Bangladeshi national soccer team

Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ফুটবল দল

Association

Bangladesh Football Federation

confederacy

AFC

Head coach

Jamie Day (since 2018)

Record scorer

Yahid Ameli (3)

Record player

Rajani Kanta Barman (48)

Home stadium

Bangabandhu National Stadium

FIFA code

BAN

FIFA rank

187. (914 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

Balance sheet

244 games
62 wins
51 draws
131 defeats

statistics

First international match Bangladesh 2-2 Thailand ( Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia ; July 26, 1973 )

Biggest win Bangladesh 8-0 Maldives ( Dhaka , Bangladesh ; December 21, 1985 )

Biggest defeats South Korea 9-0 Bangladesh ( Incheon , South Korea ; September 16, 1979 ) Iran 9-0 Bangladesh ( Karachi , Pakistan ; February 25, 1982 )

Successes in tournaments

Asian Championship

Participation in the finals

1 ( first : 1980 )

Best results

Preliminary round 1980

(As of September 8, 2018)

The Bangladeshi national soccer team is the national team of the South Asian state of Bangladesh .

Bangladesh has not yet managed to qualify for a World Cup finals. For the 1980 Asian Cup , Bangladesh was able to qualify, but finished the preliminary round without winning points from bottom of the table.

World championships

1930 to 1982 - did not participate
1986 to 2018 - not qualified

Opponents in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup were Australia , Jordan , Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the second round . Even before the third to last game, Bangladesh had no chance of qualifying for the World Cup after Australia beat Kyrgyzstan on November 12, 2015.