Bangladesh national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Bangladesh women's national football team.

Bangladesh

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Bengal Tigers
Association	Bangladesh Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno
Captain	Vacant
Most caps	Jahid Hasan Ameli (63)
Top scorer	Jahid Hasan Ameli (15)
Home stadium	Bangabandhu National Stadium
FIFA code	BAN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	177 (3 March 2016)
Highest	110 (April 1996)
Lowest	183 (June 2008)
First international
Bangladesh 2–2 Thailand (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 26 July 1973)
Biggest win
Bangladesh 8–0 Maldives (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 23 December 1985)
Biggest defeat
South Korea 9–0 Bangladesh (Incheon, South Korea; 16 September 1979) Iran 9–0 Bangladesh (Karachi, Pakistan; 25 February 1982)
Asian Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1980)
Best result	Round 1: 1980

The Bangladesh national football team (Template:Lang-bn) is the national team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and became a member of FIFA in 1974 even though the Bangladesh Football Federation was first founded in 1972. Bangladesh was elected as member in the AFC Executive Committee 1982–86 and 1998-02. The current Executive Committee was elected democratically, under an AFC approved constitution and direct supervision of FIFA & AFC in April 2008.

Bangladesh's national team debuted in 1973 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 the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. But the nation’s best results came at South Asian level where it won the SAFF Championship once and were gold medalists in South Asian Games twice. As is the case elsewhere on the subcontinent, top-level football in Bangladesh is played somewhere in the shadow of the country's national cricket team. It was one of South Asian leading team in 2000s.

History

20th century

The first instance of a Bangladesh national football team is the emergence of the Shadhin Bangla football team during 1971 liberation war. They toured throughout India to raise international awareness and economic support for the liberation war.

Following her independence from Pakistan achieved at the end of 1971, the Bangladesh football team played its first official game on July 26, 1973, a 2–2 draw against Thailand. 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 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).

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 SAFF Gold Cup in 1999, held in Goa, saw Bangladesh again reach the final and lose to India, picking up another silver medal, and at 1999 South Asian Games held in Kathmandu the team finally took the extra step and won the gold medal, 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.

21st century

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 a tournament title being champions of SAFF Championship in 2003 as tournament host. Bangladesh won their second gold medal in South Asian Games at 2010 South Asian Games as tournament host.

On 29 June 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh beat Pakistan 3–0 in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers. They went 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. Bangladesh could not qualify into the semifinal of 2011 SAFF Championship as they had drawn against Pakistan but lost to Nepal and Maldives in group stage.

Bangladesh played three international friendly matches in 2012. They managed to draw against Nepal by 1–1. They started their South-east Asian tour by a heavy 5–0 defeat to Thailand but drawn against Malaysia by 1–1.

Bangladesh failed to qualify into 2014 AFC Challenge Cup as they lost to Palestine by 0–1 despite their wins against host Nepal and Northern Mariana Islands in 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification stage held in March 2013. Bangladesh could not qualify into the semifinal of 2013 SAFF Championship as they lost to Nepal and Pakistan in group matches. Although they had a consolation draw against tournament runner-up India in group stage, it was second consecutive SAFF Championship where they failed to qualify into knockout stage.

On March 5, 2014 Bangladesh tied a thrilling 2–2 International Friendly against India at Fatorda Stadium, Goa, India. On October 24, 2014 Bangladesh drew a match against Sri Lanka by 1–1 at Shamsul Huda Stadium, Jessore. Three days later they won the match against same opponent by 1–0 at Rajshahi District Stadium.

In 2015 Bangabandhu Cup, Bangladesh became the runners-up of the tournament as they lost against Malaysia U-23 by 2–3 in the final match. In the group stage, Bangladesh lost in the very first match against Malaysia U-23 but won against Sri Lanka which led them to qualify in the semi final round where they beat Thailand U-23 football team by 1–0.

Team image

Colours

The Bangladesh national football team plays in bottle green shirts and dark red shorts embedded with red and green stripes. Green and red are the historic national colour of Bangladesh, originated from the national flag of Bangladesh. The red represents the sun rising over Bengal, and also the blood of those who died for the independence of Bangladesh. The green stands for the lushness of the land of Bangladesh. The current Bangladesh away jersey is completely diametric to the regular one.

Kit history

Shadhin Bangla Football Team 1971

Asia Cup 1980

1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

SA Games 1999

SAFF CUP 2003

SAFF CUP 2009

SA Games 2010

Away 2015

Home stadium

Bangladesh plays majority of their home matches at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, where they won the SAFF Championship in 2003 and 2010 South Asian Games football gold medal. Occasionally home matches are played at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet, Rajshahi District Stadium in Rajshahi and Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jessore .

Media coverage

All Bangladesh matches are broadcast with full commentary on Radio Foorti. Bangladesh's home and away qualifiers and friendlies both home and away are broadcast live on Bangladesh Television & Channel 9.

Coaching staff

As of 22 February 2016

Head coach	Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno
Assistant Coach	Syed Golam Zillani
Goalkeeping coach	Atiqur Rahman Atiq
Fitness Coach	Vacant
Team Manager	Satyajit Das Rupu

Players

Current squad

The following players are in the squad for the International friendly against United Arab Emirates on 18 March & the FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) against Jordan on 24 March.

Caps and goals updated as of 15 January 2016 after the match against Nepal.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Russel Mahmud Liton	(1994-11-30) 30 November 1994	6	0	Sheikh Russel KC
2	1GK	Mazharul Islam Himel	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988	2	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
3	1GK	Ashraful Islam Rana	(1988-05-01) 1 May 1988	2	0	Dhaka Mohammedan
9	2DF	Waly Faisal	(1985-03-01) 1 March 1985	35	0	Sheikh Russel KC
6	2DF	Nasirul Islam Nasir	(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988	32	0	Dhaka Abahani
4	2DF	Raihan Hasan	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994	17	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
5	2DF	Topu Barman	(1994-12-20) 20 December 1994	14	1	Sheikh Russel KC
7	2DF	Rezaul Karim	(1987-07-01) 1 July 1987	14	1	Sheikh Russel KC
8	2DF	Kesto Kumar Bose	(1992-04-16) 16 April 1992	3	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
10	2DF	Shakil Ahmed		0	0	Dhaka Abahani
13	3MF	Jamal Bhuyan	(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990	22	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
12	3MF	Monaem Khan Raju	(1990-07-07) 7 July 1990	20	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
11	3MF	Emon Mahmud Babu	(1991-06-03) 3 June 1991	6	0	Dhaka Abahani
14	3MF	Shahedul Alam Shahed	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991	5	0	Dhaka Abahani
17	3MF	Masuk Mia Jony	(1998-01-16) 16 January 1998	1	0	Dhaka Mohammedan
16	3MF	Atiqur Rahman Fahad	(1995-09-15) 15 September 1995	0	0	Dhaka Abahani
15	3MF	Fazlay Rabbi	(1996-05-16) 16 May 1996	0	0	Dhaka Abahani
20	4FW	Shakhawat Hossain Rony	(1993-04-18) 18 April 1993	12	7	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
21	4FW	Jewel Rana	(1995-12-25) 25 December 1995	12	0	Dhaka Mohammedan
19	4FW	Nabib Newaj Jibon	(1990-08-17) 17 August 1990	8	1	Team BJMC
22	4FW	Aminur Rahman Sajib	(1994-06-18) 18 June 1994	2	0	Dhaka Abahani
18	4FW	Rubel Miya	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997	0	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been selected for the squad within the last 12 months and are still available for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Shahidul Alam Sohel	(1992-01-09) 9 January 1992	16	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
GK	Mohammad Nayeem	(1996-03-09) 9 March 1996	0	0	Team BJMC	v. Afghanistan, 2 June 2015
DF	Atiqur Rahman Meshu	(1988-08-26) 26 August 1988	31	2	Sheikh Russel KC	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
DF	Nasiruddin Chowdhury	(1985-10-09) 9 October 1985	19	1	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
DF	Yeasin Khan	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994	18	1	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
DF	Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna	(1991-08-02) 2 August 1991	14	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
DF	Abdul Baten Mojumdar Komol	(1987-08-02) 2 August 1987	22	1	Dhaka Abahani	v. Australia, 17 November 2015
DF	Ashraf Mahmud Linkon	(1990-06-06) 6 June 1990	15	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Jordan, 8 September 2015
MF	Mamunul Islam Mamun	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988	46	2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
MF	Zahid Hossain	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988	37	5	Sheikh Russel KC	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
MF	Sohel Rana	(1995-03-27) 27 March 1995	19	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
MF	Hemanta Vincent Biswas	(1995-12-13) 13 December 1995	18	2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
MF	Sheikh Alamgir Kabir Rana	(1990-06-07) 7 June 1990	3	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
MF	Faisal Mahmud	(1983-01-16) 16 January 1983	3	0	Brothers Union	v. Australia, 17 November 2015
MF	Ischan Reasat Khaton	(1989-08-01) 1 August 1989	0	0	SV Seligenporten	v. Afghanistan, 2 June 2015
FW	Jahid Hasan Ameli	(1987-12-25) 25 December 1987	63	15	Sheikh Russel KC	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
FW	Mithun Chowdhury	(1989-02-10) 10 February 1989	18	2	Sheikh Russel KC	v. Nepal, 15 January 2016
FW	Toklis Ahmed	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995	11	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club	v. Australia, 17 November 2015
FW	Enamul Haque	(1985-09-01) 1 September 1985	15	7	Muktijoddha Sangsad KC	v. Jordan, 8 September 2015
FW	Tawhidul Alam Sabuz	(1990-09-14) 14 September 1990	6	0	Dhaka Mohammedan	v. Tajikistan, 16 June 2015
FW	Wahed Ahmed	(1993-12-03) 3 December 1993	5	0	Dhaka Abahani	v. Tajikistan, 16 June 2015

Results and fixtures

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Competition	Venue	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers for Bangladesh
29 January 2015	2015 Bangabandhu Cup	Sylhet District Stadium	Sylhet	Malaysia U-23	0–1
2 February 2015	2015 Bangabandhu Cup	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Sri Lanka	1–0	Vincent 40'
6 February 2015	2015 Bangabandhu Cup (Semi Final 2)	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Thailand U-23	1–0	Nasiruddin 38'
8 February 2015	2015 Bangabandhu Cup (Final)	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Malaysia U-23	2–3	Ameli 49' Yeasin 55'.
30 May 2015	International friendly	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Singapore	1–2	Nasiruddin 4'
2 June 2015	International friendly	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Afghanistan	1–1	Ameli 4'
29 August 2015	International friendly	Shah Alam Stadium	Shah Alam	Malaysia	0–0
17 December 2015	International friendly	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Nepal	1–0	Rony 18'
24 December 2015	2015 SAFF Championship	Trivandrum International Stadium	Kariavattom	Afghanistan	0–4
26 December 2015	2015 SAFF Championship	Trivandrum International Stadium	Kariavattom	Maldives	1–3	Vincent 87'
28 December 2015	2015 SAFF Championship	Trivandrum International Stadium	Kariavattom	Bhutan	3–0	Topu 8' Rony 24' (pen.), 67'
8 January 2016	2016 Bangabandhu Cup	Shamsul Huda Stadium	Jessore	Sri Lanka	4–2	Rony 17' (goal), 86' Yeasin 22' Jibon 42'
13 January 2016	2016 Bangabandhu Cup	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Malaysia XI	1–1	Mithun 76'
15 January 2016	2016 Bangabandhu Cup	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Nepal	0–0
18 January 2016	2016 Bangabandhu Cup (Semi Final 1)	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Bahrain U-23	0–1
19 March 2016	International friendly			United Arab Emirates

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date	Competition	Venue	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers for Bangladesh
11 June 2015	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Kyrgyzstan	1–3	Kichin 32'(Own goal)
16 June 2015	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Tajikistan	1–1	Ameli 50'
3 September 2015	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	nib Stadium	Perth	Australia	5–0
8 September 2015	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Jordan	0–4
13 October 2015	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Spartak Stadium	Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	2–0
12 November 2015	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Pamir Stadium	Dushanbe	Tajikistan	5–0
17 November 2015	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Australia	0–4
24 March 2016	FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying (AFC) and 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification	Al-Hassan Stadium	Irbid	Jordan

Coaches

• Abdur Rahim (1975–1978)
• Warner Beckenhoft (1978–1981)
• Gard Smith (1982–1984)
• Abdur Rahim^ (1985)
• Kazi Salahuddin (1985–1988)
• Nasser Hejazi (1989–1991)
• Hamzah Hussain Wahid (1992–1995)
• Otto Pfister (1995–1997)
• Samir Shaker (1998–1999)
• Mark Harrison (Apr 2000 – Oct 2000)
• Aurel Ţicleanu (2001)
• György Kottán (2002–2003)
• Andres Cruciani (Aug 2005 – July 2007)

• Sayeed Hassan Kanan^ (Sep 2007 – May 2008)
• Abu Yusuf Mohammad Bilal^ (May 2008 – Jun 2008)
• Shafiqul Islam Malik^ (Aug 2008 – Dec 2008)
• Dido (Jan 2009 – Nov 2009)
• Rizwan Ali Jahed^ (Nov 2009 – Dec 2009)
• Zoran Đjorđjević (Jan 2010 – Feb 2010)
• Saiful Bari Titu^ (Feb 2010 – Sept 2010)
• Robert Rubčić (Sept 2010 – Jun 2011)

• Gjore Jovanovski (Jun 2011)
• Nikola Ilievski (Jun 2011 – Dec 2011)
• Saiful Bari Titu^ (Sep 2012 – Dec 2012)
• Lodewijk de Kruif (Jan 2013 – Oct 2014)
• Saiful Bari Titu^ (Oct 2014 – Jan 2015)
• Lodewijk de Kruif (Jan 2015 – Sep 2015)
• Fabio Lopez (Sep 2015 – Nov 2015)
• Maruful Haque (Nov 2015 – Jan 2016)
• Gonzalo Sanchez Moreno (Feb 2016 – )

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

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 2018 – Did not qualify

AFC Asian Cup record

• 1956 to 1968 – Did not enter; was part of Pakistan until 1971
• 1972  – Not a member of AFC & FIFA until 1973 & 1976 respectively

AFC Asian Cup
Year	Round
1976	Withdrew from qualification
1980	Group Stage
1984	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Withdrew
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
& 2007	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Yet to qualify

AFC Challenge Cup record

AFC Challenge Cup
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Quarter Final	4	2	1	1	7	8
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	3	6
2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		7	3	1	3	10	14

AFC Challenge Cup qualification record:

AFC Challenge Cup qualification
Year	Qualification	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Qualified as host	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	2	0	1	1	1	2
2010	Qualified as best group runner-up	3	2	0	1	5	2
2012	Did not qualify	3	1	0	2	2	5
2014	Did not qualify	3	2	0	1	6	1
Total		11	5	1	5	14	10

SAFF Championship

SAFF Championship
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1993	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Semi Final	3	1	1	1	2	1
1997	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	1	4
1999	Runner-up	4	2	1	1	6	3
2003	Champion	5	4	1	0	8	2
2005	Runner-up	5	3	1	1	7	3
& 2008	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	3	4
2009	Semi Final	4	2	1	1	6	3
2011	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	4
2013	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	2	5
2015	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	7
Total		35	13	10	12	40	36

South Asian Games

• 2004 onwards – Bangladesh U-23 plus three overage players entered the competition, as per age limit in football competitions in Olympic Games.

South Asian Games
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1984	Silver	4	3	0	1	14	4
1985	Silver	3	2	1	0	11	2
1987	Semi-Final	3	1	0	2	3	2
1989	Silver	3	1	1	1	4	2
1991	Bronze	3	2	0	1	4	2
1993	Group Stage	2	0	1	1	0	1
1995	Silver	4	2	1	1	2	2
1999	Gold	4	3	0	1	4	2
2004	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	2	2
2006	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	2	3
2010	Gold	5	5	0	0	13	0
2016	Bronze	4	2	1	1	3	7
Total		41	22	8	11	62	29

Asian Games

• 1951 to 1970 – Did not enter; was part of Pakistan until 1971
• 2002 onwards – Bangladesh U-23 plus three overage players entered the competition, as per age limit in football competitions in Olympic Games.

Asian Games Record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1974 Tehran	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1978 Bangkok	Preliminary round	12/14	2	0	0	2	0	4
1982 New Delhi	Preliminary round	11/16	3	1	0	2	2	4
1986 Seoul	Preliminary round	16/18	4	1	0	3	1	12
1990 Beijing	Preliminary round	11/14	2	0	0	2	0	7
1994 Hiroshima	Did not participate	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998 Bangkok	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002 Busan	Preliminary round	20/24	3	0	0	3	1	9
2006 Doha	Preliminary round	24/24	3	0	0	3	2	13
2010 Guangzhou	Preliminary round	24/24	3	0	0	3	1	10
2014 Incheon	Preliminary round	20/29	3	1	0	2	2	5
2018 Jakarta	Preliminary round	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	23	3	0	20	9	64

Opponents

The team's head-to-head records against all 48 nations whom they have played to date, including friendly internationals: Two of these teams no longer exist (South Vietnam and Yugoslavia), so Bangladesh have played against 46 of the current 209 FIFA members: 43 AFC, 2 CAF, 0 CONCACAF, 0 CONMEBOL, 0 OFC and 1 UEFA members as of 15 January 2016.

As of 15 January 2016

Against	Region	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%Win	%Loss
Afghanistan	AFC	6	1	4	1	9	10	−1	16.67%	16.67%
Algeria	CAF	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0.0%	100.0%
Australia	AFC	2	0	0	2	0	9	−9	0.0%	100.0%
Bahrain	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0.0%	100.0%
Bhutan	AFC	5	4	1	0	14	2	+12	80.0%	0.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0.0%	100.0%
Cambodia	AFC	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	66.67%	0.0%
China	AFC	5	0	0	5	0	15	−15	0.0%	100.0%
Chinese Taipei	AFC	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	50.0%	50.0%
Guam	AFC	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.0%	0.0%
Hong Kong	AFC	4	0	1	3	3	14	−11	0.0%	75.0%
India	AFC	24	3	10	11	18	34	−16	12.5%	45.83%
Indonesia	AFC	6	1	1	4	4	12	−8	16.67%	66.67%
Iran	AFC	6	0	0	6	1	28	−27	0.0%	100.0%
Japan	AFC	5	0	0	5	1	22	−21	0.0%	100.0%
Jordan	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	0.0%	100.0%
Kuwait	AFC	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0.0%	100.0%
Kyrgyzstan	AFC	4	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0.0%	100.0%
Laos	AFC	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0.0%	100.0%
Lebanon	AFC	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2	50.0%	50.0%
Macau	AFC	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.0%	0.0%
Malaysia	AFC	9	1	2	6	3	16	−13	11.11%	66.67%
Maldives	AFC	11	3	5	3	20	11	+9	27.27%	27.27%
Mongolia	AFC	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	50.0%	0.0%
Myanmar	AFC	10	3	1	6	10	24	−14	30.0%	60.0%
Nepal	AFC	21	12	3	6	26	14	+12	57.14%	28.57%
North Korea	AFC	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0.0%	100.0%
Northern Mariana Islands	AFC	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.0%	0.0%
Oman	AFC	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.0%	100.0%
Pakistan	AFC	16	6	4	6	16	10	+6	37.5%	37.5%
Palestine	AFC	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	0.0%	66.67%
Philippines	AFC	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	50.0%	50.0%
Qatar	AFC	4	0	1	3	2	12	−10	0.0%	75.0%
Saudi Arabia	AFC	5	0	0	5	1	20	−19	0.0%	100.0%
Singapore	AFC	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	0.0%	33.33%
South Korea	AFC	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0.0%	100.0%
South Vietnam	AFC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.0%	0.0%
Sri Lanka	AFC	16	11	2	3	25	12	+13	68.75%	18.75%
Sudan	CAF	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0.0%	100.0%
Syria	AFC	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0.0%	100.0%
Tajikistan	AFC	8	1	2	5	5	23	−18	12.50%	62.50%
Thailand	AFC	14	2	3	9	11	29	−18	14.29%	64.29%
Turkmenistan	AFC	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0.0%	100.0%
United Arab Emirates	AFC	4	0	0	4	0	15	−15	0.0%	100.0%
Uzbekistan	AFC	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0.0%	100.0%
Vietnam	AFC	2	0	1	1	0	4	−4	0.0%	50.0%
Yemen	AFC	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	50.0%	0.0%
Yugoslavia	UEFA	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3	0.0%	100.0%
Total	46 nations	232	58	48	126	213	446	−233	25%	54.31%

  Team ceased to exist

Honours

• SAFF Championship

Champion (1): 2003

Runner-up (2): 1999, 2005

• South Asian Games

Gold medal (2): 1999, 2010

Silver medal (4): 1984, 1985, 1989, 1995

Bronze medal (2): 1991, 2016

• Bangabandhu Cup

Runner-up (1): 2015

• Quaid-E-Azam International Cup

Runner-up (1): 1985

Third-place (1): 1987

• President's Gold Cup

Champion (1): 1989

• Four-nation International Invitational Football Tournament

Champion (1): 1995

See also

• Bangladesh Football Federation
• Bangladesh women's national football team
• Bangladesh national under-23 football team
• Bangladesh national under-20 football team
• Bangladesh national under-17 football team
• Football in Bangladesh

External links

• Bangladesh Football Federation official website
• Bangladesh at FIFA.com