2025 Bengal Super League

Bengal Super League
Season2025–26
Dates14 December 2025 – February 2026
Matches9
Goals26 (2.89 per match)
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 19 December 2025.

The 2025 Bengal Super League is the inaugural season of the Bengal Super League, a men's professional franchise football league in West Bengal, India. It is organised by the Indian Football Association (IFA) and Shrachi Sports. It will feature 8 clubs and hold matches at four venues across West Bengal.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Clubs

Locations of the BSL clubs
Club Franchise zones
Burdwan Blasters Purba Bardhaman, Paschim Bardhaman
Howrah Hooghly Warriors Howrah, Hooghly
JHR Royal City Malda, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Murshidabad
Kopa Tigers Birbhum Birbhum
Medinipur Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram
North 24 Prgs North 24 Parganas, Nadia
North Bengal United Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar
Sundarban Bengal Auto South 24 Parganas
Club City Stadium Capacity
Burdwan Blasters[a] Bardhaman Spandan Stadium 4,000
Howrah Hooghly Warriors[b] Howrah Sailen Manna Stadium 15,000
JHR Royal City[c] Malda DSA Malda Stadium 15,000
Kopa Tigers Birbhum[d] Bolpur Bolpur Stadium 15,000
Medinipur Midnapore Sri Aurobindo Stadium 10,000
North 24 Prgs Naihati Bankimanjali Stadium 25,000
North Bengal United Siliguri Kanchenjunga Stadium 40,000
Sundarban Bengal Auto Canning Canning Sports Complex 12,000
  1. ^ The club is based in Bardhaman but will play its home games in Bolpur.
  2. ^ The club is based in Howrah but will play two home games in Kalyani.
  3. ^ The club will play first four home games in Malda and last three in Berhampore.
  4. ^ The club is based in Bolpur but will play one home game in Kalyani.

Personnel and sponsorship

Club Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Burdwan Blasters Deepak Mondal Deep Halder
Howrah Hooghly Warriors José Barreto Avilash Paul
JHR Royal City Saheed Ramon Salman Kalliyath Hanzala Interior Designer JHR Group
Kopa Tigers Birbhum Georgi Raev Komron Tursunov
Medinipur Jayanta Sen Nuhu Seidu Issahak
North 24 Prgs Goutam Ghosh Tarak Hembram
North Bengal United Biswajit Bhattacharya Amit Chakraborty Silco
Sundarban Bengal Auto Mehtab Hossain Sena Ralte

Foreign players

Teams must include a minimum of seven state-grown players, including under-19 footballers, along with up to two foreign and two outstation players in the playing XI.[8]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Burdwan Blasters Komenan Issifou Modou Mbengue
Howrah Hooghly Warriors Paulo Cézar William Sessegnon
JHR Royal City Alê Júnior João Vitor De Paula Adama Coulibaly
Kopa Tigers Birbhum Komron Tursunov
Medinipur Nuhu Seidu Issahak Kwame Oppong
North 24 Prgs
North Bengal United Ebenezer Amoh Abdul Samed Ango
Sundarban Bengal Auto Florent Koara Richmond Kwasi

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Advance to Playoff
2 JHR Royal City 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3 Sundarban Bengal Auto 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Advance to Eliminator
4 North 24 Prgs 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
5 North Bengal United 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1 3
6 Burdwan Blasters 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
7 Medinipur 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
8 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: Bengal Super League

Results

Fixtures and results

Home \ Away BUB HHW JRC KTB MED NPG NBU SBA
Burdwan Blasters — 1–1 1–2
Howrah Hooghly Warriors — 3–1
JHR Royal City — 2–0 3–1 0–1
Kopa Tigers Birbhum — 1–2
Medinipur —
North 24 Prgs 1–2 4–0 —
North Bengal United —
Sundarban Bengal Auto —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: Bengal Super League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by match

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: Bengal Super League
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: Bengal Super League

Matches

Round 1

14 December 2025 JHR Royal City 3–1 North Bengal United Malda
16:00
  • Hansda 30', 90+7' (pen.)
  • João Vitor De Paula 26'
 Report
  • Adama Coulibaly 50' (o.g.)
 Stadium: DSA Malda Stadium
Player of the Match: Robi Hansda (JHR Royal City)
15 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters 1–2 Sundarban Bengal Auto Bolpur
13:00
Report
  • Richmond Kwasi 72'
  • Aqib Nawab 77'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Aqib Nawab (Sundarban Bengal Auto)
15 December 2025 North 24 Prgs 4–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Naihati
16:00
  • Tanmoy Ghosh 16'
  • Mrinmoy Mahapatra 29'
  • Zomuansanga 85'
  • Kuntal Pakhira 86'
 Report Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Player of the Match: Tanmoy Ghosh (North 24 Prgs)
16 December 2025 Howrah Hooghly Warriors 3–1 Medinipur Howrah
13:00
  • Paulo Cézar 55', 67' (pen.)
  • Koustav Dutta 85'
 Report
  • Sudip Das 1'
 Stadium: Sailen Manna Stadium
Player of the Match: Paulo Cézar (Howrah Hooghly Warriors)

Round 2

17 December 2025 Kopa Tigers Birbhum 1–2 North Bengal United Bolpur
13:00
  • Akash Mondal 43'
 Report
  • Shlok Tiwari 18', 38'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Shlok Tiwari (North Bengal United)
17 December 2025 JHR Royal City 0–1 Sundarban Bengal Auto Malda
16:00 Report
  • Richmond Kwasi 79'
 Stadium: DSA Malda Stadium
Player of the Match: Richmond Kwasi (Sundarban Bengal Auto)
18 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters 1–1 Medinipur Bolpur
13:00
  • Mbengue Modou 44'
 Report
  • Somnath Pramanick 63'
 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
Player of the Match: Sudip Kumar Das (Medinipur)
19 December 2025 North 24 Prgs 1–2 Howrah Hooghly Warriors Naihati
13:00
  • Kuntal Pakhira 13'
 Report
  • Akash Das 45+3'
  • Sahil Harijan 81'
 Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
Player of the Match: Kuntal Pakhira (North 24 Prgs)

Round 3

19 December 2025 JHR Royal City 2–0 Kopa Tigers Birbhum Malda
16:00
Report Stadium: DSA Malda Stadium
20 December 2025 Burdwan Blasters v North Bengal United Bolpur
13:00 Stadium: Bolpur Stadium
21 December 2025 North 24 Prgs v Medinipur Naihati
16:00 Stadium: Bankimanjali Stadium
22 December 2025 Howrah Hooghly Warriors v Sundarban Bengal Auto Kalyani
16:00 Stadium: Kalyani Stadium

Knockout stage

PlayoffQualifierFinal
1PW
2QW
PL
EliminatorEWThird place
3QL
4EL

Playoff

1st placed teamv2nd placed team

Eliminator

3rd placed teamv4th placed team

Qualifier

Playoff loservEliminator winner

Third place

Qualifier loservEliminator loser

Final

Playoff winnervQualifier winner

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of December 2025
Rank Player Club Goals

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Bengal Super League officially launched, tournament will develop district football". Anandabazar Patrika. 8 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Bengal Super League: District-centric professional football league announced". Ei Samay. 8 July 2025.
  3. ^ "Grand official launch of Bengal Super League". Aajkaal. 8 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Bengal Super League logo unveiled". Sangbad Pratidin. 8 July 2025.
  5. ^ "Franchise-based inter-district action to rock Bengal football". RevSportz. 8 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Shrachi Sports launches Bengal Super League with Zee". Anando Sangbad Live. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  7. ^ "Zee to broadcast Bengal Super League". Zee News. 8 July 2025.
  8. ^ Mukherjee, Sayan (17 October 2025). "Inaugural Bengal Super League unveils Lothar Matthaus as ambassador". News9live. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
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