A year later, on 18 December 1976, the team played a friendly against a strong Malaysian side, and ended up being trashed 6РІР‚вЂњ0. On 13 August 1973, during the only friendly match which was not held Malaysia, the Bangladesh team earned their first ever win, by defeating hosts Singapore 1РІР‚вЂњ0. During the period between 27 July 1973 and 14 August 1975, the national team played a total of 15 friendly matches, all of them were against Asian teams, 14 of the games were hosted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, resulting in 3 draws, 10 defeats and 1 victory. On 26 July 1973, the Bangladesh football team played its first official game, a 2РІР‚вЂњ2 draw against Thailand. The BFF became affiliated with the AFC in 1973, and FIFA in 1976.

Yousuf Ali, the country's former Minister for Education and Cultural Affairs. Emergence (1972РІР‚вЂњ1980) Р”Р‡ollowing the nations independence from Pakistan, at the end of 1971, the Bangladesh Football Federation, was founded on 15 July 1972, by Md. They toured throughout India to raise international awareness and economic support for the liberation war, the team played 16 exhibition matches in different states and cities of India and helped fund the Bangladesh government by handing over all the prize money they earned during their tour. The first instance of a Bangladesh national football team was the emergence of the Shadhin Bangla Football Team during the 1971 liberation war. Clubs from all over Asia were invited to compete in the tournament, resulting in massive crowds being drawn into the stadiums, to witness their local clubs take on foreign teams. The late 1950s and 1960s saw, Bengali football starting to earn more popularity among the people, when the clubs took part in the Aga Khan Gold Cup, which was held Dhaka every year. Notable clubs which participated in the historical Dhaka Football League from 1933 till the partition of the country were Wari Club, Victoria SC, Lakshibazar Club, East End Club, Central Jail XI, Dhaka Wanderers Club and Tejgaon Friends Union. The football rivalry between Kolkata and Dhaka started under DSA. While leaving, the English side admitted to their defeat, saying, РІР‚СљI heard a lot about the Bengal tiger! This time I saw it!РІР‚Сњ Thousands of people were overjoyed to see the English lose on the field that day. Most of the players were students of Dhaka University. The Bengalis of Dhaka handed Corinthians their first ever loss, when the DSA XI defeated Corinthians 1-0 during their encounter. On November 10, the team visited Dhaka, where they took on the DSA XI. In those days, Islington Corinthians from England toured all around the world, and introduced their football to every country they visited. The clubs divided the field into three parts and the DSA introduced inter-school and inter-college tournaments after its inception and the current GPO post office in Gulistan was then the designated ground for the tournament. Meanwhile, the three largest clubs in Dhaka at that time, Wari Club, Victoria SC and Lakshibazar Club, were already playing daily matches, at the Paltan Maidan. So in 1933, Dhaka Sporting Association, known as the DSA, was formed in a small tin house at Paltan Maidan in Dhaka. Islington Corinthians and Dhaka XI team photo in 1936Р”Вuring the early 1930s there were many tournaments being held in East Bengal and, it was seen that the Bengalis their were getting a little better at football. To date, football remains a popular sport in Bangladesh but cricket remains the most popular sport in the nation. This is mostly due to inadequate budget allocation and lack of technical skills adaptation. However, as is the case elsewhere on the subcontinent, top-level football in Bangladesh is played somewhere in the shadow of the country's national cricket team. Bangladesh was one of southern Asia's leading team in the 2000s. The nation's best results came at South Asian level where it won the SAFF Championship in 2003, under the coaching of GyР“В¶rgy KottР“РЋn and were gold medalists in South Asian Games once as a national team. They were dismissed in the first round of their only Asian Cup appearance to date in 1980 by qualifying for it, Bangladesh is one of the only two South Asian nations to achieve the feat. The current Executive Committee was elected democratically, under an AFC approved constitution and direct supervision of FIFA & AFC, in April 2008.Р”В«angladesh's national team debuted in 1973 and has yet to qualify for the World Cup finals. Bangladesh was elected as a member of the AFC Executive Committee in 1982РІР‚вЂњ19РІР‚вЂњ2002.

Even though the Bangladesh Football Federation was first founded in 1972. It is a member of the Asian Football Confederation, and became a member of FIFA in 1974.

The Bangladesh national football team ( Bengali: Р°В¦В¬Р°В¦С•Р°В¦вЂљР°В¦Р†Р°В¦С•Р°В¦В¦Р°В§вЂЎР°В¦В¶ Р°В¦СљР°В¦С•Р°В¦В¤Р°В§Р‚Р°В¦Р‡Р°В¦С Р°В¦В«Р°В§РѓР°В¦СџР°В¦В¬Р°В¦Р† Р°В¦В¦Р°В¦Р†) is the national recognised football team of Bangladesh and is controlled by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).

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