This is the 2nd major soccer trophy for big-budgeted Bashundhara Kings in the season after the Independence Cup Football after finishing runners-up in the season’s curtain raiser meet -- Federation Cup Football.
On July 20, Bashundhara Kings were poised for the country’s most prestigious league crown with three matches to spare, but Sheikh Russel KC destroyed their party beating them by 1-0 goal at Sylhet District Stadium.
The league title celebration of the Kings was further delayed as their encounter with Dhaka Mohammedan SC was washed out just after three minutes of the play due to heavy rain at the Sheikh Kamal Stadium in Nilphamari on Wednesday.
They celebrated their maiden league crown with two matches to spare against Saif Sporting Club on July 28 in Mymensingh and Chattogram Abahani on July 31 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, securing highest 59 points from 22 matches with 19 wins, two draws and one defeat, four ahead of their nearest rivals Dhaka Abahani, which bagged 55 points from 23 ties.
Dhaka Mohammedan DC remained at the 8th slot collecting 24 points from 22 matches.
In the remaining 87-minute of the vital match on Thursday, Souleymani Diabate of Mali put traditional black and white team Mohammedan ahead in the 16th minute (1-0) while Brazilian footballer Marcos Vinicius restored the parity for the Kings in the 37th minute (1-1)
Roll of Honor of BPL since its inception in 2007
Season Champions Runners-up Third place
2007 Dhaka Abahani Dhaka Mohammedan Muktijoddha SKC
2008–09 Dhaka Abahani Dhaka Mohammedan Sheikh Russell KC
2009–10 Dhaka Abahani Dhaka Mohammedan Sheikh Russel KC
2010–11 Sheikh Jamal DC Muktijoddha SKC Sheikh Russel KC
2012 Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha SKC Dhaka Mohammedan
2012–13 Sheikh Russel KC Sheikh Jamal DC Dhaka Abahani
2013–14 Sheikh Jamal DC Dhaka Abahani Muktijoddha SK
2014-15 Sheikh Jamal DC Sheikh Russel KC Dhaka Mohammedan
2016 Dhaka Abahani Chittagong Abahani Sheikh Russel KC
2017–18 Dhaka Abahani Sheikh Jamal DC Chittagong Abahani
2018-19 Bashundhara Kings Dhaka Abahani-