Bangladesh national under-17 football team explained

Bangladesh Under-17
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Nickname:Bengal Tigers, Red and Greens, Junior Tigers
Association:Bangladesh Football Federation
Sub-Confederation:SAFF (South Asia)
Confederation:AFC (Asia)
Coach:Saiful Bari Titu
Captain:Nzamul Huda Faysal
Home Stadium:Bangabandhu National Stadium
Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium
First Game: 6–1
(Doha, Qatar; 15 November 1986)
Largest Win: 11–0
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 26 April 1996)
Largest Loss: 1–9
(Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 20 October 2007)
Regional Name:FIFA U-17 World Cup
2Ndregional Name:AFC U-17 Asian Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:6
2Ndregional Cup Best:Group stage (6 times)
3Rdregional Name:SAFF U-16 Championship
3Rdregional Cup Apps:9
3Rdregional Cup First:2011
3Rdregional Cup Best:Champions (2015, 2018)
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The Bangladesh U-17 national football team (bn|বাংলাদেশ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ জাতীয় ফুটবল দল), is a youth football team operated under the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). The team would represent Bangladesh in the AFC U-17 Championship, SAFF U-16 Championship, FIFA U-17 World Cup as well as any other under-17, under-16 & under-15 international football tournaments.[1]

They have qualified for the AFC U-17 Championship seven previous times and is yet to qualify for FIFA U-17 World Cup. The team has taken part in nine editions of the SAFF U-17 Championship and has won the tournament in both 2015 and 2018.

Coaches

Coaching staff

PositionName
PositionName
Head coach Saiful Bari Titu
Assistant coach Abul Hossain
Atiqur Rahman Meshu
Team manager Zahid Hasan Ameli
Goalkeeping coach Md Shah Alam Tutul
Physiotherapist KM Shakib
Media officer Sadman Sakib

Manager history

Year Head coach
1986 Shamsuzzoha Chad
1990
1992
2000 Pranab Kumar Dey Banu
2004
2006
2011
2015 Syed Golam Jilani
2017–2020
2019 Rob Ryles
2022
2023
2024–

Recent fixtures and results

2024

Squad

Current squad

The following 23 players are named in the squad for the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers.[2]

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

INJ Withdrew due to injury
PRE Preliminary squad / standby
TP Training partner
WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

Competition records

FIFA U-17 World Cup

records
Host/YearResultPosition
Did not qualify
2021Cancelled
2023Did not qualify
2025
Total0/20000000

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

records
width=150YearResultPositionSquad
1985Withdrew Withdrew
19867/8310238N/A 210136
Did not qualify 401325
3[3] 12173
19928/83003213N/A 4400150
1994Did not qualify N/A
210132
19988/10402249N/A 3300160
20006/10420247N/A 320142
2002Banned from participation Banned from participation
200415/163012310N/A 220030
200615/153003014N/A 210131
Did not qualify51041419
411228
4004016
Withdrew Withdrew
Did not qualify2002211
210122
Cancelled 310235
2023Did not qualify320145
2025Did not qualify4202104
TotalGroup stage6/19203314165952234269389

SAFF U-17 Championship

Hosts / YearResultPositionwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
20114/6411276
20133/7420258
2015Champions1/6440082
20173/64301174
2018Champions1/64400133
2019Third3/542021311
2022Semi-finals3/63201113
2023Runner-up2/6420234
2024Runner-up2/7411236
Total9/92 Titles 35212128047

Honours

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bangladesh U16. Soccerway. 13 June 2015.
  2. Web site: AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025 Qualifiers: Bangladesh Squad Announcement.. en. 16 October 2024. 18 October 2024. Bangladesh Football Federation. Facebook.
  3. Web site: 'এভাবে চলে যেতে নেই বন্ধু'. bn. Niar. Iqbal. Prothom Alo. 2022-02-19. 2023-03-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20230305170734/https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/football/%E2%80%98%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E2%80%99. live.