Bangladesh Football Stadium Pics

With the rise of cricket in Bangladesh, there has been a flurry of stadiums built all over Bangladesh. In 2004, Bangladesh hosted the Under 19 Cricket World Cup where many new Divisional Cricket stadiums were created but to be used for cricket.

However, there are still a few stadiums in Bangladesh, which are still exclusive to football:

1. Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in Dhaka, built in the 1950's with a capacity of 36,000, and only FIFA approved international football venue in the country.
2. M.A. Aziz stadium in Chittagong, built in the 1950's with a capacity of 20,000.
3. Kamlapur Stadium in Dhaka, built in 2003 with a capacity of 20,000 which plays host to league matches which are not played at the BNS.
   

Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) - Dhaka




M.A. Aziz Stadium - Chittagong


Local to Sylheti's, which are used for football (jointly with cricket), are the following stadiums:

1. M.A.G Osmani Stadium in Sylhet, built in the 1960's with a capacity of 20,000.
2. M. Safiur Rahman Stadium in Moulvibazar, built in 2005 with a capacity of 15,000.
   

M.A.G Osmani Stadium - Sylhet




M. Safiur Rahman Stadium - Moulvibazar


For more information on Bangladesh stadiums, visit World Stadiums where I have passed all the info I have on stadiums in Bangladesh and will be adding more pics to very soon.

Stadiums

Bangabandhu National Stadium

Bangabandhu National Stadium is the national stadium and main sports arena in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located at Motijheel at the heart of the capital city, Dhaka. The stadium is variously known as Number 1 National Stadium, Dhaka Stadium etc. Its current name was given to honour Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of the nation, also known as "Banga bandhu" or "friend of Bengal".


Currently, the stadium is used for football. Total seating capacity is 36000. It was also home to the Bangladeshi cricket team until March 1, 2005.

The stadium has the unique distiction of being the only venue in the world to host the inaugural home fixture for two Test-playing nations. India were the visitors on both occasions: in 1954-55, when Dhaka was the capital of East Pakistan, and 46 years later, when Bangladesh became the tenth nation to attain Test status. The stadium is located next to National Hockey Stadium. Bangladesh registered its first win at home at Bangabandhu National Stadium against India on 26 December 2004.

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