Bangladesh is always known as cricket crazy nation. However, the people of Bangladesh also love the game of football. Once Bangladesh had a great fame for the football league. For example, the football derby between Dhaka Abahani and Dhaka Mohammedan was the biggest match in Asia. Bangladesh once dominated the entire South Asia as a football playing country. There are serveral notable person in the football Bangaldesh. Munem Munna and KAZI saladudin were two of them.
However, in the mid 1980s the game of football in Bangladesh started losing its fame. This might be happening because of the 1971 War between Bangladesh and Pakistan. In the early of 21st century, the popularity of football in Bangladesh become a dead sport. The current situation of Bangladesh premier League is lost its identity.
Now a days, the clubs are becoming bankrupt. That’s why they are not able to spend much more money behind the game. Additionally, they’re receiving aid from the government to save football in Bangladesh. The corrupt leaders in Bangladesh are looting those money. As a result, the condition of BPL is getting more and more worse.
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Why the fame of football is growing again
Currently, the Bangladesh Federation is trying to improve the current situation of Bangladesh football. That’s why they were taken around $230 million from the former government. With this money they have to upgrade the only football stadium in Bangladesh. The Bangabandu football stadium is now under construction. Bangladesh is also trying to add new overseas players.
Recently, the Lecister City super star Hamza Choudhury got his Bangladeshi passport. Now he is a official player of Bangladesh. That was confirmed by Bangladesh Football Federation and Hamza Chudury himself. The English premier League football club also posted about it on their social media accounts. There are also many Bangladeshi footballers are now playing in the foreign Leagues.
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If the foreign countries players who are playing in the English Premier League, Major League, and La Liga Santander, the power of Bangladesh’s football will be boosted. Bangladesh already has some of them, like Jamal and Tariq Qazi. Now the current FIFA rank of Bangladesh is 186, but still the fans of Bangladesh are dreaming of something better. The recent match tickets of the Bangladesh football team are getting sold out before the game week.
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