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Shadhin Bangla football team

Association	Bangladesh Krira Samity
Head coach	Nani Bashak
Captain	Zakaria Pintoo
First international
Shadhin Bangla 2–2 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.

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

Players

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

Officials

Position	Name
Organizer	late Saidur Rahman Patel
Manager	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.
• Based on the football team, 2022 Bengali-language film Damal is produced by Impress Telefilm.

See also

• Bangladesh Liberation War
• Football in Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Football Federation
• Bangladesh national football team
• East Pakistan football team

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.

External links

• Bangladesh Football Federation (official website)
• History of the Masses at The Daily Star
• Shadhin Bangla Football Team: The underappreciated heroes at The Business Standard

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