| SA Sultan Tipu | |
| Office: | Member of Bangladesh Parliament of Chandpur-4 |
| Office2: | President of Bangladesh Football Federation |
| Term Start: | 2001 |
| Term End: | 2006 |
| Term Start2: | 2001 |
| Term End2: | 2008 |
| Successor1: | Harunur Rashid |
| Successor2: | Kazi Salahuddin |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Chandpur, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Party: | Bangladesh Nationalist Party |
SA Sultan is a Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician and a former member of parliament for Chandpur-4.[1]
SA Sultan Titu was born in Chandpur District.[2]
Sultan was elected to parliament from Chandpur-4 as a Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate in 2001.[3]
On 20 December 2001, President Sultan, also a member of the BNP-led coalition government, replaced the elected body of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) led by Harunur Rashid with an ad-hoc committee.[4] On 10 January 2002, FIFA banned the BFF for violating FIFA and Asian Football Confederation (AFC) laws that only recognize a democratically elected committee to run a member's football authority. The ban was lifted on 4 February 2002, after the original elected committee was reinstated.[5] Eventually, Rashid resigned alleged to have been forced by Sultan who remained in the president's seat after being unopposed in the 26 April 2003 BFF elections.[6] [7] [8] In June 2007, FIFA extended the tenure of Sultan's executive committee for another year.[4]
During his tenure as president, Sultan failed to hold district and division leagues on a consistent basis, while the country's top-tier league, the Dhaka Premier Division League, was held only four times from 2001 to 2006.[9] [10] [11] Sultan's reign did see some success, with Bangladesh winning the 2003 SAFF Gold Cup as hosts and the introduction of the first professional national league, the B.League, in 2007.[12] Under Sultan's regime, Bangladesh also hosted the 2006 AFC Challenge Cup, the biggest football tournament to have taken place in the country.[13]
On 15 December 2007, Sultan sent his resignation to FIFA, citing to personal reasons.[14] [15] On 16 December 2007, FIFA rejected Sultans resignation and threatened to ban the federation if an executive member resigned before the 2008 polls.[16] Nonetheless, despite facing heavy criticism for his previous decision to reign, along with numerous disputes with journalists, Sultan remained as BFF president until the 2008 elections.[17] [18] [19] [20] On 28 April 2008, Sultan's tenure as president officially ended, with Kazi Salahuddin taking over his role.[21] [22]