Bangladesh Police FC


Bangladesh Police Football Club is a football team based on Dhaka, Bangladesh. The club is funded by Bangladesh Police. The services team had previously played in the Senior Division Football League in 1998 – then the second tier of football. In recent times, Police FC became champions of the Second Division Football League in 2014 to get promotions to the First Division before making their debut in the Bangladesh Championship League in 2015. Police FC gained the promotion to Premier League for the very first time in the club's history by becoming champion of the 2018-19 Bangladesh Championship League.

History

BCL era

Nicolas Vitorović era

On 4 August 2019, Police FC appointed Cypriot Nicolas Vitorović as their first-ever foreign head coach for the upcoming season.
On 31 December 2019, Bangladesh Police Football Club reached the semi-final of the Federation Cup for the first time, after beating a shaky Saif Sporting Club 3-1 in the third quarter-final.

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Current squad

Bangladesh Police FC squad for 2019–20 season.

Current technical staff

PositionName
Head Coach Nicolas Vitorović
Assistant Coach Mahbubul Haque Jewel
Shamim Al Mamun
Goalkeeping Coach Sha Alam Tutul
Fitness Coach Ashraful Islam
Manager Sheikh Maruf Hasan

Team records

Head Coach's record

Head CoachNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%W
Mohammad AsifuzzamanFebruary 2019May 2019
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Nicolas Vitorović4 August 2019present
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Honours

League

On 24 May 2019, The police constable, Shamim, assaulted BFF's competition manager Zaber Bin Ansari after being denied entry into the ground during that match against Feni Soccer Club. Later, four more players joined him in the assault, just after the completion of the prize-giving ceremony at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. All four police players – Amirul Islam, Tarek Aziz, Azmi Omar, and Sarwar Hossain – have been given Tk one lakh fine for their involvement. Islam and Aziz have been suspended for two matches while Omar and Hossain have been handed nine-match bans each. Physiotherapist of the team, Santanu Mallik, too, has been banned for nine matches and fined Tk 2 lakh.
Constable Shamim has been given life-time stadium ban across the country.

Notable players

Had international caps for their respective countries whilst playing for Bangladesh Police FC.
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