Bangladesh women's national football team

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

The Bangladesh women's national football team is the women's national association football team of Bangladesh controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation under the supervision of the women's football committee. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation and has yet to qualify for the World Cup or an AFC Women's Asian Cup finals.

Bangladesh

Nickname(s)	Bengal Tigresses (বাংলার বাঘিনী) Red and Green (লাল-সবুজ)
Association	Bangladesh Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Saiful Bari Titu^[1]
Captain	Sabina Khatun
Most caps	Sabina Khatun (46)
Top scorer	Sabina Khatun (31)
Home stadium	Bangabandhu National Stadium (Dhaka) BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium (Dhaka)
FIFA code	BAN
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	142 2 (25 August 2023)^[2]
Highest	100 (December 2013; December 2017)
Lowest	147 (August 2022)
First international
Bangladesh 0–1 Nepal    (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 29 January 2010)
Biggest win
Bangladesh 9–0 Bhutan  (Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh; 15 December 2010)
Biggest defeat
Bangladesh 0–9 Thailand  (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 21 May 2013)
SAFF Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 2010)
Best result	Champion (2022)
Medal record SAFF Championship 2022 Nepal Team 2016 Bangladesh Team South Asian Games 2010 Dhaka Team 2016 Guwahati Team

Bangladesh are the defending champion at the SAFF Women's Championship, after clinching their maiden title in 2022.^[3] They also secured a bronze medal in the South Asian Federation Games 2010 and a silver medal at the SAFF Women's Championship 2016.^[4]

History

Origins (2007–2012)

Women's football was introduced in Bangladesh when the nations first ever football tournament dedicated to women was staged under the Vision Asia programme in November 2007. Eight teams from different districts all over the country took part in the tournament.^[5] The tournaments success, lead to the Bangladesh Football Federation, organizing the 2008 Women's school football tournament, under the Vision Bangladesh programme. The National Football Championship for women was introduced the subsequent year, for different district teams to take part in. While in 2009, Golam Robbani Choton a veteran in the Dhaka football scene, was put in charge of the inactive women's national team. However, the Bangladesh women's team was continuously neglected throughout the late 2000s.

Bangladesh played their first international game on 29 January 2010 in against Nepal, during the 2010 South Asian Games,^[6] held in Dhaka, losing 1–0. The team impressed in the following fixtures, pulling of two successive victories against, Sri Lanka, and then Pakistan respectively. Although they suffered a 0–7 defeat at the hands of India during their last group stage game, Bangladesh secured the bronze medal. The team proceeded to take part in the, 2010 SAFF Women's Championship later on that year, which was played on home soil, but this time in Cox's Bazar. They won significantly against Bhutan and Sri Lanka (2–0 and 9–0), however they were defeated by Nepal in the semifinals.

It was in 2011, when the football federation decided to launch the Bangladesh Women's Football League. The national team was active the following year, taking part in the 2012 SAFF Championship. They lost to India and Sri Lanka, attaining their sole victory against Bhutan, 1–0 thanks to a goal from captain Pru Suinu. Nonetheless, the team failed to advance past the group stages.

Emergence (2013–2020)

After 2012 SAFF Women's Championship, BFF started to make a structure for women's team. On the other hand, government started Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup Football Tournament from 2011, where a number of footballers from all-over the country were showcase their footballing skill on a yearly basis, strengthening the national team's pipeline of talents. In October 2014, Norio Tsukitate was appointed as the team's first foreign head coach. Bangladesh team management started almost a year-long camp for 2014 SAFF Women's Championship, and Bangladesh team won two of there three Group matches and, reached the semi-finals where Bangladesh lost against Nepal by 1–0. After the tournament concluded Golam Robbani Choton returned to head coach duty.^[7]

In the 2016 SAFF Women's Championship, Bangladesh reached to the final having defeated Maldives 6–0 in the semi-final. Nonetheless, the inexperienced team lost 3–1 to India in the Final.^[8] The team's fortunes at the 2019 SAFF Women's Championship did not change, as they lost to India by a margin of 4–0 in the semi-final.^[9]

Golden era (2021–present)

 

 

Rupna

 

Akhi

 

Masura

 

Sheuli

 

S. Nahar

 

Maria

 

Monika

 

Sanjida

 

Krishna

 

Sabina (C)

 

Shopna

Bangladesh's victorious 2022 SAFF Women's Championship Final starting lineup

Bangladesh did not make to the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification. But, after that, Bangladesh played three FIFA Friendly matches, one against Hong Kong where they beat Hong Kong by 5–0 in 2021 and two against Malaysia where they draw one and beat one Malaysia by 6–0 before the 2022 SAFF Women's Championship.^[10]

Bangladesh won their all three group matches having defeated Maldives by 3–0, Pakistan by 6–0 and India by 3–0, reached Semi-finals as unbeaten group champion.^[11][12][13] In the semi-finals having defeated Bhutan by 8–0 and reached the Final.^[14] Bangladesh faced Nepal in the final where, Bangladesh clinched their maiden SAFF Women's Championship title with a 3–1 victory over Nepal in an entertaining final at the Dasharath Rangasala in Kathmandu on 19 September 2022.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Team image

Colours

The Bangladesh national football team plays in bottle green shirts and dark red shorts embedded. Also with red and green stripes. Green and red are the historic national colours of Bangladesh, originating 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.

Home stadium

See also: Category:Football venues in Bangladesh

The Bangladesh women's national team plays their home matches at the Bangabandhu National Stadium & Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium.

Media coverage

Bangladesh's both home and away matches are broadcast live on Bangladesh Television & T Sports.

Results and fixtures

Main article: Bangladesh women's national football team results

See also: 2023 in association football, 2023 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose

2023

Iran   v   Bangladesh

April 2023 (2023-04) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers R1	Iran	Cancelled	Bangladesh	TBD
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Bangladesh   v   Myanmar

April 2023 (2023-04) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers R1	Bangladesh	Cancelled	Myanmar	TBD
--:--

Bangladesh   v   Maldives

April 2023 (2023-04) 2024 AFC Olympic Qualifiers R1	Bangladesh	Cancelled	Maldives	TBD
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Bangladesh   v     Nepal

13 July 2023 Friendly	Bangladesh	1–1	Nepal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
17:30 UTC+6	Khatun   66'	Report	Bhandari   90+1'	Stadium: Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

Bangladesh   v     Nepal

16 July 2023 Friendly	Bangladesh	0–0 (2–4 p)	Nepal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
17:30 UTC+6		Report		Stadium: Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium Referee: Kanika Barman (India)

Japan   v   Bangladesh

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Football at the 2023 Asian Games Group D	Japan	8–0	Bangladesh	Wenzhou, China
21:30 BST (UTC+6)	Chiba   7', 29' Tanikawa   8' (p), 80' Shiokoshi   45' Hijikata   49' Sakakibara   58', 85'	Report		Stadium: Wenzhou Sports Centre Attendance: 2,744 Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Bangladesh   v   Vietnam

25 September 2023 (2023-09-25) Football at the 2023 Asian Games Group D	Bangladesh	1–6	Vietnam	Wenzhou, China
18:00 BST (UTC+6)	Parvin   87' (pen.)	Report	Phạm Hải Yến   5' Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hằng   34' Trần Thị Duyên   66' Thái Thị Thảo   78' Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy   71', 80'	Stadium: Wenzhou Sports Centre Attendance: 2,108 Referee: Yu Hong (China)

Nepal     v   Bangladesh

28 September 2023 (2023-09-28) Football at the 2023 Asian Games Group D	Nepal	1–1	Bangladesh	Wenzhou, China
14:00 BST (UTC+6)	Rekha Poudel   82'	Report	Khatun   44'	Stadium: Wenzhou Sports Centre Attendance: 3,304 Referee: Yu Hong (China)

Lebanon   v   Bangladesh

26 October 2023 Friendly	Lebanon	v	Bangladesh	Bhamdoun, Lebanon
19:00 BST (UTC+6)		Report		Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium

Lebanon   v   Bangladesh

29 October 2023 Friendly	Lebanon	v	Bangladesh	Bhamdoun, Lebanon
19:00 BST (UTC+6)		Report		Stadium: Amin AbdelNour Stadium

• Bangladesh Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 19 July 2023

Position	Name
Head Coach	Saiful Bari Titu	^[19]^[20]
Assistant Coaches	Mahbubur Rahman Litu   Mahmuda Akter Ananya   Trishna Chakma   Suinu Pru Marma
Goalkeeping Coach	Masud Ahmed
Fitness Coach	Ivan Razlog
Physiotherapist	Laizu Yeasmin Lipa
Team Manager	Amirul Islam Babu
Media Manager	Khalid Mahmud
Technical Director	Paul Smalley	^[21]

Manager history

•   Golam Robbani (2009–2014)
•   Norio Tsukitate (2014)
•   Golam Robbani (2015–2023)
•   Saiful Bari Titu (2023–present)

Players

See also: Category:Bangladesh women's international footballers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 Asian Games.^[22]

Caps and goals updated as of 28 September 2023 after the match against     Nepal.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rupna Chakma	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 19)	20	0	Bashundhara Kings Women
23	1GK	Sathi Biswas	(2005-08-13) 13 August 2005 (age 18)	0	0	ARB College Sporting Club
22	1GK	Swarna Rani Mandal	(2006-06-06) 6 June 2006 (age 17)	0	0	ARB College Sporting Club
2	2DF	Sheuli Azim	(2001-12-20) 20 December 2001 (age 21)	30	0	Bashundhara Kings Women
3	2DF	Shamsunnahar Sr.	(2003-01-31) 31 January 2003 (age 20)	28	0	Bashundhara Kings Women
5	2DF	Masura Parvin	(2001-10-17) 17 October 2001 (age 22)	34	3	Bashundhara Kings Women
4	2DF	Afeida Khandaker	(2006-11-18) 18 November 2006 (age 16)	5	0	ARB College Sporting Club
13	2DF	Nilufa Yesmin Nila	(2003-11-15) 15 November 2003 (age 19)	9	0	Bashundhara Kings Women
16	2DF	Anai Mogini	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Bashundhara Kings Women
19	2DF	Surma Jannat	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 17)	0	0	ARB College Sporting Club
6	3MF	Monika Chakma	(2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 20)	20	2	Bashundhara Kings Women
7	3MF	Sanjida Akhter	(2001-03-20) 20 March 2001 (age 22)	27	0	Bashundhara Kings Women
8	3MF	Maria Manda	(2003-05-10) 10 May 2003 (age 20)	27	0	Bashundhara Kings Women
17	3MF	Ritu Porna Chakma	(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 19)	16	2	Bashundhara Kings Women
20	4FW	Shamsunnahar Jr.	(2004-03-30) 30 March 2004 (age 19)	12	1	Bashundhara Kings Women
15	3MF	Sapna Rani	(2006-05-09) 9 May 2006 (age 17)	3	0	ARB College Sporting Club
12	3MF	Marzia Akter	(2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 21)	6	1	ARB College Sporting Club
11	4FW	Sabina Khatun (captain)	(1993-10-25) 25 October 1993 (age 30)	51	33	Bashundhara Kings Women
9	4FW	Krishna Rani Sarkar	(2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 22)	31	11	Bashundhara Kings Women
10	4FW	Tohura Khatun	(2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 20)	18	3	Bashundhara Kings Women
18	4FW	Shaheda Akter Ripa	(2005-12-08) 8 December 2005 (age 17)	3	0	ARB College Sporting Club
14	4FW	Sumaya Matsushima	(2001-02-15) 15 February 2001 (age 22)	5	0	Bashundhara Kings Women

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Etie Rani	(2004-11-28) 28 November 2004 (age 18)	0	0	Nasrin Sports Academy	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
GK	Yasmin Akhtar	(2004-02-05) 5 February 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Nasrin Sports Academy	v.   Maldives, 7 September 2022 ^PRE
DF	Nasrin Akter	(2004-12-18) 18 December 2004 (age 18)	0	0	ARB College Sporting Club	v.   Maldives, 7 September 2022 ^PRE
DF	Akhi Khatun	(2003-06-18) 18 June 2003 (age 20)	18	3	Bashundhara Kings Women	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
MF	Sohagi Kisku	(2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 19)	0	0	ARB College Sporting Club	v.     Nepal, 16 July 2023
FW	Sirat Jahan Shopna	(2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 22)	25	10	Bashundhara Kings Women	2022 SAFF Women's Championship ^RET
FW	Sajeda Khatun	(2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 20)	1	0	ARB College Sporting Club	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
FW	Anuching Mogini	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 20)	3	0	ARB College Sporting Club	2022 SAFF Women's Championship
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary squad ^SUS Suspended ^RET Retired

Captains

• Trishna Chakma (2009–2012)
• Suinu Pru Marma (2012–2014)
• Aungmraching Marma (2014–2015)
• Sabina Khatun (2015–)

Statistics

See also: Category:Bangladesh women's international footballers

As of 19 September 2022

*Players in bold are still active with Bangladesh.

Most capped players Rank Name Caps Goals Position Career 1 Sabina Khatun 46 31 FW 2009– 2 Masura Parvin 29 2 DF 2014– 3 Krishna Rani Sarkar 28 11 FW 2014– 4 Sirat Jahan Shopna 25 10 FW 2014– Sheuli Azim 25 0 DF 2014– 6 Shamsunnahar 23 0 DF 2016– 7 Sanjida Akhter 22 0 MF 2016– Maria Manda 22 0 MF 2016– 9 Suinu Pru Marma 20 5 MF 2009–2014 Mishrat Jahan Moushumi 20 1 MF 2014–

Top goalscorers Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career 1 Sabina Khatun 31 46 0.67 2009– 2 Krishna Rani Sarkar 11 28 0.39 2014– 3 Sirat Jahan Shopna 10 25 0.4 2014– 4 Aungmraching Marma 5 19 0.26 2009–2015 Suinu Pru Marma 5 20 0.25 2009–2014 6 Tohura Khatun 3 13 0.23 2018– Akhi Khatun 3 18 0.17 2018–

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991 to   2011	Did not enter
2015	Did not qualify
2019	Did not enter
2023	Did not qualify
2027	To be determined
2031	To be determined
Total	0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1996 to   2008	Did not enter
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2020
2024	Withdrew
2028	To be determined
2032
Total	0/7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1990 to   2018	Did not enter
2022	Group stage	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13
2026	To be determined
2030	To be determined
2034	To be determined
Total	1/19	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975 to   2010	Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify
2018	Did not enter
2022	Did not qualify
2026	To be determined
Total	0/20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1975 to   2010	Did not enter
2014	Did not qualify	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15
2018	Did not enter
2022	Did not qualify	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10
Total	2/20	5	0	0	5	0	25	−25

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

SAFF Women's Championship

SAFF Women's Championship record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2010	Semi-final	4	2	0	2	11	9	+2
2012	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3
2014	Semi-final	4	2	0	2	10	8	+2
2016	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	13	3	+10
2019	Semi-final	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5
2022	Champion	5	5	0	0	23	1	+22
Total	6/6	23	13	1	9	61	33	+28

*Draws include knock-out matches decided on penalty kicks.

South Asian Games

South Asian Games record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
Dhaka 2010	Bronze medal	4	2	0	2	3	8	–5
Shillong & Guwahati 2016	Bronze medal	4	2	0	2	5	9	–4
Total	2/2	8	4	0	4	8	17	−9

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

As of 22 September 2021

Head-to-head record

As of 28 September 2023

Against	Region	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	%Win
Nepal	AFC	12	1	5	6	2	17	−15	008.33
Sri Lanka	AFC	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	075.00
Pakistan	AFC	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100.00
India	AFC	11	1	1	9	7	43	−36	009.09
Bhutan	AFC	4	4	0	0	20	0	+20	100.00
Uzbekistan	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Thailand	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	9	−9	000.00
Iran	AFC	2	0	0	2	0	7	−7	000.00
Philippines	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4	000.00
Afghanistan	AFC	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	100.00
Maldives	AFC	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13	100.00
Singapore	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Malaysia	AFC	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	033.33
Myanmar	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Jordan	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Hong Kong	AFC	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100.00
Vietnam	AFC	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5	000.00
Japan	AFC	1	0	0	1	0	8	−8	000.00

Source: Results

Honours

Regional

• SAFF Women's Championship
  • Champion: 2022
  • Runner-up: 2016

See also

•  Asia portal
•  Bangladesh portal
•  Sports portal
•  Association football portal
•  Women's association football portal

• Sport in Bangladesh
  • Football in Bangladesh
    • Women's football in Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Football Federation

National teams

Women's

• Bangladesh women's national football team
  • Bangladesh women's national football team results
  • List of Bangladesh women's international footballers
  • List of Bangladesh women's national football team managers
• Bangladesh women's national under-20 football team
• Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team

Men's

• Bangladesh men's national team

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External links

• Bangladesh Football Federation