Association | Bangladesh Krira Samity |
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Head coach | Nani Bashak |
Captain | Zakaria Pintoo |
First international | |
Shadhin Bangla 2–2 Nadia XI Khishnanagar Stadium, Nadia district, West Bengal, India 26 July 1971 |
The Shadhin Bangla football team was formed by Bangladesh Krira Samity of the Bangladeshi government in exile shortly after the start of liberation war in 1971. This is the first instance of a Bangladesh national football team in any form. The team toured throughout India playing a total of 16 friendly matches to raise international awareness and economic support for the liberation war. [1] [2] [3]
The Shadhin Bangla football team captain Zakaria Pintoo, was the first person to hoist the Bangladesh flag outside the territorial Bangladesh. [4] By the end of the 16th match the team had contributed Tk 5 lac to Muktijuddho Fund in 1971. [5]
Name [6] | Home Town |
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Zakaria Pintoo (captain) | Naogaon |
Pratap Shankar Hazra (vice-captain) | Khulna |
Kazi Salahuddin | Dhaka |
late AKM Nowsheruzzaman | Chandpur |
late Lt Khandoker M.Nurunnabi (Retired as Major General) | Kishoreganj |
late Ali Imam | Faridpur |
Mohammed Sheikh Taslim Uddin | Dhaka |
late Ainul Haque | Faridpur |
Fazle Sadain Khokon | Rajshahi |
Lutfor Rahman | Jessore |
Sheikh Ashraf Ali | Comilla |
late Amalesh Sen | Bogra |
late Abdul Hakim | Jessore |
Aminul Islam Suruz | Barisal |
Bimal Kar | Chittagong |
Shuvash Chandra Shaha | Narsingdi |
Mujibur Rahman | Chittagong |
Mohammed Kaikobad | Chittagong |
Dewan Mohammad Sirajuddin Siru | Narayanganj. |
Abdus Sattar | Naogaon |
Sanjit Kumar Dey | Gazipur |
Abdul Momen Joarder | Chuadanga |
Muniruzzaman Piara | Kushtia |
Enayetur Rahman Khan | Kaliganj |
Shahjahan Alam | Faridpur |
Aniruddha Chatterjee | Cox's Bazar |
Nihar Ranjan Das | Narayanganj |
Pran Govinda Kundu | Dhaka |
late Mahmud Rashid | Satkhira |
late Sheikh Monsur Ali Lalu | Narail |
Position | Name |
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Organizer | Saidur Rahman Patel |
Manager | Tanveer Mazhar Islam Tanna |
Coach | late Nani Bashak |
Secretary, Bangladesh Krira Samity | late Lutfor Rahman |
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