The BFF boss watched from the VIP Box of the Bashundhara Kings Arena on Tuesday as Bangladesh conceded a stoppage time goal in a 1-0 home loss against the Middle Eastern nation, five days after being thrashed 5-0 by the same side in Kuwait.
Bangladesh Football Federation’s long-serving president (BFF) president Kazi Salahuddin wants to resume his activity at the helm with full force after recovering from open-heart surgery about three months ago.
“A relationship of so many years can’t end because of one conversation,” Papon told the reporters after the meeting today.
“If any corporate house, individual or banks are interested to sponsor the three qualifiers matches abroad, we are open to listen to them,” said Kazi Salahuddin
Bangladesh Football Federation agreed to increase the salaries of the women’s national team by bringing 31 players under contract for next sixth months while raising their salaries.
Bangladesh national women's football team players are set to come under a professional contract with the Bangladesh Football Federation.
Bangladesh Football Federation’s technical and strategic director Paul Smalley tendered his resignation on Saturday, bringing an end his second stint two years into the three-year contract.
Praising the performance of both the young and the experienced footballers in the just-concluded SAFF Championship, Bangladesh Football Federation's president Kazi Salahuddin urged everyone to stay disciplined in the next three to four months in a bid to overcome the first round hurdle of World Cup Qualifiers in October.
The Spaniard, who led Bangladesh to a first semifinal in the regional event for the first time in 14 years only to lose the last-four battle against Kuwait in extra time, said he was disappointed of the end result but proud of the performance from the charges.
Salahuddin said he saw in past that the players don’t go to the field with a winning mentality, which is what he wants to be changed.
Kazi Salahuddin, the four-time president of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), has had his long-cherished dream fulfilled as the SAFF Club Championship is finally taking shape.
Football has been at the centre of every discussion in the sports fraternity in the country for the past month, but unfortunately the conversation has revolved around administrative shortcomings such as the Bangladesh Football Federation’s (BFF’s)
The legendary footballer, however, claimed he was alluding to requirements at another institution and not the BFF, when talking to The Daily Star later in the day.
Nowadays, hardly anybody shows interest in Bangladesh’s declining football scene unless the women’s or girls’ teams deliver something special
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday appointed Imran Hossain Tushar, the chief protocol officer of BFF and personal secretary of BFF president Kazi Salahuddin, as interim general secretary for the next three months.
The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) once struggled to roll tournaments on the ground due to financial constraints as the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) together had provided the board an inadequate USD 500,000 per year.
The two-year ban on Bangladesh Football Federation General Secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag handed down by FIFA on Friday showcased how loosely the local football authority handles funds from the game’s world governing body.
On Friday, FIFA's adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee sanctioned General Secretary of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abu Nayeem Shohag, imposing on him a two-year ban from all football-related activities and a fine of approximately BDT 12 lakh (CHF 10,000) for having used false and/or falsified documents to justify payments made by the BFF with FIFA funds.
“The parliamentary standing committee [on Youth and Sports] expressed their dissatisfaction after the SAFF Championship-winning Bangladesh women’s team failed to take part in the Paris Olympic qualifiers,” read out a statement from the parliamentary standing committee on the Youth and Sports Ministry