Bangladesh Football Federation
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AFC
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Founded
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1972
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FIFA affiliation
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1976
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AFC affiliation
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1973
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President
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Kazi Salahuddin
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Website
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www.bff.com.bd
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The Bangladesh Football Federation (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ফুটবল ফেডারেশন) or BFF is the governing body of football in Bangladesh. It controls the country's men's, women's and youth including oversees all aspects of the country's football. The BFF is based at BFF Bhaban Motijheel, Dhaka near Bangabandhu National Stadium.
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History 1
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Competitions 2
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Official partners 3
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See also 4
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References 5
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External links 6
History
BFF was founded on 15 July 1972, by Md. Yousuf Ali (former Education, Culture and Sports Minister). Ali presided the association with Abul Hashem of Wari Club as general secretary.[1]
It became affiliated with AFC and FIFA in 1973 and 1976 respectively.[2] Bangladesh was elected as member in the AFC Executive Committee 1982-86 and 1998-02.
Major (Rtd) Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice president of AFC for 1990-94.[3]
The BFF continued the Dhaka Football League that started in 1948, after the independence of Bangladesh. It gained huge fanship and support and continued with premier, first, second and third divisions in the process.
In 1980, the Federation started top the Federation Cup, which grew to be the country's top national cup competition.
In 2007 BFF started the country's top tier professional league Bangladesh Premier League (known as B. League then).
In 2009 it launched the Dhaka Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivals Dhaka Abahani.[4]
In 2012 BFF launched 2nd tier professional league Bangladesh Championship League.
The BFF is also a founding member of South Asian Football Federation
Competitions
Active
Competitions currently run by BFF include:
Defunct
Competitions previously run by BFF include:
Official partners
Nitol-Tata 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 USD 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 the history of Bangladesh football.
Later in 2010, it made contract with Grameenphone - country's leading mobile phone operator, for the sponsorship of BFF's tournaments.
BFF secured USD 70,000 for one year when Nitol-Tata again became the official sponsor for the 2013/2014 season
See also
References
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^ "BFF info". bangladeshdir.com.
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^ "Bangladesh on FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
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^ "BFF info". bangladeshdir.com.
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^ "Bangladesh: Mohammedan SC Clinch Citycell Super Cup". goal.com. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
External links
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Bangladesh on FIFA.com
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Bangladesh at AFC site
http://www.thedailystar.net/sports/the-quiet-workhorse-63302
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Bangladesh Football Federation
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National teams
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National leagues
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Domestic cups
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Regional leagues
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International cup
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Former Cups
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Asia
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Africa
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North America,
Central America
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South America
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Oceania
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Europe
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Non-FIFA
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Games
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