The 2012–13 Bangladesh Women's Football League, also known as the Walton Dhaka Metropolis Women's Football League 2013 due to sponsorship reason, it was the 2nd season of domestic women's club football competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). The 8 teams were participated in the tournament.
Dhaka Abahani Women are current champions. The club have defeated Dhaka Mohammedan Women by 3–1 on 5 March 2013 to lift the trophy for the first time.
Venue Dhaka Bangabandhu National Stadium Capacity: 36,000
Participating teams The following eight teams will contest in the tournament.
Team Appearances Previous best performanceDhaka Abahani Women1stArambagh KS Women2ndBangladesh Police FC Women1stDipali Jubo SanghaFeni SC Women1stJatrabari Krira Sangha1stDhaka Mohammedan Women2ndRunners-up (2011)Nasrin Sports Academy1st
Group summary Group AGroup BArambagh KS WomenBangladesh Police FC WomenDipali Jubo SanghaDhaka Abahani WomenJatrabari Krira SanghaFeni SC WomenDhaka Mohammedan WomenNasrin Sports Academy
Round and dates Dates/YearRoundMatch dates23 February – 30 March 2013Group stages23 February – 2 March 2013Semi-finals27 MarchFinal30 March
Group stages Key to colours in group tablesGroup winners and runners-up advance to the Knockout-stageLater withdrew
Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group; Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); Drawing of lots.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stages, if a match finished goalless at the end of normal playing time, extra time would have been played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.
Bracket
Winners 2nd Bangladesh Women's Football League 2012–13 WinnersDhaka Abahani Women First Title
Statistics Goalscorers
References