Bangladesh national under-20 football team

 Bangladesh U-20

Nickname(s)	Bengal Tigers
Association	Bangladesh Football Federation
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	SAFF (South Asia)
Head coach	Rashed Ahmed Pappu
Captain	Moinul Islam Moin
Home stadium	Bangabandhu National Stadium
First colours Second colours
First international
Bangladesh  0–2  Philippines (Kuwait City, Kuwait; 5 April 1975)
Biggest win
Bangladesh  5–0  Maldives (Malé, Maldives; 29 July 1996)
Biggest defeat
Bangladesh  0–6  India (Doha, Qatar; 16 October 2002) Bangladesh  0–6  Iraq (Dhaka, Bangladesh; 27 October 2011) Bangladesh  0–6  Iraq (Abril, Iraq; 8 October 2013)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	0
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1975)
Best result	5th (1980)
SAFF U-20 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2015)
Best result	Runners-up (2017, 2019, 2022)

The Bangladesh national under-20 football team represents Bangladesh in international youth football competitions in SAFF U-20 Championship, AFC U-20 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20, under-19 & under-18 international football tournaments. The team is operated under the Bangladesh Football Federation.

They have qualified for the AFC U-20 Championship six previous times and is yet to qualify for FIFA U-20 World Cup. The team taken part in four editions of the SAFF U-20 Championship, however, is yet to win the trophy.^[1][2] Since 2022, Bangladesh U-20 began taking part in all stages of the AFC Championship. Previously, the U-19 team participated in the tournament.^[3]

History

1975−2000

After becoming affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation in 1973, the Bangladesh team were given direct entry into the 1975 AFC Youth Championship & 1977 AFC Youth Championship, although they ended both tournaments without achieving a single victory. The Bangladesh Football Federation however, failed to arrange a regular youth setup as the team did not participate during the 1974 and 1976 editions of the tournament even after acquiring AFC membership.

The 1978 AFC Youth Championship was held in Dhaka, becoming the first major football tournament held in Bangladesh. Coaches Abdur Rahim and Abdus Sadek were given the task of building the team with three months to go. However, West Germany's Werner Bickelhaupt came as the head coach of the team on the initiative of FIFA. Bickelhaupt, the first foreign football coach of Bangladesh's national team at any level, later served as the coach of the senior team as well. Bickelhaupt's team consisted of: Suhas Barua, Moinul Karim, Dewan Arefin Tutul, Abul Hossain, Sawpan Das, Mukul, Kawsar Ali, Abdus Salam, Md. Badal, Ashish Bhadra, Aslam, Hasanuzzaman Bablu, Kazi Anwar, Hasan Ahmadul Haque, Golam Rabbani Helal, Salam Murshedy, Mohammed Mohsin (captain). Standby: Abdul Halim, Majid, Ghaffer, Moni, Wahiduzzaman Pintu. The team leader was Zillur Rahman, joint manager Nabi Chowdhury and AQZ Islam Kislu and assistant coach Abdur Rahim. Bangladesh were drawn into Group C with Singapore, North Yemen, Bahrain and Kuwait. All games were held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.^[4]

Bangladesh's first match was against Singapore. A quick double from Singapore striker Donang, saw the hosts fall behind 2–0. However, goals from Ashish Bhadra and captain Mohsin meant the game finished 2–2. In the next game against North Yemen, the Bangladesh team created history by winning the game 1–0, thanks to a lone goal by striker Hassan Ahmedul Haque.^[5] However, the next match saw Bangladesh being defeated 2–0 by Kuwait, the team ended the tournament with a 1–1 draw against Bahrain thanks to a penalty taken by Moshin. The draw meant Bangladesh had failed to reach the quarter-finals finishing a point behind Bahrain, even after going toe to toe with much stronger opposition. Bangladesh then took part in the 1980 AFC Youth Championship, thanks to Sheikh Aslam's goals during qualification. The team finished bottom of their group in the main tournament, having been drawn in a tough group Bangladesh managed earn points against South Korea and Qatar.

Bangladesh almost managed to qualify for the 1985 AFC Youth Championship, after finishing second in their qualifying group alongside South Korea, the team were knocked out of the qualifiers after losing 1–0 in the semi-finals to China. Bangladesh ended up losing the 3rd place match to South Korea. Bangladesh did not participate in the next two out of the five Youth Championship qualifiers, before again qualifying in 1996 after defeating Maldives 8–0 in aggregate. However, in the main tournament, the team disappointed conceding a total of twelve goals in four games, salvaging only a goalless draw against Iran.

2000−present

After being unfortunate to not qualify for the 2000 AFC Youth Championship, the Bangladesh team managed to qualify for the 2002 AFC Youth Championship, held in Qatar. Nevertheless, they failed to win a single game during the entirety of the Championship. Since 2002, the Bangladesh U20 team was unable to take part in a major tournament until the launching of SAFF U-18 Championship, in 2015. The 2015 SAFF U-19 Championship which was the tournaments first edition was held in Nepal. Rohit Sarkar and Mannaf Rabby scored as Bangladesh defeated Bhutan in their maiden SAFF U-18 Championship game.^[6] After advancing to the semi-final as group runner-up, Bangladesh came up short during the penalty shoot-out to India as Rahmat Mia missed the last penalty.^[7]

Mahabub Hossain Roksy's team made a remarkable comeback during the opening game of the 2017 SAFF U-18 Championship. After falling 3-0 behind, goals from Jafar Iqbal, Rahmat Mia and Mahbubur Rahman saw Bangladesh win the game 4–3.^[8] However, after losing to Nepal 2–1, Bangladesh finished in second place due to head to head results. Roxy's team also showed some promising displays during the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers (previously known as the AFC Youth Championship) although they failed to qualify once more.^[9] Atikuzzaman's owngoal in the 94th minute against Uzbekistan, lead to Bangladesh's only defeat during the qualifiers.^[10] Bangladesh reached the final of the 2019 SAFF U-18 Championship, only to lose to India 1–2. Bangladesh conceded the first goal within two minutes and although they were down to 10-men after Mohammad Ridoy was sent off after a scuffle with the Indian players, captain Yeasin Arafat equalized just before half-time, but the referee sent him off due to his celebrations and Indian striker Ravi Rana scored the winner in stoppage time to seal his sides victory.^[11] The teams fate kept on worsening as, they finished bottom of their group during the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers.

Due to the ongoing domestic league season, Bangladesh team for the 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship mainly consisted U-17 players from the BFF Elite Academy and the Bangladesh Championship League.^[12] The team was impressive throughout the tournament but had similar fate to the previous edition, as they lost to India in the final.^[13]

Coaches

Coaching staff

As of September 2023

Position	Name
Head coach	Rashed Ahmed Pappu
Assistant coach	Md Jahangir Alam Md Mehedi Hasan Siddiqui
Goalkeeper coach	Sayeed Hassan Kanan
Physio	Md Golijar Ahmed
Team Manager	Khandaker Rakibul Islam
Media Officer	Mozammal Hossain

Manager history

Year	Head coach
1975	Mohammed Noor Hossain
1977	Anwar Hossain
1978	Werner Bickelhaupt
1980	Abdul Gafur Baloch
1984	Golam Sarwar Tipu
1988	Werner Bickelhaupt
2000–2003	Abu Yusuf
2011	Nikola Ilievski
2013	René Koster
2015–2016	Saiful Bari Titu
2017	Mahabub Hossain Roksy
2017–2018	Andrew Ord
2019	Andy Peter Turner
2022	Paul Smalley (interim)
2022–	Rashed Ahmed Pappu

Squad

Current U-20 squad

The following 23 players list were named in the squad for the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualifiers.^[14]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shanto Kumar Ray	(2003-09-02) 2 September 2003 (age 20)			Fortis FC
13	1GK	Md. Mehedi Hassan	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 20)			Bashundhara Kings
23	1GK	Md. Emon				BFF Elite Academy
2	2DF	Shahin Ahammad	(2003-10-15) 15 October 2003 (age 20)			Sheikh Russel KC
3	2DF	Azizul Hoque Ananto	(2005-07-19) 19 July 2005 (age 18)			Brothers Union
5	2DF	Rajib Hossain	(2005-03-10) 10 March 2005 (age 19)			Sheikh Jamal DC
6	2DF	Tanvir Hossain (Captain)	(2003-12-13) 13 December 2003 (age 20)			Sheikh Russel KC
12	2DF	Rajon Howleder	(2003-12-01) 1 December 2003 (age 20)			Rahmatganj MFS
15	2DF	Rostom Islam Dukhu Mia	(2005-12-13) 13 December 2005 (age 18)			Chittagong Abahani
16	2DF	Jahid Hasan Shanto	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21)			Mohammedan SC
4	3MF	Shahidul Islam	(2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 19)			Sheikh Russel KC
8	3MF	Ashraful Haque Asif	(2005-01-05) 5 January 2005 (age 19)			Mohammedan SC
10	3MF	Moinul Islam Moin (Vice-aptain)	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 19)			Mohammedan SC
14	3MF	Akkas Ali	(2004-05-05) 5 May 2004 (age 19)			Sheikh Jamal DC
17	3MF	Mojibur Rahman Jony	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)			Bashundhara Kings
18	3MF	Starling Lang Bang	(2005-06-17) 17 June 2005 (age 18)			BFF Elite Academy
22	3MF	Sanowar Hossain Lal	(2003-04-01) 1 April 2003 (age 20)			Mhohammedan SC
7	4FW	Md Rafiqul Islam	(2003-01-04) 4 January 2003 (age 21)			Bashundhara Kings
9	4FW	Piash Ahmed Nova	(2005-09-25) 25 September 2005 (age 18)			Sheikh Jamal DC
11	4FW	Mohammed Nahiyan	(2003-05-30) 30 May 2003 (age 20)			Rahmatganj MFS
19	4FW	Sajed Hasan Jummon Nijum	(2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 20)			Fortis FC
20	4FW	Asadul Islam Sakib	(2005-07-29) 29 July 2005 (age 18)			Chittagong Abahani
21	4FW	Rasel Ahmed	(2005-03-21) 21 March 2005 (age 19)			Free Agent

Current U-19 squad

The following 23 players list were named in the squad for the 2023 SAFF U-19 Championship.^[15]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Md Asif	(2006-10-20) 20 October 2006 (age 17)			BFF Elite Academy
	1GK	Md Sohanur Rahman				BFF Elite Academy
	1GK	Md Ismail Hossain Mahin				BFF Elite Academy
	2DF	Rostam Islam Dukhu Mia	(2005-12-13) 13 December 2005 (age 18)			Chittagong Abahani
	2DF	Md Imran Khan (Vice-captain)	(2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 (age 18)			BFF Elite Academy
	2DF	Parvej Ahmed				BFF Elite Academy
	2DF	Md Rubel Shaikh	(2006-06-10) 10 June 2006 (age 17)			BFF Elite Academy
	2DF	Azizul Hoque Ananto	(2005-07-19) 19 July 2005 (age 18)			BFF Elite Academy
	2DF	Sirajul Islam Rana	(2006-02-02) 2 February 2006 (age 18)			BFF Elite Academy
	2DF	Md Yusuf Ali				Wari Club
	2DF	Md Akmol Hossain Noyon				Brothers Union
	3MF	Samuel Raksam				BFF Elite Academy
	3MF	Moinul Islam Moin (Captain)	(2005-02-18) 18 February 2005 (age 19)			Mohammedan SC
	3MF	Chandon Roy	(2007-05-04) 4 May 2007 (age 16)			BFF Elite Academy
	3MF	Mohsin Ahmed				Gopalganj SC
	3MF	Sojol Tripura	(2006-07-03) 3 July 2006 (age 17)			BFF Elite Academy
	3MF	Iftiar Hossain				BFF Elite Academy
	3MF	Md Insan Hossain
	4FW	Raju Ahmed Zisan				Gopalganj SC
	4FW	Asadul Molla	(2006-12-26) 26 December 2006 (age 17)			BFF Elite Academy
	4FW	Rahmat Jisan Ullah	(2005-06-03) 3 June 2005 (age 18)			Fortis FC Academy
	4FW	Anik Deb Barma				Gopalganj SC
	4FW	Md Rabby Hossen Rahul	(2006-12-30) 30 December 2006 (age 17)			Wari Club

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2022

Bangladesh  v  Sri Lanka

25 July 2022 (2022-07-25) 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship	Bangladesh	1–0	Sri Lanka	Bhubaneswar
	Mirajul 71'			Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Bangladesh  v  India

27 July 2022 (2022-07-27) 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship	Bangladesh	2–1	India	Bhubaneswar
	Nova 29', 45' (pen.)		Gurkirat 35'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Bangladesh  v  Maldives

29 July 2022 (2022-07-29) 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship	Bangladesh	4–1	Maldives	Bhubaneswar
	Mirajul 19', 21', 42' Rafiqul 32'		Zafar 53'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Bangladesh  v    Nepal

2 August 2022 (2022-08-02) 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship	Bangladesh	1–1	Nepal	Bhubaneswar
	Nova 63'		Niranjan 68'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

Bangladesh  v  India

5 August 2022 2022 SAFF U-20 Championship	Bangladesh	2–5 (a.e.t.)	India	Bhubaneswar, India
19:00 UTC+05:30	Rajon Howleder 45' Shahin Mia 48'		Gurkirat Singh 2', 60', 93', 99' Himanshu Jangra 92'	Attendance: 10,231 Referee: Hussain Sinan (Maldives)

Bangladesh  v  Bahrain

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification	Bangladesh	0–0	Bahrain	Arad, Bahrain
21:00 UTC+03:00		Report		Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium Attendance: 1468 Referee: Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia)

Bangladesh  v  Bhutan

12 September 2022 (2022-09-12) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification	Bangladesh	2–1	Bhutan	Arad
18:00 UTC+03:00	Nova 33' Asif 88'	Report	Limbu 59'	Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium Attendance: 635 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

Bangladesh  v  Qatar

16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification	Bangladesh	0–3	Qatar	Arad, Bahrain
18:00 UTC+03:00			Al-Rawi 22', 60', 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium

Bangladesh  v    Nepal

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification	Bangladesh	3–0	Nepal	Arad, Bahrain
18:00 UTC+03:00	Jony 6' Nova 11' Nijum 52'	Report		Stadium: Al Muharraq Stadium Attendance: 1019 Referee: Ahmed Eisa (United Arab Emirates)

Competition records

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Host/Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1977 to 2019	did not Qualify
2021	Cancelled
2023	did not qualify
2025	TBD
Total	0/24	–	0	0	0	0	0	0

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

AFC U-20 Asian Cup											Qualification
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1959 to 1971	Part of  Pakistan										Part of  Pakistan
1972 to 1974	did not participate										did not participate
1975	Group Stage	16/19	4	0	0	4	2	9	N/A	Directly qualified
1976	did not participate										did not participate
1977	Group Stage	12/13	2	0	0	2	0	7	N/A	Directly qualified
1978	Group Stage	10/19	4	1	2	1	4	5	N/A	Directly qualified as a host
1980	Round Robin	5/5	4	0	2	2	1	7	N/A	4	3	0	1	9	3
1982	did not participate										did not participate
1985	did not qualify										4	2	1	2	3	3
1986	did not participate										did not participate
1988	did not qualify										2[16]	0	1	1	1	5
1990											4	1	2	1	5	3
1992											4	2	2	0	4	1
1994	did not participate										did not participate
1996	Group Stage	9/10	4	0	1	3	3	12	N/A	2	2	0	0	8	0
1998	did not qualify										3	2	0	1	4	6
2000											3	2	1	0	7	2
2002	Group Stage	12/12	3	0	0	3	0	13	N/A	3	2	1	0	8	2
2004	did not qualify										2	1	1	0	2	1
2006											2	0	0	2	0	7
2008	Withdrew										Withdrew
2010	did not qualify										5	1	1	3	6	14
2012											4	1	0	3	3	11
2014											2	1	0	1	1	6
2016											3	1	1	1	3	5
2018											4	2	1	1	5	1
2020	Cancelled										3	0	1	2	2	6
2023	did not qualify										4	2	1	1	5	4
Total	6/41	0 Titles	21	1	5	15	10	53	—	56	25	13	20	76	80

SAFF U-20 Championship

SAFF U-20 Championship
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2015	Semi-finals	3/6	3	1	0	2	3	2
2017	Runners-up	2/5	4	3	0	1	9	5
2019	Runners-up	2/6	4	2	1	1	8	2
2022	Runners-up	2/5	5	3	1	1	10	8
2023	Group stage	6/6	2	0	0	2	3	7
Total	5/5	0 Titles	18	9	2	7	33	24

Honours

• SAFF U-19 Championship
  • Runners-up (2): 2017, 2019
• SAFF U-20 Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2022^[17]

See also

• Bangladesh national football team
• Bangladesh national under-23 football team
• Bangladesh national under-17 football team
• Bangladesh women's national football team
• Bangladesh women's national under-17 football team
• Bangladesh women's national under-20 football team

References

External links

• Bangladesh Football Federation

This page was last edited on 31 March 2024, at 08:54