Dhaka Third Division Football League

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Dhaka Third Division Football League (Bengali: ঢাকা তৃতীয় বিভাগ ফুটবল লীগ) is the fifth-tier football league in Bangladesh, as well as the third and lowest league division in Dhaka. It was established in 1948 as the third-tier of the Dhaka League, while Bangladesh was still under Pakistani rule.[1] The league is the third highest division of semi-professional football in the country and the five top-finishing teams in the Super League round are automatically promoted to the Dhaka Second Division Football League. While the bottom team in the two groups during the first phase, are relegated to the country’s amateur football league, the Bangladesh Pioneer Football League.[2]

History[edit]

In 1948, a year after the independence of Pakistan and India, the Dhaka Sporting Association officially established a three-tiered football league system, and the Dhaka Third Division Football League was formed as the lowest tier in the system.[3]

Since 1972, the league has been run by Dhaka Metropolition Football League Committee under supervision of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).[4]

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In 1993, the league became the 4th-tier of domestic football, with the Dhaka First Division Football League replacing the Dhaka Second Division Football League as the second-tier, both the Second and Third divisions of Dhaka shifted down a tier. In 2007, with the introduction of the country’s first professional national football league, Bangladesh Premier League (B.League), Dhaka football system changed again, as the Dhaka First Division Football League was merged to the Dhaka Premier Division League (Dhaka League), reintroduced as the second-tier known as the Dhaka Senior Division Football League. However, the Dhaka Third Division League remained as the country’s 4-tier. In 2012, with the introduction of a second-tier professional national football league, the Bangladesh Championship League, all three of Dhaka’s football leagues shifted down a tier and the Dhaka Third Division League is now the 5th-tier of Bangladeshi football.[5]

On 16 September 2021, BFF decided to postpone the 2021–2022 league season.[6][7] On 3 January 2023, BFF announced that the 2021–2022 league season would finally began from 7 January 2023, and participating clubs will only be allowed to field U17 players.[8]

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