Bangladesh Super Cup
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Founded | 2009 |
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Region | Bangladesh |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions |
Mohammedan SC (2nd title) |
Most successful club(s) |
Mohammedan SC (2 titles) |
Television broadcasters | Bangladesh Television |
Website |
bffonline |
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Super Cup is the highest-budgeted football competition organized by the Bangladesh Football Federation and is one of the two club football season cups in Bangladesh, the other being Federation Cup. It started in 2009 . The tournament is currently sponsored by Grameenphone.
History
The competition kicked off for the first time on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 inaugurated by Citycell's Chief Executive Officer Michel Seamour and the Federation's president Kazi Salahuddin[1] in which Mohammedan SC became the first champion beating arch-rival Dhaka Abahani. The prize money for the tournament was $ 150,000 which is said to be a record in Asia. Mohammedan defeated the country's Premier League winners Abahani 1-0 in an exciting final attended by a crowd of 40,000 in the country's main international football venue Bangabandhu National Stadium.[2]
The second Super Cup was on 6 August 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium by 2010-2011 season champion Dhaka Abahani beating Mohammedan SC in a heated remeet.[3]
The third Super Cup was held on June 2013 in which Mohammedan SC became champion for the second time by beating 2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champion Sheikh Russel KC.[4]
Winners
- 2009 : Mohammedan SC
- 2011 : Dhaka Abahani
- 2013 : Mohammedan SC
Statistics by club
Team | Winner | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
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Mohammedan SC | 2 | 1 | 2009, 2013 | 2011 |
Dhaka Abahani | 1 | 1 | 2011 | 2009 |
Sheikh Russel KC | 0 | 1 | 2013 |
Sponsorship
- 2009 : Citycell
- 2011 & 2013 : Grameenphone
See also
- Bangladesh Football Federation
- Bangladesh Premier League
- Federation Cup
- Dhaka Derby
- Bangabandhu National Stadium
- Football in Bangladesh
- List of Bangladeshi football champions
References
- ↑ "Citycell Super Cup Football Flying start for Abahani". The New Nation. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ↑ "Bangladesh: Mohammedan SC Clinch CityCell Super Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
- ↑ http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=197084
- ↑ "Grameenphone Super Cup 2013". Bangladesh Football Federation. Retrieved 2013-07-06.