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Bangladesh Football Federation
AFC
Short nameBFF
Founded15 July 1972; 52 years ago (1972-07-15)
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
FIFA affiliation1976; 49 years ago (1976)
AFC affiliation1973; 52 years ago (1973)[a]
SAFF affiliation1997; 28 years ago (1997)
PresidentTabith Awal
Vice-PresidentImrul Hasan
General SecretaryImran Hossain Tushar
Websitebff.com.bd

Bangladesh Football Federation (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন, Bānglādesh fūṭbôl fēḍārēshôn) is the governing body that administers the sport of association football in Bangladesh. It is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national teams, as well as the Bangladesh Premier League and various other competitions and tournaments. The BFF was one of founding members of the South Asian Football Federation. It's office is based at the BFF Bhaban, in Motijheel Thana of the country's capital, Dhaka.

History

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The Bangladesh Football Federation was founded on 15 July 1972 by Md. Yousuf Ali, the country's former Minister for Education, Culture and Sport; the general secretary under Ali was Abul Hashem of Wari Club.[4]

It became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, and FIFA in 1976.[5] It is also a founding member of South Asian Football Federation. Bangladesh has been elected to be part of the AFC Executive Committee for two four-year terms: in 1982–1986 and 1998–2002. Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice-president of the AFC for the term from 1990 to 1994.[4]

After Bangladesh gained independence in the early 1970s, the BFF assumed responsibility for the Dhaka League, which had begun in 1948. The league resumed for the 1973 season, but has since been superseded by the Bangladesh Premier League (founded in 2007 as the B.League) and the Bangladesh Championship League (in 2012), and now exists only as a regional league at the third tier of the nation's football league pyramid.

In 1980, the Federation started the Federation Cup, which grew to be the country's top national cup competition.

In 2009, it launched the Super Cup tournament, which ran in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2013, the prize money for winning the competition was Tk10 million.[6] In the inaugural competition, Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivals Abahani Limited Dhaka.[7]

Executive committee

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Board of directors

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As of November 2024
Name Position Source
Bangladesh Tabith Mohammed Awal President [8][9]
Bangladesh Imrul Hasan Senior Vice-president [10][11]
Bangladesh Nasser Shahrear Zahedee[12] 2nd Vice-president [10][11]
Bangladesh Wahid Uddin Chowdhury Happy[12] 3rd Vice-president [10][11]
Bangladesh Sabbir Ahmed Arif[12] 4th Vice-president [10][11]
Bangladesh Fahad Mohammed Ahmed Karim[12] 5th Vice-president [10][11]
Bangladesh Imran Hossain Tushar General Secretary [13]
Bangladesh Saiful Bari Titu Technical Director [10][14]
Spain Javier Cabrera Team Coach (Men's) [10][11]
England Peter Butler Team Coach (Women's) [15][16]

Presidents

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President Took office Left office Ref
Muhammad Yusuf Ali 1972 1973 [17]
Gazi Golam Mostafa 1973 1976 [18]
Mir Shawkat Ali 1976 1978 [19]
Siddique Ahmed 1978 1980
Abdur Raquib Khandaker 1980 1986 [20]
Harun Ahmed Chowdhury 1986 1986
Hafizuddin Ahmed 1986 1989 [21]
Mahmudul Hasan 1989 1992
Oli Ahmad 1992 1994 [22]
Mohammad Hanif 1996 2001 [23]
AM Azizul Haque 2001 2001
SA Sultan 2001 2008 [24]
Kazi Salahuddin 2008 2024 [25]
Tabith Awal 2024 Present [26]

Competitions

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Man's club competitions

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As of August 2023

Competitions currently run by BFF:

Competition First season Current champion Remarks
Bangladesh Premier League 2007 Bashundhara Kings The country's top tier football league.
Federation Cup 1980 Mohammedan SC The country's top tier leagues cup competition.
Independence Cup 1972 Bashundhara Kings The country's national cup competition.
Challenge Cup 2024 Bashundhara kings The country's super cup competition.
Bangladesh Championship League 2012 Brothers Union The country's 2nd tier football league.
Senior Division League 1948 Somaj Kallyan KS Mugda The country's 3rd tier football league.
Second Division League 1948 Saif SC Youth Team The country's 4th tier football league.
Third Division League 1948 Chawkbazar Kings The country's 5th tier football league.
Pioneer Football League 1981 Barishal Football Academy The country's 6th tier football league.
BFF U-18 Football Tournament 2014 NoFeL Sporting Club U-18 The country's U-18 club football tournament.
BFF U-18 Football League 2021–22 Sheikh Jamal DC U-18 The country's top tier U-18 football league.
BFF U-16 Football Tournament 2021–22 Kawran Bazar PS U-16 The country's U-16 football tournament.

Other competitions

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As of October 2022

Competitions currently run by BFF:

Competition First Season Current Champion Remarks
Bangabandhu Cup 1996–97 Palestine International football tournament.
Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup 2019 Bangladesh & Laos International U-19 Women's football tournament.
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup 2015 Terengganu F.C. International clubs football tournament.
Sheikh Russel U-18 Gold Cup 2021–22 Wari Thana The country's Metropolis Thanas football competition
National Football Championship 1973 Bangladesh Army District and institutional cup tournament.
Bangladesh Women's Football League 2011 Bashundhara Kings The country's women's professional clubs football league.

Defunct

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As of June 2023

Competitions previously run by BFF:

Competition First Season Last Season Last Champion Remarks
Aga Khan Cup 1958 1981–82 Bangkok Bank F.C. and Brothers Union
[Shared after 1–1 draw]		 Continental club competition last held in 1982.
President's Gold Cup 1981 1993 Petrolul Ploiești International football tournament.
First Division League 1993 2004–05 Rahmatganj MFS 2nd tier semi-professional football league last held in 2005.
National Football League 2000 2006 Mohammedan SC The country's first semi-professional national league last held in 2006.
Super Cup 2009 2013 Mohammedan SC The country's highest budgeted cup football competition.

Stadiums

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Main article: List of football stadiums in Bangladesh

Official partners

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Nitol-Tata the sole distributor of Tata vehicles in Bangladesh was the official sponsor between 2000 till 2005.

In April 2008, the BFF secured BDT 16,00,00,000 (equivalent to US$22,85,714 appx) for three years from a multinational mobile operator company, Citycell (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited) for three years as sponsorship for Bangladesh Football Federation, which is a record in the football sponsorship money securing in the history of Bangladesh football.

Later in 2010, it made contract with Grameenphone - country's leading mobile phone operator, for the sponsorship of BFF's tournaments.

BFF secured US$70,000 for one year when Nitol-Tata again became the official sponsor for the 2013–14 season.

On 13 March 2022, Pusti became the beverage partner of Bangladesh Football Federation following a two-year agreement.[27]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) attained provisional membership in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, making them eligible to participate in AFC-administered competitions.[1][2] Their membership was eventually ratified on 14 September 1974.[3]

References

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