# 2001–02 National Football League (Bangladesh)

The 2001–02 National Football League was the second season of the country's first football league held on a national scale. The league was also known as the Nitol-Tata National Football League due to sponsorship reasons.

## Background

The 2nd National Football League began from 10 November 2001 across the country. The preliminary and the qualifying rounds were played on knock-out basis at six divisional headquarters. The league champions from 48 districts participated in the qualifiers of their respective divisions. In Dhaka District, which belongs to Dhaka Division, the top three finishing clubs from the 2000 season of the country's top-tier football league at the time, the Dhaka Premier Division League, were given direct entry to the final round, which began from 16 April 2002.

## Qualification round
### Chittagong Division
#### Final

* Note: Some matches are unrecorded.

### Sylhet Division
#### Final

* Note: Some matches are unrecorded.

### Services Zone
#### Final
## Final round
### Participating clubs

| Team | Location | Appearances | Qualification method |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad KC | Dhaka | 2nd | 2000 Dhaka Premier Division League Champions |
| Dhaka Abahani | Dhaka | 2nd | 2000 National League Champions |
| Dhaka Mohammedan | Dhaka | 2nd | 2000 National League Runners-up |
| Rajshahi Abahani KC | Rajshahi | 2nd | Rajshahi Division qualifiers Champions |
| Khulna Abahani KC | Khulna | 2nd | Khulna Division qualifiers Champions |
| Narayanganj Mohsin Club | Narayanganj | 1st | Dhaka Division qualifiers Champions |
| Chittagong Abahani | Chittagong | 2nd | Chittagong Division qualifiers Champions |
| Chaturanga Jubo Sangha | Sylhet | 2nd | Sylhet Division qualifiers Champions |
| Barisal T and T Club | Barisal | 1st | Barisal Division qualifiers Champions |
| Bangladesh Army | | 1st | Services Zone qualifiers Champions |

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dhaka Abahani | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 8 | Qualification for Super Four |
| 2 | Chaturanga JS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 8 | Qualification for Super Four |
| 3 | Bangladesh Army | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | |
| 4 | Khulna Abahani | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |
| 5 | Barisal T and T Club | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | |

##### Matches
#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chittagong Abahani | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 8 | Qualification for Super Four |
| 2 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 8 | Qualification for Super Four |
| 3 | Rajshahi Abahani | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Narayanganj Mohsin Club | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 1 | |

##### Matches
### Super Four

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Dhaka Mohammedan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 2 | Dhaka Abahani | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Chittagong Abahani | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Chaturanga JS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |

#### Matches
##### Final
## Champions

* 2nd Bangladesh National Football League 2001–02 Winners
* Dhaka Mohammedan First Title