Football of Bangladesh

1. Football in Bangladesh
Team Consonant

2. Introduction
Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is
a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a
spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200
countries, making it the world's most popular sports.
The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each
end. The object of the game is to score by using any part of
the body besides the arms and hands to get the football into
the opposing goal.

3. Bangladesh Football
Most popular sport of Bangladesh throughout the history.
Recently Shadowed by the popularity of cricket.
Also neglected by the Government.

4. History of Bangladesh Football
1971
Shadhin Bangla Football Dol
was established.
1972
Bangladesh Football Federation
(BFF) was established.
1973
Bangladesh played their first
international match against Thailand
1974
Bangladesh Football became
a part of FIFA and AFC
1980
Bangladesh participated in
AFC’s Competition for the first
time.

5. History of Bangladesh Football
1990
Club Football officially
formed in Bangladesh
1999
Bangladesh won the South Asian
Games Championship on it’s own
soil
2003
2011
Lionel Messi with Argentina
Played a match ageist
Nigeria in Bangladesh
2014
Kazi Salahuddin appointed as
the president of BFF.
Bangladesh won the SAAF
championship

7. Bangladesh National Football Team Overview
Best Achievement: SAFF Championship winner (2003)
Controlled by Bangladesh Football Federation
Known as Bengal Tigers
Home Stadium: Bangabandhu National Stadium
Current FIFA Ranking: 167
Played Asian Cup once in 1980

8. Achievements
SAFF Championship Champion
Champion (1) in 2003
Runner up (2) in 1999 and 2005

9. Achievements
South Asian Games
Gold Medal (2) in 1999 & 2010
Silver Medal (4) in 1984,1985, 1989 & 1995
Bronze Medal (1) in 1991

10. Achievements
Quaid E Azam International Cup
Runner Up (1) in 1985
Third Place (1) 1987

11. Governing Body
The Bangladesh Football Federation or BFF is the governing body of
football in Bangladesh
Controls the country's men's, women's and youth national teams and
oversees all aspects of the country's football
The BFF is based at BFF Bhaban Motij heel, Dhaka near Bangabandhu
National Stadium
Kazi Salahuddin is the current president of BFF.

12. Governing Body
BFF was founded on 15 July 1972, by Prof. Md. Yousuf Ali.
Became affiliated with AFC and FIFA in 1973 and 1976 respectively
Bangladesh was elected as member in the AFC Executive Committee 1982-86
and 1998-02.
Major (Rtd) Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice president of AFC for 1990-94.
1972

13. Governing Body
BFF continued the Dhaka League after the Independence from 1973
In 1980, started - Federation Cup
In 2007, launched top-tier professional league-Bangladesh Premier League
1973
1980
2007

14. Governing Body
In 2009, started the Super Cup tournament, the highest budgeted
football tournament organised by BFF
In 2012 BFF launched 2nd tier professional league Bangladesh Championship
League
2009
2012

15. Dhaka League
Dhaka League currently known as Dhaka Senior Division League is the
third tier of football league in Bangladesh played by clubs in Dhaka. Until
2006, it was the top-tier league of the country.

16. Dhaka League
First in 1948, a year after the independence
of Pakistan and India the Dhaka League became the center
of attraction for the people of Dhaka, which was then
in East Pakistan in the 1960s. Sports clubs like Dhaka
Wanderers (The President of Dhaka wanderers was MD.
Abdul Gaffar coming from a Nawab Family.)
and Mohammedan Sporting Club were the more successful
ones and grew the base for league football among Bengalis.
Dhaka's football grew popular and footballers from here
were selected for the Pakistan national football team.

17. Dhaka League
After 23 seasons, the Dhaka League stopped for two years
in Bangladesh's liberation war but continued the following
year. In the years before 2006 it became the most
renowned and premier football league in the country as no
national league was introduced. It gained more fans and
spectators than any other football competitions in
Bangladesh but unfortunately the 2006 saw it losing its
quality with top-level teams leaving for the national league.

18. Dhaka League
The league produced premium clubs like Abahani Krira
Chakra, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Muktijoddha Sangsad
KS, Brothers Union and Sheikh Russell KC which are the "big
fives" in the Bangladesh Premier League today. Most of the
clubs of Bangladesh Championship League have also played
in Dhaka League earlier.

19. Bangladesh Women Football
The Bangladesh women's national
football team is the women's
national association football team
of Bangladesh controlled by
the Bangladesh Football
Federation

20. Bangladesh Women Football
The team took back their participation in the SAFF Women's
Championship in 2012, specifically in Group A with hosts Sri
Lanka, Bhutan and India. They lost to India and Sri Lanka 3-0
and 2-1 respectively, but won to Bhutan 1-0 thanks to a goal
from Pru Suinu at the 19 minutes, although that victory
Bangladesh did not advance to the next round and thus
ended eliminated.

21. Bangladesh Women Football
Their latest games were the 2014 Women's Asian Cup
Qualifiers against Thailand, Iran and the Philippines, losing
them all, having 15 goals against without scoring one and left
out of the Asian Cup and 2015 Women's World Cup, to be
held in Canada from 6 June to 5 July 2015.

22. Things We’ll Do If We Become Kazi
Salahuddin
Every four years, people of Bangladesh engage themselves heavily in the FIFA
World Cup though Bangladesh is light years away from it. This enthusiasm for the
World Cup is evidence how much they love football. This is not a new-found
passion though; rather a glorious past of football in Bangladesh drives the football-
loving people to be engaged in the greatest show on earth.
The passion is so high that they hoist the national flags of their teams on rooftops
and engage in bitter arguments about their teams, like they once did during
matches of country's two archrivals -- Abahani and Mohammedan.

23. Things We’ll Do If We Become Kazi
Salahuddin
• Bring back the supporters to the
stadium
• Upgrading the stadium
• Will Start Football ground mandatory
for every school.
• Will Pay enough money to the players
• Hire a top-notched trainer.

24. Things We’ll Do If We Become Kazi
Salahuddin
• Will Bring the Dhaka League back.
• Appointed BFF’s employee by ability not by
power or money.
• Give every possible facilities for my players.
• Maintain the stadium carefully.
• Distribute football campaigns in every
district of Bangladesh

25. Thank You