Shadhin Bangla football team

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
25 July 1971

The Shadhin Bangla football team (lit. Independent Bengal 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) Sreenagar
Bangladesh Kazi Salahuddin Dhaka
Bangladesh late AKM Nowsheruzzaman Chandpur
Bangladesh late Lt Khandoker M.Nurunnabi (Retired as Major General) Kishoreganj
Bangladesh late Ali Imam Faridpur
Bangladesh Mohammed Sheikh Taslim Uddin Dhaka
Bangladesh late Ainul Haque Faridpur
Bangladesh Fazle Sadain Khokon Rajshahi
Bangladesh Lutfor Rahman Jessore
Bangladesh Sheikh Ashraf Ali Jessore
Bangladesh late Amalesh Sen Bogra
Bangladesh late Abdul Hakim Jessore
Bangladesh late Aminul Islam Suruz Barisal
Bangladesh late Bimal Kar Chittagong
Bangladesh Shuvash Chandra Shaha Narsingdi
Bangladesh Mujibur Rahman Chittagong
Bangladesh Mohammed Kaikobad Brahmanbaria
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
Bangladesh late Mahmud Rashid Satkhira
Bangladesh late Sheikh Monsur Ali Lalu Narail

Officials

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

Further reading

  • Dulal, Mahmud (2020). খেলার মাঠে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war in the playground). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.
  • Alam, Masud (2017). ফুটবলের গল্প ফুটবলারদের গল্প (transl. The story of football the story of footballers) (in Bengali). Bishhoshahitto Bhobon. ISBN 9789849134688.
  • Mahmud, Noman (2018). ফুটবল পায়ে মুক্তির যুদ্ধ (transl. Liberation war fought by football) (in Bengali). Agamee Prakashani. ISBN 978-984-8218-31-0.