2025–26 in Bangladeshi football

Football in Bangladesh
Season	2025–26
Men's football
BPL	TBD
BCL	TBD
1st Division	TBD
2nd Division	TBD
5th Division	TBD
Federation Cup	TBD
Women's football
BWFL	TBD

The 2025–26 season is the 54th competitive association football season in Bangladesh. The domestic season will begin on 1 June 2025, while the national team season commences on 4 June 2025 to TBC 2026.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Men's national teams

Bangladesh national football team

The following is a list of match results in the 2025–26 season, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled in the season.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Void or postponed Fixtures

Friendlies game

4 June 2025 (2025-06-04) Friendly^[6]	Bangladesh	2–0	Bhutan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+6)	Hamza 6' Sohel 50'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 17,645 Referee: Kasun Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)

6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) Friendly	Nepal	v	Bangladesh	Kathmandu, Nepal
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09) Friendly	Nepal	v	Bangladesh	Kathmandu, Nepal
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Dasharath Rangasala

2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	2027 AFC Asian Cup		0–0	31 Mar	14 Oct
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4		18 Nov		14 Oct	1–0
3	Bangladesh	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1		1–2	9 Oct		18 Nov
4	India	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1		9 Oct	31 Mar	0–0

Updated to match(es) played on 10 June 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

10 June 2025 (2025-06-10) 2027 ACQ – 3R	Bangladesh	1–2	Singapore	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+6)	Rakib 67'	Report	Song Ui-young 45' Ikhsan 58'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 21,317 Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)

9 October 2025 (2025-10-09) 2027 ACQ – 3R	Bangladesh	v	Hong Kong	Dhaka, Bangladesh
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: National Stadium

14 October 2025 (2025-10-14) 2027 ACQ – 3R	Hong Kong	v	Bangladesh	Kowloon, Hong Kong
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Kai Tak Sports Park Main Stadium

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18) 2027 ACQ – 3R	Bangladesh	v	India	Dhaka, Bangladesh
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: National Stadium

Under-23 team

2026 AFC Under-23 Asian Cup Qualification

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Vietnam (H)	Final tournament
2	Yemen	Possible Final tournament
3	Singapore
4	Bangladesh

First match(es) will be played: 3 September 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

3 September 2025 (2025-09-03) 2026 Under-23 Asian Cup Qualification	Vietnam	v	Bangladesh	Việt Trì
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium

6 September 2025 (2025-09-06) 2026 Under-23 Asian Cup Qualification	Bangladesh	v	Yemen	Việt Trì
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09) 2026 Under-23 Asian Cup Qualification	Singapore	v	Bangladesh	Việt Trì
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Việt Trì Stadium

Men's futsal teams

Bangladesh futsal football team

2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

Group G

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Iran	Final tournament
2	Malaysia (H)	Possible final tournament
3	United Arab Emirates
4	Bangladesh

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

20 September 2025 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

Iran

v

Bangladesh

Malaysia

22 September 2025 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

Bangladesh

v

Malaysia

Malaysia

24 September 2025 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification

United Arab Emirates

v

Bangladesh

Malaysia

Women's national teams

Bangladesh women's national football team

The following is a list of match results in the 2025–26 season, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled in the season.

Legend

Win Draw Loss Void or postponed Fixtures

Friendlies game

31 May 2025 Friendly Game	Bangladesh	0–0	Indonesia	Amman, Jordan
20:00 BST (UTC+6)		Report		Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium Referee: Perissa Nasr (Lebanon)

3 June 2025 Friendly Game	Jordan	2–2	Bangladesh	Amman, Jordan
22:00 BST (UTC+6)	Jbarah 5' Al Bitar 58'	Report	Shamsunnahar 43' Ripa 81'	Stadium: King Abdullah Stadium Referee: Heba Saadieh (Palestine)

August 2025 Friendly	Turkey	v	Bangladesh	Istanbul,Turkey
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: TBD

2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Final tournament
2	Myanmar (H)	3	2	0	1	15	2	+13	6
3	Bahrain	3	0	1	2	2	15	−13	1
4	Turkmenistan	3	0	1	2	2	17	−15	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

29 June 2025 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification	Bahrain	0–7	Bangladesh	Yangon, Myanmar
19:30 BST (UTC+6)		Report	Shamsunnahar Jr. 10' Ritu 15' Kohati 40' Tohura 45+2', 45+3' Rawan Al Ali 59' (o.g.) Munki 74'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Referee: Kanika Barman (India)

2 July 2025 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification	Bangladesh	2–1	Myanmar	Yangon, Myanmar
15:30 BST (UTC+6)	Ritu 19', 70'	Report	Win Win 89'	Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Referee: Esraa Almbaiden (Jordan)

5 July 2025 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification	Bangladesh	7–0	Turkmenistan	Yangon, Myanmar
19:30 BST (UTC+6)	Sapna 3' Shamsunnahar Jr. 6', 13' Monika 16' Ritu 17', 40' Tohura 20'	Report		Stadium: Thuwunna Stadium Referee: Mu Mingxin (China)

Under-20 Women's teams

2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship

Standing

Pos	Team	Status
1	Bangladesh (H)	Champion
2	Bhutan
3	Nepal
4	Sri Lanka

First match(es) will be played: 11 July 2025. Source: GSA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
(H) Hosts

11 July 2025 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Sri Lanka	Dhaka, Bangladesh
15:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

13 July 2025 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Nepal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

15 July 2025 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Bhutan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

17 July 2025 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Bhutan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

19 July 2025 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Sri Lanka	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

21 July 2025 2025 SAFF U-20 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Nepal	Dhaka, Bangladesh
19:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

Under-17 women's team

2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship

Standing

Pos	Team	Status
1	Bangladesh (H)	Champion
2	Bhutan
3	India
4	Nepal

First match(es) will be played: 20 July 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored;
(H) Hosts

20 August 2025 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Bhutan	Thimphu, Bhutan
18:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium

22 August 2025 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	India	Thimphu, Bhutan
15:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium

24 August 2025 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Nepal	Thimphu, Bhutan
18:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium

27 August 2025 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Nepal	Thimphu, Bhutan
15:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium

29 August 2025 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	Bhutan	Thimphu, Bhutan
15:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium

31 August 2025 2025 SAFF U-17 Women's Championship Round robin	Bangladesh	v	India	Thimphu, Bhutan
15:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Changlimithang Stadium

2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification

Group H

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	South Korea	Final tournament
2	Bangladesh	Possible Final tournament
3	Laos (H)
4	Timor-Leste

First match(es) will be played: 6 August 2025. Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

6 August 2025 (2025-08-06) 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification Group H	Bangladesh	v	Laos	Vientiane, Laos
18:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

8 August 2025 (2025-08-08) 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification Group H	Timor-Leste	v	Bangladesh	Vientiane, Laos
15:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

10 August 2025 (2025-08-10) 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification Group H	South Korea	v	Bangladesh	Vientiane, Laos
15:00 BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: New Laos National Stadium

Cup competitions

Bangladesh Challenge Cup

Match

12 September 2025

BST (UTC+6)

Mohammedan SC	v	Bashundhara Kings

Bashundhara Kings Arena/National Stadium, Dhaka

2025–26 Federation Cup

2025–26 Independence Cup

2025–26 Super Cup

AFC Club Competitions

AFC Challenge League

Preliminary stage

12 August 2025 (2025-08-12) 2025–26 AFC CL PO	Dhaka Abahani	v	Paro FC	Sylhet, Bangladesh
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Sylhet District Stadium

12 August 2025 (2025-08-12) 2025–26 AFC CL PO	Bashundhara Kings	v	Maziya	Dhaka, Bangladesh
BST (UTC+6)				Stadium: Bashundhara Kings Arena

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