Bangladesh national under-17 football team
The Bangladesh U-17 national football team (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ অনূর্ধ্ব-১৭ জাতীয় ফুটবল দল), is a youth football team operated under the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). The team would represent Bangladesh in the AFC U-17 Championship, SAFF U-16 Championship, FIFA U-17 World Cup as well as any other under-17, under-16 & under-15 international football tournaments.
| Nickname(s) | Bengal Tigers, Red and Greens, Junior Tigers | ||
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| Association | Bangladesh Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | SAFF (South Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Saifur Rahman Moni | ||
| Captain | Nzamul Huda Faysal | ||
| Home stadium | Bangabandhu National Stadium Bir Sherestha Shaheed Shipahi Mostafa Kamal Stadium | ||
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| First international | |||
| Qatar 6–1 Bangladesh (Doha, Qatar; 15 November 1986) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Bangladesh 11–0 Guam (Kathmandu, Nepal; 26 April 1996) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Bangladesh 1–9 United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 20 October 2007) | |||
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| AFC U-17 Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1986) | ||
| Best result | Group stage (6 times) | ||
| SAFF U-16 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 2011) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2015, 2018) | ||
They have qualified for the AFC U-17 Championship seven previous times and is yet to qualify for FIFA U-17 World Cup. The team has taken part in seven editions of the SAFF U-17 Championship and has won the tournament in both 2015 and 2018.
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