7-728: The Independence Day Gold Cup was the first and only edition of the tournament which was organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) to mark its permanent possession of the Bangabandhu National Stadium . It also served as a tribute to the martyrs of the Bangladesh Liberation War . The tournament was sponsored by the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs and Muktijoddha Sangsad . A total of 8 teams competed in
14-749: A regional league at the third tier of the nation's football league pyramid. In 1980, the Federation started the Federation Cup , which grew to be the country's top national cup competition. In 2009, it launched the Super Cup tournament, which ran in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2013, the prize money for winning the competition was Tk 10 million. In the inaugural competition, Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivals Abahani Limited Dhaka . Competitions currently run by BFF: Competitions currently run by BFF: Competitions previously run by BFF: Nitol-Tata
21-645: Is in charge of running the country's men's and women's national teams , as well as the Bangladesh Premier League and various other competitions and tournaments. The BFF was one of founding members of the South Asian Football Federation . It is based at BFF Bhaban, in the Motijheel Thana of the country's capital, Dhaka . The Bangladesh Football Federation was founded on 15 July 1972 by Md. Yousuf Ali ,
28-645: The country's former Minister for Education, Culture and Sport; the general secretary under Ali was Abul Hashem of Wari Club . It became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, and FIFA in 1976. It is also a founding member of South Asian Football Federation . Bangladesh has been elected to be part of the AFC Executive Committee for two four-year terms: in 1982–1986 and 1998–2002. Hafizuddin Ahmed
35-533: The sole distributor of Tata vehicles in Bangladesh was the official sponsor between 2000 till 2005. In April 2008, the BFF secured BDT 16,00,00,000 (equivalent to US$ 22,85,714 appx) for three years from a multinational mobile operator company, Citycell (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited) for three years as sponsorship for Bangladesh Football Federation, which is a record in the football sponsorship money securing in
42-488: The tournament, which took place from 18 March to 16 April 2005. The eight participants were divided into two groups. The top two teams for each group qualified for the semifinals. Bangladesh Football Federation Bangladesh Football Federation ( Bengali : বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন , Bānglādesh fūṭbôl fēḍārēshôn ) is the governing body that administers the sport of association football in Bangladesh . It
49-616: Was elected vice-president of the AFC for the term from 1990 to 1994. After Bangladesh gained independence in the early 1970s, the BFF assumed responsibility for the Dhaka League , which had begun in 1948. The league resumed for the 1973 season, but has since been superseded by the Bangladesh Premier League (founded in 2007 as the B.League) and the Bangladesh Championship League (in 2012), and now exists only as
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