Dhaka, October 06: The Dhaka South and North City
Corporation Pioneer Football League 2012 is ready to get under way at the
Bangabandhu National Stadium on Sunday. Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina will inaugurate the meet as the chief guest on Sunday at 4pm. An
exhibition match between BFF President eleven (Red) and Pioneer Chairman Eleven
(Green) will be played at 5,35 pm. However, the official matches of the meet
will kick off on Monday. These were disclosed by Pioneer League Committee
Chairman and Vice President of Bangladesh Football Federation Arif Khan Joy in
a press meet at BFF House on Saturday. Arif Khan Joy was
happy to organize the tournament after two years, “We are happy to organize
this tournament in a new shape. I hope meritorious will come out from this
tourney. Bangladesh
football will see new stars through this tournament in near future.” A total of around 2000
young footballers from 81 clubs are taking part in the biggest league of Dhaka Metropolis. The tourney will be
split into five zones and will be played at 10 different venues around the
city. The five zones are- North, South, East, West and Centre. The matches will
be played in 10 fields, two per zone. After the end of the
zonal round, qualified 20 teams, split into four groups, will play in the super
league where the champions will be decided after quarterfinals, semifinals and
final. The budget of the meet
is around Tk 6.5-7 million according to Pioneer Football League Committee
Chairman Arif Khan Joy. Title sponsor Dhaka City Corporation will provide an
amount of Tk 2.75 million. The co-sponsors Limra will provide the jerseys to
all the players while Sai Power Tech will help the tournament financially. BFF member Harunur
Rashid thanked sponsor companies for coming forward to promote pioneer league,
We thank North and South City Corporation to sponsor the biggest to tournament.
We Also thank the co-sponsor Limra and Saif Power Tech for sponsoring us.” League committee
deputy chairman Bijon Barua said that they have done everything to make the
meet successful one. They are hopeful that many talented players will come out
through the tournament.
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