Bangladesh Football Federation

The Bangladesh Football Federation () or BFF is the governing body of football in Bangladesh. It controls the country's men's, women's and youth national teams and oversees all aspects of the country's football.The BFF is based at BFF Bhaban Motijheel, Dhaka near Bangabandhu National Stadium.

History

BFF was founded on 15 July 1972, by Prof. Md. Yousuf Ali (former Education, Culture and Sports Minister). Prof. Yousuf Ali presided the association with Abul Hashem of Wari Club as general secretary.

It became affiliated with AFC and FIFA in 1973 and 1976 respectively. Bangladesh was elected as member in the AFC Executive Committee 1982-86 and 1998-02. Major Hafizuddin Ahmed was elected vice president of AFC for 1990-94.

The BFF continued the Dhaka Football League that started in 1948, after the independence of Bangladesh. It gained huge fanship and support and continued with premier, first, second and third divisions in the process.In 1980, the Federation started top the Federation Cup, which grew to be the country's top national cup competition.In 1992,

In 2009 it launched the Super Cup tournament, the highest budgeted football tournament organised by BFF, which kicked-off in 2009 for the first time and it was won by club Dhaka Mohammedan SC beating arch-rivals Abahani Ltd..

Competitions

Competitions currently run by BFF include:

• Bangladesh League, the country's professional football......
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