Bangabandhu Cup
Founded1996 (1996)
RegionInternational
Current champions Palestine
Most successful team(s) Palestine
Malaysia
(2 titles each)
2022 Bangabandhu Cup

The Bangabandhu Cup, also known as the Bangabandhu Gold Cup, is an international football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) as a tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is the founding father of Bangladesh. It has been played sporadically since 1996, and was resurrected in 2015.[1]

Up to the 2016 edition, most of the participating countries in the tournament sent their youth national teams, their second teams or club sides. In the 2018 edition, all participating nations sent their first team except the Philippines.[2]

Palestine is the champion, after defeating Tajikistan in the 2018 tournament and defended its trophy against Burundi in 2020.

Results

Year Final
Champions Score Runners–up
1996–97
Details
Malaysia
Malaysia
2–1 Indonesia
PSM Makassar
1999
Details
Japan
Japan
3–2 Ghana
Ghana
2015
Details
Malaysia
Malaysia
3–2 Bangladesh
Bangladesh
2016
Details
Nepal
Nepal
3–0 Bahrain
Bahrain
2018
Details
State of Palestine
Palestine
0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 PSO)
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
2020
Details
State of Palestine
Palestine
3–1 Burundi
Burundi

Tournament summary

Team Champions Runners–up
Malaysia U-23 2 (1996/97, 2015) 0
 Palestine 2 (2018, 2020) 0
   Nepal 1 (2016) 0
 Japan 1 (1999) 0
 Tajikistan 0 1 (2018)
Bahrain U-23 0 1 (2016)
 Bangladesh 0 1 (2015)
Ghana U-23 0 1 (1999)
Indonesia PSM Makassar 0 1 (1996–97)
 Burundi 0 1 (2020)

Top goalscorers

Top goalscorers by edition

Years Player(s) Goals
1996–97 Indonesia Izaak Fatari
Sierra Leone Musa Kallon
1999 South Korea Lee Chun-soo 7
2015 Malaysia Kumaahran Sathasivam
Thailand Pakorn Prempak
2
2016 Nepal Nawayug Shrestha 4
2018 Tajikistan Komron Tursunov 2
2020 Burundi Jospin Nshimirimana 7

Venues

References

  1. "Bangabandhu Gold Cup coming to life". The Daily Star. 8 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. "First teams add fire". The Daily Star. 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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