Bangladesh Football Team

BCB extends help to ailing Mohsin

The 60-year-old star goalkeeper of 1980s and ‘90s has fallen into hard times, physically ill and currently lives in Dhaka with his brother. After a report published in a national daily on Monday, his plight came into public domain, and BCB has come forward to extend its help.
6 June 2023, 11:39 AM

‘When we perform, we are very tough to beat’

Bangladesh coach Javier Cabrera put the onus on preparing for the upcoming SAFF Championship, scheduled for July in India, after a meeting with the National Teams Committee at the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) House yesterday.
10 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Hamza Choudhury wants to play for Bangladesh

Hamza Choudhury is open to playing for Bangladesh, admitting he would be "more than proud" and "honoured" to represent the nation.
13 September 2022, 05:43 AM

Beneath the surface of local strikers’ struggles

 “I have always said that scoring a goal is the best feeling in the world,” legendary English striker Alan Shearer once said. In football, where goals decide destinies, it is a striker’s role to deliver balls to the back of the net.
17 June 2022, 18:00 PM

FIFA WC trophy comes to Dhaka but will it ‘strengthen our football’?

The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin once promised to see Bangladesh qualify for the 2022 World Cup. The promise did not age well, so to speak. However, the BFF boss would now probably be pleased to have ensured that the World Cup trophy gets to visit the country again as part of its global tour.
8 June 2022, 07:33 AM

Bangladesh hold Indonesia to a draw after 37 years

Bangladesh national football team had a good preparation for the upcoming Asian Cup Qualifiers when a depleted side played out a goalless draw against Indonesia in a FIFA friendly in Bandung, Indonesia tonight.
1 June 2022, 16:17 PM

U-19s are the stuff of champions

It can be argued that a hypothetical audience who only watched the last ten minutes of the Under-19 SAFF Championships final while somehow being unaware of the score-line might have gotten the impression that Bangladesh were desperately chasing the game in search of a late equaliser.
23 December 2021, 04:53 AM

10 days is good enough: Day

Bangladesh football team's English coach Jamie Day might have had success with the U-23 team in the Asian Games and the AFC U-23 Championship Qualifiers, but his real test with the senior team awaits in June's pre-qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup.
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh football team play away to Tajikistan tomorrow

Bangladesh football team will be looking to come out with a good performance in the first-leg play-off of the Asian Cup qualifiers against hosts Tajikistan tomorrow.
1 June 2016, 12:40 PM

Bangladesh, Nepal thru to the semis after goal-less draw

Bangladesh football team moves to the semi-final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 as the Group-A champion after a goal-less draw against Nepal in the final Group-A match held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
15 January 2016, 15:24 PM

Booters salvage 1-1 draw against Malaysia XI

Bangladesh football team salvage a 1-1 draw against Felda United FC from Malaysia in a Group-A match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka.
13 January 2016, 15:05 PM

Bangladesh make winning start beating SL 4-2

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka 4-2 in the opening match of Bangabandhu Gold Cup 2016 at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore.
8 January 2016, 11:13 AM

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh 4-0

Bangladesh Football Team lose 0-4 to defending champion Afghanistan in their first match of Group B in the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015 at Trivandrum International Stadium in Kerala, India.
24 December 2015, 16:07 PM

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, 14:24 PM

World Cup qualifier: Australia beat Bangladesh 4-0

Tim Cahill hat-trick powers visiting Australia to a 4-0 victory over hosts Bangladesh in a FIFA World Cup qualifier match.
17 November 2015, 12:08 PM

Socceroos due Nov 14 for WC qualifier

The Socceroos confirm that they will be arriving in Bangladesh on November 14 to play a World Cup qualifying match against Bangladesh.
27 October 2015, 13:33 PM

Socceroos flag Bangladesh security fears to FIFA

The Socceroos' World Cup qualifier in Bangladesh next month was thrown into doubt after Football Federation Australia (FFA) officially notifies FIFA of their security fears.
1 October 2015, 15:29 PM