The 2013 Bhutan National League started on 14 September 2013 and ended on 23 November 2013
and was the second time that a true national league competition was held in Bhutan, following from the inaugural season the previous year. Again the
A-Division served as a qualifying round for teams based in Thimpu, who were then joined by regional teams for the national stage.
Yeedzin won the A-Division, but were beaten into second place in the National League by
Ugyen Academy.
A-Division
The 2013 tournament started on 19 May 2013 and ended on 15 June 2013.
Yeedzin FC qualified along with
Thimphu City (known in previous seasons as Zimdra) and
Dzongree. Dzongree were meant to play-off against
Druk Pol (who were exempted from the A-Division competition as, being the national police force team, they were on duty during the Bhutan elections) for the final berth in the National League, but the playoff did not take place and both teams entered the National League.
Druk United
Druk United FC was a Bhutanese football club from Thimphu and based at the Changlimithang Stadium, which played in the Bhutan Premier League, the top division of Bhutanese football.
History
2002 to 2012
Druk United's first recorded inst ...
and
Druk Star entered a round robin relegation play-of competition with the top two teams in the B-Division,
Motithang FC and BMW FC.
The full results are not known
but it appears that either the two A-Division teams were successful or the round robin was not completed as both teams participated in the
A-Division the following season.
League table
Results
National League
Teams
A total of six teams competed in the league: three teams representing
Thimphu
Thimphu (; dz, ཐིམ་ཕུག ) is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's '' dzongkhags'', the Thimphu District. The ancient capital ci ...
, and three teams representing other districts.
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Yeedzin (winners of the 2013 A-Division)
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Thimphu City (runners-up in the 2013 A-Division)
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Dzongree (third place in the 2013 A-Division)
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Druk Pol (excused from the 2013 A-Division as on election duty)
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Ugyen Academy (representing
Punakha District
Punakha District (Dzongkha: སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Spu-na-kha rdzong-khag'') is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is bordered by Thimphu, Gasa, and Wangdue Phodrang Districts. The ...
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Phuentsholing
Phuntsholing, also spelled as Phuentsholing ( dz, ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་), is a border town in southern Bhutan and is the thromde, administrative seat of Chukha District. The town occupies parts of both Phuentsholing Gewog and ...
(representing
Chukha District
Chukha District ( Dzongkha: ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Chu-kha rdzong-khag''; also spelled "Chhukha") is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. The major town is Phuentsholing which is the gateway ci ...
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League table
Results
References
{{2013 in Asian Football (AFC)
Bhutan National League seasons
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountai ...
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