The next football season will begin on October 27 with the Independence Cup 2023.
Fourteen teams--all eleven clubs of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and three other teams from the qualifying round will play in the finals of the season's curtain raiser meet.
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All the teams will be entitled to recruit maximum 36 players in their squad this season with six foreign players, one player more than last season and maximum four players including one from Asia will be allowed to play for a team in a match.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Professional League Management Committee held at the federation board room on Monday with committee chairman and BFF president Kazi M Salahuddin in the chair.
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The inter-club players registration formalities for the Bangladesh Premier League 2023-24 begins on Tuesday (August 1) and will continue till Aug 18.
This year's Independence Cup and Federation Cup Football will be held in four venues across the country including Bashundhara Sports Complex in the capital.
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