Bangladesh Womens Football Team

Sports ReporterFIFA women’s committee head Worawi Makudi promised he would take necessary steps to take Bangladesh’s women’s football ahead. Continue Reading

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

BFF has put up national team t-shirts for sale for the first time in two stalls at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) and an attempt to market the merchandise through retail outlet “Meena Bazar” is also on. Continue Reading

Bangladesh Football Team

Goalkeepers:
Aminul Haque, Biplob Bhattacharjee, Mazharul Islam Himel;

Defenders:
Rajani Kanta Barman, Nasir Hossain, Mofazzal Hossain Shaikat, Mohammed Shujan, Wali Faisal, Atiqur Rahman Mishu, Mamun Mia, Mesbahul Rashed;

Midfielders:
Arman Aziz, Enamul Haque Sharif, Zahed Parvez, Zahid Hossain, Mamunur Rahman, Matiur Munna, Emon Babu, Mohammed Manik;

Forwards:
Hedayetullah Robin, Enamul Haque, Mithun Chowdhury, Zahid Hasan Emily.

Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Capacity: 36,000

Built in 1954, and name was given to honor Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, also known as “Banga bandhu” or “Friend of Bengal”. Up until 2005, there was no athletic track as this stadium was country’s main cricket stadium. However, now only used for athletics and the Bangaldesh national football team.

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