New Season Starts from Sep 15
Dhaka, July 2: Bangladesh Football Federation declared a
nine month calendar for the upcoming 2012-13 season on Monday.
In an executive committee meeting presided over by BFF
president Kazi Salahuddin BFF decided to start the next season on September
15th and to conclude it on 30th May.
The meeting hoped that Grameenphone will be providing the
same amount of TK 80 million per annum for the next two years.
The meeting also decided that Kazi Salahuddin will be
chairing the Media and Marketing Committee while Badal Roy will be the chairman
of the Referees Committee. Vice president Tabith Awal will be the deputy
chairman of the Marketing Committee. Satyajit Das Rupu was selected as the
chairman of the Beach Football Committee. Amirul Islam Babu will be the member
secretary of the Media Committee.
It was also decided that the Federation Cup will have no
automatic entry for the upcoming season and all the teams will have to play the
qualifiers.
The Bangladesh Championship League will have 10 teams
instead of the current six. Apart from the two BPL relegated teams another two
will be called.
BFF also decided to help the D.F.A’s with financial
and technical assistance to arrange age level football tourneys.
Super Cup may get foreign clubs next year.