# Bangladesh national under-17 football team

The Bangladesh U-17 national football team (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ জাতীয় ফুটবল দল), is a youth football team operated under the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). The team would represent Bangladesh in the AFC U-17 Championship, SAFF U-16 Championship, FIFA U-17 World Cup as well as any other under-17, under-16 & under-15 international football tournaments.
They have qualified for the AFC U-17 Championship seven previous times and is yet to qualify for FIFA U-17 World Cup. The team has taken part in nine editions of the SAFF U-17 Championship and has won the tournament in both 2015 and 2018.

## Coaches
### Coaching staff

    As of 18 October 2024
| Position | Name |
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Saiful Bari Titu |
| Assistant coach | Abul Hossain Atiqur Rahman Meshu |
| Team manager | Zahid Hasan Ameli |
| Goalkeeping coach | Md Shah Alam Tutul |
| Physiotherapist | KM Shakib |
| Media officer | Sadman Sakib |

### Manager history

| Year | Head coach |
| 1986 | Shamsuzzoha Chad |
| 1990 | Abdur Rahim |
| 1992 | Hasanuzzaman Khan Bablu |
| 2000 | Pranab Kumar Dey Banu |
| 2004 | Shahidur Rahman Shantoo |
| 2006 | Mahabub Hossain Roksy |
| 2011 | Nurul Haque Manik |
| 2015 | Syed Golam Jilani |
| 2017–2020 | Mustafa Anwar Parvez Babu |
| 2019 | Rob Ryles |
| 2022 | Paul Smalley |
| 2023 | Saifur Rahman Moni |
| 2024– | Saiful Bari Titu |

## Recent fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### 2024
## Squad
### Current squad

The following 23 players are named in the squad for the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualifiers.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
| 13 | 1GK | Ismail Hossain Rakib | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 23 | 1GK | Md Alif Rahman Imtiage | | BFF Elite Academy |
| | 1GK | Md Tasin Saheb | | BKSP |
| 2 | 2DF | Sani Das | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 4 | 2DF | Md Abdul Riyad Fahim | | BKSP |
| 15 | 2DF | Md Ikramul Islam | | BKSP |
| 14 | 2DF | Md Sheikh Sangram | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 22 | 2DF | Md Kolilur Rahman Anuar | | BKSP |
| | 2DF | Md Raj | | BKSP |
| 6 | 3MF | Md Kamal Merdha | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 7 | 3MF | Md Mithu Chowdhury | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 8 | 3MF | Md Shofiq Rahman | | BKSP |
| 10 | 3MF | Nazmul Huda Faysal (Captain) | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 11 | 3MF | Md Murshed Ali | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 16 | 3MF | Mahedi Hasan | | BKSP |
| 17 | 3MF | Md Joy Ahamed | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 18 | 3MF | Akash Ahmed | | BFF Elite Academy |
| | 3MF | Sonjoy Tappo | | BKSP |
| 9 | 4FW | Md Manik | | BFF Elite Academy |
| 19 | 4FW | Md Opu Rahman | | BKSP |
| 19 | 4FW | Md Rifat Kazi | | BFF Elite Academy |
| | 4FW | Salauddin Shahed | | BFF Elite Academy |
| | 4FW | Arham Islam | (2008-09-13) 13 September 2008 (age 16) | Western United U18 |

### Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Md Nahidul Islam | BFF Elite Academy | 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship |
| DF | Md Siam Omit | BFF Elite Academy | 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship |
| DF | Ashikur Rahman | BFF Elite Academy | 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship |
| MF | Md Ripon | BFF Elite Academy | 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship |
| FW | Swe Mong Sing Marma | Fortis Academy | 2024 SAFF U-17 Championship |
| $^{INJ}$ Withdrew due to injury $^{PRE}$ Preliminary squad / standby $^{TP}$ Training partner $^{WD}$ Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue. |||||||

## Competition records
### FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup records :
| Host/Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
| 1985 to 2019 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify |
| Total | 0/20 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### AFC U-17 Asian Cup

| AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | AFC U-17 Asian Cup records | | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification |
| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 1985 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1986 | Group stage | 7/8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | N/A | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 1988 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1990 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| 1992 | Group stage | 8/8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | N/A | | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1996 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1998 | Group stage | 8/10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | N/A | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | Group stage | 6/10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | N/A | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation | Banned from participation |
| 2004 | Group stage | 15/16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | N/A | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 | Group stage | 15/15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | N/A | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2008 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 |
| 2010 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| 2014 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 2018 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 |
| Total | Group stage | 6/19 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 59 | — | | 52 | 23 | 4 | 26 | 93 | 89 |

### SAFF U-17 Championship

SAFF U-17 Championship :
| Hosts / Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
| 2011 | Third | 4/6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 2013 | Third | 3/7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 2015 | Champions | 1/6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 2017 | Third | 3/6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 |
| 2018 | Champions | 1/6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 2019 | Third | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| 2022 | Semi-finals | 3/6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| 2023 | Runner-up | 2/6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | Runner-up | 2/7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 9/9 | 2 Titles | 35 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 80 | 47 |

## Head-to-head record

The following table shows Bangladesh's head-to-head record in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup.
| Opponent | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 000.00 |
| China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 000.00 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Iran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 000.00 |
| Iraq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 000.00 |
| Oman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Qatar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 000.00 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 000.00 |
| South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 59 | −43 | 015.00 |

## Honours

* SAFF U-16 Championship
** Winners (2): 2015, 2018
* UEFA Assist U-16 Development Tournament
** Winners (1): 2019