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Revision as of 12:42, 8 November 2012
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Nickname(s) | Bengal Tigers | ||
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Association | Bangladesh Football Federation | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
Head coach | Saiful Bari Titu | ||
Home stadium | Bangabandhu National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | BAN | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 171 | ||
Highest | 110 | ||
Lowest | 178 (July 2008) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 26 July 1973) | |||
Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Incheon, South Korea; 16 September 1979) ![]() ![]() (Karachi, Pakistan; 25 February 1982) | |||
Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1980) | ||
Best result | Round 1; 1980 |
The Bangladesh national football team (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ফুটবল দল) is the national team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and has yet to qualify for the World Cup finals. They were dismissed in the first round of their only Asian Cup appearance to date in 1980, and have been South Asian champions once, defeating the Maldives in the final via penalties, as hosts in 2003. As is the case elsewhere on the subcontinent, top-level football in Bangladesh is played somewhere in the shadow of the country's test cricket team.
Fixtures and results
Date | Competition | Venue | Location | Opponent | Result | Scorers for Bangladesh |
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December 2, 2011 | SAFF 2011 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | ![]() |
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0–0 | |
December 4, 2011 | SAFF 2011 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | ![]() |
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0–1 | |
December 6, 2011 | SAFF 2011 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | ![]() |
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1–3 | Shahed 29' |
September 20, 2012 | Friendly | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium | ![]() |
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1-1 | Zahid 43' |
November 18, 2012 | Friendly | Rajamangala Stadium | ![]() |
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History
The 1970s
Following her independence from Pakistan achieved at the end of 1971, the Bangladesh football team played its first official game on July 26, 1973 against Thailand. The match finished 2-2 to Bangladesh. During the period between July 26 and August 14, 1973, the national team played 13 friendly matches against Asian teams, all hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, resulting in 3 draws and 10 defeats. One year later, the national team played 2 more friendlies, this time in Bangkok, and were defeated twice more.
The next official matches came in 1978, 2 friendly games against Malaysia and India, also in Bangkok, finished once more as defeats. In January 1979, the qualification tournament for the 1980 AFC Asian Cup began and – surprisingly considering their previous record – Bangladesh opened their campaign with draws against Afghanistan and Qatar. A heavy 4–0 defeat against Qatar followed, but a 4–1 win over the Afghans, the team's first ever victory, saw them qualify for the tournament.
In preparation for the Asian Cup, Bangladesh played four more friendly matches, losing three of them (notably a 9–0 thrashing by South Korea) but scoring their second win, 3–1 over Sri Lanka.
The 1980s
The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was held in September 1980 in Kuwait, and Bangladesh were grouped with defending champions Iran as well as North Korea, Syria and China. The Bangladeshis opened the tournament respectably with narrow defeats to the North Koreans (3–2) and Syrians (1–0) but were embarrassed 7–0 and 6–0 respectively by Iran and China, finishing the tournament bottom of their table with a goal difference of -15. This was the only time that Bangladesh have qualified for a major tournament.
In 1982, after a year and a half without any matches, the team played four games in Karachi, Pakistan, again suffering, 3 defeats and a draw, with a heavy 9–0 loss, this time to Iran. The next five friendlies yielded 2 victories and 3 defeats, and by the 1984, the team had only 4 victories, in 10 years.
The qualifiers for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup took place in August of that year, with Bangladesh matched with Iran and Syria from the 1980 tournament alongside Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Bangladesh lost all but one of their games, a 3–2 defeat of the Philippines to salvage a little pride after yet another mauling by Iran.
A month later, the team played friendlies against Maldives and Nepal and handed out two thrashings of their own for a change, winning both games 5–0. But Nepal answered the day after, defeating Bangladesh 4–2.
In 1985 the team made its first attempt to qualify for the World Cup,grouped with India, Indonesia and Thailand. Two wins from six saw Bangladesh finish bottom of their group.
From April 1985 to November 1987 team played 13 games, registering 4 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats, before failing to qualify for either the 1988 AFC Asian Cup or the 1990 FIFA World Cup, posting just one win in the eleven games they played over both tournaments (a 3–1 defeat of Thailand in World Cup qualifying).
The 1990s
From 1989 to 1991, the team played 8 matches, gaining 3 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats, before failing once again to qualify for the Asian Cup, this time thanks to a 6–0 drubbing by South Korea. Two years later, the qualifying tournament for the 1994 FIFA World Cup involved 8 matches – Bangladesh's longest ever campaign, but no more successful – only a pair of victories over Sri Lanka prevented a complete whitewash which included 8–0 and 7–0 thrashings at the hands of Japan and United Arab Emirates respectively.
In 1995, Bangladesh won silver in Football at the South Asian Games, losing in the final to hosts India, but qualification for 1998 FIFA World Cup saw a return to form, with the team even losing to Chinese Taipei.
The team's fortunes in regional competitions improved – the South Asia Gold Cup in 1999, held in Goa, saw Bangladesh again reach the final and lose to India, picking up another silver medal, and at that year's South Asian Games held in Kathmandu the team finally took the extra step and won the tournament, the first tournament win in the team's history. However, they were unable to parlay this into a successful qualification for the 2000 Asian Cup and failed to recover from an opening 6–0 thrashing by Uzbekistan.
The 2000s
A historic moment occurred for the Bangladesh team on 12 January 2001, when they played their first match against a team from outside Asia, a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina, who won 2–0.
Since 2000, the team have rarely looked like qualifying for either the Asian Cup or the World Cup (with successive first-round eliminations by Tajikistan in 2006 and 2010, but the same period has brought 2 tournament golds, one for South Asia Gold Cup in 2003, and the other at 2010 South Asian Games – in both cases as tournament hosts.[1]
2011
On 29 June 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh beat Pakistan 3-0 in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. They would go on to play Pakistan again at Punjab Stadium, Lahore on 3 July 2011 where they drew 0-0. This allowed the Bangladesh team to move on to the second round to play against Lebanon. The first game was played in Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, Beirut on 23 July 2011 where Bangladesh lost 4-0. The second game was played in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka where Bangladesh won 2-0. Since Lebanon was able to score more goals out of the two games they advanced to the third round eliminating Bangladesh.
Competition records
FIFA World Cup record
Bangladesh Football Team is one of the weakest football teams in Asia. Bangladesh took part in every FIFA World Cup qualifier although never made it past the first round. The best they did was clinch wins in some of them.
- 1930 to 1982 – Did not enter; was part of British Empire until 1947 and then part of Pakistan between 1947–1971
- 1986 to 2014 – Did not qualify
AFC Asian Cup record
- 1956 to 1976 – Did not enter
- 1980 – Round 1
- 1984 to 1992 – Did not qualify
- 1996 – withdrew
- 2000 to 2011 – Did not qualify
AFC Challenge Cup record
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SAFF Championship
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South Asian Games
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References