
  • Bakhtiar Uddin 76'
 Report
Referee: Maruf Sikdar
Dhaka Abahani4–1Netorkana Mohammedan
 Report
  • Saiful 67'
M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Referee: Maruf Hossain
Dhaka Abahani1–1Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
  • Kennedy 20'
 Report
Chaturanga JS1–0Netrokona Mohammedan
  • Md Milan 85'
 Report
Khulna District Stadium, Khulna
Referee: Shubhash Roy
Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad5–1Netrokona Mohammedan
  • Mujibur Rahman Ritu 10'
  • Majedur Rahman Tushar ?'
  • Saiful Islam Khokon ?'
  • Bakhtiar Uddin ?'
  • Liton ?'
 Report
  • Masud Khan Jhony 48'
Referee: R Alam
Dhaka Abahaniabd. (0–1)
3–0
Walkover		Chaturanga JS
Report
  • Walid 25'
Muktijuddho Sriti Stadium, Rajshahi
Referee: Tajul Islam
  • Note: The game was abandoned with Chaturanga leading 0–1 after their players attacked the referee following a penalty being awarded to Abahani in the 82nd minute.

Final round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Dhaka Abahani (C) 6 4 2 0 10 2 +8 14
2 Dhaka Mohammedan 6 3 2 1 8 4 +4 11
3 Chittagong Abahani 6 3 1 2 10 7 +3 10
4 Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad 6 2 1 3 10 8 +2 7
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions
Dhaka Mohammedan1–1Chittagong Abahani
 Report
Referee: R Alam
Dhaka Abahani1–0Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
 Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Referee: Ram Krishna Ghosh
Dhaka Mohammedan2–1Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
 Report
  • Baretto 11'
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Referee: Ibrahim Nesar
Dhaka Abahani1–0Chittagong Abahani
  • Kennedy 66'
 Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Referee: Ehsanul Haque
Chittagong Abahani3–2Dhaka Muktijoddha Sangsad
  • Sourav Majumder Raju ?'
  • Rezaul Karim Biplab ?'
  • Nurul Islam ?'
 Report
  • Majedur Rahman Tushar ?'
  • Baretto ?'
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Referee: Abdur Rakib
Dhaka Abahani0–0Dhaka Mohammedan
Report
Mirpur Stadium, Dhaka
Referee: Maruf Sikdar

Individual awards

Best coach

Best player

Best club

Best referee

  • Ram Krishna Gosh

References

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  2. ^ "Dhaka teams bag the elite". The Daily Star. 3 January 2000. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
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