The 2021–22 Bangabandhu National Football Championship is the 25th edition of the National Football Championship, the premier competition in Bangladesh for teams representing districts and government institutions.
[3][4] Bangladesh Army were the defending champions having won the 2020 Bangabandhu National Football Championship.
The participants districts have been divided in eight zones named Padma, Meghna, Jamuna, Shitalakshya, Brahmaputra, Surma, Chitra and Buriganga.
In first round, a pair of teams of every zone will play each other which will decide four winners.
[6] Teams representing education boards, universities & the services teams—a total of 15 teams—are divided in four groups in Sheba zone.