The 2020 Bhutan Premier League was the ninth season of the unified league, rebranded as the

Bhutan Premier League The Bhutan Premier League, currently known as the Bank of Bhutan Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the men's highest division of professional football in Bhutan. It also provides Bhutan's entrant for continental competition, the AFC ...

since 2019 (previously the ''Bhutan National League''), the top national

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competition in Bhutan, having replaced the A-Division in

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. The

Bhutan Football Federation The Bhutan Football Federation (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྐང་རིལ་ཚོགས་སྡེ།) is the governing body of football in Bhutan, controlling Bhutan national football team, Bhutan women's national football team and Bhu ...

implemented the same league structure as in the 2019 season. The top division was named Bhutan Premier League (BPL). The other division was named

Bhutan Super League The Bhutan Super League, previously known as the Thimphu League and Bhutan A-Division, was the men's football league in Bhutan. Until 2012, it was the lone national top division. Between 2013 and 2020, it was played as the second division and th ...

(BSL), replacing Thimphu League as a qualifying competition for the Premier League. The lowest division was named Dzongkhag League where teams played in their respective districts (Dzongkhags) to gain promotion to the Super League.

Super League

The 2020 Bhutan Super League featured eight teams, one fewer than last season. One more team from Dzongkhag League was promoted instead of dissolved Phuentsholing United.

Teams

Teams returning from 2019 Bhutan Super League

* Druk Stars * High Quality United * Paro United * BFF Academy U-17 (previous season U-16)

Teams promoted from 2019 Dzongkhag League

* CST * Paro Rinpung * Punakha Gomo * Tensung

Regular season

The regular season was played in single round-robin format. It started on 6 February, which was delayed from the scheduled start of 1 February, and ended on 11 March.

Playoffs

The playoffs were played from 14 to 21 March.

First semi-final

Second semi-final

Third semi-final

Final

Premier League

The 2020 Bhutan Premier League featured eight teams, two fewer than last season. The league started on 1 August 2020, after a delay due to the

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, and most matches were played behind closed doors. On 11 August 2020, the league was suspended until further notice due to the nationwide

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. It has resumed again from 17 September 2020.

Teams

;Top four teams of 2019 Bhutan Premier League * Paro *

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* Thimphu City * Ugyen Academy ;Top four teams of 2020 Bhutan Super League * High Quality United * Tensung * Paro United * Druk Stars BFF Academy U-19 (fifth in 2019 Bhutan Premier League),

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(sixth in 2019 Bhutan Premier League), and BFF Academy U-17 (fifth in 2020 Bhutan Super League) all withdrew.

League table

References

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Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

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