The local football season 2024-25, which was schedule to start on October 11 through Challenge Cup Football, has been deferred by one and half month due to venue crisis and other prevailing circumstances.

The local football season will now begin in the last week of November this year.

The decision was taken at an online emergency meeting of the BFF Professional League Management Committee held Tuesday afternoon.

The meeting, which was earlier scheduled for last Saturday, was cancelled in the dying moment due to heavy downpour in the capital.

The day’s meeting decided to start the local football season under new standing committee to be formed after the upcoming BFF election on October 26.

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League committee chairman and vice president of Bangladesh football federation Imrul Hasan said, “We need at-least five venues for the 10-team premier league, now we have only two available venues –Bashundhara Kings and Rafiquddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh.” 

The other proposed venues in Cumilla, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj are not ready till date.

“So, we decided to defer the league till last week of November, as all the match venues are not ready and as well as for the appeal of the participating teams and reviewing the existing situation”.

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Earlier, the local football season due to start with Challenge Cup Football from October 11 at the Bashundhara Kings Arena, Federation Cup Football due to kick-off on October 15 and the Football League scheduled to begin on October 18.