Dhaka, Nov 18 (BDNEWS) – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Friday announced a 25-member Bangladesh U-17 national team for the qualifying round of the AFC U-17 Football Championship.
The 25-member team comprise of 20 footballers and five officials. Azfaruzzaman Shorab was named as team leader and Nazir Ahmed Aloke was named as manager.
Bangladesh will play home and away basis two matches against Sri Lanka U-17 team. The home matches will be held on Monday at Bangabandhu National Stadium while the away match will be held on Nov 25 (Friday next) in Sri Lanka.
Earlier, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and host Bangladesh were scheduled to play the group-phase matches from November 13 to 17 in Dhaka, but Bhutan withdrew their names at the eleventh hour and AFC advised both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to play on home and away basis.
Squad: Touhidul Alam Sabuj (captain), Monayem Khan Raju (vice-captain), Maksudur Rahman, Nehal, Pintu Kumar Das, Russel Alam, SM Mozaddek Hossain Russel, Mostafizur Rahman Saikat, Mofizur Rahman Jonny, Nurul Islam, Robin Hasan, Mahfuzur Rahman Babu, Alamgir Kabir Rana, Mezbabul Haq Manik, Imtiaz Sultan Jitu, Mobarak Hossain Bhuyian, Sarfin Rahman, Emon Mahmud, Zahurul Islam and ABM Sabbir Mahmud.
Officials: Azfaruzzaman Shorab (team leader), Nazir Ahmed Alok (manager), Mahmud Hossain Roxi (chief trainer), SZ Yousuf (assistance trainer) and M Ali Imran (doctor).
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