The Premier League is about to commence.
The Premier League is about to commence.
The 2024-25 domestic football season began on November 22 with the new tournament Challenge Cup. Exactly one week later, the prestigious Bangladesh Premier League is taking to the field today. Like the last few seasons, the Premier League and Federation Cup will be played simultaneously. League games will be played on Fridays and Saturdays, and the Federation Cup match will be played on Tuesdays. This year's domestic football started with many no's. On August 5, the storm of political change swept over several clubs. Due to which the two former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra have withdrawn their names. Abahani and Chittagong Abahani formed teams at the last minute. Among them, there is no foreigner in Abahani this time. There is only one in Chittagong Abahani. No no - this season has started with a venue controversy. After the Challenge Cup, the runner-up Mohammedan has officially informed the BFF that they will not play the match at the Kings Arena unless action is taken against those involved in the unwanted incidents that occurred in that match. Kings fans caused major disruption to the game by throwing smoke flares on the field. Due to which the game was stopped for a long time. Mohammedan alleged that the Kings fans lost the match because of that incident. The venue involved in the controversy is the Kings Arena, which is the venue for the opening day match of the Premier League. The host Kings will play against Chittagong Abahani. In the other two matches on Friday, Brothers will play against Police in Munshiganj and Mohammedan will play against Dhaka Wanderers in Gazipur. This time the Premier League will be played at 5 venues. Apart from Kings Arena, Munshiganj and Gazipur, the other two venues are Mymensingh and Comilla. Although the Premier League will be played at 5 venues, the Federation Cup, which will start on December 3, will be played at Comilla, Mymensingh and Kings Arena. The Kings, who have won the title for the last 5 consecutive times, aim to take themselves to a unique height by making a double hat-trick. If they win this time, they will not be able to join Abahani in winning the title 6 times. After Kings entered the top flight, Abahani could not become a champion again. The question is how much success they can show this time with only locals. Mohammedan finished as runners-up in all competitions last season. Sadkalora also finished as runners-up in the first tournament of this season, the Challenge Cup. Only time will tell whether they will be able to touch the trophy this season. However, the fans are disappointed that the club could not retain last year's team.
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