The following is a list of Bangladesh national football team managers, first established in 1972 with the appointment of Sheikh Shaheb Ali .[ 1]
Summary
After the Independence of Bangladesh , a de facto national team coached by Sheikh Shaheb Ali , called Dhaka XI, was active from May 1972 to August 1972.[ 2] [ 3] In 1973, the Bangladesh Football Federation became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation . In July 1973, the official Bangladesh national football team, coached by Shaheb Ali, participated in the Merdeka Tournament .[ 4] In 1978, German coach, Werner Bickelhaupt was appointed for the 1978 Asian Games , making him the national team's first foreign coach.[ 5] Anwar Hossain is the first and only coach to date who helped Bangladesh qualify for the AFC Asian Cup in 1980 , while Abdur Rahim is the first and only coach to have managed the team in the main tournament.[ 6]
Following his initial appointment for the 1975 Merdeka Tournament, Abdur Rahim holds a record of seven individual appointments, with his last coming for the 1990 Asian Games .[ 7] German coach Otto Pfister holds the record of winning Bangladesh its first international trophy, the 4-nation Tiger Trophy held in Myanmar .[ 8] Bangladesh won its first South Asian Games gold medal under Iraqi coach Samir Shaker in 1999 [ 9] and secured its first SAFF Championship title under Austrian coach György Kottán in 2003 .[ 10] English coach Jamie Day , who coached Bangladesh from May 2018 to September 2021, holds the record for managing the most games (29) and securing the most victories (9) for the team.[ 11]
Managerial list
Interim or caretaker coaches are listed in italics .
Managerial statistics
As of 8 September 2024
A total of 45 managers managed Bangladesh during 67 appointments.
Only official matches against senior international teams considered.
List also includes managers who took charge of the national team in senior unofficial matches.
Key
Caretaker manager
Interim manager
Notes
^ Initially appointed in May 1972 as the head coach of Dhaka XI, which was the unofficial Bangladesh national football team as they were not a member of either FIFA or AFC . He remained incharge during the national team's first international fixture recognised by AFC, on 26 July 1973 against Thailand in the Merdeka Cup .
^ Does not include the 1–0 defeat to the South Korean national B team in an unofficial friendly played in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 20 July 1979.
^ Does not include the games played in the 1981 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
^ Originally from Pakistan , he was eventually granted Bangladeshi citizenship and travelled as the national head coach with a Bangladeshi passport .
^ Does not include the games played in the 1986 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
^ Mohammedan SC played as the national team in the Nepal Panchayat Silver Jubilee Cup 1986, with players and coach all being members of the club.
^ Does not include the games played at the 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
^ Does not include the games played in the 1989 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
^ Does not include the games played in the 1993 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
^ Muktijoddha Sangsad KC played as the national team in the Qatar Independence Cup 1994, with players and coach all being members of the club.
^ Including the match played against FR Yugoslavia in the 2001 Millennium Cup ; however, it has not been confirmed whether it is considered an International A Match .
^ Does not include the games played in the Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup as they were played by the B national team .
^ In August 2007, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) operated two separate national teams and sent one to participate in the 2007 Nehru Cup under main national team head coach Syed Nayeemuddin , while the other team which was sent to the 2007 Merdeka Cup , presumably a national B team, was managed by caretaker coach, Hasanuzzaman Bablu . None of the games played in Malaysia were against senior national teams.
^ Initially appointed as the senior national team head coach and took charge of Bangladesh U23 in the 2010 South Asian Games , however was sacked before managing the senior national team.
See also
References
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