2024 Bhutan Premier League
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| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 11 May – 20 October |
| Champions | Paro |
| 2025–26 AFC Challenge League | Paro |
| Matches played | 86 |
| Goals scored | 367 (4.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Richard Gadze (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Thimphu City 7–0 Tsirang |
| Biggest away win | Daga United 1–11 Paro |
| Highest scoring | Daga United 1–11 Paro |
← 2023 2025 → | |
The 2024 Bhutan Premier League was the 13th season of the Bhutan Premier League, the top national football competition in Bhutan.
It began with the qualifying phase to decide the final five teams to participate in the main league phase. The main league phase began on 11 May 2024 and the season concluded on 20 October 2024.
Three-time defending champions Paro successfully retained their title and won the league for a fourth consecutive season, the fifth time overall.
Paro, the most successful team in the history of the Bhutan Premier League, came into the season as three-time defending champions having won the league in 2021, 2022 and 2023. In total, they had won the league four times.[1]
The Bhutan Premier League had been founded as the Bhutan National League in 2012 and was rebranded in 2019.[1]
Format
A qualifying stage consisting of a single round robin group of eight teams was held to determine the four teams which would participate alongside the highest-ranked teams from the previous season and BFF Academy U-19. The main league phase consisted of a double round robin between the 10 participating teams.[2]
Qualifying
Ordinarily, the top six finishers in the previous season would automatically qualify for the following season. However, Druk Lhayul – who finished fourth – were dissolved after the 2023 season. As a result, only five teams – Paro, Thimphu City, Transport United, Royal Thimphu College and Tensung were automatically qualified.[3] They were joined by BFF Academy U-19.[2]
The top four finishers in the qualifying stage were Daga United, Samtse, Tsirang and Phuntsholing Heroes.[2]
Teams
| Team | Stadium | Location | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| BFF Academy U-19 | Changlimithang Stadium | Thimphu | 15,000 |
| Daga United | Dagapela Football Stadium | Dagapela | 1,000 |
| Paro | Woochu Sports Arena | Paro | 1,000 |
| Phuntsholing Heroes | PSA Stadium | Phuntsholing | 2,000 |
| Royal Thimphu College | RTC Ground Changlimithang Stadium |
Thimphu | 1,000 15,000 |
| Samtse | Samtse Dzongkhag Ground | Samtse | 2,000 |
| Tensung | MTC Ground | Wangdue Phodrang | 1,000 |
| Thimphu City | Changlimithang Stadium | Thimphu | 15,000 |
| Transport United | Changlimithang Stadium | Thimphu | 15,000 |
| Tsirang | Tsirang Artificial Turf | Damphu | 1,000 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paro (C) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 81 | 17 | +64 | 47 | Qualification for AFC Challenge League preliminary round 1 |
| 2 | Transport United | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 41 | |
| 3 | Thimphu City | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 50 | 21 | +29 | 39 | |
| 4 | Royal Thimphu College | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 33 | |
| 5 | Samtse | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 24 | |
| 6 | Tensung | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 22 | |
| 7 | BFF Academy U-19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 15 | |
| 8 | Phuntsholing Heroes | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 53 | −28 | 14 | Relegation |
| 9 | Tsirang FC | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 13 | |
| 10 | Daga United | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 73 | −50 | 7 | Relegation |
Phuntsholing Heroes withdrew after the season concluded.