The Bangladesh Football Federation was founded on 15 July 1972 byMd. Yousuf Ali, the country's former Minister for Education, Culture and Sport; the general secretary under Ali was Abul Hashem ofWari Club.[4]
It became affiliated with theAsian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, andFIFA in 1976.[5] It is also a founding member ofSouth Asian Football Federation. Bangladesh has been elected to be part of the AFC Executive Committee for two four-year terms: in 1982–1986 and 1998–2002.Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice-president of the AFC for the term from 1990 to 1994.[4]
After Bangladesh gained independence in the early 1970s, the BFF assumed responsibility for the Dhaka League including itsFirst Division, which had begun in 1948. The league resumed for the 1973 season. It was eventually replaced by a Premier Division in 1993, but has since been superseded by the professional football league, theBangladesh Premier League (founded in 2007 as the B.League) and theBangladesh Championship League (in 2012), and now exists only as a regional league at the third tier of the nation's football league pyramid.
In 1980, the Federation started theFederation Cup, which grew to be the country's top national cup competition.
On 10 April 2005, AFC PresidentMohammed bin Hammam inaugurated the BFF Bhaban, the Federation's FIFA-financed office.[6]
In 2009, it launched theSuper Cup tournament, which ran in 2009, 2011 and 2013. In 2013, the prize money for winning the competition wasTk10 million.[7] In the inaugural competition,Mohammedan SC beat arch-rivalsAbahani Limited Dhaka.[8]
Nitol-Tata the sole distributor of Tata vehicles in Bangladesh was the official sponsor between 2000 till 2005.
In April 2008, BFF secured BDT 165 million (approximately US$2,285,714) in sponsorship fromCitycell (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Limited) for a three-year period. This was a record-breaking amount in the history of football sponsorship in Bangladesh.[34]
Later in 2010, it made contract withGrameenphone – country's leading mobile phone operator, for the sponsorship of BFF's tournaments.
BFF secured US$70,000 for one year when Nitol-Tata again became the official sponsor for the 2013–14 season.
On 13 March 2022, Pusti became the beverage partner of Bangladesh Football Federation following a two-year agreement.[35]
^The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) attained provisional membership in theAsian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1973, making them eligible to participate in AFC-administered competitions.[1][2] Their membership was eventually ratified on 14 September 1974.[3]
^"একজন সাহসী যোদ্ধা মীর শওকত বীর উত্তম" [A brave warrior Mir Shawkat Bir Uttam].banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 20 November 2020.Archived from the original on 28 January 2025. Retrieved28 January 2025.
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