Bangladesh football

BFF focusing on coaches' education

Even though educated coaches are one of the driving forces behind development of any sporting discipline, coaches' education in our country's football has cruelly been ignored over the years, resulting in poor technique of footballers.
9 April 2017

Abahani play Mohun Bagan after 28 years

Bangladesh Premier League champions Abahani will take on neighbouring rivals Mohun Bagan AC in their first away match of AFC Cup at the Rabindra Sarobar Stadium in Kolkata today.
3 April 2017

Bangabandhu Cup deferred

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday deferred the Bangabandhu Gold Cup international football tournament by eight months till December, citing the unavailability of participating foreign teams during the earlier stated time in April.
30 March 2017

FIFA okays 17 crore BFF fund

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) finally got the nod to implement its football development plan under the FIFA Forward programme as the game's governing body approved the BFF's USD 21,20,000 [over 17 crore taka] proposal for two years on Tuesday.
30 March 2017

Coach hangs on Bangabandhu Gold Cup

The National Teams Committee (NTC) is seemingly hesitant to confirm the head coach of the national football team as the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) are yet to declare the schedule of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup.
26 March 2017

Footballers' ages to be re-verified

The Tournament Committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) yesterday decided to re-verify the ages of footballers.
23 March 2017

A bold step

Tom Saintfiet, the Belgian coach of the national team, invited the most important debate Bangladesh has ever come across in
5 September 2016

Mamunul says he's retiring

Bangladesh national football team's skipper Mamunul Islam yesterday announced his decision to retire from international
5 September 2016

New-look booters face Bhutan today

Having officially taken over the job of steadying the rocking boat of Bangladesh football just two weeks ago, Tom Saintfiet was
5 September 2016

Teamwork the common thread

Hosts Bangladesh, exceeding all expectations in the AFC U-16 Women's Championship Qualifiers, stunned favourites Iran and
5 September 2016

Skipper Mamunul Islam, few others 'decide to retire after being dropped'

Bangladesh national football team’s captain Mamunul Islam has decided to retire from national duties on Monday after having been dropped from the squad for the Asian Cup Qualifying Playoff fixture against Bhutan.
5 September 2016

Bahrain beat Bangladesh 1-0 in the semifinal

Bahrain U-21 team beat Bangladesh 1-0 in the first semifinal of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
18 January 2016

Bangladesh beat Nepal 1-0

Bangladesh beat Nepal 1-0 in a warm up match of SAFF Championship at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
17 December 2015