The initial A-Division season, as noted above, consisted of a Thimphu-based qualifying round, followed by an essentially national competition, albeit hosted in Phuentsholing.
[4] By 2003, all non-Thimphu teams had dropped out of the league to be replaced by others from the capital city who contested a single round-robin series of matches.
The Bhutan football federation (BFF) introduced C division clubs, from this year, to participate in the national league.
[6] This cemented the A-Division's position as the premier football competition in the country and it continued to supply Bhutan's President's Cup entrant until the creation of the National League.
[7] This season would see the beginning of the dominance of Transport United, who picked up their second successive title and would go on to win another two to make it four in a row, only bettered by Drukpol's performance prior to the formalisation of the A-Division.
[11] In 2019, the rebranded second division named Bhutan Super League was introduced, adding clubs outside of Thimphu to its membership.