Season 2001 Biggest home win Thimpu 4-0 Druk Pol Highest scoring Paro 0-6 Thimpu Start date 2001 Goals scored 28 | Champions Druk Star Biggest away win Paro 0-6 Thimpu Longest winning run 4 - Druk Star Champion Druk Star F.C. Matches played 10 | |
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The 2001 season of the Bhutanese A-Division was the seventh recorded season of top-flight football in Bhutan. The league was won by Druk Star, their first title and the first time a Bhutanese team other than Druk Pol had won in the last six years. The league was preceded by a qualifying tournament known as the Thimpu League. Qualifiers from this league joined other teams in a round robin group stage to determine the four teams who would proceed to the knock out stage.
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Thimpu League
The 2001 Thimpu League, which started on 15 July, served as a qualifying tournament for the 2001 Bhutan A-Division. 9 teams took part, 5 from Thimpu and 4 from Phuentsholing. It is not known for certain how many teams qualified, but of the four known participants, three qualified as a result of their position.
Known participating teams
From Thimphu:
From Paro:
Known result
Druk Star did not qualify for the A-Division.
A-Division
The A-division commenced on 12 August. Although Druk Star had not qualified via the Thimpu League earlier in the year, they were given a place following the withdrawal of Phuentsholing and Chhuka. The league consisted of two groups of three teams playing in a round robin format. The top two teams from each group then qualified for the semi-final knockout stages.
Participating teams
From Thimpu:
From outside Thimphu:
Group A
Updated to games played on 2 Nov 2012.
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
BHU
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Group B
Updated to games played on 2 Nov 2012.
Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
BHU
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.