2015 Bangabandhu Cup

2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Tournament details

Host country	Bangladesh
Dates	29 January – 8 February
Teams	6 (from AFC confederations)
Venue(s)	2
Final positions
Champions	Malaysia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	19 (2.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)	S. Kumaahran Pakorn Prempak (2 goals)
Best player	Jamal Bhuyan

The Bangabandhu Cup or Bangabandhu Gold Cup is an international association football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It was launched in 1996, but only two editions have thus far been played. 2015 edition was the third edition of the Bangabandhu Cup. The BFF had been looking to re-launch the tournament since 2009.It was finally given the go ahead in 2014 to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.^[1] It was finally given the go ahead in 2014 to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.^[2] Just days prior to the start of the tournament, the BFF confirmed all six participants.^[3] Malaysia U-23 won the third edition in the re-launch tournament against Bangladesh in the final. This is also the first time the host, Bangladesh have reached the final.

Format

In the group stage, six teams were divided into two groups of three teams. Each group was a round-robin of three games, where each team played one match against each of the other teams in the same group. Teams were awarded three points for a win, one point for a draw and none for a defeat. The teams finishing first and second in each group qualified to the semi-finals.

Officials

Eleven referees and 2 match commissioner were appointed by the FIFA for this tournament.

Referees

Tayeb Shamsuzzaman
Mijanur Rahman
Jalal Uddin
Jasim Uddin
Ferdour Ahmed
Nuruzzaman
MZF Nahid
Khamis Mohammed SA Al-Marri
Bonyadifard Mooud Abbasali
Hsu Min-Yu

Match Commissioner

Monirul Islam
Colonel retired Goutam Kar

Broadcaster

Venues

Nine matches were played at two different venues in Dhaka and Sylhet. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, and Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet. All matches were played at the following two grounds:

Dhaka	Sylhet
Bangabandhu National Stadium	Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 36,000	Capacity: 18,000

Bangabandhu National Stadium Sylhet District Stadium

Participating nations

The following nations have entered the competition.^[4]

Group 'A'
Bangladesh
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Group 'B'
Thailand
Singapore
Bahrain

Matches

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Malaysia	2	2	0	3	0	+3	6
Bangladesh	2	1	1	1	1	0	3
Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	3	-3	0

Bangladesh v Malaysia

29 January 2015
5 PM BDT

Bangladesh	0–1	Malaysia
		Syazwan 51'

Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Attendance: 20,000

Malaysia v Sri Lanka

31 January 2015

Malaysia	2–0	Sri Lanka
Syahrul 45+4' Ridzuan 60'

Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Attendance: 8,000

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

2 February 2015

Bangladesh	1–0	Sri Lanka
Hemanta 41'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Khamis Mohammed SA Al-Marri

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6
Singapore	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
Bahrain	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

Singapore v Thailand

30 January 2015
5 PM BDT

Singapore	2–3	Thailand
Iqram 49' Taufik 53'		Adisak 7' Chayawat 31' Pakorn 80'

Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Attendance: 8,000

Bahrain v Singapore

1 February 2015

Bahrain	0–0	Singapore

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 800

Thailand v Bahrain

3 February 2015

Thailand	3–0	Bahrain
Saleh 35' (o.g.) Pakorn 51' (pen.) Jaturong 56'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman

Semi-finals

Singapore v Malaysia

5 February 2015

Singapore	0–1	Malaysia
		Kumaahran 50'

Sylhet District Stadium, Sylhet
Attendance: 12,000

Bangladesh v Thailand

6 February 2015

Bangladesh	1–0	Thailand
Nasiruddin 38'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Yu Ming Hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Final

Bangladesh v Malaysia

8 February 2015

Bangladesh	2–3	Malaysia
Ameli 49' Yeasin 55'		Naim 31' Kumaahran 40' Faizat 90+2'

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Yu Ming Hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Goalscorers

2 goals

S.Kumaahran
Pakorn Prempak

1 goal

Own goal

Saleh

Squads

Bangladesh

Head coach: Lodewijk de Kruif

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
22	1GK	Shahidul Yousuf Sohel	(1992-05-01) 1 May 1992	6	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
23	1GK	Mazharul Islam Himel	(1988-09-16) 16 September 1988	0	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
1	1GK	Russel Mahmud Liton	(1994-11-30) 30 November 1994	2	0	Sheikh Russel KC

13	2DF	Nasirul Islam Nasir	(1988-10-05) 5 October 1988	17	0	Dhaka Abahani
5	2DF	Nasiruddin Chowdhury	(1989-12-03) 3 December 1989	11	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
4	2DF	Atiqur Rahman Meshu	(1988-08-26) 26 August 1988	28	2	Sheikh Russel KC
2	2DF	Raihan Hasan	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994	6	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
3	2DF	Yeasin Khan	(1994-09-16) 16 September 1994	3	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
15	2DF	Yeamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna	(1991-08-02) 2 August 1991	4	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
14	2DF	Topu Barman	(1994-12-20) 20 December 1994	2	0	Sheikh Russel KC

7	3MF	Zahid Hossain	(1988-06-15) 15 June 1988	31	5	Sheikh Russel KC
8	3MF	Mamunul Islam (c)	(1988-12-12) 12 December 1988	29	2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
21	3MF	Monaem Khan Raju	(1990-07-07) 7 July 1990	8	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
6	3MF	Jamal Bhuyan	(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990	6	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
10	3MF	Hemanta Vincent Biswas	(1995-12-13) 13 December 1995	2	0	Sheikh Russel KC
11	3MF	Sohel Rana	(1995-03-27) 27 March 1995	7	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
16	3MF	Shahedul Alam Shahed	(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991	0	0	Dhaka Abahani

9	4FW	Jahid Hasan Ameli	(1987-12-25) 25 December 1987	55	13	Sheikh Russel KC
20	4FW	Mithun Chowdhury	(1989-02-10) 10 February 1989	18	2	Sheikh Russel KC
19	4FW	Toklis Ahmed	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995	8	0	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
17	4FW	Wahed Ahmed	(1993-12-03) 3 December 1993	4	0	Dhaka Abahani
12	4FW	Abdul Baten Mojumdar Komol	(1987-08-02) 2 August 1987	12	1	Dhaka Abahani
18	4FW	Shakhawat Hossain Rony	(1993-04-18) 18 April 1993	4	2	Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club

Malaysia U-23

Head coach: Razip Ismail

No.	Name	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar	GK
22	Mohd Ramadhan Abdul Hamid	GK
23	Muhd Ilham Amirullah Razali	GK
Defenders
5	Wan Ahmad Amirzafran Wan Nadris	CB
16	Mohd Asri Mardzuki	LB
3	Mohd Ashmawi Yakin	RB
13	Azrul Nizam Muhamad	LB
24	Annas Rahmat	CB
15	Mohd Syawal Nordin	CB, LB
21	Nazirul Naim Che Hashim	LB
11	Muhd Syazwan Andik	LB, LM
Midfielders
4	Ariff Farhan Isa	CM, LB
8	Shahrul Igwan Samsudin	LM, LW
7	Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik	CM, AM
25	Faris Shah Rosli	RM, RW
10	Mohd Ridzuan Abdunloh	LM, LW, RM, RW
9	Adam Nor Azlin	AM, CM, ST
18	Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim	RM, RW, ST
	Amirul Ikmal Hafiz	CM
Forwards
	Mohd Syafwan Syahlan	ST
12	S. Kumaahran	ST, RW, LW
17	Mohd Faizat Ghazli	ST, LW
20	Muhd Akhir Bahari	ST, RW, LW

Thailand U-23

Head coach: Choketawee Promrut

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Somporn Yos	(1993-06-23)June 23, 1993 (aged 21)	BEC Tero Sasana
18	1GK	Watchara Buathong	(1993-04-20)April 20, 1993 (aged 21)	Samut Songkhram
	1GK	Anusith Termmee	(1995-01-19)19 January 1995 (aged 20)	Bangkok United

4	2DF	Thanakorn Saipunya	(1993-04-05)April 5, 1993 (aged 21)	Police United
12	2DF	Suriya Singmui	(1995-04-07)April 7, 1995 (aged 19)	Muangthong United
	2DF	Akkarachai Sematangcharoen	(1994-08-21)August 21, 1994 (aged 20)	Chainat Hornbill
2	2DF	Surawich Logarwit	(1993-02-11)February 11, 1993 (aged 21)	Chonburi
	2DF	Kritprom Boonsarn	(1993-11-29)November 29, 1993 (aged 21)	Buriram United
	2DF	Nitipong Selanon	(1993-05-23)May 23, 1993 (aged 21)	Saraburi
	2DF	Shinnaphat Leeaoh	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 17)	Assumption United
	2DF	Santipharp Channgom	(1996-09-23)23 September 1996 (aged 18)	Bangkok Christian College
5	2DF	Suphan Thongsong	(1994-08-26)26 August 1994 (aged 20)	Muangthong United
17	2DF	Adisak Sensom-Eiad	(1993-12-11)11 December 1993 (aged 21)	BCC Tero

9	3MF	Pakorn Prempak (captain)	(1993-02-02)February 2, 1993 (aged 21)	Police United
8	3MF	Adisak Klinkosoom	(1993-08-18)August 18, 1993 (aged 21)	Chainat Hornbill
14	3MF	Narakorn Khana	(1993-04-07)7 April 1993 (aged 21)	Thai Honda
	3MF	Atthawit Sukchuai	(1996-03-13)13 March 1996 (aged 18)	Ratchaburi
13	3MF	Chaowat Veerachat	(1996-06-23)June 23, 1996 (aged 18)	Buriram United
	3MF	Kittikrai Jantaraksa	(1996-02-09)February 9, 1996 (aged 18)	Air Force Central
20	3MF	Narutchai Nimboon	(1995-05-24)May 24, 1995 (aged 19)	Chainat Hornbill

10	4FW	Chenrop Samphaodi	(1995-06-02)2 June 1995 (aged 19)	BEC Tero Sasana
11	4FW	Jaturong Pimkoon	(1993-09-03)3 September 1993 (aged 21)	BEC Tero Sasana
23	4FW	Chayawat Srinawong	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 22)	PTT Rayong

References

↑ "BFF outlines Bangabandhu Gold Cup in Jan". Dhaka Tribune. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
↑ "'CMG offers lucrative'". Dhaka Tribune. 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "SL confirmed as sixth team". Dhaka Tribune. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "Gold Cup opener in Sylhet, final in Dhaka". The Daily Star Bangladesh. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

External links

http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/bangabandhu.html

Football in Bangladesh

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National leagues	Bangladesh Premier League Bangladesh Championship League

Domestic cups	Federation Cup Super Cup Independence Cup

Regional leagues	Dhaka League Sher-e-Bangla Cup Chittagong League Rajshahi League Cox's Bazar League Comilla League

International cup	Bangabandhu Cup 1996 1999 2015 2016

Former Cups	National Football Championship Aga Khan Gold Cup President's Gold Cup

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