BFF names 20-man squad for Asian Games

Atikur Rahman Mishu, Md. Mamunul Islam Mamun and Jamal Bhuyan have been called up from the senior quota as Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) named a 20-strong squad on Saturday for the Asian Games.

Sports Deskbdnews24.com
Published : 16 August 2014, 06:12 PM
Updated : 16 August 2014, 06:12 PM

Though the Under-23 players take part in Asian Games, three senior players are allowed in each squad.

Sahedul Alam Shahed, Md. Emon Babu, Md. Nahidul Islam, Rubel Mian, Osman Ghani, Abdul Malek, Mejbah Uddin and Md. Hossain Sujon have been axed from the 30-man preliminary squad.

Jahid Hasan Ameli and Mithun Chowdhury have been excluded among the seniors. Emily has been ruled out due to an injury while jaundice is keeping Mithun away from the South Korea trip.

The 17th Asian Games will be kicked off on Sept 19 in Incheon, South Korea.

Squad:

Md. Shahidul Alam, Md. Rayhan Hasan, Keshta Kumar, Iachin Khan, Atikur Rahman Mishu, Sohel Rana, Md. Mamunul Islam Mamun, Md. Aminur Rahman Shajib, Hemanta Vincent Biswas, Wahed Ahmed, Md. Rasel Mahmud Liton, Tapu Barman, Tutul Hossain Badsha, Iamin Ahmed Chowdhury Munna, Md. Atikur Rahman Farhad, Md. A S Yusuf Sifat, Omar Faruq Babu, Md. Taklis Ahmed, Md. Juel Rana, Jamal Bhuyan