Bhutanese national football team

Bhutan

Nickname (s)

Druk Eleven

Association

BFF

confederacy

AFC

Head coach

Pema Dorji

captain

Karma Shedrup Tshering

Record scorer

Chencho Gyeltshen (7)

Record player

Chencho Gyeltshen (21)

Home stadium

Changlimithang Stadium

FIFA code

BHU

FIFA rank

189th (911 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)

First jersey

Second jersey

Balance sheet

85 games
6 wins
5 draws
74 losses

statistics

First international match Nepal 3: 1 Bhutan ( Kathmandu , Nepal ; April 1, 1982 )

Biggest win Bhutan 6-0 Guam ( Thimphu , Bhutan ; April 23, 2003 )

Biggest defeat Kuwait 20-0 Bhutan ( Kuwait City , Kuwait ; February 14, 2000 )

(As of September 8, 2018)

The Bhutanese national soccer team is the national team of the South Asian Kingdom of Bhutan . It was formed in 1983; It was not until 2000 that the national football association of Bhutan joined FIFA .

Bhutan is one of the most unsuccessful teams in the continental association AFC . She has not yet managed to qualify for a soccer world championship or for the Asian championships. She has only won five games in her history.

An interesting portrait of football in Bhutan is offered by the documentary The Other Final , which reports on the international match against Montserrat , who was the bottom of the FIFA world rankings in 2002, parallel to the World Cup final . Bhutan won the game in Thimphu 4-0. Currently (October 20, 2016) Bhutan ranks 179th in the FIFA world rankings with 93 points.

In 2007 the Austrian coach Helmut Kronjäger took over the national team. He also looked after the U-16 national team. Its primary task was to improve the structures in the country. A championship of his own was introduced under him. The goal of Kronjäger was to improve the national team so much that they could qualify for the Asian Cup in 2011. However, the financial means were still lacking.

In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup , Bhutan was able to record its first victory in a World Cup qualification in the first round. The team won 1-0 against Sri Lanka in Colombo . They also won the second leg 2-1 and qualified for the second round.

Due to its mountainous location, Bhutan does not have a football field according to European standards. Only five places are playable. A stadium is being planned.