2015 Bangabandhu Cup

The Bangabandhu Cup or Bangabandhu Gold Cup is an international association football tournament organised by the Bangladesh Football Federation as a tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This was the 3rd edition of the Bangabandhu Cup, after a hiatus of 6 years. It was finally given the go ahead to be played in early 2015 with six nations participating.[1]

2015 Bangabandhu Gold Cup
Tournament details
Host country Bangladesh
Dates29 January – 8 February
Teams6 (from AFC confederations)
Venue(s)2
Final positions
Champions Malaysia (2nd title)
Runners-up Bangladesh
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored19 (2.11 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kumaahran Sathasivam
Pakorn Prempak
(2 goals)
Best player(s) Jamal Bhuyan

Malaysia U-23 won the third edition, after beating Bangladesh U-23 in the final. This was also the first time the host reached the final of this tournament.

Format

In the group stage, six teams were divided into two groups of three teams, playing a single round-robin, with the teams finishing first and second in each group qualifying to the semi-finals.

Venues

Nine matches were played at two different venues in Dhaka and Sylhet. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, and Sylhet District Stadium in Sylhet. All matches were played at the following two grounds:

Dhaka Sylhet
Bangabandhu National Stadium Sylhet District Stadium
Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 18,000

Officials

Eleven referees and 2 match commissioner were appointed by the FIFA for this tournament.

Referees
  • Ferdour Ahmed
  • Jalal Uddin
  • Jasim Uddin
  • Mijanur Rahman
  • Mohammad Nuruzzaman
  • Nahid
  • Tayeb Shamsuzzaman
  • Hsu Min-Yu
  • Bonyadifard Mooud Abbasali
  • Khamis Al-Marri

Match Commissioner

  • Monirul Islam
  • Goutam Kar

Broadcaster

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Malaysia 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 6
 Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
 Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3 0
Source:
Bangladesh 0–1 Malaysia
Syazwan  51'
Attendance: 20,000
Malaysia 2–0 Sri Lanka
Syahrul  45+4'
Ridzuan  60'
Attendance: 8,000
Bangladesh 1–0 Sri Lanka
Hemanta  41'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 6
 Singapore 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
 Bahrain 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
Source:
Singapore 2–3 Thailand
Iqram  49'
Taufik  53'		 Adisak  7'
Chayawat  31'
Pakorn  80'
Attendance: 8,000
Bahrain 0–0 Singapore
Attendance: 800
Thailand 3–0 Bahrain
Saleh  35' (o.g.)
Pakorn  51' (pen.)
Jaturong  56'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)

Knockout Stage

Semi-finals
Singapore 0–1 Malaysia
Kumaahran  50'
Attendance: 12,000
Bangladesh 1–0 Thailand
Chowdhury  38'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Final
Bangladesh 2–3 Malaysia
Ameli  49'
Yeasin  55'		 Nazirul  31'
Kumaahran  40'
Faizat  90+2'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Goalscorers
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Saleh

References
  1. "SL confirmed as sixth team". The Daily Star. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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