Bangladesh Football Federation

Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF; Bengali: বাফুফে) is the governing body that administrates 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 is based at BFF Bhaban, in the Motijheel Thana of the country's capital, Dhaka.

Bangladesh Football Federation
AFC
Founded1972 (1972)
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
FIFA affiliation1976
AFC affiliation1974[1]
SAFF affiliation1997
PresidentKazi Salahuddin
Vice-PresidentAbdus Salam Murshedi
Websitebff.com.bd

History

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.[2]

It became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, and FIFA in 1976.[3] 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.[2]

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 The league resumed for the 1973 season, but has since been superseded by the Bangladesh Premier League (founded in 2007 as the B.League) and the Bangladesh Championship League (in 2012), and now exists only as a regional league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.[4] In the inaugural competition, Dhaka Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani SC.[5]

Name Position Source
Kazi Salahuddin President [6][7]
Abdus Salam Murshedey Senior Vice-president [6][7]
Imrul Hasan 2nd Vice-president [6][7]
Kazi Nabil Ahmed 3rd Vice-president [6][7]
Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan Manik 4th Vice-president [6][7]
Mohiuudin Ahmed Mohi 5th Vice-president [6][7]
Md. Abu Nayeem Shohag General Secretary [6][7]
n/a Tresurer
Paul Smalley Technical Director [6]
Jamie Day Team Coach (Men's) [6][7]
Golam Robbani Choton Team Coach (Women's) [6]
Khalid Mahmud Nowmee Media/Communications Manager [6]
n/a Futsal Coordinator
Shahidul Islam Referee Coordinator [6]

Competitions

Active

Competitions currently run by BFF include:

CompetitionFirst SeasonCurrent ChampionRemarks
BPL2007Bashundhara KingsThe country's top tier professional football league.
BCL2012Bangladesh Police FCThe country's 2nd tier professional football league.
Senior Division League1948Kawran Bazar Pragati SanghaThe country's 3rd tier professional football league.
Federation Cup1980Bashundhara KingsThe country's top clubs cup football competition.
Super Cup2009Dhaka Mohammedan SCThe country's highest budgeted cup football competition.
Pioneer Football League (Bangladesh)1987Elias Ahmed Chowdhury SSThe country's grass root level clubs football league.
Independence Cup1972Bashundhara KingsThe Country's top clubs cup football competition.
Bangabandhu Cup1996-97PalestineInternational football tournament.
Bangamata U-19 Women's International Gold Cup2019Bangladesh/Laos joint championsInternational U-19 Women's football tournament.
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup2015Terengganu F.C.International clubs football tournament.
BFF U-18 Football Tournament2014NoFeL Sporting Club U-18The country's youth U-18 club football tournament.
Bangladesh Women's Football League2011Dhaka Mohammedan Women'sThe country's women's professional clubs football league.
National Football Championship (Bangladesh)2000Dhaka MohammedanThe country's national Semi-professional football league.
Dhaka Second Division Football League2015Samaj Kallyan KSThe country's 4th tier professional clubs football league.
Dhaka Third Division Football League2003Dhaka Wari ClubThe country's 5th tier professional clubs football league.

Defunct

Competitions previously run by BFF include:

CompetitionFirst SeasonLast SeasonLast ChampionRemarks
Aga Khan Cup19581981/1982Bangkok Bank F.C. and Brothers Union
[Shared after 1–1 draw]		Multinational club competition last held in 1981.
Sher-e-Bangla Cup19751994BholaSemi-pro cup that had its last season in 1994.

Stadiums

(List of football stadiums in Bangladesh)

Official partners

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.

See also

References
  1. "AFC Bars Israel from All Its Competitions". The Straits Times. Reuters. 16 September 1974.
  2. "BFF info". bangladeshdir.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. "Bangladesh". FIFA.com.
  4. Mahmood, Raihan (7 May 2013). "Super Cup prize money remain unchanged". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  5. "Bangladesh: Mohammedan SC Clinch Citycell Super Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  6. "Member Association - Bangladesh - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
  7. "The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation". The AFC. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.