Super Cup is the highest-budgeted football competition organized by the
Bangladesh Football Federation
Bangladesh Football Federation (, ''Bānlādēśa phuṭabala phēḍārēśana'') is the governing body that administrates the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national tea ...
and is one of the two club football season cups in Bangladesh, the other being
Federation Cup Federation Cup or Fed Cup is the former name of the premier world team competition in women's tennis.
Federation Cup may also refer to:
* Capital Football Federation Cup, an Australian territory-based association football tournament
*Federation Cup ...
. It started in 2009. The tournament is currently sponsored by
Grameenphone
Grameenphone, widely abbreviated as (d/b/a) GP, is the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh, with 83.02 million subscribers (as of January 2022). It is a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom Corporation. Telen ...
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History
The competition kicked off for the first time on Wednesday, 11 March 2009 inaugurated by
Citycell
Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited, doing business as Citycell ( bn, সিটিসেল), was the oldest mobile operator of Bangladesh. It was 1st mobile operator company in Bangladesh and pioneer telecommunications network companies in Sout ...
's Chief Executive Officer Michel Seamour and the Federation's president
Kazi Salahuddin
Kazi Md. Salahuddin ( bn, কাজী সালাউদ্দিন; born 23 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi former football player currently serving as a president of South Asian Football Federation. He was a member of the Shadhin Bangla F ...
in which
Mohammedan Sporting Club became the first champion beating arch-rival
Abahani Limited. 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
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
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
Bangabandhu National Stadium ( bn, বঙ্গবন্ধু জাতীয় স্টেডিয়াম, ''romanised: Bongobondhu jateeyo stediyaam''), also known as Dhaka Stadium, and formerly known as Dacca Stadium, is the national s ...
.
The second Super Cup was on 6 August 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium by 2010–2011 season champion Abahani Ltd beating Mohammedan SC in a heated remeet.
The third Super Cup was held in June 2013 in which
Mohammedan Sporting Club became champion for the second time by beating
2012–13 Bangladesh Football Premier League champion
Sheikh Russel KC
Sheikh Russel KC is a professional football club based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, currently playing in the Bangladesh Premier League. The club has won the Federation Cup in 2012, which was their first major title. They also won their maiden Banglad ...
.
Winners
* 2009 :
Mohammedan Sporting Club
* 2011 :
Abahani Limited
* 2013 :
Mohammedan Sporting Club
Statistics by club
Sponsorship
* 2009 :
Citycell
Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited, doing business as Citycell ( bn, সিটিসেল), was the oldest mobile operator of Bangladesh. It was 1st mobile operator company in Bangladesh and pioneer telecommunications network companies in Sout ...
* 2011 & 2013 :
Grameenphone
Grameenphone, widely abbreviated as (d/b/a) GP, is the leading telecommunications service provider in Bangladesh, with 83.02 million subscribers (as of January 2022). It is a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom Corporation. Telen ...
See also
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Dhaka Derby
The Dhaka Derby is a football rivalry between the Dhaka teams of Abahani and Mohammedan, although the rivalry was bigger in the past, it is still considered to be the biggest game in the country's domestic football scene.
Mohammedan was founded ...
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Football in Bangladesh
Football is the second-most popular sport in Bangladesh, after cricket, and is governed by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). An interest in cricket resulting from the nation's success in Test cricket and participation in the Cricket Wor ...
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List of Bangladeshi football champions
The Bangladeshi football champions are the winners of the top league in Bangladesh, the Dhaka League from 1948 to 2006 and the Bangladesh Premier League since 2007.
East Bengal & East Pakistan: Dhaka League (1948–1971)
In 1948, the Dhaka Leag ...
References
Football cup competitions in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
2009 establishments in Bangladesh
Recurring sporting events established in 2009
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