Bangladesh Football National Team

Bangladesh defeated Macau 3-0 on Sunday and qualified for the AFC Challenge Cup final round as the best runners-up of the four groups. Bangladesh are level with Maldives on three points but they advanced to the final round having a better goal difference. Bangladesh join India, DPR Korea, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar in the final round. The final round will be played either in February 2010 or May 2010. Continue Reading

AFC Challenge Cup Group A Points Table

Matches played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points
Myanmar 3-3-0-0-7-1-9
Bangladesh 3-2-0-1-5-2-6
Cambodia 3-1-0-2-2-3-3
Macau 3-0-0-3-1-9-0

Nokia renews sponsorship deal with Bangladesh Football Federation

Cell phone giants Nokia renewed their sponsorship deal with the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) for a second year.

Under the renewed deal, Nokia will now sponsor the national team shirts and also BFF’s youth development programme, which will be called the Nokia-BFF Youth Development Programme. The Finland based mobile phone manufacturers have previously sponsored the national team in last year’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge Cup qualifiers in Kyrgyzstan Continue Reading