Bangabandhu Cup

For other uses, see Bangabandhu Cup (Kabaddi).

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]

Bangabandhu Cup

Organising body	Bangladesh Football Federation
Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
Abolished	2022; 3 years ago (2022)
Region	International
Number of teams	8 (final stage)
Last champions	Palestine (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Palestine Malaysia (2 titles)

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	2–1	PSM Makassar
1999 Details	Japan	3–2	Ghana
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

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)
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

Venues

• Bangabandhu National Stadium
• Sylhet District Stadium
• Bangladesh Army Stadium
• M. A. Aziz Stadium
• Cox's Bazar Stadium