Bangladesh Police FC

Bangladesh Police Football Club
বাংলাদেশ পুলিশ ফুটবল ক্লাব
Full nameBangladesh Police Football Club
Nickname(s)The Policemen
Short nameBPFC
GroundRafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium
Capacity25,000
PresidentHabibur Rahman
Head CoachVacant
LeagueBangladesh Premier League
2023–24BPL, 4th of 10
Websitewww.bdpolicefc.club
Current season

Bangladesh Police Football Club (also known as Bangladesh Police Athletic Club) is an association football team based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1] The club was founded by Bangladesh Police and formerly East Pakistan Police. The services team had previously played in the First Division Football League in 1998 – then the second tier of football. In recent times, Police FC became champions of the Second Division Football League in 2014[2] and were directly promoted to the Bangladesh Championship League in 2015.[3] The club gained promotion to Bangladesh Premier League for the first time in the club's history by becoming champions of the 2018-19 Bangladesh Championship League.

  1. ^ "Bangladesh Police FC". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  2. ^ প্রথম বিভাগে উত্তীর্ণ হলো পুলিশ অ্যাথলেটিক্স. Risingbd.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 24 September 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Police take Championship League crown". The Daily Star. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.