SAFF Championship 2021: Bangladesh squad list and fixtures

The Bangladesh national team have a new interim head coach in Oscar Bruzon for the SAFF Championship 2021. The Spaniard was handed over the reins for the next two months after a string of poor performances under Jamie Day. 

They are presently on a seven-game winless run and have lost their last two friendlies against Palestine (2-0) and Kyrgyz Republic (4-1) earlier in September. They are set to open their SAFF Cup campaign against Sri Lanka on October 1, before facing India, Maldives and Nepal in a round-robin format.

‘We will go to the pitch to fight till our last drop of sweat. I have full trust in the players. Let’s see how far or how close we are from the best teams of the south [Asia],” stated Bruzon before leaving for Maldives.

BANGLADESH NATIONAL TEAM SQUAD FOR SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP

Goalkeepers: 

Anisur Rahman Zico 

Sahidul Alam Sohel 

Ashraful Islam Rana

Defenders: 

Topu Barman

Bishwanath Ghosh

Rahmat Mia

Tariq Raihan Kazi

Riyadul Hasan Rafi

Yeasin Arafat

Razaul Karim

Tutul Hossain Badsha

Mohammad Hridoy

Midfielders: 

Sohel Rana

Jamal Bhuyan

Saad Uddin

Rakib Hossain

Atiqur Rahman Fahad

Forwards: 

Biplo Ahamed

Mahbubur Rahman

Mohammad Ibrahim

Matin Miah

Suman Reza

Jewel Rana.

SAFF CHAMPIONSHIP 2021: BANGLADESH NATIONAL TEAM FIXTURES

DATE	TIME	FIXTURE	STADIUM
October 1	9:30 PM	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh	National Football Stadium
October 4	4:30 PM	Bangladesh vs India	National Football Stadium
October 7	9:30 PM	Maldives vs Bangladesh	National Football Stadium
October 13	4:30 PM	Bangladesh vs Nepal	National Football Stadium