Bangladesh Football Federation

Bangladesh Football Federation or BFF (Bengali: বাফুফে) is the governing body of football in Bangladesh. The organisation which manages the game of association football in Bangladesh. It administers the running of Bangladesh national football team and Bangladesh women's national football team and oversees every aspect of the country's football.

Bangladesh Football Federation
AFC
Founded1972 (1972)
HeadquartersDhaka City
FIFA affiliation1976
AFC affiliation1974[1]
SAFF affiliation1997
PresidentKazi Salahuddin
Websitebff.com.bd

BFF controls Bangladesh Premier League and premier domestic club competition, in addition to various other competitions and tournaments.

BFF was one of founding members of South Asian Football Federation. It is based at BFF Bhaban, Motijheel, Dhaka.

History

BFF was founded on 15 July 1972, by Md. Yousuf Ali (Former Education, Culture and Sports Minister). Ali presided the association with Abul Hashem of Wari Club as general secretary.[2]

It became affiliated with AFC and FIFA in 1973 and 1976 respectively.[3] Bangladesh was elected as member in the AFC Executive Committee 1982-86 and 1998-02.

Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice president of AFC for 1990-94.[2]

The BFF continued the Dhaka League that started in 1948, after the independence of Bangladesh. It gained huge numbers of fans and support and continued with premier, first, second and third divisions in the process.

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

In 2007 BFF started the country's top tier professional league Bangladesh Premier League (known as B. League then).

In 2009 it launched the Super Cup tournament, the highest budgeted football tournament organised by BFF, Dhaka Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani SC.[4]

In 2012 BFF launched 2nd tier professional league Bangladesh Championship League.

The BFF is also a founding member of South Asian Football Federation.

Name Position Source
Kazi Salahuddin President [5]
Kazi Ahmed Vice President [5]
Abdus Murshedey 2nd Vice President [5]
Mohiuddin Ahmed 3rd Vice President [5]
Tabith Awal 4rd Vice President [5]
Badal Roy 5th Vice President [5]
Abu Shohag General Secretary [5]
Bayazid Nipu Technical Director [5]
Jamie Day Team Coach (Men's) [5]
Golam Choton Team Coach (Women's) [5]
Khalid Mahmud Nowmee Media/Communications Manager [5]
n/a Futsal Coordinator
Shahidul Islam Referee Coordinator [5]

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 2013/2014 season.

See also

References
  1. "AFC BARS ISRAEL FROM ALL ITS COMPETITIONS". Reuters. The Straits Times. 16 September 1974.
  2. "BFF info". bangladeshdir.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. "Bangladesh on FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
  4. "Bangladesh: Mohammedan SC Clinch Citycell Super Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 1 August 2010.
  5. "Member Association - Bangladesh - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com.
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