Rubcic sets lofty goal
September 9, 2010
Newly appointed head coach of Bangladesh national football team Robert Rubcic announced his intention to take Bangladesh thirty places higher in the FIFA rankings within the next year.
The 47-year Croat, who arrived in the capital last morning after travelling 24 hours from Zagreb, stated his aim at a crowded press conference at the BFF House yesterday. The soft-spoken Croat Read more
Website wants to live -stream games
September 7, 2010
Bangla-desh Football Federation on Monday received an offer from a Germany-based website for live streaming of the Bangladesh League matches.
Al Musabbir Sadi, general secretary of the BFF, said the federation will take the matter seriously. ‘It is a good opportunity to present Bangladesh football to the viewers around the Read more
Sky Blues’ twin targets
September 6, 2010
Leave for Assam today
Three-time Bangladesh League champions Abahani leave for Assam this afternoon to take part in the Bordoloi Trophy as part of their preparations ahead of the upcoming season.
Abahani, who are still unaware of their opponents, will start their campaign from the second round as they have been drawn along with two other teams who have come to this stage by playing in Read more
New football coach arrives on Wednesday
September 5, 2010
Robert Rubcic, the new Croatian coach of Bangladesh national football team, will arrive on Wednesday to join his job. Rubcic will be the third foreign coach for the national side in two years since the present committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation took the helm in April, 2008.
Rubecic is the 14th foreign national coach after Warner Beckelhauft (Germany), Gerherd Schmit Read more
Bangladesh get direct entry
September 2, 2010
AFC Challenge Cup
Bangladesh get direct entry
The Asian Football Confede-ration (AFC) yesterday revealed the rules and regulations for the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup with Bangla-desh playing in the 16-team finals directly.
The fourth edition of the Challenge Cup, which is designed for the third-tier nations of the continent, will however have stage qualifiers among lowest ranking nations if the number of Read more
Aminul cleared for Asiad
September 2, 2010
Experien-ced goalkeeper Aminul Haque is eligible to play in the Asian Games after the Asian Football Confederation gave him clearance on Wednesday.
An e-mail from the AFC stated that Aminul’s one-match suspension, after he was red-carded when playing against Sri Lanka in the AFC Challenge Cup last January, will not be Read more
Online transfer system debuts at BFF
September 2, 2010
A two-day workshop on FIFA’s electronic transfer matching system got underway at the BFF house today, with the participation of all the professional league clubs.
The day also opened the window of the foreign players’ transfer, which will be closed on October 15. Each of the 12 clubs will be eligible to sign five foreigners including one Read more
BFF defers players’ transfer
August 29, 2010
Bangla-desh Football Federation has finally deferred the starting date of inter-club players’ transfer for the Bangladesh League for one month from September 1 to October 1. The decision was made at a meeting of the BFF’s emergency committee on Saturday.
Responding to the appeal by the seven clubs the BFF moved from its previous Read more
Clubs want BFF to extend transfer date
August 28, 2010
The seven struggling clubs of Bangladesh League will request the Bangladesh Football Federation to extend the players’ transfer deadline by 25 days allowing them to complete their player registration procedures.
Seven clubs – Brothers Union, Rahmatganj MFS, Farashganj SC, Arambagh KS, Chittagong Mohammedan SC, Chittagong Abahani and Feni Soccer Club – earlier informed the Read more
Abahani rope in two Ghanaians
August 28, 2010
Three times Bangladesh League champions Abahani yesterday flew in two new Ghanaian recruits along with their old Ghanaian stalwarts Awudu Ibrahim and Samad Yousif yesterday ahead of the upcoming season.
Striker Twam, who last played in the Oman League and midfielder Yousif Aminu, who plays in the Ghanaian league, will be touring with Abahani to take part in the Borduilui Trophy Read more

