The country鈥檚 top-tier football league, the Bangladesh Premier League, has been renamed as the Bangladesh Football League, as the 10-team competition begins on Friday.
The decision to rename the league came at the eleventh hour after Thursday鈥檚 meeting between the Bangladesh Football Federation executive committee and the BFF Professional League Management Committee.
聽The club officials of the participating teams also attended the meeting at BFF.
鈥楾he Bangladesh Premier League (Tier-1) has officially been renamed as the Bangladesh Football League following the decision of the Professional League Management Committee, participating clubs, and the BFF Executive Committee,鈥� read the BFF release.
The professional league was first introduced in 2007 as the B League, before it was renamed.
鈥楤angladesh League鈥� in 2008 and later became the 鈥楤angladesh Premier League鈥� in 2011. Now, after 13 years, the name has been changed again.
Abahani Limited will play Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society at the Birshreshtha Flight Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj, while Fakirerpool Young Men鈥檚 Club will play promoted Arambagh Krira Sangha in the other game at the Shaheed Miraj-Tapan Stadium in Manikganj.
Both the matches will kick-off at 2:45pm.
