Mohammedan’s hard-fought win
January 5, 2010
A second-half strike by prolific striker Zahid Hasan Emeli gave Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club a hard-fought lone goal win over Farashganj Sporting Club in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur on monday.
Dhaka Mohammedan, which appeared desperate to win first professional football league Read more
Feni Soccer earns second win
January 3, 2010
Substitute Ashraful Quader Monju’s double strike helped Soccer Club Feni earn their second win in the Citycell Bangladesh League as they recorded a come-from-behind 2-1 win against Muktijoddha Sangsad on Saturday at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamlapur.
Shahajuddin Tipu struck the lone goal for Muktijoddha Sangsad, who suffered five straight defeats Read more
Russel edge Farashganj
January 1, 2010
Sheikh Russel posted its third successive victory in the Citycell Bangladesh League football when the title aspirant team defeated Farashganj Sporting Club 2-1 at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Mohammad Mustafa Sta-dium in Dhaka on Thursday.
Moroccan footballer Samir Omari scored twice as Sheikh Russel earned its fifth win in the league after Read more
New soccer coach from Serbia
January 1, 2010
Serbian Zoran Djordevic on Thursday was appointed as the interim coach of the Bangladesh national football team and the U-23 team by the Bangladesh Football Federation.
The 57-year-old coach, who visited Dhaka during the SAFF Championship in December, will take over the responsibility from this week. He will guide the U-23 team in the SA Games football starting on January 29 and will lead Read more
Bangladesh placed in Group A in SAG football
December 30, 2009
Bangladesh football team will find Maldives and Nepal in its Group A rivals in the impending 11th South Asian Games (SAG).
The draw of the football competitions of the SAG took place at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in the city on Tuesday.
Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abdus Salam Murshedi, Vice Presidents Read more
Dhaka Abahani maintains winning spree
December 30, 2009
Citycell Bangladesh League football
Dhaka Abahani maintains winning spree
Defending champion Dhaka Abahani recorded its sixth victory in the Citycell 3rd Bangladesh League football scraping a sole-goal victory against Chittagong Abahani at MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday.
The two-time Bangladesh League champion Dhaka Abahani failed to make any impression against its city Read more
League moved to Kamalapur Stadium
December 22, 2009
The Citycell Bangladesh League resumes today (Tuesday) after a day’s break at the new venue Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kalamalur.
All the 13 participating clubs agreed to play the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Kamalapur stadium in the best interest of football. The decision was made at a meeting of the clubs with the Bangladesh Football Federation on Monday.
The representatives of the professional league clubs responded to the call by the BFF to continue the Read more
Abahani take on Muktijoddha
December 19, 2009
Citycell Bangladesh League resumes today
The local football arena will be abuzz again after a one-and-half month break when the Citycell Bangladesh League returns to action today. Defending champions and current joint leaders in the table Dhaka Abahani will take on Muktijoddha Sangsad at the Bangabandhu National Stadium while Chittagong Abahani will take on Sheikh Russel KC at the MA Aziz Stadium in the afternoon kick-off.
Dhaka Abahani currently lead the table, along with Dhaka Mohammedan, with a maximum of nine points from Read more
Hosts can confirm semifinals today
December 6, 2009
Pakistan in a must-win situation
Both Bangladesh and Pakistan will hope their attacking line will fire on all cylinders when they face off in a crunch Group A match of the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship at the BNS at 7:00pm today.
Bangladesh boosted their morale with a 4-1 win over Bhutan in their opener while Pakistan went down 0-1 to Sri Lanka in their first game.
Pakistan at least have to salvage a draw to remain alive in the eight-team regional tournament. Bangladesh will seal a last four place if they win the crucial Read more
Nepal draw with holders Maldives
December 6, 2009
The reigning champions Maldives shared points in their opening game with Nepal after a 1-1 draw in the Bangabandhu SAFF Championship on Saturday.
Held at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the day’s first match, one of the tournament favourites, Maldives were struggling from the beginning and played under pressure throughout the match while Nepal displaying a good brand of football to dominate the match but failed to snatch the result in their Read more