# 2005 Dhaka Premier Division League

The 2005 Dhaka Premier Division League, also known as the Premier Bank Dhaka Premier Division League for sponsorship reasons was the 52nd season of the top-tier football league in Bangladesh and the final season in which the league served as the country's top division. The league started on 28 May and ended on 12 September 2005.
The top seven teams qualified for the 2007 B.League, the inaugural season of Bangladesh's professional football league. Meanwhile, the bottom three teams, who were originally supposed to participate in the First Division, eventually took part in the merger of the First Division and Premier Division Leagues, which served as the second-tier until 2012.

## Venue

The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was the sole venue used for the league.
| Dhaka | Dhaka |
| Bangabandhu National Stadium | Dhaka |
| Capacity: 36,000 | Dhaka |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Brothers Union | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 17 | +25 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship playoff |
| 2 | Mohammedan | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for the Championship playoff |
| 3 | Dhaka Abahani | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 38 | |
| 4 | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 34 | |
| 5 | Sheikh Russel | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 27 | |
| 6 | Farashganj | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Arambagh | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 20 | |
| 8 | Dhaka Wanderers | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 13 | Relegation to the 2007–08 Dhaka Senior Division League |
| 9 | Fakirerpool | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 12 | Relegation to the 2007–08 Dhaka Senior Division League |
| 10 | Dipali JS | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 57 | −37 | 2 | Relegation to the 2007–08 Dhaka Senior Division League |

### Result table

| No Home \ No Away | BU | MSC | DAL | MKS | SKC | FSC | AKS | DWC | FYMC | DJS |
| Brothers Union | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Mohammedan | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 |
| Dhaka Abahani | 3–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Muktijoddha Sangsad | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–4 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Sheikh Russel | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 10–0 | 2–0 |
| Farashganj | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Arambagh | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–3 | 3–1 | 4–0 |
| Dhaka Wanderers | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Fakirerpool | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | — | 4–3 |
| Dipali JS | 0–7 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | — |

## Championship playoff

A playoff match was arranged by the Bangladesh Football Federation and the league committee on 12 September 2005, after Mohammedan and Brothers Union tied the final league game 1–1 on 9 September, finishing with equal points, as goal difference was not used to determine positions.

### Final

| GK | Mohammed Ali (GK) |
| LB | Masoud Rana | |
| RB | Mohiuddin Ibnul Siraji |
| CB | Jewel Rana | |
| CB | Mohammed Sujan (c) | 22' (pen.) |
| CB | Amit Khan Shuvro | |
| MF | Hicham Inani | |
| MF | Pranotosh Kumar Das | |
| MF | Abul Hossain |
| CF | Victor Edwards | |
| CF | Zahid Hasan Ameli | |
| Substitutions: ||
| RB | Jahangir Patwary | |
| MF | Rezaul Karim Liton | |
| CF | Saiful Islam Khokon | |
| Head coach: ||
| Wazed Gazi ||
| GK | Biplob Bhattacharjee (GK) |
| RB | Hassan Al-Mamun |
| LB | Mohammed Rony |
| CB | Kazi Nazrul Islam |
| CB | Peter Odaf |
| MF | Motiur Rahman Munna |
| MF | Asadur Rahman Asad |
| MF | Faisal Mahmud |
| CF | Ashraful Kader Manju |
| CF | Alfaz Ahmed (c) |
| CF | Donald Robert |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | Imtiaz Ahmed Nakib |
| MF | Abdul Kayum Sentu |
| FW | Mohamed Zahid Hossain |
| Manager: ||
| Kazi Jasimuddin Joshi ||

### Final table

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Brothers Union (C) | Qualification for the 2005–06 National League |
| 2 | Mohammedan | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Victor Edwards | Brothers Union | 12 |
| 2 | Audu Ibrahim | Dhaka Abahani | 11 |
| 3 | Shahajuddin Tipu | Dhaka Abahani | 10 |
| 3 | Rokonuzzaman Kanchan | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 10 |
| 3 | Maksudul Alam Bulbul | Sheikh Russel | 10 |
| 6 | Alfaz Ahmed | Mohammedan SC | 8 |
| 6 | Ashraful Kader Manju | Mohammedan SC | 8 |
| 6 | Rezaul Karim Liton | Brothers Union | 8 |
| 6 | Mohamed Hedayetullah Robin | Fakirerpool | 8 |
| 6 | Paul Nwachukwu | Muktijoddha Sangsad | 8 |
| 6 | Abdel Majid Burjuga | Sheikh Russel | 8 |

## Records

* On 2 June 2005, Sheikh Russel KC defeated Fakirerpool YMC 10–0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, marking the second-largest margin of victory in the country's top-tier domestic football league, only behind Brothers Union's 15–0 victory over Dilkusha SC in 1984.