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The following is a list of Bangladesh national football team managers, first established in 1972 with the appointment of Sheikh Shaheb Ali.[1]

Summary[edit]

After the Independence of Bangladesh, a de facto national team coached by Sheikh Shaheb Ali, called Dhaka XI, was active from May 1972 to August 1972.[2][3] In 1973, the Bangladesh Football Federation became affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation. In July 1973, the official Bangladesh national football team, coached by Shaheb Ali, participated in the Merdeka Tournament.[4] In 1978, German coach, Werner Bickelhaupt was appointed for the 1978 Asian Games, making him the national team's first foreign coach.[5] Anwar Hossain is the first and only coach to date who helped Bangladesh qualify for the AFC Asian Cup in 1980, while Abdur Rahim is the first and only coach to have managed the team in the main tournament.[6]

Following his initial appointment for the 1975 Merdeka Tournament, Abdur Rahim holds a record of seven individual appointments, with his last coming for the 1990 Asian Games.[7] German coach Otto Pfister holds the record of winning Bangladesh its first international trophy, the 4-nation Tiger Trophy held in Myanmar.[8] Bangladesh won its first South Asian Games gold medal under Iraqi coach Samir Shaker in 1999[9] and secured its first SAFF Championship title under Austrian coach György Kottán in 2003.[10] English coach Jamie Day, who coached Bangladesh from May 2018 to September 2021, holds the record for managing the most games (29) and securing the most victories (9) for the team.[11]

Managerial list[edit]

Interim or caretaker coaches are listed in italics.

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of 26 March 2024

A total of 45 managers managed Bangladesh during 67 appointments.

  • Only official matches against senior international teams considered.
  • List also includes managers who took charge of the national team in senior unofficial matches.
Key
Caretaker manager
Interim manager
No. Manager From To P W D L F A %W Major Tournament(s)
1 Bangladesh Sheikh Shaheb Ali[note 1] May 1972 August 1973 7 1 3 3 6 14 014.29 —
2 Bangladesh Abdur Rahim July 1975 August 1975 7 0 1 6 3 31 000.00 —
3 Bangladesh Anjam Hossain December 1976 December 1976 1 0 0 1 0 6 000.00 —
4 West Germany Werner Bickelhaupt July 1978 December 1978 2 0 0 2 0 4 000.00 1978 Asian Games group stage
5 Bangladesh Anwar Hossain February 1979 March 1979 4 1 2 1 7 8 025.00 —
6 Bangladesh Zakaria Pintoo June 1979 July 1979 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— —
7 Bangladesh Sheikh Shaheb Ali August 1979 September 1979 4 1 0 3 4 16 025.00 —
8 Bangladesh Abdur Rahim[note 2] October 1979 May 1981 4 0 0 4 2 17 000.00 1980 AFC Asian Cup group stage
9 Pakistan Gafur Baloch January 1982 February 1982 4 0 1 3 3 15 000.00 —
10 Bangladesh Abdur Rahim August 1982 August 1982 2 0 1 1 0 1 000.00 —
11 West Germany Gerd Schmidt September 1982 November 1982 3 1 0 2 2 4 033.33 1982 Asian Games group stage
12 Bangladesh Abdur Rahim August 1983 September 1983 5 2 1 2 5 4 040.00 —
13 Bangladesh Golam Sarwar Tipu July 1984 August 1984 5 1 0 4 6 13 020.00 —
14 Bangladesh Ali Imam August 1984 September 1984 4 3 0 1 14 4 075.00 1984 South Asian Games runner-up
15 Bangladesh Abdur Rahim 25 January 1985 12 April 1985 6 2 0 4 5 10 033.33 —
16 Bangladesh Golam Sarwar Tipu April 1985 May 1985 3 1 1 1 4 3 033.33 —
17 Bangladesh Kazi Salahuddin[note 3] November 1985 January 1986 3 2 1 0 11 2 066.67 1985 South Asian Games runner-up
18 Bangladesh Abdul Hakim March 1986 March 1986 1 1 0 0 1 0 100.00 —
19 Bangladesh Golam Sarwar Tipu August 1986 September 1986 4 1 0 3 1 12 025.00 1986 Asian Games group stage
20 Bangladesh Ali Imam[note 4] December 1986 December 1986 2 0 1 1 1 2 000.00 —
21 Bangladesh Mohammad Kaikobad January 1987 February 1987 1 0 1 0 2 2 000.00 —
22 Bangladesh Wazed Gazi[note 5] September 1987 September 1987 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— —
23 Bangladesh Abdur Rahim October 1987 November 1987 3 1 0 2 3 2 033.33 1987 South Asian Games fourth place
24 Bangladesh Kazi Salahuddin December 1987 February 1988 5 0 3 2 1 9 000.00 —
25 Bangladesh Abdus Sadek[note 6] January 1989 January 1989 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— —
26 Bangladesh Pran Govinda Kundu February 1989 March 1989 6 1 0 5 4 9 016.67 —
27 Iran Nasser Hejazi September 1989 October 1989 3 1 1 1 4 2 033.33 1989 South Asian Games runner-up
28 Bangladesh Abdur Rahim September 1990 October 1990 2 0 0 2 0 7 000.00 1990 Asian Games group stage
29 Bangladesh Shahiduddin Ahmed Selim December 1991 December 1991 3 2 0 1 4 2 066.67 1991 South Asian Games third place
30 Bangladesh Mohammad Kaikobad[note 7] June 1992 January 1992 2 0 0 2 0 7 000.00 —
31 Bangladesh Kazi Salahuddin March 1993 May 1993 8 2 0 6 28 7 025.00 —
32 Switzerland Oldrich Swab November 1993 December 1993 3 1 1 1 3 2 033.33 1991 South Asian Games group stage
33 Bangladesh Kazi Salahuddin[note 8] September 1994 September 1994 2 1 0 1 3 4 050.00 —
34 South Korea Kang Man-young March 1995 March 1995 3 1 1 1 2 1 033.33 1995 SAFF Gold Cup third place
35 Germany Otto Pfister October 1995 September 1997 15 4 3 8 10 25 026.67 1995 South Asian Games runner-up
1997 SAFF Gold Cup group stage
36 Bangladesh Abu Yusuf July 1998 July 1998 1 0 1 0 0 0 000.00
37 Iraq Samir Shaker 1 October 1998 December 1999 12 6 2 4 15 17 050.00 1999 SAFF Gold Cup runner-up
1999 South Asian Games champions
38 England Mark Harrison April 2000 May 2000 3 0 2 1 2 3 000.00 —
39 Bangladesh Hasanuzzaman Bablu July 2000 August 2000 1 0 0 1 0 1 000.00 —
40 Austria György Kottán[note 9] November 2000 20 January 2003 14 6 3 5 17 24 042.86 2003 SAFF Gold Cup champions
41 Bangladesh Hasanuzzaman Bablu 27 March 2003 30 March 2003 2 0 1 1 3 4 000.00 —
42 Bangladesh Golam Sarwar Tipu 22 November 2003 December 2003 2 0 0 2 0 4 000.00 —
43 Argentina Andres Cruciani[note 10] 3 August 2005 10 April 2006 13 6 3 4 15 17 046.15 2005 SAFF Gold Cup runner-up
44 Bangladesh Hasanuzzaman Bablu July 2006 November 2006 4 0 0 4 1 13 000.00 —
45 India Syed Nayeemuddin[note 11] 1 August 2007 31 December 2007 6 0 2 4 2 13 000.00 —
46 Bangladesh Abu Yusuf 5 March 2008 18 June 2008 5 0 3 2 4 6 000.00 2008 SAFF Championship group stage
47 Bangladesh Shafiqul Islam Manik 18 August 2008 13 November 2008 3 0 1 2 0 3 000.00 —
48 Brazil Dido 1 January 2009 9 November 2009 3 2 0 1 5 2 066.67 —
49 Bangladesh Shahidur Rahman Shantoo 9 November 2009 11 December 2009 4 2 1 1 6 3 050.00 2009 SAFF Championship semi-final
50 Serbia Zoran Đorđević[note 12] 5 January 2010 14 February 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— —
51 Bangladesh Saiful Bari Titu 16 February 2010 20 February 2010 3 1 0 2 3 6 033.33 2010 AFC Challenge Cup group stage
52 Croatia Robert Rubčić 3 September 2010 2 June 2011 3 1 0 2 2 5 033.33 —
53 North Macedonia Nikola Ilievski 24 June 2011 22 December 2011 7 2 2 3 6 8 028.57 2011 SAFF Championship group stage
54 Bangladesh Saiful Bari Titu 2 September 2012 20 November 2012 3 0 2 1 2 7 000.00 —
55 Netherlands Lodewijk de Kruif 29 January 2013 14 October 2014 7 2 2 3 10 8 028.57 2013 SAFF Championship group stage
56 Bangladesh Saiful Bari Titu 18 October 2014 27 October 2014 2 1 1 0 2 1 050.00 —
57 Netherlands Lodewijk de Kruif 24 January 2015 8 September 2015 8 1 3 4 5 16 012.50 —
58 Italy Fabio Lopez 11 September 2015 24 November 2015 3 0 0 3 0 11 000.00 —
59 Bangladesh Maruful Haque 25 November 2015 18 January 2016 6 3 1 2 9 9 050.00 2015 SAFF Championship group stage
60 Spain Gonzalo Moreno 23 February 2016 24 March 2016 2 0 0 2 1 14 000.00 —
61 Netherlands Lodewijk de Kruif 7 May 2016 7 June 2016 2 0 0 2 0 6 000.00 —
62 Belgium Tom Saintfiet 26 June 2016 10 October 2016 3 0 1 2 1 8 000.00 —
63 EnglandAustralia Andrew Ord 18 May 2017 4 April 2018 1 0 1 0 2 2 000.00 —
64 England Jamie Day 17 May 2018 17 September 2021 29 9 5 15 22 38 031.03 2018 SAFF Championship group stage
65 Spain Óscar Bruzón 17 September 2021 20 October 2021 4 1 2 1 3 4 025.00 2021 SAFF Championship group stage
66 Portugal Mário Lemos 21 October 2021 7 January 2022 3 1 1 1 4 4 033.33 —
67 Spain Javier Cabrera 8 January 2022 Present 23 6 6 11 17 36 026.09 2023 SAFF Championship semi-final

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Initially appointed in May 1972 as the head coach of Dhaka XI, which was the unofficial Bangladesh national football team as they were not a member of either FIFA or AFC. He remained incharge during the national team's first international fixture recognised by AFC, on 26 July 1973 against Thailand in the Merdeka Cup.
  2. ^ Does not include the games played in the 1981 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
  3. ^ Does not include the games played in the 1986 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
  4. ^ Mohammedan SC played as the national team in the Nepal Panchayat Silver Jubilee Cup 1986, with players and coach all being members of the club.
  5. ^ Does not include the games played at the 1987 Quaid-e-Azam International Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
  6. ^ Does not include the games played in the 1989 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
  7. ^ Does not include the games played in the 1993 Bangladesh President's Gold Cup as they were not against senior national teams.
  8. ^ Muktijoddha Sangsad KC played as the national team in the Qatar Independence Cup 1994, with players and coach all being members of the club.
  9. ^ Including the match played against  Yugoslavia in the 2000 Millennium Cup; however, it has not been confirmed whether it is considered a FIFA A match.
  10. ^ Does not include the games played in the Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup as they were played by the B national team.
  11. ^ In August 2007, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) operated two separate national teams and sent one to participate in the 2007 Nehru Cup under main national team head coach Syed Nayeemuddin, while the other team which was sent to the 2007 Merdeka Cup, presumably a national B team, was managed by caretaker coach, Hasanuzzaman Bablu. None of the games played in Malaysia were against senior national teams.
  12. ^ Initially appointed as the senior national team head coach and took charge of Bangladesh U23 in the 2010 South Asian Games, however was sacked before managing the senior national team.

See also[edit]

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