If results go as predicted, Bangladesh could all but seal the title before that final showdown, needing only a draw against Nepal on the last matchday.
Bangladesh forward Umehla Marma returned to the starting eleven when the hosts faced Bhutan in a SAFF U-20 Women’s Champions fixture in Dhaka on Tuesday. In vividly challenging circumstances, on a rain-soaked surface at Kings Arena with threats of lightning and thunders also looming, the girl from Rangamati produced her own sparks.
Midfielder Shanti Mardi scored a hattrick while Munki Akter added one as Bangladesh cruised to a 4-1 victory over Bhutan in their SAFF U-20 Women’s Championship fixture inside the Bashundhara Residential Area on Tuesday, consolidating the top-spot in the four-team competition with a third win in three matches.
If the Bangladesh women's football team had surpassed all expectations by emerging as SAFF champions in 2022, they have completely blown it out of the water in 2025, by qualifying for the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026.
Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has announced a prize of Tk 50 lakh for the Bangladesh national women's football team in recognition of their historic qualification for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup.
Few expected Bangladesh to stamp their ticket to the Women's Asian Cup at a qualifying tournament last week after a year in which they had failed to win a game and lost some of their most experienced players.
Captain Afeida Khandakar, her voice steady with emotion, said: “This is a moment we will never forget."
After topping their group and securing a spot in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup for the very first time, the Bangladesh women’s football team is set to return to the country at midnight today and the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has made the bizarre decision of hosting a felicitation programme for the team at 2:30 in the night.
If winning the SAFF Championship in 2022 and 2024 warranted the Bangladesh women’s team an open-top bus parade, what would be a proportionally appropriate celebration for the miracle they have just pulled off in Myanmar?
Bangladesh women’s football head coach Peter Butler struck a note of cautious optimism ahead of the team’s departure for Myanmar, where they will contest Group C of the AFC Women’s Asia Cup Qualifiers.
Bangladesh made a significant stride in the latest FIFA Women's World Ranking by climbing five spots to 128th place -- a timely morale boost ahead of the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, scheduled for June 29 to July 5 in Myanmar.
Bangladesh women's football team captain Afeida Khandokar believes their recent matches against Jordan and Indonesia provided crucial experience ahead of the upcoming AFC Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers which will run from June 29 to July 5.
Before facing off against higher ranked sides in the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers in Myanmar in a few weeks' time, the Bangladesh women's football team recently earned back-to-back draws against two strong opponents in Jordan and Indonesia, much to the delight of head coach Peter Butler who felt the team's hard work is starting to pay off.
Bangladesh women's football team continued their impressive showing in the tri-nation FIFA friendly series with a 2-2 draw against hosts Jordan at King Abdullah II Stadium on Tuesday.
Bangladesh Women’s football team have left Dhaka for Amman, Jordan today for two friendlies against hosts Jordan and Indonesia ahead of their Women’s Asian Cup Qualifiers, scheduled next month.
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) today announced a 23-member squad for Bangladesh Women’s team’s upcoming tri-nation friendly series in Jordan, where nine footballers who had rebelled against coach Peter Butler were included but Sabina Khatun, who had led the protest, and some other veterans were left out.
All 18 Bangladesh Women’s team footballers who had revolted against head coach Peter Butler have recently been brought under the central contract of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF).
Of the 18 rebel players of the Bangladesh women’s team, some 10 players met head coach Peter Butler today on the first day of the national team's training camp for the AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers in June-July.
There has apparently been no resolution regarding the impasse between women’s footballers and the team’s head coach as six senior players are leaving to play in the Bhutan National Women’s League today, a day prior to Peter Butler’s return from England.
