Dhaka – Bangladesh National Football Team reached Qatar’s capital Doha on Wednesday night for a two-week long training there as part of their preparation for the SAFF Championship in Dhaka from September 4-15.Bangladesh team accommodatedat Hotel M Doha in Qatar. The team started the practice session at Wakrah Stadium Doha on Thursday evening.After taking intensive training in Qatar, Bangladesh will fly for Thailand on March 19 to take another one-week long training session as well as will play two preparatory matches.On completion of the two high-level training programmes, Bangladesh team will fly for Laos on March 25 to play a FIFA Tier-1 International Football match in Laos on March 27.It will be Bangladesh’s first international match after their debacle in Bhutan on October 10, 2016. Bangladesh team intended to do better results in Laos and Thailand, utilising their experiences to be gathered from the training session in Qatar.Member of Bangladesh team are:Goalkeepers – Mahfuz Hasan Pritom, Anisur Rahman Ziku and Ashraful Islam Rana.Defenders – Manjur Rahman Manik, Sddam Hossain Annie, Uttam Kumar Bonik, Bishwanath Ghosh, Topu Barman, Rahmat Miah, Nurul Niyum Faisal, Susanta Tripura.Midfield: Mamunul Islam Mamun, Faisal Mahmud, Ali Hossain, Jamal Bhiuyan, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Sawdhin, Rahimuddin, Masuk Miah Zony, Abdullah.Forwards – Bipul Ahmed, Abu Sufian Sufil, Jafar Iqbal and Towhidul Alam Sabuj.Officials – Satyajit Das Rupu (Manager), Andrew Ord (Head Coach), Mahbub Hossain Roxy (Assistant Coach) , Jason Brown, (Goalkeeping Coach), Mario Lemos (Fitness Coach), Sajib Shams Boxi (Physio), Oishik Rahman Siddique (Interpreter) and Mohammad Mohsin (Kitsman).UNB news agency
