The trophies of the recently finished Marcel Bangladesh Championship League 2015-16 were handed over to the winners in an award giving ceremony at the BFF House in Dhaka on Saturday.
Earlier, Fakirerpool Youngman's Club clinched the title of the event with 27 points from 14 matches while Saif Sporting Club became the runners-up with 26 points playing same number of matches in the eight teams first tire football event of the country that rolled on October 29 at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Sepoy Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur, Dhaka.
Both of the top teams were lifted to Bangladesh Premier League, the highest football event of the country.
Yet the tournament was finished on January 9, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) handed over the awards on Saturday.
Marcel of Walton Group sponsored the event.
The sponsors announced that they would award the best player and top scorer of the event in the award giving ceremony on the day.
The highest scorer and best player of the event were awarded in the award giving ceremony too. Victoria Sporting Club booter Arifur Rahman was named the highest scorer for netting six goals while Saif Sporting Club booter Matin Miah became the best player. Each of them received a 32 inch LED TV from tournament sponsor Walton.
It was announced in the prize giving ceremony that from now on a total of 10 clubs, instead of 8, will play Bangladesh Championship League.
However, the officials of Fakirerpool Youngman's Club were in a jolly mood on the day as their club had restored their position among the top clubs of the country after 22 years of gap.
Once, the Fakirerpool boys were a very famous club and after establishment in 1962, they produced lots of quality booters that time.
They even surprised the fans beating star player-packed Dhaka Abahani in the late 90s.
But, after being relegated from the Dhaka Senior Division Football League in 1994, the club failed to recover their lost pride soon.
The Fakirerpool outfits succeeded to win Senior Division event in 2014 and were promoted to Bangladesh Championship League. Yet they managed to escape the relegation for a single point last year, they formed a strong team this year and succeeded to restore their lost pride. Now it's time to see what they do in the Bangladesh Premier League.
