Shadhin Bangla football team

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Shadhin Bangla football team
AssociationBangladesh Krira Samity
Head coachNani Bashak
CaptainZakaria Pintoo
First international
Shadhin Bangla Bangladesh 2–2 India Nadia XI
Khishnanagar Stadium,
Nadia district, West Bengal, India
26 July 1971

The Shadhin Bangla football team was formed by Bangladesh Krira Samity of the

Bangladeshi government in exile shortly after the start of liberation war in 1971. This is the first instance of a Bangladesh national football team in any form. The team toured throughout India playing a total of 16 friendly matches to raise international awareness and economic support for the liberation war.[1][2][3]

The Shadhin Bangla football team captain Zakaria Pintoo, was the first person to hoist the Bangladesh flag outside the territorial Bangladesh.[4] By the end of the 16th match the team had contributed Tk 5 lac to Muktijuddho Fund in 1971.[5]

Players

Name[6] Home Town
Bangladesh Zakaria Pintoo (captain) Naogaon
Bangladesh Pratap Shankar Hazra (vice-captain) Khulna
Bangladesh Kazi Salahuddin Dhaka
late AKM Nowsheruzzaman
 Chandpur
late Lt Khandoker M.Nurunnabi
(Retired as Major General) 		Kishoreganj
late Ali Imam
 Faridpur
Bangladesh Mohammed Sheikh Taslim Uddin Dhaka
late
Ainul Haque 		Faridpur
Bangladesh Fazle Sadain Khokon Rajshahi
Bangladesh Lutfor Rahman
Jessore
Bangladesh Sheikh Ashraf Ali Comilla
late Amalesh Sen
 Bogra
late Abdul Hakim
Jessore
Bangladesh Aminul Islam Suruz Barisal
Bangladesh Bimal Kar Chittagong
Bangladesh Shuvash Chandra Shaha Narsingdi
Bangladesh Mujibur Rahman Chittagong
Bangladesh Mohammed Kaikobad Chittagong
Bangladesh Dewan Mohammad Sirajuddin Siru Narayanganj.
Bangladesh Abdus Sattar Naogaon
Bangladesh Sanjit Kumar Dey Gazipur
Bangladesh Abdul Momen Joarder Chuadanga
Bangladesh Muniruzzaman Piara Kushtia
Bangladesh Enayetur Rahman Khan Kaliganj
Bangladesh Shahjahan Alam Faridpur
Bangladesh Aniruddha Chatterjee Cox's Bazar
Bangladesh Nihar Ranjan Das Narayanganj
Bangladesh Pran Govinda Kundu Dhaka
late
Mahmud Rashid 		Satkhira
late
Sheikh Monsur Ali Lalu 		Narail

Officials

Position Name
Organizer Bangladesh Saidur Rahman Patel
Manager Bangladesh Tanveer Mazhar Islam Tanna
Coach
late
Nani Bashak
Secretary, Bangladesh Krira Samity
late
Lutfor Rahman

In popular culture

  • The 2010 Bengali-language film titled Jaago is inspired by Shadin Bangla football team.[7]
  • Based on the football team, 2022 Bengali-language film Damal is produced by Impress Telefilm.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shadhin Bangla Football Team: The underappreciated heroes". The Business Standard. December 16, 2020. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  2. ^ মুক্তিযুদ্ধ জাদুঘরে স্বাধীন বাংলা ফুটবল দলের জার্সি. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  3. ^ স্বাধীন বাংলা ফুটবল. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2022-03-19. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  4. ^ "Shadhin Bangla Football Team". Plaantik.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  5. ^ Preetha, Sushmita S. (23 March 2012). "They Call Me Freedom". Star Weekend Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  6. ^ "'Shadhin Bangla Football Dal': A team like no other". The Business Standard. December 16, 2019. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "'Jaago' wins big at Film Award Bangla 2010". The Daily Star. 25 June 2010.
  8. ^ "Damal: Reliving the legacy of the Shadhin Bangla Football Team". The Daily Star. 23 November 2020. Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

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External links
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