2015–16 Bangladesh Championship League

The Bangladesh Championship League 2015–16 (also known as the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League 2015–16 for sponsorship reasons) was the 5th season of the Bangladesh Championship League, Bangladesh's second-tier professional football league.^[2] The league began on 29 October 2016 and ended on 9 January 2017.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Bangladesh Championship League

Season	2015–16
Dates	29 November 2016 – 9 January 2017[1]
Champions	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club
Relegated	Chittagong Mohammedan
Promoted	Saif Sporting Club
Matches played	56
Goals scored	106 (1.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Arifur Rahman (Victoria SC) (6 goals)
Biggest win	Victoria SC 4–0 Chittagong Mohammedan T&T Club Motijheel 4–0 Kawran Bazar
Highest scoring	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC 4–1 Victoria SC (5 goals)
Longest winning run	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club Saif Sporting Club T&T Club Motijheel
Longest unbeaten run	Saif Sporting Club (14 goals)
Longest winless run	Chittagong Mohammedan (7 goals)
Longest losing run	Chittagong Mohammedan (3 games)
← 2014–15 2017 →

Team changes

A total of eight teams participated in the league with the top to being promoted to the BPL while the bottom placed would be relegated to the Dhaka Senior Division League.^[8][9]

To BCL

Direct entry

• Saif Sporting Club
• Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha
• Chittagong Mohammedan SC

From BCL

Promoted to the BPL

• Uttar Baridhara Club
• Arambagh KS

Relegated to Dhaka Senior Division League

• Wari Club

N.B: No team was promoted from lower tier as the Dhaka Senior Division League was not held the previous season.

Participating clubs

Team	Location
Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	Dhaka
Chittagong Mohammedan SC	Chittagong
Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	(Fakirarpool), Dhaka
Kawran Bazar Pragati Sangha	(Kawran Bazar), Dhaka
Bangladesh Police FC	Dhaka
Saif Sporting Club	Dhaka
T&T Club Motijheel	(Motijheel), Dhaka
Victoria SC	(Gendaria), Dhaka

Venue

All matches will be played in the following venue.^[3]

Dhaka
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Capacity: 36,000
	Dhaka
Dhaka
BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000
	Dhaka

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club[a] (C)	14	7	6	1	15	8	+7	27
2	Saif Sporting Club (P)	14	6	8	0	19	10	+9	26	Promotion to 2017–18 BPL
3	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC	14	6	2	6	13	14	−1	20
4	Bangladesh Police FC	14	4	6	4	11	9	+2	18
5	T&T Club Motijheel	14	4	5	5	14	14	0	17
6	Victoria SC	14	3	5	6	14	16	−2	14
7	Kawran Bazar	14	2	8	4	7	12	−5	14
8	Chittagong Mohammedan (R)	14	2	4	8	13	23	−10	10	Relegation to 2018–19 Dhaka Senior Division League

Source: bff.com.bd RSSSF GSA
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Fakirerpool Young Men's Club decided to not parrticipate in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League due to fund crisis^[10]

Season statistics

As of 9 January 2017

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[11]
1	Arifur Rahman	Victoria SC	6
2	Zahidul Islam Dalim	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	5
	Matiur Munna	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
	Motin Mia	Saif Sporting Club
	Md Farhad	Chittagong Mohammedan
6	Mohammad Jewel	Fakirerpool Young Men's Club	4
	Rahim Uddin	Saif Sporting Club
	Ariful Islam	Saif Sporting Club
	Zillur Rahman	Agrani Bank Ltd. SC
	Ousai Mong Marma	Chittagong Mohammedan