National Minifootball League 2026–27
Bangladesh’s first national club competition for minifootball: sixteen clubs, two city divisions, a national stage and a final in Cox’s Bazar.
Format, calendar and squad rules are proposed and subject to BMFA approval.
Every ring is an open place for a licensed club.
Dhaka8 places, 28 matches, single round-robin
Top four from each city go through to the national stage. The final is played in Cox’s Bazar.
Chattogram8 places, 28 matches, single round-robin
The road to Cox’s Bazar
Season one runs for four months, from licensing to a national final, and ends where the pathway to the national team begins.
- We are here
Licence and regulations
Club criteria, competition rules and player contracts. Draft regulations prepared October 2026.
Sixteen clubs
Eight licensed clubs from Dhaka and eight from Chattogram.
A digital league
Registration, player database, fixtures, results and content online.
League phase
A single round-robin in each city: 28 matches per division, 56 in all.
National stage and final
The top four from each city meet. The final is played in Cox’s Bazar.
National team
Scouting, performance data and a route into the national squad.
When
Recommended window: December 2026 to January 2027, subject to BMFA approval. February and March are avoided because Ramadan begins in early February; June to September because of the monsoon.
Format
- Clubs
- 16: eight in Dhaka, eight in Chattogram
- League phase
- Single round-robin in each division. Each club plays 7 matches; 28 per division, 56 in all.
- National stage
- Top four from each division. Super league, knockout or hybrid, to be confirmed by BMFA.
- Final
- Cox’s Bazar, straight after the league phase, subject to venue and weather.
- Points
- 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a defeat.
Calendar
- Recommended window: December 2026 to January 2027.
- A protected weekly match window, with fixtures published six to eight weeks ahead.
- Club release coordinated with the BFF league calendar, which is active over the same months.
- February and March avoided for Ramadan; June to September avoided for the monsoon.
Match rules
- Six players a side, one of them the goalkeeper. A match cannot start or continue with fewer than four on the pitch.
- Two halves of 25 minutes with a 10-minute interval.
- Two contrasting registered kits, unique shirt numbers, shin guards for every player.
- No jewellery and no unsafe metal-studded footwear.
- A team more than 10 minutes late may forfeit 0–5, subject to a BMFA force-majeure decision.
Reference provisions from the draft regulations. Playing law follows the WMF Rules of the Game edition BMFA adopts.
When clubs finish level
- Head-to-head result
- Overall goal difference
- Goals scored
- Fewer disciplinary points (yellow card 1, red card 3)
- Drawing of lots supervised by BMFA
Claim one of sixteen places
Entry is selective. A club needs eleven things in place before BMFA can license it. Tick what your club already has, then send us the result.
Officials and safety
- Referees
- Appointed by BMFA through its approved refereeing process.
- Match commissioner
- Checks match compliance and files a report.
- Timekeeper
- Keeps official time and records where required.
- Medical team
- First aid, emergency response and an escalation plan at every venue.
Referees and observers report at least 60 minutes before kick-off.