Dhaka: Presidents of district and divisional football associations (DFAs) will sit for a discussion meeting with State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell, MP on Tuesday, February 5. The 13th emergency meeting of the BFF Executive Committee (ExCo) was held in the board room of the BFF House on Sunday to discuss several matters regarding the meeting. BFF president Kazi Md Salahuddin presided over the meeting attended by other members of the Executive Committee. At the meeting, the ExCo members decided that all the DFA...
Read MoreDhaka: State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell, MP has promised to provide support on various levels to develop the situation of football in both district and divisional levels. Presidents of district and divisional football associations (DFAs) sat for a discussion meeting with State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell, MP on Tuesday. At the meeting, the BFF presented to him its proposal regarding the district and divisional football...
Read MoreDhaka: As part of Bangladesh Football Federation’s plans to start training for U-15 and U-18 footballers in the newly formed BFF Academy in Dhaka’s Beraid, trials for selecting the players were held in Lalmonirhat of Rangpur division and Barguna of Barishal division on Tuesday, February 5. After day-long trials conducted by BFF certified coaches and scouts, 5 players from the U-15 pool and 4 players from the U-18 pool were selected from Lalmonirhat. In addition to that, 3 players from the U-15 pool and 4 players from the U-18 pool were...
Read MoreDhaka: Abahani Dhaka Ltd had secured their position in the prestigious Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup following their win in the last segment of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). On Wednesday, AFC authorities released the fixture of the tournament where Abahani has been placed with the Minerva Punjab (India), Manang Marshyangdi Club (Nepal) and the yet to be decided winners from AFC PO South where any one team from India, Sri Lanka or Bhutan might qualify. According to the fixture, Abahani will face their first opponent Manang...
Read MoreThat time of the year is back! Football powerhouses are facing off each other on a regular basis and the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) is now more exciting than ever with more venues for the high-voltage matches to be played at. This season, a total of six venues have been incorporated into the league for a total of 13 teams. But do you know who calls which venue their ‘home’? Let’s take a look into the home grounds of the thirteen teams participating in BPL 2019. Reigning champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd. have made Dhaka their home...
Read MoreDhaka: The second division football league committee held a meeting with the participating clubs in the league at the conference room of Dhaka City Football League Committee on Wednesday. BFF Executive Member and Dhaka City Football League Committee Chairman Harunur Rashid, BFF General Secretary Abu Naim Sohag, Dhaka City Football League Committee Co-Chairman Alhaj Saleh Uz Zaman Selim, Second Division Football League Committee Chairman Alhaj Sabbir Ahmed and Second Division Football League Committee Secretary Mohidur Rahman Miraj attended...
Read MoreDhaka: The Football Referee Training Course-2019 is set to be held at BFF Bhaban in the capital’s Motijheel from February 9 to 14. Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will organize the course while BFF Referees Committee will direct it. A total of 70 coaches were nominated to take part in the course after 86 coaches applied. Former FIFA referees Azad Rahman, Nazmul Huda, Pranab Devdas, Sujit Kumar Banerjee will be present in the training as the instructors. BFF general secretary Abu Naim Sohag, BFF Referees Committee Chairman...
Read MoreDhaka: As part of Bangladesh Football Federation’s plans to start training for U-15 and U-18 footballers in the newly formed BFF Academy in Dhaka’s Beraid, trials for selecting the U-15 and U-18 players will be held in Dhaka on February 9 and 10. Many promising U15 and U18 youngsters from the grass-root level will participate in the training camp. The Bangladesh Football Federation has launched a long-term residential training camp at the newly formed BFF Football Academy in Dhaka’s Beraid area from March 1, 2019 for players from the...
Read MoreDhaka: Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) 2018-19 edition is set to begin at Kamalapur Birshreshtha Shaheed Sipahee Mohammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium, Dhaka on Sunday. The tournament is going to be opened with the match between Farashganj FC and Dhaka City FC Ltd. The match has been scheduled at 3.15 pm while an opening ceremony will take place just 15 minutes before the match. BFF Senior Vice-President Abdus Salam Murshedi, MP is expected to attend the inaugural ceremony. All sports reporters and photojournalists from the...
Read MoreDhaka: The New Referees Training Course – 2019 has started at Matijheel BFF Bhaban around 9:30 am on Saturday. The course will go on till 14 February. A total of 70 coaches participated in the course directed by BFF referees committee. BFF referees committee chairman Md Iqbal Hossain, BFF general secretary Abu Naim Sohag and the members of the referees committee were present at the opening ceremony of the course. Former FIFA referees Azad Rahman, Nazmul Huda, Pranab Devdas, Sujit Kumar Banerjee are the instructors in the...
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