Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Monday announced a 27-member full pledget preliminary national squad to form a national football team to play a two-match FIFA International Friendly series with the Maldives in this month's FIFA window.
Hosts Bangladesh Football Team will play touring Maldives national side in two FIFA Int'l Friendlies on November 13 and 16 at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in the capital.
The head coach of Bangladesh Football team Javier Cabrera, who announced a 16-member partial national squad last Wednesday without the players of BPL champions Bashundhara Kings, today (Monday) completed the preliminary line-up, adding 11 more booters in the squad.
Bangladesh champions Bashundhra Kings were in Bhutan at that time to play in the AFC Challenge League.
The newly included eleven footballers are: Anisur Rahman Zico, Mehdi Hasan Srabon, Chandan Roy, Saad Uddin, Topu Barman, Rabbi Hossain Rahul, Mojibur aRahman Jony, Sohel Rana, Rakib Hossain, Shekh Morsalin, and Foysal Ahmed Fahim.
Members of the previously announced 16-member partial Bangladesh team are:
Goal Keeper: Mitul Marma, Sujon Hossain
Defender-Murad Hasan, Mehedi Hasan, Shakil Ahad Topu, Rahmat Mia, Shakil Hossain, Isa Faysal, and Taj Uddin.
Midfielders: Mohammad Hridoy, Syed Shah Quazem Kirmanee, Papon Singh, and Didarul Alam
Forward: Shahriar Emon, Arman Foysal Akash, and Mirajul Islam.
The residential training camp of the Bangladesh national team with 16 booters already started last Friday (November 1) at the Hotel Intercontinental in Dhaka.
The newly recruited footballers will join national camp on Tuesday.
After making some practice sessions in the last few days, the Bangladesh national team played a preparatory match with Fortis SC on Monday.
Source: UNB
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