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 considered as the founding father of Bangladesh. It has been played sporadically since 1996, and was resurrected in 2015.[1]

Bangabandhu Cup
Founded1996 (1996)
RegionInternational
Current champions Palestine
Most successful team(s) Palestine
 Malaysia
(2 titles each)
2020 Bangabandhu Cup

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 his trophy against Burundi in 2020.

Results
Year Final
Champions Score Runners–up
1996–97
Details
Malaysia		 2–1
PSM Makassar
1999
Details
Japan		 3–2
Ghana
Year Final
Champions Score Runner-up
2015
Details
Malaysia		 3–2
Bangladesh
2016
Details
Nepal		 3–0
Bahrain
2018
Details
Palestine		 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 PSO)
Tajikistan
2020
Details
Palestine		 3–1
Burundi
2022
Details

Tournament summary
Team Champions Runners–up
 Malaysia 2 (2015, 1996–97) 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)
PSM Makassar 0 1 (1996–97)
 Burundi 0 1 (2020)

Top goalscorers

Top goalscorers by edition
Years Player(s) Goals
1996–97 Izaak Fatari
Musa Kallon		 –
1999 Lee Chun-Soo 7
2015 Kumaahran Sathasivam
Pakorn Prempak		 2
2016 Nawayug Shrestha 4
2018 Komron Tursunov 2
2020 Jospin Nshimirimana 7
2021

Venues

References
  1. "Bangabandhu Gold Cup coming to life". The Daily Star. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  2. "First teams add fire". The Daily Star. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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